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See also: 1974 in France, other events of 1975, 1976 in France.

Events from the year 1975 in France.

Events

• 1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel.
• 6 March - A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the Springer Press. The 6 March Group (connected to the Red Army Faction) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group.
• 6 July - The Comoros declare their independence from France.
• 15 September - The department of Corse, comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
• 15 November - 1st G6 summit begins at Rambouillet.
• 17 November - 1st G6 summit ends.

Arts and literature

Sport

• 26 June - Tour de France begins.
• 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Bernard Thévenet.

Births

January to March

• 9 January - Xavier Méride, soccer player.
• 10 January - Olivier Chapuis, ice dancer.
• 26 January - Alexandre Péclier, rugby union player.
• 5 February - Frédéric Baud, nordic combined skier.
• 7 February - Emily Loizeau, author, composer and singer.
• 17 February - Marie-Pierre Leray, figure skater.
• 8 March - François Grenet, soccer player.
• 12 March - Valérie Nicolas, team handball player.
• 21 March - Souleymane M'baye, boxer.
• 22 March - Ludovic Turpin, cyclist.
• 25 March - Gaspard Manesse, actor and musician.

April to June

• 4 April - Delphine Arnault, businesswoman.
• 12 April - Laurent Wauquiez, politician and Minister.
• 18 April - Frédéric Née, soccer player.
• 27 April - Xavier Gens, film director.
• 30 April - David Moncoutié, cyclist.
• 16 May - Jean-Christophe Devaux, soccer player.
• 31 May - Emmanuel Jonnier, cross country skier.
• 2 June - Sébastien Schemmel, soccer player.
• 24 June - Laurent Tobel, figure skater.
• 26 June - Philippe Delaye, soccer player.

July to September

• 4 July - Thierry Zig, basketball player.
• 17 July - Vincent Vittoz, cross country skier.
• 18 July - Emmanuel Hostache, bobsledder (d.2007).
• 25 July - Isabelle Blanc, snowboarder and Olympic gold medallist.
• 27 July - Grégoire Colin, actor.
• 16 August - Didier Agathe, soccer player.
• 30 August - Younous Oumouri, soccer player.
• 3 September - Cristobal Huet, ice hockey player.
• 3 September - Stéphane Samson, soccer player.
• 6 September - Sylvie Becaert, biathlete.
• 19 September - Caroline Fourest, feminist writer, journalist and editor.
• 23 September - Laurent Batlles, soccer player.
• 30 September - Marion Cotillard, actress.
• 30 September - Laure Pequegnot, Alpine skier.

October to December

• 5 October - Bobo Baldé, soccer player.
• 12 October - Cédric Duchesne, soccer player.
• 16 October - Christophe Maé, singer.
• 2 November - Stéphane Sarrazin, motor racing driver.
• 4 November - Yoann Le Boulanger, cyclist.
• 6 November - Matthieu Lièvremont, rugby union player.
• 7 November - Raphaël Haroche, singer.
• 9 November - Djézon Boutoille, soccer player.
• 13 November - Alain Digbeu, basketball player.
• 20 November - Sébastien Hamel, soccer player.
• 20 November - Nicolas Savinaud, soccer player.
• 26 November - Marinette Pichon, soccer player.
• 9 December - Olivier Milloud, rugby union player.

Full date unknown

• Alexis Loret, actor.
• Paul Renaud, illustrator and comic book artist.

Deaths

January to March

• 9 January - Pierre Fresnay, actor (b.1897).
• 14 January - Pierre David-Weill, investment banker (b.1900).
• 22 January - Paul Antoine Aristide Montel, mathematician (b.1876).
• 9 February - Pierre Dac, humorist and French Resistance activist (b.1893).
• 13 February - André Beaufre, military officer (b.1902).
• 24 February - Marcel Grandjany, harpist and composer (b.1891).
• 2 March - Madeleine Vionnet, fashion designer (b.1876).
• 3 March - Yves Godard, military officer (b.1911).
• 9 March - Joseph Guillemot, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (b.1899).
• 13 March - Jean Del Val, actor (b.1891).
• 18 March - Adrienne Bolland, test pilot and first woman to fly over the Andes (b.1896).
• 25 March - Michèle Girardon, actress (b.1938).

April to June

• 4 April - Pierre Galopin, military officer, executed.
• 11 April - André Obey, playwright (b.1892).
• 25 April - Jacques Duclos, politician (b.1896).
• 30 April - Gen Paul, painter and engraver (b.1895).
• 13 May - Charles Vaurie, ornithologist (b.1906).
• 21 May - Jean Fontenay, cyclist (b.1911).
• 23 May - Paul Legentilhomme, military officer (b.1884).

July to December

• 20 September - Saint-John Perse, poet and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (b.1887).
• 23 September - René Thomas, motor racing driver (b.1886).
• 27 September - Maurice Feltin, Cardinal (b.1883).
• 3 October - Guy Mollet, politician (b.1905).
• 15 October - Jacques Charon, actor and film director (b.1920).
• 16 October - Jean Odin, politician (b.1889).
• 28 October - Georges Carpentier, boxer (b.1894).
• 22 November - François de Roubaix, film score composer (b.1939).
• 22 December - René Floriot, lawyer (b.1902).

Full date unknown

• Albert-Félix de Lapparent, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (b.1905).
• René Maheu, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCO (b.1905).
• Jacques Natanson, writer (b.1901).

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