Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.

People with the surname

A

• Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official

• Adam Fischer (disambiguation)

• Adolf Fischer (disambiguation)

• Alfred Fischer (disambiguation)

• Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician

• Andrea Fischer (scientist), (born 1973), Austrian glaciologist

• Andrew Fischer (disambiguation)

• Angeline Fuller Fischer (1841–1925), American writer

• Ann Kindrick Fischer (1919–1971), American social anthropologist

• Anna Fischer (born 1986), German actress and singer

• Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist

• Anton Fischer (disambiguation)

• Arthur Fischer (disambiguation)

• Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician

B

• Benjamin Fischer (disambiguation)

• Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)

• Birgit Fischer (born 1962), German kayaker

• Bob Fischer (disambiguation)

• Bobby Fischer (1943 – 2008), American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion

• Bram Fischer (1908–1975), South African lawyer

C

• Carl Fischer (disambiguation)

• Carlos Fischer (1903–1969), Uruguayan politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1958

• Caroline Fischer-Achten (1806–1896), Austrian opera singer

• Catherine Fischer (born 1947), American deafblind author

• Christian Fischer (born 1997), American ice hockey forward

• Christopher Fischer (born 1988), German ice hockey defenseman

• Clare Fischer (1928–2012), American composer, arranger, and pianist

• Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist

D

• D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player in the Israeli National League

• Dale S. Fischer (born 1951), US district court judge

• Dana Fischer (born 2010), American Magic: The Gathering player

• David Fischer (disambiguation)

• Deb Fischer (born 1951), American politician

• Debra Fischer (born 1953), American astronomer

• Diego Fischer (born 1961), Uruguayan journalist and writer

• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012), German baritone and conductor

• Dirk Fischer (politician) (born 1943), German politician

E

• Edmond H. Fischer (1920–2021), Swiss-American biochemist

• Eduard Fischer (disambiguation)

• Edward F. Fischer, professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University

• Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductor

• Elizabeth Fischer Monastero, American mezzo-soprano

• Emil Fischer (disambiguation)

• Emily V. Fischer (born 1979 or 1980), American atmospheric chemist

• Ernst Fischer (disambiguation)

• Esther Fischer-Homberger (1940–2019), Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian

• Eugen Fischer (1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party

• Eugen Fischer (historian) (1899–1973), German geologist and historian

• Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian Italian artist

F

• Franz Fischer (disambiguation)

• Friedrich Fischer (disambiguation)

• Fritz Fischer (disambiguation)

G

• Georg Fischer (disambiguation)

• George Fischer (disambiguation)

• Gerhard Fischer (disambiguation)

• Gisela Fischer (1929–2014), German actress

• Gottfried Fischer (1944–2013), German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst

• Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag

• Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771–1853), German palaeontologist and entomologist.

• Gotthilf Fischer (1928–2020), German choral conductor

• Greg Fischer (born 1958), American businessman and mayor of Louisville, KY

• Gregor Fischer (1834–unknown), Bavarian-Liechtensteiner teacher and politician

• Gustav Fischer (disambiguation)

H

• Hans Fischer (disambiguation)

• Harold Fischer (1925–2009), American Korean War flying ace

• Heidemarie Fischer (1944–2022), German politician

• Heike Fischer (born 1982), German diver

• Heinz Fischer (born 1938), federal president of Austria

• Helen Fischer (1912–1986), American politician

• Helene Fischer (born 1984), German pop music singer

• Henry Fischer (disambiguation)

• Hermann Fischer (disambiguation)

• Horst Fischer (1912–1966), German SS concentration camp doctor executed for war crimes

• Howard Fischer, curator of the New York Jazz Museum

I

• Ignjat Fischer (1870–1948), Croatian architect

• Ilse Fischer (born 1975), Austrian mathematician

• Iván Fischer (born 1951), Jewish-Hungarian conductor

• Ivana Fišer or Ivana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductor

J

• James Fischer (1927–2004), American engineer

• Jan Fischer (disambiguation)

• Jason Fischer (disambiguation)

• Jean Fischer (disambiguation)

• Jenna Fischer (born 1974), American actress

• Jiří Fischer (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player

• Joey Fischer (1976–1993), American murder victim

• Johann Fischer (disambiguation)

• Johannes Fischer (1887–?), German physicist

• John Fischer (disambiguation)

• Jonathan Fischer (born 2001), Danish footballer

• Joschka Fischer (born 1948), German foreign minister

• Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)

• Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist

K

• Karl Fischer (disambiguation)

• Kate Fischer (born 1973), Australian model and actress

• Klaus Fischer (born 1949), German football (soccer) player and coach

• Kuno Fischer (1824–1907), German philosopher

• Kurt Fischer (disambiguation), multiple people

L

• Laurence Fischer (born 1973), French karateka

• Leni Fischer (1935–2022), German politician

• Lisa Fischer (born 1958), American singer

• Lothar Fischer (1933–2004), German sculptor

• Louis Fischer (1896–1970), American journalist

• Ludwig Fischer (disambiguation)

M

• Manuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballer

• Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Swiss fencer

• Martin Fischer (disambiguation)

• Mathias Fischer (disambiguation)

• Michael Fischer (disambiguation)

• Minna Fischer (1858–1941), Australian soprano and singing teacher in London

• Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (1799–1880), Hungarian porcelain manufacturer

• Moses Fischer (–), Austrian rabbi

N

• Nilla Fischer (born 1984), Swedish (soccer) football player

O

• Oskar Fischer (disambiguation), multiple people

• Ottfried Fischer (born 1953), German actor and cabaret artist

• Otto Fischer (disambiguation)

• Øystein Fischer (1942–2013), Norwegian physicist

P

• Patrick Fischer (disambiguation)

• Paul Fischer (disambiguation)

R

• Rainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judoka

• Ralf-Dieter Fischer (1948–2025), German politician

• Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player

• Richard Fischer (1917–1969), Austrian footballer

• Robert Fischer (disambiguation)

• Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), German communist

S

• Samuel von Fischer (1859–1934), German publisher, founder of the S. Fischer Verlag

• Sascha Fischer (born 1971), German rugby union player

• Saskia Fischer (born 1966), German actress

• Scott Fischer (1956–1996), American mountain guide

• Simone Fischer (born 1979), German politician

• Stanley Fischer (1943–2025), American and Israeli central banker

• Steven Thomas Fischer (born 1972) American filmmaker and cartoonist of German descent

• Stewart "Dirk" Fischer (1924–2013), American composer, musician and jazz educator

• Sven Fischer (born 1971), German biathlete

• Sven Fischer (footballer) (born 1977), German football defender

T

• Tex Fischer, American politician

• Theobald Fischer (1846–1910), German geographer

• Theodor Fischer (disambiguation)

• Thomas Fischer (disambiguation), several people

• Thierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist

• Tim Fischer (1946–2019), Australian politician

• , Danish film executive, appointed head of the Danish Film Institute from August 2024

V

• Vera Fischer (disambiguation)

• Vic Fischer (1924–2023), American politician

• Viktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish football player

• Viktor Fischer (wrestler) (1892–1977), Austrian Olympic wrestler

W

• Werner Fischer (disambiguation)

• Wild Man Fischer (1945–2011), American outsider musician

• Wilhelm Fischer (disambiguation)

Z

• Zel M. Fischer (born 1963), Missouri Supreme Court judge

See also

• Fischler