Tours
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.
People Born in Tours
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Honoré de Balzac
1799 - 1850
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 1
Jean Fouquet
1420 - 1480
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 2
Louise de La Vallière
1644 - 1710
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 3
Judith of Bavaria
797 - 843
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 4
Gabriel Lamé
1795 - 1870
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 5
Louis, Count of Vendôme
1376 - 1446
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 6
François Clouet
1510 - 1572
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 7
Alain de Benoist
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 8
Fulk III, Count of Anjou
970 - 1040
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 9
Yolande of Valois
1434 - 1478
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 10
Berengar of Tours
998 - 1088
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 11
Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry
1446 - 1472
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tours
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Robbie Ross
1869 - 1918
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 22
Victor Laloux
1850 - 1937
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 25
Marie of the Incarnation
1599 - 1672
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 26
Sofiane Diop
2000 - Present
HPI: 25.66
Rank: 33
Josselin Ouanna
1986 - Present
HPI: 22.30
Rank: 36
People Deceased in Tours
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Anatole France
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 1
Alcuin
735 - 804
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 2
Gregory of Tours
538 - 593
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 3
Jean Fouquet
1420 - 1480
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 4
Johannes Ockeghem
1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 5
Clotilde
475 - 545
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 6
Yves Chauvin
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 7
Judith of Bavaria
797 - 843
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 8
Charles Maurras
1868 - 1952
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 9
Louis-Jules Trochu
1815 - 1896
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 10
Louis, Count of Vendôme
1376 - 1446
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 11
Odo of Cluny
878 - 942
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tours
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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.
