1963 in France

Events from the year 1963 in France. == Incumbents == President: Charles de Gaulle Prime Minister: Georges Pompidou == Events == 22 January – Élysée Treaty signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer. 29 January – President Charles de Gaulle vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the EEC. 4 March – In Paris, 6 people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle pardons 5 of them but the other conspirator is executed by firing squad few days later. 15 June – Carrefour open Europe's first hypermarket, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne. == Sport == 23 June – Tour de France begins. 14 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil. == Births == === January to March === 1 January – Jean-Marc Gounon, motor racing driver 6 January – Philippe Perrin, French Air Force officer, test pilot, and astronaut 7 January – Christian Louboutin, shoe designer 23 January – Éric Mura, soccer player 9 February – Lolo Ferrari, dancer, porn star, actress, and singer (died 2000) 24 February – Laurent Ruquier, journalist and television and radio host 19 March – Manu Bertin, one of the pioneers of Kite surfing 21 March – Thierry Froger, soccer manager, former player === April to June === 6 April – Pauline Lafont, actress (died 1988) 7 April – Bernard Lama, soccer player 20 April – Laurent Lhardit, politician 23 April – Paul Belmondo, motor racing driver 25 April – Pascal of Bollywood, singer 28 April – Sandrine Dumas, actress 8 May – Michel Gondry, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, film, commercial and music video director 10 May – Patrice Kuchna, tennis player 20 May – Gérald J. Caussé, a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 24 May – Ludovic Batelli, soccer player and manager 28 May – Marc Antoine, jazz fusion guitarist 30 May – Élise Lucet, investigative journalist and television host 3 June – Andrée Taurinya, politician 4 June – Nicolas Boukhrief, screenwriter, film director and actor 7 June – Roberto Alagna, operatic tenor 8 June – Agnes Clancier, novelist 12 June – Philippe Bugalski, rally driver (died 2012) 13 June – Nathalie Lupino, judoka and Olympic medallist 17 June – Christophe Barratier, film producer, film director and screenwriter 18 June – Christian Vadim, actor 25 June – Thierry Marie, cyclist === July to September === 4 July – Henri Leconte, tennis player 7 July – Pascal Payet, criminal 10 July – Ronan Pensec, cyclist 12 July – Thierry Tulasne, tennis player 30 July – Benjamin de Rothschild, banker (died 2021 in Switzerland) 13 August – Édouard Michelin, businessman (died 2006) 14 August – Christophe Arleston, scenarist and editor 14 August – Emmanuelle Béart, actress 23 August – Marie-Christine Cazier, athlete 31 August – Sylvain Kastendeuch, soccer player 7 September – Éric Di Meco, politician, former soccer player 8 September – Éric Poulat, soccer referee and computer scientist === October to December === 28 October – Christian Plaziat, decathlete 1 November – Philippe Lucas, soccer player 5 November – Jean-Pierre Papin, soccer manager, former player 10 November – Sophie Amiach, tennis player Sylvain Chomet, animator and film director 15 November – François Lemasson, soccer player November – Pascal Parisot, songwriter and singer 2 December – Éric Boyer, cyclist 13 December – Philippe Collet, pole vaulter 18 December Olivier Broche, actor and producer Pauline Ester, singer 22 December – Christophe Lavainne, cyclist 28 December – Béatrice Uria-Monzon, mezzo-soprano (died 2025) 30 December – Xavier Mauméjean, writer === Full date unknown === Gilles Bourdos, film director, screenwriter and producer Stéphane Derenoncourt, oenologist Sophie Lacaze, composer Jean-Yves Malmasson, composer and conductor Pierre Maubouché, actor, voice over artist, producer and casting director Xavier Veilhan, artist == Deaths == === January to March === 23 January – Gustave Garrigou, cyclist and 1911 Tour de France winner (born 1884) 30 January – Francis Poulenc, composer (born 1899) 9 February – Marcel Godivier, cyclist (born 1887) 10 February – Louis Paulhan, pilot (born 1883) 4 March – Édouard Belin, photographic inventor (born 1876) 10 March – André Maschinot, soccer player (born 1903) 11 March – Jean Bastien-Thiry, attempted assassin of President Charles de Gaulle in 1962 (born 1927) 26 March – Pierre Lacau, Egyptologist and philologist (born 1873) 29 March – Henry Bordeaux, writer and lawyer (born 1870) === April to June === 10 May – Léonce Crenier, Roman Catholic monk and theologian (born 1888) 1 June – Yves le Prieur, naval officer and inventor (born 1885) 3 June – Edmond Decottignies, weightlifter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1893) 8 June – Gaston Ramon, veterinarian and biologist (born 1886) 9 June – Jacques Villon, painter and printmaker (born 1875) === July to September === 1 July – Camille Chautemps, politician and three times Prime Minister of France (born 1885) 7 July – Géo-Charles, poet (born 1892) 31 August – Georges Braque, painter and sculptor (born 1882) 6 September – Jules Isaac, historian (born 1877) 11 September – Suzanne Duchamp, painter (born 1889) 22 September – Bernadette Cattanéo, trade unionist, communist activist, newspaper editor (born 1899) === October to December === 10 October – Édith Piaf, singer (born 1915) 11 October – Jean Cocteau, poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (born 1889) 17 October – Jacques Hadamard, mathematician (born 1865) 21 October – Jean Decoux, Governor-General of French Indochina (born 1884) 25 October – Roger Désormière, conductor (born 1898) 11 November – André Le Troquer, politician and lawyer (born 1884) === Full date unknown === René Baudichon, sculptor and medallist (born 1878) René Guyon, jurist (born 1876) == See also == List of French films of 1963 == References ==