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
  • 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

See also

References

  1. ^ Visscher at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ De Vischer at familienaam.be
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