Tours
Tours ranks 333rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Glendale, California, Weimar, and Chișinău. Memorable people born in Tours include Honoré de Balzac, Jean Fouquet, and Judith of Bavaria. Memorable people who died in Tours include Judith of Bavaria, Hildebert, and Gilbert Bozon. 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
People
Between 797 and 2000, Tours was the birth place of 41 globally memorable people, including Honoré de Balzac, Jean Fouquet, and Judith of Bavaria. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Tours including Judith of Bavaria, Hildebert, and Gilbert Bozon.
People Born in Tours
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Honoré de Balzac
WRITER
1799 - 1850
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 24
Jean Fouquet
PAINTER
1420 - 1480
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 14
Judith of Bavaria
NOBLEMAN
797 - 843
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 5
Louise de La Vallière
WRITER
1644 - 1710
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 9
François Clouet
PAINTER
1510 - 1572
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 28
Gabriel Lamé
MATHEMATICIAN
1795 - 1870
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 16
Magdalena of France
POLITICIAN
1443 - 1495
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 22
Jean II Le Maingre
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1366 - 1421
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 32
Alain de Benoist
PHILOSOPHER
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 37
Louis, Count of Vendôme
NOBLEMAN
1376 - 1446
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 31
Fulk III, Count of Anjou
NOBLEMAN
970 - 1040
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 17
Yolande of Valois
POLITICIAN
1434 - 1478
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 11
People Deceased in Tours
Go to all RankingsJudith of Bavaria
NOBLEMAN
797 - 843
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 1
Hildebert
WRITER
1056 - 1133
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Gilbert Bozon
SWIMMER
1935 - 2007
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Johannes Ockeghem
COMPOSER
1410 - 1497
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Yves Chauvin
CHEMIST
1930 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Luitgard
POLITICIAN
776 - 800
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Jean Fouquet
PAINTER
1420 - 1480
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 7
René Benjamin
WRITER
1885 - 1948
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Louis-Jules Trochu
POLITICIAN
1815 - 1896
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Fulk II, Count of Anjou
POLITICIAN
920 - 960
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 10
Ingelger
POLITICIAN
900 - 888
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Odo I, Count of Blois
NOBLEMAN
950 - 996
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tours
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WRITER
1056 - 1133
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Gilbert Bozon
SWIMMER
1935 - 2007
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Johannes Ockeghem
COMPOSER
1410 - 1497
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Yves Chauvin
CHEMIST
1930 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Luitgard
POLITICIAN
776 - 800
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
René Benjamin
WRITER
1885 - 1948
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Louis-Jules Trochu
POLITICIAN
1815 - 1896
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Ingelger
POLITICIAN
900 - 888
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Odo I, Count of Blois
NOBLEMAN
950 - 996
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Jean Marcel Honoré
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1920 - 2013
HPI: NaN
Rank: 13
Clotilde
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
475 - 545
HPI: NaN
Rank: 14
Charles Maurras
WRITER
1868 - 1952
HPI: NaN
Rank: 15
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tours were politicians (7), writers (6), philosophers (5), painters (3), and noblemen (3), while most who died were writers (7), politicians (5), noblemen (3), religious figures (3), and swimmers (1).
Occupational Trends
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 Magdalena of France, Yolande of Valois, and Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 13 globally memorable people born in Tours since 1700.
