1980 in France

"See also:"
1979 in France,
other events of 1980,
1981 in France.

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Events from the year 1980 in France.

Events

Arts and Literature

port

*26 June - Tour de France begins.
*21 July - Tour de France ends, won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands.

Births

January to March

*1 January - Jennifer Lauret, actress.
*2 January - Jérôme Pineau, cyclist.
*9 January - Arnaud Méla, rugby union player.
*14 January - Guillaume Norbert, soccer player.
*17 January - Jean-Daniel Padovani, soccer player.
*23 January - Eric Berthou, cyclist.
*27 January - Pascal Pédemonte, soccer player.
*2 February - Florent Balmont, soccer player.
*6 February - Ludovic Delporte, soccer player.
*10 February - Sylvain Marchal, soccer player.
*14 February - Frédéric Belaubre, athlete.
*20 February - Imanol Harinordoquy, rugby union player.
*20 February - Damien Renard, orienteering competitor.
*23 February - Mathieu Berson, soccer player.
*1 March - Djimi Traoré, soccer player.
*7 March - Guillaume Moullec, soccer player.
*13 March - Érik Boisse, épée fencer.
*14 March - Virginie Pouchain, singer.
*15 March - Christelle Lefranc, fashion model.
*18 March - Sébastien Frey, soccer player.
*21 March - Renaud Connen, soccer player.
*25 March - Olivier Patience, tennis player.
*27 March - Nicolas Duvauchelle, actor.
*28 March - Olivier Thomert, soccer player.

April to June

*9 April - Isabelle Severino, gymnast.
*15 April - Pierre-Alain Frau, soccer player.
*22 April - Nicolas Douchez, soccer player.
*30 April - Oumar Bakari, soccer player.
*2 May - Cuizinier, rapper.
*2 May - Michel Thooris, trade union leader.
*11 may - Aurore Trayan, archer.
*13 May - Alexis Bertin, soccer player.
*21 May - Benoît Peschier, whitewater kayaker.
*25 May - Nicolas Mas, rugby union player.
*2 June - Sylvain Cros, swimmer.
*12 June - Benoît Caranobe, gymnast and Olympic medallist.
*19 June - Jean Val Jean, pornographic actor.
*22 June - Grégory Gabella, high jumper.
*23 June - Damien Tixier, soccer player.
*26 June - Rémy Vercoutre, soccer player.

July to September

*5 July - Eva Green, actress.
*13 July - Cédric Hengbart, soccer player.
*14 July - Mody Traoré, soccer player.
*14 July - Jérôme Haehnel, tennis player.
*22 July - Marc Giraudon, soccer player.
*22 July - Jérémy Moreau, soccer player.
*25 July - Diam's, rap artist.
*1 August - Sylvain Armand, soccer player.
*1 August - Romain Barras, decathlete.
*2 August - Guillaume Lacour, soccer player.
*7 August - Aurélie Claudel, model.
*10 August - Frédéric Thomas, soccer player.
*16 August - Julien Absalon, mountain biker.
*20 August - Samuel Dumoulin, cyclist.
*22 August - Grégory Leca, soccer player.
*25 August - Ève Angeli, singer.
*28 August - Fousseni Diawara, soccer player.
*11 September - Christophe Le Mével, cyclist.
*11 September - Julien Sablé, soccer player.
*18 September - Ludovic Assemoassa, soccer player.
*19 September - Maxime Méderel, cyclist.
*26 September - Aurélien Rougerie, rugby union player.
*28 September - Benjamin Nicaise, soccer player.

October to December

*4 October - Ludivine Furnon, gymnast.
*6 October - Arnaud Coyot, cyclist.
*6 October - Abdoulaye Méïté, soccer player.
*7 October - Matthieu Chalmé, soccer player.
*7 October - Jean Marc Gaillard, cross country skier.
*7 October - Pantxi Sirieix, soccer player.
*14 October - Bertrand Bossu, soccer player.
*14 October - Audrey Marnay, supermodel.
*19 October - Vincent Planté, soccer player.
*10 November - Gregory Arnolin, soccer player.
*12 November - Benoît Pedretti, soccer player.
*13 November - Benjamin Darbelet, judoka.
*13 November - Hubert Dupont, soccer player.
*22 November - Sabrina Lefrançois, figure skater.
*25 November - Romain Poyet, soccer player.
*26 November - Lionel Faure, rugby union player.
*12 December - François Dubourdeau, soccer player.
*12 December - Julien Martinelli, soccer player.
*15 December - Élodie Gossuin, former beauty pageant winner, municipal politician.
*19 December - Fabian Bourzat, ice dancer.
*23 December - Jean-François Coux, soccer player.

Full date unknown

*Aurore Auteuil, actress.
*Alexis Lemaire, computer scientist and mental calculation champion.

Deaths

January to March

*7 January - Simone Mathieu, tennis player (b.1908).
*21 January - Georges Painvin, cryptanalyst (b.1886).
*4 March - Alfred Plé, rower and Olympic medallist (b.1888).
*14 March - Julien Moineau, cyclist (b.1903).
*21 March - Marcel Boussac, entrepreneur and horse breeder (b.1889).
*24 March - Pierre Etchebaster, real tennis player (b.1893).
*25 March - Roland Barthes, literary critic and philosopher (b.1915).

April to June

*6 April - Olivier Chevallier, motor cycle racer (b.1949).
*12 April - Georges Piot, rower and Olympic medallist (b.1896).
*15 April - Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic (b.1905).
*16 June - Benoît Fauré, cyclist (b.1900).
*17 June - Robert Jacquinot, cyclist (b.1893).
*18 June - André Leducq, cyclist, twice Tour de France winner (b.1904).

July to September

*18 July - Andrée Vaurabourg, pianist and teacher (b.1894).
*22 July - Pierre Coquelin de Lisle, sport shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1900).
*1 August - Patrick Depailler, motor racing driver (b.1944).
*27 August - André Marchal, organist and organ teacher (b.1894).
*29 August - Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Commissioner for Jewish Affairs under the Vichy Régime (b.1897).
*8 September - Maurice Genevoix, author (b.1890).

October to December

*6 October - Jean Robic, road racing cyclist, won 1947 Tour de France (b.1921).
*8 October - Maurice Martenot, cellist and inventor (b.1898).
*6 November - Pierre Villon, member of the French Communist Party and of the 1901).
*14 November - Pierre Magne, cyclist (b.1906).
*30 November - Bertrand Gille, historian of technology (b.1920).
*2 December - Romain Gary, novelist, film director, World War II aviator and diplomat (b.1914).
*28 December - Marcel Langiller, international soccer player (b.1908).

Full date unknown

*Théophile Alajouanine, neurologist (b.1890).
*Marie Besnard, accused serial poisoner (b.1896).
*Louis Guilloux, writer (b.1899).
*Claude Ménard, athlete and Olympic medallist (b.1906).
*Paul Petard, botanist (b.1912).

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