2006 in France
This article lists events from the year 2006 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- February - April – Youth protests in France.
- 9 March – Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis: A former teacher takes 23 hostages including 21 students.
- April – France formally charges six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.
- July – France begins the trial against six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.
- 11 October – A train crash at Zoufftgen kills six people.
- 16 November – Franco–Italian–Spanish Middle East Peace Plan is announced.
- Full date unknown:
- *Axess Vision Technology, a medical device manufacturer is founded.
Deaths
January
- 16 January – Rebiha Khebtani, politician.
- 27 January – Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer.
February
- 9 February – André Strappe, international soccer player.
- 12 February – Henri Guédon, percussionist.
- 13 February – Ilan Halimi, kidnap and murder victim.
- 14 February – Darry Cowl, musician and actor.
March
- 9 March – Jean Leymarie, art historian.
- 10 March – Jean Hermil, Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers.
- 22 March – Pierre Clostermann, flying ace, author, engineer and politician.
- March – Jean Desclaux, rugby union coach.
April
- 5 April – Alain de Boissieu, Army chief-of-staff.
- 17 April – Jean Bernard, physician and haematologist.
- 25 April – Roger Duchêne, biographer.
- 30 April – Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher.
May
- 1 May – Jean-Pierre Hubert, author.
- 9 May – Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic.
- 23 May – Philippe Amaury, publishing tycoon and entrepreneur.
- 24 May – Claude Piéplu, actor.
- 26 May – Édouard Michelin, businessman
- 26 May – Raymond Triboulet, resistance fighter and politician.
- 27 May – Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist.
- 29 May – Johnny Servoz-Gavin, motor racing driver.
June
- 5 June – André Mandouze, academic and journalist.
- 6 June – Léon Weil, World War I veteran.
- 11 June – Rolande Falcinelli, organist, pianist and composer.
- 15 June – Raymond Devos, humorist, comedian and clown.
- 19 June – René Renou, wine expert.
- 20 June – Raymond Daudel, theoretical and quantum chemist.
- 21 June – Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer.
July
- 3 July – Francis Cammaerts, Special Operations Executive agent.
- 8 July – Catherine Leroy, photojournalist and photographer.
- 19 July -, French voice actor
- 20 July – Charles Bettelheim, economist and historian.
- 20 July – Gérard Oury, actor, writer and producer.
- 29 July – Pierre Vidal-Naquet, historian.
August
- 2 August – Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont, militant communist, resistance fighter and politician.
- 10 August – Olivier Lecerf, businessman and racehorse owner.
- 17 August – Bernard Rapp, film director and television news presenter.
- 26 August – François Lamoureux, European civil servant.
- 26 August – Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican philosopher and theologian.
September
- 1 September – Nathalie Gautier, politician.
- 3 September – Françoise Claustre, archaeologist,.
- 9 September – Gérard Brach, film director and screenwriter.
- 11 September – Solange Fernex, pacifist activist and politician.
- 20 September – Henri Jayer, vintner.
- 30 September – André Schwarz-Bart, novelist.
October
- 6 October – Claude Luter, jazz clarinetist.
- 9 October – Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer.
- 9 October – Danièle Huillet, filmmaker.
- 12 October – Eugène Martin, motor racing driver.
- 17 October – Daniel Emilfork, actor.
- 28 October – Tina Aumont, actress.
November
- 2 November – Adrien Douady, mathematician.
- 3 November – Paul Mauriat, musical director.
- 7 November – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician.
- 10 November – Maurice Floquet, France's oldest man on record.
- 11 November – Anicée Alvina, singer and actress.
- 12 November – Alphonse Halimi, boxer.
- 14 November – Gustave Choquet, mathematician.
- 14 November – Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, journalist, essayist and novelist.
- 23 November – Philippe Noiret, actor.
December
- 1 December – Claude Jade, actress.
- 27 December – Pierre Delanoë, songwriter/lyricist.