1964 in France

See also: 1963 in France, other events of 1964, 1965 in France.

Events from the year 1964 in France.

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 March - Cantonales elections held.
• 15 March - Cantonales elections held.
• 23 May - Mrs. Madeline Dassault, 63, wife of a French plane manufacturer and politician, 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.

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 (d.1995).
• 12 February - Stéphane Franke, athlete.
• 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 (d.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.
• 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.
• 13 July - Pascal Hervé, cyclist.
• 19 July - André A. Jackson, diamantaire.
• 21 July - Fabrice Colas, cyclist.
• 4 August - Sebastian Roché, actor.
• 24 August - Éric Bernard, motor racing driver.
• 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 (d.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

• Philippe Calandre, artist.
• Éric Chevillard, novelist.
• Stephane Cornicard, actor and director.
• Philippe Graffin, violinist and recording artist.
• Laurent Naouri, bass-baritone.
• Jean-Michel Othoniel, artist.
• Philippe Parreno, artist and filmmaker.
• Olivier Zahm, art critic, curator, fashion editor, and art director.

Deaths

January to June

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

July to December

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

Full date unknown

• Georges Andrique, painter (b.1874).
• Paul Baudoin, politician and Minister (b.1894).
• Pierre Brissaud, illustrator, painter and engraver (b.1885).
• Jean Dupas, painter, designer, poster artist and decorator (b.1882).

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