Wikipedia / Visscher
Wikipedia / Visscher
Visscher is a Dutch occupational surname. Visscher is an archaic spelling of Dutch visser meaning "fisherman". Varianta are Visschers and De Visscher. The latter form is now most common in East Flanders. Notable people with the surname include:
Roemer Visscher (1547–1620), merchant and writer from Amsterdam
Anna Visscher (1584–1651), Dutch artist, poet, and translator, daughter of Roemer
Maria Tesselschade Visscher (1594–1649), Dutch poet, and engraver, daughter of Roemer
Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587–1652), engraver and publisher from Amsterdam
Nicolaes Visscher I (1618–1679), his son, Dutch cartographer and publisher
Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702), his son, Dutch cartographer and publisher
Frans Jacobszoon Visscher (fl. 1623–1645), Dutch mariner and explorer; variants of his first name include Franchoijs or Franchoys etc.; his middle name is sometimes abbreviated "Jacobsz."
Three brothers (de) Visscher of Haarlem:
Cornelis Visscher (1628/29 – 1658), Dutch engraver
Lambert Visscher (1633 – aft.1690), Dutch printmaker active in Italy
Jan de Visscher (1635/36 – aft.1692), Dutch engraver and painter
Codien Visscher (1835–1912), Dutch translator and writer
(1864–1947), Dutch theologian and politician
Rinskje Visscher (1868–1950), first female municipal archivist in the Netherlands
John Paul Visscher (1895–1950), American protozoologist
Jantje Visscher (born 1933), American painter, photographer, and sculptor
(born 1960), Dutch comedian and cabaret performer
Maurice Visscher (1901–1983), American physiologist
Peter Visscher, Dutch-born Australian geneticist
Visschers
Jacques Visschers (1940–2020), Dutch footballer
De Visscher
Charles De Visscher (1884–1973), Belgian jurist
(1885–1964), Belgian legal historian
(1916–1996), Belgian jurist, son of Charles
Jeffrey de Visscher (born 1981), Dutch footballer
See also
Visscher Island, Tasmania, named after Frans Jacobszoon Visscher
Visscher panorama, an engraving of London by Claes Visscher
Visser, Dutch surname of the same origin
Vischer, German surname of the same origin
References