Tours ranks 313th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Argentina, Mie Prefecture, and Magdeburg. 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 Gregory of Tours. 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
Between 797 and 2000, Tours was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Honoré de Balzac, Jean Fouquet, and Louise de La Vallière. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in Tours including Anatole France, Alcuin, and Gregory of Tours.
1799 - 1850
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 1
1420 - 1480
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 2
1644 - 1710
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 3
797 - 843
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 4
1795 - 1870
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 5
1376 - 1446
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 6
1510 - 1572
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 7
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 8
970 - 1040
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 9
1434 - 1478
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 10
998 - 1088
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 11
1446 - 1472
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 12
1869 - 1918
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 22
1850 - 1937
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 25
1599 - 1672
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 26
2000 - Present
HPI: 25.66
Rank: 33
1986 - Present
HPI: 22.30
Rank: 36
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 1
735 - 804
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 2
538 - 593
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 3
1420 - 1480
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 4
1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 5
475 - 545
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 6
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 7
797 - 843
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 8
1868 - 1952
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 9
1815 - 1896
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 10
1376 - 1446
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 11
878 - 942
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Tours were politicians (6), writers (5), philosophers (5), painters (3), and noblemen (3), while most who died were writers (6), politicians (5), religious figures (3), noblemen (3), and painters (1).
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 Magdalena of France.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Tours since 1700.