Fleischer
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Fleischer is a common German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 and Yiddish
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...

 family name. Its literal meaning is "butcher
Butcher
A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat or any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments...

". Other German family names with the same meaning include Metzger, Mezger, Fleischman, and Fleischmann.

People

  • Ari Fleischer
    Ari Fleischer
    On May 19, 2003, he announced that he would resign during the summer, citing a desire to spend more time with his wife and to work in the private sector...

    , a White House Press Secretary from 2001 to 2003
  • Bruce Fleisher
    Bruce Fleisher
    -Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....

  • Carl Gustav Fleischer
    Carl Gustav Fleischer
    Carl Gustav Fleischer KCB was a Norwegian general and the first land commander to win a major victory against the Germans in the Second World War...

    , a Norwegian general and the first land commander to win a major victory against the Germans in World War II
  • Charles Fleischer
    Charles Fleischer
    Charles Fleischer is an American actor, stand-up comedian and voice artist.-Life and career:Fleischer was born in Washington, D.C. As a child, he is reported to have spent several summers at Kamp Kewanee in La Plume, Pennsylvania, where he started practicing his stand-up routine at age nine...

    , an actor, stand-up comedian and voice artist
  • Charles Fleischer (born 1871), a rabbi from Boston (see )
  • Dave Fleischer
    Dave Fleischer
    David "Dave" Fleischer was an American animator film director and film producer, best known as a co-owner of Fleischer Studios with his two older brothers Max Fleischer and Lou Fleischer...

  • Friedrich Fleischer (1794–1863), a German bookseller and editor
  • Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer
    Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer
    Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer was a German Orientalist.-Biography:He was born at Schandau, Saxony. From 1819 to 1824, he studied theology and Oriental languages at Leipzig, subsequently continuing his studies in Paris, where he continued his studies of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian languages...

  • Lawrence Fleisher
    Lawrence Fleisher
    Lawrence "Larry" Fleisher was an American attorney and sports agent.Fleisher, a 1953 graduate of Harvard Law School, at the request of professional basketball player Tom Heinsohn, helped found the National Basketball Association Players’ Association, of which he would serve as president from 1962...

  • Leon Fleisher
    Leon Fleisher
    Leon Fleisher is an American pianist and conductor.-Early life and studies:Fleisher was born in San Francisco, where he started studying the piano at age four...

    , an American pianist and conductor
  • Max Fleischer (disambiguation)
  • Michael Fleischer (disambiguation)
  • Nat Fleischer
    Nat Fleischer
    Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer was a noted American boxing writer and collector. Fleischer inaugurated in 1922, encouraged by Tex Rickard, the Ring Magazine publication...

  • Rasmus Fleischer
    Rasmus Fleischer
    Rasmus Fleischer is a Swedish historian, musician, freelance journalist and debater. He is currently working as a Ph.D...

  • Richard Fleischer
    Richard Fleischer
    -Early life:Fleischer was born in Brooklyn, the son of Essie and animator/producer Max Fleischer. He started in motion pictures as director of animated shorts produced by his father including entries in the Betty Boop, Popeye and Superman series.His live-action film career began in 1942 at the RKO...

  • Yishai Fleisher
    Yishai Fleisher
    Yishai Fleisher is a TV and radio broadcaster based in Israel. He produces and hosts , the only English language talk show on Israeli broadcast radio. The show is aired on the station. Yishai founded and currently directs , a non-profit education and outreach organization dedicated to...


Other

  • Fleisher Center
    Fleisher Center
    Estelle & Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center is a 1,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Newark, New Jersey.It is home to the New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders men's and women's basketball, volleyball, fencing and swim teams....

  • Fleischer Studios
    Fleischer Studios
    Fleischer Studios, Inc., was an American corporation which originated as an Animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City, New York...

  • Fleisher Yarn
    Fleisher Yarn
    Fleisher Yarn began as an amateur company soccer club of the SB & BW Fleisher Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia and quickly became a national amateur soccer power...

  • Kayser-Fleischer ring
    Kayser-Fleischer ring
    Kayser-Fleischer rings are dark rings that appear to encircle the iris of the eye. They are due to copper deposition as a result of particular liver diseases. They are named after Dr Bernhard Kayser and Dr Bruno Fleischer, the German doctors who first described them in 1902 and 1903...

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