1971 in France

"See also:"
1970 in France,
other events of 1971,
1972 in France.

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Events from the year 1971 in France.

Events

*14 March - Municipal elections held.
*21 March - Municipal elections held.
*3 September - Four Power Agreement on Berlin is signed.

Arts and Literature

*3 July - Jim Morrison dies in Paris at the age of 27.

port

*13 June - Gijs van Lennep wins the 24 hours of Le Mans together with Helmut Marko.
*26 June - Tour de France begins.
*18 July - Tour de France ends, won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium.

Births

January to March

*4 January - Sébastien Foucras, freestyle skier and Olympic medallist.
*17 January - Sylvie Testud, actress, writer and director.
*2 February - Ludovic Auger, cyclist.
*2 February - Stéphane Pédron, soccer player.
*7 February - Emmanuel Curtil, actor.
*11 February - Christian Labit, rugby union player.
*13 February - Jean-Paul Delvor, actor.
*15 February - Brigitte Guibal, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist.
*21 February - Pierre Raschi, rugby union player.
*26 February - Hélène Ségara, singer.
*28 February - Tristan Louis, author and internet entrepreneur.
*20 March - Stéphane Heulot, cyclist.

April to June

*3 April - Emmanuel Collard, motor racing driver.
*7 April - Guillaume Depardieu, actor.
*8 April - Christophe Lamaison, international rugby union player.
*9 April - Jérôme Dreyfus, judoka.
*12 April - Christophe Moreau, cyclist.
*13 April - Franck Esposito, swimmer.
*16 April - Jean-Michel Bazire, Harness racing driver.
*4 May - Sébastien Denis, hurdler.
*8 May - Dominique Casagrande, soccer player.
*11 May - Dominique Arribagé, soccer player.
*15 May - Anthony Bancarel, soccer player.
*24 May - Habib Sissoko, soccer player.
*28 May - Isabelle Carré, actress.
*28 May - Lilian Martin, soccer player.
*5 June - Stéphane Clamens, sport shooter.
*9 June - Jean Galfione, pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist.
*10 June - Bruno N'Gotty, soccer player.
*12 June - Félicia Ballanger, cyclist.
*12 June - Jérôme Romain, athlete.
*25 June - Sébastien Levicq, decathlete.
*28 June - Fabien Barthez, international soccer player.
*28 June - Guillaume de Fondaumière, video game designer.
*28 June - Sébastien Gattuso, athlete.
*29 June - Stéphan Bignet, triathlete.
*June - Laurent Puechguirbal, actor and writer.

July to September

*21 July - Emmanuel Bangué, long jumper.
*4 August - Christophe Mendy, boxer.
*6 August - Stéphane Lecat, swimmer.
*11 August - Djamel Bouras, judoka and Olympic gold medallist.
*25 August - Louis-Karim Nébati, actor.
*4 September - Lilian Laslandes, soccer player.
*9 September - Francis Llacer, soccer player.
*27 September - Cédric Penicaud, swimmer.
*29 September - Lilian Nalis, soccer player.

October to December

*14 October - Frédéric Guesdon, cyclist.
*26 October - Olivier Galzi, television journalist.
*28 October - Jimmy Algerino, soccer player.
*28 October - Nicolas Ouédec, soccer player.
*9 November - Sabri Lamouchi, soccer player.
*19 November - Pascal Edmond, golfer.
*29 November - Olivier Quint, soccer player.
*8 December - Stéphane Poulat, triathlete.
*17 December - Antoine Rigaudeau, basketball player.
*21 December - Mathieu Chedid, singer-songwriter.
*28 December - Olivier Enjolras, soccer player.

Full date unknown

*Franck Avitabile, jazz pianist.
*François Bégaudeau, writer and journalist.
*Alexandre Brasseur, actor.
*Stéphane Breitwieser, art thief.
*Sylvain Chauveau, musician and composer.
*Stéphane Denève, conductor.
*Nicolas Ghesquière, fashion designer.
*Fabrice Hadjadj, writer and philosopher.
*Olivier Manchion, musician.
*Laurent Wolf, music producer and DJ.

Deaths

January to March

*5 January - Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, hero of World War I and in French resistance during World War II (b.1898).
*10 January - Coco Chanel, fashion designer (b.1883).
*13 January - Henri Tomasi, composer and conductor (b.1901).
*26 February - Fernandel, actor (b.1903).
*2 March - Rita Jolivet, actress (b.1890).
*10 March - Jean Follain, author, poet and lawyer (b.1903).
*31 March - Alfred Désenclos, composer (b.1912).

April to June

*3 April - Jacques Ochs, artist, épée and foil fencer and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883).
*30 May - Marcel Dupré, organist, pianist and composer (b.1886).
*5 June - André Trocmé, pastor who aided Jewish refugees (b.1901).
*12 June - Jules Dewaquez, soccer player (b.1899).
*25 June - Charles Vildrac, playwright and poet (b.1882).

July to September

*10 July - Laurent Dauthuille, boxer (b.1924).
*19 July - Arsène Roux, Arabist and Berberologist (b.1893).
*27 July - Jacques Lusseyran, author (b.1924).
*30 August - Louis Armand, engineer (b.1905).

October to December

*10 October - Philippe Hériat, novelist, playwright and actor (b.1898).
*27 October - Charlotte de La Trémoille, noblewoman (b.1892).
*16 November - Lucien Chopard, entomologist (b.1885).
*15 December - Paul Pierre Lévy, mathematician (b.1886).

Full date unknown

*Louis Antoine, mathematician (b.1888).
*René Paul Raymond Capuron, botanist (b.1921).
*Eugène Constant, rower and Olympic medallist (b.1901).
*Marcel Gromaire, painter (b.1892).
*Louis Lecoin, militant pacifist (b.1888).
*André Lesauvage, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1890).
*Michel Saint-Denis, actor, theatre director, and drama theorist (b.1897).
*Roland de Vaux, priest and archaeologist (b.1903).

References