1937 in France
Events from the year 1937 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- April – The arrival of a young male Kouprey and other animals from Indochina in the Vincennes Zoo.
- 1 May – General strike in Paris.
- 21 June – Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns.
Sport
- 30 June – Tour de France begins.
- 25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Roger Lapébie.
Births
- 21 January – François Boutin, Thoroughbred horse trainer
- 8 February – Françoise Claustre, archaeologist
- 13 February – Andrée Brunin, poet
- 4 March – Barney Wilen, saxophonist and jazz composer
- 8 March – André Aschieri, politician
- 21 March – François Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist
- 31 March – Claude Allègre, politician and scientist
- 12 May – Dominique Chaboche, politician and MEP
- 24 May – Maryvonne Dupureur, Olympic athlete
- 12 July – Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France
- 22 July
- * Jean-Claude Lebaube, road racing cyclist
- * Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz, politician
- 26 August – Nina Companeez, screenwriter and film director
- 15 September – Jean-Claude Decaux, advertising executive
- 31 October – Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, journalist
- 14 November – Marion Créhange, computer scientist
Deaths
- 31 January – Marguerite Audoux, novelist
- 12 March – Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer
- 16 March – Edith Clark, aviator and parachutist
- 18 March – Mel Bonis, composer
- 10 May – Paul Émile Chabas, painter
- 2 June – Louis Vierne, organist and composer
- 16 October – Jean de Brunhoff, writer and illustrator
- 28 December – Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist