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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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523 notable people

0301 POET

Victor Brodeau

1502 - 1540

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0302 PAINTER

Simon François de Tours

1606 - 1671

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0303 VIOLONISTE

Liza Kerob

Born 1973

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0304 WRITER

Pascal Guy

Born 1968

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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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0307 JOURNALIST

Eugène Tavernier

1854 - 1928

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0308 JOURNALIST

Pierre Archambault

1912 - 1988

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0309 LAWYER

Clément Laurier

1832 - 1878

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0310 PLAYER

Loran Alekno

Born 1996

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0311 PRELATE

Jean-Baptiste Gault

1595 - 1643

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0312 DIPLOMATE

Charles Vapereau

1847 - 1925

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0313 POLITICIAN

Martin Lévrier

Born 1962

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0314 PRELATE

François Hébert (1651-1728)

1651 - 1728

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0315 POLITICIAN

Henri de Fontenay

1753 - 1834

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0316 COMPOSER

Philippe Laurent (musicien)

Born 1956

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0317 ENGINEER

Georges Cavalier

1842 - 1878

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0318 MILITANT

André Voisin (libertaire)

1892 - 1981

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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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0321 ARCHITECT

Camille Lefèvre (architecte)

1876 - 1946

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0322 POLITICIAN

Guy Menut

1944 - 2017

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0323 CHEMIST

Florence Babonneau

Born 1957

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0324 POLITICIAN

Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu

1526 - 1613

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0325 NAVY

Claude de Razilly

1593 - 1637

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0326 JOURNALIST

Maurice Prax

1881 - 1962

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0327 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Léon Joulin

1838 - 1928

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0328 PAINTER

Samuel Massé

1672 - 1753

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0329 ACTOR

Samuel Ganes

Born 1977

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0330 PRIEST

Alexandre Ténèbre

1742 - 1822

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0331 WRITER

Pierre Besnier

1648 - 1705

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0332 MAN OF LETTERS

Laurence Vilaine

Born 1965

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0333 MOUNTAIN GUIDE

Serge Gousseault

1947 - 1971

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0334 ARCHAEOLOGIST

René du Coudray de La Blanchère

1853 - 1896

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0335 MAGISTRAT

Georges-Prudent Bruley

1830 - 1898

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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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0338 PAINTER

Jean Dubreuil

1920 - 2008

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0339 FOTÓGRAF

Luis Leon Masson

1825 - 1882

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0340 SCREENWRITER

Laurent Theureau

Born 1965

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0341 ILLUSTRATEUR

Arnaud Poitevin

Born 1974

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0342 LAWYER

Julien Brodeau

1585 - 1653

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0343 HISTORIAN

Paul Foucher (érudit)

1704 - 1778

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0344 POLITICIAN

Claude Roiron

Born 1963

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0345 WRITER

Anne Bouin

Born 1954

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0346 RACER

Philippe Coulon

Born 1950

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0347 LAWYER

Hector-Albert Chaulet d'Outremont

1825 - 1884

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0348 ARCHIVIST

Louis de Grandmaison (1864-1940)

1864 - 1940

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0349 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Léon Goüin

1829 - 1888

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0350 ILLUSTRATOR

Auguste Faguet

1841 - 1886

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0351 PRELATE

Eustache Gault

1591 - 1640

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0352 KARATE

Patricia Chéreau

Born 1977

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0353 ACADEMIC

Auguste Brachet

1845 - 1898

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0354 GERMANIST

André Gisselbrecht

1927 - 2006

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0355 ARTIST

Lucien-Léopold Lobin

1837 - 1892

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0356 JOURNALIST

Pierre Bousquet

1919 - 1991

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0357 PHOTOGRAPHER

Paul Jeuffrain

1809 - 1896

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0358 MONK

Albert Jamet

1883 - 1948

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0359 PRIEST

Gilles Boutault

1597 - 1661

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0360 PRIEST

Jean de Puybaudet

1917 - 1996

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0361 FOOTBALL

Ange Nanizayamo

Born 1998

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0362 ENGINEER

Jean-Claude Migeot

Born 1953

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0363 PHYSICIAN

Louis Tonnellé

1803 - 1860

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0364 FOOTBALL

Nicolas Debord

Born 1968

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0365 POLITICIAN

Étienne Pallu

1588 - 1670

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0366 HOCKEY

Thomas Decock

Born 1986

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0367 LAWYER

Mathieu Augeard

1673 - 1751

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0368 ARCHITECT

Pierre Boille

1914 - 1995

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0369 SCULPTOR

Joan de Tours

Died 1563

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0370 NAVY

Henri-Laurent Daillière

1901 - 1942

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0371 ARCHITECT

Maurice Boille

1883 - 1966

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0372 PRIEST

Martin Pallu

1661 - 1742

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0373 ACTOR

Anne Massoteau

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0374 SONGWRITER

Pierre Mottron

Born 1987

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0375 PRIEST

Henri Caumont

1871 - 1930

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0376 JOURNALIST

Claire Fournier

Born 1972

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0377 SOUVERAIN

Charles Denys de Vitré

1645 - 1703

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0378 HISTORIAN

Louis Benoist de La Grandière

1703 - 1788

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0379 POLITICIAN

Henri Fougère

1882 - 1968

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0380 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Jean Roger (paléontologue)

1909 - 1996

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0381 POLITICIAN

Prudent-Jean Bruley

1759 - 1847

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0382 FOOTBALL

Khalid Leghzal

Born 1988

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0383 POLITICIAN

Jean Farge

1928 - 2011

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0384 PRIEST

Nicolas de Netz

1592 - 1646

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0385 PHYSICIAN

Adam Fumée

1430 - 1494

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0386 ART DIRECTOR

Olivier Bas

Born 1963

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0387 POLITICIAN

Urbain-Adam-Louis-François Gaultier

1740 - 1817

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0388 JOURNALIST

Emmanuel-Arthur Bucheron

1834 - 1902

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0389 ACTOR

Sylvie Gance

1902 - 1978

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0390 ACTOR

Paul Fromet

1863 - 1935

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0391 FOOTBALL

Manuel Lerat

Born 1964

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0392 FOOTBALL

Emmanuel Hamon (football)

Born 1958

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0393 ATHLETIC

David Ramard

Born 1978

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0394 MILITANT

Georges Bernard (résistant)

1921 - 1942

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0395 FOOTBALL

Bertrand Gallou

Born 1974

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0396 SPORT

Alphonse Baugé

1873 - 1938

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0397 POLITICIAN

Charles Deprez

1918 - 2011

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0398 BASKET

Jean-Louis Vacher

Born 1951

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0399 POLITICIAN

Alfred Bernard

1899 - 1944

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0400 MILITAR

Robert Détroyat

1911 - 1941

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0401 ACTOR

Sylvie Deniau

Died 1979

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0402 POLITICIAN

Constant Pilate

1850 - 1933

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0403 ATHLETIC

Olivier Gui

Born 1962

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0404 BISHOP

François Bohier

1500 - 1569

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0405 FREEDIVER

Morgan Bourc'his

Born 1978

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0406 MARCHAND

Pierre Denys de La Ronde

1631 - 1708

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0407 BUSINESS

Marie-Laure Pochon

Born 1959

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0408 JOURNALIST

Jean Lesieur (journaliste)

Born 1949

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0409 PRÉDICATEUR

Philibert Hamelin

Died 1557

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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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0413 SPORT

Thierry Jollet

Born 1990

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0414 DIPLOMAT

Bernard Hardion

1899 - 1986

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0415 POÈTE

Pierre Abraham de La Bretonnière

1701 - 1778

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0416 MILITAR

Léopold Davout (1904-1985)

1904 - 1985

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0417 FOOTBALL

Denis Ribeiro

Born 1987

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0418 HOCKEY

Peter Bourgaut

Born 1987

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0419 HISTORIAN

Henry Lambron de Lignim

1799 - 1863

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0420 RELIGIEUX

Jean d'Estampes de Valençay

1595 - 1671

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0421 SPORT

Jean-Claude Plessis

Born 1944

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0422 ARISTOCRAT

Charles-Pierre-Paul Savalette de Langes

1745 - 1797

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0423 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Morin

1876 - 1957

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0424 SINGER

Olivier Béranger

Born 1967

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0425 POLITICIAN

Barthélemy Arnault

1837 - 1894

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0426 PHYSICIAN

Auguste Haime

1790 - 1877

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0427 OFFICER

Étienne Fulgence Janin

1780 - 1847

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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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0430 PRIEST

Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson

1611 - 1682

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0431 FOOTBALL

Christian Mignon

Born 1958

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0432 OFFICER

Benjamin Gault

1772 - 1813

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0433 PASTOR

Jean-Marie de Bourqueney

Born 1964

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0434 MISSING

Philippe Druelle

Born 1949

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0435 SINGER

Alan Jack

1944 - 1995

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0436 MARCHAND

Jean Gobin

1646 - 1703

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0437 FOOTBALL

Ibrahima Diallo (footballer, born 1999)

Born 1999

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0438 PRELATE

Guy Bernard

Died 1481

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0439 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Noël Champoiseau

1795 - 1859

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0440 ARCHITECT

Henri Jamard

1879 - 1953

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0441 PRELATE

Jean-François de Beauvau du Rivau

1652 - 1717

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0442 BUSINESS

Pierre-Antoine-Claude Papion

1713 - 1789

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0443 POLITICIAN

Raphaël Delaunay

1870 - 1917

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0444 FILS

Gaston Niel

1880 - 1970

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0445 LAWYER

Étienne Benoist de La Grandière

1733 - 1805

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0446 PLAYER

Charles du Souich

1890 - 1970

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0447 POLITICIAN

Eugène Le Roux

1871 - 1958

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0448 ATHLETIC

Denis Lemeunier

Born 1965

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0449 PRÉFET

Prudent Bruley

1787 - 1849

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0450 JOURNALIST

Adrien Paviot

Born 1985

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0451 SINGER

Serge Fouchet

Born 1949

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0452 POLITICIAN

Marguerite-Marie Chichereau-Dinguirard

Born 1948

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0453 ASSEMBLÉE

Loïc Decrauze

Born 1969

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0454 SPORT

Daniel Lavalade

1890 - 1965

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0455 FOOTBALL

Mathieu Inthasane

Born 1986

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0456 LAWYER

Thomas Jules Armand Cottereau

1733 - 1809

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0457 PRELATE

Louis Milon de Rigny

Died 1734

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0458 PRIEST

Pierre-François de Beauvau du Rivau

1642 - 1701

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0459 POLITICIAN

Hyacinthe Viot-Olivier

Born 1757

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0460 INDUSTRIEL

Alphonse Pallu

1808 - 1880

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0461 RÉSISTANCE

Marie-Thérèse de Poix

1894 - 1970

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0462 ACTOR

Gisèle Alcée

1921 - 1983

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0463 ROWER

Jean Freslon

Born 1946

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0464 ACTOR

Gaston Sainrat

1878 - 1967

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0465 POLITICIAN

Jean-François Guépin

1745 - 1821

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0466 BASKET

Olivier Bardet

Born 1980

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0467 PAINTER

Georges Souillet

1861 - 1947

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0468 LAWYER

René-François Julien

1793 - 1871

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0469 CHEF MILITAIRE

Robert Fouré

1885 - 1945

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0470 HOCKEY

Geoffrey Paillet

Born 1986

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0471 SKIER

Wilfried Cailleau

Born 1989

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0472 FOOTBALL

Enzo Valentim

Born 2000

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0473 ENGINEER

Philippe Greslé

1776 - 1846

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0474 SCULPTOR

Charles-Eugène Breton

1878 - 1968

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0475 PRIEST

Urbain Lefebvre

1725 - 1792

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0476 ARCHITECT

Jacques-Aimé Meffre

1795 - 1868

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0477 POLITICIAN

Joseph-Pierre-Sylvain Cartier-Douineau

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0478 SKATER

Cyril Brun

Born 1981

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0479 ARCHER

Jean-Paul Laury

Born 1963

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0480 ATHLETE

Guillaume de Tournemire

1901 - 1970

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0481 ATHLETIC

Sylvain Moreau

Born 1966

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0482 POLITICIAN

Raymond Villatte

1912 - 1975

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0483 PAINTER

René Prath

1881 - 1961

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0484 SPORT

Marcel Bonin (sport shooter)

Born 1904

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0485 OLYMPIQUE

Claude Delmouly

1927 - 2006

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0486 COLLECTOR

Henry Goüin (1782-1861)

1782 - 1861

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0487 BASKET

Noémie Lemaire

Born 1987

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0488 HOCKEY

Alain Blanchet (hockey sur glace)

Born 1958

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0489 BREWER

Alexandre Bacot

1750 - 1824

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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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0492 PRELATE

Frédéric Ragueneau

1540 - 1603

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0493 DRIVER

Frédéric Johais

Born 1980

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0494 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Henry Auvray

1878 - 1947

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0495 POLITICIAN

Charles Toutain

1797 - 1874

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0496 RELIGIEUX

Joseph Sain

1633 - 1708

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0497 LAWYER

Henry Cézanne

1869 - 1949

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0498 ARCHITECT

Jean-Charles Jacquemin-Belisle

1814 - 1869

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0499 COURSE

André Frey (aviateur)

1886 - 1912

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0500 PRELATE

Pierre Ragueneau

Died 1577

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0501 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Joseph Louis Armand Robert

1767 - 1796

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0502 POLITICIAN

Etienne Cassin de la Noue

1749 - 1801

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0503 FOOTBALL

Flavie Lemaître

Born 1988

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0504 LAWYER

Jacques Abraham

1616 - 1679

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0505 MEDALLIST

Louis Jaley

1765 - 1840

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0506 POLITICIAN

Joseph Robert Aubry-Patas

1751 - 1832

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0507 ARCHITECT

Jean-Bernard-Abraham Jacquemin

1756 - 1826

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0508 FOOTBALL

Ludovic Lidon

Born 1971

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0509 PLAYER

Ulrich Chabot

Born 1976

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0510 HISTORIAN

Henry Faye

1852 - 1909

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0511 AUTHOR

Maxime Jacquemin

1795 - 1863

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0512 BUSINESS

Simon Meusnier-Badger

1754 - 1833

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0513 POLITICIAN

Jean Jacques Rabasche

Died 1747

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0514 FOOTBALL

Philippe Levève

Born 1964

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0515 POLITICIAN

Jean Taschereau de Baudry

Born 1645

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0516 BASKET

Johanna Boutet

Born 1970

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0517 PRIEST

Georges Quantin

Born 1610

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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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0521 WIDERSTAND

Yves Lejarre

1897 - 1945

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0522 DRIVER

Albert Ouriou

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0523 POLITICIAN

Étienne Giraudeau

1776 - 1866

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