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TOURS

Most Famous People Born in Tours, France

Notable people
523
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1912
Most distinctive
Prelate 11.2×
Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Tours during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Tours Is Known For

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Politician is Tours's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (60).

Tours over-indexes on prelate11.2× the global rate.

Tours under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician60
  2. Football30
  3. Writer25
  4. Journalist21
  5. Actor20
  6. Priest20
  7. Painter18
  8. Player13
  1. Prelate1011.2×
  2. Archaeologist710.2×
  3. Screenwriter62.6×
  4. Theologian52.6×
  5. Priest202.6×
  6. Journalist212.5×
  7. Sculptor82.3×
  8. Architect102.2×
  1. Football300.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Tours's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0046 ARCHITECT

Alfred Agache (architect)

1875 - 1959

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0051 PAINTER

Élisabeth Sonrel

1874 - 1953

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0125 THEOLOGIAN

Jules Lebreton

1873 - 1956

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0130 SCULPTOR

Camille Alaphilippe

1874 - 1934

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0142 SCULPTOR

René Baudichon

1878 - 1963

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0228 ACADEMIC

Emile B. De Sauzé

1878 - 1964

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0261 ACTIVIST

Louis Rimbault

1877 - 1949

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0321 ARCHITECT

Camille Lefèvre (architecte)

1876 - 1946

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0375 PRIEST

Henri Caumont

1871 - 1930

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0396 SPORT

Alphonse Baugé

1873 - 1938

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0423 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Morin

1876 - 1957

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0440 ARCHITECT

Henri Jamard

1879 - 1953

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0443 POLITICIAN

Raphaël Delaunay

1870 - 1917

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0447 POLITICIAN

Eugène Le Roux

1871 - 1958

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0464 ACTOR

Gaston Sainrat

1878 - 1967

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0474 SCULPTOR

Charles-Eugène Breton

1878 - 1968

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0494 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Henry Auvray

1878 - 1947

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