1980 in France

Incumbents

• President: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
• Prime Minister: Raymond Barre

  Events

• January - End of Renault 16 production after 15 years. The R16 was the first official production hatchback car in the world when it was launched in 1965.
• February - Launch of the Renault Fuego sporting coupe, which replaces the Renault 15 and Renault 17 ranges.

  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.
• 30 March - Amélie Perrin, hammer thrower.

  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.
• 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.
• 25 October - Laurie Cholewa, television host.
• 10 November - Gregory Arnolin, soccer player.
• 12 November - Benoît Pedretti, soccer player.
• 13 November - Benjamin Darbelet, judoka.
• 13 November - Hubert Dupont, soccer player.
• 15 November - Kevin Staut, equestrian champion
• 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

• Alexis Lemaire, computer scientist and mental calculation champion.

  Deaths

January to March

• 7 January - Simonne Mathieu, tennis player.
• 21 January - Georges Painvin, cryptanalyst.
• 14 February - Marie Besnard, accused serial poisoner.
• 4 March - Alfred Plé, rower and Olympic medallist.
• 14 March - Julien Moineau, cyclist.
• 21 March - Marcel Boussac, entrepreneur and horse breeder.
• 24 March - Pierre Etchebaster, real tennis player.
• 25 March - Roland Barthes, literary critic and philosopher.

  April to June

• 6 April - Olivier Chevallier, motor cycle racer.
• 12 April - Georges Piot, rower and Olympic medallist.
• 15 April - Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic.
• 2 May - Théophile Alajouanine, neurologist.
• 16 June - Benoît Fauré, cyclist.
• 17 June - Robert Jacquinot, cyclist.
• 18 June - André Leducq, cyclist, twice Tour de France winner.

  July to September

• 18 July - Andrée Vaurabourg, pianist and teacher.
• 22 July - Pierre Coquelin de Lisle, sport shooter and Olympic gold medallist.
• 1 August - Patrick Depailler, motor racing driver.
• 27 August - André Marchal, organist and organ teacher.
• 29 August - Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Commissioner for Jewish Affairs under the Vichy Régime.
• 2 September - Claude Ménard, athlete and Olympic medallist.
• 8 September - Maurice Genevoix, author.

  October to December

• 6 October - Jean Robic, road racing cyclist, won 1947 Tour de France.
• 8 October - Maurice Martenot, cellist and inventor.
• 14 October - Louis Guilloux, writer.
• 6 November - Pierre Villon, member of the French Communist Party and of the French Resistance.
• 14 November - Pierre Magne, cyclist.
• 30 November - Bertrand Gille, historian of technology.
• 2 December - Romain Gary, novelist, film director, World War II aviator and diplomat.
• 28 December - Marcel Langiller, international soccer player.

  Full date unknown

• Paul Petard, botanist.

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