1925 in France

See also: 1924 in France, other events of 1925, 1926 in France.

Events from the year 1925 in France.

Events

• 21 May to 25 october International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble.
• 25 August - Occupation of the Ruhr ends with the evacuation of the last French troops.

Sport

• 21 June - Tour de France begins.
• 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy.

Births

January to March

• 1 January - Raymond Pellegrin, actor (died 2007).
• 7 January - Pierre Gripari, writer (died 1990).
• 18 January - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher (died 1995).
• 2 February - Marcela Delpastre, author (died 1998).
• 13 February - René Pleimelding, soccer player (died 1998).
• 16 February - François-Xavier Ortoli, politician, businessman, Minister and President of the European Commission (died 2007).
• 4 March - Paul Mauriat, musical director (died 2006).
• 12 March - Louison Bobet, cyclist, three times Tour de France winner (died 1983).
• 12 March - Georges Delerue, film composer (died 1992).
• 21 March - Max Varnel, film and television director (died 1996).
• 26 March - Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor.

April to June

• 10 April - Bernard Moitessier, yachtsman and author (died 1994).
• 30 April - Corinne Calvet, actress (died 2001).
• 17 May - Claude Julien, journalist and editor (died 2005).

July to September

• 8 July - Jean Cau, writer and journalist (died 1993).
• 11 July - Jules Henri Saiset, existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist, and critic (died 1995).
• 6 August - Lilyan Chauvin, actress and writer (died 2008).
• 21 August - Maurice Pialat, film director, screenwriter and actor (died 2003).
• 26 August - Alain Peyrefitte, scholar and politician (died 1999).
• 27 August - Darry Cowl, musician and actor (died 2006).
• 30 August - Laurent de Brunhoff, author and illustrator.

October to December

• 16 October - Armand Mouyal, epee fencer (died 1988).
• 31 October - Franck Ténot, press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic (died 2004).
• 2 December - Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (died 2005).
• 5 December - Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (died 1962).
• 23 December - Pierre Bérégovoy, politician and Prime Minister (died 1993).
• 26 December - Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist (died 2005).

Full date unknown

• Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist (died 1988).
• Michel de Certeau, Jesuit and scholar (died 1986).
• François Châtelet, historian of philosophy (died 1985).
• Roger Giroux, poet (died 1974).
• Roger Nimier, novelist (died 1962).
• Claude Tresmontant, philosopher, hellenist and theologian (died 1997).

Deaths

January to June

• 10 February - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (born 1851).
• 25 February - Louis Feuillade, film director (born 1873).
• 5 March - Clément Ader, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1841).
• 22 April - André Caplet, composer and conductor (born 1878).
• 12 May - Charles Mangin, general during World War I (born 1866).

July to December

• 1 July - Erik Satie, composer and pianist (born 1866).
• 12 August - Leon Dehon, clergyman (born 1843).
• 7 September - René Viviani, politician, Prime Minister (born 1863).
• 29 September - Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (born 1851).
• 31 October - Max Linder, actor (born 1883).
• 11 November - Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, poet, writer and pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry (born 1843).
• 21 December - Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister (born 1838).

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