Fischer
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- FisherFisherFisher is an archaic term for fisherman, revived as gender-neutral.Fisher or Fishers may also refer to:*Fisher , a North American mustelid*Fisher , a rock band featuring Kathy Fisher as lead singer...
(Anglicized version) - FischlerFischlerFischler is surname of:* Franz Fischler* Willy Fischler* Stan Fischler* Patrick Fischler* Georg Fischler* Abraham S. Fischler* Fischler–Susskind mechanism* Claude Fischler...
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- FischlFischlFischl is name of:Given name* Fischl Lebowitz * Hayyim ben Mordechay Ephraim-Fischl SoferFamily name* Eric Fischl , an American painter, sculptor and printmaker* Peter L...
- FischelFischelFischel is the Yiddish-derived form of the Hebrew name Ephraim.Fischel is the surname of:* Harry Fischel* Henry A. Fischel* Robert Fischell...
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- FischmannFischmannFishman may refer to:* a merman or similar piscine humanoid* Fishman , the stage name of luchador José Nájera* Fishman , a character in the Zelda video game The Wind Waker* Fish-man, of Spanish mythology...
People with the surname include:
- Abraham FischerAbraham FischerAbraham Fischer was a South African statesman. He was the sole Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony in South Africa, and when that ceased to exist joined the cabinet of the newly formed Union of South Africa.-Biography:...
(1850–1913) South African public official - Ádám FischerÁdám FischerÁdám Fischer is a Hungarian conductor of Jewish family origin. He is the general music director of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, with which he has recorded the complete Haydn symphonies for the Nimbus label, the first digital recording of the cycle...
(born 1949), Hungarian conductor - Alfred Fischer (judge)Alfred Fischer (judge)Alfred Fischer was a German judge. He served on the Federal Administrative Court from 1967 until 1987....
(1919–2004), German judge - Alfred Fischer (architect)Alfred Fischer (architect)Alfred Fischer was a German architect.Born in Stuttgart, Alfred Fischer studied from 1900 to 1904 at the Stuttgart Technical University of Architecture under Professor Theodor Fischer...
(1881–1950), German architect - Annie FischerAnnie FischerAnnie Fischer was a Hungarian classical pianist.-Biography:Fischer was born in Budapest, and studied in that city at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Ernő Dohnányi. In 1933 she won the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in her native city...
(1914–1995), Hungarian pianist - Andrea FischerAndrea FischerAndrea Fischer was a member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 Federal Minister for Health...
(born 1960), German politician - Anton Fischer (bobsleigh)Anton Fischer (bobsleigh)Anton Fischer is a West German bobsledder who competed in the 1980s. He was the first ever winner of the Bobsleigh World Cup in 1984-5 and was unofficial winner of the two-man bobsleigh event both in that same year and in 1986-7....
, German bobsledder - Artur Fischer (inventor) (born 1919), German inventor (fischertechnikFischertechnikFischerTechnik is a brand of construction toy. It was invented by Artur Fischer and is produced by FischerTechnik GmbH in Waldachtal, Germany. Fans often refer to FischerTechnik as FT or ft. It is used in education for teaching about simple machines, as well as motorization and mechanisms...
, plastic dowel) - Axel Fischer (politician)Axel Fischer (politician)Axel Eduard Fischer is a German politician. He is member of the CDU and since 1998 a member of the German parliament. He is married for the second time and has five children....
(born 1966), German politician (CDU) - Batty FischerBatty FischerJean-Baptiste Fischer was a Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer. He is best remembered for his collection of some 10,000 photographs that richly document the development of Luxembourg City from the end of the 19th century until the 1950s.-Early life and family:Batty Fischer was born on 24...
(1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer - Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
- Bernd Fischer (mathematician)Bernd Fischer (mathematician)Bernd Fischer is a German mathematician.He is best known to his contributions to the classification of finite simple groups, and he discovered several of the sporadic groups: he introduced 3-transposition groups and constructed the three Fischer groups, described the Baby Monster and computed its...
(born 1936), German mathematician
- Bernd Fischer (mathematician)
- Bobby FischerBobby FischerRobert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer was also a best-selling chess author...
(1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975 - Abram "Bram" FischerBram FischerAbram Louis Fischer, commonly known as Bram Fischer, was a South African lawyer of Afrikaner descent, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial.-Tributes:Fischer is widely acknowledged as a key figure in...
(1908–1975), South African lawyer - Carl Fischer (disambiguation)
- Christopher FischerChristopher FischerChristopher Fischer is a German professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for EHC Wolfsburg in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .- External links :...
(born 1988), German ice hockey defenceman - Clare FischerClare FischerClare Fischer is an American composer, arranger, pianist and organist. His parents were of German, French, Irish-Scot, and English backgrounds.-Early years:...
(born 1928), American Composer, arranger, pianist - Claude S. FischerClaude S. FischerClaude Serge Fischer is an American sociologist and Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in urban sociology, research methods, and American society at UC Berkeley.- Early life and career :Fischer was born in Paris,...
(born 1948), American sociologist - David Hackett FischerDavid Hackett FischerDavid Hackett Fischer is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University. Fischer's major works have tackled everything from large macroeconomic and cultural trends to narrative histories of significant events to explorations of...
, professor of history - Dietrich Fischer-DieskauDietrich Fischer-DieskauDietrich Fischer-Dieskau is a retired German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous lieder performers of the post-war period and "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century"...
(born 1925), German baritone and conductor - Edmond H. FischerEdmond H. FischerEdmond H. Fischer is a Swiss American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes.-Early life:Fischer...
(born 1920), Swiss-American biochemist - Eduard FischerEduard FischerMajor GeneralDr. h. c. Eduard von Fischer, 1862 - 1935,Knight of the Maria Theresa Order, was a Jewish colonel commanding the Austrian gendarmerie in Bukovina....
, Austrian Colonel in World War I - Edwin FischerEdwin FischerEdwin Fischer was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, particularly in the traditional Germanic repertoire of such composers as J. S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert...
(1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductor - Emil Fischer (disambiguation)
- Ernst Fischer (disambiguation)
- Eugen Fischer (historian)Eugen Fischer (historian)Dr. Eugen Fischer , was a German geologist and historian.- Literary works :* Das Berchtesgadener Land im Wandel der Zeit 1929...
(1899–1973), geologist and historian - Eugen FischerEugen FischerEugen Fischer was a German professor of medicine, anthropology and eugenics. He was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics between 1927 and 1942...
(1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party
- Franz Joseph Emil FischerFranz Joseph Emil FischerFranz Joseph Emil Fischer was a German chemist. He and Hans Tropsch discovered the Fischer-Tropsch process. With Hans Schrader he developed the Fischer Assay, a standardized laboratory test for determining the oil yield from oil shale to be expected from a conventional shale oil extraction...
(1877–1948), chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch process - Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von FischerFriedrich Ernst Ludwig von FischerFriedrich Ernst Ludwig Fischer was a Russian botanist, born in Germany. He was director of the St Petersburg botanical garden from 1823 to 1850....
, botanist - Fritz Fischer (biathlete)Fritz Fischer (biathlete)Friedrich "Fritz" Fischer is a former biathlete from Germany. He won a gold medal with Germany in the 4 x 7.5 km relay in the 1992 Winter Olympics.-References:*...
(born 1956), biathlon-sportsman - Fritz FischerFritz FischerFritz Fischer was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. Fischer has been described by The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing as the most important German historian of the 20th century.-Biography:Fischer was born in Ludwigsstadt in Bavaria. His...
(1908–1999), German historian - Georg FischerGeorg FischerGeorg Fischer was a West German cross country skier and biathlete who competed in the 1980s. He finished seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.-External links:* *...
(born 1960), West German cross country skier - George R. FischerGeorge R. FischerGeorge Robert Fischer is an American underwater archaeologist, considered the founding father of the field in the National Park Service. A native Californian, he did undergraduate and graduate work at Stanford University, and began his career with the National Park Service in 1959, which included...
(born 1937), US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park Service - Gerhard Fischer (disambiguation)
- Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), publisher of the S.
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