Visscher

Visscher is a Dutch occupational surname. Visscher is an archaic spelling of Dutch visser meaning "fisherman".[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=visscher&gba_naam=Visscher&nfd_naam=Visscher&operator=eq&taal= Visscher] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Varianta are Visschers and De Visscher. The latter form is now most common in East Flanders.[https://familienaam.be/De_Visscher De Vischer] at familienaam.be 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
• {{interlanguage link|Codien Zwaardemaker-Visscher|lt=Codien Visscher|nl||ru|Виссхер, Кодин}} (1835–1912), Dutch translator and writer
• {{interlanguage link|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
• {{interlanguage link|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
• {{interlanguage link|Fernand De Visscher|de||fr||it||nl|}} (1885–1964), Belgian legal historian
• {{interlanguage link|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