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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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Showing 60 of 523 notable people

0033 POLITICIAN

Dominique Bussereau

Born 1952

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0081 POLITICIAN

Jean Germain (politician)

1947 - 2015

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0103 POLITICIAN

Philippe Briand

Born 1960

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0118 POLITICIAN

Loïc Bouvard

1929 - 2017

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0127 POLITICIAN

Mathilde Panot

Born 1989

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0135 POLITICIAN

Pacôme Rupin

Born 1985

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0166 POLITICIAN

Béatrice Pavy-Morançais

Born 1958

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0174 POLITICIAN

Alexandre Goüin

1792 - 1872

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0187 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Turquois

Born 1972

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0189 POLITICIAN

Jules-Antoine Taschereau

1801 - 1874

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0198 POLITICIAN

Gabriel Taschereau de Baudry

1673 - 1755

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0213 POLITICIAN

Serge Babary

Born 1946

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0238 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Filleul

Born 1943

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0268 POLITICIAN

Guillaume Gontard

Born 1971

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0281 POLITICIAN

Henri Jacques Goüin-Moisant

1758 - 1823

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0295 POLITICIAN

Jean-Yves Chamard

Born 1942

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0305 POLITICIAN

Jacques de Beaune

Died 1527

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0306 POLITICIAN

Jean-Louis Chalmel

1756 - 1829

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0313 POLITICIAN

Martin Lévrier

Born 1962

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0315 POLITICIAN

Henri de Fontenay

1753 - 1834

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0319 POLITICIAN

Benoît Roy

Born 1962

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0320 POLITICIAN

Pierre Joseph François Bodin

1748 - 1809

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0322 POLITICIAN

Guy Menut

1944 - 2017

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0324 POLITICIAN

Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu

1526 - 1613

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0336 POLITICIAN

Jean Baptiste d'Estrehan

1700 - 1765

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0337 POLITICIAN

Jean Cartier (homme politique)

1723 - 1810

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0344 POLITICIAN

Claude Roiron

Born 1963

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0365 POLITICIAN

Étienne Pallu

1588 - 1670

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0379 POLITICIAN

Henri Fougère

1882 - 1968

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0381 POLITICIAN

Prudent-Jean Bruley

1759 - 1847

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0383 POLITICIAN

Jean Farge

1928 - 2011

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0387 POLITICIAN

Urbain-Adam-Louis-François Gaultier

1740 - 1817

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0397 POLITICIAN

Charles Deprez

1918 - 2011

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0399 POLITICIAN

Alfred Bernard

1899 - 1944

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0402 POLITICIAN

Constant Pilate

1850 - 1933

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0410 POLITICIAN

Gustave Poussineau

1857 - 1936

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0411 POLITICIAN

Paul German

1915 - 1993

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0412 POLITICIAN

Jacques Vassor

1903 - 1995

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0423 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Morin

1876 - 1957

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0425 POLITICIAN

Barthélemy Arnault

1837 - 1894

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0428 POLITICIAN

Benoit-Jean-Gabriel-Armand de Ruzé d'Effiat

1780 - 1870

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0429 POLITICIAN

Pierre Louis Athanase Veau de Launay

1751 - 1814

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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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0452 POLITICIAN

Marguerite-Marie Chichereau-Dinguirard

Born 1948

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0459 POLITICIAN

Hyacinthe Viot-Olivier

Born 1757

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0465 POLITICIAN

Jean-François Guépin

1745 - 1821

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0477 POLITICIAN

Joseph-Pierre-Sylvain Cartier-Douineau

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0482 POLITICIAN

Raymond Villatte

1912 - 1975

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0490 POLITICIAN

Charles Cartier-Saint-René

1752 - 1822

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0491 POLITICIAN

Joseph-Siméon Valette

1736 - 1809

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0495 POLITICIAN

Charles Toutain

1797 - 1874

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0502 POLITICIAN

Etienne Cassin de la Noue

1749 - 1801

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0506 POLITICIAN

Joseph Robert Aubry-Patas

1751 - 1832

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0513 POLITICIAN

Jean Jacques Rabasche

Died 1747

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0515 POLITICIAN

Jean Taschereau de Baudry

Born 1645

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0518 POLITICIAN

François-Nicolas Preuilly

1715 - 1776

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0519 POLITICIAN

Prudent Luce

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0520 POLITICIAN

Michel Banchereau

Died 1780

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0523 POLITICIAN

Étienne Giraudeau

1776 - 1866

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