1903 in France

See also: 1902 in France, other events of 1903, 1904 in France.

Events from the year 1903 in France.

Contents

1 Events
2 Sport
3 Births
4 Deaths
- 4.1 Full date unknown
5 References

Events

10 August - Paris Métro train fire kills 84 people mostly at Couronnes station.

Sport

1 July - First Tour de France begins.
19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Maurice Garin.

Births

January to March

16 January - William Grover-Williams, motor racing driver and war hero.
13 February - Georges Simenon, writer (d.1989).
21 February - Anaïs Nin, writer (d.1977).
21 February - Raymond Queneau, poet and novelist (d.1976).
27 February - Fernand Gambiez, General and military historian (d.1989).
8 March - Jean d'Eaubonne, art director (d.1970).
9 March - André Godinat, cyclist (d.1979).

April to June

8 May - Fernandel, actor (d.1971).
22 May - Yves Rocard, physicist (d.1992).
18 June - Raymond Radiguet, author (d.1923).
2 June - Max Aub, author, playwright and literary critic (d.1972).
25 June - Pierre Brossolette, journalist and Resistance fighter (d.1944).
28 June - André Maschinot, soccer player (d.1963).

July to September

25 July - André Fleury, composer, pianist and organist (d.1995).
15 August - Pascal Pia, writer, journalist, illustrator and scholar (d.1979).
18 August - Lucienne Boyer, singer (d.1983).
19 August - Claude Dauphin, actor (d.1978).
29 August - Jean Follain, author, poet and lawyer (d.1971).

October to December

1 October - Pierre Veyron, motor racing driver (d.1970).
10 October - Ferdinand Le Drogo, cyclist (d.1976).
16 October - Cecile de Brunhoff, storyteller (d.2003).
19 October - Jean Delsarte, mathematician (d.1968).
24 October - Charlotte Perriand, architect and designer (d.1999).
1 November - Jean Tardieu, artist, musician, poet and author (d.1995).
3 November - Charles Rigoulot, weightlifter, professional wrestler, race car driver and actor (d.1962).
9 November - Léon-Etienne Duval, Cardinal (d.1996).
15 November - Lucien Rebatet, author, journalist and intellectual (d.1972).
27 November - Julien Moineau, cyclist (d.1980).
30 November - Claude Arrieu, composer (d.1990).
17 December - Roland de Vaux, priest and archaeologist (d.1971).
23 December - Armand Blanchonnet, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist (d.1968).

Full date unknown

Maryse Choisy, philosophical writer (d.1979).
Germaine Dieterlen, anthropologist (d.1999).

Deaths

28 January - Augusta Holmès, composer (b.1847).
28 January - Robert Planquette, composer of songs and operettas (b.1848).
5 March - Gaston Paris, writer and scholar (b.1839).
14 March - Ernest Legouvé, dramatist (b.1807).
28 March - Émile Baudot, telegraph engineer (b.1845).
8 May - Paul Gauguin, painter (b.1848).
13 November - Camille Pissarro, painter (b.1830).

Full date unknown

Jean-Jules Allasseur, sculptor (b.1818).
Louis Arsene Delaunay, actor (b.1826).

References