Tourcoing
Tourcoing ranks 1,723rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Atlantic City, New Jersey, Midland, Texas, and Racine, Wisconsin. Memorable people born in Tourcoing include Marcel Lefebvre, Albert Roussel, and Brigitte Fossey. Tourcoing has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players. Tourcoing is located in France.
Tourcoing is a city in northern France on the Belgian border. It is designated municipally as a commune within the department of Nord. Located to the north-northeast of Lille, adjacent to Roubaix, Tourcoing is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the fourth largest city in the French region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with about 97,000 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1869 and 1986, Tourcoing was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Marcel Lefebvre, Albert Roussel, and Brigitte Fossey.
People Born in Tourcoing
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Marcel Lefebvre
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1991
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 1
Albert Roussel
COMPOSER
1869 - 1937
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 2
Brigitte Fossey
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 3
Brigitte Lahaie
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 4
Jean Cau
ATHLETE
1875 - 1921
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 5
Jacques Grimonpon
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 2013
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 6
Yohan Cabaye
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 7
Didier Flament
FENCER
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 8
Anna Gomis
POLITICIAN
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.18
Rank: 9
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tourcoing were actors (2), soccer players (2), religious figures (1), composers (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tourcoing, including Brigitte Fossey, and Brigitte Lahaie. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tourcoing, including Brigitte Fossey, and Brigitte Lahaie.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Tourcoing since 1700.
