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Events from the year 1987 in France.


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: François Mitterrand *
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: Jacques Chirac


Events

*24 March – The
Euro Disney Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Chessy, France, east of Paris. It encompasses two theme parks, resort hotels, Disney Nature Resorts, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex, and a golf course. Disneyland Park is the origin ...
land Project agreement is signed by
The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Stud ...
and the French government, enabling a theme park to be built to the east of Paris. The theme park, today known as
Disneyland Paris Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, Chessy, France, east of Paris. It encompasses two theme parks, resort hotels, Disney Nature Resorts, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex, and a golf course. Disney ...
, eventually opened in April 1992. *11 May –
Klaus Barbie Nikolaus "Klaus" Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German operative of the SS and SD who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primar ...
goes on trial in
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
for war crimes committed during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. *May –
Peugeot Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and the ...
launches the
405 __NOTOC__ Year 405 ( CDV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Stilicho and Anthemius (or, less frequently, year 1158 ''Ab ...
range of four-door saloons; a five-door estate is to follow in 1988. It will be built in France and also at the old Rootes/
Chrysler Europe Chrysler Europe was the American automotive company Chrysler's operations in Europe from 1967 through 1978. It was formed from the merger of the French Simca, British Rootes and Spanish Barreiros companies. In 1978, Chrysler divested thes ...
factory in Britain. *4 July – A court in
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
sentences former Gestapo boss
Klaus Barbie Nikolaus "Klaus" Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German operative of the SS and SD who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primar ...
to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity. *1 December – Construction of the Channel Tunnel is initiated. *17 December – Peugeot 405 is elected European Car of the Year. Another French car, the Citroen AX, comes second in the contest.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kkcjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k8wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=868,6305275&dq=peugeot-405&hl=en


Births


January to March

*2 January –
Loïc Rémy Loïc Alex Teliére Hubert Rémy (born 2 January 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Brest. Rémy began his career playing for a local youth club in his home city of Lyon, before joining the bigge ...
, soccer player. *6 January – Magalie Vaé, singer *23 January **
The Avener Tristan Casara (born 23 January 1987), known by his stage name The Avener (), is a French deep house and electro DJ and music producer from Nice. He is best known for his 2014 single " Fade Out Lines", a deep house rework of "The Fade Out Lin ...
, deep house producer ** Cyril Cinélu, singer. ** Louisa Nécib, soccer player. *9 February – Jérémy Acedo, soccer player. *15 February – Romain Gasmi, soccer player. *16 February – Willy Aubameyang, soccer player. *17 February – Thomas Ayasse, soccer player. *26 February – Jean-Philippe Sabo, soccer player. *28 February – Édouard Collin, actor. *4 March – Jean-Philippe Mendy, soccer player. *7 March –
Hatem Ben Arfa Hatem Ben Arfa ( ar, حاتم بن عرفة, ; born 7 March 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder. Known for his flair and dribbling ability, he is regarded as a fan favorite with a cult follow ...
, soccer player. *13 March – Pierre Jamin, soccer player. *14 March –
Aravane Rezaï Aravane Rezaï (; fa, ارغوان رضایی ''Arghavān-e Rezāyi'' , born 14 March 1987) is an Iranian–French tennis player. She has defeated many top players on the WTA Tour, such as Justine Henin, Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenk ...
, tennis player. *16 March – Fabien Lemoine, soccer player. *21 March – Maxime Josse, soccer player. *23 March – Nathalie Fauquette,
rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and co ...
. *24 March –
Pierre-Loup Bouquet Pierre-Loup Bouquet (born 24 March 1987) is a French former competitive ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Sk ...
,
ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. *31 March – Amaury Bischoff, soccer player.


April to June

*4 April – Jérémy Taravel, soccer player. *16 April – Loris Arnaud, soccer player. *16 April – Lhadji Badiane, soccer player. *18 April –
Anthony Roux Anthony Roux (born 18 April 1987) is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2005 : 1st Overall Tour de Lorraine Juniors ;2007 : 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 3rd Time trial, National Und ...
, cyclist. *18 April – Kévin Sireau, cyclist. *29 April – Basile Camerling, soccer player. *6 May – Romain Beynié, soccer player. *7 May – Pierre Ducasse, soccer player. *7 May – Serge Gakpé, soccer player. *7 May – Jérémy Menez, soccer player. *12 May – Loïc Lumbilla Kandja, soccer player. *15 May –
Kévin Constant Kévin Constant (born 10 May 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or left back. Having come through the Toulouse youth system, he left for LB Châteauroux in 2008. He moved to Italy in 2010 playing for Chievo, Geno ...
, soccer player. *26 May – Quentin Garcia, professional ice hockey player. *7 June – Jean Philippe Baile,
rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
player. *9 June –
Toumani Diagouraga Toumani Diagouraga (born 10 June 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He played his entire career in the English Football League and made 529 League appearances between 2005 and 2023. Following hi ...
, soccer player. *9 June –
Valentin Roberge Valentin Sébastien Roger Roberge (born 9 June 1987) is a professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca FC as a centre-back. Born in France, he represents Cyprus at international level. Club career Early years Born in Montreu ...
, soccer player. *26 June –
Samir Nasri Samir Nasri (born 26 June 1987) is a French former professional footballer. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder and a winger, although he had also been deployed in central midfield. Nasri was known for his dribbling, ball control ...
, international soccer player. *27 June – Jean-François Christophe, soccer player.


July to September

*21 July –
Bilel Mohsni Bilel Mohsni (born 21 July 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He notably played for Rangers where he was part of the Ibrox team who earned promotion in 2014 following their demotion to the foot of the Scott ...
, footballer. *23 July –
Élodie Brouiller Élodie Brouiller (born 23 July 1987) is a French former competitive ice dancer. With Benoît Richaud, she competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. Brouiller/Richaud won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand ...
,
ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. *24 July – Nordine Assami, soccer player. *24 July – Cyriaque Louvion, soccer player. *30 July – Benoît Costil, soccer player. *6 August –
Rémy Riou Rémy Riou (born 6 August 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Lyon. He was a France youth international having, earned four caps with the country's under-21 team. Club career Riou was a member Lyon's fi ...
, soccer player. *8 August – Pierre Boulanger, actor. *19 August – Anaïs Lameche, singer. *11 September –
Clément Chantôme Clément Jean Robert Chantôme (born 11 September 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Championnat National 2 club C'Chartres. A graduate of the Paris Saint-Germain Academy, Chantôme made a name for ...
, soccer player. *18 September –
Ludovic Genest Ludovic Genest (born 18 September 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Born in Thiers, Genest previously played for Auxerre, Bastia, Laval and Istres.Serge Akakpo Serge Ognadon Akakpo (born 15 October 1987) is a Togolese footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Club Akakpo began his career with Auxerre after breaking through the youth academy, he made his first-team debut with Auxerre in July 200 ...
, soccer player. *1 December – Rémi Sergio, soccer player. *19 December –
Cédric Baseya Cédric Baseya (born 19 December 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he made one appearance for the DR Congo U20 national team. Club career Baseya was born in Brétigny-sur-Orge, Essonne. He form ...
, soccer player. *22 December –
Garfield Darien Garfield Darien (born 22 December 1987) is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. Born in Lyon, Darien made his first international appearances as a junior, finishing in seventh at the 2004 World Ju ...
, hurdlerDarien Garfield Biography
IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
*31 December – Émilie Le Pennec,
gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...
, Olympic gold medallist.


Deaths


January to June

*2 January –
Jean de Gribaldy Jean de Gribaldy (18 July 1922 – 2 January 1987) was a French road bicycle racing, road cyclist and directeur sportif. He rode in the Tour de France in 1947 Tour de France, 1947 and 1948 Tour de France, 1948. Biography Born in Besançon, D ...
, cyclist and
directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is se ...
(born 1922). *31 January –
Yves Allégret Yves Allégret (13 October 1905 – 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris. He was an assistant to film directors such as his broth ...
, film director (born 1907). *18 February – Edmond Pagès, cyclist (born 1911). *24 February –
Henri Pinault Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault (7 September 1904 – 24 February 1987) was the Roman Catholic bishop of Chengdu from 1949 until 1983, four years before his death. Early life Pinault was born in 1904 into a family of farmers in Tintén ...
, Roman Catholic Bishop of Chengdu (born 1904). *15 March –
Léon Fleuriot Léon Fleuriot (5 April 1923 – 15 March 1987) was a French linguist and Celtic scholar, specializing in Celtic languages and the history of Gallo-Roman and Early Medieval Brittany. Biography Born in Morlaix, Brittany, in a family originat ...
, linguist and historian (born 1923). *19 March –
Louis de Broglie Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (, also , or ; 15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987) was a French physicist and aristocrat who made groundbreaking contributions to Old quantum theory, quantum theory. In his 1924 PhD thesis, he pos ...
,
physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...
and a Nobel laureate (born 1892). *1 April –
Henri Cochet Henri Jean Cochet (; 14 December 1901 – 1 April 1987) was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous " Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Born in ...
, tennis player (born 1901). *3 May –
Dalida Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian-French singer and actress born in Egypt. She sang in eleven languages and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known son ...
, singer (born 1933). *23 June –
Sauveur Ducazeaux Sauveur Ducazeaux (8 December 1910, Biarritz — 23 June 1987, Colmar) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won one stage in the 1936 Tour de France. After his cycling career, he became a team captain. In 1956, he was the team captain ...
, cyclist (born 1911).


July to December

*6 July –
Pierre Marcilhacy Pierre Marcilhacy (14 February 1910, Paris – 6 July 1987) was a French lawyer and public figure. His family home in Jarnac dated back over six centuries. He fought in the French Resistance during World War II. It was then that he met his wife Ga ...
, politician (born 1910). *23 August – Didier Pironi, motor racing driver (born 1952). *3 October –
Jean Anouilh Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an a ...
, dramatist (born 1910). *27 October –
Jean Hélion Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904October 27, 1987) was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist. His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five decades as a figurative painter. He w ...
, painter and author (born 1904). *28 October –
André Masson André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist. Biography Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussel ...
, artist (born 1896). *1 November –
Pierre Matignon Pierre Matignon (born Verchers-sur-Layon, France, 11 February 1943 — died Saint-Michel-de-Chavaignes, 1 November 1987) was the French racing cyclist who held last place in the Tour de France but won one of its most prestigious stages alone. Ba ...
, cyclist (born 1943). *3 November – André Roussin, playwright (born 1911). *4 November – Pierre Seghers, poet and editor (born 1906). *5 November –
Georges Franju Georges Franju (; 12 April 1912 – 5 November 1987) was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine. Biography Early life Before working in French cinema, Franju held several different jobs. These included working for a ...
, filmmaker (born 1912). *6 November –
Jean Rivier Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier (21 July 1896 – 6 November 1987) was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style. The son of Henri Rivier, a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over two hundred works, including mus ...
, composer (born 1896). *18 November –
Jacques Anquetil Jacques Anquetil (; 8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the ye ...
, cyclist, five times
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
winner (born 1934). *2 December –
Luis Federico Leloir Luis Federico Leloir (September 6, 1906 – December 2, 1987) was an Argentine physician and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the metabolic pathways in lactose. Although born in France, Leloir r ...
, doctor and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1906). *3 December –
Pierre Mollaret Pierre Mollaret (10 July 1898 – 3 December 1987) was a French neurologist who made significant scientific contributions to the study of infectious diseases and neurology. He was born in Auxerre, France. A rare disease characterized by recur ...
,
neurologist Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal c ...
(born 1898). *13 December –
Julien Darui Julien Darui (16 February 1916 – 13 December 1987) was a French football goalkeeper, who had stints as a coach after his playing career. International career Darui was born in Luxembourg during World War I, to parents of Portuguese and Italia ...
, international soccer player (born 1916). *15 December – François Borde,
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
player (born 1899).


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* Roland Ansieau, graphic artist (born 1901). * Norbert Casteret,
caver Caving – also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland – is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves). In contrast, speleology i ...
and adventurer (born 1897). *
Henri Decaë Henri Decaë (31 July 1915 – 7 March 1987) gained fame as a cinematographer entering the film industry as a sound engineer and sound editor. He was a photojournalist in the French army during World War II. After the war he began making document ...
, cinematographer (born 1915). * Robert Filliou, artist (born 1926). *
René Hardy René Hardy (31 October 1911 – 12 April 1987) was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Hardy was born in Mortrée, Orne. In spite of having rendered dedicated and valuable service as a member of the resistance group, Combat (F ...
,
French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...
member (born 1911). * Raymond Ruyer, philosopher (born 1902). *
Michel Tapié Michel Tapié (full name: Michel Tapié de Céleyran; 26 February 1909 – 30 July 1987) was a French art critic, curator, and collector. He was an early and influential theorist and practitioner of "tachisme", a French style of abstract painti ...
, artist, critic,
curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...
and
art collector A private collection is a privately owned collection of works (usually artworks) or valuable items. In a museum or art gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual ...
(born 1909).


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