1964 in France

Events from the year 1964 in France.

Incumbents

Events

27 January – France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations.
11 February – The Republic of China drops diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China.
8-15 March – Cantonal elections held.
23 May – Mrs. Madeleine Dassault, 63, wife of French plane manufacturer and politician Marcel Dassault, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 miles from Paris.

The arts

19 February – Jacques Demy's musical film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is released.

Sport

22 June – Tour de France begins.
14 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil.

Births

January to March

6 January – Loïc Courteau, tennis player
7 January – Hervé Balland, cross-country skier
10 January – Claude Morinière, long jumper
11 January – Albert Dupontel, actor and film director
24 January – Gérald Passi, soccer player
1 February – Philippe Casado, cyclist
12 February – Stéphane Franke, athlete
14 February – Frédéric Delcourt, swimmer and Olympic medallist
17 February – Thierry Laurey, soccer player
27 February – Christian Penigaud, beach volleyball player
28 February – Pierre Hantaï, conductor and harpsichordist
1 March – Paul Le Guen, soccer manager
5 March – Bertrand Cantat, singer and songwriter
9 March – Juliette Binoche, actress
16 March – Franck Fréon, motor racing driver
24 March – Chantal Mauduit, alpinist
30 March – Christophe Robert, soccer player

April to June

2 April – Didier Tholot, soccer manager
14 April – Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
5 May – Jean-François Copé, politician
10 May – Emmanuelle Devos, actress
12 May – Pierre Morel, film director and cinematographer
23 May – Laurent Naouri, bass-baritone
27 May – Yves Caumon, film director
31 May – Stéphane Caristan, athlete
3 June – Jérôme Pradon, actor and singer
5 June – Jean-François Remésy, golfer
11 June – Jean Alesi, motor racing driver
12 June – Philippe Bouvatier, cyclist.
21 June – Patrice Bailly-Salins, biathlete and Olympic medallist
24 June – Philippe Fargeon, soccer player
27 June – Serge Le Dizet, soccer player, coach

July to September

1 July – Bernard Laporte, rugby union player and coach, Secretary of State for Sport
3 July – Yeardley Smith, voice actress
13 July – Pascal Hervé, cyclist
21 July – Fabrice Colas, cyclist
4 August – Sebastian Roché, actor
24 August – Éric Bernard, motor racing driver
September – Olivier Zahm, art critic, curator, fashion editor, and art director
2 September – Jean-Christophe Spinosi, conductor and violinist
14 September – Laurent Fournier, soccer player, manager
16 September – Nicolas Hénard, sailor and Olympic gold medallist

October to December

16 October – Jean-Christophe Thomas, soccer player
19 October – Agnès Jaoui, screenwriter, film director, actress and singer
8 December – Éric Aubijoux, motorcycle racer
8 December – Laurent Croci, soccer player
19 December – Béatrice Dalle, actress
24 December – Jean-Paul Civeyrac, film director
30 December – Pascal Baills, soccer player

Full date unknown

Éric Chevillard, novelist
Stéphane Cornicard, actor and director
Philippe Graffin, violinist and recording artist
Jean-Michel Othoniel, artist
Jérôme Soimaud, painter

Deaths

January to June

11 January – André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, cardinal
13 January – Pierre Yvert, philatelic editor
10 February – Paul Baudouin, banker and politician
15 February – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Catholic theologian
17 February – Philippe Cattiau, fencer and Olympic gold medallist
25 February – Maurice Farman, motor racing driver, aviator, aircraft manufacturer and designer
17 May – Honoré Barthélemy, cyclist
30 May – René-Yves Creston, artist, designer and ethnographer
17 June – René Crabos, rugby union player

July to December

1 July – Pierre Monteux, conductor
7 July – Charles Bozon, alpine skier and world champion
11 July – Maurice Thorez, communist politician
21 July – Jean Fautrier, painter and sculptor
4 September – Clément-Emile Roques, cardinal
7 September – Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Admiral
9 September – Maurice Le Boucher, organist, composer, and pedagogue
20 September – Lazare Lévy, pianist, composer and teacher
27 October – Gabriel Benoist, writer
8 November – Fernand Baldet, astronomer
22 December – Paul Tournon, architect

Full date unknown

Georges Andrique, painter.
Pierre Brissaud, illustrator, painter and engraver
Jean Dupas, painter, designer, poster artist and decorator