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See also:1975 in France,other events of 1976,1977 in France.----Events from the year 1976 in France.-Events:*21 January - The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.*7 March - Cantonales Elections held....
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other events of 1977,
1978 in France
1978 in France
See also:1977 in France,other events of 1978,1979 in France.----Events from the year 1978 in France.-Events:*1 February - Hollywood film director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France, after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.*12 March - Legislative...
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Events from the year 1977 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Events
- 13 March - Municipal ElectionsFrench municipal elections, 1977Municipal elections were held in France on 13 and 20 March 1977. By 1977, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing had been in power since 1974. The Communists and PS, united under a "government program" swept the elections. Out of 221 cities with over 30,000 inhabitants, the left won 155. The Socialists gained...
held. - 20 March - Municipal ElectionsFrench municipal elections, 1977Municipal elections were held in France on 13 and 20 March 1977. By 1977, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing had been in power since 1974. The Communists and PS, united under a "government program" swept the elections. Out of 221 cities with over 30,000 inhabitants, the left won 155. The Socialists gained...
held. - 7 December - Launch of the Simca Horizon, a five-door medium sized hatchback which will also be built in Britain as a ChryslerChrysler EuropeChrysler Europe was a division of the Chrysler Corporation that operated between 1967 and 1979.-Formation:In the 1960s, Chrysler sought to become a world producer of automobiles. The company had never had much success outside North America, contrasting with Ford's worldwide reach and General...
and the USA as a PlymouthPlymouthPlymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
and DodgeDodgeDodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
. It replaces the Simca 1100Simca 1100The Simca 1100 is an automobile built from 1967 to 1982 by Chrysler Europe's division Simca. It was replaced by the Talbot Horizon.The 1100 was the result of "Project 928", started in 1962, finalized by engineers Philippe Grundeler and Charles Scales...
in France, and runs alongside the Chrysler AvengerHillman AvengerThe Hillman Avenger was a rear-wheel drive small family car originally manufactured under the Hillman marque by the Rootes Group from 1970–1976, and made by Chrysler Europe from 1976–1981 as the Chrysler Avenger and finally the Talbot Avenger...
saloon and estate in Britain.
Arts and literature
- 7 May - Marie Myriam wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1977Eurovision Song Contest 1977The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition series, and was held on 7 May 1977 in London. With Angela Rippon as the presenter, the contest was won by Marie Myriam who represented France, with her song "L'oiseau et l'enfant" . This was France's fifth victory, a record, which was equalled...
for France with her song L'oiseau et l'enfant ("The Bird and the Child").
Sport
- 30 June - Tour de France1977 Tour de FranceThe 1977 Tour de France was the 64th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 24, 1977. The total race distance was 22 stages over 4096 km, with riders averaging 35.419 km/h....
begins. - 24 July - Tour de France ends, won by Bernard ThevenetBernard ThévenetBernard Thévenet, born 10 January 1948, in Saint-Julien-de-Civry, Saône-et-Loire, is a retired French bicycle racer. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx...
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January to March
- 3 January - Stéphane PignolStéphane PignolStéphane Jean François Pignol is a French footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas in the Spanish second division, as a right defender.-Football career:...
, soccer player. - 4 January - Louisa BaïlecheLouisa BailecheLouisa Baileche is a singer, dancer and performer and has achieved success in a variety of artistic genres. She was born near Paris to an Italian mother and a Kabyle father....
, singer, dancer and performer. - 4 January - Jonathan CochetJonathan CochetJonathan Cochet is a French racing driver. He won the Championnat de France Formule Renault in 1997. He was also a test driver with the Renault Formula One team in 2006.-Career results:...
, motor racing driver. - 11 January - Jérôme KervielJérôme KervielJérôme Kerviel is a French trader who has a pending appeal of his conviction in the January 2008 Société Générale trading loss incident for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computers, resulting in losses valued at €4.9 billion.Société Générale characterizes Kerviel...
, traderTrader (finance)A trader is someone in finance who buys and sells financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, commodities and derivatives. A broker who simply fills buy or sell orders is not a trader, as they are merely executing instructions given to them. According to the Wall Street Journal in 2004, a managing...
charged in the January 2008 Société Générale trading loss incidentJanuary 2008 Société Générale trading loss incidentIn January 2008, the bank Société Générale lost approximately €4.9 billion closing out positions over three days of trading beginning January 21, 2008, a period in which the market was experiencing a large drop in equity indices. The bank states these positions were fraudulent transactions created...
. - 18 January - Jean-Patrick NazonJean-Patrick NazonJean-Patrick Nazon is a French professional road bicycle racer who turned professional in 1997.1998 - Française des Jeux* 2 stages, Circuit des Mines2000 - Française des Jeux* 2 stages, Étoile de Bessèges...
, cyclist. - 26 January - Jean-Michel SigereJean-Michel SigereJean-Michel Sigere is a French footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Grays Athletic of the Isthmian League Division One North, having signed for the club in June 2011. In the 2001–02 season, he played seven games for Rushden & Diamonds in the Football League.-Playing...
, soccer player. - 27 January - Siramana DembéléSiramana DembéléSiramana Dembélé was a French football player who played in the defensive midfield. He currently works as assistant coach in Standard de Liège-External links:* *...
, soccer player. - 29 January - Alexandre RousseletAlexandre RousseletAlexandre Rousselet is a French cross country skier who has competed since 1998. His best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 19th in the 15 km event at Turin in 2006....
, cross country skier. - 9 February - Nicolas CoutelotNicolas CoutelotNicolas Coutelot is a professional male tennis player from France who reached the top 100 in 2002. He also failed a drugs test in 2004 and was suspended for two months.-1996-2004:...
, tennis player. - 15 February - Pierre-Emmanuel DalcinPierre-Emmanuel DalcinPierre-Emmanuel Dalcin is a French Alpine skier.Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Dalcin was leading the Super-G competition before it was stopped. In the 2nd run, he was disqualified.- World Cup victories :-External links:* official* profile...
, Alpine skier. - 20 February - Nicolas DessumNicolas DessumNicolas Dessum is a French ski jumper who has been competing since 1994. His best finishes at the Winter Olympics occurred at Lillehammer in 1994 with a sixth in the team large hill and a 14th in the individual normal hill events....
, ski jumper. - 23 February - Freddy BourgeoisFreddy BourgeoisFreddy Bourgeois is a French football forward. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for CSO Amnéville.- External links :*...
, soccer player. - 27 February - Jean-Pierre VidalJean-Pierre VidalJean-Pierre Vidal is a French alpine skier.As a young skier, he focused mainly on downhill. After hurting his knee, however, he decided to go for slalom...
, alpine skierAlpine skiingAlpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
and Olympic gold medallist. - 28 February - Pierre MignoniPierre MignoniPierre Mignoni is a retired French rugby union footballer who is currently a coach for his hometown club team, Toulon. He has also played for the France national team....
, rugby union player. - 28 February - Jean-François RivièreJean-François RivièreJean-François Rivière is a French football striker currently playing for French side Clermont Foot Auvergne 63.His previous clubs include Chamois Niortais, Stade Lavallois, Amiens SC, Besançon RC and AC Ajaccio....
, soccer player. - 4 March - Grégory Le CorvecGrégory Le CorvecGrégory Le Corvec is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for USA Perpignan in the Top 14 championship. His usual position is as a flanker....
, rugby union player. - 7 March - Jérôme FernandezJérôme FernandezJérôme Fernandez is a French handball player, currently playing for THW Kiel in Germany.-History:* 1997-1999 : Spacer's Toulouse* 1999-2002 : Montpellier HB* 2002-2008 : FC Barcelona Handbol...
, handball player. - 8 March - Estelle DesangesEstelle DesangesEstelle Desanges is a French pornographic actress.She received the Hot d'Or prize for Best French New Starlet in 2000, and a Hot d'Or Honorary Award in 2009.Desanges issued in 2002 a compilation album of her favorite music...
, pornographic actress. - 9 March - Sébastien ChabaudSébastien ChabaudSébastien Chabaud , aka Chabaud, is a former French football player who used to play in the Belgian Jupiler League. His usual demarcation was Midfielder.- References :*- Teams :*1995-2000: AS Cannes...
, soccer player. - 9 March - Vincent DefrasneVincent DefrasneVincent Defrasne is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....
, 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...
and Olympic gold medallist. - 12 March - David BouardDavid BouardDavid Bouard is a French midfielder currently playing for French Ligue 2 side Vannes OC.His previous clubs include SM Caen, FC Lorient, Chamois Niortais and Stade Brestois 29-External links:* at l'Equipe...
, soccer player. - 15 March - Frédéric SerratFrédéric SerratFrédéric Serrat is a professional boxer from France. Serrat's most notable performance as an amateur was winning the silver medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There he was defeated in the final by Russia's Aleksandr Lebziak in the light heavyweight division...
, boxerBoxingBoxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
. - 18 March - Willy Sagnol, international soccer player.
April to June
- 1 April - Vincent DoukantiéVincent DoukantiéVincent Doukantié is a France born Malian Football defender. He currently plays for Red Star.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 2 April - Marc RaquilMarc RaquilMarc Raquil is a French runner of Martiniquais origin who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He has a World Championships bronze medal from 2003 and a European gold medal from the 2006 European Athletics Championships...
, athlete. - 13 April - Bertrand LaquaitBertrand LaquaitBertrand Laquait is a French footballer who plays for Évian Thonon Gaillard FC in Ligue 1, as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...
, soccer player. - 13 April - Olivier OlibeauOlivier OlibeauOlivier Olibeau is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for USA Perpignan in the Top 14 championship. His usual position is as a lock....
, rugby union player. - 30 April - Lilian CompanLilian CompanLilian Compan is a French football striker. He currently plays for Cannes.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 1 May - Jean-Michel LesageJean-Michel LesageJean-Michel Lesage is a French soccer player, currently playing for Le Havre in Ligue 2, the second highest league in France.Lesage played the start of his career as a left winger, but is now an attacker...
, soccer player. - 10 May - Gabriel MonnierGabriel MonnierGabriel Monnier is a French figure skater. He is the 2002 French national champion. His highest placement at an ISU Championship was 10th at the 2002 European Figure Skating Championships....
, figure skater. - 20 May - Mathieu BlinMathieu BlinMathieu Blin is a French rugby union footballer playing Paris club, Stade Français in the elite Top 14 competition. His usual position is at hooker....
, rugby union player. - 21 May - Maxime BrunerieMaxime BrunerieMaxime Brunerie is a man who attempted to assassinate French President Jacques Chirac on July 14, 2002 in Paris, during the Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Élysées....
, attempted assassination of PresidentPresidentA president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
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...
in 2002. - 11 June - Vincent EhoumanVincent EhoumanVincent Ehouman is a French football striker who currently plays for K.V. Oostende in Belgium. He also played for US Boulogne, Dijon FCO and FC Istres in the Championnat National.-References:...
, soccer player. - 16 June - Delphine PelletierDelphine PelletierDelphine Pelletier is an athlete from France, who competes in triathlon. Pelletier competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was the last athlete to finish, placing forty-fourth, out of the fifty athletes that started, with a time of 2:22:39.28.-References:*...
, athlete. - 19 June - Stéphan PerrotStéphan PerrotStéphan Perrot is a breaststroke swimmer from France, who won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the 1999 European Championships in Istanbul. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he was eliminated in the semifinals of...
, swimmer. - 22 June - Frédéric WeisFrédéric WeisFrédéric Weis is a retired French professional basketball player.-Pro career:Weis has played for Unicaja Málaga and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB League, PAOK Thessaloniki in the Greek League, and Limoges in the French League...
, basketball player. - 24 June - Jean-Philippe CailletJean-Philippe CailletJean-Philippe Caillet is a French footballer who currently playing for F91 Dudelange.-Career:He signed a contract on 26 July and in no time established a leading position in the defense of Genk. He played 26 games last season, while he was injured from January to March.Caillet was appointed vice...
, soccer player. - 30 June - Christophe LandrinChristophe LandrinChristophe Landrin is a French football midfielder, currently playing for AC Arles-Avignon. His brother, Sebastien, is one of the main players of the French national rink hockey team.-External links:*...
, soccer player.
July to September
- 5 July - Jérôme ÉyanaJérôme ÉyanaJérôme Éyana is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.At the 2002 European Championships he finished fourth in 4x100 m relay with teammates David Patros, Issa-Aimé Nthépé and Ronald Pognon...
, athlete. - 13 July - Christophe MeslinChristophe MeslinChristophe Meslin is a footballer from France, who currently plays for CFA club of Gazélec Ajaccio.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 13 July - Romain MesnilRomain MesnilRomain Mesnil is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres...
, 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. - 20 July - Yves NiaréYves NiaréYves Niaré is a male shot putter from France. His personal best throw is 20.72 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Versailles....
, shot putShot putThe shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
ter. - 24 July - Cédric AnselinCédric AnselinCédric Anselin is a former professional footballer, now playing non-league football for Lowestoft Town in Suffolk, England. He is a midfield player and was a French under-21 international....
, soccer player. - 26 July - Christophe LaurentChristophe LaurentChristophe Laurent is a French former professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :* Tour of California - Mountains Classification * Tour de l'Avenir - Mountains Classification * Les Boucles d'Artois...
, cyclist. - 8 August - Romain PitauRomain PitauRomain Pitau is a French football midfielder, currently playing for Montpellier HSC.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 9 August - Mikaël SilvestreMikael SilvestreMikaël Samy Silvestre is a French international footballer. He plays as defender and is currently signed with Werder Bremen of the Bundesliga. He has also played for the French national team...
, international soccer player. - 15 August - Malek Aït-AliaMalek Aït-AliaMalek Aït-Alia is a retired French-born Algerian international football player who played as a defender for various French clubs and Algerian side USM Alger.-International career:...
, soccer player. - 17 August - Thierry HenryThierry HenryThierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...
, international soccer player. - 18 August - Ludovic RoyLudovic RoyLudovic Roy is a French footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently playing for Raith Rovers.-Early days:Roy spent his youth career in his native France with La Berrichonne de Châteauroux.-St Mirren:...
, soccer player. - 23 August - Yoann BignéYoann BignéYoann Bigné is a French football player, currently with Stade Brestois.-References:*...
, soccer player. - 24 August - Arnaud GonzalezArnaud GonzalezArnaud Gonzalez is a French footballer. He currently plays for Championnat National side Chamois Niortais as an attacking midfielder....
, soccer player. - 27 August - Martial RobinMartial RobinMartial Robin is a French football player. He currently plays for FC Istres.He won Ligue 2 with Ajaccio and was a UEFA Cup runner-up with Marseille.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 2 September - Frédéric KanoutéFrédéric KanoutéFrédéric Oumar Kanouté is a French-born Malian footballer who currently plays for Sevilla FC in the Spanish La Liga. On 2 February 2008, Kanouté was named the 2007 African Footballer of the Year and is the first foreign-born player to win it.-Lyon:Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, Kanouté's...
, soccer player. - 3 September - Stéphane BonsergentStéphane BonsergentStéphane Bonsergent is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2002: 3º in Carnetin, Cyclo-cross # 2004: 1º in Univest Grand Prix, Souderton # 2004: 3º in Univest GP, Criterium...
, cyclist. - 3 September - Yannick ZambernardiYannick ZambernardiYannick Zambernardi is a French professional football player, currently without a club.-Career:Zambernardi started his career with Ligue 1 side Bastia in 1997 but failed to make any appearances. He then moved to his hometown Ajaccio, firstly playing for Gazélec Ajaccio and then AC Ajaccio...
, soccer player. - 9 September - Sébastien GimbertSébastien GimbertSébastien Gimbert is a professional motorcycle road racer. He currently competes in the Superbike World Championship...
, 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...
. - 11 September - Ludovic HublerLudovic HublerLudovic Hubler is a French traveller, most famous for his 5 year tour of the world completed entirely by hitchhiking . He wrote the travelbook Le Monde en stop, rewarded by the 2010 Pierre Loti award.- Biography :Childhood...
, hitchhiker. - 28 September - Julien PilletJulien PilletJulien Pillet is a French sabre fencer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist as he won the gold in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and also at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
, sabreSabreThe sabre or saber is a kind of backsword that usually has a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, covering the knuckles of the hand as well as the thumb and forefinger...
fencerFencingFencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
and twice Olympic medallist. - 30 September - Jean-Sébastien JaurèsJean-Sébastien JaurèsJean-Sébastien Jaurès is a retired French footballer. He last played as defender for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga.-External links:...
, soccer player.
October to December
- 2 October - Patrick BarulPatrick BarulPatrick Barul is a French football defender, who plays for French team OGC Nice.Barul was out of contract in June 2009 , but in December 2009 moved to Belgium and joined RFC Tournai.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 5 October - Christian BassilaChristian BassilaChristian Bassila is a former France under-21 international footballer.He prefers to play in the defensive midfield position and started his career with the present French Ligue 1 Champions Lyon in the 1996–97 season. Bassila joined West Ham in August 2000 on a season-long loan deal, moving from...
, soccer player. - 7 October - Sébastien de ChaunacSébastien de ChaunacSébastien de Chaunac is a now inactive French professional tennis player. He mainly played ATP Challenger Series tournaments, capturing one singles and two doubles titles...
, tennis player. - 8 October - Anne-Caroline ChaussonAnne-Caroline ChaussonAnne-Caroline Chausson is a French Olympic gold medalist in BMX, and downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racer, best known for having won thirteen Union Cycliste Internationale senior world championship rainbow jerseys, fourteen continental...
, Mountain bike racerMountain bike racingThe Union Cycliste Internationale recognised the sport of mountain bike racing relatively late in 1990, when it sanctioned the world championships in Purgatory, Colorado. The first mountain biking world cup series took place in 1991. Its nine-race circuit covered two continents—Europe and North...
. - 11 October - Jérémie JanotJérémie JanotJérémie Janot is a French footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saint-Étienne. He has remained loyal to the club throughout his entire career, including relegations. He set a record of 1534 minutes without letting in a goal at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard...
, soccer player. - 15 October - David TrezeguetDavid TrézéguetDavid Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....
, international soccer player. - 31 October - Sylviane FélixSylviane FelixSylviane Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....
, athlete and Olympic medallist. - 31 October - Séverine FerrerSéverine FerrerSéverine Ferrer is a French singer.-Biography:Ferrer was born in Montpellier and grew up on the island of Réunion. In 1991, Ferrer and her family moved to Paris. She began her career by appearing in television series. In 2004, Ferrer released a new album and a clothing line for pregnant women...
, singer. - 12 November - Jérémy HeninJérémy HeninJérémy Henin is a French professional footballer currently playing as a defender for Angers.Henin began his career with Le Havre, debuting on 8 March 1997 in the 1–0 Ligue 1 win at Lens...
, soccer player. - 21 November - Kodjo Afanou, soccer player.
- 23 November - Jean-Baptiste ÉlissaldeJean-Baptiste ÉlissaldeJean-Baptiste Élissalde is a former French rugby union player, playing either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half, and current backs coach of the Stade Toulousain.-Early life:...
, rugby union player. - 29 November - Cédric UrasCédric UrasCédric Uras is a footballer, currently playing for AC Ajaccio.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 1 December - Joseph-Désiré Job, soccer player.
- 2 December - Jérôme ThionJérôme ThionJerome Thion is a French rugby union footballer who currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France...
, rugby union player. - 8 December - Sébastien ChabalSebastien ChabalSébastien Chabal, born 8 December 1977 in Valence, Drôme, is a French rugby union rugby player. He has played number eight and lock professionally for the French team Bourgoin ; the English team Sale Sharks ; the French team Racing Métro 92 Paris ; and the French national side. He earned his first...
, rugby union player. - 14 December - Romain DumasRomain DumasRomain Dumas is a French racing driver.Dumas started karting in 1992, in 1996 he competed in the French Formula Renault Championship. In 1998, he joined the French Formula 3 Championship....
, motor racing driver. - 17 December - Arnaud ClémentArnaud ClémentArnaud Clément is a professional tennis player from France. His best achievement is reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open.-Career:Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland...
, tennis player. - 30 December - Alex JeanninAlex JeanninAlexandre 'Alex' Jeannin is a French footballer, currently playing for Truro City. Jeannin plays at left-back.-Football career:...
, soccer player.
Full date unknown
- Jean-Pascal ChaigneJean-Pascal ChaigneJean-Pascal Chaigne is a French composer.Following initial studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Tours and the University of Tours, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris where he obtained first prizes in analysis, harmony,...
, composer and musicologist. - Charles P. de Saint-AignanCharles P. de Saint-AignanCharles P. de Saint-Aignan is an American software engineer who currently works for IBM on the LotusLive project. He graduated from St. Paul's School , in 1995, followed by Brown University , in 1999.In 1994, Charles worked for Ted Bowell at Lowell Observatory, where he discovered a number of...
, software engineer. - Zoé FélixZoé FélixZoé Félix is a French actress.-Acting career:She was discovered by an agent at the age of 17 in a bus. Two years after, she decided to contact the agent to find little acting jobs in order to pay her studies at the Beaux-Arts. She attended the Beaux-Arts for two years.-Movie:Finally she got the...
, actress. - Éléonore GossetÉléonore GossetÉléonore Gosset is a French actress, born in 1977. She graduated from the National Academy Superieur of Dramatic art in 2003. Her film career began at the end of the 1990s.-Filmography:* Kennedy et moi, 1999* Jean-Philippe, 2005...
, actress. - Anita TijouxAnita TijouxAnamaría Merino , commonly known by her stage name Ana Tijoux or Anita Tijoux, is a French-Chilean musician. She became famous in Latin America as the female MC of hip-hop group Makiza during the late 1990s. In 2006, she crossed over to the Latin mainstream pop due to her collaboration with Mexican...
, singer.
January to March
- 10 January - Jean TarisJean TarisJean C. E. Taris was a French swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.-Career:Taris was born in Versailles....
, swimmer and Olympic medallist (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....
). - 12 January - Henri-Georges ClouzotHenri-Georges ClouzotHenri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized to be among the greatest films from the 1950s...
, 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:...
, 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:...
and producerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
(b.19071907 in FranceSee also:1906 in France,other events of 1907,1908 in France.----Events from the year 1907 in France.-Events:*February - The French warship Jean Bart sinks off the coast of Morocco....
). - 13 January - Henri LangloisHenri LangloisHenri Langlois was a French film archivist and cinephile. A pioneer of film preservation, Langlois was an influential figure in the history of cinema...
, pioneer of film preservationFilm preservationthumb|300px|Stacked containers filled with reels of [[film stock]]The film preservation, or film restoration, movement is an ongoing project among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images which they contain...
and restoration (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...
). - 14 January - Anaïs NinAnaïs NinAnaïs Nin was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories...
, writer (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....
). - 19 January - Yvonne PrintempsYvonne PrintempsYvonne Printemps was a French singer and actress.-Biography:Born Yvonne Wigniolle, she made her debut at the age of 12 in a revue at La Cigale in Paris. She was dancing at the Folies Bergère at age 13...
, singer and actress (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...
). - 24 January - Marc DettonMarc DettonMarc Pierre Detton was a French rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the silver medal with his partner Jean-Pierre Stock in the double sculls event. He also participated in the single sculls, but was eliminated in the repechage.-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.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:...
). - 10 February - Alain EscoffierAlain EscoffierAlain Escoffier was a French anti-communist activist.He was a bank clerk and he had married an East-Germany refugee...
, anti-communist activist, self-immolated (b.19491949 in FranceSee also:1948 in France,other events of 1949,1950 in France.----Events from the year 1949 in France.-Events:*27 October - An airliner flying from Paris to New York crashes in the Azores island of São Miguel. Among the victims are violinist Ginette Neveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan...
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April to June
- 3 April - Pierre-Marie ThéasPierre-Marie ThéasPierre-Marie Théas was a French Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained on September 16, 1920 as a priest. He was consecrated as the Bishop of Montauban, France, on July 26, 1940...
, Bishop (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...
). - 11 April - Jacques PrévertJacques PrévertJacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain very popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. Some of the movies he wrote are extremely well regarded, with Les Enfants du Paradis considered one of the greatest films of all time.-Life and...
, poet and screenwriter (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...
). - 2 May - Jean-Claude LebaubeJean-Claude LebaubeJean-Claude Lebaube is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1961 to 1969 and won 8 victories. He rode in 7 editions of the Tour de France where he wore the maillot jaune for one day in 1966...
, cyclist (b.19371937 in FranceSee also:1936 in France,other events of 1937,1938 in France.----Events from the year 1937 in France.-Events:*1 May - General strike in Paris.*21 June - Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns.-Sport:*30 June - Tour de France begins....
). - 22 June - Jacqueline AudryJacqueline AudryJacqueline Audry was a French film director who started making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful woman director of post-war France....
, 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:...
(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....
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July to September
- 4 July - Michel Olçomendy, first ArchbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of the SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
(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:...
). - 7 July - Eugène CriquiEugène CriquiEugène Criqui was a French boxer who held the world featherweight title in 1923.Criqui was born in the Belleville neighbourhood of Paris. He was a professional pipe-fitter before he turned professional in 1910. He won the French flyweight title in 1912. His boxing career was interrupted when he...
, world champion boxer (b.18931893 in FranceSee also:1892 in France,other events of 1893,1894 in France.----Events from the year 1893 in France.-Events:*10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.*20 August - Legislative election held.*3 September - Legislative election held....
). - 21 August - Pierre CotPierre Cot.Pierre Cot , French politician, was a leading figure in the Popular Front government of the 1930s...
, politician (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....
). - 4 September - Adolphe JauréguyAdolphe JauréguyAdolphe Jauréguy was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Ostabat-Asme and died in Toulouse.In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team....
, 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....
). - 4 September - Jean RostandJean RostandJean Rostand was a French biologist and philosopher.Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher and an activist...
, biologistBiologistA biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
and philosopher (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...
). - 14 September - Marcel Carpentier, military officer (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....
). - 29 September - Jean MarsanJean MarsanJean Marsan was a French screenwriter and actor. He was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Sheep Has Five Legs .- References :...
, 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:...
and actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(b.19201920 in FranceSee also:1919 in France,other events of 1920,1921 in France.----Events from the year 1920 in France.-Events:At the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations...
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October to December
- 19 October - René MourlonRené MourlonRené Mourlon was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for France at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates René Lorain, René Tirard and Émile Ali-Khan...
, athlete and Olympic medallist (b.18931893 in FranceSee also:1892 in France,other events of 1893,1894 in France.----Events from the year 1893 in France.-Events:*10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.*20 August - Legislative election held.*3 September - Legislative election held....
). - 20 October - Marie-Thérèse WalterMarie-Thérèse WalterMarie-Thérèse Walter was the French mistress and model of Pablo Picasso from 1927 to about 1935, and the mother of his daughter, Maya Widmaier-Picasso. Their relationship began when she was seventeen years old; he was 45 and still living with his first wife, Olga Khokhlova...
, mistress of Pablo PicassoPablo PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
(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....
). - 25 October - Félix GouinFélix GouinFélix Gouin was a French Socialist politician, member of the French Section of the Workers' International .-Personal life:Félix Gouin was born in Peypin, Bouches-du-Rhône, the son of school teachers...
, politician (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...
). - 5 November - René GoscinnyRené GoscinnyRené Goscinny was a French comics editor and writer, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris and Iznogoud with Jean Tabary.-Early life:Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to a family...
, author, editor and humorist (b.19261926 in FranceSee also:1925 in France,other events of 1926,1927 in France.----Events from the year 1926 in France.-Events:*9 May - French navy bombards Damascus because of Druze riots....
). - 7 December - Georges GrignardGeorges GrignardAuguste Georges Paul Grignard was a racing driver from France. He raced in Formula One from 1947 to 1953, participating in one World Championship Grand Prix on 28 October 1951...
, motor racing driver (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....
). - 12 December - Raymond BernardRaymond BernardRaymond Bernard was a French filmmaker and related to French playwright father Tristan Bernard and brother to Jean-Jacques Bernard...
, filmmaker (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....
). - 19 December - Jacques TourneurJacques TourneurJacques Tourneur was a French-American film director.-Life:Born in Paris, France, he was the son of film director Maurice Tourneur. At age 10, Jacques moved to the United States with his father. He started a career in cinema while still attending high school as an extra and later as a script clerk...
, film director (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:...
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- Pierre ClastresPierre ClastresPierre Clastres, , was a French anthropologist and ethnographer. He is best known for his fieldwork among the Guayaki in Paraguay and his theory on stateless societies.-Theories:...
, anthropologistAnthropologyAnthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
and ethnographerEthnographyEthnography is a qualitative method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group...
(b.19341934 in FranceSee also:1933 in France,other events of 1934,1935 in France.----Events from the year 1934 in France.-Events:*6 February - an anti-parliamentarist demonstration organised in Paris by far-right leagues, finished in a riot and led to a political crisis.*9 February - Gaston Doumergue forms a new...
). - Léonie DuquetLeonie DuquetLéonie Duquet was a French nun who was killed by the military regime of Argentine President Jorge Rafael Videla during the Dirty War.-Biography:...
, nun, killed by a death squadDeath squadA death squad is an armed military, police, insurgent, or terrorist squad that conducts extrajudicial killings, assassinations, and forced disappearances of persons as part of a war, insurgency or terror campaign...
in ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
(b.19161916 in FranceSee also:1915 in France,other events of 1916,1917 in France.----Events from the year 1916 in France.-Events:*29 January - Paris is bombed by German zeppelins for the first time.*21 February - Battle of Verdun begins....
). - Marcel Gaston FetiqueMarcel Gaston FetiqueMarcel Gaston Fetique - was a French Archetier / Bowmaker from a family of makers.Moved to Paris with his family when he was two years of age...
, bowmaker (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....
). - Annette Laming-EmperaireAnnette Laming-EmperaireAnnette Laming-Emperaire was a French archeologist.Born in Petrograd, Annette Laming studied philosophy in Paris until World War II began. She then turned to teaching while participating in the French Resistance...
, archeologist (b.19171917 in FranceSee also:1916 in France,other events of 1917,1918 in France.----Events from the year 1917 in France.-Events:*9 April - Battle of Arras, a British offensive, begins....
). - Armand LunelArmand LunelArmand Lunel was a French writer and the last known speaker of Shuadit , a now-extinct Occitan language...
, writer (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...
). - Henri-Irénée MarrouHenri-Irénée MarrouHenri-Irénée Marrou was a leading French historian of the mid-twentieth century. A Christian humanist in outlook, his work was primarily in the spheres of Late Antiquity and the history of education...
, historian (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:...
). - Georges MiquelleGeorges MiquelleGeorge Miquelle was born in Lille, France, and began his studies at the age of five when he entered the Lille Conservatoire. At seven, he took up the cello, studying under Emil Dienne. Before he was 19 he had won two first prizes playing at the Lille Conservatoire and at the Paris Conservatoire...
, cellist (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...
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