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:

Visschers De Visscher
 * 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
 * (1835–1912), Dutch translator and writer
 * (1864–1947), Dutch theologian and politician
 * John Paul Visscher (1895–1950), American protozoologist
 * Jantje Visscher (born 1933), American painter, photographer, and sculptor
 * (born 1960), Dutch comedian and cabaret performer
 * Maurice Visscher (1901–1983), American physiologist
 * Peter Visscher, Dutch-born Australian geneticist
 * Jacques Visschers (1940–2020), Dutch footballer
 * Charles De Visscher (1884–1973), Belgian jurist
 * (1885–1964), Belgian legal historian
 * (1916–1996), Belgian jurist, son of Charles
 * Jeffrey de Visscher (born 1981), Dutch footballer
 * William Lightfoot Visscher (1842–1924), poet & newspaperman in Washington State