1903 in France

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

Events from the year 1903 in France.

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 (died 1989).
• 21 February - Anaïs Nin, writer (died 1977).
• 21 February - Raymond Queneau, poet and novelist (died 1976).
• 27 February - Fernand Gambiez, General and military historian (died 1989).
• 8 March - Jean d'Eaubonne, art director (died 1970).
• 9 March - André Godinat, cyclist (died 1979).

April to June

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

July to September

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

October to December

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

Full date unknown

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

Deaths

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

Full date unknown

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

References