Events from the year 1973 in France.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Georges Pompidou Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou ( , ; 5 July 19112 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously was Prime Minister of France of President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to 196 ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Pierre Messmer Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (; 20 March 191629 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under L ...

Events

*4 March –

Legislative Election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

held. *11 March –

held. *3 June – A

Tupolev Tu-144 The Tupolev Tu-144 (russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport ai ...

supersonic aircraft crashes at the Paris air show; 14 are killed. *11 July –

Varig Flight 820 Varig Flight 820 was a flight of the Brazilian airline Varig that departed from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 11, 1973, for Orly Airport, in Paris, France. The plane, a Boeing 707, registration PP-VJZ, made an ...

Boeing 707 crashes near

Orly Airport Paris Orly Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Orly), commonly referred to as Orly , is one of two international airports serving the French capital, Paris, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

, resulting in 123 deaths, with 11 survivors. *20 July – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in

Mururoa Atoll Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about southeast of Tahiti. Administratively Moruroa Atoll i ...

, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand. *23 September – Cantonales Elections held. *30 September – Cantonales Elections held.

Births

January to March

*11 January – Christophe Medaillon, soccer player *12 January –

Olivier Peslier Olivier Peslier (born 12 January 1973 in Château-Gontier) is a French thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Peslier competes in flat racing mainly in France but travels often around the world for the big international races. He was a retained joc ...

, jockey *15 January – Aurelie Dupont,

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

dancer *19 January –

Karen Lancaume Karen Lancaume (born Karine Bach, 19 January 1973 – 28 January 2005) was a French pornographic film actress. She appeared in over 83 pornographic films between 1996 and 2000. She starred as Nadine in the 2000 film, '' Baise-moi'', a mainstrea ...

, adult film star (died 2005) *26 January –

Melvil Poupaud Melvil Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor, author and filmmaker. Career Poupaud's first appearance was, as a child, in Raúl Ruiz's 1983 film '' City of Pirates''. He met Ruiz through his mother, Chantal Poupaud, who was a well-kn ...

, actor *29 January – Fabien Foret,

motorcycle racer Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Oth ...

*30 January –

Olivier Marceau Olivier Marceau (born 30 January 1973 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine) 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 Ol ...

, triathlete *6 February –

Élisabeth Grousselle Élisabeth Grousselle (born 6 February 1973) is a retired French middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. Achievements Personal bests *200 metres - 25.47 s (2002) *400 metres - 55.07 s (2002) *800 metres The 800 metres, or m ...

, athlete *12 February –

Thomas Dufour Thomas Dufour (born 12 February 1973) is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team. Career Thomas Dufour has played in: * 2 Olympic Games, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. * 8 ...

, curler *18 February –

Claude Makélélé Claude Makélélé Sinda (born 18 February 1973) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently a youth coach and technical mentor at Chelsea, having formerly been the head co ...

, international soccer player *22 February –

Philippe Gaumont Philippe Gaumont (22 February 1973 – 17 May 2013) was a French professional road racing cyclist. He earned a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 100 km team time trial. In 1997 he won the Belgian classic Gent–Wevelgem and h ...

, cyclist *24 February –

Antony Dupuis Antony Dupuis (; born 24 February 1973) is a French retired professional tennis player. __TOC__ Personal life Dupuis began playing tennis at the age of nine with his father Xavier. He mentioned in an interview once that he prefers clay and har ...

, tennis player *25 February **

Hélène de Fougerolles Hélène Christine Marie Rigoine de Fougerolles (; born 25 February 1973) is a French actress who was twice nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress (known as the French Oscar) for Arthur Joffé's ''Let There Be Light'' (1998) ...

, actress ** Gérald Merceron, international rugby union player *28 February –

Philippe Brunel Philippe Brunel (born 28 February 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was a midfielder or playmaker with a wide range of passing. Career Lens Brunel began his career at RC Lens in 1991. From then unt ...

, soccer player *3 March – Charles-Philippe, Duke of Anjou *13 March – Olivier Asmaker, cyclist *26 March – Sébastien Charpentier,

motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar. Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising ...

road racer

April to June

*4 April –

Samassi Abou Samassi Abou (born 4 April 1973) is a former Ivorian professional footballer who played as a forward. He played internationally for the French under-21 team. Life and career Abou started playing in France for FC Martigues, before moving to ...

, soccer player *5 April **

Élodie Bouchez Élodie Bouchez-Bangalter (born 5 April 1973) is a French actress. She became internationally known for her role as Renée Rienne on the fifth and final season of the television show ''Alias'' and for playing Maïté Alvarez in the film '' Wild ...

, actress **

Vanessa Demouy Vanessa Demouy (born 5 April 1973) is a French actress and model. She began modelling at age seventeen and later began acting. She is primarily known for her role as Linda in a French sitcom ''Models in Paradise'' (''Coeurs caraïbes''). She was ...

, actress and model ** Yacine Douma,

judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

ka *6 April –

Franck Marchis Franck Marchis (born April 6, 1973 in Caen, France), astronomer and planetary scientist, is best known for his discovery and characterization of multiple asteroids, his study of Io volcanism and imaging of exoplanets, planets around other stars ...

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...

and

planetary scientist Planetary science (or more rarely, planetology) is the scientific study of planets (including Earth), celestial bodies (such as moons, asteroids, comets) and planetary systems (in particular those of the Solar System) and the processes of their ...

*7 April – Carole Montillet,

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

*10 April –

Guillaume Canet Guillaume Canet (; born 10 April 1973) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and show jumper. Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like '' Joyeux Noël'', '' Love Me I ...

, actor and film director *11 April – Olivier Magne, international rugby union player *12 April **

Joël Lautier Joël Lautier () is a French chess grandmaster and one of the world's leading chess players in the 1990s and early 2000s. In 1986, He won U-14 World Youth Chess Championship in Puerto Rico, Argentina. In 1988, he won the World Junior Chess Champ ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

grandmaster ** Lionel Roux, tennis player *13 April –

Nicolas Jalabert Nicolas Jalabert (born 13 April 1973) 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 ...

, cyclist *16 April –

Jérôme Bonnissel Jérôme Bonnissel (born 16 April 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Career Born in Montpellier, Bonnissel started his career with hometown club Montpellier, and proceeded to spend three seasons with La L ...

, soccer player *19 April ** David Chaussinand, hammer thrower **

Patrice Estanguet Patrice Estanguet (born 19 April 1973 in Pau) is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2004. He is the older brother of triple Olympic champion Tony Estanguet. Career Patrice Estanguet won a bronze meda ...

, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist *26 April –

Jules Naudet Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of: People with the name *Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer * Jules Abadie (1876–19 ...

, filmmaker *8 May –

Laurent Charvet Laurent Jean Charvet (born 8 May 1973) is a French former footballer who played as a right back. Charvet played for Cannes having come through their youth academy in 1991, he went on to play in the Premier League for Chelsea, Newcastle United, ...

, soccer player *13 May – Franck Dumoulin, pistol shooter and Olympic gold medallist *15 May –

Pascal Gentil Pascal Gentil (born 15 May 1973 in Paris) 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 Summ ...

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

practitioner and Olympic medallist *17 May –

Frédéric Havas Frédéric Havas (born May 17, 1973) is a retired volleyball player from France, born in Kaolack, Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') off ...

, volleyball player *20 May – Christophe Laussucq, rugby union player *22 May –

Yannick Bru Yannick Bru (born 22 May 1973) is a French rugby union coach, currently serving as the breakdown coach on South African team Sharks. He will become the head coach at Union Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14 at the start of the 2023/24 season. Bru was ...

, rugby union player *24 May –

Eric Carrière Eric Gérard Carrière (born 24 May 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Nantes, Lyon, Lens, and Dijon. Club career Carrière started his professional career at FC Nantes with whom he won his first Lig ...

, soccer player *12 June –

Olivier Baudry Olivier Baudry (12 June 1973 – 1 October 2017) was a French footballer.

, soccer player *14 June –

Stéphanie Arricau Stéphanie Arricau (born 14 June 1973 in Orthez) 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. She has played on the Ladie ...

, golfer *17 June –

Louis Leterrier Louis Leterrier (; born 17 June 1973) is a French film director and producer. Best known for his work in action films, he directed the first two '' Transporter'' films (2002–2005), '' Unleashed'' (2005), '' The Incredible Hulk'' (2008), ''Clas ...

, film director *18 June –

Julie Depardieu Julie Marion Depardieu (born 18 June 1973) is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful films. Early life Born 18 June 1973 in Paris, she is the daughter of Gérard Depardieu, Gérard and Élisabeth Depardieu and the sister of t ...

, actress *22 June – Cyril Saugrain, cyclist *27 June – Frédéric Roux, soccer player

July to September

*19 July –

Saïd Taghmaoui Saïd Taghmaoui (born 19 July 1973) is a French-American actor and screenwriter. One of his major screen roles was that of Saïd in the 1995 French film ''La Haine'', directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Taghmaoui has also appeared in a number of En ...

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and screenwriter *31 July – Alexandre Bonnot, soccer player *4 August – Xavier Marchand, swimmer *5 August –

Laurent Redon Laurent Redon (born 5 August 1973) is a former race car driver from Loire, France. Redon began his professional racing career in the French Formula Three Championship, winning it in 1995. He then moved to International Formula 3000 where he finish ...

, motor racing driver *7 August – Florent Laville, soccer player *18 August – Jerome Lagarrigue, painter and illustrator *25 August – Bernard Inom, boxer *26 August –

Laurent Huard Laurent Huard (born 26 August 1973 in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille ...

, soccer coach *29 August –

Olivier Jacque Olivier Jacque (born 29 August 1973 in Villerupt, France) is a French former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Career He was second in the 250cc European Championship in 1994, before moving on to the 250cc World Championship. H ...

road racer *30 August – Sophie Dodemont,

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

and Olympic medallist *9 September –

Jérôme Golmard Jérôme Golmard (9 September 1973 – 31 July 2017) was a French tennis player. The left-hander reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in April 1999, winning 2 singles titles and reaching the semifinals of Monte Carlo in 1999. Go ...

, tennis player *18 September –

Laurent Foirest Laurent Foirest (born 18 September 1973) is a former French professional basketball player. At a height of 6' 6" (1.98 m) tall, he played at the small forward position. Professional career Foirest played professionally with Saski Baskonia of the ...

, basketball player *19 September ** Frédéric Kakon, guitarist ** Stéphane Porato, soccer player *25 September – Jean-Yves de Blasiis, soccer player *27 September – Arnaud Lebrun, soccer player *30 September – Sébastien Dallet, soccer player

October to December

*6 October –

Cyrille Diabate Cyrille is both a French masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name * Cyrille Adoula (1921–1978), Congolese politician who served as Premier of the Republic of the Congo (1961–1 ...

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

*10 October –

Joël Chenal Joël Chenal (born 10 October 1973 in Moûtiers) is a French alpine skier. Chenal won a silver medal in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. His other notable successes are first place in Alta Badia (19 December 1999), second ...

*13 October –

Guillaume Florent Guillaume Florent (born October 13, 1973 in Dunkirk, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas ...

, sailor and Olympic medallist *15 October – Jean-Louis Valois, soccer player *24 October **

Vincent Candela Vincent Philippe Antoine Candela (born 24 October 1973) is a French former professional footballer. With the French national team, Candela won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000. Early life Candela was born in Bédarieux, Hérault. Cl ...

, international soccer player **

Yannick Quesnel Yannick Daniel Quesnel (born 24 October 1973) is a French retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Most of his professional career was spent in Portugal, notably playing in two Primeira Liga seasons with Alverca. He also represented Benfi ...

, soccer player *29 October –

Robert Pires Robert Emmanuel Pires (born 29 October 1973) is a French football coach and former professional player. Pires played for French clubs Metz and Marseille prior to his time with Arsenal, where he won two FA Cups and two Premier League titles inclu ...

, international soccer player *3 November –

Patrick Moreau Patrick Moreau (born 3 November 1973) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. References

* * 1973 births Living people People from Cognac, France Sports ...

, soccer player *8 November – Frédéric Brando, soccer player *12 November – Stéphane Glas, rugby union player *13 November – David Auradou, rugby union player *16 November – Mathieu Bozzetto,

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

*23 November ** Marie Collonvillé,

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

** Grégory Malicki, soccer player *24 November – Sébastien Pérez, soccer player *7 December –

Fabien Pelous Fabien Pelous (born 7 December 1973) is a retired French rugby union footballer. A lock who also occasionally played as a number eight and flanker, he played the bulk of his professional career for Stade Toulousain, and is the all-time leader i ...

, international rugby union player *14 December – Jean-Paul Mendy, boxer *15 December – Surya Bonaly, figure skater *24 December –

Frédéric Demontfaucon Frédéric Demontfaucon (born 24 December 1973 in Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire) is a judoka from France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas Fra ...

ka *29 December –

Christophe Rinero Christophe Rinero (born 29 December 1973 in Moissac) is a former French professional road racing cyclist. His sporting career began with CA Castelsarrazin. Rinero's greatest achievements have been to win the Tour de l'Avenir in 1998 and the Kin ...

, cyclist

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Chloé Delaume Chloé Delaume (born Nathalie Dalain in 1973) is a French novelist, performer, musician, and occasional singer. Biography Born in Paris, Delaume spent her childhood in Beirut. In 1983, at ten years old, she witnessed her father murder her mot ...

, novelist, performer and musician *

Gaël Duval Gaël Duval (born 1973) is a French entrepreneur. In July 1998, he created Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva Linux), a Linux distribution originally based on Red Hat Linux and KDE. He was also a co-founder of MandrakeSoft (now merged in Mandriva) ...

, software designer * David Grimal,

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

ist

Deaths

January to June

*15 February – Achille Liénart, cardinal (born 1884) *1 March – Henri Meslot, athlete (born 1884) *2 March – Jules Ladoumègue, athlete and Olympic medallist (born 1906) *18 March –

Roland Dorgelès Roland Dorgelès (; 15 June 1885 – 18 March 1973) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Goncourt. Born in Amiens, Somme, under the name Roland Lecavelé (he adopted the pen name Dorgelès to commemorate visits to the spa town of ...

, novelist (born 1885) *30 March –

Yves Giraud-Cabantous Marius Aristide Yves Giraud-Cabantous (8 October 1904 – 30 March 1973) was a racing driver from France. He drove in Formula One from to , participating in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, plus numerous non-Championship Formula One and Formul ...

, motor racing driver (born 1904) *2 April – Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, cardinal (born 1892) *25 April –

Armand Léon Annet Armand Léon Annet (5 June 1888 – 25 April 1973) was a French colonial governor for various colonies in the French colonial empire. Biography Armand Léon Annet was born in Paris on 1888, in Rue de Babylone. Annet was Governor of French ...

, colonial governor (born 1888) *28 April – Jacques Maritain,

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

philosopher (born 1882) *18 May – Dieudonne Costes, aviator (born 1892) *3 June – Jean Batmale, soccer player (born 1895) *4 June –

Maurice René Fréchet Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

(born 1878) *18 June – Georges Bonnet, politician (born 1889)

July to December

*29 July –

Henri Charrière Henri Charrière (; 16 November 1906 – 29 July 1973) was a French writer, convicted in 1931 as a murderer by the French courts and pardoned in 1970. He wrote the novel '' Papillon'', a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a pena ...

, convicted felon and author (born 1906) *2 August –

Jean-Pierre Melville Jean-Pierre Melville (; born Jean-Pierre Grumbach; 20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973) was a French filmmaker and actor. Among his films are ''Le Silence de la mer'' (1949), '' Bob le flambeur'' (1956), ''Le Doulos'' (1962), '' Le Samouraï'' (19 ...

, filmmaker (born 1917) *17 August –

Jean Barraqué Jean-Henri-Alphonse Barraqué (17 January 192817 August 1973) was a French composer and writer on music who developed an individual form of serialism which is displayed in a small output. Life Barraqué was born in Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine. In 1931 ...

, composer (born 1928) *18 August – François Bonlieu,

Alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

and Olympic gold medallist (born 1937) *30 August – Robert Défossé, soccer player (born 1909) *14 September –

Roger Bourdin Roger Bourdin (14 June 1900 in Paris – 14 September 1973 in Paris) was a French baritone, particularly associated with the French repertory. His career was largely based in France. His daughter is Françoise Bourdin. Life and career Born in t ...

, baritone (born 1900) *6 October –

François Cevert Albert François Cevert Goldenberg (25 February 1944 – 6 October 1973) was a French racing driver who took part in the Formula One World Championship. He competed in 48 World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one win, 13 podium finishes and 8 ...

, motor racing driver (born 1944) *8 October –

Gabriel Marcel Gabriel Honoré Marcel (7 December 1889 – 8 October 1973) was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the mode ...

, philosopher (born 1889) *23 October –

Maurice Princet Maurice Princet (1875 – October 23, 1973) was a French mathematician and actuary who played a role in the birth of cubism. He was an associate of Pablo Picasso, Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire) of the Wąż coat of arms. (; 26 A ...

and actuary (born 1875) *6 November – Noël Roquevert, actor (born 1892) *1 December – Albert Dupouy, rugby union player (born 1901) *25 December –

Gabriel Voisin Gabriel Voisin (5 February 1880 – 25 December 1973) was a French aviation pioneer and the creator of Europe's first manned, engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft capable of a sustained (1 km), circular, controlled flight, which was made ...

, aviation pioneer (born 1880) *30 December **

Marcel-Bruno Gensoul Marcel-Bruno Gensoul (12 October 1880 – 30 December 1973) was a French admiral who commanded the Force de Raid, based at Brest until the Armistice of 22 June 1940. Then, the force was transferred to Mers El Kébir in French North Africa. Gens ...

, admiral (born 1880) **

Henri Büsser Paul Henri Büsser (16 January 1872 – 30 December 1973) was a French classical composer, organist, and conductor. Biography Büsser was born in Toulouse of partly German ancestry. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1889, where he studied ...

, composer and conductor (born 1872)

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