Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (19 March 1877 in Freiburg im Breisgau – 1 December 1947 in Munich) was a German chemist.

He was the founder and first director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research.

This allowed for the production of liquid hydrocarbons from carbon monoxide and hydrogen with metal catalyst at temperatures of 150–300 °C (302–572 °F).

[2] He also worked with Wilhelm Ostwald and Hermann Emil Fischer.

[3] In 1913, he became the Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim.