1973 in France

• President: Georges Pompidou • Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer ==Events==

• 4 March – Legislative Election held. • 11 March – Legislative Election held. • 3 June – A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft crashes at the Paris air show; 14 are killed. • 11 July – Varig Flight 820 Boeing 707 crashes near Orly Airport, Paris, resulting in 123 deaths, with 11 survivors. • 20 July – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand. • 23 September – Cantonales Elections held. • 30 September – Cantonales Elections held. ==Births==

January to March • 11 January – Christophe Medaillon, soccer player • 12 January – Olivier Peslier, jockey • 15 January – Aurelie Dupont, ballet dancer • 17 January – Johnny Hajjar, politician • 19 January – Karen Lancaume, adult film star (died 2005) • 26 January – Melvil Poupaud, actor • 29 January – Fabien Foret, motorcycle racer • 30 January – Olivier Marceau, triathlete • 6 February – Élisabeth Grousselle, athlete • 12 February – Thomas Dufour, curler • 18 February – Claude Makélélé, international soccer player • 22 February – Philippe Gaumont, cyclist • 24 February – Antony Dupuis, tennis player • 25 February • Hélène de Fougerolles, actress • Gérald Merceron, international rugby union player • 28 February – Philippe Brunel, soccer player • 3 March – Charles-Philippe, Duke of Anjou • 13 March – Olivier Asmaker, cyclist • 26 March – Sébastien Charpentier, motorcycle road racer April to June • 4 April – Samassi Abou, soccer player • 5 April • Élodie Bouchez, actress • Vanessa Demouy, actress and model • Yacine Douma, judoka • 6 April – Franck Marchis, astronomer and planetary scientist • 7 April – Carole Montillet, alpine skier • 10 April – Guillaume Canet, actor and film director • 11 April – Olivier Magne, international rugby union player • 12 April • Joël Lautier, chess grandmaster • Lionel Roux, tennis player • 13 April – Nicolas Jalabert, cyclist • 16 April – Jérôme Bonnissel, soccer player • 19 April • David Chaussinand, hammer thrower • Patrice Estanguet, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist • 26 April – Jules Naudet, filmmaker • 1 May – Rebecca Hampton, actress and television presenter • 8 May – Laurent Charvet, soccer player • 13 May – Franck Dumoulin, pistol shooter and Olympic gold medallist • 15 May – Pascal Gentil, taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medallist • 17 May – Frédéric Havas, volleyball player • 20 May – Christophe Laussucq, rugby union player • 22 May – Yannick Bru, rugby union player • 24 May – Eric Carrière, soccer player • 12 June – Olivier Baudry, soccer player • 14 June – Stéphanie Arricau, golfer • 17 June – Louis Leterrier, film director • 18 June – Julie Depardieu, actress • 22 June – Cyril Saugrain, cyclist • 27 June – Frédéric Roux, soccer player July to September • 19 July – Saïd Taghmaoui, actor and screenwriter • 31 July – Alexandre Bonnot, soccer player • 4 August – Xavier Marchand, swimmer • 5 August – Laurent Redon, motor racing driver • 7 August – Florent Laville, soccer player • 18 August – Jerome Lagarrigue, painter and illustrator • 25 August – Bernard Inom, boxer • 26 August – Laurent Huard, soccer coach • 29 August – Olivier Jacque, motorcycle road racer • 30 August – Sophie Dodemont, archer and Olympic medallist • 9 September – Jérôme Golmard, tennis player • 18 September – Laurent Foirest, basketball player • 19 September • Frédéric Kakon, guitarist • Stéphane Porato, soccer player • 25 September – Jean-Yves de Blasiis, soccer player • 27 September – Arnaud Lebrun, soccer player • 30 September – Sébastien Dallet, soccer player October to December • 5 October – Cédric Villani, mathematician and politician • 6 October – Cyrille Diabate, mixed martial artist • 10 October – Joël Chenal, alpine skier • 13 October – Guillaume Florent, sailor, Olympic medallist • 15 October – Jean-Louis Valois, soccer player • 24 October • Vincent Candela, international soccer player • Yannick Quesnel, soccer player • 29 October – Robert Pires, international soccer player • 3 November – Patrick Moreau, soccer player • 8 November – Frédéric Brando, soccer player • 12 November – Stéphane Glas, rugby union player • 13 November – David Auradou, rugby union player • 16 November – Mathieu Bozzetto, snowboarder • 23 November • Marie Collonvillé, heptathlete • Grégory Malicki, soccer player • 24 November – Sébastien Pérez, soccer player • 7 December – Fabien Pelous, international rugby union player • 14 December – Jean-Paul Mendy, boxer • 15 December – Surya Bonaly, figure skater • 24 December – Frédéric Demontfaucon, judoka • 29 December – Christophe Rinero, cyclist Full date unknown • Chloé Delaume, novelist, performer and musician • Gaël Duval, software designer • David Grimal, violinist ==Deaths==

January to June • 15 February – Achille Liénart, cardinal (born 1884) • 1 March – Henri Meslot, athlete (born 1884) • 2 March – Jules Ladoumègue, athlete and Olympic medallist (born 1906) • 4 March – Marie-Anne Desmarest, novelist (born 1904) • 18 March – Roland Dorgelès, novelist (born 1885) • 30 March – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, motor racing driver (born 1904) • 2 April – Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, cardinal (born 1892) • 10 April – Robert Collard, animator, and cartoonist (born 1884) • 25 April – Armand Annet, colonial governor (born 1888) • 28 April – Jacques Maritain, Catholic philosopher (born 1882) • 18 May – Dieudonne Costes, aviator (born 1892) • 3 June – Jean Batmale, soccer player (born 1895) • 4 June – Maurice René Fréchet, mathematician (born 1878) • 18 June – Georges Bonnet, politician (born 1889) July to December • 29 July – Henri Charrière, convicted felon and author (born 1906) • 2 August – Jean-Pierre Melville, filmmaker (born 1917) • 17 August – Jean Barraqué, composer (born 1928) • 18 August – François Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (born 1937) • 30 August – Robert Défossé, soccer player (born 1909) • 14 September – Roger Bourdin, baritone (born 1900) • 6 October – François Cevert, motor racing driver (born 1944) • 8 October – Gabriel Marcel, philosopher (born 1889) • 23 October – Maurice Princet, mathematician and actuary (born 1875) • 6 November – Noël Roquevert, actor (born 1892) • 1 December – Albert Dupouy, rugby union player (born 1901) • 25 December – Gabriel Voisin, aviation pioneer (born 1880) • 30 December • Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, admiral (born 1880) • Henri Büsser, composer and conductor (born 1872) ==References==