The following people whose family name is Fischer have entries in Wikipedia:
- Bobby Fischer (born 1943), American chess player
- Edwin Fischer (1886-1960), Swiss pianist and conductor
- Eugen Fischer (1874-1967) Nazi anthropologist
- Heinz Fischer (born 1938), Austrian politician
- Joschka Fischer (born 1948), foreign minister of Germany
- Scott Fischer (1956-1996), American mountain guide
- Tim Fischer (born 1946), Australian politician