1976 in France
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Events from the year 1976 in France.
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1975 in France
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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other events of 1976,
1977 in France
1977 in France
See also:1976 in France,other events of 1977,1978 in France.----Events from the year 1977 in France.-Events:*13 March - Municipal Elections held.*20 March - Municipal Elections held....
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Events from the year 1976 in France.
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- 21 January - The first commercial ConcordeConcordeAérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner, a supersonic transport . It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation...
flight takes off. - 7 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 14 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 9 April - PeugeotPeugeotPeugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...
takes over CitroenCitroënCitroën is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group.Founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën , Citroën was the first mass-production car company outside the USA and pioneered the modern concept of creating a sales and services network that...
to form PSA Peugeot CitroenPSA Peugeot CitroënPSA Peugeot Citroën is a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot and Citroën marques. Headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, PSA is the second largest automaker based in Europe and the number eight in the world.-History:In December 1974 Peugeot S.A....
. - 27 June - Palestinian extremists hijack an Air FranceAir FranceAir France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...
plane in Greece with 246 passengers and 12 crew. They take it to EntebbeEntebbeEntebbe is a major town in Central Uganda. Located on a Lake Victoria peninsula, the town was at one time, the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda, prior to Independence in 1962...
, UgandaUgandaUganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
. - 4 July - Entebbe Raid: IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by Palestinian hijackers of an Air FranceAir FranceAir France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...
plane at UgandaUgandaUganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
's EntebbeEntebbeEntebbe is a major town in Central Uganda. Located on a Lake Victoria peninsula, the town was at one time, the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda, prior to Independence in 1962...
Airport; 1 Israeli and several Ugandan soldiers are killed in the raid. - 25 August - Resignation of Jacques ChiracJacques ChiracJacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
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...
; he is succeeded by Raymond BarreRaymond BarreRaymond Octave Joseph Barre was a French centre-right politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three Presidents and later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981...
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Sport
- 24 June - Tour de France1976 Tour de FranceThe 1976 Tour de France was the 63rd Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 18, 1976. The total race distance was 22 stages over 4017 km, with riders averaging 34.518 km/h.It was won by mountain specialist Lucien Van Impe...
begins. - 18 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Van ImpeLucien Van ImpeLucien van Impe was a Belgian cyclist from 1969 to 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France...
of Belgium.
January to March
- 2 January - Nicolas GousséNicolas GousséNicolas Goussé is a French former football striker.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 17 January - Yohan LachorYohan LachorYohan Lachor is a French football defender. He currently plays for the French Ligue 2 side US Boulogne.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 20 January - Lilian JégouLilian JégouLilian Jégou is a French road racing cyclist.Jégou made his professional debut in 2002 when he signed for Crédit Agricole as stagiaire. A year later he would make his Tour de France debut, but withdrew after stage 8 which led to l'Alpe d'Huez...
, cyclist. - 20 January - Yann PivoisYann PivoisYann Pivois is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2003: 3º in Prix des Moissons # 2003: 2º in Boucles Catalanes # 2004: 3º in Les Boucles de l'Artois...
, cyclist. - 22 January - Christophe HimmerChristophe HimmerChristophe Himmer is a French football Midfielder. He currently plays for Tours FC.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 28 January - Pierrick BourgeatPierrick BourgeatPierrick Bourgeat is a French alpine skier.He was born in Grenoble.Bourgeat represented France at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He also won a bronze medal in team competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005....
, alpine skier. - 31 January - Vincent MasingueVincent MasingueVincent Masingue, born 31 January 1976 in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, is a French basketball player, who plays at N°5 .-Clubs:*1993-1996 : Levallois Sporting Club Basket *1996-1997 : AS Bondy...
, basketball player. - January - Arnaud ColleryArnaud ColleryArnaud Collery is a French comedian, actor and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. Married.-Filmography:* The Dream of Alvareen * Les Anges malicieux * 3 Wise Women * Gilmore Girls * Rush Hour 3...
, comedian, actor and filmmaker. - 1 February - Julien LoyJulien LoyJulien Loy is a French triathlete.He won the gold medal at the 2007 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Lorient, becoming the World Champion, beating his fellow country men Xavier Le Floch and Sebastien Berlier who finished in second and third position.He als won the gold medal at...
, triathleteTriathlonA triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...
. - 2 February - Olivier MutisOlivier MutisOlivier Mutis is a French professional tennis player who retired in 2006. He did not win any ATP Tour titles but he won a total of 7 ATP Challenger Series....
, tennis player. - 3 February - Stéphane AntigaStéphane AntigaStéphane Antiga is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the national team at the 2002 World Championships in Argentina...
, volleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player. - 7 February - Florent BrardFlorent BrardFlorent Brard is a retired French road bicycle racer. He won three national championships, including the professional road race. He became a professional in 1999 and stopped racing in November 2009 after not finding a place in a team.-Childhood:Florent Brard was born into a cycling family...
, cyclist. - 8 February - Nicolas VouillozNicolas VouillozNicolas Vouilloz is a French former professional mountain biker and rally driver.He won the Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships ten times, starting as a junior in 1992 and finishing his career with the his 10th victory in 2002, only placing lower in 2000 finishing 8th...
, mountain bikeMountain bikeA mountain bike or mountain bicycle is a bicycle created for off-road cycling. This activity includes traversing of rocks and washouts, and steep declines,...
r and rallyRallyingRallying, 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...
driver. - 9 February - Walter LapeyreWalter LapeyreWalter Lapeyre is a pistol shooter from Bordeaux, France.- Olympic Games :- World Cups :* ISSF World Cup Bangkok 2007 : Gold Medal in 10 m Air Pistol* ISSF World Cup Sydney 2007 : Bronze Medal in 10 m Air Pistol...
, pistol shooter. - 21 February - Richard MassolinRichard MassolinRichard Massolin is a French footballer who is a defender plays for AS Yzeure. Massolin has represented Martinique in CONCACAF national team competitions.- External links :*...
, soccer player. - 21 February - Armand RaimbaultArmand RaimbaultArmand Raimbault is a French football goalkeeper. He currently plays for US Orléans.Raimbault also has the unusual distinction of being a goalkeeper who takes his team's penalty kicks.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 22 February - Matthieu Louis-JeanMatthieu Louis-JeanMatthieu Louis-Jean is a French footballer, who is currently unattached after being released by Norwich City. He joined Norwich in June 2005 after several seasons at Nottingham Forest, who he joined from Le Havre AC in 1999 following a loan spell. An experienced full-back, Louis-Jean made 198...
, soccer player. - 24 February - Romain FerrierRomain FerrierRomain Ferrier is a French defender. He is currently playing for RC Grasse having been released by Greek club Skoda Xanthi....
, soccer player. - 25 February - Cyril AbidiCyril AbidiCyril "Marseille Bad Boy" Abidi is a French former super heavyweight kickboxer. His road to fame started in 2000 when he entered K-1 and created a huge upset with a first round knockout win over legendary Peter Aerts....
, KickboxingKickboxingKickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
Champion and Muay ThaiMuay ThaiMuay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
World Champion. - 25 February - Sammy TraoréSammy TraoréSammy Traoré is a French and Malian football defender, who currently a free agent. He makes good use of the stepover technique, rarely seen in defenders, to maintain possession and also start an attacking move....
, soccer player. - 26 February - Cédric MichaudCédric MichaudCédric Michaud is a French marathon speed skater.He was the first non Dutchman after Oleg Bozhev to win the Essent Cup in 2002-03, while he won the cup another time in 2005-06. In that year he also won the Dick van Gangelen Trophy and the Six Days of the Greenery...
, speed skaterSpeed skatingSpeed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
. - 5 March - Stéphane LéoniStéphane LéoniStéphane Léoni is a French footballer who plays for FC Differdange 03 of the Luxembourg National Division.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 5 March - Samuel PlouhinecSamuel PlouhinecSamuel Plouhinec is a French former road bicycle racer. He retired in 2007.He won stage 4 in 2005 Tour de l'Ain.-External links:...
, cyclist. - 6 March - Cédric BarbosaCédric BarbosaCédric Barbosa is a French professional football player, currently playing with Évian Thonon Gaillard FC.- Career :Barbosa is a midfielder and lists Olympique Alès, Montpellier SC and Stade Rennais as his former clubs...
, soccer player. - 6 March - Antoine DénériazAntoine DénériazAntoine Dénériaz is a French Alpine skier. He won a gold medal in the Olympic downhill competition at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, trailed by Austrian Michael Walchhofer and Swiss Bruno Kernen...
, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist. - 12 March - Julien CourbeyJulien Courbey-Filmography:* 1991 : Triplex, directed by Georges Lautner* 1993 : Seconde B* 1993 : À cause d'elle, directed by Jean-Loup Hubert* 1994 : Le Clandestin , directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli : Maxime...
, actor. - 15 March - Sébastien GondouinSébastien GondouinSébastien Gondouin is a French football defender. He currently plays for US Créteil-Lusitanos.-External links:...
, soccer player.
April to June
- 3 April - Nicolas EscudéNicolas EscudéNicolas Jean-Christophe Escudé is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1995. He won four singles titles and two doubles titles during his career....
, tennis player. - 4 April - Sébastien EnjolrasSébastien EnjolrasSébastien Enjolras was a French racing driver. Considered to be one of the most promising French drivers of his generation, he was killed in a practice crash for the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans race.-Career:...
, motor racing driver (d.19971997 in FranceSee also:1996 in France,other events of 1997,1998 in France.----Events from the year 1997 in France.-Events:*27 January - It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis....
). - 8 April - Gaston CurbeloGaston CurbeloGaston Curbelo is a French football striker, who plays for AS Nancy in the Ligue 1.Gaston Curbelo was born in Nancy and is the son of 1970s AS Nancy player Carlos Curbelo. His family relocated to Nice where Gaston signed for OGC Nice as a youngster...
, soccer player. - 8 April - Sylvain MarconnetSylvain MarconnetSylvain Marconnet is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz Olympique having signed from Stade Français in the Top 14 club competition in France. His usual position is prop...
, rugby union player. - 15 April - Christophe DussartChristophe DussartChristophe Dussart is a French football defender currently playing for French Championnat National side Nîmes Olympique.His previous clubs include Valenciennes FC, Clermont Foot, FC Gueugnon and SCO Angers.-References:...
, soccer player. - 16 April - Doriane VidalDoriane VidalDoriane Vidal is a French snowboarder and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal in halfpipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....
, snowboarderSnowboardingSnowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
and Olympic medallist. - 17 April - Maïwenn Le BescoMaïwenn Le BescoMaïwenn |Île-de-France]]) is a French actress and film director.-Biography and career:She is the daughter of actress Catherine Belkhodja, who ushered her into the entertainment industry at a young age, an experience later chronicled by Le Besco in her one-woman shows "Le Pois Chiche" and "I'm an...
, actress. - 10 May - Romain BarnierRomain BarnierRomain Barnier is a freestyle swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000.-References:*...
, swimmer. - 15 May - Cyrille Thouvenin, actor.
- 17 May - Benjamin DelmasBenjamin DelmasBenjamin Delmas is a French retired ice dancer. He had the most success with partner Alia Ouabdelsselam. They teamed up in 1997 and split in 2002...
, ice dancer. - 22 May - Ludovic ValbonLudovic ValbonLudovic Valbon is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for CA Brive in the Top 14 championship. His usual position is as a centre or on the wing....
, rugby union player. - 21 June - Alexandra CousteauAlexandra CousteauAlexandra Marguerite Clémentine Cousteau is the daughter of Philippe Cousteau and the granddaughter of world famous French explorer and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau...
, environmentalist. - 23 June - Patrick VieiraPatrick VieiraPatrick Vieira is a retired French footballer of Senegalese descent who is the Football Development Executive at Manchester City....
, international soccer player. - 25 June - Sylvain N'DiayeSylvain N'DiayeSylvain N'Diayé is a French-born Senegalese footballer, currently a defensive midfielder for AS Cannes.-Club career:During his career, N'Diayé played for FC Girondins de Bordeaux , Belgian First Division's KAA Gent, Toulouse FC, Lille OSC and Olympique de Marseille...
, soccer player.
July to September
- 2 July - Laurent LefèvreLaurent LefèvreLaurent Lefèvre is a French former professional road bicycle racer, last for UCI Professional Continental team...
, cyclist. - 9 July - Pascal BriandPascal BriandPascal Briand is a French long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround Championships-External links:* *...
, speed skaterSpeed skatingSpeed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
. - 10 July - Ludovic GiulyLudovic GiulyLudovic Giuly is a French footballer who plays for Monaco as an attacking midfielder and winger. He represented France at international level, gaining 17 caps over a five-year period, and was a member of their 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup winning squad.-Early career:After starting his career with...
, soccer player. - 16 July - Romain HaguenauerRomain HaguenauerRomain Haguenauer is a French retired competitive ice dancer who now works as coach and choreographer.-Career:...
, ice dancer. - 25 July - Stéphane RideauStéphane RideauStéphane Rideau is a French actor born near Agen. Although intending to pursue a career in sports, he was discovered in 1992 at a rugby game and then auditioned for a role in the film Wild Reeds by André Téchiné. He was, at the time, sixteen years old.He would later on play the role of a gay...
, actor. - 2 August - Stéphane PichotStéphane PichotStéphane Pichot is a French football player who plays as a defender for RC Strasbourg.- Career :He also played for PSG and on 2 July 2009 RC Strasbourg have signed the former Sochaux right-back on a free transfer and until June 2011.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 7 August - Nicolas BrusqueNicolas BrusqueNicolas Brusque is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also represented France, and has played for the national team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad...
, rugby union player. - 8 August - Olivier MonterrubioOlivier MonterrubioOlivier Monterrubio is a French footballer who played as a midfielder. He previously played for FC Nantes, Stade Rennais, RC Lens, FC Sion in Switzerland and FC Lorient.-Nantes:...
, soccer player. - 9 August - Audrey TautouAudrey TautouAudrey Justine Tautou is a French model and film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel...
, actress. - 20 August - Anaïs CrozeAnaïs CrozeAnaïs, full name Anaïs Croze, is a French singer. She was born in Grenoble, Isère, France on August 20, 1976. Her first album, called The Cheap Show, was recorded live in January 2004 and released in 2005...
, singer. - 22 August - Laurent HernuLaurent HernuLaurent Hernu is a French decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:*...
, decathlete. - 25 August - Céline LebrunCéline LebrunCéline Lebrun is a French judoka born in Paris, France. She has competed in judo at both national and international level...
, judoka and Olympic medallist. - 26 August - Sébastien VieilledentSébastien VieilledentSébastien Vieilledent is a 2004 French rowing gold medallist. He won the gold medal alongside Adrien Hardy. He is currently coaching the French women's Olympic team.-References:*...
, rower and Olympic gold medallist. - 27 August - Benoît PoilvetBenoît PoilvetBenoît Poilvet is a French professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole between 2000 and 2007. For the 2008 season he joined the continental team Bretagne Armor Lux, with whom when the team was an amateur team he had raced...
, cyclist. - 31 August - Vincent DelermVincent DelermVincent Delerm is a French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer. He is the son of the writer Philippe Delerm....
, singer-songwriterSinger-songwriterSinger-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, pianistPianistA pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and composer. - 31 August - Romain LarrieuRomain LarrieuRomain Larrieu is a French footballer who is currently a goalkeeper/first team coach for Plymouth Argyle. Having joined them in 2000 from Valence, he is their longest serving current player and club captain.-Playing career:...
, soccer player. - 4 September - Lise LegrandLise LegrandLise Legrand is a female French wrestler who competed in the Women's Freestyle 63 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.-References:...
, wrestler and Olympic medallist. - 6 September - Laurent CarrascoLaurent CarrascoLaurent Carrasco born 6 September 1976 in Villeneuve,France is a rugby league player for Toulouse Olympique in the Elite One Championship. He plays as a loose-forward...
, rugby league player. - 6 September - Robert, comte de la MarcheRobert, comte de la MarcheRobert Benoît Paul Henri James Marie d'Orléans, Petit-Fils de France, Prince de France, comte de la Marche is the son of the late Thibaut Louis Denis Humbert Marie d'Orléans, Prince de France and Marion Gordon-Orr. His paternal grandfather was the late Henri, Count of Paris who was the Orleanist...
, Prince de France. - 6 September - Alain RaguelAlain RaguelAlain Raguel is a currently unattached French footballer. He last played for Olympiakos Volou in Greece.-External links:* ***...
, soccer player. - 9 September - Emma de CaunesEmma de CaunesEmma de Caunes is a French film actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sabine in Mr. Bean's Holiday.- Life and career :...
, actress. - 14 September - Lionel NalletLionel NalletLionel Nallet is a French rugby union player who currently plays at lock for Racing Métro 92 in the French Top 14 club competition and is a former captain of the France national team. He began his professional career with CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, playing there from 1998 to 2003 before moving to...
, rugby union player. - 19 September - Marc BoutrucheMarc BoutrucheMarc Boutruche, is a retired French football defender.He career began in 1994 with Championnat de France Amateurs side Stade Plabennecois. He stayed there for five years before he moved to Stade Brestois 29 in 1999, where he played for three seasons before joining the then Ligue 2 side FC Lorient...
, soccer player. - 19 September - Laurent EmmanuelliLaurent EmmanuelliLaurent Emmanuelli, is a French rugby union player who plays as a prop for Top 14 side RC Toulon. He has previously played for Clermont Auvergne and Stade Français....
, rugby union player. - 20 September - Frédéric JayFrédéric JayFrédéric Jay is a French football player.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 29 September - Grégory TafforeauGrégory TafforeauGrégory Tafforeau is a French Norman footballer who plays for SM Caen as a defender.- Career :...
, soccer player.
October to December
- 6 October - Hubert HennoHubert HennoHubert Henno is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the France men's national volleyball team at the 2002 World Championships. Standing at 188 m, he played as a libero for M...
, volleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player. - 15 October - Cédric BardonCédric BardonCédric Bardon is a former French footballer who last played for Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël. He was one of the best players in Bulgarian Levski Sofia.-In France:...
, soccer player. - 24 October - David RecorbetDavid RecorbetDavid Recorbet is a retired French footballer.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 26 October - Ludovic AsuarLudovic AsuarLudovic Asuar is a French football player who last plays for SO Cassis Carnoux.-References:* at L'Equipe.fr *...
, soccer player. - 1 November - Ludovic MercierLudovic MercierLudovic Mercier is a French rugby union player, currently playing for the Italian top-flight team Petrarca Rugby.He is a fly half...
, rugby union player. - 3 November - Arnaud LabbeArnaud LabbeArnaud Labbe is a French professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI Professional Continental team . He had started the 2010 season riding for an amateur team, GSC Blagnac, having failed to earn a renewal of his contract with at the end of the previous season, but Cofidis were left short of...
, cyclist. - 11 November - Nicolas GilletNicolas GilletNicolas Gillet is a French footballer, who currently plays for Angers SCO as a defender. In 2001. he earned a cap for France during the 2001 Confederations Cup against Australia.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 15 November - Julien LachuerJulien LachuerJulien Lachuer is a French football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Stade Brest 29.-References:* at L'Equipe.fr...
, soccer player. - 25 November - Grégory HavretGregory HavretGrégory Havret is a French professional golfer.Havret won the French Amateur Championship three years in a row from 1997 to 1999, and in 1999 he won the European Amateur. He also won a minor professional tournament as an amateur, the 1998 Omnium National.Havret turned professional in 1999 and won...
, golfer. - 27 November - David AbrardDavid AbrardDavid Abrard is a retired butterfly swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
, swimmer. - 1 December - Yoann BouchardYoann BouchardYoann Bouchard , aka Bouchard, is a French football player who currently plays for Besançon Racing Club CFA - Gr...
, soccer player. - 6 December - Cédric ClaverieCédric Claverie-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. - 7 December - Benoît TréluyerBenoît TréluyerBenoît Tréluyer is a French race car driver.He is currently competing in the Super GT racing series.-Racing career:He was the champion of the European Formula Three Cup 1999 at the Pau Circuit....
, motor racing driver. - 18 December - Pierre DucrocqPierre DucrocqPierre Ducrocq is a French footballer who currently plays for Kavala in the Super League Greece.-External links:**...
, soccer player. - 19 December - Jacques-Olivier PaviotJacques-Olivier PaviotJacques-Olivier Paviot is a French footballer. He currently plays in the Championnat de France amateur for Pau FC.-External links:* * *...
, soccer player. - 20 December - Benoît AugustBenoît AugustBenoît August is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz Olympique in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14. His usual position is at hooker. Prior to joining Biarritz he played for US Dax and Stade Français Paris...
, rugby union player. - 25 December - Cédric BerthelinCédric BerthelinCédric Berthelin is a French football player who presently plays with R.A.E.C. Mons.-Career:Berthelin started his professional career with RC Lens in 1999 and spent two seasons with the sang et or making only occasional first team appearances. During the 2001/2 season he played for ASOA Valence...
, soccer player. - 31 December - Frédérique BanguéFrédérique BanguéFrederique Bangue is a French sprinter who competed in the 100 metres. Her personal best being 11.16 seconds, she never reached a world-level final individually. However, when competing in the shorter distance of 60 metres or relay races, she has won medals...
, athlete.
January to June
- 21 January - Joseph-Marie MartinJoseph-Marie MartinJoseph-Marie-Eugène Martin was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rouen from 1948 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.-Biography:...
, Cardinal (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....
). - 20 February - René CassinRené CassinRené Samuel Cassin was a French jurist, law professor and judge. A soldier in World War I, he later went on to form the Union Fédérale, a leftist, pacifist Veterans organisation...
, jurist and judge, received the Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
in 1968 (b.18871887 in FranceSee also:1886 in France,other events of 1887,1888 in France.----Events from the year 1887 in France.-Events:*11 January - Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr...
). - 1 March - Jean MartinonJean MartinonJean Martinon was a French conductor and composer.-Biography:Martinon was born in Lyon, where he began his education, going on to the Conservatoire de Paris to study under Albert Roussel for composition, under Charles Munch and Roger Désormière for conducting, under Vincent d'Indy for harmony,...
, conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
and composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
(b.19101910 in FranceSee also:1909 in France,other events of 1910,1911 in France.----Events from the year 1910 in France.-Events:*16 January - Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city...
). - 3 March - Pierre MolinierPierre MolinierPierre Molinier was a painter, photographer and "maker of objects". He was born in Agen and lived his life in Bordeaux . He began his career by painting landscapes, but his work turned towards a fetishistic eroticism early on.Molinier began to take photographs at the age of 18...
, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and photographer (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...
). - 8 March - Pauline de RothschildPauline de RothschildPauline de Rothschild was a writer, a fashion designer, and, with her second husband, a translator of both Elizabethan poetry and the plays of Christopher Fry...
, fashion icon and tastemaker (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....
). - 12 March - Jacques CarluJacques CarluJacques Carlu was a French architect and designer, working mostly in Art Deco style, active in France, Canada, and in the United States....
, architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and designer (b.18901890 in FranceSee also:1889 in France,other events of 1890,1891 in France.----Events from the year 1890 in France.-Events:*2 January - Steamship Persia wrecked off Corsica: 130 lives lost.*21 February - First Franco-Dahomean War begins....
). - 19 March - Albert DieudonnéAlbert DieudonnéAlbert Dieudonné was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist.Dieudonné was born in Paris, France and made his acting debut in silent film in 1908 for The Assassination of the Duke of Guise, with musical score by Camille Saint-Saëns. In 1924, he directed the film drama, "Catherine"...
, actor, screenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and novelist (b.18891889 in FranceSee also:1888 in France,other events of 1889,1890 in France.----Events from the year 1889 in France.-Events:*31 March - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.*6 May - Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, along with the Eiffel Tower....
). - 1 April - Roger RivièreRoger RivièreRoger Rivière was a French track and road bicycle racer. He raced as a professional from 1957 to 1960....
, cyclist (b.19361936 in FranceSee also:1935 in France,other events of 1936,1937 in France.----Events from the year 1936 in France.-Events:*25 March - Second London Naval Treaty is signed by the governments of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America....
). - 24 April - Ferdinand Le DrogoFerdinand Le DrogoFerdinand Le Drogo was a French professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his silver medal in the Elite race of the 1931 Road World Championships...
, cyclist (b.19031903 in FranceSee also:1902 in France,other events of 1903,1904 in France.----Events from the year 1903 in France.-Events:*10 August - Paris Métro train fire kills 84 people mostly at Couronnes station.-Sport:*1 July - First Tour de France begins....
). - 31 May - Jacques MonodJacques MonodJacques Lucien Monod was a French biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and Andre Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis"...
, biologistBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
in 1965 (b.19101910 in FranceSee also:1909 in France,other events of 1910,1911 in France.----Events from the year 1910 in France.-Events:*16 January - Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city...
). - 5 June - Jean de LimurJean de LimurJean de Limur was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include La Garçonne and The Letter .-Filmography:* 1929 : The Letter...
, film director (b.18871887 in FranceSee also:1886 in France,other events of 1887,1888 in France.----Events from the year 1887 in France.-Events:*11 January - Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr...
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July to December
- 27 July - Lucien RosengartLucien RosengartLucien Rosengart was a French engineer.His early life was shaped by carriages and the advance of the automobile age. He first started working as a mechanic at the age of 12, and by age 24 he had a machine shop in Belleville and several patents to his credit...
, engineer (b.18811881 in FranceSee also:1880 in France,other events of 1881,1882 in France.----Events from the year 1881 in France.-Events:*13 February - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is published by Hubertine Auclert....
). - 13 August - Martial GuéroultMartial GuéroultMartial Guéroult was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy, specialized in 17th century philosophy. His work was characterized by a close attention to history of philosophy, which he considered as noble as philosophy itself, and a strong demand for systematicity...
, philosopher and historian of philosophy (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....
). - 27 August - Georges MarraneGeorges MarraneGeorges Marrane was a French politician. He was the candidate of the French Communist Party for the presidential election of 1958....
, politician (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...
). - 1 September - Jules MervielJules MervielJules Merviel was a French professional road bicycle racer. Merviel won a stage in the 1930 Tour de France. In the 1935 Tour de France, he hit the back of a truck and did not race for two years....
, cyclist (b.19091909 in FranceSee also:1908 in France,other events of 1909,1910 in France.----Events from the year 1909 in France.-Events:*20 February - The Futurist Manifesto, written by Italian Filippo Marinetti, is published in Le Figaro....
). - 24 September - Achille SouchardAchille SouchardAchille Souchard was a French cycling racer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he won the gold medal as member of the French team in the team time trial competition after finishing tenth in the individual time trial competition.-External links:*...
, cyclist (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...
). - 18 October - Janine MicheauJanine MicheauJanine Micheau was a French singer, one of the leading lyric sopranos of her era in France.Janine Micheau was born in Toulouse, and studied voice at the Paris Conservatoire...
, lyric sopranoLyric sopranoA lyric soprano is a type of operatic soprano that has a warm quality with a bright, full timbre which can be heard over an orchestra. The lyric soprano voice generally has a higher tessitura than a soubrette and usually plays ingenues and other sympathetic characters in opera. Lyric sopranos have...
opera singer (b.19141914 in FranceSee also:1913 in France,other events of 1914,1915 in France.----Events from the year 1914 in France.-Events:*16 March - Wife of French minister Joseph Caillaux shoots Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage...
). - 21 October - Jean BerveillerJean BerveillerJean Marie Berveiller , French composer and organist.Jean Berveiller studied the pipe organ with Marcel Dupré. He wrote four jazz-inspired organ compositions: Suite , Cadénce: Étude de concert, Épitaphe , and Mouvement...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and organistOrganistAn organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
(b.19041904 in FranceSee also:1903 in France,other events of 1904,1905 in France.----Events from the year 1904 in France.-Events:*8 April - Entente cordiale, a series of agreements signed between the United Kingdom and France.-Sport:...
). - 25 October - Raymond QueneauRaymond QueneauRaymond Queneau was a French poet and novelist and the co-founder of Ouvroir de littérature potentielle .-Biography:Born in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Queneau was the only child of Auguste Queneau and Joséphine Mignot...
, poet and novelist (b.19031903 in FranceSee also:1902 in France,other events of 1903,1904 in France.----Events from the year 1903 in France.-Events:*10 August - Paris Métro train fire kills 84 people mostly at Couronnes station.-Sport:*1 July - First Tour de France begins....
). - 15 November - Jean GabinJean Gabin-Biography:Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, he grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise département, about 22 mi north of Paris. The son of cabaret entertainers, he attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly...
, actor (b.19041904 in FranceSee also:1903 in France,other events of 1904,1905 in France.----Events from the year 1904 in France.-Events:*8 April - Entente cordiale, a series of agreements signed between the United Kingdom and France.-Sport:...
). - 23 November - André MalrauxAndré MalrauxAndré Malraux DSO was a French adventurer, award-winning author, and statesman. Having traveled extensively in Indochina and China, Malraux was noted especially for his novel entitled La Condition Humaine , which won the Prix Goncourt...
, author, adventurer and statesman (b.19011901 in FranceSee also:1900 in France,other events of 1901,1902 in France.----Events from the year 1901 in France.-Arts and literature:*17 March - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.-Sport:...
). - 24 December - Jean de BroglieJean de BrogliePrince Jean Marie François Ferdinand de Broglie was a French politician.Born in Paris, he was one of the negotiators of the Évian Accords....
, politician, assassinated (b.19211921 in FranceSee also:1920 in France,other events of 1921,1922 in France.----Events from the year 1921 in France.-Events:Before touching on the principal events which took place in France in the course of the year 1921, it is necessary to recall one or two of the outstanding facts of 1920 in France.The most...
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- Émile BenvenisteÉmile BenvenisteÉmile Benveniste was a French Jewish structural linguist, semiotician, an apprentice of Antoine Meilletand his successor, who, in his later years, became enlightened by the structural view of language through the work of Ferdinand de Saussure, although he was unwilling to grasp it at first, being...
, structuralStructuralismStructuralism originated in the structural linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure and the subsequent Prague and Moscow schools of linguistics. Just as structural linguistics was facing serious challenges from the likes of Noam Chomsky and thus fading in importance in linguistics, structuralism...
linguistLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
(b.19021902 in FranceSee also:1901 in France,other events of 1902,1903 in France.----Events from the year 1902 in France.-Events:*13 April - A new car speed record of 74 mph is set in Nice, by Leon Serpollet.*27 April - Legislative Election held....
). - Albert DuboutAlbert DuboutAlbert Dubout was a French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor.-Biography:Albert Dubout was born in Marseille...
, cartoonistCartoonistA cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
, illustratorIllustratorAn Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, and sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
(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....
). - Pierre GaratPierre Garat (civil servant)Pierre Garat was a high-level civil servant of Vichy France. From 25 August 1943, he was the head of the service for the Jewish question for the Gironde...
, civil servant in Vichy FranceVichy FranceVichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...
(b.19191919 in FranceSee also:1918 in France,other events of 1919,1920 in France.----Events from the year 1919 in France.-Events:*April - Long-Berenger Oil Agreement is concluded between France and the United Kingdom over oil rights....
). - René HerseRené HerseRené Herse was a highly regarded builder of ultra high end touring and racing bicycles. His works are still sought after by collectors and riders.-Career:...
, bicycle constructor (b.19131913 in FranceSee also:1912 in France,other events of 1913,1914 in France.----Events from the year 1913 in France.-Events:*3 February - Trial of the remnants of the Bonnot gang begins....
). - Charles JourdanCharles JourdanCharles Jourdan was a French fashion designer known best for his designs of women's shoes starting in 1919. His name reached its greatest notoriety in the years since his death under the leadership of his sons, first with an emphasis on the use of innovative materials and later for more...
, fashion designer (b.18831883 in FranceSee also:1882 in France,other events of 1883,1884 in France.----Events from the year 1883 in France.-Events:*27 March-28 March - Battle of Gia Cuc, French victory over Vietnamese forces....
). - Pierre Jean JouvePierre Jean JouvePierre Jean Jouve was a French writer, novelist and poet. No more info at the moment.-References:...
, writer, novelist and poet (b.18871887 in FranceSee also:1886 in France,other events of 1887,1888 in France.----Events from the year 1887 in France.-Events:*11 January - Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr...
). - Pierre La MurePierre La MurePierre La Mure was a French author. He wrote the 1950 novel Moulin Rouge about the life of the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This book was the basis of the classic 1952 movie of the same name...
, author (b.19091909 in FranceSee also:1908 in France,other events of 1909,1910 in France.----Events from the year 1909 in France.-Events:*20 February - The Futurist Manifesto, written by Italian Filippo Marinetti, is published in Le Figaro....
). - Robert LouzonRobert LouzonRobert Louzon was a French engineer, revolutionary syndicalist, anarchist and socialist.Louzon was involved in the Confédération générale du travail and then in the anarchist Confédération nationale du travail...
, engineer, revolutionary syndicalist, anarchist and socialist (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....
). - François OzendaFrançois OzendaFrançois Ozenda was a painter born in Marseille, France. He spent his childhood there, in a modest family. He left school at age 14 as a result of a motorcycle accident. He worked various trades, generally living off the barter of his art and support from his friends.He claims to have learned...
, painter (b.19231923 in FranceSee also:1922 in France,other events of 1923,1924 in France.----Events from the year 1923 in France.-Events:*11 January - Occupation of the Ruhr begins by French and Belgian troops to force Germany to pay its reparation payments....
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