1925 in France

← 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1925 in France → 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1925 History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1925 in France.

Incumbents[]

• President: Gaston Doumergue
• President of the Council of Ministers:
  • until 17 April: Édouard Herriot
  • 17 April-28 November: Paul Painlevé
  • starting 28 November: Aristide Briand

Events[]

• 21 May–25 October International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble.
• 25 August - Occupation of the Ruhr ends with the evacuation of the last French troops.
• Cookware manufacturer Le Creuset established in Fresnoy-le-Grand.

Sport[]

• 21 June - Tour de France begins.
• 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy.

Births[]

January to March[]

• 1 January - Raymond Pellegrin, actor (died 2007)
• 6 January - Joseph-André Motte, furniture designer (died 2013)
• 7 January - Pierre Gripari, writer (died 1990)
• 18 January - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher (died 1995)
• 2 February - Marcela Delpastre, author (died 1998)
• 13 February - René Pleimelding, soccer player (died 1998)
• 16 February - François-Xavier Ortoli, politician, businessman, Minister and President of the European Commission (died 2007)
• 4 March - Paul Mauriat, musical director (died 2006)
• 12 March - Louison Bobet, cyclist, three times Tour de France winner (died 1983)
• 12 March - Georges Delerue, film composer (died 1992)
• 21 March - Max Varnel, film and television director (died 1996)
• 26 March - Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor (died 2016)

April to June[]

• 10 April - Bernard Moitessier, yachtsman and author (died 1994)
• 27 April - François Châtelet, historian of philosophy (died 1985)
• 30 April - Corinne Calvet, actress (died 2001)
• 3 May - Jean Séguy, sociologist of religions (died 2007)
• 17 May
  • Michel de Certeau, Jesuit and scholar (died 1986)
  • Claude Julien, journalist and editor (died 2005)
• 25 May - Claude Pinoteau, film director and scriptwriter (died 2012)
• 27 May - Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist (died 1988)
• 8 June - Claude Estier, politician and journalist (died 2016)
• 14 June - Jean-Louis Rosier, racing driver (died 2011)
• 25 June - Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud, lawyer and politician (died 2019)
• 26 June - Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman (died 2021)

July to September[]

• 3 July - Roger Chesneau, steeplechaser
• 8 July
  • Jean Cau, writer and journalist (died 1993)
  • Dominique Nohain, actor, dramatist and director (died 2017)
• 11 July - Jules Henri Saiset, existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist, and critic (died 1995)
• 14 July - Gaston Rousseau, racing cyclist (died 2019)
• 19 July
  • Henri Beaujean, politician (died 2021)
  • Jean-Pierre Faye, philosopher, poet, and writer
• 6 August - Guy Degrenne, French businessman (died 2006)
• 6 August - Lilyan Chauvin, actress and writer (died 2008)
• 21 August - Maurice Pialat, film director, screenwriter and actor (died 2003)
• 26 August - Alain Peyrefitte, scholar and politician (died 1999)
• 27 August - Darry Cowl, musician and actor (died 2006)
• 30 August - Laurent de Brunhoff, author and illustrator

October to December[]

• 16 October - Armand Mouyal, epee fencer (died 1988)
• 31 October -
  • Roger Nimier, novelist (died 1962)
  • Franck Ténot, press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic (died 2004)
• 24 November - André Lévy, sinologist (died 2017)
• 27 November - Claude Lanzmann, documentary filmmaker and philosopher (died 2018)
• 2 December - Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (died 2005)
• 5 December - Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (died 1962)
• 7 December - Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian Formula One driver
• 23 December - Pierre Bérégovoy, politician and Prime Minister (died 1993)
• 26 December - Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist (died 2005)

Full date unknown[]

• Roger Giroux, poet (died 1974)
• Claude Tresmontant, philosopher, hellenist and theologian (died 1997)

Deaths[]

January to June[]

• 29 January - Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (born 1846)
• 10 February - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (born 1851)
• 14 February - Jacques Rivière, man of letters (born 1886; typhoid)
• 25 February - Louis Feuillade, film director (born 1873)
• 4 March - Roger de Barbarin, trap shooter (born 1860)
• 5 March
  • Clément Ader, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1841)
  • Michel Verne, writer (born 1861)
• 19 March - Firmin Bouisset, poster artist (born 1859)
• 22 April - André Caplet, composer and conductor (born 1878)
• 3 May - Louis Delaporte, explorer and artist (born 1842)
• 12 May
  • Léonce Bénédite, art historian and curator (born 1856)
  • Charles Mangin, general during World War I (born 1866)
• 1 June - Lucien Guitry, actor (born 1860)
• 6 June - Pierre Louÿs, poet (born 1870)
• 13 June - Paul Teste, aviator (born 1892; air crash)

July to December[]

• 1 July - Erik Satie, composer and pianist (born 1866)
• 5 August - Georges Palante, philosopher and sociologist (born 1862)
• 12 August - Leon Dehon, clergyman (born 1843)
• 7 September - René Viviani, politician, Prime Minister (born 1863)
• 29 September - Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (born 1851)
• 31 October - Max Linder, actor (born 1883)
• 11 November - Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, poet, writer and pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry (born 1843)
• 21 December - Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister (born 1838)
• 22 December - Joseph Ravaisou, landscape painter (born 1865)
• 26 December - Jules Patenotre des Noyers, diplomat (born 1845)
• 27 December - Marie-Louise Jaÿ, businesswoman (born 1838)

See also[]

• List of French films of 1925

References[]