Visser
Visser is a Dutch occupational surname, meaning "fisherman". In 2007, nearly 50,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the eighth most populous name in the country.[1] Common variant forms of the name are De Visser, Visscher, and Vissers. Notable people with the surname include:
- A.G. Visser (1878-1929), Afrikaans poet
- Ad Visser (born 1947), Dutch radio presenter
- Adrie Visser (born 1983), Dutch cyclist
- Angela Visser (born 1966), Dutch model and actress
- Atie Visser (1914–2014), Dutch resistance fighter during World War II
- Barbara Visser (born 1977), Dutch politician
- Barbara Visser (artist) (born 1966), Dutch artist
- Barney Visser (born 1949), American businessman and racing team owner
- Beitske Visser (born 1995), Dutch racing driver
- Brian Visser (born 1987), American soccer goalkeeper
- Carel Visser (1928–2015), Dutch sculptor
- Cor Visser (1903-1982), Dutch artist
- Cornelis Visser (born 1964), Dutch politician
- Danie Visser (born 1961), South African tennis player
- Dennis Visser (born 1993), South African rugby player
- Dennis Visser (born 1995), Dutch short track speed skater
- Eelco Visser (born 1966), Dutch computer scientist
- Elizabeth Visser (1908–1987), Dutch classical scholar
- Eric Visser (born 1951), Dutch publisher
- Esmee Visser (born 1996) Dutch speed skater
- Gerrit Visser (1903-1984), Dutch footballer
- Gian Visser (born 1975), South African IT entrepreneur
- Guido Visser (born 1970), Canadian cross-country skier
- Henk Visser (collector) (1923–2006), Dutch arms and armory collector
- Henk Visser (long jumper) (1932–2015), Dutch long jumper
- Henk Visser (politician) (born 1946), Dutch politician
- Ingrid Visser (born 1966), New Zealand marine biologist
- Ingrid Visser (1977-2013), Dutch volleyball player
- Jenny Visser-Hooft (1888–1939), Dutch traveler, mountaineer, and naturalist, wife of Philips Visser
- Jaco Visser (born c. 1970), South African rugby player
- John E. Visser (1920–1997), American University president
- Jurgen Visser (born 1989), South African rugby player
- Kevin Visser (born 1988), Dutch footballer
- Kyle Visser (born 1985), American basketball player
- Leo Visser (born 1966), Dutch speed skater
- Lesley Visser (born 1953), American sportscaster
- Lieuwe Visser (1940–2014), Dutch operatic baritone and singing teacher
- Lucie Visser (born 1958), Dutch model and actress
- Margaret Visser (born 1940), Canadian writer and broadcaster
- Marius Visser (born 1982), Namibian ruby player
- Mark Visser (born 1983), Australian surfer
- Mart Visser (born 1968), Dutch fashion designer
- Martinus Visser (born 1968), Dutch fashion designer
- Matt Visser, New Zealand mathematician
- Mattijs Visser (born 1958), Dutch organizer of art exhibitions
- Maura Visser (born 1924), Australian sailor
- Nadine Visser (born 1995), Dutch heptathlete
- Nikki Visser (born 1975), Australian model, television presenter, and actress
- Paul Calvin Visser (born c. 1936), American mayor of Flint, Michigan
- Philips Christiaan Visser (1882–1955), Dutch geographer, explorer, mountaineer, and diplomat
- Peter Visser (born 1960), New Zealand cricketer
- Piet Visser (born 1920), pseudonym of Belgian writer Lode Van Den Bergh
- Ria Visser (born 1961), Dutch speed skater and TV commentator
- Robert Visser (1860-1937), German photographer
- Rod Visser, Canadian politician
- Rokus Bernardus Visser (1914–1977), Dutch and later Indonesian Military commander
- Sanna Visser (born 1984), Dutch volleyball player
- Sep Visser (born 1990), Dutch rugby union player
- Sim Visser (1908-1983), Dutch politician
- Susan Visser (born 1965), Dutch film actress
- Thijs Visser (born 1989), Aruban sailor
- Tim Visser (born 1987), Dutch rugby player representing Scotland; brother of Sep
- Wayne Visser (born 1970), South African writer, academic, social entrepreneur and futurist
- Werner Visser (born 1998), South African discus thrower
- Willem Jacob Visser (1915-1991), Dutch linguist
- Yge Visser (born 1963), Dutch chess player
- Yolandi Visser (born 1984), South African singer/rapper
- Yvonne Visser (born 1965), Canadian biathlete
- Zarck Visser (born 1989), South African long jumper
Compound names
- Haas Visser 't Hooft (1905-1977), Dutch field hockey player
- Willem Visser 't Hooft (1900-1985), Dutch secretary general of the World Council of Churches
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