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
  • Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587–1652), engraver and publisher from Amsterdam
  • 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:
  • Codien Visscher (1835–1912), Dutch translator and writer
  • Hugo Visscher (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
  • Bert Visscher (born 1960), Dutch comedian and cabaret performer
  • Maurice Visscher (1901–1983), American physiologist
  • Peter Visscher, Dutch-born Australian geneticist

Visschers

De Visscher

  • Charles De Visscher (1884–1973), Belgian jurist
  • Fernand De Visscher (1885–1964), Belgian legal historian
  • Paul De Visscher (1916–1996), Belgian jurist, son of Charles
  • Jeffrey de Visscher (born 1981), Dutch footballer
  • William Lightfoot Visscher (1842–1924), poet & newspaperman in Washington State
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