Editing Tours (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Tours, France}}
[[File:La Duchesse de la Vallière Pierre Mignard.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Louise de la Vallière]], 17thC]]
[[File:General Régis de Trobriand.jpg|thumb|140px|General [[Régis de Trobriand]], 1865]]

=== Public service ===
*[[Berengar of Tours|Berengarius of Tours]] (999–1088), theologian<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Berengarius | volume= 3 | pages = 768&ndash;769 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[William Firmatus]] (1026–1103), a Norman hermit, pilgrim, saint
*[[Bernard Silvestris|Bernard of Tours]] ([[floruit|fl.]] 1147, d. before 1178), philosopher and poet
*[[Jeanne-Marie de Maille]] (1331–1414), saint
*[[Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry|Charles of Valois]] (1446–1472), son of [[Charles VII of France]], younger brother of King [[Louis XI]]
*[[Louise de la Vallière]] (1644–1710), noblewoman and courtesan<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= La Vallière, Louise Françoise de | volume= 16 | pages = 290&ndash;291 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[André-Michel Guerry]] (1802–1866), lawyer and statistician
*[[Marie of St Peter]] (1816–1848), mystic Carmelite nun
*[[Régis de Trobriand]] (1816–1897), American military officer and author
*[[Paul Viollet]] (1840–1914), historian<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Viollet, Paul Marie | volume= 28 | page = 107 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Louis Rimbault]] (1877–1949), [[Individualist anarchism|individualist anarchist]], promoted of [[simple living]] and [[veganism]]
*[[Emile B. De Sauzé]] (1878–1964), language educator
* Baron [[Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel]] (1912–1992), nobleman, soldier and diplomat
*[[René Laurentin]] (1917–2017), theologian, student of [[Mariology]]
*[[Jean Royer]] (1920–2011), former Minister and former Mayor of Tours
*[[Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe]] (1940–2007), philosopher, literary critic and translator 
* [[Jean-Louis Bruguière]] (born 1943), top French [[investigating judge (France)|investigating judge]]
*[[Serge Babary]] (born 1946), politician, Mayor of Tours between 2014 and 2017 
*[[Dominique Bussereau]] (born 1952), politician
*[[Catherine Colonna]] (born 1956) a French diplomat and politician

=== Arts ===
[[File:Jean Fouquet.png|thumb|140px|[[Jean Fouquet]] self portrait, ca.1450]]
[[File:Nicolas de Largillière, Portrait de Philippe Néricault Destouches (1741).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Philippe Néricault Destouches]], 1741]]
[[File:Père-Lachaise - Division 48 - Balzac 07.jpg|thumb|140px|statue of [[Honoré de Balzac]]]]
*[[Jean Fouquet]] (1420–1481), painter and miniaturist<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Foucquet, Jean | volume= 10 | page = 737 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Juste de Juste]] (ca.1505 – ca.1559), Franco-Italian sculptor and printmaker in etching
*[[François Clouet]] (ca.1510 – 1572), [[French Renaissance]] [[Portrait miniature|miniaturist]] and painter<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Clouet, François|volume=6|pages=559–560|first=George Charles|last=Williamson|author-link=G. C. Williamson|short=1}}</ref>
*[[Abraham Bosse]] (1604–1676), artist as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolour
*[[François de Paule Bretonneau]] (1660–1741), preacher, librettist and playwright
*[[Philippe Néricault Destouches]] (1680–1754), dramatist and playwright<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Destouches, Philippe | volume= 8 | page = 104 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Louis Dutens]] (1730–1812), writer, lived most of his life in Britain<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Dutens, Louis | volume= 8 | page = 736 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Jean Baudrais]] (1749–1832), writer and magistrate
*[[Jean-Nicolas Bouilly]] (1763–1842), playwright and librettist<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bouilly, Jean Nicolas | volume= 4 | page = 318 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Philippe Musard]] (1792–1859), conductor and composer
*[[Honoré de Balzac]] (1799–1850), novelist and playwright<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Balzac, Honoré de |volume= 3 |last= Saintsbury |first= George |author-link= George Saintsbury | pages = 298&ndash;301 |short=1 }}</ref>
*[[Jules Moinaux]] (1815–1895), writer, playwright and librettist
*[[Louisa Emily Dobrée]] (ca.1852 – 1917), writer of novels, short stories and juvenile literature
*[[Georges Courteline]] (1858–1929), dramatist and novelist
*[[Daniel Mendaille]] (1885–1963), stage and film actor
*[[Paul Nizan]] (1905–1940), novelist and philosopher
*[[Yves Bonnefoy]] (1923–2016), poet and art historian 
*[[Paul Guers]] (1927–2016), film actor
*[[Jean-Claude Narcy]] (born 1938), journalist and news anchor on [[TF1]]
*[[Jean Chalopin]] (born 1950), TV and movie producer, director and writer
*[[Jacques Villeret]] (1951–2005), actor 
*[[Yves Ker Ambrun]] (born 1954), cartoonist and graphic artist; known as ''YKA'' 
*[[Laurent Petitguillaume]] (born 1960), radio and television host
*[[Luc Delahaye]] (born 1962), photographer of large-scale colour works about social issues
*[[Stéphane Audeguy]] (born 1964), writer, literary critic and teacher
*[[Laurent Mauvignier]] (born 1967), writer of prose and for the theatre
*[[Sinclair (singer)|Mathieu Blanc-Francard]] (born 1970), musician and singer-songwriter, stage name ''Sinclair''
*[[Nâdiya|Nadia Zighem]] (born 1973), a [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer, stage name ''[[Nâdiya]]''
*[[Harry Roselmack]] (born 1973), television presenter
*[[Delphine Bardin]] (born 1974), classical pianist
*[[Zaz (singer)|Isabelle Geffroy]] (born 1980), singer who mixes jazzy styles, stage name ''Zaz''
*[[Biga Ranx|Gabriel Piotrowski]] (born 1988), reggae singer, producer and writer, stage name ''[[Biga Ranx]]''

=== Science and business ===
[[File:Gabriel-Lamé.jpeg|thumb|140px|[[Gabriel Lamé]]]]
*[[Guillaume Rouillé]] ({{circa|1518}} – 1589), prominent humanist bookseller-printer
*[[Julien Le Roy]] (1686–1759), clockmaker and watchmaker
*[[Nicolas Heurteloup]] (1750–1812), a military physician and surgeon
*[[Alexandre Goüin]] (1792–1872), banker and politician; linked with [[Hôtel Goüin]]
*[[Gabriel Lamé]] (1795–1870), mathematician, worked on  [[partial differential equation]]s
*[[Félix Dujardin]] (1801–1860), biologist, researched [[protozoa]]ns
*[[Armand Trousseau]] (1801–1867), internist; found [[Trousseau sign of malignancy]]
*[[Théophile Archambault]] (1806–1863), psychiatrist, also taught mental [[pathology]]
*[[Ernest Goüin]] (1815–1885), [[civil engineer]] and [[industrialist]]
*[[Eugène Goüin]] (1818–1909), banker and politician
*[[Jules Haime]] (1824–1856), [[geologist]], [[paleontologist]] and [[zoologist]]; researched [[coral]]
*[[Émile Delahaye]] (1843–1905), automobile pioneer, founded [[Delahaye]] an automobile manufacturer
*[[Maurice Couette]] (1858–1943), physicist, studied of fluidity & [[rheology]]

=== Sport ===
[[File:Pascal.HERVE.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Pascal Hervé]], 2000]]
*[[Mervin Glennie]] (1918–1986) English first-class cricketer
*[[Catherine Poirot]] (born 1963) former breaststroke swimmer, bronze medallist in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Pascal Hervé]] (born 1964), a road racing cyclist
*[[Xavier Gravelaine]] (born 1968), former footballer with 405 club caps and 4 for [[France national football team|France]]
*[[Maamar Mamouni]] (born 1976) a former footballer with over 290 club caps and 29 for [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]]
*[[Laurent Mekies]] (born 1977), assistant team principal and race director for [[Scuderia Ferrari]]
*[[Ludovic Roy]] (born 1977), footballer with 234 club caps (all in Scotland)
*[[Frédéric Dambier]] (born 1977), figure skater, landed a quadruple [[Salchow jump|salchow]] in competition
*[[Luc Ducalcon]] (born 1984), rugby union player with over 250 club caps and 17 for [[France national rugby union team|France]]
*[[Josselin Ouanna]] (born 1986) a retired French tennis player
*[[Abdou Diallo]] (born 1996), footballer with over 150 club caps and 22 for [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]]
*[[Mathieu Inthasane]] (born 1986), football goalkeeper