1901 in France
See also: 1900 in France, other events of 1901, 1902 in France.
Events from the year 1901 in France.
Events
Arts and literature
- 17 March - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
Sport
Births
January to March
- 1 January - Marcel Balsa, motor racing driver (d.1984).
- 8 January - Eugène Constant, rower and Olympic medallist (d.1971).
- 19 January - Henri Daniel-Rops, writer and historian (d.1965).
- 24 January - Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, painter, commercial poster artist and typeface designer (d.1968).
- 20 February - Marc Detton, rower and Olympic medallist (d.1977).
- 20 February - René Dubos, microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist and humanist (d.1982).
- 21 February - Albert Dupouy, rugby union player (d.1973).
- 21 February - Pierre Lewden, athlete (d.1989).
- 17 March - Alexandre Bioussa, rugby union player (d.1966).
- 26 March - Maurice Dorléac, actor (d.1979).
April to June
- 7 April - André Trocmé, pastor who aided Jewish refugees (d.1971).
- 8 April - Jean Prouvé, architect and designer (d.1984).
- 13 April - Jacques Lacan, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and doctor (d.1981).
- 15 April - René Pleven, politician (d.1993).
- 20 April - Michel Leiris, surrealist writer and ethnographer (d.1990).
- 24 April - René Le Hénaff, film editor and director (d.2005).
- 18 May - Henri Sauguet, composer (d.1989).
- 25 May - Jean Borthayre, operatic baritone (d.1984).
- 25 May - André Girard, painter, poster-maker and Resistance member (d.1968).
- 31 May - Charles Brunier, convicted murderer and veteran of the First and Second World Wars who claimed to have been the inspiration for Papillon (d.2007).
- 16 June - Henri Lefebvre, sociologist and philosopher (d.1991).
- 24 June - Marcel Mule, classical saxophonist (d.2001).
July to September
- 20 July - Gaston Waringhien, linguist, lexicographer and Esperantist (d.1991).
- 31 July - Jean Dubuffet, painter and sculptor (d.1985).
- 5 August - Claude Autant-Lara, film director and later MEP (d.2000).
- 17 August - Henri Tomasi, composer and conductor (d.1971).
- 18 August — Jean Guitton, Catholic philosopher and theologian (d.1999).
- 19 August - René Capitant, lawyer and politician (d.1970).
- 27 August - Pierre Villon, member of the French Communist Party and of the French Resistance (d.1980).
- 29 August - Michel Olçomendy, first Archbishop of the Singapore (d.1977).
- 8 September - Jacques Perret, writer (d.1992).
- 16 September - Andrée Brunet, figure skater (d.1993).
- 16 September - Louis Joxe, statesman and Minister (d.1991).
- 25 September — Robert Bresson, film director (d.1999).
October to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
Full date unknown
References