1925 in France
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Events from the year 1925 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Gaston Doumergue
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 17 April: Édouard Herriot
- 17 April-28 November: Paul Painlevé
- starting 28 November: Aristide Briand
Events
- 21 May–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.
- Cookware manufacturer Le Creuset established in Fresnoy-le-Grand.
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 (died 2016)
April to June
- 10 April - Bernard Moitessier, yachtsman and author (died 1994)
- 27 April - François Châtelet, historian of philosophy (died 1985)
- 30 April - Corinne Calvet, actress (died 2001)
- 3 May - Jean Séguy, sociologist of religions (died 2007)
- 17 May
- Michel de Certeau, Jesuit and scholar (died 1986)
- Claude Julien, journalist and editor (died 2005)
- 25 May - Claude Pinoteau, film director and scriptwriter (died 2012)
- 27 May - Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist (died 1988)
- 8 June - Claude Estier, politician and journalist (died 2016)
- 14 June - Jean-Louis Rosier, racing driver (died 2011)
- 25 June - Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud, lawyer and politician
- 26 June - Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman
July to September
- 3 July - Roger Chesneau, steeplechaser
- 8 July
- Jean Cau, writer and journalist (died 1993)
- Dominique Nohain, actor, dramatist and director (died 2017)
- 11 July - Jules Henri Saiset, existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist, and critic (died 1995)
- 14 July - Gaston Rousseau, racing cyclist (died 2019)
- 19 July
- Henri Beaujean, politician
- Jean-Pierre Faye, philosopher, poet, and writer
- 6 August - Guy Degrenne, French businessman (died 2006)
- 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 -
- Roger Nimier, novelist (died 1962)
- Franck Ténot, press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic (died 2004)
- 24 November - André Lévy, sinologist (died 2017)
- 27 November - Claude Lanzmann, documentary filmmaker and philosopher (died 2018)
- 2 December - Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (died 2005)
- 5 December - Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (died 1962)
- 7 December - Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian Formula One driver
- 23 December - Pierre Bérégovoy, politician and Prime Minister (died 1993)
- 26 December - Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist (died 2005)
Full date unknown
- Roger Giroux, poet (died 1974)
- Claude Tresmontant, philosopher, hellenist and theologian (died 1997)
Deaths
January to June
- 29 January - Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (born 1846)
- 10 February - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (born 1851)
- 14 February - Jacques Rivière, man of letters (born 1886; typhoid)
- 25 February - Louis Feuillade, film director (born 1873)
- 4 March - Roger de Barbarin, trap shooter (born 1860)
- 5 March
- Clément Ader, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1841)
- Michel Verne, writer (born 1861)
- 19 March - Firmin Bouisset, poster artist (born 1859)
- 22 April - André Caplet, composer and conductor (born 1878)
- 3 May - Louis Delaporte, explorer and artist (born 1842)
- 12 May
- Léonce Bénédite, art historian and curator (born 1856)
- Charles Mangin, general during World War I (born 1866)
- 1 June - Lucien Guitry, actor (born 1860)
- 6 June - Pierre Louÿs, poet (born 1870)
- 13 June - Paul Teste, aviator (born 1892; air crash)
July to December
- 1 July - Erik Satie, composer and pianist (born 1866)
- 5 August - Georges Palante, philosopher and sociologist (born 1862)
- 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)
- 22 December - Joseph Ravaisou, landscape painter (born 1865)
- 26 December - Jules Patenotre des Noyers, diplomat (born 1845)
- 27 December - Marie-Louise Jaÿ, businesswoman (born 1838)