1973 in France
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Events from the year 1973 in France
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1972 in France
1972 in France
See also:1971 in France,other events of 1972,1973 in France.----Events from the year 1972 in France.-Events:*January - Launch of the Renault 5, one of the world's first small hatchbacks....
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other events of 1973,
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1974 in France
See also:1973 in France,other events of 1974,1975 in France.----Events from the year 1974 in France.-Events:*1 March - Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France....
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Events from the year 1973 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
- 4 March - Legislative ElectionFrench legislative election, 1973French legislative elections took place on 4 and 11 March 1973 to elect the 5th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.In order to end the May 1968 crisis, President Charles de Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly and his party, the Gaullist Party Union of Democrats for the Republic , obtained...
held. - 11 March - Legislative ElectionFrench legislative election, 1973French legislative elections took place on 4 and 11 March 1973 to elect the 5th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.In order to end the May 1968 crisis, President Charles de Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly and his party, the Gaullist Party Union of Democrats for the Republic , obtained...
held. - 3 June - A Tupolev Tu-144Tupolev Tu-144The Tupolev Tu-144 was a Soviet supersonic transport aircraft and remains one of only two SSTs to enter commercial service, the other being the Concorde...
supersonic aircraft crashes at the Paris air show1973 Paris Air Show crashThe 1973 Paris Air Show crash was the crash of the second production Tupolev Tu-144 at Goussainville, Val-d'Oise, France, which killed all six crew and a further eight people on the ground. The crash at the Paris Air Show on 3 June 1973 damaged the development program of the Tupolev Tu-144, also...
; 14 are killed. - 11 July - Varig Flight 820Varig Flight 820Varig Flight 820 was a scheduled airline service from Galeão Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Orly Airport, Paris, France. On 11 July 1973, the Boeing 707 made an emergency landing in a field in the Orly commune due to smoke in the cabin...
Boeing 707Boeing 707The Boeing 707 is a four-engine narrow-body commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven". The first airline to operate the 707 was Pan American World Airways, inaugurating the type's first commercial flight on...
crashes near Orly AirportOrly AirportParis-Orly Airport is an airport located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris, France. It has flights to cities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, North America and Southeast Asia. Prior to the construction of Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly was...
, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, resulting in 123 deaths, with 11 survivors. - 20 July - France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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- 30 September - Cantonales Elections held.
Sport
- 30 June - Tour de France1973 Tour de FranceThe 1973 Tour de France was the 60th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 22, 1973. It consisted of 20 stages over 4140.4 km, ridden at an average speed of 33.918 km/h. After winning the 1973 Vuelta a España and the 1973 Giro d'Italia, Eddy Merckx did not participate in the Tour...
begins. - 22 July - Tour de France ends, won by Luis OcañaLuis OcañaJesús Luis Ocaña Pernía was a Spanish road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1973 and the Vuelta a España in 1970.- Early professional career :...
of SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
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January to March
- 11 January - Christophe MedaillonChristophe MedaillonCristophe Medaillon is a former French footballer.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 12 January - Olivier PeslierOlivier PeslierOlivier Peslier is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Peslier competes in flat racing mainly in France but travels often around the world for the big international races....
, jockey. - 15 January - Aurelie DupontAurelie DupontAurélie Dupont is a French ballet dancer who performs with the Paris Opera Ballet as an Étoile. She began her career in dance at the age of ten when she entered the Paris Opera Ballet School after giving up her hopes of being a pianist...
, balletBalletBallet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
dancer. - 19 January - Karen LancaumeKaren LancaumeKaren Lancaume was a French pornographic film actress. She appeared in around 40 movies between 1996 and 2002. She is best known internationally for her starring role as Nadine in the controversial 2000 film, Baise-moi...
, adult film star (d.20052005 in FranceSee also:2004 in France,other events of 2005,2006 in France.----Events from the year 2005 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Jacques Chirac* Prime Minister - Jean-Pierre Raffarin then Dominique de Villepin...
). - 26 January - Melvil PoupaudMelvil PoupaudMelvil Poupaud is a French actor.He was named after Herman Melville by his screenwriter mother. At the age of ten, he launched into acting with a role in La Ville des Pirates , directed by Raul Ruiz. At the age of 15, he was nominated for a César...
, actor. - 29 January - Fabien ForetFabien ForetFabien Foret born in Angoulême, France, is a professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the Supersport World Championship. As of the end of 2008, he has had 24 podium finishes including 11 wins, and 12 pole positions...
, motorcycle racerMotorcycle racingMotorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all sporting aspects of motorcycling. The disciplines are not all "races" or timed-speed events, as several disciplines test a competitor's various riding skills.-Motorcycle racing:...
. - 30 January - Olivier MarceauOlivier MarceauOlivier Marceau is an athlete from France, who competes in triathlon.A member of the Poissy Triathlon Club he competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took seventh place with a total time of 1:49:18.03.Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Marceau competed...
, triathlete. - 6 February - Élisabeth GrousselleÉlisabeth GrousselleÉlisabeth Grousselle is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 25.47 s *400 metres - 55.07 s *800 metres - 1:59.46 min -External links:...
, athlete. - 12 February - Thomas DufourThomas DufourThomas Dufour is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team.Dufour has played in five World Junior Curling Championships , 12 European Curling Championships , five World Curling Championships and two...
, curler. - 18 February - Claude MakéléléClaude MakéléléClaude Makélelé Sinda is a retired football player who used to play as a defensive midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. Prior to joining Paris Saint-Germain, Makélélé played for Nantes, Olympique de Marseille, Celta Vigo, Real Madrid and Chelsea...
, international soccer player. - 22 February - Philippe GaumontPhilippe GaumontPhilippe Gaumont is a former French professional road racing cyclist. He is notorious for having confessed to extensive doping and explaining a lot of the tricks of the trade.-Racing results:...
, cyclist. - 24 February - Antony Dupuis, tennis player.
- 25 February - Hélène de FougerollesHélène de FougerollesHélène Christine Rigoine de Fougerolles is a French actress. She is the daughter of Alain Rigoine de Fougerolles and Anne Saumay de Laval. Initially planning to become a beautician, she began to study acting at age 15. She later attended acting classes in Paris and briefly at the Actors Studio...
, actress. - 25 February - Gérald MerceronGérald MerceronGérald Merceron is a French former rugby union player who won 32 caps playing at fly-half for the French rugby union side...
, international rugby union player. - 28 February - Philippe BrunelPhilippe BrunelPhilippe Brunel is a French football midfielder, currently playing for SCO Angers. He is side midfielder or playmaker with a wide range of passing.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 3 March - Charles-Philippe, Duke of Anjou.
- 26 March - Sébastien CharpentierSébastien Charpentier (motorcycle racer)Sébastien Charpentier is a French motorcycle road racer. He is the only man to have won the Supersport World Championship in successive years, and ....
, 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...
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April to June
- 4 April - Samassi AbouSamassi AbouSamassi Abou is a professional footballer from Côte d'Ivoire, who plays as a Forward. He played internationally for the French under-21 team....
, soccer player. - 5 April - Élodie BouchezÉlodie BouchezÉlodie Bouchez-Bangalter is a French actress. She is best known in the United States for her role as Renée Rienne on the fifth and final season of the television show Alias...
, actress. - 5 April - Vanessa DemouyVanessa DemouyVanessa Demouy is an actress and model. She began modeling at age seventeen and later crossed over into film and television....
, actress and model. - 5 April - Yacine DoumaYacine DoumaYacine Douma is a French judoka.-Achievements:-Video:* on Judovision.org-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. - 6 April - Franck MarchisFranck MarchisFranck Marchis , astronomer and planetary scientist, is best known for his discovery and characterization of multiple asteroids and its study of Io volcanism.The asteroid 6639 Marchis was named in his honor on April 4, 2007....
, astronomerAstronomerAn astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
and planetary scientistPlanetary sciencePlanetary science is the scientific study of planets , moons, and planetary systems, in particular those of the Solar System and the processes that form them. It studies objects ranging in size from micrometeoroids to gas giants, aiming to determine their composition, dynamics, formation,...
. - 7 April - Carole MontilletCarole MontilletCarole Montillet-Carles is a French alpine skier.-Career:Born in Corrençon-en-Vercors, Isère, she became a member of the Villard de Lans ski club in Grenoble...
, alpine skier. - 10 April - Guillaume CanetGuillaume CanetGuillaume Canet is a French actor and film director.Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like Joyeux Noël, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach...
, actor and film director. - 11 April - Olivier MagneOlivier MagneOlivier Claude C. Magne is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach.Magne was a rugby god and back row forward, known especially for his speed and handling in open field play. He represented 89 times, scoring 14 tries.He joined his hometown team, Stade Aurillacois, as a boy in...
, international rugby union player. - 12 April - Joël LautierJoel LautierJoël Lautier is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .Born in Canada, of French father and Japanese mother, Lautier is one of the strongest grandmasters from France. He won the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship on tiebreak at Adelaide, and the French Chess Championships in 2004...
, chessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
grandmasterInternational GrandmasterThe title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
. - 12 April - Lionel RouxLionel RouxLionel Roux is a former tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1991. He was French National Junior champion in 1991, but didn't win a single title during his pro career...
, tennis player. - 13 April - Nicolas JalabertNicolas JalabertthumbNicolas Jalabert is a French former road racing cyclist. In 1997 he turned professional with the French team Cofidis. He is the younger brother of Laurent Jalabert, and followed him to ONCE in 2000 and Team CSC in 2001. In 2004, after his brother's retirement, he followed Tyler Hamilton to...
, cyclist. - 16 April - Jérôme BonnisselJérôme BonnisselJérôme Bonnissel is a French former football left defender.Bonnissel started his career with hometown club Montpellier HSC, and proceeded to spend three seasons in La Liga with Deportivo de La Coruña....
, soccer player. - 19 April - David ChaussinandDavid ChaussinandDavid Chaussinand is a retired male hammer thrower from France. He set his personal best on August 19, 2001 at a meet in Rüdlingen. Chaussinand won the title at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, but was disqualified from the competition after failing a drug test...
, hammer thrower. - 19 April - Patrice EstanguetPatrice EstanguetPatrice Estanguet is a French slalom canoer. He is the elder brother of Tony Estanguet.-Career:Estanguet competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s...
, slalom canoerSlalom canoeingWhitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...
and Olympic medallist. - 26 April - Jules Naudet, filmmaker.
- 8 May - Laurent CharvetLaurent CharvetLaurent Charvet is a former French football player.Charvet played in the right back position. He began his career at Cannes in 1994. Between then and 1997 he appeared 99 times for the club and scored 19 goals...
, soccer player. - 13 May - Franck DumoulinFranck DumoulinFranck Dumoulin is a pistol shooter from Bordeaux, France.- Olympic Games :- World Championships :* 1994 World Championships :** Gold Medal in 10 m Air Pistol** Bronze Medal in 50 m Pistol...
, pistol shooter and Olympic gold medallist. - 15 May - Pascal GentilPascal GentilPascal Gentil is a French taekwondo practitioner. A three-time winner of the European Championships, four-time World Cup Champion and Olympic bronze medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympicsin Athens, Pascal Gentil is the most decorated taekwondo practitioner...
, taekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
practitioner and Olympic medallist. - 17 May - Frédéric HavasFrédéric HavasFrédéric Havas is a retired volleyball player from France, who earned a total number of 138 caps for the Men's National Team.-International Competitions:*1999 – World League *1999 – European Championship...
, volleyball player. - 20 May - Christophe LaussucqChristophe LaussucqChristophe Laussucq is a retired rugby union player and current coach for CA Brive in the Top 14.Christophe Laussucq's position of choice was scrum-half. He earned three caps for the France national team, making his debut on April 10, 1999 against Scotland...
, rugby union player. - 22 May - Yannick BruYannick BruYannick Bru is a French rugby union coach and former footballer, currently serving as forwards coach at Stade Toulousain in the elite level of French rugby, the Top 14. Bru was capped 18 times for the French national side....
, rugby union player. - 24 May - Éric CarrièreEric CarrièreÉric Carrière is a former professional French association footballer who played for Dijon. He is a skilful playmaker who is adept at taking free-kicks, penalties, and corners for his team, as well as scoring from the run of play although he is primarily known for defence splitting passes...
, soccer player. - 12 June - Olivier BaudryOlivier BaudryOlivier Baudry is a French football player.-Football career:Baudry started his professional career at Sochaux. He climbed up from the youth team to the first team as captain. He followed the team relegations and promotion, until 2000 when he joined Lausanne in the Swiss Challenge League...
, soccer player. - 14 June - Stéphanie ArricauStephanie ArricauStéphanie Arricau is a French professional golfer. She studied marketing and management and had a long amateur career as a junior and an adult before turning professional at the age of 26...
, golfer. - 17 June - Louis LeterrierLouis LeterrierLouis Leterrier is a French film director whose notable films include the first two Transporter movies, Unleashed , The Incredible Hulk , and Clash of the Titans .-Life and career:...
, film director. - 18 June - Julie DepardieuJulie DepardieuJulie Marion Depardieu is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful movies.She is the daughter of Gérard Depardieu and Élisabeth Depardieu, and the sister of the late Guillaume Depardieu—all of whom are also film actors...
, actress. - 22 June - Cyril SaugrainCyril SaugrainCyril Saugrain is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who won the 4th stage of the 1996 Tour de France.- Palmarès :1995...
, cyclist. - 27 June - Frédéric RouxFrédéric RouxFrédéric Roux is a French goalkeeper who is currently a free agent.His previous clubs include AS Nancy Lorraine, LB Chateauroux, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2002, and AC Ajaccio....
, soccer player.
July to September
- 19 July - Saïd TaghmaouiSaïd TaghmaouiSaïd Taghmaoui is a French actor and screenwriter. One of his defining screen roles was that of Saïd in the award winning 1995 French film La Haine directed by Mathieu Kassovitz...
, actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and 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:...
. - 31 July - Alexandre BonnotAlexandre BonnotAlexandre Bonnot is a formerfootball midfielder.He started out with Paris Saint-Germain in 1990, then joined SCO Angers in 1995....
, soccer player. - 4 August - Xavier MarchandXavier MarchandXavier Marchand is a former medley swimmer from France, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. He won his first international medal in 1997, at the European LC Championships in the 200 m individual medley behind Holland's...
, swimmer. - 5 August - Laurent RedonLaurent RedonLaurent Rédon is a former race car driver from Loire, France.Rédon began his professional racing career in the French Formula Three Championship, winning it in 1995. He then moved to International Formula 3000 where he finished 8th in the points for DAMS in 1996 and 9th for Super Nova Racing the...
, motor racing driver. - 7 August - Florent LavilleFlorent LavilleFlorent Laville is a retired French football defender. He represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He spent 10 years of his career with Olympique Lyonnais, and helped them win the Ligue 1 in 2002 and 2003 as well as the Trophée des Champions in 2002...
, soccer player. - 18 August - Jerome LagarrigueJerome LagarrigueJerome Lagarrigue is an award-winning French painter and illustrator. His illustrating and painting work ranges from boxing scenes to children's books.-Biography:...
, painter and illustrator. - 25 August - Bernard InomBernard InomBernard Inom is a retired boxer from France, who competed in the light flyweight division during the 1990s. He won the silver medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he was defeated in the final by Bulgaria's Daniel Petrov.-References:...
, boxer. - 26 August - Laurent HuardLaurent HuardLaurent Huard is a French football coach who had a playing career. He currently coaches Stade Rennais's second team....
, soccer coach. - 29 August - Olivier JacqueOlivier JacqueOlivier Jacque is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.He was second in the 250cc European Championship in 1994, before moving on to the 250cc World Championship. He achieved a top ten finish in the points standings every year he competed...
, 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...
. - 30 August - Sophie DodemontSophie DodemontSophie Dodemont is a female archer from France.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Dodemont finished her ranking round with a total of 632 points. This gave her the 32nd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Anja Hitzler in the first round...
, archerArcheryArchery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
and Olympic medallist. - 9 September - Jérôme GolmardJerome GolmardJérôme Golmard is a former French male tennis player.Golmard reached a career high ranking of 22 in 1999. The 6'2" Golmard played left-handed, won two singles titles, reached a semi-final in Monte Carlo and won over $2,200,000 in prize money.-Singles: 4 :Wins -References:...
, tennis player. - 18 September - Laurent FoirestLaurent FoirestLaurent Foirest is a French basketball player with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne. Foirest won a silver medal with the France national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He stands at 6' 5¾" and he also played previously with Saski Baskonia of Spanish ACB.-References:...
, basketball player. - 19 September - Frédéric KakonFrédéric KakonFrederic Kakon is a French guitarist, born on September 19th, 1973 from a family of musicians .-External links:*...
, guitarist. - 19 September - Stéphane PoratoStéphane PoratoStéphane Porato is a retired French footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...
, soccer player. - 25 September - Jean-Yves de BlasiisJean-Yves de BlasiisJean Yves de Blasiis is a former professional footballer.De Blasiis, a midfielder, began his career with his hometown club FC Girondins de Bordeaux before moving to SM Caen and then Red Star Paris. In the summer of 1999, Norwich City manager Bruce Rioch signed him on a Bosman free transfer...
, soccer player. - 27 September - Arnaud LebrunArnaud LebrunArnaud Lebrun, born September 27, 1973 in Cambrai, France, is a French football defender. He currently plays for Ligue 2 side Dijon.His previous clubs include Valenciennes FC, Amiens SC, Stade Laval and Chamois Niortais.-External links:* at chamoisfc79.fr...
, soccer player. - 30 September - Sébastien DalletSébastien DalletSebastien Dallet is a French professional football player, currently with Troyes AC.Dallet is a striker and lists US Orléans, RC Lens, Guingamp, Sochaux and Créteil as his former clubs.-External links:...
, soccer player.
October to December
- 6 October - Cyrille DiabateCyrille DiabateCyrille Diabaté is a French mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has also competed in shoot boxing and Muay Thai. He has fought at Palace Fighting Championship, PRIDE, ShoXC, Deep, Cage Rage and Ultimate Fighting Championship....
, mixed martial artistMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
. - 10 October - Joël ChenalJoël ChenalJoël Chenal , is a French alpine skier.Chenal won silver medal in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...
, alpine skier. - 13 October - Guillaume FlorentGuillaume FlorentGuillaume Florent is a French sailor and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
, sailor and Olympic medallist. - 15 October - Jean-Louis ValoisJean-Louis ValoisJean-Louis Valois is a French retired professional footballer. A left-sided player capable of playing on either wing, his last senior club was Al-Nasr.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 24 October - Vincent Candela, international soccer player.
- 24 October - Yannick QuesnelYannick QuesnelYannick Daniel Quesnel is a French footballer who plays for Étoile Sportive Pennoise as a goalkeeper.Most of his professional career was spent in Portugal.-Football career:...
, soccer player. - 29 October - Robert PirèsRobert PirèsRobert Emmanuel Pirès is a former French international footballer. He is perhaps best known for his time with Arsenal, with whom he won three FA Cups and two FA Premier League titles including the club's famous unbeaten season of 2003–04...
, international soccer player. - 3 November - Patrick MoreauPatrick MoreauPatrick Moreau is a former French football player.-References:*...
, soccer player. - 8 November - Frédéric BrandoFrédéric BrandoFrédéric Brando is a French retired professional football midfielder.He was part of the Olympique de Marseille team that reached the 1999 UEFA Cup Final.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 12 November - Stéphane GlasStéphane GlasStéphane Glas is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Francais Paris in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He previously played for Bourgoin. He has also represented France well over 30 times...
, rugby union player. - 13 November - David AuradouDavid AuradouDavid Auradou is a French rugby union footballer playing Paris club, Stade Français in the élite Top 14 competition. His usual position is at lock...
, rugby union player. - 16 November - Mathieu BozzettoMathieu BozzettoMathieu Bozzetto is a professional snowboarder from France. His specialties are the parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom.-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...
, 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...
. - 23 November - Marie CollonvilléMarie CollonvilléMarie Collonvillé is a French heptathlete. She was the first-ever IAAF-recognised world record holder in the women's decathlon; the event was officially recognised from 1 January 2005, and her mark of 8160 set in Talence on 26 September 2004 was broken by Austra Skujytė on 15 April...
, heptathlete. - 23 November - Grégory MalickiGrégory MalickiGrégory Malicki is a French footballer. He currently plays for Angers SCO as a Goalkeeper.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 24 November - Sébastien PérezSébastien PérezSébastien Pérez is a French professional football player who started his career for AS Saint-Étienne as a central midfielder....
, soccer player. - 7 December - Fabien PelousFabien PelousFabien Pelous is a retired French rugby union footballer. A lock who also occasionally played as a number eight and flanker, he played almost all of his professional career for Stade Toulousain, and is the all-time leader in appearances for the French national team...
, international rugby union player. - 14 December - Jean-Paul MendyJean-Paul MendyJean-Paul Mendy is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.-Amateur:...
, boxer. - 15 December - Surya BonalySurya BonalySurya Bonaly is a French professional figure skater. She is a three-time World Championship silver medalist, a five-time European Champion, the 1991 World Junior Champion and a nine-time French National Champion.-Career:...
, figure skater. - 24 December - Frédéric DemontfauconFrédéric DemontfauconFrédéric Demontfaucon is a judoka from France.-Achievements:- Video :* -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. - 29 December - Christophe RineroChristophe RineroChristophe Rinero is a former French professional road racing cyclist. Rinero's greatest achievements have been to win the Tour de l'Avenir in 1998 and the King of the Mountains in the 1998 Tour de France. In 2002, he won stage 2 at Tour du Limousin. He retired at the end of 2008- Palmares :1996...
, cyclist.
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- Olivier AsmakerOlivier AsmakerOlivier Asmaker is a former French cyclist, born in Savigny-sur-Orge near Paris, on 13 March 1973. But he spent his childhood in Rodez.A brilliant amateur rider who won the 1997 Coupe de France Amateurs with his team of Montauban, he began cycling as professional on 1 September 1997 in the Belgian...
, cyclist. - Franck Chevalier, violistViolist-Notable violists:A* Julia Rebekka Adler * Sir Hugh Allen , conductor* Kris Allen * Johann Andreas Amon * Paul Angerer , composer* Steven Ansell * Atar Arad * Cecil Aronowitz...
. - Chloé DelaumeChloé DelaumeChloé Delaume is a French award-winning novelist, performer, musician, and occasional singer.-Biography:Born Nathalie Dalain in Paris, 1973, Chloé Delaume spent her childhood in Beirut. In 1983 a tragic episode both changed the course of her life and marked her body of work: at ten years old, she...
, novelist, performer and musician. - Gaël DuvalGaël DuvalGaël Duval is a graduate of the Caen University in France, where he studied networks and documentary applications. In July 1998, he created Mandrake Linux , a Linux distribution originally based on Red Hat Linux and KDE...
, software designer. - David GrimalDavid GrimalDavid Grimal is a French violinist.He started to play the violin at the age of five. He won First Prize in violin and chamber music at the Paris Conservatory in 1993. Afterwards he did his postgraduate studies with Regis PASQUIER...
, violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist.
January to June
- 15 February - Achille LiénartAchille LiénartAchille Liénart was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lille from 1928 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1930.-Biography:...
, CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
(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...
). - 1 March - Henri MeslotHenri MeslotHenri Meslot was a French athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.He was born in Paris and died in Toulon....
, athlete (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...
). - 2 March - Jules LadoumègueJules LadoumegueJules Ladoumègue was a French middle-distance runner. He became a running star as the sport enjoyed a huge resurgence at the start of the Great Depression, fueled in large part by newsreel coverage...
, athlete and Olympic medallist (b.19061906 in FranceSee also:1905 in France,other events of 1906,1907 in France.----Events from the year 1906 in France.-Events:*16 January - Algeciras Conference begins, to mediate the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany....
). - 30 March - Yves Giraud-Cabantous, motor racing driver (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:...
). - 2 April - Joseph-Charles LefèbvreJoseph-Charles LefèbvreJoseph-Charles Lefèbvre was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bourges from 1943 to 1969, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960....
, CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
(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...
). - 25 April - Armand Léon AnnetArmand Léon AnnetArmand Léon Annet was a Governor for various colonies in French Colonial Empire.- Life :Annet was born in Paris....
, colonial governor (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...
). - 28 April - Jacques MaritainJacques MaritainJacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant, he converted to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive St. Thomas Aquinas for modern times and is a prominent drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
, CatholicCatholicThe word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
philosopher (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....
). - 18 May - Dieudonne CostesDieudonne CostesDieudonné Costes was a French aviator, well-known for long distance and record breaking flights, as well as being a fighter ace during World War I.-Life:...
, aviator (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...
). - 3 June - Jean BatmaleJean BatmaleJean Batmale was a professional French footballer. He played for France national football team at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
, soccer player (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 June - Maurice René FréchetMaurice René FréchetMaurice Fréchet was a French mathematician. He made major contributions to the topology of point sets and introduced the entire concept of metric spaces. He also made several important contributions to the field of statistics and probability, as well as calculus...
, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
(b.18781878 in FranceSee also:1877 in France,other events of 1878,1879 in France.----Events from the year 1878 in France.-Events:*1 May - Exposition Universelle opened in Paris.*10 November - Exposition Universelle closed.-January to June:...
). - 18 June - Georges BonnetGeorges BonnetNot to be confused with the French Socialist Georges MonnetGeorges-Étienne Bonnet was a French politician and leading figure in the Radical-Socialist Party.- Early career :...
, politician (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....
).
July to December
- 29 July - Henri CharrièreHenri CharrièreHenri Charrière was a convicted murderer chiefly known as the author of Papillon, a hugely successful memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana....
, convicted felon and author (b.19061906 in FranceSee also:1905 in France,other events of 1906,1907 in France.----Events from the year 1906 in France.-Events:*16 January - Algeciras Conference begins, to mediate the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany....
). - 2 August - Jean-Pierre Melville, filmmaker (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....
). - 17 August - Jean BarraquéJean BarraquéJean-Henri-Alphonse Barraqué was a French composer and writer on music who developed an individual form of serialism which is displayed in a small output of highly complex but passionate works.-Life:...
, composer (b.19281928 in FranceSee also:1927 in France,other events of 1928,1929 in France.----Events from the year 1928 in France.-Events:*22 April - Legislative Election held.*29 April - Legislative Election held....
). - 18 August - François BonlieuFrançois BonlieuFrançois Bonlieu was a French Alpine skier.Born at Juvincourt-et-Damary, Aisne, Bonlieu debuted for the French alpine skiing national team when he was 15 years old....
, 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 (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....
). - 30 August - Robert DéfosséRobert DéfosséRobert Défossé was a French footballer.-References:* *...
, soccer player (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....
). - 14 September - Roger BourdinRoger BourdinRoger Bourdin was a French baritone, particularly associated with the French repertory. His career was largely based in France.- Life and career :...
, baritoneBaritoneBaritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
(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...
). - 6 October - François CevertFrançois CevertAlbert François Cevert Goldenberg was a French racing driver who took part in the Formula One World Championship.-Family background:...
, motor racing driver (b.19441944 in FranceSee also:1943 in France,other events of 1944,1945 in France.----Events from the year 1944 in France.-Events:*15 March - The National Council of the French Resistance approves the Resistance programme....
). - 8 October - Gabriel MarcelGabriel MarcelGabriel Honoré Marcel was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, and author of about 30 plays.He focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society...
, philosopher (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....
). - 23 October - Maurice PrincetMaurice PrincetMaurice Princet was a French mathematician and actuary who played a role in the birth of cubism. He was an associate of Pablo Picasso, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Jean Metzinger, and Marcel Duchamp...
, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and actuaryActuaryAn actuary is a business professional who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty. Actuaries provide expert assessments of financial security systems, with a focus on their complexity, their mathematics, and their mechanisms ....
(b.18751875 in FranceSee also:1874 in France,other events of 1875,1876 in France.----Events from the year 1875 in France.-Arts and literature:*3 March - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris.-Births:...
). - 6 November - Noël RoquevertNoël RoquevertNoël Roquevert was a French film actor. He appeared in over 180 films between 1932 and 1972.He was born in Doué-la-Fontaine, France and died in Douarnenez, France.-Selected filmography:* Le Corbeau...
, actor (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...
). - 1 December - Albert DupouyAlbert DupouyAlbert Dupouy was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.-External links:*...
, rugby union player (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:...
). - 25 December - Gabriel VoisinGabriel VoisinGabriel Voisin was an aviation pioneer and the creator of Europe's first manned, engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft capable of a sustained , circular, controlled flight, including take-off and landing. It was flown by Henry Farman on January 13, 1908 near Paris, France...
, aviation pioneer (b.18801880 in FranceSee also:1879 in France,other events of 1880,1881 in France.----Events from the year 1880 in France.-Events:*29 June - France annexes Tahiti.*Discovery of piezoelectricity by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie.-Births:...
). - 31 December - Henri BüsserHenri BüsserHenri Büsser was a French classical composer, organist, and conductor.- Biography :Paul-Henri Büsser was born in Toulouse, of partly Teutonic ancestry. He entered the Conservatoire in Paris in 1889; there he studied organ with César Franck and composition with Ernest Guiraud...
, 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 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...
(b.18721872 in FranceSee also:1871 in France,other events of 1872,1873 in France.----Events from the year 1872 in France.-Events:*27 November - Meteor shower display over France.*Louis Ducos du Hauron creates the first color photograph.-Births:...
).