1903 in France
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Events from the year 1903 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 10 August - Paris Métro train fire kills 84 people mostly at Couronnes station.
Sport
- 1 July - First Tour de France begins.
- 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Maurice Garin.
Births
January to March
- 16 January - William Grover-Williams, motor racing driver and war hero.
- 13 February - Georges Simenon, writer (died 1989)
- 21 February - Anaïs Nin, writer (died 1977)
- 21 February - Raymond Queneau, poet and novelist (died 1976)
- 27 February - Fernand Gambiez, General and military historian (died 1989)
- 8 March - Jean d'Eaubonne, art director (died 1970)
- 9 March - André Godinat, cyclist (died 1979)
April to June
- 8 May - Fernandel, actor (died 1971)
- 22 May - Yves Rocard, physicist (died 1992)
- 18 June - Raymond Radiguet, author (died 1923)
- 2 June - Max Aub, author, playwright and literary critic (died 1972)
- 25 June - Pierre Brossolette, journalist and Resistance fighter (died 1944)
- 28 June - André Maschinot, soccer player (died 1963)
July to September
- 25 July - André Fleury, composer, pianist and organist (died 1995)
- 15 August - Pascal Pia, writer, journalist, illustrator and scholar (died 1979)
- 19 August - Claude Dauphin, actor (died 1978)
- 29 August - Jean Follain, author, poet and lawyer (died 1971)
October to December
- 1 October - Pierre Veyron, motor racing driver (died 1970)
- 10 October - Ferdinand Le Drogo, cyclist (died 1976)
- 16 October - Cecile de Brunhoff, storyteller (died 2003)
- 19 October - Jean Delsarte, mathematician (died 1968)
- 24 October - Charlotte Perriand, architect and designer (died 1999)
- 1 November - Jean Tardieu, artist, musician, poet and author (died 1995)
- 3 November - Charles Rigoulot, weightlifter, professional wrestler, race car driver and actor (died 1962)
- 9 November - Léon-Etienne Duval, Cardinal (died 1996)
- 15 November - Lucien Rebatet, author, journalist and intellectual (died 1972)
- 27 November - Julien Moineau, cyclist (died 1980)
- 30 November - Claude Arrieu, composer (died 1990)
- 17 December - Roland de Vaux, priest and archaeologist (died 1971)
- 23 December - Armand Blanchonnet, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
Full date unknown
- Maryse Choisy, philosophical writer (died 1979)
- Germaine Dieterlen, anthropologist (died 1999)
Deaths
- 28 January - Augusta Holmès, composer (born 1847)
- 28 January - Robert Planquette, composer of songs and operettas (born 1848)
- 5 March - Gaston Paris, writer and scholar (born 1839)
- 14 March - Ernest Legouvé, dramatist (born 1807)
- 28 March - Émile Baudot, telegraph engineer (born 1845)
- 8 May - Paul Gauguin, painter (born 1848)
- 13 November - Camille Pissarro, painter (born 1830)
Full date unknown
- Jean-Jules Allasseur, sculptor (born 1818)
- Louis Arsene Delaunay, actor (born 1826)