1924 in France

Incumbents

• President: Alexandre Millerand, Gaston Doumergue
• President of the Council of Ministers:
• * until 8 June: Raymond Poincare
• * 8 June-15 June: Frédéric François-Marsal
• * starting 15 June: Édouard Herriot

  Events

• 28 March - Total S.A. established as Compagnie française des pétroles.
• 29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts.
• 27 April - Group of Alawites kill some Christian nuns in Syria; French troops march against them.
• 11 May - Legislative Election held.
• 25 May - Legislative Election held.
• 18 August - France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany.

  Sport

• 25 January - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
• 4 May - The 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies held in Paris.
• 22 June - Tour de France begins.
• 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy.

  Births

January to June

• 11 January - Roger Guillemin, neuroendocrinologist, awarded Nobel prize for medicine in 1977
• 13 January - Raymond Hermantier, actor
• 16 January - Henri-Jean Martin, historian of the book and printing
• 19 January - Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher.
• 13 February - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician
• 20 February - Laurent Dauthuille, boxer
• 23 February - Claude Sautet, author and film director
• 5 March - Roger Marche, international soccer player
• 7 April
• *André du Bouchet, poet
• *Daniel Emilfork, actor
• 12 April - Raymond Barre, politician and economist, Prime Minister
• 29 April
• *Annette Chalut, Resistance worker and doctor
• *Zizi Jeanmaire, ballerina, actress and singer
• 7 May - Marcel Moussy, screenwriter and television director
• 22 May
• *Charles Aznavour, singer-songwriter and actor
• *Claude Ballif, composer
• 12 June - Jacques Pras, cyclist

  July to September

• 9 July - Pierre Cochereau, organist and composer
• 17 July - Françoise Adnet, painter
• 7 August - Georges Lévis, comic artist
• 8 August - Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic
• 10 August - Jean-François Lyotard, philosopher and literary theorist
• 14 August - Georges Prêtre, conductor
• 11 September - Louis Hon, soccer player
• 19 September - Jacques Lusseyran, author

  October to December

• 2 October - Gilbert Simondon, philosopher
• 27 October - Alain Bombard, biologist, physician, politician and sailor
• 30 October - Hubert Curien, physicist
• 20 November - Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist.
• 26 November - Fernand Cazenave, international rugby union player and coach
• 13 December - Pierre Flamion, soccer player and manager

  Full date unknown

• Michel Alaux, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist
• Michel Pinseau, architect

  Deaths

• 24 January - Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg, noble and politician
• 17 March - Victor Besaucèle, ornithologist
• 14 April - Roland Bonaparte, prince, president of the Société de Géographie
• 24 April - Ferdinand Arnodin, engineer and industrialist
• 15 May - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 11 June - Théodore Dubois, composer and organist
• 1 September - Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville, politician and author
• 21 September - Edouard Deville, first to perfect a practical method of photogrammetry
• 24 September - Alexandre Lacassagne, physician and criminologist
• 12 October - Anatole France, author, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921
• 22 October - Louis-Émile Bertin, naval engineer
• 23 October - Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger, feminist campaigner
• 4 November - Gabriel Fauré, composer, organist and pianist

  Full date unknown

• Jean Pierre Philippe Lampué, photographer