# 1973 in France

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Events from the year 1973 in France.

## Incumbents

* President: Georges Pompidou
* Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer

## Events

* 4 March – Legislative Election held.
* 11 March – Legislative Election held.
* 3 June – A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft crashes at the Paris air show; 14 are killed.
* 11 July – Varig Flight 820 Boeing 707 crashes near Orly Airport, Paris, resulting in 123 deaths, with 11 survivors.
* 20 July – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand.
* 23 September – Cantonales Elections held.
* 30 September – Cantonales Elections held.

## Births
### January to March

* 11 January – Christophe Medaillon, soccer player
* 12 January – Olivier Peslier, jockey
* 15 January – Aurelie Dupont, ballet dancer
* 17 January – Johnny Hajjar, politician
* 19 January – Karen Lancaume, adult film star (died 2005)
* 26 January – Melvil Poupaud, actor
* 29 January – Fabien Foret, motorcycle racer
* 30 January – Olivier Marceau, triathlete
* 6 February – Élisabeth Grousselle, athlete
* 12 February – Thomas Dufour, curler
* 18 February – Claude Makélélé, international soccer player
* 22 February – Philippe Gaumont, cyclist
* 24 February – Antony Dupuis, tennis player
* 25 February
** Hélène de Fougerolles, actress
** Gérald Merceron, international rugby union player
* 28 February – Philippe Brunel, soccer player
* 3 March – Charles-Philippe, Duke of Anjou
* 13 March – Olivier Asmaker, cyclist
* 26 March – Sébastien Charpentier, motorcycle road racer

### April to June

* 4 April – Samassi Abou, soccer player
* 5 April
** Élodie Bouchez, actress
** Vanessa Demouy, actress and model
** Yacine Douma, judoka
* 6 April – Franck Marchis, astronomer and planetary scientist
* 7 April – Carole Montillet, alpine skier
* 10 April – Guillaume Canet, actor and film director
* 11 April – Olivier Magne, international rugby union player
* 12 April
** Joël Lautier, chess grandmaster
** Lionel Roux, tennis player
* 13 April – Nicolas Jalabert, cyclist
* 16 April – Jérôme Bonnissel, soccer player
* 19 April
** David Chaussinand, hammer thrower
** Patrice Estanguet, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist
* 26 April – Jules Naudet, filmmaker
* 1 May – Rebecca Hampton, actress and television presenter
* 8 May – Laurent Charvet, soccer player
* 13 May – Franck Dumoulin, pistol shooter and Olympic gold medallist
* 15 May – Pascal Gentil, taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medallist
* 17 May – Frédéric Havas, volleyball player
* 20 May – Christophe Laussucq, rugby union player
* 22 May – Yannick Bru, rugby union player
* 24 May – Eric Carrière, soccer player
* 12 June – Olivier Baudry, soccer player
* 14 June – Stéphanie Arricau, golfer
* 17 June – Louis Leterrier, film director
* 18 June – Julie Depardieu, actress
* 22 June – Cyril Saugrain, cyclist
* 27 June – Frédéric Roux, soccer player

### July to September

* 19 July – Saïd Taghmaoui, actor and screenwriter
* 31 July – Alexandre Bonnot, soccer player
* 4 August – Xavier Marchand, swimmer
* 5 August – Laurent Redon, motor racing driver
* 7 August – Florent Laville, soccer player
* 18 August – Jerome Lagarrigue, painter and illustrator
* 25 August – Bernard Inom, boxer
* 26 August – Laurent Huard, soccer coach
* 29 August – Olivier Jacque, motorcycle road racer
* 30 August – Sophie Dodemont, archer and Olympic medallist
* 9 September – Jérôme Golmard, tennis player
* 18 September – Laurent Foirest, basketball player
* 19 September
** Frédéric Kakon, guitarist
** Stéphane Porato, soccer player
* 25 September – Jean-Yves de Blasiis, soccer player
* 27 September – Arnaud Lebrun, soccer player
* 30 September – Sébastien Dallet, soccer player

### October to December

* 5 October – Cédric Villani, mathematician and politician
* 6 October – Cyrille Diabate, mixed martial artist
* 10 October – Joël Chenal, alpine skier
* 13 October – Guillaume Florent, sailor, Olympic medallist
* 15 October – Jean-Louis Valois, soccer player
* 24 October
** Vincent Candela, international soccer player
** Yannick Quesnel, soccer player
* 29 October – Robert Pires, international soccer player
* 3 November – Patrick Moreau, soccer player
* 8 November – Frédéric Brando, soccer player
* 12 November – Stéphane Glas, rugby union player
* 13 November – David Auradou, rugby union player
* 16 November – Mathieu Bozzetto, snowboarder
* 23 November
** Marie Collonvillé, heptathlete
** Grégory Malicki, soccer player
* 24 November – Sébastien Pérez, soccer player
* 7 December – Fabien Pelous, international rugby union player
* 14 December – Jean-Paul Mendy, boxer
* 15 December – Surya Bonaly, figure skater
* 24 December – Frédéric Demontfaucon, judoka
* 29 December – Christophe Rinero, cyclist

### Full date unknown

* Chloé Delaume, novelist, performer and musician
* Gaël Duval, software designer
* David Grimal, violinist

## Deaths
### January to June

* 15 February – Achille Liénart, cardinal (born 1884)
* 1 March – Henri Meslot, athlete (born 1884)
* 2 March – Jules Ladoumègue, athlete and Olympic medallist (born 1906)
* 18 March – Roland Dorgelès, novelist (born 1885)
* 30 March – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, motor racing driver (born 1904)
* 2 April – Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, cardinal (born 1892)
* 25 April – Armand Annet, colonial governor (born 1888)
* 28 April – Jacques Maritain, Catholic philosopher (born 1882)
* 18 May – Dieudonne Costes, aviator (born 1892)
* 3 June – Jean Batmale, soccer player (born 1895)
* 4 June – Maurice René Fréchet, mathematician (born 1878)
* 18 June – Georges Bonnet, politician (born 1889)

### July to December

* 29 July – Henri Charrière, convicted felon and author (born 1906)
* 2 August – Jean-Pierre Melville, filmmaker (born 1917)
* 17 August – Jean Barraqué, composer (born 1928)
* 18 August – François Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (born 1937)
* 30 August – Robert Défossé, soccer player (born 1909)
* 14 September – Roger Bourdin, baritone (born 1900)
* 6 October – François Cevert, motor racing driver (born 1944)
* 8 October – Gabriel Marcel, philosopher (born 1889)
* 23 October – Maurice Princet, mathematician and actuary (born 1875)
* 6 November – Noël Roquevert, actor (born 1892)
* 1 December – Albert Dupouy, rugby union player (born 1901)
* 25 December – Gabriel Voisin, aviation pioneer (born 1880)
* 30 December
** Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, admiral (born 1880)
** Henri Büsser, composer and conductor (born 1872)