# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-tourte
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:42:58.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-tourte"
name: "François Tourte"
slug: "francois-tourte"
description: "François Xavier Tourte was a French bow maker who made a number of significant contributions to the development of the bow of stringed instruments, and is considered to be the most important figure in the development of the modern bow. Because of this, he has often been called the Stradivari of the bow."
tagline: "French luthier"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F.X.Tourte_engraving_by_J.Frey_1818.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1749"
deathDate: "1835-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.08517066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tourte"
    title: "François Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "فرانسوا تورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tourte"
    title: "François Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tourte"
    title: "François Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tourte"
    title: "François Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Xavier_Tourte"
    title: "François Xavier Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tourte"
    title: "François Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1_%D5%8F%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%BF"
    title: "Ֆրանսուա Տուրտ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tourte"
    title: "François Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tourte"
    title: "François Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Xavier_Tourte"
    title: "François Xavier Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tourte"
    title: "François Tourte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump