(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 color works about social issues Stéphane Audeguy (born 1964), writer, literary critic and teacher Laurent Mauvignier (born 1967), writer of prose and for the theatre Mathieu Blanc-Francard (born 1970), musician and singer-songwriter, stage name Sinclair. Nadia Zighem (born 1973), a R&B singer, stage name Nâdiya Harry Roselmack (born 1973), television presenter Delphine Bardin (born 1974), classical pianist Isabelle Geffroy (born 1980), singer who mixes jazzy styles, stage name Zaz Gabriel Piotrowski (born 1988), reggae singer, producer and writer, stage name Biga Ranx Science and business Guillaume Rouillé (ca.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 equations Félix Dujardin (1801–1860), biologist, researched protozoans 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 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 Maamar Mamouni (born 1976) a former footballer with over 290 club caps and 29 for 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 in competition. Luc Ducalcon (born 1984), rugby union player with over 250 club caps and 17 for France Josselin Ouanna (born 1986) a retired French tennis player. Abdou Diallo (born 1996), footballer with over 150 club caps and 22 for Senegal Twin towns — sister cities Tours is twinned with: Mülheim, Germany, since 1962 Segovia, Spain, since 1972 Parma, Italy, since 1976 Luoyang, China, since