André Dacier

André Dacier was a French classical scholar and editor of texts. He began his career with an edition and commentary of Festus' De verborum significatione, and was the first to produce a "readable" text of the 20-book work. His wife was the influential classical scholar and translator, Anne Dacier.

6 April 1651

Born on the same birth day (6 April): Alfredo Ovando Candía • Bison Dele • Christopher Franke • Don Prudhomme • Feodor Lynen • Gerhard Ritter • Guillaume Bigourdan • Hans Richter (artist) • Helen Berman • Herb Thomas • Huang Xiaomin • Jaroslava Maxová • John Ratzenberger • Maimonides • Richard Loe • Robert Glasper • Robert Volkmann • Roger Cook (journalist) • Rory Bremner • Roy Mayorga • Vince Flynn

Born in the same month (April 1651): Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus • Jean-Baptiste de La Salle • Joseph Vaz