1931 in France
Events from the year 1931 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Gaston Doumergue, Paul Doumer
- President of the Council of Ministers: Theodore Steeg, Pierre Laval
Events
- 27 January – Pierre Laval forms a government in France.
- 6 May – Paris Colonial Exposition opens.
- 13 May – Paul Doumer elected president of France.
- 14 June – Overloaded pleasure craft Saint-Philibert, carrying trippers home to Nantes from Île de Noirmoutier, sinks at the mouth of the river Loire and over 450 drown.
- 8 November- French police launch a large scale raid against Corsican bandits.
Births
January to June
- 7 February – Serge Danot, animator
- 26 February – Jacques Rouxel, animator
- 6 March – Nicolas Barone, cyclist
- 24 May – Michael Lonsdale, actor
- 3 June – Jean Bouise, actor
- 5 June – Jacques Demy, film director
- 30 June – Joseph Thomin, racing cyclist
July to December
- 1 July – Leslie Caron, actress
- 3 July – Claude-Henri Chouard, surgeon
- 4 July – Sébastien Japrisot, author, screenwriter and film director
- 6 July – Louis Mexandeau, politician
- 24 July – Éric Tabarly, sailor
- 23 August – Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer
- 13 October – Raymond Kopa, footballer
- 25 October – Annie Girardot, actress
- 5 November – Thérèse Aillaud, politician
- 6 November – André Trochut, cyclist
- 17 November – Pierre Nora, historian
- 12 December – Christian Metz, film theorist
- 18 December – André S. Labarthe, French actor
- 28 December – Guy Debord, Marxist theorist, writer and filmmaker
Deaths
- 3 January – Joseph Joffre, general
- 7 January - Joseph Bernard, sculptor
- 1 February – Emmanuel d'Orléans, noble from the House of Orléans
- 4 February – Dominique-Marie Gauchet, admiral
- 31 March – Henri Béraldi, bibliophile and publisher
- 7 May – Anne Boutiaut Poulard, cook
- 22 June – Armand Fallières, politician, President of France
- 11 July – Jean-Louis Forain, Impressionist artist
- 2 November – Alexandre Darracq, automobile manufacturer
- 7 November – Étienne Bazeries, military cryptanalyst
- 2 December – Vincent d'Indy, composer
- 13 December – Gustave Le Bon, psychologist