Born in Tours
Tours
City and commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Tours as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Badminton player, French administrator (1673-1755), French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)): Thom Gicquel, Gabriel Taschereau de Baudry, Honoré de Balzac and some more.
Celebrities from ToursCelebrities from Tours
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Gabriel Taschereau de Baudry
French administrator (1673-1755)
*March 15th, 1673 †April 22nd, 1755, Paris
51 Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
*May 20th, 1799 †August 18th, 1850, Paris
71 Georges Courteline
French dramatist and novelist
*June 25th, 1858 †June 25th, 1929, 13th arrondissement of Paris.jpg "Jérémy Roy")
80 Jules Moinaux
French writer, comedian, playwright, chronicler and librettist
*October 24th, 1815 †December 4th, 1895, Saint-Mandé
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Christian de la Mazière
French journalist
*August 22nd, 1922 †February 15th, 2006, 13th arrondissement of Paris
.jpg "Jean Le Maingre")
72 Marie Guyart
French foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec
*October 28th, 1599 †April 30th, 1672, Quebec City
.jpg "Philippe Néricault Destouches")
74 Philippe Néricault Destouches
French playwright (1680-1754)
*April 9th, 1680 †July 4th, 1754, Fortoiseau Castle.jpg "Charles de Valois, Duc de Berry")
25 Charles de Valois, Duc de Berry
Son of Charles VII, King of France
*December 26th, 1446 †May 24th, 1472, Bordeaux
74 Armand Samuel de Marescot
French general
*March 1st, 1758 †December 25th, 1832, Saint-Quentin-lès-Troo
.jpg "Yves Bonnefoy")
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Jean-Daniel Flaysakier
French journalist
*September 23rd, 1951 †October 7th, 2021, Les Sables-d'Olonne 49
Robbie Baldwin Ross
Canadian journalist and art critic (1869-1918)
*May 25th, 1869 †October 5th, 1918, London 88
Loïc Bouvard
French politician (1929-2017)
*January 20th, 1929 †November 27th, 2017, 7th arrondissement of Paris 61
Catherine Binet
French film editor
*March 12th, 1944 †February 20th, 2006, 14th arrondissement of Paris 52
Marie of the Incarnation
French Discalced Carmelite beatified nun
*February 1st, 1566 †April 18th, 1618, Pontoise 56
A.D.G.
French journalist and novelist
*December 19th, 1947 †November 1st, 2004, 10th arrondissement of Paris 66
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
French philosopher, literary critic, and translator (1940-2007)
*March 6th, 1940 †November 30th, 2006, 10th arrondissement of Paris.jpg "Félix Dujardin")
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Charles Denys de Vitré
French settler in New France
*March 8th, 1645 †January 9th, 1703, Quebec City 51
Magdalena of Valois
Regent of the Kingdom of Navarre, French princess, Princess of Viana (1443-1495)
*December 1st, 1443 †January 21st, 1495, Pamplona 35
Paul Nizan
French philosopher, politician, writer (1905-1940)
*February 7th, 1905 †May 23rd, 1940, Recques-sur-Hem 19
Jonathan Bourhis
French basketball player
*October 10th, 1990 †November 1st, 2009, Veuvey-sur-Ouche 38
Jean Baptiste Meusnier
French mathematician (1754-1793)
*June 19th, 1754 †June 13th, 1793, Mainz-Kastel 41
Louis Parrot
French writer and translator (1906-1948)
*August 28th, 1906 †August 24th, 1948, Paris 54
Robert Poirier
French infantryman, aviator, member of the Resistance, entrepreneur and car racer
*October 8th, 1894 †September 19th, 1949Birthdays of famous people
.jpg "Melanie Martinez")
