Antoine Furetière

Antoine Furetière was a French scholar, writer, and lexicographer, known best for his satirical novel Scarron's City Romance. He was expelled from the Académie Française for seeking to publish his own French language dictionary.

28 December 1619

Born on the same birth day (28 December): Adam Peaty • David Archuleta • Derrick Brew • Dylan Cease • Intikhab Alam • Khalid Boulahrouz • Maarten Schmidt • Maitreyi Ramakrishnan • Narsha • Philip Anschutz • Rudi Faßnacht • Stephen Frost

Born in the same month (December 1619): Prince Rupert of the Rhine