1905 in France
See also: 1904 in France, other events of 1905, 1906 in France.
Events from the year 1905 in France.
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
January to March
April to June
- 2 April - Edmond Jouhaud, one of four generals who staged the Algiers putsch of 1961 (d.1995).
- 4 April - Eugène Bozza, composer (d.1991).
- 5 April - Waldeck Rochet, politician (d.1983).
- 13 April - Pierre Schneiter, politician (d.1979).
- 14 April - Jean Pierre-Bloch, French Resistance member (d.1999).
- 6 May - René Dreyfus, motor racing driver (d.1993).
- 14 May - Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (d.1974).
- 15 May - Albert Dubout, cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d.1976).
- 20 June - Hélène Bouvier, operatic mezzo-soprano (d.1978).
- 21 June - Jacques Goddet, sports journalist and Tour de France director (d.2000).
- 21 June - Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic (d.1980).
July to September
October to December
Full date unknown
- Jacques Baron, poet (d.1986).
- Pierre Chevalier, caver and mountaineer (d.2001).
- Jeanne-Marie Darré, pianist (d.1999).
- André Giriat, rower and Olympic medallist (d.1967).
- Albert-Félix de Lapparent, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (d.1975).
- Henri Lurié, engineer and philosopher (d.1994).
- René Maheu, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCO (d.1975).
- René de Possel, mathematician (d.1974).
- René Taupin, translator, critic and academic (d.1981).
Deaths
January to June
July to December
References