1983 in France
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Events from the year 1983 in France
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1982 in France
1982 in France
See also:1981 in France,other events of 1982,1983 in France.----Events from the year 1982 in France.-Events:*14 March – Cantonales Elections held.*21 March – Cantonales Elections held.*4 July – 8th G7 summit begins in Versailles....
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other events of 1983,
1984 in France
1984 in France
See also:1983 in France,other events of 1984,1985 in France.----Events from the year 1984 in France.-Events:* 21 April - The Renault Espace,Europe's first production people carrier, is launched.-Sport:...
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Events from the year 1983 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
- 19 January - NaziNazismNazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
war criminalWar crimeWar crimes are serious violations of the laws applicable in armed conflict giving rise to individual criminal responsibility...
Klaus BarbieKlaus BarbieNikolaus 'Klaus' Barbie was an SS-Hauptsturmführer , Gestapo member and war criminal. He was known as the Butcher of Lyon.- Early life :...
is arrested in BoliviaBoliviaBolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
. - February - Launch of the PininfarinaPininfarinaPininfarina S.p.A. is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder in Cambiano, Italy.Founded as Società anonima Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 by automobile designer and builder Battista "Pinin" Farina, Pininfarina has been employed by a wide variety of high-end automobile manufacturers,...
styled modern supermini hatchback, the Peugeot 205Peugeot 205The Peugeot 205 is a supermini produced by the French car manufacturer Peugeot between 1983 and 1998. It was declared 'Car of the Decade' by CAR magazine in 1990. The 205 won 1984 What Car? car of the year.-History:...
, which will be produced alongside the 104Peugeot 104The Peugeot 104 is a supermini motor car designed by Paolo Martin and produced by the French car manufacturer Peugeot between 1972 and 1988.- Production history :Saloon launch 1972...
, though its predecessor is set to be withdrawn from most export markets by the end of the year once the 205 is on sale in all key markets. - 6 February - Klaus BarbieKlaus BarbieNikolaus 'Klaus' Barbie was an SS-Hauptsturmführer , Gestapo member and war criminal. He was known as the Butcher of Lyon.- Early life :...
is officially charged with war crimeWar crimeWar crimes are serious violations of the laws applicable in armed conflict giving rise to individual criminal responsibility...
s. - 24 February - The Peugeot 205Peugeot 205The Peugeot 205 is a supermini produced by the French car manufacturer Peugeot between 1983 and 1998. It was declared 'Car of the Decade' by CAR magazine in 1990. The 205 won 1984 What Car? car of the year.-History:...
supermini is officially launched with a range of hatchbacks and convertibles. - 6 March - Municipal ElectionsFrench municipal elections, 1983Municipal elections were held in France on 6 and 13 March 1983. The left, in power since only two years, was defeated in the 1983 locals by the RPR-UDF. The Communists lost Saint-Étienne and Reims, while the PS lost Tourcoing, Grenoble, and Roubaix. They narrowly held Marseille against Jean-Claude...
held. - 13 March - Municipal ElectionsFrench municipal elections, 1983Municipal elections were held in France on 6 and 13 March 1983. The left, in power since only two years, was defeated in the 1983 locals by the RPR-UDF. The Communists lost Saint-Étienne and Reims, while the PS lost Tourcoing, Grenoble, and Roubaix. They narrowly held Marseille against Jean-Claude...
held. - 23 September - Violence erupts in New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
between native Kanaks and French expatriates. The French government withdraws the promise of independenceIndependenceIndependence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory....
. - 16 October - Production of the successful Renault 20/30Renault 20/30The Renault 20 and Renault 30 are two executive cars produced by the French automaker Renault between 1975 and 1984. The most upmarket and expensive Renaults of their time, the two cars were almost identical as regards sheet metal and mechanicals; the 30 was the larger engined and more expensive...
cease to make way for the 25Renault 25The Renault 25 is an executive car produced by the French automaker Renault from 1983 to 1992. During its time, the 25 was Renault's flagship, the most expensive, prestigious, and largest vehicle in the company's line-up. It placed second in the 1985 European Car of the Year contest... - 23 October - Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings1983 Beirut barracks bombingThe Beirut Barracks Bombing occurred during the Lebanese Civil War, when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen...
destroy both the FrenchFrench ArmyThe French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
and the United States Marine CorpsUnited States Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
barracks in BeirutBeirutBeirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
, killing 241 US servicemen, 58 French paratroopers and 6 Lebanese civilians. - 20 November - Launch of the Renault 25Renault 25The Renault 25 is an executive car produced by the French automaker Renault from 1983 to 1992. During its time, the 25 was Renault's flagship, the most expensive, prestigious, and largest vehicle in the company's line-up. It placed second in the 1985 European Car of the Year contest...
executive car, replacement for both the Renault 20 and Renault 30. - 31 December - Two bombs explode in FranceFranceThe 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...
. One on the Paris train kills 3 and injures 19. The other at Marseille station kills 2 and injures 34.
Sport
- 1 July - Tour de France1983 Tour de FranceThe 1983 Tour de France was the 70th Tour de France, run from 1 to 22 July 1982 in 22 stages and a prologue, over a total distance of 3862 km., won by French rider Laurent Fignon. Sean Kelly of Ireland won the green jersey, and Lucien Van Impe of Belgium won the polka dot jersey...
begins. - 24 July - Tour de France ends, won by Laurent FignonLaurent FignonLaurent Patrick Fignon was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won the Tour de France in 1983 and in 1984. He missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by 8 seconds, the closest margin ever to decide the tour. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1989, after having been the runner-up in 1984,...
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January to March
- 6 January - Alexandre PichotAlexandre PichotAlexandre Pichot is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :200920072003- External links :*...
, cyclist. - 7 January - Stéphanie FalzonStéphanie FalzonStéphanie Falzon is a female hammer thrower from France. Her personal best throw is 73.40 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Albi.-Achievements:-References:*...
, hammer thrower. - 10 January - Romauld BouadjiRomauld BouadjiRomauld Bouadji , is a French footballer probably most non for his time with scottish first division side Clyde. who is currently without a club. He is a central defender, but has been known on occasions to play as a sweeper and a defensive midfielder...
, soccer player. - 12 January - Bryan BergougnouxBryan BergougnouxBryan Bergougnoux , is a French footballer who plays for Italian club U.S. Lecce.-Club career:Bergougnoux began his career at his hometown club Olympique Lyonnais, where he was formed since a young age. His début for the club came in a 2–0 defeat to RC Lens on July 28, 2001...
, soccer player. - 13 January - Ronny TuriafRonny TuriafRonny Turiaf is a French professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the NBA. Turiaf has been a member of the French national basketball team....
, basketball player. - 17 January - Mamadi BertheMamadi BertheMamadi Berthe is a Malian- French footballer. As of 2003, he plays for Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes.-Career:Berthe was part of the Mali U-20 team who finish third in group stage of 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship....
, soccer player. - 22 January - Étienne BacrotÉtienne BacrotÉtienne Bacrot is a French chess grandmaster and currently ranked number one in France.He started playing at 4; by 10 young Bacrot was already winning junior competitions and in 1996, at 13 years of age, he won against Vasily Smyslov...
, 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....
. - 26 January - Abdoulaye DiawaraAbdoulaye Diawara (born 1983)Abdoulaye Diawara is a French-born Malian football player. He plays for Paris FC.- Personal life :Abdoulaye is the younger brother of Fousseni and Samba.-References:...
, soccer player. - 1 February - Mathieu DrujonMathieu DrujonMathieu Drujon is a French road bicycle racer for BigMat-Auber 93.-Palmares:20042007-External links:...
, cyclist. - 3 February - Damiel DosséviDamiel DosséviDamiel Dossévi is a French pole vaulter.He finished fifteenth at the 2006 European Championships...
, pole vaulter. - 12 February - Anthony FlochAnthony Flochthumb|upright|left|Floch before a matchAnthony Floch is a French rugby union player, who normally plays at fullback....
, rugby union player. - 14 February - Bacary SagnaBacary SagnaBacary Sagna is a French footballer who plays for Arsenal and the France national football team. His cousin Ibrahima Sonko also plays in England, for Ipswich Town. Sagna is called Bac by the majority of his teammates...
, soccer player. - 16 February - Tristan LahayeTristan LahayeTristan Lahaye is a France football defender.Lahaye has played for AS Beauvais Oise, FC Sète, Amiens SC and LB Châteauroux in Ligue 2.-References:...
, soccer player. - 17 February - Gérald CidGérald CidGérald Cid is a retired French footballer. He was primarily a centre back, who last played for OGC Nice.-Career:Cid joined Bolton from Girondins de Bordeaux in July 2007, having spent 8 years with the French club....
, soccer player. - 17 February - Émilie FerÉmilie FerÉmilie Fer is a French slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a gold medal in the K-1 team event at the 2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Prague....
, 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...
. - 21 February - Benoît LesoimierBenoît LesoimierBenoit Lesoimier is a France footballer midfielder. He currently plays for Brest, in Ligue 1.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 22 February - Mathieu MoreauMathieu MoreauMathieu Christian Moreau is a French football player. He currently plays for A.S. Varese 1910.-Internazionale:Mathieu Moreau started his career at French most famous youth academy at Nantes. In summer 2001 he joined Internazionale...
, soccer player. - 24 February - Rémi MarévalRémi MarévalRémi Maréval is a French football defender currently playing for Zulte Waregem in Belgium.- Career :...
, soccer player. - 2 March - Olivier BonnaireOlivier BonnaireOlivier Bonnaire is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :* 2007 Giro d'Italia - 45th* 2006 Giro d'Italia - 115th* 2005 Giro d'Italia - 82nd...
, cyclist. - 3 March - Cyril LemoineCyril LemoineCyril Lemoine is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :* Tour de Luxembourg - U23 Classification * Tour du Tarn-et-Garonne - 1 stage - External links :*...
, cyclist. - 5 March - Mickaël Antoine-CurierMickaël Antoine-CurierMickaël Antoine-Curier is a French born Guadeloupean professional footballer who currently plays in Cyprus for Ethnikos Achnas....
, soccer player. - 8 March - Guillaume MoreauGuillaume MoreauGuillaume Moreau is a French racing driver who is currently competing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and the Le Mans Series. In 2008, Moreau shared the GT1 class championship with teammate Patrice Goueslard in the Le Mans Series driving a Luc Alphand Corvette. -24 Hours of Le Mans results:-...
, motor racing driver. - March 11 - Céline CoudercCéline CoudercCéline Couderc is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008.- References :*...
, freestyle swimmer - 15 March - Armand OneArmand OneArmand Oné is a French professional footballer who is currently contracted to Scottish Third Division club Alloa Athletic....
, soccer player. - 16 March - Nicolas RousseauNicolas RousseauNicolas Rousseau is a French professional road bicycle racer for BigMat-Auber 93. He won stage 3 of the 2010 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.- External links :*...
, cyclist. - 18 March - Stéphanie Cohen-AloroStéphanie Cohen-AloroStéphanie Cohen-Aloro is a former French female professional tennis player.Her highest singles ranking was #61, achieved on October 5, 2003...
, tennis player. - 28 March - Ladji DoucouréLadji DoucouréLadji Doucouré is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.-Career:...
, athlete. - 30 March - Jérémie AliadièreJérémie AliadièreJérémie Aliadière is a French footballer who plays as a striker for Lorient.As a graduate of the elite Clairefontaine academy, he signed for Arsenal aged 16. After making his Premier League debut in the 2001–02 season, he ultimately had limited opportunities, partly due to injury...
, soccer player.
April to June
- 1 April - Franck RibéryFranck RibéryFranck Ribéry is a French international footballer who currently plays for German club Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. He primarily plays as a winger, preferably on the left side, and is known for "pace, energy, skill and precise passing." Ribéry is described as a player who is "fast, tricky and...
, international soccer player. - 3 April - Ludovic ButelleLudovic ButelleJean Ludovic Butelle is a French footballer who plays for AC Arles-Avignon as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Butelle began his career at FC Metz, in 2001–02's top flight, appearing in six matches...
, soccer player. - 18 April - François ClercFrançois ClercFrançois Clerc is a French footballer who plays as a right back for OGC Nice.-Club career:He joined Lyon as a youth player, but spent the 2004–05 season on loan at Toulouse FC before playing a league game for Lyon...
, soccer player. - 24 April - Cyril ThéréauCyril ThéréauCyril Théréau, , , is a French footballer, who plays for the Italian Serie A club Chievo Verona, as a striker.Although he is very tall, he has a good ball shoooting skills and is a technical player.-Club career:...
, soccer player. - 25 April - Maxime BrillaultMaxime BrillaultMaxime Brillault is a French football defender who currently plays for Vannes OC.-References:* at L'Equipe.fr...
, soccer player. - 1 May - Alain BernardAlain BernardAlain Bernard is a French swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône.Bernard won three medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics. After competing on the silver medal-winning French 4×100 m relay team, Bernard won the gold medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event.He held the same 100 m...
, swimmer. - 3 May - Jérôme ClavierJérôme ClavierJérôme Clavier is a French pole vaulter.He finished sixth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, seventh at the 2003 Summer Universiade and sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships...
, 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. - 4 May - Julien MalzieuJulien MalzieuJulien Malzieu born 4 May 1983 in Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France is a rugby union and sevens player for ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 competition.-Career:...
, rugby union player. - 6 May - Julien BelgyJulien BelgyJulien Belgy is a French professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTour team .- Palmares :2001-20012002–20032003–20042004–20052005–20062007–2008- Palmares :2005...
, cyclist. - 9 May - Jean-Michel BadianeJean-Michel BadianeJean-Michel Badiane is a French football defender of Senegalese descent, last playing for Ligue 2 side CS Sedan Ardennes.- Career :...
, soccer player. - 13 May - Edouard DuplanEdouard DuplanEdouard Duplan is a French footballer who currently plays for FC Utrecht.-Club career:Duplan started his career at Choisy le Roi and made his name at Clermont Foot before moving to Dutch side RBC Roosendaal in 2006. Soon he became a crowd favourite at RBC which also earned him a transfer to Sparta...
, soccer player. - 13 May - Grégory LemarchalGrégory LemarchalGrégory Jean-Paul Lemarchal was a French singer who rose to fame by winning the fourth series of the reality TV programme Star Academy France, broadcast on the TF1 television network....
, singer (d.20072007 in FranceSee also:2006 in France,other events of 2007,2008 in France.----Events from the year 2007 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Nicolas Sarkozy* Prime Minister - François Fillon* Interior Minister - Michèle Alliot-Marie...
). - 14 May - Mathieu ValverdeMathieu ValverdeMatthieu Valverde is a French footballer who currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais.- Career :...
, soccer player. - 17 May - Mathieu ClaudeMathieu ClaudeMathieu Claude is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :* 2005 Giro d'Italia - 147th* Boucles de la Mayenne - 1 stage * Paris–Tours U23...
, cyclist. - 25 May - Ibrahim DiarraIbrahim DiarraIbrahim Diarra is a French rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker for Castres.He made his international debut for France in their fourth match of the 2008 Six Nations Championship against Italy on 9 March 2008. This is his only cap to date.-External links:*...
, rugby union player. - 1 June - Fabien LaurentiFabien LaurentiFabien Laurenti is a French professional football defender, currently playing for Stade Brestois 29 on loan from RC Lens.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 9 June - Claude GnakpaClaude GnakpaClaude Gnakpa Johouri is a French footballer of Ivorian descent who plays for Walsall. He usually plays as a winger, but began his career primarily as a central defender and right-back....
, soccer player. - 14 June - Louis GarrelLouis GarrelLouis Garrel is a French actor. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci...
, actor. - 14 June - Fabien PatanchonFabien PatanchonFabien Patanchon is a French professional road bicycle racer who is currently unattached- Palmarès :* Paris–Tours U23 Track Championships** 1st, Madison...
, cyclist. - 22 June - Jérémy RoyJérémy RoyJérémy Roy is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . He was named the most aggressive rider of the 2011 Tour de France after escaping into breakaways on many stages and continuiously attacking from inside the breakaway.-Biography:Roy turned professional...
, cyclist. - 25 June - Patrick NoubissiePatrick NoubissiePatrick Benjamin Noubissié Youmbi is a French football midfielder of Cameroonian descent who currently plays for Kettering Town in the Conference National.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 28 June - Reynald LemaîtreReynald LemaîtreReynald Lemaître is a French football midfielder, he currently plays for AS Nancy.- Career :SM Caen's left wing goes officially to AS Nancy, the French player arrives for 1 million euro.-External links:...
, soccer player.
July to September
- 15 July - Julien LeparouxJulien LeparouxJulien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Leparoux, grew up in a racing family, the son of a jockey turned assistant trainer. He worked at the Chantilly Racecourse as a stable hand and in January 2003 emigrated to California to work as an exercise rider for...
, jockey. - 24 July - Étienne DidotÉtienne DidotÉtienne Didot is a French football player currently playing for Toulouse in Ligue 1 after signing with them on 18 June 2008. He primarily plays as a centre midfielder...
, soccer player. - 31 July - François Marque, soccer player.
- 1 August - Julien FaubertJulien FaubertJulien Faubert is a French footballer who plays for West Ham United as a right back or midfielder in the Championship. Faubert started his footballing career in France with Cannes before moving to Bordeaux. In 2007 he moved to England to play for West Ham...
, soccer player. - 1 August - Julien RantierJulien RantierJulien Rantier is a French football player. he currently plays for Taranto.-Football career:He started his professional career at Nîmes. After played one Ligue 2 games for the club, he joined Atalanta youth system....
, soccer player. - 5 August - Jérémy SorbonJérémy SorbonJérémy Sorbon is a French football defender. He currently plays for SM Caen.- External links :...
, soccer player. - 15 August - Alain CantareilAlain CantareilAlain Cantareil is a French footballer.He currently plays for FC Rouen.-External links: at lfp.fr...
, soccer player. - 15 August - Jean-Marc MarinoJean-Marc MarinoJean-Marc Marino is a French professional road bicycle racer who rides for Saur-Sojasun.- External links :*...
, cyclist. - 2 September - Jonathan AssousJonathan AssousJonathan Victor Gerard Assous is a French-Israeli football player who is currently contracted to Hapoel Ramat Gan in Israel. In France, Assous was widely known for his temper and rough play.- Playing career :...
, soccer player. - 2 September - Christophe GrondinChristophe GrondinChristophe Grondin is a naturalized Togolese football midfielder, who plays for K.A.A. Gent in the Belgian First Division.-Biography:Grondin was born in the French city of Toulouse, of Malagasy and Réunion descent....
, soccer player. - 5 September - Cédric BockhorniCédric BockhorniCédric Bockhorni is a French football defender. He currently plays for Clermont Foot, having previously played for AS Nancy and R.E. Virton.-References:...
, soccer player. - 7 September - Benoît BabyBenoît BabyBenoît Baby is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz Olympique in the élite domestic championship, the Top 14. He usually plays at centre, but also at fullback and fly-half and has represented France.Baby made his début for the national team during the 2005 Six Nations,...
, rugby union player. - 10 September - Jérémy ToulalanJérémy ToulalanJérémy Toulalan is a French footballer who currently plays for Málaga CF in La Liga. His usual position is as a defensive midfielder, but he can also be utilized as a central defender. He is best known for his shy and humble demeanor, simple distribution, good technique, and effective...
, international soccer player. - 14 September - Olivier AuriacOlivier AuriacOlivier Auriac is a French midfielder currently playing for Angers SCO.-External links:* *...
, soccer player. - 20 September - Jérémy GavanonJérémy GavanonJérémy Gavanon is a French footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for AS Cannes.-Career:He signed a professional contract with Olympique Marseille in the summer of 2003, and made his first start for the club in a UEFA Champions League group match against FK Partizan, which resulted in a 1-1...
, soccer player.
October to December
- 26 October - Julien AriasJulien AriasJulien Arias is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Français Paris in the top level of French club rugby, the Top 14. His usual position is on the wing. Prior to playing for Stade Français Paris, he was with the US Colomiers club. He has also represented France at the...
, rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. - 29 October - Jérémy MathieuJérémy MathieuJérémy Mathieu is a French football player who currently plays for La Liga side Valencia CF in Spain. He primarily operates in the left back position, but can also play as a winger on the same side...
, soccer player. - 2 November - Sophie MillietSophie MillietSophie Milliet is a French chess player and the current national women's champion.She was raised in the French town of Castelnau-le-Lez and learned to play chess at the age of four. Her endeavours at junior level showed good promise and catapulted her Elo rating over the 2100 mark by the time she...
, chess player. - 2 November - Alain SchmittAlain Schmitt-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
, judoka. - 3 November - Rémi FournierRémi FournierRémi Fournier is a French football player who plays for French club LB Châteauroux in Ligue 2.- References :*...
, soccer player. - 5 November - Julien SaubadeJulien SaubadeJulien Saubade is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for the Paris rugby club Racing Métro in the top level of French club rugby, the Top 14...
, rugby union player. - 8 November - Gabriel NassifGabriel NassifGabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...
, card player. - 16 November - Bertrand RobertBertrand RobertBertrand Robert is a French footballer. He recently signed for PAOK F.C. in Greek Superleague. He is the younger brother of Laurent Robert-Career:Career statistics...
, soccer player. - 28 November - Édouard Roger-VasselinÉdouard Roger-VasselinÉdouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:...
, tennis player. - 8 December - Pierre RogerPierre Roger (swimmer)Pierre Roger is a backstroke swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the men's individual 100 metres backstroke event at the 2002 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:* *...
, swimmer. - 12 December - Johan AudelJohan AudelJohan Audel is a French football winger currently playing for VfB Stuttgart in the German Bundesliga.He began his career in the youth academy of south coast club OGC Nice before moving to French rivals Lille for the 2004–05 season. He stayed with the team for his first season with the club, before...
, soccer player. - 22 December - Nathalie PéchalatNathalie PéchalatNathalie Péchalat is a French ice dancer who competes with Fabian Bourzat. They are the 2011 European Champions, the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final silver and 2009–2010 bronze medalists, 2010 Cup of China champions, 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard champions, and two-time French national champions .- Career...
, ice dancer.
January to March
- 15 January - Henri DebainHenri DebainHenri Debain was a French film actor.He first appeared in Le Petit café in 1919 and acted in over 25 films between then and 1956.He directed three films including the acclaimed Mephisto in 1931....
, actor (b.18861886 in FranceSee also:1885 in France,other events of 1886,1887 in France.----Events from the year 1886 in France.-Arts and literature:*30 November - Folies Bergère stages its first revue....
). - 27 January - Georges BidaultGeorges BidaultGeorges-Augustin Bidault was a French politician. During World War II, he was active in the French Resistance. After the war, he served as foreign minister and prime minister on several occasions before he joined the Organisation armée secrète.-Early life:...
politician and resistance leader (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....
). - 27 January - Louis de FunèsLouis de FunèsLouis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
, actor (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...
). - 28 January - Claude PapiClaude PapiClaude Papi is a former football midfielder from France, who earned three caps for the French national team during the late 1970s....
, soccer player (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...
). - 2 February - Corentin Louis KervranCorentin Louis KervranCorentin Louis Kervran was a French scientist best known for his defense of the unconventional belief in biological transmutation. In WWII he was part of the French Resistance...
, scientist (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:...
). - 17 February - Waldeck RochetWaldeck RochetWaldeck Rochet was a French communist politician.-Early life and career:...
, politician (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....
). - 2 March - Olivier Chandon de BraillesOlivier Chandon de BraillesOlivier Chandon, also called Olivier Chandon de Brailles, Oliver Chandon de Briailles, and Olivier Chandon Debrailles was a French race car driver, heir to the Moët et Chandon champagne, and one-time boyfriend of the American model Christie Brinkley.-Biography:Olivier Chandon de Brailles was the...
, motor racing driver (b.19551955 in FranceSee also:1954 in France,other events of 1955,1956 in France.----Events from the year 1955 in France.-Events:*5 May – Bonn–Paris conventions come into force, putting an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany.*11 June – 1955 Le Mans disaster...
). - 13 March - Louison BobetLouison BobetLouis 'Louison' Bobet was a French professional road racing cyclist. He was the first great French rider of the post-war period and the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 1953 to 1955...
, cyclist, three times Tour de FranceTour de FranceThe Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
winner (b.19251925 in FranceSee also:1924 in France,other events of 1925,1926 in France.----Events from the year 1925 in France.-Events:*21 May to 25 october International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble....
). - 14 March - Maurice RonetMaurice RonetMaurice Ronet was a French film actor, director and writer.-Biography:Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut in 1941, along side his parents, in Sacha...
, actor, director and writer (b.19271927 in FranceSee also:1926 in France,other events of 1927,1928 in France.----Events from the year 1927 in France.-Events:*20 May-21 May - First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh....
).
April to June
- 12 April - Pierre Richard-WillmPierre Richard-WillmPierre Richard-Willm was a French actor during the 1930s and 1940s.-Biography:Richard-Willm was born in south-western France in the city of Bayonne. His mother, Elisabeth-Fanny Willm, died at the age of thirty-one, and he was raised by his maternal grandmother...
, actor (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....
). - 21 April - Édouard BaderÉdouard BaderÉdouard Bader was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.-External links:*...
, rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player (b.18991899 in FranceSee also:1898 in France,other events of 1899,1900 in France.----Events from the year 1899 in France.-Events:*16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger....
). - 23 April - Marguerite BroquedisMarguerite BroquedisMarguerite Broquedis was a French female tennis player.She was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and died in Orléans.Broquedis won the Gold Medal at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics....
, tennis player (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....
). - 19 June - Henri EnjalbertHenri EnjalbertHenri Enjalbert was a French professor of geography at the University of Bordeaux. He was considered an eminent specialist in wine geology, whose expert opinion frequently overlapped into the fields of oenology, and wine and terroir history, within the Bordeaux region and beyond...
, professor of geographyGeographyGeography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
(b.19101910 in FranceSee also:1909 in France,other events of 1910,1911 in France.----Events from the year 1910 in France.-Events:*16 January - Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city...
).
July to September
- 23 July - Georges AuricGeorges AuricGeorges Auric was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault. He was a child prodigy and at age 15 he had his first compositions published. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Georges Caussade, and under the composer Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum...
, composer (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....
). - 16 August - René DuvergerRené DuvergerRené Duverger was a French weightlifter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-References:...
, weightlifter and Olympic gold medallist (b.19111911 in FranceSee also:1910 in France,other events of 1911,1912 in France.----Events from the year 1911 in France.-Events:*1 July - Agadir Crisis, sparked by deployment of German gunboat to the Moroccan port of Agadir....
). - 20 August - Georges SpénaleGeorges SpénaleGeorges Spénale is a French writer, poet and politician. He was the president of the European Parliament from 1975 to 1977....
, writer, poet and politician, President of the European Parliament (b.19131913 in FranceSee also:1912 in France,other events of 1913,1914 in France.----Events from the year 1913 in France.-Events:*3 February - Trial of the remnants of the Bonnot gang begins....
). - 21 September - Marie-Gabriel TissotMarie-Gabriel TissotMarie-Gabriel Tissot, later to become the first Abbot of Quarr in modern times was born in France in 1886, and after studies in the seminary of Saint-Sulpice, in 1906 he entered the community of Solesmes Abbey, then living in exile at Appuldurcombe on the Isle of Wight, England...
, Abbot of QuarrQuarr AbbeyQuarr Abbey is a monastery between the villages of Binstead and Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight in southern England. The name is pronounced as "Kor" . It belongs to the Order of St Benedict. The present imposing brick construction was completed in 1912. A community of about a dozen monks maintains...
(b.18861886 in FranceSee also:1885 in France,other events of 1886,1887 in France.----Events from the year 1886 in France.-Arts and literature:*30 November - Folies Bergère stages its first revue....
). - 26 September - Henri NavarreHenri NavarreHenri Eugène Navarre was a French Army general. He fought during World War I, World War II and was the seventh commander of French Far East Expeditionary Corps during the First Indochina War...
, General (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....
). - 26 September - Tino RossiTino RossiTino Rossi was a singer and film actor.Born Constantino Rossi in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, he became a tenor of French cabaret and one of the great romantic idols of his time. Gifted with an operatic voice, a "Latin Lover" persona made him a movie star as well...
, singer and actor (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....
).
October to December
- 2 October - Louis BéguetLouis BéguetLouis Béguet was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Neuf-Mesnil, Nord and died in Nantes.In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team....
, rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player (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...
). - 8 October - Alexandre RenardAlexandre RenardAlexandre Charles Albert Joseph Renard was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon. He was ordained on July 12, 1931 in Lille....
, Roman Catholic 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.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....
). - 17 October - Raymond AronRaymond AronRaymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron was a French philosopher, sociologist, journalist and political scientist.He is best known for his 1955 book The Opium of the Intellectuals, the title of which inverts Karl Marx's claim that religion was the opium of the people -- in contrast, Aron argued that in...
, philosopher, sociologist and political scientist (b.19051905 in FranceSee also:1904 in France,other events of 1905,1906 in France.----Events from the year 1905 in France.-Events:*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis....
). - 26 October - Charles DucasseCharles DucasseCharles Ducasse, known in Spain as Carlos Ducasse was a French footballer.-External links:...
, soccer player (b.19321932 in FranceSee also:1931 in France,other events of 1932,1933 in France.----Events from the year 1932 in France.-Events:*1 May - Legislative Election held.*6 May - Paul Gorguloff assassinates President Paul Doumer in Paris...
). - 5 November - Jean-Marc ReiserJean-Marc ReiserJean-Marc Reiser, April 13, 1941 in Réhon was a French comics creator. He died November 5, 1983 in Paris, of bone cancer.-Biography:...
, comics creatorComic book creatorA comic book creator is someone who creates a comic book or graphic novel.The production of a comic book by one of the major comic book companies in the U.S...
(b.19411941 in FranceSee also:1940 in France,other events of 1941,1942 in France.----Events from the year 1941 in France.-Events:*17 January - Battle of Koh Chang...
). - 7 November - Germaine TailleferreGermaine TailleferreGermaine Tailleferre was a French composer and the only female member of the famous composers' group Les Six.-Biography:...
, composer (b.18921892 in FranceSee also:1891 in France,other events of 1892,1893 in France.----Events from the year 1892 in France.-Events:*12 July - A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.*8 November...
). - 15 November - Marc BernardMarc BernardMarc Bernard, was a French writer, the winner of the French literary prize Prix Interallié for Anny in 1943 and of the Prix Goncourt in 1942 for Pareils à des enfants.-Life:...
, writer (b.19001900 in FranceSee also:1899 in France,other events of 1900,1901 in France.----Events from the year 1900 in France.Women felt that they should not vote because politics were outside of women's interest.From 1900-1914 there were 3 presidernts: Emilie Loubet...
). - 18 November - Émile VeinanteÉmile VeinanteÉmile Veinante was a French footballer and coach.Veinante was primarily a forward. He began his club career in 1916 with the youth squad at FC Metz, which was at that time still in German-controlled Alsace-Lorraine...
, soccer player and coach (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....
). - 20 November - Marcel DalioMarcel DalioMarcel Dalio was a French character actor. He had major roles in two of Jean Renoir's most famous films, Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game.- Biography :...
, actor (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 December - Lucienne BoyerLucienne BoyerLucienne Boyer was a French diseuse and singer, best known for her song "Parlez-moi d'amour". Her impresario was Bruno Coquatrix.-Early career:...
, singer (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 December - Fania FénelonFania FénelonFania Fénelon was a French pianist, composer and cabaret singer.-Biography:...
, pianist, composer and cabaret singer (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....
). - 24 December - Paul GégauffPaul GégauffPaul Gégauff was a French screenwriter, actor and director. He collaborated with director Claude Chabrol on 14 films. Among his films are Les Biches, Plein Soleil and the autobiographical Une Partie de Plaisir...
, 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:...
, actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and 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.19221922 in FranceSee also:1921 in France,other events of 1922,1923 in France.----Events from the year 1922 in France.-Events:The year 1922 was signalized at its opening by the conference of Cannes, between France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, which met to consider the situation created by Germany's declaration...
). - 28 December - Eugène ChaboudEugène ChaboudMarius Eugène Chaboud was a racing driver from France. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, scoring one championship point...
, motor racing driver (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....
).
Full date unknown
- Henri GanceHenri GanceHenri Gance was a French weightlifter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.- References :...
, weightlifter and Olympic gold medallist (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...
). - Célestin LainéCélestin LainéCélestin Lainé was a Breton nationalist and collaborator during the Second World War who led the SS affiliated Bezen Perrot militia. His Breton language name is Neven Hénaff. He was a chemical engineer by training. After the war he lived in Ireland.- Breton terrorism :He was born in 1908 in Nantes...
, Breton nationalistBreton nationalismBreton nationalism is the nationalism of the traditional province of Brittany in France. Brittany is considered to be one of the six Celtic nations...
and collaboratorCollaborationismCollaborationism is cooperation with enemy forces against one's country. Legally, it may be considered as a form of treason. Collaborationism may be associated with criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, which may include complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions,...
(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....
). - Bernard LamotteBernard LamotteBernard Lamotte was a Paris-born artist, illustrator, painter and muralist. He attended École des Beaux-Arts at the Sorbonne and studied under Bernand Corman and Lucien Simon . From 1932 to 1935, Lamotte traveled to Paris, Tahiti and New York...
, artist (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....
). - Michel PêcheuxMichel PêcheuxMichel Pêcheux was a French philosopher. He was a follower of Louis Althusser. He was a leading French contributor to discourse analysis. In the 1960s, Pêcheux became involved with the journal Cahiers pour l'Analyse, where he began developing his own unique model of 'discourse analysis'...
, philosopher (b.19381938 in FranceSee also:1937 in France,other events of 1938,1939 in France.----Events from the year 1938 in France.-Events:*10 April - Édouard Daladier becomes prime minister of France....
).