# 1971 in France

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Events from the year 1971 in France.

## Incumbents

* President: Georges Pompidou
* Prime Minister: Jacques Chaban-Delmas

## Events

* 14 March – Municipal elections held.
* 21 March – Municipal elections held.
* 3 July – American singer Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, dies from a heart attack in the bathtub of his Paris hotel room. He was 27 years old.
* 3 September – Four Power Agreement on Berlin is signed.
* 10 December – Renault unveils its new R5 model, a small three-door hatchback similar in concept to the recently launched Italian Fiat 127, which will go on sale in the new year.

## Births
### January to March

* 4 January – Sébastien Foucras, freestyle skier and Olympic medallist
* 17 January – Sylvie Testud, actress, writer and director
* 20 January – Catherine Marsal, road racing cyclist
* 2 February
** Ludovic Auger, cyclist
** Stéphane Pédron, soccer player
* 5 February – Michel Breistroff, NHL ice hockey player (d. 1996)
* 7 February – Emmanuel Curtil, actor
* 11 February – Christian Labit, rugby union player
* 15 February – Brigitte Guibal, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist
* 21 February – Pierre Raschi, rugby union player
* 26 February – Hélène Ségara, singer
* 28 February – Tristan Louis, author and internet entrepreneur
* 20 March – Stéphane Heulot, cyclist
* 29 March – Alexandre Brasseur, actor.

### April to June

* 3 April – Emmanuel Collard, motor racing driver.
* 7 April – Guillaume Depardieu, actor.
* 8 April – Christophe Lamaison, international rugby union player.
* 9 April – Jérôme Dreyfus, judoka.
* 12 April – Christophe Moreau, cyclist.
* 13 April – Franck Esposito, swimmer.
* 16 April – Jean-Michel Bazire, Harness racing driver.
* 27 April – François Bégaudeau, journalist, novelist and actor
* 4 May – Sébastien Denis, hurdler.
* 8 May – Dominique Casagrande, soccer player.
* 9 May – Nicolas Ghesquière, fashion designer.
* 11 May – Dominique Arribagé, soccer player.
* 15 May – Anthony Bancarel, soccer player.
* 24 May – Habib Sissoko, soccer player.
* 28 May
** Isabelle Carré, actress.
** Lilian Martin, soccer player.
* 5 June – Stéphane Clamens, sport shooter.
* 9 June – Jean Galfione, pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist.
* 10 June – Bruno Ngotty, soccer player.
* 12 June
** Félicia Ballanger, cyclist.
** Jérôme Romain, athlete.
* 25 June – Sébastien Levicq, decathlete.
* 28 June
** Fabien Barthez, international soccer player.
** Guillaume de Fondaumière, video game designer.
** Sébastien Gattuso, athlete.
* 29 June – Stéphan Bignet, triathlete.

### July to September

* 21 July – Emmanuel Bangué, long jumper.
* 4 August – Christophe Mendy, boxer.
* 6 August – Stéphane Lecat, swimmer.
* 11 August – Djamel Bouras, judoka and Olympic gold medallist.
* 25 August – Louis-Karim Nébati, actor.
* 4 September – Lilian Laslandes, soccer player.
* 4 September – Isabelle Périgault, French politician
* 9 September – Francis Llacer, soccer player.
* 27 September – Cédric Penicaud, swimmer.
* 29 September – Lilian Nalis, soccer player.

### October to December

* 1 October – Stéphane Breitwieser, art thief.
* 14 October – Frédéric Guesdon, cyclist.
* 26 October – Olivier Galzi, television journalist.
* 28 October
** Jimmy Algerino, soccer player.
** Nicolas Ouédec, soccer player.
* 9 November – Sabri Lamouchi, soccer player.
* 16 November – Laurent Wolf, music producer and DJ.
* 19 November
** Pascal Edmond, golfer.
** Cécile Lignot-Maubert, hammer thrower.
* 24 November
** Franck Avitabile, jazz pianist.
** Stéphane Denève, conductor.
* 29 November – Olivier Quint, soccer player.
* 8 December – Stéphane Poulat, triathlete.
* 17 December – Antoine Rigaudeau, basketball player.
* 21 December – Matthieu Chedid, singer-songwriter.
* 28 December – Olivier Enjolras, soccer player.

### Full date unknown

* Sylvain Chauveau, musician and composer.
* Fabrice Hadjadj, writer and philosopher.
* Olivier Manchion, musician.

## Deaths
### January to March

* 5 January – Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, hero of World War I and in French resistance during World War II (born 1898).
* 10 January – Coco Chanel, fashion designer (born 1883).
* 13 January – Henri Tomasi, composer and conductor (born 1901).
* 8 February – Louis Antoine, mathematician (born 1888).
* 26 February – Fernandel, actor (born 1903).
* 2 March – Rita Jolivet, actress (born 1884).
* 10 March – Jean Follain, author, poet and lawyer (born 1903).
* 31 March – Alfred Desenclos, composer (born 1912).

### April to June

* 3 April – Jacques Ochs, artist, épée and foil fencer and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883).
* 11 April – Marcel Gromaire, painter (born 1892).
* 30 May – Marcel Dupré, organist, pianist and composer (born 1886).
* 5 June – André Trocmé, pastor who aided Jewish refugees (born 1901).
* 12 June – Jules Dewaquez, soccer player (born 1899).
* 25 June – Charles Vildrac, playwright and poet (born 1882).

### July to September

* 10 July – Laurent Dauthuille, boxer (born 1924).
* 19 July – Arsène Roux, Arabist and Berberologist (born 1893).
* 27 July – Jacques Lusseyran, author (born 1924).
* 31 July – Michel Saint-Denis, actor, theatre director, and drama theorist (born 1897).
* 24 August – René Paul Raymond Capuron, botanist (born 1921).
* 30 August – Louis Armand, engineer (born 1905).
* 10 September – Roland de Vaux, priest and archaeologist (born 1903).

### October to December

* 10 October – Philippe Hériat, novelist, playwright and actor (born 1898).
* 27 October – Charlotte de La Trémoille, noblewoman (born 1892).
* 16 November – Lucien Chopard, entomologist (born 1885).
* 15 December – Paul Lévy, mathematician (born 1886).

### Full date unknown

* Louis Lecoin, militant pacifist (born 1888).
* André Lesauvage, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1890).