1937 in France

Events from the year 1937 in France.

Incumbents

• President: Albert Lebrun
• President of the Council of Ministers: Léon Blum (until 22 June), Camille Chautemps (starting 22 June)

Events

• April – The arrival of a young male Kouprey and other animals from Indochina in the Vincennes Zoo.
• 1 May – General strike in Paris.
• 21 June – Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns.

Sport

• 30 June – Tour de France begins.
• 25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Roger Lapébie.

Births

• 21 January – François Boutin, Thoroughbred horse trainer (died 1995)
• 8 February – Françoise Claustre, archaeologist (died 2006)
• 13 February – Andrée Brunin, poet (died 1993)
• 4 March – Barney Wilen, saxophonist and jazz composer (died 1996)
• 8 March – André Aschieri, politician (died 2021)
• 21 March – François Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (died 1973)
• 31 March – Claude Allègre, politician and scientist (died 2025)
• 12 May – Dominique Chaboche, politician and MEP (died 2005)
• 24 May – Maryvonne Dupureur, Olympic athlete (died 2008)
• 12 July – Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France
• 22 July
• Jean-Claude Lebaube, road racing cyclist (died 1977)
• Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz, politician (died 2019)
• 26 August – Nina Companeez, screenwriter and film director (died 2015)
• 15 September – Jean-Claude Decaux, advertising executive (died 2016)
• 31 October – Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, journalist (died 2020)
• 14 November – Marion Créhange, computer scientist (died 2022)

Deaths

• 31 January – Marguerite Audoux, novelist (born 1863)
• 12 March – Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer (born 1844)
• 16 March – Edith Clark, aviator and parachutist (born 1904)
• 18 March – Mel Bonis, composer (born 1858)
• 10 May – Paul Émile Chabas, painter (born 1869)
• 2 June – Louis Vierne, organist and composer (born 1870)
• 16 October – Jean de Brunhoff, writer and illustrator (born 1899)
• 28 December – Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist (born 1875)

See also

• List of French films of 1937

References