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Events from the year 1974 in France.
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1973 in France
See also:1972 in France,other events of 1973,1974 in France.----Events from the year 1973 in France.-Events:*4 March - Legislative Election held.*11 March - Legislative Election held....
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See also:1974 in France,other events of 1975,1976 in France.----Events from the year 1975 in France.-Events:*1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel....
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Events from the year 1974 in France.
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- 1 March - Pierre MessmerPierre MessmerPierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Louis XV – and then as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974...
finishes his first term as Prime Minister of FrancePrime Minister of FranceThe Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
. - 3 March - Turkish Airlines Flight 981Turkish Airlines Flight 981Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, registered TC-JAV and named the Ankara, that crashed in Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise, France, outside Senlis, on 3 March 1974...
McDonnell Douglas DC-10McDonnell Douglas DC-10The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine widebody jet airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 has range for medium- to long-haul flights, capable of carrying a maximum 380 passengers. Its most distinguishing feature is the two turbofan engines mounted on underwing pylons and a...
crashes just outside SenlisSenlis, OiseSenlis is a French commune located in the Oise department near Paris. It has a long and rich heritage, having traversed centuries of history. This medieval town has welcomed some of the most renowned figures in French history, including Hugh Capet, Louis IX, the Marshall of France, Anne of Kiev and...
killing all 346 on board. - 8 March - Charles de Gaulle International AirportCharles de Gaulle International AirportParis-Charles de Gaulle Airport , also known as Roissy Airport , in the Paris area, is one of the world's principal aviation centres, as well as France's largest airport. It is named after Charles de Gaulle , leader of the Free French Forces and founder of the French Fifth Republic...
opens in Paris. - 2 April - President Georges PompidouGeorges PompidouGeorges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974.-Biography:...
dies in office. Senate President Alain PoherAlain PoherAlain Émile Louis Marie Poher was a French centrist politician, affiliated first with the Popular Republican Movement and later with the Democratic Centre. He served as a Senator for Val-de-Marne from 1946 to 1995. He was President of the Senate from 3 October 1968 to 1 October 1992 and, in that...
becomes Acting President for the second time. - 7 August - French acrobatAcrobaticsAcrobatics is the performance of extraordinary feats of balance, agility and motor coordination. It can be found in many of the performing arts, as well as many sports...
Philippe PetitPhilippe PetitPhilippe Petit is a French high-wire artist who gained fame for his high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, on 7 August 1974...
walks across a high wire slung between the twin towers of the World Trade CenterWorld Trade CenterThe original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
in New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. - 9 December - The Paris summit, reuniting the European communitiesEuropean CommunitiesThe European Communities were three international organisations that were governed by the same set of institutions...
' heads of state and government, commences.
Sport
- 27 June - Tour de France1974 Tour de FranceThe 1974 Tour de France was the 61st Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 21, 1974. It consisted of 22 stages over 4098 km, ridden at an average speed of 35.241 km/h...
begins. - 21 July - Tour de France ends, won by Eddy MerckxEddy MerckxEdouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...
of Belgium.
January to March
- 6 January - Romain SardouRomain SardouRomain Sardou , is a French novelist born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine. He is the son of the singer and songwriter Michel Sardou.-Biography:...
, novelist. - 13 January - Thierry DebèsThierry DebèsThierry Debès is a French football goalkeeper. He currently plays for AC Ajaccio.He is the team's captain and his club just got pormotion to Ligue 1, he may go to bench next season because of the transfer of Guillermo Ochoa...
, soccer player. - 16 January - Frédéric DindeleuxFrédéric DindeleuxFrédéric Dindeleux is a French footballer who currently plays for K.M.S.K. Deinze in the Belgian Third Division, as a defender...
, soccer player. - 20 January - Florian MauriceFlorian MauriceFlorian Maurice is a French retired footballer. He played as a striker, and most notably won the 1998 Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue with French team Paris Saint-Germain...
, soccer player. - 21 January - Ulrich Le PenUlrich Le PenUlrich Le Pen is a French footballer currently a free agent- Career :Le Pen began his professional career with Rennes where he spent six years. In 110 games, he scored once. Either a winger or central midfielder, he is renowned for his passing. He moved to Laval where he scored 14 goals in 50...
, soccer player. - 23 January - Bernard DiomèdeBernard DiomèdeBernard Diomède is a retired French footballer of Guadeloupean descent. He played as a winger.-Club career:...
, soccer player. - 3 February - Florian RousseauFlorian RousseauFlorian Rousseau is a French former track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics . He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of them seeming to make his eyes bulge - to help him concentrate at the start of races...
, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist. - 6 February - Sébastien DelagrangeSebastien DelagrangeSébastien Delagrange is a French professional golfer.Delagrange was born in Paris. He turned professional in 1995 and has spent his career fluctuating between European Tour status and playing on the second tier Challenge Tour...
, golfer. - 8 February - Guy-Manuel de Homem-ChristoGuy-Manuel de Homem-ChristoGuillaume Emmanuel "Guy-Manuel" de Homem-Christo; is a founding member of the French house music duo Daft Punk, along with Thomas Bangalter. He has also produced several works from his record label Crydamoure with label co-owner Éric Chedeville. He and Chedeville formed the musical duo Le Knight...
, musician. - 10 February - Lionel PotillonLionel PotillonLionel Potillon is a retired French football defender.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 11 February - Sébastien HinaultSébastien HinaultSébastien Hinault is a French road racing cyclist. He debuted in 1997 with the French team , which later became Crédit Agricole, and has competed in the Tour de France five times. After Crédit Agricole disbanded in 2008, Hinault joined .He is not related to former cyclist Bernard Hinault.-Race...
, cyclist. - 17 February - Frédéric BolleyFrédéric BolleyFrédéric Bolley is a French former two-time motocross world champion.Bolley won the 1999 and 2000 F.I.M. 250cc motocross world championship riding for the Honda factory racing team. After his motocross career, Bolley competed in the supermoto world championships as well as indoor enduro...
, twice motocrossMotocrossMotocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. It evolved from trials, and was called scrambles, and later motocross, combining the French moto with cross-country...
world champion. - 20 February - Ophélie WinterOphélie WinterOphélie Kleerekoper-Winter is a French singer and actress.- Biography :Her father David Alexandre Winter, was a Dutch pop singer during the 1970s, while her mother was a French fashion model, who is now her agent...
, singer and actress. - 23 February - Stéphane BernadisStephane BernadisStéphane Bernadis is a French pair skater. He won the bronze medal in pairs at the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships with partner Sarah Abitbol.-Results:...
, figure skater. - 26 February - Sébastien LoebSébastien LoebSébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...
, rally driverRallyingRallying, also known as rally racing, is a form of auto racing that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars...
and three time World Champion. - 17 March - Franck BouyerFranck BouyerFranck Bouyer is a French professional road bicycle racer for who races for Bbox Bouygues Telecom. Bouyer suffers from narcolepsy, resulting in sudden sleep attacks and cataplexy, and was unable to compete or train without Modafinil...
, cyclist. - 21 March - Sébastien GimenezSébastien GimenezSébastien Gimenez is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Nîmes Olympique.He played on the professional level in the Ligue 2 for FC Sète.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 31 March - Patrick RegnaultPatrick RegnaultPatrick Regnault is a retired French football goalkeeper.-External links:...
, soccer player.
April to June
- 1 April - Cyril RaffaelliCyril RaffaelliCyril Raffaelli is a French traceur, martial artist and stuntman.-Biography:Utilizing shotokan karate and wushu, Raffaelli has been a regular in films with Luc Besson and David Belle, the latter being a friend of his.-Filmography:...
, traceurParkourParkour is a method of movement focused on moving around obstacles with speed and efficiency. Originally developed in France, the main purpose of the discipline is to teach participants how to move through their environment by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing and jumping...
, martial artistMartial artsMartial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
and stuntmanStunt doubleA stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television , and for other sophisticated stunts...
. - 7 April - Julien BoutterJulien BoutterJulien Boutter is a former professional male tennis player from France.-Career:At the 2002 Australian Open, Boutter defeated number 2 seed and former World number 1 Gustavo Kuerten, despite being down two sets, 3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3.In his career he has won 1 singles title and reached the final...
, tennis player. - 11 April - Franck RénierFranck RénierFranck Rénier is a French professional road bicycle racer who is currently a free agent.-Palmares:* Vuelta a España - 121st * Giro d'Italia - 134th * Tour de France** 85th ** 95th...
, cyclist. - 18 April - Olivier BesancenotOlivier BesancenotOlivier Besancenot is a French far left political figure and trade unionist, and the founding main spokesperson of the New Anticapitalist Party from 2009 to 2011....
, politician. - 29 April - Pascal CyganPascal CyganPascal Cygan is a retired French footballer. His favoured position was central defender, but he could also play at left back when needed....
, soccer player. - 8 May - Raphaël JacquelinRaphaël JacquelinRaphaël Jacquelin is a French professional golfer.Jacquelin was born in Lyon. He turned professional in 1995, after winning the French Amateur Championship.Jacquelin began his professional career on the Challenge Tour...
, golfer. - 9 May - Benoît SalmonBenoit SalmonBenoît Salmon is a French former professional road racing cyclist. In 1999, Salmon won the young rider classification in the Tour de France and the overall title of the Grand Prix du Midi Libre.- Major achievements :...
, cyclist. - 10 May - Sylvain WiltordSylvain WiltordSylvain Claude Wiltord is a French footballer who currently plays for FC Nantes. With the French national team, Wiltord has won Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup....
, international soccer player. - 14 May - Pierre-Yves AndréPierre-Yves AndréPierre-Yves André is a retired French footballer. He spent most of his career playing for SC Bastia, and retired after the club suffered relegation to the French third tier following the 2009–10 season....
, soccer player. - 24 May - Florence Baverel-RobertFlorence Baverel-RobertFlorence Baverel-Robert , is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.5 km sprint...
, biathleteBiathlonBiathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...
. - 28 May - Romain DurisRomain Duris-Life:Born on 28 May 1974 in Paris, son of an engineer-architect father, Duris studied arts at university. He was noticed in the street by a casting director whilst waiting in a queue in 1993 and offered a part in the 1994 Cédric Klapisch film Le péril jeune...
, actor. - 1 June - Jérôme VareilleJérôme VareilleJérôme Vareille is a French footballer who has spent much of his career in Scotland. He is known for his blistering pace and lack of goals....
, soccer player. - 10 June - Christophe BassonsChristophe BassonsChristophe Bassons is a French former professional road racing cyclist whose career ended when he spoke out about doping in the Tour de France.-Origins:...
, cyclist. - 13 June - Claire-Marie Le GuayClaire-Marie Le Guay-Early life:Le Guay began playing piano at age 4 and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, where she studied with Jacques Rouvier, Pascal Devoyon and Bruno Rigutto...
, classical pianist.
July to September
- 7 July - Doc GynécoDoc GynécoDoc Gynéco is a popular French hip hop artist of Guadeloupean origin. His music is typically characterized as a ragga/rap style, that has found its fan base in France. Born in Clichy-la-Garenne, France on July 7, 1974, Beausir's mother was Caribbean and his father white...
, hip hopHip hopHip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
artist. - 9 July - Foulques, duc d'Aumale, comte d'EuFoulques, duc d'Aumale, comte d'EuFoulques Thibaut Robert Jacques Géraud Jean Marie d'Orléans, Petit-Fils de France, Prince de France, comte d'Eu and duc d'Aumale was born on 9 July 1974. He is the son of Jacques Jean Yaroslaw Marie d'Orléans, Prince de France and Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves...
, Prince de France. - 10 July - Nassim AkrourNassim AkrourNassim Akrour is an Algerian international footballer. He currently plays for FC Istres in the French Ligue 2....
, soccer player. - 13 July - Ronan Le CromRonan Le CromRonan Le Crom is a French professional football goalkeeper, currently with Paris Saint-Germain.Le Crom began his career at AJ Auxerre, joining the senior squad in 1991. He played only three matches for the club, one in each of his final three seasons, before leaving in 2002...
, soccer player. - 21 July - Frédéric BiancalaniFrédéric BiancalaniFrédéric Biancalani, is a French former professional footballer.-Career:He came from the youth academy at Nancy and played his first professional match in August 1996 against Paris Saint-Germain. The result was 0-0. In 2001, Biancalani moved to Walsall, when they were in the old First Division...
, soccer player. - 4 August - Jean-Christophe RouvièreJean-Christophe RouvièreJean-Christophe Rouvière is a retired French football midfielder. He last played for Championnat National side Nîmes Olympique.His previous clubs include Montpellier HSC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Toulouse FC....
, soccer player. - 4 August - Thierry ThulliezThierry Thulliez-Major wins: France* Critérium International - French Fifteen * Prix d'Astarté - - Darjina * Prix de Diane - - Carling * Prix Jacques Le Marois - - Six Perfections ...
, jockey. - 5 August - Antoine SibierskiAntoine SibierskiAntoine Sibierski is a French former footballer of Polish descent who played as a midfielder for clubs such as Manchester City and Newcastle United.- Early career :...
, soccer player. - 7 August - Yohann BernardYohann BernardYohann Bernard is a breaststroke swimmer from France.-Career:Bernard won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the 1999 European Championships in Istanbul...
, swimmer. - 9 August - Raphaël PoiréeRaphaël PoiréeRaphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1999 to 2007. With his 44 World cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.-Biography:...
, biathleteBiathlonBiathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...
. - 11 August - Audrey MestreAudrey MestreAudrey Mestre was a French world record-setting freediver.- Early life :Born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, to a family of snorkeling and scuba diving enthusiasts, at age two she was already swimming and by age thirteen was a seasoned scuba diver...
, free-diverFree-divingFreediving is any of various aquatic activities that share the practice of breath-hold underwater diving. Examples include breathhold spear fishing, freedive photography, apnea competitions and, to a degree, snorkeling...
(d.20022002 in FranceSee also:2001 in France,other events of 2002,2003 in France.----Events from the year 2002 in France.-Events:*1 January - the Euro replaces the French franc as France's currency....
). - 26 August - Sébastien BrunoSébastien BrunoSébastien Bruno is a French rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for Toulon and formerly for France. Born in Nîmes, Bruno joined Sale Sharks from French club Béziers, making his debut against Leicester Tigers in 2004. He made his international debut in 2002 against Wales, and was selected...
, rugby union player. - 3 September - Didier AndréDidier AndréDidier Andre is a race car driver born in Lyon, France. In the late 1990s he competed in Indy Lights, driving in the Indy Racing League in 2001 and Nissan World Series from 2003 until the present day. During 2006 he drove in the Le Mans Series Championship, initially in LMP2 for the team Paul...
, motor racing driver. - 4 September - Jean-Pierre SimbJean-Pierre SimbJean-Pierre Simb is a French former professional footballer. He was born in Paris.Simb joined English Division Three side Torquay United in March 1999 from Red Star 93....
, soccer player. - 7 September - Stéphane Beyrac, soccer player.
- 12 September - Caroline AigleCaroline AigleCommandant Caroline Aigle was a French aviatrix who achieved a historical first when, at the age of 25, she became the first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force. Her promising military career was cut short by death from cancer seven years later...
, first woman fighter pilotFighter pilotA fighter pilot is a military aviator trained in air-to-air combat while piloting a fighter aircraft . Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting...
in the French Air ForceFrench Air ForceThe French Air Force , literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1933...
(d.20072007 in FranceSee also:2006 in France,other events of 2007,2008 in France.----Events from the year 2007 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Nicolas Sarkozy* Prime Minister - François Fillon* Interior Minister - Michèle Alliot-Marie...
). - 16 September - Frédéric Da RochaFrédéric Da RochaFrédéric Da Rocha is a retired French footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:From 1996 to 2009 he was a key player for Nantes. He was an attacking midfielder and winger who was renowned for his technique. In the summer of 2009, he joined newly promoted Ligue 1 side Boulogne...
, soccer player. - 25 September - Olivier Dacourt, soccer player.
- 28 September - Frédéric DanjouFrédéric DanjouFrédéric Danjou is a French football defender currently unattached.- External links :*...
, soccer player. - September - Justine LévyJustine LévyJustine-Juliette Lévy is a French is a book editor and author.Lévy is the eldest daughter of Isabelle Doutreluigne and French philosopher, writer, and intellectual, Bernard-Henri Lévy...
, author.
October to December
- 7 October - Hervé AlicarteHervé AlicarteHervé Alicarte is a retired French football defender.His previous clubs include Montpellier HSC, Bordeaux, Toulouse FC, AC Ajaccio and Servette FC.Hervé's brother is Bruno Alicarte.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 19 October - Laurent BrancowitzLaurent BrancowitzLaurent Brancowitz is a musician best known for being one of the guitarists from the French alternative rock band Phoenix.- Darlin' :...
, guitarist. - 21 October - Olivier AzamOlivier AzamOlivier Azam is a retired French rugby union footballer and current forwards coach at Top 14 club Toulon. A hooker who could also cover prop, Azam spent most of his professional playing career in the English Premiership at Gloucester Rugby. Azam also had 10 caps for France.Azam made his Gloucester...
, rugby union player. - 1 November - Renan LavigneRenan LavigneRenan Lavigne is a professional squash player from France.-PSA Titles :All Results for Renan Lavigne in PSA World's Tour tournament-PSA Tour Finals :-External links:* *...
, squashSquash (sport)Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
player. - 4 November - Jérôme LeroyJérôme Leroy (footballer)Jérôme Leroy is a French footballer currently playing for Évian Thonon Gaillard F.C. as an attacking midfielder....
, soccer player. - 11 November - Bettina GoislardBettina GoislardBettina Goislard was a French employee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , assigned to its mission in Afghanistan...
, United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
worker (d.20032003 in FranceSee also:2002 in France,other events of 2003,2004 in France.----Events from the year 2003 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Jacques Chirac* Prime Minister - Jean-Pierre Raffarin* Interior Minister - Nicolas Sarkozy...
). - 20 November - Alain AndjiAlain AndjiAlain Andji is a French pole vaulter. He changed nationality from his birth country Côte d'Ivoire.-Biography:...
, pole vaultPole vaultPole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
er. - 27 November - Yann le PennecYann le PennecYann le Pennec is a French slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. He finished fifth in the C-2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:*...
, slalom canoerSlalom canoeingWhitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...
. - 28 November - Pascal BedrossianPascal BedrossianPascal Bedrossian is a French-Armenian professional footballer who currently plays with UGA Ardziv in France....
, soccer player. - 29 November - Cyril DesselCyril DesselCyril Dessel is a French professional road racing cyclist for on the UCI ProTour. He made his professional debut in 2000.In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour...
, cyclist. - 30 November - Arnaud VincentArnaud VincentArnaud Vincent is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was the 2002 F.I.M. 125cc world champion. Vincent competed in the Supersport World Championship on a Yamaha R6.- References :...
, motorcycleMotorcycleA motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
road racerRoad racingRoad racing is a general term for most forms of motor racing held on paved, purpose-built race tracks , as opposed to oval tracks and off-road racing...
. - 6 December - Stéphane AugéStéphane AugéStéphane Augé is a French former road racing cyclist. He is currently a sporting director for UCI Professional Continental team...
, cyclist. - 6 December - Delphine CombeDelphine CombeDelphine Combe is a French sprinter. She won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics.-External links:...
, athlete. - 11 December - Julien RobertJulien RobertJulien Robert is a French biathlete.As a member of the French team, he won bronze at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....
, biathleteBiathlonBiathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...
. - 13 December - Richard DourtheRichard DourtheRichard Dourthe is a retired French international rugby union.He is the son of Claude Dourthe and both Raphaël Ibañez and Olivier Magne's brother-in-law, being them married with his two sisters.- External links :****...
, rugby union player. - 17 December - Yannick FischerYannick FischerYannick Fischer, born 17 December 1974 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande is a former French football player, last with Chamois Niortais.A defender, Fischer also counts Girondins Bordeaux and Olympique Marseille as his former clubs.-External links:* at lfp.fr...
, soccer player. - 22 December - Éric DespezelleÉric DespezelleÉric Despezelle is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
, judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
ka.
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- Frédéric BourdinFrederic BourdinFrédéric Bourdin is a French serial impostor the press has nicknamed "The Chameleon".According to himself, his lawyer and the press reports, Bourdin was raised by his grandparents in Paris and was later put into a children's home...
, serial imposter. - Amelie ChabannesAmelie ChabannesAmelie Chabannes is a French artist whose paintings and sculptures derive from the unconscious and recall the Surrealist automatic drawing technique...
, painter and sculptor. - Fabrice Lachant, photographer.
- Emmanuel ThibaultEmmanuel ThibaultEmmanuel Thibault is a French dancer, born in 1974.After early studies with Max Bozzoni, he was admitted to the Paris Opera Ballet School and was educated there....
, dancer. - Philippe VassetPhilippe VassetPhilippe Vasset is a French novelist and journalist. He is the editor in chief of the investigative newsletters Africa Energy Intelligence and Intelligence Online, published by Indigo Publications press group...
, novelist and journalist.
January to June
- 21 January - Arnaud DenjoyArnaud DenjoyArnaud Denjoy was a French mathematician.Denjoy was born in Auch, Gers. His contributions include work in harmonic analysis and differential equations. His integral was the first to be able to integrate all derivatives...
, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
(b.18841884 in FranceSee also:1883 in France,other events of 1884,1885 in France.----Events from the year 1884 in France.-Events:*June - At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.*6 June - Treaty of Hué is signed between...
). - 30 January - Fernand ArnoutFernand ArnoutFernand Arnout was a French weightlifter. He competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1920, he finished fifth in the lightweight class....
, weightlifter and Olympic medallist (b.18991899 in FranceSee also:1898 in France,other events of 1899,1900 in France.----Events from the year 1899 in France.-Events:*16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger....
). - 28 March - Françoise RosayFrançoise RosayFrançoise Rosay was a French opera singer, diseuse, and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema...
, actress (b.18911891 in FranceSee also:1890 in France,other events of 1891,1892 in France.----Events from the year 1891 in France.-Events:*1 May - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' May Day demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in Fourmies....
). - 2 April - Georges PompidouGeorges PompidouGeorges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974.-Biography:...
, President of France (b.19111911 in FranceSee also:1910 in France,other events of 1911,1912 in France.----Events from the year 1911 in France.-Events:*1 July - Agadir Crisis, sparked by deployment of German gunboat to the Moroccan port of Agadir....
). - 9 April - Pierre PetiteauPierre PetiteauPierre Petiteau was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.-External links:*...
, rugby union player (b.18991899 in FranceSee also:1898 in France,other events of 1899,1900 in France.----Events from the year 1899 in France.-Events:*16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger....
). - 18 April - Marcel PagnolMarcel PagnolMarcel Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. In 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie Française.-Biography:...
, novelist, playwrightPlaywrightA playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, and filmmaker (b.18951895 in FranceSee also:1894 in France,other events of 1895,1896 in France.----Events from the year 1895 in France.-Events:*5 January - The military degradation of Alfred Dreyfus takes place on the Champ de Mars, Paris....
). - 20 May - Jean Daniélou, theologian and historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
(b.19051905 in FranceSee also:1904 in France,other events of 1905,1906 in France.----Events from the year 1905 in France.-Events:*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis....
). - 25 May - Robert LevasseurRobert LevasseurRobert Levasseur was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.-External links:*...
, rugby union player (b.18981898 in FranceSee also:1897 in France,other events of 1898,1899 in France.----Events from the year 1898 in France.-Events:*13 January - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair....
). - 12 June - André MarieAndré MarieAndré Marie was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister during the Fourth Republic in 1948.-Biography:...
, politician and Prime Minister of FrancePrime Minister of FranceThe Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
(b.18971897 in FranceSee also:1896 in France,other events of 1897,1898 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-Events:*9 December - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Fronde is published by Marguerite Durand.-Arts and literature:...
). - 22 June - Darius MilhaudDarius MilhaudDarius Milhaud was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are influenced by jazz and make use of polytonality...
, composer (b.18921892 in FranceSee also:1891 in France,other events of 1892,1893 in France.----Events from the year 1892 in France.-Events:*12 July - A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.*8 November...
). - 22 June - Alain Saint-OganAlain Saint-OganAlain Saint-Ogan was a French comics author and artist.-Biography:In 1925, he created the well-known comic strip Zig et Puce , which initially appeared in the Dimanche Illustré , the weekly youth supplement of the French daily newspaper, l'Excelsior.His other comic...
, comics author and artistComics artistA comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...
(b.18951895 in FranceSee also:1894 in France,other events of 1895,1896 in France.----Events from the year 1895 in France.-Events:*5 January - The military degradation of Alfred Dreyfus takes place on the Champ de Mars, Paris....
). - 22 June - Gaston ThubéGaston ThubéGaston Thubé was a French sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member on the French boat Mac Miche, which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.18761876 in FranceSee also:1875 in France,other events of 1876,1877 in France.----Events from the year 1876 in France.-Events:*20 February - Legislative Election held.*5 March - Legislative Election held.-Births:...
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July to December
- 9 July - Georges Ribemont-DessaignesGeorges Ribemont-DessaignesGeorges Ribemont-Dessaignes was a French writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier....
, writer and artist (b.18841884 in FranceSee also:1883 in France,other events of 1884,1885 in France.----Events from the year 1884 in France.-Events:*June - At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.*6 June - Treaty of Hué is signed between...
). - August - André Edouard MartyAndré Edouard MartyAndré Edouard Marty or A.E. Marty was a Parisian artist who worked mainly in the classic Art Deco style.-Career:A.E. Marty studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and Atelier Fernand Cormon in Montmartre, Paris...
, artist (b.18821882 in FranceSee also:1881 in France,other events of 1882,1883 in France.----Events from the year 1882 in France.-Events:*28 March - Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical and obligatory....
). - 4 September - Marcel AchardMarcel AchardMarcel Achard was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades...
, playwright, screenwriter and author (b.18991899 in FranceSee also:1898 in France,other events of 1899,1900 in France.----Events from the year 1899 in France.-Events:*16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger....
). - 17 September - André Dunoyer de Segonzac, painter and graphic artist (b.18841884 in FranceSee also:1883 in France,other events of 1884,1885 in France.----Events from the year 1884 in France.-Events:*June - At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.*6 June - Treaty of Hué is signed between...
). - 17 October - Jean VaysseJean VaysseJean Vaysse was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Albi and died in Albi.In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.-External links:*...
, rugby union player (b.19001900 in FranceSee also:1899 in France,other events of 1900,1901 in France.----Events from the year 1900 in France.Women felt that they should not vote because politics were outside of women's interest.From 1900-1914 there were 3 presidernts: Emilie Loubet...
). - 22 November - Gilbert DegrémontGilbert DegrémontGilbert Degrémont was a French water treatment expert and the founder of Degrémont SA, a water treatment company.- Early life and career :...
, water treatmentWater treatmentWater treatment describes those processes used to make water more acceptable for a desired end-use. These can include use as drinking water, industrial processes, medical and many other uses. The goal of all water treatment process is to remove existing contaminants in the water, or reduce the...
expert (b.19081908 in FranceSee also:1907 in France,other events of 1908,1909 in France.----Events from the year 1908 in France.-Events:*12 January - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time....
). - 20 December - André JolivetAndré JolivetAndré Jolivet was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet's music draws on his interest in acoustics and atonality as well as both ancient and modern influences in music, particularly on instruments used in ancient times...
, composer (b.19051905 in FranceSee also:1904 in France,other events of 1905,1906 in France.----Events from the year 1905 in France.-Events:*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis....
). - 26 December - Armand MarcelleArmand MarcelleArmand Marcelle was a French rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the silver medal as member of the French boat in the coxed pairs competition.-External links:*...
, rowerRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
and Olympic medallist (b.19051905 in FranceSee also:1904 in France,other events of 1905,1906 in France.----Events from the year 1905 in France.-Events:*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis....
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- Michel AlauxMichel AlauxMaitre Michel Alaux was a French-American world renowned fencing master, Hall of Fame Olympic coach, key figure in developing official US fencing standards, and author. He was hailed as a "genius" in his field for his holistic approach. Historically, he bridged classical and modern Olympic...
, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist (b.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
). - Félix AmiotFélix AmiotFélix Amiot was a French aircraft constructor.Amiot's first aircraft was built in a Paris garage in 1913, but it was not until 1916, during the First World War, that he became seriously involved in construction. The Minister of Defence granted a contract to SECM , owned by the Wertheimer brothers,...
, aircraftAircraftAn aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...
constructor (b.18941894 in FranceSee also:1893 in France,other events of 1894,1895 in France.----Events from the year 1894 in France.-Events:* 15 February - 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England with a bomb.* 14 May - Meteor shower in Southern France.* 22...
). - Émilie CharmyÉmilie CharmyEmilie Charmy was an artist in France's early avant-garde. She worked closely with Fauve artists like Henri Matisse, and was active in exhibiting her artworks in Paris, particularly with Berthe Weill.- Biography :...
, artist (b.18781878 in FranceSee also:1877 in France,other events of 1878,1879 in France.----Events from the year 1878 in France.-Events:*1 May - Exposition Universelle opened in Paris.*10 November - Exposition Universelle closed.-January to June:...
). - Roger GirouxRoger GirouxRoger Giroux was a French poet. Giroux's one book was awarded the Prix Max Jacob award. Translator of W.B. Yeats, Lawrence Durrell, and others. A sample of his poems is included in , edited by Paul Auster, and generally recognized as the best anthology of Modern French poetry in English...
, poet (b.19251925 in FranceSee also:1924 in France,other events of 1925,1926 in France.----Events from the year 1925 in France.-Events:*21 May to 25 october International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble....
). - Henri PequetHenri PequetHenri Pequet was a pilot in the first official airmail flight on February 18, 1911. The 23 year old Frenchman, in India for an airshow, delivered about 6,500 letters when he flew from Allahabad to Naini, about 10 kilometers away...
, pilot, flew first official airmailAirmailAirmail is mail that is transported by aircraft. It typically arrives more quickly than surface mail, and usually costs more to send...
flight in 1911 (b.18881888 in FranceSee also:1887 in France,other events of 1888,1889 in France.----Events from the year 1888 in France.-Events:*14 October - Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK...
). - René de PosselRené de PosselLucien Alexandre Charles René de Possel was a French mathematician, one of the founders of the Bourbaki group, and later a pioneer computer scientist, working in particular on optical character recognition....
, mathematician (b.19051905 in FranceSee also:1904 in France,other events of 1905,1906 in France.----Events from the year 1905 in France.-Events:*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis....
). - Jean WahlJean WahlJean André Wahl was a French philosopher.-Early career:He was professor at the Sorbonne from 1936 to 1967, broken by World War II. He was in the U.S...
, philosopher (b.18881888 in FranceSee also:1887 in France,other events of 1888,1889 in France.----Events from the year 1888 in France.-Events:*14 October - Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK...
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