1971 in France

Incumbents

• President: Georges Pompidou
• Prime Minister: Jacques Chaban-Delmas

  Events

• 14 March - Municipal elections held.
• 21 March - Municipal elections held.
• 3 July - American singer Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, dies from a heart attack in the bathtub of his Paris hotel room. He was 27 years old.
• 3 September - Four Power Agreement on Berlin is signed.
• 10 December - Renault unveils its new R5 model, a small three-door hatchback similar in concept to the recently launched Italian Fiat 127, which will go on sale in the new year.

  Births

January to March

• 4 January - Sébastien Foucras, freestyle skier and Olympic medallist
• 17 January - Sylvie Testud, actress, writer and director
• 20 January - Catherine Marsal, road racing cyclist
• 2 February
• *Ludovic Auger, cyclist
• *Stéphane Pédron, soccer player
• 7 February - Emmanuel Curtil, actor
• 11 February - Christian Labit, rugby union player
• 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
• 29 March - Alexandre Brasseur, actor.

  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.
• 27 April - François Bégaudeau, journalist, novelist and actor
• 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.
• *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.
• *Jérôme Romain, athlete.
• 25 June - Sébastien Levicq, decathlete.
• 28 June
• *Fabien Barthez, international soccer player.
• *Guillaume de Fondaumière, video game designer.
• *Sébastien Gattuso, athlete.
• 29 June - Stéphan Bignet, triathlete.

  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

• 1 October - Stéphane Breitwieser, art thief.
• 14 October - Frédéric Guesdon, cyclist.
• 26 October - Olivier Galzi, television journalist.
• 28 October
• *Jimmy Algerino, soccer player.
• *Nicolas Ouédec, soccer player.
• 9 November - Sabri Lamouchi, soccer player.
• 16 November - Laurent Wolf, music producer and DJ.
• 19 November
• *Pascal Edmond, golfer.
• *Cécile Lignot-Maubert, hammer thrower.
• 24 November
• *Franck Avitabile, jazz pianist.
• *Stéphane Denève, conductor.
• 29 November - Olivier Quint, soccer player.
• 8 December - Stéphane Poulat, triathlete.
• 17 December - Antoine Rigaudeau, basketball player.
• 21 December - Matthieu Chedid, singer-songwriter.
• 28 December - Olivier Enjolras, soccer player.

  Full date unknown

• Sylvain Chauveau, musician and composer.
• Nicolas Ghesquière, fashion designer.
• Fabrice Hadjadj, writer and philosopher.
• Olivier Manchion, musician.

  Deaths

January to March

• 5 January - Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, hero of World War I and in French resistance during World War II.
• 10 January - Coco Chanel, fashion designer.
• 13 January - Henri Tomasi, composer and conductor.
• 8 February - Louis Antoine, mathematician.
• 26 February - Fernandel, actor.
• 2 March - Rita Jolivet, actress.
• 10 March - Jean Follain, author, poet and lawyer.
• 31 March - Alfred Desenclos, composer.

  April to June

• 3 April - Jacques Ochs, artist, épée and foil fencer and Olympic gold medallist.
• 11 April - Marcel Gromaire, painter.
• 30 May - Marcel Dupré, organist, pianist and composer.
• 5 June - André Trocmé, pastor who aided Jewish refugees.
• 12 June - Jules Dewaquez, soccer player.
• 25 June - Charles Vildrac, playwright and poet.

  July to September

• 10 July - Laurent Dauthuille, boxer.
• 19 July - Arsène Roux, Arabist and Berberologist.
• 27 July - Jacques Lusseyran, author.
• 31 July - Michel Saint-Denis, actor, theatre director, and drama theorist.
• 24 August - René Paul Raymond Capuron, botanist.
• 30 August - Louis Armand, engineer.
• 10 September - Roland de Vaux, priest and archaeologist.

  October to December

• 10 October - Philippe Hériat, novelist, playwright and actor.
• 27 October - Charlotte de La Trémoille, noblewoman.
• 16 November - Lucien Chopard, entomologist.
• 15 December - Paul Lévy, mathematician.

  Full date unknown

• Louis Lecoin, militant pacifist.
• André Lesauvage, sailor and Olympic gold medallist.

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