List of Famous people with last name Tonty

Alphonse de Tonty

First Name Alphonse
Last Name Tonty
Born on November 30, 1658
Died on January 1, 1727 (aged 68)

Pierre Alphonse de Tonty, or Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy was an officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac and helped establish the first European settlement at Detroit, Michigan, Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit on the Detroit River in 1701. Several months later, both Cadillac and Tonty brought their wives to the fort, making them the first European women to travel so deep into the new territory.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.01683497428894s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.011112928390503s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.011058807373047s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0064530372619629s
router_page: 1x 0.0050852298736572s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0044419765472412s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0025429725646973s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0025081634521484s
headline: 2x 0.0019559860229492s
qids: 2x 0.0015480518341064s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00032401084899902s
head-facts: 1x 0.00029301643371582s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00023913383483887s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.5974044799805E-5s
related: 1x 5.0067901611328E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 0s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-04-04 05:09:04)  -----