Famous Frenchman and Englishman quietly identify tour centre (8)

I believe the answer is:

pompidou

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'famous frenchman' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'englishman quietly identify tour centre' is the wordplay.
'englishman' becomes 'pom' (pom is an Australian term for an English person).
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'identify' becomes 'id' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'centre' says to take the centre.
The central letters of 'tour' are 'ou'.
'pom'+'p'+'id'+'ou'='POMPIDOU'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pompidou that I've seen before include "Paris arts centre name" , "Once leading Frenchman" , "statesman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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