1925 in France
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Events from the year 1925 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 25 August - Occupation of the Ruhr ends with the evacuation of the last French troops.
[edit] Sport
- 21 June - Tour de France begins.
- 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- 1 January - Raymond Pellegrin, actor (d.2007).
- 7 January - Pierre Gripari, writer (d.1990).
- 18 January - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher (d.1995).
- 2 February - Marcela Delpastre, author (d.1998).
- 13 February - René Pleimelding, soccer player (d.1998).
- 16 February - François-Xavier Ortoli, politician, businessman, Minister and President of the European Commission (d.2007).
- 4 March - Paul Mauriat, musical director (d.2006).
- 12 March - Louison Bobet, cyclist, three times Tour de France winner (d.1983).
- 12 March - Georges Delerue, film composer (d.1992).
- 21 March - Max Varnel, film and television director (d.1996).
- 26 March - Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor.
[edit] April to June
- 10 April - Bernard Moitessier, yachtsman and author (d.1994).
- 30 April - Corinne Calvet, actress (d.2001).
- 17 May - Claude Julien, journalist and editor (d.2005).
[edit] July to September
- 8 July - Jean Cau, writer and journalist (d.1993).
- 11 July - Jules Henri Saiset, existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist, and critic (d.1995).
- 6 August - Lilyan Chauvin, actress and writer (d.2008).
- 21 August - Maurice Pialat, film director, screenwriter and actor (d.2003).
- 26 August - Alain Peyrefitte, scholar and politician (d.1999).
- 27 August - Darry Cowl, musician and actor (d.2006).
- 30 August - Laurent de Brunhoff, author and illustrator.
[edit] October to December
- 16 October - Armand Mouyal, epee fencer (d.1988).
- 31 October - Franck Ténot, press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic (d.2004).
- 2 December - Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (d.2005).
- 5 December - Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (d.1962).
- 23 December - Pierre Bérégovoy, politician and Prime Minister (d.1993).
- 26 December - Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist (d.2005).
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- Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist (d.1988).
- Michel de Certeau, Jesuit and scholar (d.1986).
- François Châtelet, historian of philosophy (d.1985).
- Roger Giroux, poet (d.1974).
- Roger Nimier, novelist (d.1962).
- Claude Tresmontant, philosopher, hellenist and theologian (d.1997).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- 10 February - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (b.1851).
- 25 February - Louis Feuillade, film director (b.1873).
- 5 March - Clément Ader, engineer and aviation pioneer (b.1841).
- 22 April - André Caplet, composer and conductor (b.1878).
- 12 May - Charles Mangin, general during World War I (b.1866).
[edit] July to December
- 1 July - Erik Satie, composer and pianist (b.1866).
- 12 August - Leon Dehon, clergyman (b.1843).
- 7 September - René Viviani, politician, Prime Minister (b.1863).
- 29 September - Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (b.1851).
- 31 October - Max Linder, actor (b.1883).
- 11 November - Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, poet, writer and pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry (b.1843).
- 21 December - Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister (b.1838).
