1971 In France

Events from the year 1971 in France.

Incumbents

* President: Georges Pompidou
* Prime Minister: Jacques Chaban-Delmas

Events

*14 March – Municipal elections held.
*21 March – Municipal elections held.
*3 July – American singer Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, dies from a heart attack in the bathtub of his Paris hotel room. He was 27 years old.
*3 September – Four Power Agreement on Berlin is signed.
*10 December – Renault unveils its new R5 model, a small three-door hatchback similar in concept to the recently launched Italian Fiat 127, which will go on sale in the new year.

Births

January to March

*4 January – Sébastien Foucras, freestyle skier and Olympic medallist
*17 January – Sylvie Testud, actress, writer and director
*20 January – Catherine Marsal, road racing cyclist
*2 February
** Ludovic Auger, cyclist
** Stéphane Pédron, soccer player
*5 February – Michel Breistroff, NHL ice hockey player (d. 1996)
*7 February – Emmanuel Curtil, actor
*11 February – Christian Labit, rugby union player
*15 February – Brigitte Guibal, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist
*21 February – Pierre Raschi, rugby union player
*26 February – Hélène Ségara, singer
*28 February – Tristan Louis, author and internet entrepreneur
*20 March – Stéphane Heulot, cyclist
*29 March – Alexandre Brasseur, actor.

April to June

*3 April – Emmanuel Collard, motor racing driver.
*7 April – Guillaume Depardieu, actor.
*8 April – Christophe Lamaison, international rugby union player.
*9 April – Jérôme Dreyfus, judoka.
*12 April – Christophe Moreau, cyclist.
*13 April – Franck Esposito, swimmer.
*16 April – Jean-Michel Bazire, Harness racing driver.
*27 April – François Bégaudeau, journalist, novelist and actor
*4 May – Sébastien Denis, hurdler.
*8 May – Dominique Casagrande, soccer player.
*11 May – Dominique Arribagé, soccer player.
*15 May – Anthony Bancarel, soccer player.
*24 May – Habib Sissoko, soccer player.
*28 May
**Isabelle Carré, actress.
** Lilian Martin, soccer player.
*5 June – Stéphane Clamens, sport shooter.
*9 June – Jean Galfione, pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist.
*10 June – Bruno Ngotty, soccer player.
*12 June
** Félicia Ballanger, cyclist.
**Jérôme Romain, athlete.
*25 June – Sébastien Levicq, decathlete.
*28 June
**Fabien Barthez, international soccer player.
** Guillaume de Fondaumière, video game designer.
** Sébastien Gattuso, athlete.
*29 June – Stéphan Bignet, triathlete.

July to September

*21 July – Emmanuel Bangué, long jumper.
*4 August – Christophe Mendy, boxer.
*6 August – Stéphane Lecat, swimmer.
*11 August – Djamel Bouras, judoka and Olympic gold medallist.
*25 August – Louis-Karim Nébati, actor.
*4 September – Lilian Laslandes, soccer player.
*9 September – Francis Llacer, soccer player.
*27 September – Cédric Penicaud, swimmer.
*29 September – Lilian Nalis, soccer player.

October to December

*1 October – Stéphane Breitwieser, art thief.
*14 October – Frédéric Guesdon, cyclist.
*26 October – Olivier Galzi, television journalist.
*28 October
**Jimmy Algerino, soccer player.
**Nicolas Ouédec, soccer player.
*9 November – Sabri Lamouchi, soccer player.
*16 November – Laurent Wolf, music producer and DJ.
*19 November
** Pascal Edmond, golfer.
** Cécile Lignot-Maubert, hammer thrower.
*24 November
**Franck Avitabile, jazz pianist.
** Stéphane Denève, conductor.
*29 November – Olivier Quint, soccer player.
*8 December – Stéphane Poulat, triathlete.
*17 December – Antoine Rigaudeau, basketball player.
*21 December – Matthieu Chedid, singer-songwriter.
*28 December – Olivier Enjolras, soccer player.

Full date unknown

*Sylvain Chauveau, musician and composer.
*Nicolas Ghesquière, fashion designer.
* Fabrice Hadjadj, writer and philosopher.
* Olivier Manchion, musician.

Deaths

January to March

*5 January – Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, hero of World War I and in French resistance during World War II (born 1898).
*10 January – Coco Chanel, fashion designer (born 1883).
*13 January – Henri Tomasi, composer and conductor (born 1901).
*8 February – Louis Antoine, mathematician (born 1888).
*26 February – Fernandel, actor (born 1903).
*2 March – Rita Jolivet, actress (born 1884).
*10 March – Jean Follain, author, poet and lawyer (born 1903).
*31 March – Alfred Desenclos, composer (born 1912).

April to June

*3 April – Jacques Ochs, artist, épée and foil fencer and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883).
*11 April – Marcel Gromaire, painter (born 1892).
*30 May – Marcel Dupré, organist, pianist and composer (born 1886).
*5 June – André Trocmé, pastor who aided Jewish refugees (born 1901).
*12 June – Jules Dewaquez, soccer player (born 1899).
*25 June – Charles Vildrac, playwright and poet (born 1882).

July to September

*10 July – Laurent Dauthuille, boxer (born 1924).
*19 July – Arsène Roux, Arabist and Berberologist (born 1893).
*27 July – Jacques Lusseyran, author (born 1924).
*31 July – Michel Saint-Denis, actor, theatre director, and drama theorist (born 1897).
*24 August – René Paul Raymond Capuron, botanist (born 1921).
*30 August – Louis Armand, engineer (born 1905).
*10 September – Roland de Vaux, priest and archaeologist (born 1903).

October to December

*10 October – Philippe Hériat, novelist, playwright and actor (born 1898).
*27 October – Charlotte de La Trémoille, noblewoman (born 1892).
*16 November – Lucien Chopard, entomologist (born 1885).
*15 December – Paul Lévy, mathematician (born 1886).

Full date unknown

* Louis Lecoin, militant pacifist (born 1888).
* André Lesauvage, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1890).

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