Vacher is a surname of French origin. Its literal translation means a keeper of stock or cattle or a herdsman but is generally used by people whose ancestry is traced to the cow-herders. It is also used by a small group of people in India. People with the name include:
Antoine Vacher (1873–1920), French geographer Charles Vacher, (1818–1883), watercolour painter Chris Vacher (born 1951), British television news presenter Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854–1936), French anthropologist and theoretician of eugenics and racialism Joseph Vacher (1869–1898), French serial killer Laurent-Michel Vacher (1944–2005), French Canadian philosopher, writer, and journalist Paul Vacher (before 1936–1975), French perfumer Polly Vacher (born 1944), English aviator Sydney Vacher (fl. 1886–1890), English architect Thomas Brittain Vacher (1805–1880), English lithographer, legal stationer, and printer William Herbert Vacher (1826–1899), British merchant and banker
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