1957 in France

Incumbents

• President: Rene Coty
• President of the Council of Ministers:
• * until 13 June: Guy Mollet
• * 13 June-6 November: Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
• * starting 6 November: Félix Gaillard

Events

• 4 February – France prohibits United Nation involvement in Algeria.
• 1 March – Sud Aviation forms from a merger between SNCASE and SNCASO.
• 20 March – Newspaper L'Express reveals that the French army tortures Algerian prisoners.
• 25 March – Treaty of Rome, signed by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), establishes the European Economic Community.
• 26 May – Algerian politician killed by Algerian nationalists during soccer game
• First American writers of the Beat Generation stay at the "Beat Hotel" in Paris.

Sport

• 27 June – Tour de France begins.
• 20 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil.

Births

• 4 January – Joël Bats, international soccer player and coach
• 11 January – Alain Lemercier, racewalker
• 13 January – Bruno Baronchelli, soccer player
• 10 March – Mino Cinélu, musician
• 12 March – Patrick Battiston, international soccer player
• 3 April – Yves Chaland, cartoonist
• 25 May – Véronique Augereau, actress
• 12 June – Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, oncologist and politician
• 18 August – Carole Bouquet, actress
• 25 September – Jean-Pierre Demailly, mathematician
• 10 October
• * Didier Roustan, sports journalist
• * Jacques Verdier, sports journalist
• 12 October
• * Clémentine Célarié, actress
• * Rémi Laurent, actor
• 3 December – Valérie Quennessen, actress

Deaths

• 14 May – Marie Vassilieff, Russian-born painter
• 23 October – Christian Dior, fashion designer
• 4 November – Joseph Canteloube, composer
• 6 December – Robert Esnault-Pelterie, pioneering aircraft designer