47.3928° N, 0.6884° E
TOURS
Most Famous People Born in Tours, France
- Notable people
- 523
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1912
- Most distinctive
- Prelate 11.2×
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 prelate — 11.2× the global rate.
Tours under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
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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- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Science
- Film & TV
- Other
Victor Brodeau
1502 - 1540
Simon François de Tours
1606 - 1671
Liza Kerob
Born 1973
Pascal Guy
Born 1968
Jacques de Beaune
Died 1527
Jean-Louis Chalmel
1756 - 1829
Eugène Tavernier
1854 - 1928
Pierre Archambault
1912 - 1988
Clément Laurier
1832 - 1878
Loran Alekno
Born 1996
Jean-Baptiste Gault
1595 - 1643
Charles Vapereau
1847 - 1925
Martin Lévrier
Born 1962
François Hébert (1651-1728)
1651 - 1728
Henri de Fontenay
1753 - 1834
Philippe Laurent (musicien)
Born 1956
Georges Cavalier
1842 - 1878
André Voisin (libertaire)
1892 - 1981
Benoît Roy
Born 1962
Pierre Joseph François Bodin
1748 - 1809
Camille Lefèvre (architecte)
1876 - 1946
Guy Menut
1944 - 2017
Florence Babonneau
Born 1957
Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu
1526 - 1613
Claude de Razilly
1593 - 1637
Maurice Prax
1881 - 1962
Léon Joulin
1838 - 1928
Samuel Massé
1672 - 1753
Samuel Ganes
Born 1977
Alexandre Ténèbre
1742 - 1822
Pierre Besnier
1648 - 1705
Laurence Vilaine
Born 1965
Serge Gousseault
1947 - 1971
René du Coudray de La Blanchère
1853 - 1896
Georges-Prudent Bruley
1830 - 1898
Jean Baptiste d'Estrehan
1700 - 1765
Jean Cartier (homme politique)
1723 - 1810
Jean Dubreuil
1920 - 2008
Luis Leon Masson
1825 - 1882
Laurent Theureau
Born 1965
Arnaud Poitevin
Born 1974
Julien Brodeau
1585 - 1653
Paul Foucher (érudit)
1704 - 1778
Claude Roiron
Born 1963
Anne Bouin
Born 1954
Philippe Coulon
Born 1950
Hector-Albert Chaulet d'Outremont
1825 - 1884
Louis de Grandmaison (1864-1940)
1864 - 1940
Léon Goüin
1829 - 1888
Auguste Faguet
1841 - 1886
Eustache Gault
1591 - 1640
Patricia Chéreau
Born 1977
Auguste Brachet
1845 - 1898
André Gisselbrecht
1927 - 2006
Lucien-Léopold Lobin
1837 - 1892
Pierre Bousquet
1919 - 1991
Paul Jeuffrain
1809 - 1896
Albert Jamet
1883 - 1948
Gilles Boutault
1597 - 1661
Jean de Puybaudet
1917 - 1996
Ange Nanizayamo
Born 1998
Jean-Claude Migeot
Born 1953
Louis Tonnellé
1803 - 1860
Nicolas Debord
Born 1968
Étienne Pallu
1588 - 1670
Thomas Decock
Born 1986
Mathieu Augeard
1673 - 1751
Pierre Boille
1914 - 1995
Joan de Tours
Died 1563
Henri-Laurent Daillière
1901 - 1942
Maurice Boille
1883 - 1966
Martin Pallu
1661 - 1742
Anne Massoteau
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Pierre Mottron
Born 1987
Henri Caumont
1871 - 1930
Claire Fournier
Born 1972
Charles Denys de Vitré
1645 - 1703
Louis Benoist de La Grandière
1703 - 1788
Henri Fougère
1882 - 1968
Jean Roger (paléontologue)
1909 - 1996
Prudent-Jean Bruley
1759 - 1847
Khalid Leghzal
Born 1988
Jean Farge
1928 - 2011
Nicolas de Netz
1592 - 1646
Adam Fumée
1430 - 1494
Olivier Bas
Born 1963
Urbain-Adam-Louis-François Gaultier
1740 - 1817
Emmanuel-Arthur Bucheron
1834 - 1902
Sylvie Gance
1902 - 1978
Paul Fromet
1863 - 1935
Manuel Lerat
Born 1964
Emmanuel Hamon (football)
Born 1958
David Ramard
Born 1978
Georges Bernard (résistant)
1921 - 1942
Bertrand Gallou
Born 1974
Alphonse Baugé
1873 - 1938
Charles Deprez
1918 - 2011
Jean-Louis Vacher
Born 1951
Alfred Bernard
1899 - 1944
Robert Détroyat
1911 - 1941
Sylvie Deniau
Died 1979
Constant Pilate
1850 - 1933
Olivier Gui
Born 1962
François Bohier
1500 - 1569
Morgan Bourc'his
Born 1978
Pierre Denys de La Ronde
1631 - 1708
Marie-Laure Pochon
Born 1959
Jean Lesieur (journaliste)
Born 1949
Philibert Hamelin
Died 1557
Gustave Poussineau
1857 - 1936
Paul German
1915 - 1993
Jacques Vassor
1903 - 1995
Thierry Jollet
Born 1990
Bernard Hardion
1899 - 1986
Pierre Abraham de La Bretonnière
1701 - 1778
Léopold Davout (1904-1985)
1904 - 1985
Denis Ribeiro
Born 1987
Peter Bourgaut
Born 1987
Henry Lambron de Lignim
1799 - 1863
Jean d'Estampes de Valençay
1595 - 1671
Jean-Claude Plessis
Born 1944
Charles-Pierre-Paul Savalette de Langes
1745 - 1797
Ferdinand Morin
1876 - 1957
Olivier Béranger
Born 1967
Barthélemy Arnault
1837 - 1894
Auguste Haime
1790 - 1877
Étienne Fulgence Janin
1780 - 1847
Benoit-Jean-Gabriel-Armand de Ruzé d'Effiat
1780 - 1870
Pierre Louis Athanase Veau de Launay
1751 - 1814
Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson
1611 - 1682
Christian Mignon
Born 1958
Benjamin Gault
1772 - 1813
Jean-Marie de Bourqueney
Born 1964
Philippe Druelle
Born 1949
Alan Jack
1944 - 1995
Jean Gobin
1646 - 1703
Ibrahima Diallo (footballer, born 1999)
Born 1999
Guy Bernard
Died 1481
Noël Champoiseau
1795 - 1859
Henri Jamard
1879 - 1953
Jean-François de Beauvau du Rivau
1652 - 1717
Pierre-Antoine-Claude Papion
1713 - 1789
Raphaël Delaunay
1870 - 1917
Gaston Niel
1880 - 1970
Étienne Benoist de La Grandière
1733 - 1805
Charles du Souich
1890 - 1970
Eugène Le Roux
1871 - 1958
Denis Lemeunier
Born 1965
Prudent Bruley
1787 - 1849
Adrien Paviot
Born 1985
Serge Fouchet
Born 1949
Marguerite-Marie Chichereau-Dinguirard
Born 1948
Loïc Decrauze
Born 1969
Daniel Lavalade
1890 - 1965
Mathieu Inthasane
Born 1986
Thomas Jules Armand Cottereau
1733 - 1809
Louis Milon de Rigny
Died 1734
Pierre-François de Beauvau du Rivau
1642 - 1701
Hyacinthe Viot-Olivier
Born 1757
Alphonse Pallu
1808 - 1880
Marie-Thérèse de Poix
1894 - 1970
Gisèle Alcée
1921 - 1983
Jean Freslon
Born 1946
Gaston Sainrat
1878 - 1967
Jean-François Guépin
1745 - 1821
Olivier Bardet
Born 1980
Georges Souillet
1861 - 1947
René-François Julien
1793 - 1871
Robert Fouré
1885 - 1945
Geoffrey Paillet
Born 1986
Wilfried Cailleau
Born 1989
Enzo Valentim
Born 2000
Philippe Greslé
1776 - 1846
Charles-Eugène Breton
1878 - 1968
Urbain Lefebvre
1725 - 1792
Jacques-Aimé Meffre
1795 - 1868
Joseph-Pierre-Sylvain Cartier-Douineau
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Cyril Brun
Born 1981
Jean-Paul Laury
Born 1963
Guillaume de Tournemire
1901 - 1970
Sylvain Moreau
Born 1966
Raymond Villatte
1912 - 1975
René Prath
1881 - 1961
Marcel Bonin (sport shooter)
Born 1904
Claude Delmouly
1927 - 2006
Henry Goüin (1782-1861)
1782 - 1861
Noémie Lemaire
Born 1987
Alain Blanchet (hockey sur glace)
Born 1958
Alexandre Bacot
1750 - 1824
Charles Cartier-Saint-René
1752 - 1822
Joseph-Siméon Valette
1736 - 1809
Frédéric Ragueneau
1540 - 1603
Frédéric Johais
Born 1980
Henry Auvray
1878 - 1947
Charles Toutain
1797 - 1874
Joseph Sain
1633 - 1708
Henry Cézanne
1869 - 1949
Jean-Charles Jacquemin-Belisle
1814 - 1869
André Frey (aviateur)
1886 - 1912
Pierre Ragueneau
Died 1577
Joseph Louis Armand Robert
1767 - 1796
Etienne Cassin de la Noue
1749 - 1801
Flavie Lemaître
Born 1988
Jacques Abraham
1616 - 1679
Louis Jaley
1765 - 1840
Joseph Robert Aubry-Patas
1751 - 1832
Jean-Bernard-Abraham Jacquemin
1756 - 1826
Ludovic Lidon
Born 1971
Ulrich Chabot
Born 1976
Henry Faye
1852 - 1909
Maxime Jacquemin
1795 - 1863
Simon Meusnier-Badger
1754 - 1833
Jean Jacques Rabasche
Died 1747
Philippe Levève
Born 1964
Jean Taschereau de Baudry
Born 1645
Johanna Boutet
Born 1970
Georges Quantin
Born 1610
François-Nicolas Preuilly
1715 - 1776
Prudent Luce
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Michel Banchereau
Died 1780
Yves Lejarre
1897 - 1945
Albert Ouriou
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Étienne Giraudeau
1776 - 1866