LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.tours.fr/

Population:
132,677 (1999)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Honoré de Balzac	Novelist	20-May-1799	18-Aug-1850	Comédie Humaine
Berengar of Tours	Religion	c. 999 AD	10-Jan-1088	Early anti-transubstantiation theologian
Yves Bonnefoy	Poet	24-Jun-1923	1-Jul-2016	Du Mouvement et de l'immobilité de Douve
Philippe Destouches	Playwright	9-Apr-1680	4-Jul-1754	Le Glorieux
Jacques Villeret	Actor	6-Feb-1951	28-Jan-2005	The Dinner Game

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Yves Chauvin	Chemist	10-Oct-1930	27-Jan-2015	Metathesis
King Henry II	Royalty	5-Mar-1133	6-Jul-1189	King of England, 1154-89

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