Tours
Tours ranks 333rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Glendale, California, Weimar, and Chișinău. Memorable people born in Tours include Honoré de Balzac, Jean Fouquet, and Louise de La Vallière. Memorable people who died in Tours include Anatole France, Alcuin, and Jean Fouquet. Tours has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Tours is located in France.
Tours is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metropolitan area was 516,973. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 797 and 2000, Tours was the birth place of 41 globally memorable people, including Honoré de Balzac, Jean Fouquet, and Louise de La Vallière. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Tours including Anatole France, Alcuin, and Jean Fouquet.
People Born in Tours
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Honoré de Balzac
WRITER
1799 - 1850
HPI: 83.46
Rank: 1
Jean Fouquet
PAINTER
1420 - 1480
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 2
Louise de La Vallière
WRITER
1644 - 1710
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 3
Judith of Bavaria
NOBLEMAN
797 - 843
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 4
Alain de Benoist
PHILOSOPHER
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 5
François Clouet
PAINTER
1510 - 1572
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 6
Louis, Count of Vendôme
NOBLEMAN
1376 - 1446
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 7
Gabriel Lamé
MATHEMATICIAN
1795 - 1870
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 8
Fulk III, Count of Anjou
NOBLEMAN
970 - 1040
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 9
Yolande of Valois
POLITICIAN
1434 - 1478
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 10
Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry
POLITICIAN
1446 - 1472
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 11
Paul Nizan
PHILOSOPHER
1905 - 1940
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tours
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Catherine Colonna
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 24
Bernardus Silvestris
WRITER
1085 - 1160
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 28
Pascal Hervé
CYCLIST
1964 - Present
HPI: 35.69
Rank: 36
Thom Gicquel
BADMINTON PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 41
People Deceased in Tours
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Anatole France
WRITER
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 1
Alcuin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
735 - 804
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 2
Jean Fouquet
PAINTER
1420 - 1480
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 3
Gregory of Tours
WRITER
538 - 593
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 4
Johannes Ockeghem
COMPOSER
1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 5
Clotilde
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
475 - 545
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 6
Louis-Jules Trochu
POLITICIAN
1815 - 1896
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 7
Charles Maurras
WRITER
1868 - 1952
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 8
Yves Chauvin
CHEMIST
1930 - 2015
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 9
Judith of Bavaria
NOBLEMAN
797 - 843
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 10
Louis, Count of Vendôme
NOBLEMAN
1376 - 1446
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 11
Odo of Cluny
WRITER
878 - 942
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tours
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Hildebert
WRITER
1056 - 1133
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 17
Maurice Huet
ATHLETE
1918 - 1991
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 21
Gilbert Bozon
SWIMMER
1935 - 2007
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 22
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tours were politicians (7), writers (6), philosophers (5), painters (3), and noblemen (3), while most who died were writers (7), politicians (5), religious figures (3), noblemen (3), and painters (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tours, including Bernard Lama, Abdou Diallo, and Sofiane Diop. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tours, including Yolande of Valois, Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry, and Theobald I, Count of Blois.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Tours since 1700.
