1925 in France

"See also:"
1924 in France,
other events of 1925,
1926 in France.

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Events from the year 1925 in France.

Events

*25 August - Occupation of the Ruhr ends with the evacuation of the last French troops.

port

*21 June - Tour de France begins.
*19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy.

Births

January to March

*1 January - Raymond Pellegrin, actor (d.2007).
*7 January - Pierre Gripari, writer (d.1990).
*18 January - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher (d.1995).
*2 February - Marcela Delpastre, author (d.1998).
*13 February - René Pleimelding, soccer player (d.1998).
*16 February - François-Xavier Ortoli, politician, businessman, Minister and President of the European Commission (d.2007).
*4 March - Paul Mauriat, musical director (d.2006).
*12 March - Louison Bobet, cyclist, three times Tour de France winner (d.1983).
*12 March - Georges Delerue, film composer (d.1992).
*21 March - Max Varnel, film and television director (d.1996).
*26 March - Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor.

April to June

*10 April - Bernard Moitessier, yachtsman and author (d.1994).
*30 April - Corinne Calvet, actress (d.2001).
*17 May - Claude Julien, journalist and editor (d.2005).

July to September

*8 July - Jean Cau, writer and journalist (d.1993).
*11 July - Jules Henri Saiset, existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist, and critic (d.1995).
*6 August - Lilyan Chauvin, actress and writer (d.2008).
*21 August - Maurice Pialat, film director, screenwriter and actor (d.2003).
*26 August - Alain Peyrefitte, scholar and politician (d.1999).
*27 August - Darry Cowl, musician and actor (d.2006).
*30 August - Laurent de Brunhoff, author and illustrator.

October to December

*16 October - Armand Mouyal, epee fencer (d.1988).
*31 October - Franck Ténot, press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic (d.2004).
*2 December - Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (d.2005).
*5 December - Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (d.1962).
*23 December - Pierre Bérégovoy, politician and Prime Minister (d.1993).
*26 December - Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist (d.2005).

Full date unknown

*Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist (d.1988).
*Michel de Certeau, Jesuit and scholar (d.1986).
*François Châtelet, historian of philosophy (d.1985).
*Roger Giroux, poet (d.1974).
*Roger Nimier, novelist (d.1962).
*Claude Tresmontant, philosopher, hellenist and theologian (d.1997).

Deaths

January to June

*10 February - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (b.1851).
*25 February - Louis Feuillade, film director (b.1873).
*5 March - Clément Ader, engineer and aviation pioneer (b.1841).
*22 April - André Caplet, composer and conductor (b.1878).
*12 May - Charles Mangin, general during World War I (b.1866).

July to December

*1 July - Erik Satie, composer and pianist (b.1866).
*12 August - Leon Dehon, clergyman (b.1843).
*7 September - René Viviani, politician, Prime Minister (b.1863).
*29 September - Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (b.1851).
*31 October - Max Linder, actor (b.1883).
*11 November - Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, poet, writer and pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry (b.1843).
*21 December - Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister (b.1838).

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