1964 in France

Events from the year 1964 in France.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 27 January – France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations.
• 11 February – The Republic of China (Taiwan) drops diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China.
• 8-15 March – Cantonal elections held.
• 23 May – Mrs. Madeleine Dassault, 63, wife of French plane manufacturer and politician Marcel Dassault, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 miles from Paris.

The arts

• 19 February – Jacques Demy's musical film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is released.

Sport

• 22 June – Tour de France begins.
• 14 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil.

Births

January to March

• 6 January – Loïc Courteau, tennis player
• 7 January – Hervé Balland, cross-country skier
• 10 January – Claude Morinière, long jumper
• 11 January – Albert Dupontel, actor and film director
• 24 January – Gérald Passi, soccer player
• 1 February – Philippe Casado, cyclist (died 1995)
• 12 February – Stéphane Franke, athlete (died 2011)
• 14 February – Frédéric Delcourt, swimmer and Olympic medallist
• 17 February – Thierry Laurey, soccer player
• 27 February – Christian Penigaud, beach volleyball player
• 28 February – Pierre Hantaï, conductor and harpsichordist
• 1 March – Paul Le Guen, soccer manager
• 5 March – Bertrand Cantat, singer and songwriter
• 9 March – Juliette Binoche, actress
• 16 March – Franck Fréon, motor racing driver
• 24 March – Chantal Mauduit, alpinist (died 1998)
• 30 March – Christophe Robert, soccer player

April to June

• 2 April – Didier Tholot, soccer manager
• 14 April – Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
• 5 May – Jean-François Copé, politician
• 10 May – Emmanuelle Devos, actress
• 12 May – Pierre Morel, film director and cinematographer
• 23 May – Laurent Naouri, bass-baritone
• 27 May – Yves Caumon, film director
• 31 May – Stéphane Caristan, athlete
• 3 June – Jérôme Pradon, actor and singer
• 5 June – Jean-François Remésy, golfer
• 11 June – Jean Alesi, motor racing driver
• 12 June – Philippe Bouvatier, cyclist.
• 21 June – Patrice Bailly-Salins, biathlete and Olympic medallist
• 24 June – Philippe Fargeon, soccer player
• 27 June – Serge Le Dizet, soccer player, coach

July to September

• 1 July – Bernard Laporte, rugby union player and coach, Secretary of State for Sport
• 3 July – Yeardley Smith, voice actress
• 13 July – Pascal Hervé, cyclist
• 21 July – Fabrice Colas, cyclist
• 4 August – Sebastian Roché, actor
• 24 August – Éric Bernard, motor racing driver
• September – Olivier Zahm, art critic, curator, fashion editor, and art director
• 2 September – Jean-Christophe Spinosi, conductor and violinist
• 14 September – Laurent Fournier, soccer player, manager
• 16 September – Nicolas Hénard, sailor and Olympic gold medallist

October to December

• 16 October – Jean-Christophe Thomas, soccer player
• 19 October – Agnès Jaoui, screenwriter, film director, actress and singer
• 8 December – Éric Aubijoux, motorcycle racer (died 2007)
• 8 December – Laurent Croci, soccer player
• 19 December – Béatrice Dalle, actress
• 24 December – Jean-Paul Civeyrac, film director
• 30 December – Pascal Baills, soccer player

Full date unknown

• Éric Chevillard, novelist
• Stéphane Cornicard, actor and director
• Philippe Graffin, violinist and recording artist
• Jean-Michel Othoniel, artist
• Jérôme Soimaud, painter

Deaths

January to June

• 11 January – André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, cardinal (born 1882)
• 13 January – Pierre Yvert, philatelic editor (born 1900)
• 10 February – Paul Baudouin, banker and politician (born 1894)
• 15 February – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Catholic theologian (born 1877)
• 17 February – Philippe Cattiau, fencer and Olympic gold medallist (born 1892)
• 25 February – Maurice Farman, motor racing driver, aviator, aircraft manufacturer and designer (born 1877)
• 17 May – Honoré Barthélemy, cyclist (born 1890)
• 30 May – René-Yves Creston, artist, designer and ethnographer (born 1898)
• 17 June – René Crabos, rugby union player (born 1899)

July to December

• 1 July – Pierre Monteux, conductor (born 1875)
• 7 July – Charles Bozon, alpine skier and world champion (born 1932)
• 11 July – Maurice Thorez, communist politician (born 1900)
• 21 July – Jean Fautrier, painter and sculptor (born 1898)
• 4 September – Clément-Emile Roques, cardinal (born 1880)
• 7 September – Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Admiral (born 1889)
• 9 September – Maurice Le Boucher, organist, composer, and pedagogue (born 1882)
• 20 September – Lazare Lévy, pianist, composer and teacher (born 1882)
• 27 October – Gabriel Benoist, writer (born 1891)
• 8 November – Fernand Baldet, astronomer (born 1885)
• 22 December – Paul Tournon, architect (born 1881)

Full date unknown

• Georges Andrique, painter (born 1874).
• Pierre Brissaud, illustrator, painter and engraver (born 1885)
• Jean Dupas, painter, designer, poster artist and decorator (born 1882)

See also

• List of French films of 1964

References