1965 in France

Incumbents

• President: Charles de Gaulle
• Prime Minister: Georges Pompidou

  Events

• 5 January - Launch of the Renault 16, the world's first production hatchback car.
• 14 March - Municipal elections held.
• 21 March - Municipal elections held.
• 16 July - The Mont Blanc Tunnel is inaugurated by presidents Giuseppe Saragat and Charles de Gaulle.
• 22 October - Authors André Figueras and Jacques Laurent are fined for their comments against Charles De Gaulle.
• 28 October - Foreign Minister Couve de Murville travels to Moscow.
• 29 October - Mehdi Ben Barka, a Moroccan politician, is kidnapped in Paris and never seen again.
• 3 November - President Charles de Gaulle announces that he will stand for re-election.
• 26 November - At the Hammaguir, a launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter space.
• 5 December - Charles de Gaulle is re-elected as French president.

  Sport

• 22 June - Tour de France begins.
• 14 July - Tour de France ends, won by Felice Gimondi of Italy.

  Births

January to March

• 4 January - Yvan Attal, actor and director
• 8 January - Pascal Obispo, singer-songwriter
• 11 January - Bertrand de Billy, conductor
• 15 January - Jean-Yves Béziau, philosopher
• 25 January - Pascal Lefèvre, javelin thrower
• 23 February - Sylvie Guillem, ballet dancer
• 28 February - Philippe Gaillot, soccer player
• 9 March - Benoît Campargue, judoka
• 15 March - Pascal Tayot, judoka
• 21 March - Xavier Bertrand, politician and Minister
• 31 March - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer

  April to June

• 19 April - Natalie Dessay, soprano
• 23 April - René Piller, racewalker
• 27 April - Patrick Rémy, cross-country skier
• 20 May - Bruno Marie-Rose, athlete and Olympic medallist
• 20 May - Jean-Charles Trouabal, athlete
• 26 May - Christophe Kalfayan, swimmer
• 5 June - Sandrine Piau, soprano
• 12 June - Florence Guérin, actress
• 17 June - Pascal Despeyroux, soccer player
• 21 June - François Baroin, politician
• 23 June - Stéphane de Gérando, composer, conductor, multimedia artist and researcher
• 27 June - Stéphane Paille, soccer player
• 29 June - Véronique Laury, businesswoman

  July to September

• 2 July - Luc Borrelli, soccer player
• 3 July - Bertrand Layec, soccer referee
• 16 July - Michel Desjoyeaux, sailor
• 21 July - Sylvie Giry Rousset, cross-country skier
• 24 July - Olivier Py, stage director, actor and writer
• 25 July - Laurent Lucas, actor
• 5 August - Jean-Marc Morandini, journalist
• 6 August - Luc Alphand, alpine skier, motor racing driver
• 7 August - Jocelyn Angloma, international soccer player
• 13 August - Éric Durand, soccer player
• 14 August - Emmanuelle Béart, actress
• 16 August - Stéphane Picq, composer of computer game music
• 10 September - Pierre Camara, triple jumper
• 10 September - Pascal Pinard, swimmer and multiple Paralympic gold medallist
• 11 September - Jean-Philippe Fleurian, tennis player
• 17 September - Franck Piccard, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist
• 19 September - Gilles Panizzi, rally driver
• 19 September - Sabine Paturel, singer and actress
• 21 September - Frédéric Beigbeder, writer, commentator, literary critic and pundit
• 24 September - Fabrice Philipot, cyclist

  October to December

• 1 October - Jean-Philippe Ruggia, motorcycle racer
• 10 October - Éric Blanc, impersonator and comedian
• 20 October - Jil Caplan, singer and songwriter
• 25 October - Mathieu Amalric, actor and film director
• 28 October - Franck Sauzée, soccer player
• 1 November - Christophe Clement, horse trainer
• 2 November - Samuel Le Bihan, actor
• 3 November - Ann Scott, novelist
• 14 November - Ariel Besse, actress
• 19 November - Laurent Blanc, international soccer player
• 22 November - Vincent Guérin, soccer player, coach

  Full date unknown

• Nicolas Bourriaud, curator and art critic
• Sylvain Luc, jazz guitarist

  Deaths

January to March

• 17 January - Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Cardinal
• 21 January - André Godard, archeologist and architect
• 28 January - Maxime Weygand, military commander
• 14 February - Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, composer and conductor
• 20 February
• *Théophile Marie Brébant, military officer
• *René Jeannel, entomologist
• March Claude-Léon Mascaux, sculptor
• 6 March - Jules Goux, motor racing driver
• 10 March - Jean Boyer, film director and author
• 20 March - Louis de Fleurac, athlete and Olympic medallist
• 22 March - Pierre Courant, politician

  April to June

• 1 April - Daniel Barbier, astronomer
• 20 April - Arsène Alancourt, cyclist
• 23 April - Georges Périnal, cinematographer
• 24 April - Pierre Wertheimer, businessman and racehorse owner
• 12 May - Roger Vailland, novelist, essayist, and screenwriter
• 20 May - Charles Camoin, painter
• 15 June - Maurice Monney-Bouton, rower and Olympic medallist
• 25 June - Jacques Bacot, explorer and Tibetologist
• 26 June - Maurice Brocco, cyclist

  July to September

• 9 July - Jacques Audiberti, playwright, poet and novelist
• 17 July - Eugène Bigot, composer and conductor
• 27 July - Henri Daniel-Rops, writer and historian
• 7 August - Jean Dargassies, racing cyclist
• 19 August - René Lasserre, rugby union player
• 31 August - Henri Mignet, aircraft designer and builder
• 2 September - Émile Muselier, Admiral
• 15 September - Noël Delberghe, water polo player and Olympic medallist
• 23 September - Lionel Terray, climber

  October to December

• November - Marguerite Jeanne Carpentier, painter and sculptor
• 6 November - Edgard Varèse, composer
• 18 November - Jean Médecin, lawyer and politician

  Full date unknown

• Albert Besson, hygienist and physician
• Donatien Bouché, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• Marcel Boucher, jewellery designer
• Aimée Antoinette Camus, botanist
• Jean Favard, mathematician