Events from the year 1949 in France.
Incumbents
Events
Sports
Births
- 11 January â Max Azria, fashion designer (died 2019)
- 11 January â Jean-Paul Enthoven, philosopher and publisher
- 18 January â Philippe Starck, designer
- 6 February â Olivier Chevallier, motor cycle racer (died 1980)
- 10 February â Maxime Le Forestier, singer
- 2 March â Isabelle Mir, Alpine skier
- 5 March â Bernard Arnault, billionaire businessman
- 22 March â Fanny Ardant, actress
- 1 April â Gérard Mestrallet, businessman
- 16 April â Claude Papi, soccer player (died 1983)
- 24 April â Véronique Sanson, singer-songwriter
- 27 April â Didier Daeninckx, author and politician
- 16 May â Gilles Bertould, athlete
- 13 June â Thierry Sabine, motor cycle racer (died 1986)
- 17 June â Serge Vinçon, politician (died 2007)
- 25 June â Patrick Tambay, racing driver (died 2022)
- 29 June â Henri Proglio, businessman
- 2 July â Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, actor (died 2010)
- 13 August â Philippe Petit, highwire artist
- 22 October â Arsène Wenger, soccer manager
- 25 October â Alain Escoffier, anti-communist activist, self-immolated (died 1977)
- 13 November â Gérard Lelièvre, racewalker
- 19 November â Raymond Blanc, chef
- Full date unknown â Jean-Claude Irvoas, murder victim (died 2005)
Deaths
See also
References