1924 in France

Events from the year 1924 in France.

Incumbents

28 March – Total S.A. established as Compagnie française des pétroles.
29 March – Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts.
27 April – Group of Alawites kill some Christian nuns in Syria; French troops march against them.
11 May – Legislative Election held.
25 May – Legislative Election held.
18 August – France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany.

25 January–4 February – The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
4 May–27 July – The 1924 Summer Olympics are held in Paris.
22 June – Tour de France begins.
20 July – Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy.
10–17 August – The 1924 Summer Deaflympics take place in Paris.

10 January – Pierre Plateau, Roman Catholic prelate
11 January – Roger Guillemin, neuroendocrinologist, awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1977
13 January – Raymond Hermantier, actor
16 January – Henri-Jean Martin, historian of the book and printing
19 January – Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher.
23 January – Pierre Lacoste, admiral
13 February – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician
20 February – Laurent Dauthuille, boxer
23 February – Claude Sautet, author and film director
5 March – Roger Marche, international soccer player
13 March – Pierre Arpaillange, French author, senior judge and Government Minister
7 April
* André du Bouchet, poet
* Daniel Emilfork, actor
12 April – Raymond Barre, politician and economist, Prime Minister
29 April
* Annette Chalut, Resistance worker and doctor
* Zizi Jeanmaire, ballerina, actress and singer
7 May – Marcel Moussy, screenwriter and television director
17 May – Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre, historian and professor of philosophy
22 May
* Charles Aznavour, singer-songwriter and actor
* Claude Ballif, composer
12 June – Jacques Pras, cyclist
15 June – Paul Amargier, historian and Catholic priest

24 January – Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg, noble and politician
17 March – Victor Besaucèle, ornithologist
14 April – Roland Bonaparte, prince, president of the Société de Géographie
24 April – Ferdinand Arnodin, engineer and industrialist
15 May – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
11 June – Théodore Dubois, composer and organist
1 September – Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville, politician and author
21 September – Edouard Deville, first to perfect a practical method of photogrammetry
24 September – Alexandre Lacassagne, physician and criminologist
12 October – Anatole France, author, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921
22 October – Louis-Émile Bertin, naval engineer
23 October – Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger, feminist campaigner
4 November – Gabriel Fauré, composer, organist and pianist