Honoré de Balzac leads the 369 famous people born in Tours

Honoré de Balzac (French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)) is the best known by our measure: 176 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alain de Benoist and Gabriel Lamé.

369 people born in Tours have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 641 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 114 of the 369. That is 31% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Guillaume Firmat, born in 1026. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Tours itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.

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