Vacher
Encyclopedia
Vacher is a surname
of French
origin. People with the name include:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
origin. People with the name include:
- Chris VacherChris VacherChris Vacher is a British television presenter, best known as the long-serving main anchor of BBC West's flagship regional news programme Points West....
(contemporary), British television news presenter - Georges Vacher de LapougeGeorges Vacher de LapougeGeorges Vacher de Lapouge was a French anthropologist and a theoretician of eugenics and racialism.- Biography :...
(1854–1936), French anthropologist and theoretician of eugenics and racialism - Joseph VacherJoseph VacherJoseph Vacher was a French serial killer, sometimes known as "The French Ripper" or "L'éventreur du Sud-Est" due to comparisons to the more famous Jack the Ripper murderer of London, England in 1888...
(1869–1898), French serial killer, executed by guillotine - Laurent-Michel VacherLaurent-Michel VacherLaurent-Michel Vacher was a French-born, French Canadian philosopher, writer, journalist and teacher ....
(1944–2005), French Canadian philosopher, writer, and journalist - Paul VacherPaul vacherPaul Vacher was a French perfumer.Vacher created Le Galion fragrances, trademarked in 1936. He worked at Guerlain, among other perfume houses...
(d. 1975), French perfumer - Polly VacherPolly VacherPolly Vacher is an English aviator specialising in long-distance solo flights. She was awarded the MBE for services to charity in 2002. She lives in Oxfordshire....
(b. 1944), English aviatrix - Sydney VacherSydney VacherSydney Vacher was an English architect. He was the son of Thomas Brittain Vacher .CareerHe entered partnership with Evelyn Hellicar in the late 1880s . Their office was at Wellington Street, The Strand, London...
(fl. late 19th c.), English architect - Thomas Brittain VacherThomas Brittain VacherThomas Brittain Vacher was a lithographer, a legal stationer, and a printer. He founded Vacher's Parliamentary Companion, an important parliamentary reference work which continues to this day as Vachers Quarterly, published by Dods....
(1805–1880), English lithographer, legal stationer, and printer - William Herbert VacherWilliam Herbert VacherWilliam Herbert Vacher was a prominent British merchant and banker who was a member of the Shanghai Municipal Council, a chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, founding manager of the London branch of the The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.-Early years and...
(1826–1899), British merchant and banker - Charles VacherCharles VacherCharles Vacher , painter in watercolours, was the third son of the well-known stationer and bookseller, Thomas Vacher, of 29 Parliament Street, Westminster, where he was born on 22 June 1818.He studied art at the Royal Academy...
, (1818–1883), painter in watercolours