Visscher

Visscher is a Dutch occupational surname. Visscher is an archaic spelling of Dutch visser meaning "fisherman".^[1] Varianta are Visschers and De Visscher. The latter form is now most common in East Flanders.^[2] Notable people with the surname include:

• Roemer Visscher (1547–1620), merchant and writer from Amsterdam
  • Anna Visscher (1584–1651), Dutch artist, poet, and translator, daughter of Roemer
  • Maria Tesselschade Visscher (1594–1649), Dutch poet, and engraver, daughter of Roemer
• Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587–1652), engraver and publisher from Amsterdam
  • Nicolaes Visscher I (1618–1679), his son, Dutch cartographer and publisher
    • Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702), his son, Dutch cartographer and publisher
• 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:
  • Cornelis Visscher (1628/29 – 1658), Dutch engraver
  • Lambert Visscher (1633 – aft.1690), Dutch printmaker active in Italy
  • Jan de Visscher (1635/36 – aft.1692), Dutch engraver and painter
• Codien Visscher [nl; ru] (1835–1912), Dutch translator and writer
• Hugo Visscher [de; nl] (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 [nl] (born 1960), Dutch comedian and cabaret performer
• Maurice Visscher (1901–1983), American physiologist
• Peter Visscher, Dutch-born Australian geneticist

Visschers

• Jacques Visschers (1940–2020), Dutch footballer

De Visscher

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

See also

• Visscher Island, Tasmania, named after Frans Jacobszoon Visscher
• Visscher panorama, an engraving of London by Claes Visscher
• Visser, Dutch surname of the same origin
• Vischer, German surname of the same origin