Fisch (surname) explained

Fisch is a German language occupational surname, which means "fisherman" or "fish seller", derived from the Middle High German visch, meaning "fish".^[1] The name may refer to:

• Arline Fisch (born 1931), American artist
• Asher Fisch (born 1958), Israeli conductor
• Bernhard Fisch (1926–2020), German writer
• Edith Fisch (1923–2006), American legal scholar
• Erika Fisch (1934–2021), German athlete
• Hans Ulrich Fisch (1583–1647), Swiss painter
• Herminia Fisch, birth name of Herminia Naglerowa (1890–1957), Polish writer and publicist
• Isidor Fisch (1905–1934), German associate of Bruno Hauptmann
• Jill Fisch, American professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Jedd Fisch (born 1976), American football coach
• Klaus Fisch (1893–1975), German painter
• Menachem Fisch (born 1948), Israeli philosopher
• Olga Fisch (born 1901–1990), artist and rugmaker
• Richard Fisch (1926–2011), American psychiatrist
• Robert O. Fisch (1925–2022), Hungarian-born American pediatrician

See also

• Fish (surname)
• Fysh, surname

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of American Family Names. "Fisch Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 21 January 2016.