This article lists major events that happened in

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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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 f ...

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Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017 French presidential election, 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, M ...

( REM) *

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 is ...

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Édouard Philippe Édouard Charles Philippe (; born 28 November 1970) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Le Havre since 2020, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2017. He was Prime Minister of France from 15 May 2017 to 3 July 2020 under Presiden ...

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Events

January

* 1 January – Corsica becomes a

single territorial collectivity A single territorial collectivity (french: collectivité territoriale unique) is a chartered subdivision of France that exercises the powers of both a region and a department. This subdivision was introduced in Mayotte in 2011, in French Guia ...

* 17 January – The government decides to abandon the Grand Ouest airport project in

Notre-Dame-des-Landes Notre-Dame-des-Landes (; br, Kernitron-al-Lann) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France located about 20 km northwest of Nantes. The commune was the planned site of the new Aéroport du Grand Ouest, intended to r ...

* 19 January – Beginning of the demonstrations in

Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore language, Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Bushi language, Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an Overseas France, overseas Overseas departments and regi ...

* 22 January –

Wolfgang Schäuble Wolfgang Schäuble (; born 18 September 1942) is a German lawyer, politician and statesman whose political career has spanned for more than five decades. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he is one of the longest-serving politi ...

, President of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the German Federalism, federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representat ...

, addresses the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the

Élysée Treaty The Élysée Treaty was a treaty of friendship between France and West Germany, signed by President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on 22 January 1963 at the Élysée Palace in Paris. With the signing of this treaty, Germ ...

. * 24 January – Water rising in Paris causes a

Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plate ...

flood alert. * 28 January – Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency and Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency by-elections, 2018. * 28 January – Beginning of the Daval affair, French criminal case concerning the murder of Alexia Daval, whose body was found on October 30, 2017

February

* 20 February – Beginning of the "Operation Dead Island ", a general strike lasting several weeks in

against insecurity and uncontrolled Comorian immigration * 23 February – 35 mayors in the

Nièvre Nièvre () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. Named after the river Nièvre, it had a population of 204,452 in 2019.Clamecy hospital emergency room at night.

March

* 2 March – **

43rd César Awards The 43rd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 2 March 2018, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2017. Winners and nominees See also * 23rd Lumières A ...

. ** The Embassy of France in Burkina Faso is targeted during the

2018 Ouagadougou attacks On 2 March 2018, at least eight heavily armed militants launched an assault on key locations throughout Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Targets included the French embassy and the headquarters of Burkina Faso's military. Backgr ...

. * 4 March –

2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election A by-election was held in French Guiana's 2nd constituency on 4 March 2018, with a second round on 11 March as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called after the Constitutional Council invalidated th ...

. * 11 March –

2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election A by-election was held in Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency on 11 March 2018, with a second round on 18 March as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was prompted after the Constitutional Council invalidated ...

. * 18 March –

Loiret's 4th constituency Loiret's 4th constituency is a French legislative constituency (France), constituency in Loiret. A 2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, by-election was held in the constituency in 2018 after the election of Jean-Pierre Door was annulled. ...

and Mayotte's 1st constituency by-elections, 2018. * 23 March – **

Carcassonne and Trèbes attack On 23 March 2018, there was a series of Islamist terrorist attacks in the towns of Carcassonne and Trèbes in southern France. Redouane Lakdim, a 25-year-old French-Moroccan (born 11 April 1992 in Taza, Morocco), shot the two occupants of a ca ...

. ** Murder of Mireille Knoll. * 28 March – ** National homage to the lieutenant-colonel (promoted colonel on March 27)

Arnaud Beltrame Arnaud Jean-Georges Beltrame (; 18 April 1973 – 24 March 2018) was a lieutenant colonel in the French Gendarmerie nationale and deputy commander of the Departmental Gendarmerie's Aude unit, who was murdered by a terrorist at Trèbes after hav ...

** White March in memory of Mireille Knoll

April

* 3 April – Beginning of a period of intermittent strikes at the French National Railway Company until the end of June to protest against the scheduled end of the railway workers' status * 8 April – 2018 French residents overseas' 5th constituency by-election. * 15 April –

2018 Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency by-election A by-election was held in Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency on 15 April 2018. The by-election was called after the Constitutional Council invalidated the election of Napole Polutele, miscellaneous left candidate in the June 2017 legislat ...

. * 24 April – Tropical Cyclone Fakir touch Reunion.

May

* 8 May – Beginning of the

2018 Cannes Film Festival The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film '' Shoplifters'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or. Asghar Farhadi's psyc ...

. * 12 May –

2018 Paris knife attack On 12 May 2018, a 20-year-old Chechnya-born French citizen, armed with a knife, killed one pedestrian and injured four others near the Palais Garnier, the opera house in Paris, France, before being fatally shot by police. The stabbings were in ...

. * 27 May – Beginning of the

2018 French Open The 2018 French Open was a major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 27 May to 10 June and consisted of events for players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Ju ...

June

* 24 June – Dismantling of the right-wing extremist terrorist group "Action of the operational forces" (AFO) by the arrest of its 9 members – including its chief – and arrest of the leader of self-proclaimed group "Volontaires pour la France"; seizure of about twenty firearms and dismantling of a clandestine laboratory of homemade explosives. The AFO had planned to carry out attacks in France against Muslims.

July

* 1 July –

Simone Veil Simone Veil (; ; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. A ...

and Antoine Veil,her husband, were buried in the

Panthéon The Panthéon (, from the Classical Greek word , , ' empleto all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the , in the centre of the , which was named after it. The edifice was ...

* 7 July – First race of the

2018 Tour de France The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, in western France, and concluding on 29 July with the ...

. * 15 July – France wins the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

. * 18 July – Revelations by ''

Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...

'' mark the beginning of the Benalla affair. * 30 July – A racist shooting wounds 7 people in

Beaune Beaune () is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Côte d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Lyon and Dijon. Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France, and the center of Burgundy wine production and business. The annu ...

, the two suspected shooters are arrested in

Saint-Andiol Saint-Andiol (; oc, Sant Andiòu) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. In 2019, it had a population of 3,346. Demographics See also * Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhô ...

on August 10.

August

* 1 August – Lawmakers vote to outlaw

catcalling Street harassment is a form of harassment, primarily sexual harassment that consists of unwanted sexualised comments, provocative gestures, honking, wolf-whistlings, indecent exposures, stalking, persistent sexual advances, and touching by st ...

. * 28 August –

Nicolas Hulot Nicolas Jacques André Hulot (; born 30 April 1955) is a French journalist and environmental activist. He is the founder and honorary president of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation, an environmental group established in 1990. Hulot ran as a candida ...

resigns as Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition to protest against the government's ecological policy.

September

* 4 September – **

Laura Flessel-Colovic Laura Flessel-Colovic (born 6 November 1971) is a French politician and épée fencer who served as Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she has won the most Olympic medals of any French sportswoman, with ...

resigns as Minister of Sports for personal reasons. ** Philippe government reshuffle :

François de Rugy François Henri Goullet de Rugy (; born 6 December 1973) is a French politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018 and Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition from 2018 to 2019. Since 2007, he has repres ...

becomes Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, replacing

, and Roxana Maracineanu replaces Laura Flessel at the Ministry of Sports. * 12 September –

Richard Ferrand Richard Ferrand (; born 1 July 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as President of the National Assembly from 2018 to 2022. He had served as a member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th consti ...

is elected President of the National Assembly. * 16 September –

Frédérique Dumas Frédérique Dumas (born 18 May 1963) is a French film producer and politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. She is the CEO of Studio 37, the film production su ...

, member of the French National Assembly for

Hauts-de-Seine's 13th constituency The 13th constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine is a French legislative constituency in the Hauts-de-Seine ''département''. Description Hauts-de-Seine's 13th constituency covers the far south of the department. Historically the constituency has ...

, leaves both the party

La République En Marche! Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a ...

and the La République En Marche group at the French National Assembly. * 23 September – Réunion's 7th constituency by-elections, 2018 following political differences (notably on the lack of ambition of the cultural policy of the executive). * 25 September – Former Prime Minister

Manuel Valls Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti (, , ; born 13 August 1962) is a French-Spanish politician who has served as a Barcelona city councillor from 2019 to 2021. He served as Prime Minister of France from 2014 until 2016 under president François Hol ...

announces his

candidacy Candidacy is a rite which takes place during Roman Catholic seminary A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, ...

for mayor of

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

in the framework of the municipal elections of Spain in 2019. He announces his resignation from his mandate as deputy for the 1st constituency of Essonne. * 27 September –

Barbara Cassin Barbara Cassin (; born 24 October 1947) is a French philologist and philosopher. She was elected to the Académie française on 4 May 2018. Cassin is the recipient of the Grand Prize of Philosophy of the Académie française. She is an Emeritu ...

receives the CNRS Gold medal.

October

* 2 October –

Gérard Collomb Gérard Collomb (; born 20 June 1947) is a French politician who served as Mayor of Lyon from 2001 to 2017 and again from 2018 until 2020. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM) since he left the Socialist Party (PS) in 2017, he was Ministe ...

resigns as

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

to resume his post as Mayor of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

. * 3 October – Arrest of

Rédoine Faïd Rédoine Faïd (; born 10 May 1972) is a French gangster and serial jailbreaker, considered France's most wanted criminal in 2013. Biography Faïd was born in Creil to Algerian immigrant parents. In the mid-1990s, Faïd and Jean-Claude Bis ...

. * 5 October – National tribute to singer

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...

, died on October 1. * 10 October – Two people lose their lives in floods in

Sainte-Maxime Sainte-Maxime (; Occitan and Provençal: ''Santa Maxima'') is a commune in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera (''Côte d'Azur''), west from Nice and east from Marsei ...

because of a Mediterranean episode (178 mm fell). * 11 October – Resignation of 69 mayors and councilors of the department of

Indre Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ ...

to protest against the closure of the

Le Blanc Le Blanc (; oc, Lo Blanc; la, Oblincum Cuborum) is a commune and a subprefecture of the department of Indre, and the region of Centre-Val de Loire, central France. Geography Le Blanc is the main city of the Parc naturel régional de la B ...

maternity ward. * 15 October – A very violent Mediterranean episode, an indirect consequence of hurricane Leslie, causes exceptional

flash floods A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice or snow flowing ov ...

in the

Aude Aude (; ) is a department in Southern France, located in the Occitanie region and named after the river Aude. The departmental council also calls it " Cathar Country" (French: ''Pays cathare'') after a group of religious dissidents active i ...

, with accumulations of exceptional rains (295 mm in

Trèbes Trèbes (; oc, Trebes) is a commune in the Aude department, southern France. It is around 7 km east of the centre of Carcassonne. History Located on an important river crossing, Trèbes was originally known as Tresmals (Three Fords) bu ...

in 12 hours, close to 300 mm in Carcassonne), which kill 15 people (including 9 in

). The city of

and the villages of

Villegailhenc Villegailhenc (; oc, Vilagalhenc) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. In mid-October 2018, Villegailhenc, Conques-sur-Orbiel, and Villardonnel, and Trèbes, along with nearby areas along the river Aude, were devastated w ...

Villalier Villalier (; oc, Vilalièr) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aude department The following is a list of the 433 communes of the Aude department of France. The communes coop ...

Villardonnel Villardonnel (; oc, Vilardonèl) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Population 2018 flood In mid-October 2018, Villegailhenc, Conques-sur-Orbiel, and Villardonnel, and Trèbes, along with nearby areas along the river ...

and Saint-Couat-d'Aude are ravaged. This is the worst flood in the region since 1999. * 16 October – Philippe government reshuffle :

Christophe Castaner Christophe Castaner (; born 3 January 1966) is a French politician, former minister of parliament, and former Minister of the Interior from 16 October 2018 to 6 July 2020. In 2017, he was elected for a 3 year term as chairman (''délégué géné ...

becomes Minister of the Interior,

Didier Guillaume Didier Guillaume (born 11 May 1959) is a French politician who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 2018 to 2020. A member of the Socialist Party until 2018, he was President of th ...

Minister of Agriculture,

Franck Riester Franck Riester (born 3 January 1974) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister Delegate for Parliamentary Relations in the Government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since July 2022. He previously served as Minister Delegate fo ...

Minister of Culture and Marc Fesneau becomes Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament. * 17 October – Creation of the

's parliamentary group,

Liberties and Territories Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories (french: Libertés, indépendants, outre-mer & territoires, LIOT), formerly Liberties & Territories (french: Libertés & territoires, LT) is a parliamentary group in the French National Assembly. ...

November

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* 4 November –

2018 New Caledonian independence referendum An independence referendum was held in New Caledonia on 4 November 2018. Voters were given the choice of remaining part of France or becoming an independent country. Announced in the evening of polling day, the result was 56.4% for maintaining ...

* 5 November — collapse of buildings, rue d'Aubagne in Marseille * 17 November – Beginning of the

Gilets jaunes protests The Yellow Vests Protests or Yellow Jackets Protests or Yellow Vests Revolution (french: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, ) are a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018. At first the protestors advo ...

. * 18 November –

2018 Essonne's 1st constituency by-election A by-election was held in Essonne's 1st constituency on 18 November 2018, with a second round on 25 November as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was prompted by the resignation of Manuel Valls to run for ...

December

* 11 December –

2018 Strasbourg attack On the evening of 11 December 2018, a terrorist attack occurred in Strasbourg, France, when a man attacked civilians in the city's busy (Christmas market) with a revolver and a knife, killing five and wounding 11 before fleeing in a taxi. Author ...

. * 15 December –

Vaimalama Chaves Vaimalama Chaves (born 3 December 1994) is a French singer, beauty pageant titleholder, and model who was crowned Miss France 2019. Chaves had previously won Miss Tahiti 2018 and became the fourth representative from French Polynesia to win the ...

is elected

Miss France 2019 Miss France 2019 was the 89th edition of the Miss France pageant, held on 15 December 2018 at the Zénith de Lille in Lille. The competition was hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault, Sylvie Tellier, and Miss France 2018 Maëva Coucke, while singer ...

. * 29 December –

Joachim Son-Forget Joachim Jean-Marie Forget (; born 15 April 1983), known as Joachim Son-Forget ( , ) is a South Korean-born French politician. Holding a doctorate in neuroscience, he also works part-time as a radiologist in Switzerland. He has held Kosovar citi ...

, member of the French National Assembly for Sixth constituency for French residents overseas, leaves both the party

and the La République En Marche group at the French National Assembly.

Deaths

January

* 4 January – ** Lyli Herse, racing cyclist (born 1928) ** , writer (born 1957) * 7 January –

France Gall Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French '' yé-yé'' singer. In 1965, aged 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg. Between 1973 and 1992, ...

, singer (born 1947) *9 January –

Jean-Marc Mazzonetto Jean-Marc Mazzonetto ( Agen, 7 October 1983 – Gaillères, 9 January 2018) was a French rugby union player. His position was Wing or Fullback and he last played for Stade Montois ( Mont-de-Marsan) in the Top 14. Mazzonetto died in a road acc ...

, rugby union player (b. 1983) * 10 January – **

Étienne Bally Étienne Marcel Bally (17 April 1923 – 10 January 2018) was a French sprinter and a European champion over 100 metres. He was born in Vénissieux. Bally's first major competition was the 1946 European Championships held in Oslo, wh ...

, sprinter (b. 1923) **

Pierre Grillet Pierre Grillet (21 March 1932 – 10 January 2018) was a French football striker Striker or The Strikers may refer to: People *A participant in a strike action *A participant in a hunger strike *Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacksmith's assis ...

, footballer (b. 1932) **

Philippe Marchand Philippe Marchand (1 September 1939 – 10 January 2018) was a French politician. He was member of the Parliament and President of the general council of Charente-Maritime. He failed to act to establish the Giacometti Foundation. He was born ...

, politician (b. 1939) * 12 January – **

Pierre Pincemaille Pierre-Marie François Pincemaille (8 December 1956 – 12 January 2018) was a French organist, improviser, and pedagogue. He was known for his organ improvisations, both in concert and on CD and for his recordings of Charles-Marie Wido ...

, organist (b. 1956) **

Jean-Louis Koszul Jean-Louis Koszul (; January 3, 1921 – January 12, 2018) was a French mathematician, best known for studying geometry and discovering the Koszul complex. He was a second generation member of Bourbaki. Biography Koszul was educated at the in S ...

, mathematician (b. 1921) * 17 January – **

Guy Dupré Guy Dupré (February 27, 1928 – January 17, 2018) was a French writer and publisher. Biography Dupré published three novels, two books of memoirs and a collection of chronicles, but the unity of his style and his writing unconcerned with tr ...

, writer and publisher (b. 1928) **

Bénédicte Pesle Bénédicte Pesle (15 May 1927 – 17 January 2018) was a French arts patron. She was known for having introduced American avant-garde artists of stage, music, dance, and the visual arts to France, and was instrumental in the European careers M ...

, arts patron (b. 1927) ** Claude Prouvoyeur, politician (b. 1927) * 19 January – **

Alain Devaquet Alain Devaquet (4 October 1942 – 19 January 2018) was a French politician who was a minister under Jacques Chirac. A university professor before embarking on his political career with the Rally for the Republic, Devaquet was given the role o ...

, politician (b. 1942) ** Marcel Frémiot, composer and musicologist (b. 1920) * 20 January –

Paul Bocuse Paul Bocuse (; 11 February 1926 – 20 January 2018) was a French chef based in Lyon who was known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine. A student of Eugénie Brazier, he was one of the most prominent ...

, chef (b. 1926) * 21 January – **

Yves Afonso Yves Afonso (13 February 1944 – 21 January 2018) was a French actor. He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or ''département''. Since his uncredited debut in the movie '' Masculin, féminin'' in 1966, he had many roles, both in movies and o ...

, actor (b. 1944) **

Suzanne Citron Suzanne Citron, born Suzanne Grumbach on 15 July 1922 in Ars-sur-Moselle and died on 22 January 2018 in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, was a French historian and essayist of the left. She is known for her work on the national myth and the tea ...

, historian (b. 1922) **

Philippe Gondet Philippe Gondet (17 May 1942 – 21 January 2018) was a French footballer who played as a striker. He played for France during the 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournamen ...

, footballer (b. 1942) *24 January –

Renaud Gagneux Renaud Gagneux (; 15 May 1947 – 24 January 2018) was a French composer. Gagneux studied piano with Alfred Cortot and composition with Henri Dutilleux at the École Normale in Paris. In 1966 he went to Cologne to study composition with Karlh ...

, composer (b. 1947) *25 January –

Arnaud Giovaninetti Arnaud Giovaninetti (3 July 1967 – 25 January 2018) was a French actor. His father Reynald was a composer. Born in Amiens in 1967, Arnaud Giovaninetti was raised in Amiens and attended the and CNSAD. He was married to actress Judith d'Aleazz ...

, actor (b. 1967) *28 January –

Raymond Lory Raymond Lory (17 August 1926 – 28 January 2018) was a French politician who served as mayor of Joué-lès-Tours between 1956 and 1995. He was elected to the National Assembly via proportional representation in 1986, where he represented Indr ...

, politician (b. 1926)

February

*1 February – **

André Baudry André Baudry (31 August 1922 – 1 February 2018) was a French writer who was the founder of the homophile review ''Arcadie''. A former seminarian and philosophy professor, Baudry became interested in the debate about sexuality following the pub ...

, magazine editor (b. 1922) **

Édouard Ferrand Édouard Ferrand (25 April 1965 – 1 February 2018) was a French politician and a member of National Front. He was a ''Front National'' MEP and regional councillor in Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territ ...

, politician (b. 1965) *5 February –

Mathieu Riboulet image:Mathieu riboulet - Le Corps des Anges.jpg, Mathieu Riboulet (13 June 1960 – 5 February 2018) was a French writer and film director. Biography The son of architect , Mathieu Riboulet studied cinema and modern letters at the University o ...

, writer and film director (b. 1960) *6 February –

Bernard Darmet Bernard Darmet (19 October 1945 – 6 February 2018) was a French cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games o ...

, racing cyclist (b. 1945) *9 February – **

Antoine Culioli Antoine Culioli (4 September 1924 – 9 February 2018)https://diakritik.com/2018/02/12/antoine-culioli-1924-2018-figure-majeure-de-la-linguistique-contemporaine/ was a French linguist of Corsican origin. He developed a linguistic theory known as ' ...

, linguist (b. 1924) **

Bernard Koura Bernard Koura (25 May 1923 – 9 February 2018) was a French painter who was best known for his use of shades of blue. He graduated from École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and he taught at École des Beaux-Arts in Le Mans. He painted many church fres ...

, painter (b. 1923) *12 February –

Françoise Xenakis Marguerite Claude Françoise Xenakis (née Gargouïl; 27 September 1930 – 12 February 2018) was a French novelist and journalist, born in Blois, Loir-et-Cher. She started her literary career in the early 1960s, and became better known during th ...

, writer (b. 1930) *13 February –

Joseph Bonnel Joseph Bonnel (4 January 1939 – 13 February 2018) was a French football midfielder who represented France in the FIFA World Cup 1966. He scored three goals during the 1966 season. Bonnel injured the English goalscorer Jimmy Greaves in the gr ...

, footballer (b.1939) *15 February – **

Jacques Hébert Jacques René Hébert (; 15 November 1757 – 24 March 1794) was a French journalist and the founder and editor of the extreme radical newspaper '' Le Père Duchesne'' during the French Revolution. Hébert was a leader of the French Revolution ...

, politician (b. 1920) **

Daniel Vernet Daniel Vernet (21 May 1945 – 15 February 2018) was a French journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Le Monde'', France's centre-left newspaper of record, from 1989 to 1991, and the author of several bools. Early life Daniel Vernet was born ...

, journalist and author (b. 1945) *18 February – **

Victor Franco Victor Franco (1930 in Baghdad – 18 February 2018) was a French journalist who was awarded the 1963 Albert Londres Prize fo''La Révolution sensuelle'' He died in Montélimar on 18 February 2018 at the age of 87.Didier Lockwood Didier Lockwood (11 February 1956 – 18 February 2018) was a French violinist. He played in the French rock band Magma in the 1970s, and was known for his use of electric amplification and his experimentation with different sounds on the electri ...

, jazz violinist (b. 1956) *20 February –

Arnaud Geyre Arnaud Geyre (21 April 1935 – 20 February 2018) was a racing cyclist from France who represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There he won the gold medal in the men's team road race, alongside Michel ...

, racing cyclist (b. 1935) * 27 February – **

Henri Leonetti Henri Leonetti (6 January 1937 – 27 February 2018) was a French footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in Marseille, he played for Marseille and La Ciotat. Personal life He died on 27 February 2018, aged 81. His brother Jean-L ...

, footballer (b. 1937) **

Jacqueline Vaudecrane Jacqueline Vaudecrane (22 November 1913 – 27 February 2018) was a French figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She finished first at the French Figure Skating Championships in 1937 and 1938. She celebrated her 100th birthday A cent ...

, figure skater (b. 1913) *28 February –

Pierre Milza Pierre Milza (16 April 193228 February 2018) was a French historian. His work focused mainly on the history of Italy, the history of Italian immigration to France and the history of fascism, of which he was a recognized specialist. He was prof ...

, historian (b. 1932)

March

*3 March – **

Jacques Gernet Jacques Gernet (; ; 22 December 1921, Algiers, French Algeria – 3 March 2018, Vannes) was an eminent French sinologist of the second half of the 20th century. His best-known work is ''The Chinese Civilization'', a 900-page summary of Chine ...

, sinologist (b. 1921) ** Yvon Taillandier, artist (b. 1926) *5 March –

André S. Labarthe André S. Labarthe (18 December 1931 – 5 March 2018) was a French actor, film producer and director.
He starred alongside < ...

, actor, film producer and director (b. 1931) *6 March –

Francis Piasecki Francis Piasecki (28 July 1951 – 6 March 2018) was a French professional football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and ...

, footballer (b. 1951) *8 March –

Jean Jolivet Jean Jolivet (9 January 1925 – 8 March 2018) was a French philosopher and medievalist. He was an authority on Medieval philosophy and honorary director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. He was co-director of the publ ...

, philosopher (b. 1925) *10 March – **

Hubert de Givenchy Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (; 21 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French aristocrat and fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the p ...

, fashion designer, founder of the house of

Givenchy Givenchy (, ) is a French luxury fashion and perfume house. It hosts the brand of haute couture and ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics of Parfums Givenchy. The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de ...

(b. 1927) **

Michel Raynaud Michel Raynaud (; 16 June 1938 – 10 March 2018 Décès de Michel Raynaud
So ...

, mathematician (b. 1938) *16 March –

Guy Cury Guy Cury (21 March 1930 – 16 March 2018)Guy Cury's obituary
was a French

, hurdler (b. 1930) *17 March –

Geneviève Fontanel Geneviève Fontanel (27 June 1936 – 17 March 2018) was a French stage and film actress. She was nominated for the César Awards 1978 for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' L'Homme qui aimait les femmes''. She was a member of the Com� ...

, actress (b. 1936) *19 March – Jean Michel Larrasket, engineer (b. 1950) *24 March –

, gendarme, (b. 1973) *27 March – **

Stéphane Audran Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Dacheville; 8 November 1932 – 27 March 2018) was a French actress. She was known for her performances in award-winning films such as ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' (1972) and '' Babette's Feast' ...

, actress (b. 1932) **

Luc Jalabert Luc Jalabert (27 August 1951 – 27 March 2018) was a French rejoneador. He was the director of the Arles Amphitheatre from 1999 to 2015, and a champion of bullfighting. Early life Jalabert was born on 27 August 1951 in Arles, France. His paren ...

rejoneador Rejoneador (, pl. ''rejoneadores''; "lancer") is the name given to a bullfighter who fights the bull on horseback. The ''rejoneo'' is a form of bullfighting in Portugal and in Spanish bullfighting Bullfighting is a physical contest that i ...

(b. 1951) *28 March –

Clément Rosset Clément Rosset (; 12 October 1939 – 28 March 2018) was a French philosopher and writer. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, and the author of books on 20th-century philosophy and postmodern philosophy. ...

, philosopher and writer (b. 1939)

April

*1 April – **

Françoise Adret Françoise Adret (7 August 1920 – 1 April 2018) was a French ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and company director. Her professional career, international in scope, albeit centered in France, spanned more than sixty years. She was recognize ...

, ballerina and choreographer (b. 1920) **

Michel Sénéchal Michel Sénéchal (11 February 1927 – 1 April 2018) was a French tenor, particularly associated with French and Italian character roles in a repertory ranging from Baroque to contemporary works. Life and career Michel Sénéchal was born in ...

, tenor (b. 1927) *2 April –

Paul Sinibaldi Paul Sinibaldi (3 December 1921 – 2 April 2018) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Early and personal life Born in Montemaggiore, Corsica, Sinibaldi's two brothers Pierre and Noël were also footballers. Siniba ...

, footballer (b. 1921) *3 April – **

Irma Rapuzzi Irma Rapuzzi (12 April 1910 – 3 April 2018) was a French politician. Biography She was born on 12 April 1910 in Cadolive, as the daughter of a miner. She began her career in politics in 1947 when she became a municipal councilor in Marseil ...

, politician (b. 1910) **

Jacques Tixier 250px, Jacques Tixier Jacques Tixier (1 January 1925 – 3 April 2018) was a French archaeologist and prehistorian notable for his work on prehistory in Qatar, Lebanon, and North Africa. He led the first French archaeological mission to Qatar in 1 ...

, archaeologist and prehistorian (b. 1925) *6 April –

Jacques Higelin Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (; 18 October 1940 – 6 April 2018) was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early life Higelin was born on 18 October 1940. His father, Paul, a railway worker and musician of Alsatian de ...

, pop singer (b. 1940) *8 April – André Lerond, footballer (b. 1930) *10 April – Richard Peyzaret, better known by his pen name

F'Murr Richard Peyzaret (March 31, 1946 – April 10, 2018), better known by his pen name F'Murrr or F'Murr, was a French cartoonist and comic book writer. He was most famous for the long-running series ''Le Génie des alpages'' (''The Genius of the Mount ...

, comics artist (b. 1946) *11 April –

Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber (11 April 1918 – 11 April 2018) was a French politician and journalist. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1965 to 1967, representing Seine. He was a member of the Union for the New Republic, a cente ...

, politician and journalist (b. 1918) *13 April –

André Maman André Maman (9 June 1927 – 13 April 2018) was a French politician and Romance philologist. Born in Oran, French Algeria on 9 June 1927, Maman attended the University of Toulouse and the Sorbonne, then worked as a lawyer. He began teaching ...

, politician and philologist (b. 1927) *14 April –

Jean-Claude Malgoire Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor. Early life Malgoire was born on 25 November 1940 in Avignon, France. His mother was born in Italy. Malgoire graduated from the Paris Conservatory ...

, conductor (b. 1940) *18 April – Jean Flori, medieval historian (b. 1936) *19 April – **

Joël Santoni Joël Santoni (5 November 1943 – 18 April 2018) was a French film director and screenwriter.

, film director and screenwriter (b. 1943) **

Agnès-Marie Valois Agnès Cécile Marie-Madeleine Valois (30 June 1914 – 19 April 2018), also known as Sister Agnès-Marie, was a French Roman Catholic religious sister and nurse. She became known as "Angel of Dieppe" for her heroic efforts in caring for soldiers ...

, nun and World War II nurse (b. 1914) *21 April –

Firmin Le Bourhis Firmin Le Bourhis (18 May 1950 – 21 April 2018) was a French detective writer. He authored 32 detective novels over the course of 18 years. He died of a heart attack on his way to the Envolée des livres, a book festival in Châteauroux. Refer ...

, crime fiction writer (b. 1950) *24 April –

Henri Michel Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the worl ...

, footballer (b. 1947) *26 April – ** Jean Duprat, politician (b. 1936) **

Pierre Plateau Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau (January 10, 1924 – April 26, 2018) was a French Prelate of the Catholic Church. Plateau was born in Saint-Servan and ordained a priest on June 28, 1947. Plateau was appointed auxiliary bishop to the Arch ...

, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1924) *29 April –

Rose Laurens Rose Laurens, previously billed as Rose Merryl (born Rose Podwojny; 4 March 1951 – 29 April 2018), was a French singer-songwriter, known for her 1982 single "Africa", a top-three hit in several European countries."Africa", in various singles ...

, singer-songwriter (b. 1953) *30 April –

Geneviève Claisse Geneviève Claisse (; born 17 July 1935, in Quiévy – died 30 April 2018, in Dreux) was a French geometrical abstract painter. A relative to Auguste Herbin, her painting vocation was born through reading the magazine ''Art d'aujourd'hui'', t ...

, abstract painter (b. 1935)

May

*4 May – **

Lionel Lamy Lionel Lamy (29 December 1943 – 4 May 2018) was a French professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Career Born in Le Loroux-Bottereau, Lamy played for Nantes, Cherbourg, Le Mans and Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' i ...

, footballer (b. 1943) **

André Le Dissez André Le Dissez (11 November 1929 – 4 May 2018)Jean-Claude Decagny Jean-Claude Decagny (10 June 1939 – 6 May 2018) was a French politician who was an MP from 1993 to 2010. He also served as Mayor of Maubeuge Maubeuge (; historical nl, Mabuse or nl, Malbode; pcd, Maubeuche) is a commune in the Nord depar ...

, politician (b. 1939) *11 May –

Gérard Genette Gérard Genette (7 June 1930 – 11 May 2018) was a French literary theorist, associated in particular with the structuralist movement and such figures as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept of '' bricolag ...

, literary theorist (b. 1930) *13 May – Lucien Villa, politician (b. 1922) *15 May –

Jean-Claude Lamy Jean-Claude Lamy (born 3 August 1941) was a French journalist, writer and publisher. Biography He was born in Valence in the Drôme department. As a journalist, Jean-Claude Lamy joined '' France-Soir'' in the 60s where he stayed over thirty ye ...

, journalist (b. 1941) *17 May –

Nicole Fontaine Nicole Fontaine (16 January 1942 – 17 May 2018) was a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France from 1984 until 2002 and from 2004 until 2009. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, ...

, lawyer and politician,

President of the European Parliament 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 f ...

(b. 1942) *28 May **

Paulette Coquatrix Paulette Coquatrix (born Clara Paulette Possicelsky, 26 April 1916 – 28 May 2018) was a French costume designer. Biography At the beginning of the 1950s, she was a costume designer for the Comédie-Caumartin shows, directed by Bruno Coquatr ...

, costume designer (b. 1916) **

Serge Dassault Serge Dassault (; born Serge Paul André Bloch; 4 April 1925 – 28 May 2018) was a French engineer, businessman and politician. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Dassault Group, and a conservative politician. According to ' ...

, businessman and politician (b. 1925) **

Yves de Daruvar Yves de Daruvar (31 March 1921 – 28 May 2018) was a French military officer and politician who was the Secretary-general of French Somaliland from 1959 to 1962, and the High Commissioner of Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of ...

, military officer and politician (b. 1921)

June

*1 June – **

Jean-Claude Boulard Jean-Claude Boulard (28 March 1943 – 1 June 2018) was a French politician. He was mayor of Le Mans from 2001 until his death, senator from 2014 to 2017, and deputy of National Assembly from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2002. Early life B ...

, politician, (b. 1943) **

René Séjourné René Séjourné (20 May 1930 – 1 June 2018) was a French Roman Catholic bishop. Séjourné was born in France and was ordained to the priesthood in 1995. He served as titular bishop of ''Labico'' from 1987 to 1990. Séjourné then served as t ...

, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Saint-Flour Saint-Flour (; Auvergnat: ''Sant Flor'') is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region in south-central France, around 100 km south of Clermont-Ferrand. Its inhabitants are called ''Sanflorains''. Geography The upper cit ...

(b. 1930) *2 June –

André Desvages André Desvages (12 March 1944 – 1 June 2018) was a French professional road bicycle racer. His sporting career began with C.S.M. Puteaux. Desvages' short professional cycling career, from 1967 to 1970, is mostly remembered for his 5A sta ...

, racing cyclist (b. 1944) *9 June –

Françoise Bonnot Françoise Bonnot (17 August 1939 – 9 June 2018) was a French film editor with more than 40 feature film credits. Biography Bonnot was the daughter of Monique Bonnot, a film editor noted for several films directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. In he ...

, film editor,

Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology), ...

winner

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 1 ...

for '' Z'' (b. 1939) *11 June – **

Marcel Hénaff Marcel Hénaff (July 21, 1942 – June 11, 2018) was a French philosopher and anthropologist. He taught at the Collège international de philosophie and the University of California, San Diego. He was the author of several books, including two abo ...

, philosopher and anthropologist (b. 1942) **

Yvette Horner Yvette Horner ( Hornère; – ) was a French accordionist, pianist and composer known for performing with the Tour de France during the 1950s and 1960s. During her 70-year long career, she gave more than two thousand concerts and released around ...

, accordionist (b. 1922) *19 June – Paul John Marx, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea) (b. 1935) *24 June –

Jacques Saadé Jacques R. Saadé ( ar, جاك سعادة; 7 February 1937 – 24 June 2018) was a French-Lebanese billionaire businessman. He was the founder and chairman of the CMA CGM, a French container transportation and shipping company, the fourth lar ...

, shipping executive (b. 1937)

July

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*1 July –

François Corbier François Corbier (17 October 1944 – 1 July 2018) was a French television presenter and songwriter. Early life Corbier was born as Alain Roux in 1944 in Paris. Career Corbier began his career as a songwriter in Parisian cabarets, where he worke ...

, songwriter and television presenter (b. 1944) *2 July – **

Henri Froment-Meurice Henri Froment-Meurice (5 June 1923 – 2 July 2018) was a French diplomat and the author of several books. He served as the French Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1979 to 1982. Later he was the French ambassador to the Federal Republic of Ger ...

, diplomat (b. 1923) **

Maurice Lemaître Maurice Lemaître (aka Moïse Maurice Bismuth) (23 April 1926, Paris - 2 July 2018) was a French Lettrist painter (known for his use of Hypergraphy), filmmaker, writer and poet. Lemaître was Isidore Isou's right-hand man for nearly half a centur ...

, artist (b. 1926) *3 July – **

Thérèse Kleindienst Thérèse Kleindienst (25 October 1916 – 3 July 2018) was a French librarian. She was the secretary general of the Bibliothèque nationale de France from 1963 to 1984. She became an officer of the Legion of Honour and the Ordre des Palmes Ac ...

, librarian (b. 1916) **

Henri Martre Henri Martre (6 February 1928 – 3 July 2018) was a French telecommunications engineer. He headed both the Délégation générale pour l'armement, the aerospace conglomerate Aérospatiale and the French Aerospace Industries Association (GIFAS) ...

, telecommunications engineer (b. 1928) *4 July –

Georges-Emmanuel Clancier Georges-Emmanuel Clancier (3 May 1914 – 4 July 2018) was a French poet, novelist, and journalist. He won the Prix Goncourt (poetry), the Grand Prize of the Académie française, and the grand prize of the Société des gens de lettres. Life ...

, poet and novelist (b. 1914) *5 July – ** François Budet, singer-songwriter, novelist, and poet (b. 1940) **

Claude Lanzmann Claude Lanzmann (; 27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary film ''Shoah'' (1985). Early life Lanzmann was born on 27 November 1925 in Paris, France, the son of Paulette () and Armand Lanzmann. ...

, filmmaker (b. 1925) **

Gerald Messadié Gerald Messadié (1931 – 5 July 2018) was a French scientific journalist, essayist and novelist. His work comprised historical novels, biographies, essays on the history of religions, and some science fiction work where esoterism takes a larg ...

, scientific journalist, historian, essayist and novelist (b. 1931) **

Michel Suffran Michel Suffran (1 November 1931 – 5 July 2018) was a French novelist (formerly a doctor). He won the ''Prix Durchon-Louvet'' from the Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an ins ...

, novelist (b. 1931) **

Jean-Louis Tauran Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran (; 5 April 1943 – 5 July 2018) was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. When he died, he had been the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue since 2007 and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman ...

, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1943) *7 July –

Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma (Michel Marie Xavier Waldemar Georg Robert Karl Eymar; 4 March 1926 – 7 July 2018) was a French businessman, soldier and racing car driver, who was a member of deposed sovereign ducal House of Bourbon-Parma. He was ...

, royal, soldier and race car driver (b. 1926) *12 July –

Alain Fauré Alain Fauré (1 October 1962 – 12 July 2018) was a French politician who served as a Deputy for Ariège's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly of France from 2012 to 2017 and as Mayor of Les Pujols from 2001 to 2014.Frank Giroud Frank Giroud (3 May 1956 – 13 July 2018) was a French comics writer. Early life Giroud was born on May 3, 1956 in Toulouse, France. He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes, and he passed the agrégation in History. Career Giroud tau ...

, comics writer (b. 1956) **

Luc Rosenzweig Luc Rosenzweig (August 8, 1943 – July 13, 2018) was a French journalist for ''Libération'' and ''Le Monde'', and author of several books. Early life Rosenzweig was born on August 8, 1943 in Bonn, Haute Savoie. His father, Rolf Rozenzweig, wa ...

, journalist and non-fiction writer (b. 1943) **

Claude Seignolle Claude Seignolle (25 June 1917 – 13 July 2018) was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'. Early an ...

, writer (b. 1917) *16 July –

Madeleine Kamman Madeleine Kamman (22 November 1930 – 16 July 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur, cookery teacher and author of seven cookbooks, who spent most of her working life in America bringing the rigors of French technique to American ingredients an ...

, chef and restaurateur (b. 1931) *23 July –

Pierre Pican Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican S.D.B. (27 February 1935 – 23 July 2018) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Bayeux from 1988 to 2010. In 2001, he was given a three-month suspended sentence for failing to notify civ ...

, bishop (b. 1935) *25 July – Guy Fallot, cellist (b. 1927)

August

*2 August –

Armand de Las Cuevas Armand de Las Cuevas (26 June 1968 – 2 August 2018) was a French racing cyclist. He won prestigious races such as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Clásica de San Sebastián. A time trial specialist, he won many prologues and indi ...

, racing cyclist (b. 1968) *4 August – **

Josy Moinet Josy Moinet (23 October 1929 – 4 August 2018) was a French politician who served as a Senator for Charente-Maritime from 1973 to 1989, and as Mayor of Saint-Rogatien Saint-Rogatien () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in ...

, politician,

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ...

for

Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square ...

(b. 1929) **

Arsène Tchakarian Arsène Tchakarian (21 December 1916 – 4 August 2018) was a French-Armenian historian, former tailor and member of the French resistance. He was a member of the Manouchian Group of the FTP-MOI, a wing of the larger Francs-Tireurs et Partisan ...

, Armenian-born French resistance fighter (b. 1916) *15 August – **

Marie-Françoise Bucquet Marie-Françoise Bucquet (28 October 1937 – 15 August 2018) was a French pianist. Biography Born in Montivilliers, Marie-Françoise Bucquet began her studies at the Vienna Music Academy and continued this tradition by further studies with ...

, pianist and teacher (b. 1937) **

Pierre Camou Pierre Camou (18 August 1945 – 15 August 2018) was a French rugby union administrator. He was the President of the French Rugby Federation The French Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Française de Rugby (''FFR'')) is the governing ...

, rugby union administrator (b. 1945) ** François Garnier, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Cambrai Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Esca ...

(b. 1944) **

Edmond Haan Edmond Haan (25 May 1924 – 15 August 2018) was a French football striker. External links Profile at racingstub.com* * Profile at FFF 1924 births 2018 deaths People from Schorndorf Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) French f ...

, footballer (b. 1924) *26 August –

Rosa Bouglione Rosa Bouglione (née Van Been; 21 December 1910 – 26 August 2018) was a French circus performer and the matriarch of the Bouglione circus family. Biography Rosalie Van Been was born 21 December 1910 in Ixelles, Belgium. She married in 1928 ...

, circus performer (b. 1910) *27 August –

Mirka Mora Mirka Madeleine Mora (18 March 1928 – 27 August 2018) was a French-born Australian visual artist and cultural figure who contributed significantly to the development of contemporary art in Australia. Her media included drawing, painting, sc ...

, visual artist (born 1928)

September

*1 September –

Jean Seitlinger Jean Seitlinger (16 November 1924 – 1 September 2018) was a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Moselle's 5th constituency from 1958 to 1997, with interruptions. From 1979 - 1984 he was a me ...

, politician (born 1924) *5 September –

François Flohic François Flohic (; 2 August 1920 – 5 September 2018) was a French naval officer and associate of General Charles de Gaulle. Born in Ploubazlanec, Brittany, he joined the Free French Naval Forces during World War II. He saw action escorting At ...

, naval officer (born 1920) *6 September – **

Philippe Eidel Philippe Eidel (22 December 1956 – 6 September 2018) was a French music producer, writer and film music composer. References External links * Philippe Eidel official web sitePhilippe Eidel 1956 births 2018 deaths French record produc ...

, music producer (born 1956) **

Gilbert Lazard Gilbert Lazard ( – ) was a French linguist and Iranologist. His works include the study of various Iranian languages, translations of classical Persian poetry, and research on linguistic typology, notably on morphosyntactic alignment. He also st ...

, linguist and Iranologist (born 1920) *7 September –

Micheline Rozan Micheline Rozan (11 September 1928 – 7 September 2018) was a French stage and film producer who co-founded the International Centre for Theatre Research with British director Peter Brook. Early life Rozan was born into a Jewish family who ...

, stage and film producer (born 1928) *10 September – **

Michel Bonnevie Michel Bonnevie (19 November 1921 – 6 September 2018) was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was part of the French national basketball team The France men's national basketball team (french: Équip ...

, basketball player (born 1921) **

Paul Virilio Paul Virilio (; 4 January 1932 – 10 September 2018) was a French cultural theorist, urbanist, architect and aesthetic philosopher. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with diver ...

, urbanist (born 1932) *10 September – ** Marceline Loridan-Ivens, writer and film director (born 1928) **

Jean Piat Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer. Life Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Fran ...

, actor and writer (born 1924) *21 September –

Sophie Body-Gendrot Sophie Body-Gendrot (30 October 1942 – 21 September 2018) was a French political scientist, criminologist and sociologist who specalised in security issues, urban violence, social inequality, and the discrimination young migrants suffered in the ...

, political scientist, criminologist and sociologist (born 1942) *29 September –

Pascale Casanova Pascale Casanova (February 14, 1959 – September 29, 2018) was a French literary critic. Life From 1997 to 2010, she was the author and editor of ''L'Atelier littéraire'', a radio show on France Culture. She was a visiting professor in the ...

, literary critic (born 1959) *30 September –

René Pétillon René Pétillon (; 12 December 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a French satirical and political cartoonist and comics artist. As a cartoonist he was most famous for his work in ''Canard Enchaîné''. As a comics artist his best known and longest ...

, cartoonist and comics artist (born 1945)

December

December 5 Events Pre-1600 *63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. *1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple ...

– Marie-Thérèse Bourquin, French lawyer and first female member of the Belgian council estate (b.

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

) *

December 28 Events Pre-1600 * 418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I. * 457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor. * 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visig ...

– Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter (b.

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas ''Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York Ci ...

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