1912 in France
Events from the year 1912 in France.
Incumbents
Events
Sport
Births
January to March
- 6 January - Jacques Ellul, philosopher, sociologist, theologian (died 1994).
- 15 January - Michel Debré, politician and first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic (died 1996).
- 18 January - David Rousset, writer and political activist (died 1997).
- 3 February - Jacques Soustelle, anthropologist (died 1990).
- 7 February - Alfred Desenclos, composer (died 1971).
- 7 February - Amédée Fournier, cyclist (died 1992).
- 11 February - Jacques Corrèze, businessman and politician (died 1991).
- 12 February - Pierre Jaminet, cyclist (died 1968).
- 20 February - Pierre Boulle, novelist (died 1994).
- 28 March - Léon Damas, poet and politician (died 1978).
April to June
- 12 April - Georges Franju, filmmaker (died 1987).
- 14 April - Robert Doisneau, photographer (died 1994).
- 21 April - Marcel Camus, film director (died 1982).
- 28 April - Odette Sansom, World War II heroine (died 1995).
- 16 May - Alfred Aston, international soccer player (died 2003).
- 23 May - Jean Françaix, composer, pianist, and orchestrator (died 1997).
- 29 May - Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, fourth Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (died 1994).
- 30 May - Roger Courtois, international soccer player (died 1972).
- 8 June - Roger Michelot, boxer (died 1993).
- 15 June - Alix Combelle, swing jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader (died 1978).
- 29 June - Lucie Aubrac, World War II Resistance fighter (died 2007).
- 29 June - Émile Peynaud, oenologist and researcher (died 2004).
July to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
Full date unknown
References
- ↑ Higham, Peter (1995). The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. Guinness Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 0-85112-642-1.