← 1963 1962 1961 1964 in France → 1965 1966 1967
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	History of France Timeline of French history List of years in France

Events from the year1964 inFrance.

• President:Charles de Gaulle
• Prime Minister:Georges Pompidou

• 27 January – France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations.
• 11 February – TheRepublic of China (Taiwan) drops diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China.
• 8-15 March –Cantonal elections held.
• 23 May – Mrs.Madeleine Dassault, 63, wife of French plane manufacturer and politicianMarcel Dassault, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 miles from Paris.^[1]

• 19 February –Jacques Demy's musical filmThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is released.

• 22 June –Tour de France begins.^[2]
• 14 July – Tour de France ends, won byJacques Anquetil.^[3]

• 6 January –Loïc Courteau, tennis player
• 7 January –Hervé Balland,cross-country skier
• 10 January –Claude Morinière,long jumper
• 11 January –Albert Dupontel, actor andfilm director
• 24 January –Gérald Passi, soccer player
• 1 February –Philippe Casado, cyclist (died 1995)
• 12 February –Stéphane Franke, athlete (died 2011)
• 14 February –Frédéric Delcourt, swimmer and Olympic medallist
• 17 February –Thierry Laurey, soccer player
• 27 February –Christian Penigaud,beach volleyball player
• 28 February –Pierre Hantaï,conductor andharpsichordist
• 1 March –Paul Le Guen, soccer manager
• 5 March –Bertrand Cantat, singer and songwriter
• 9 March –Juliette Binoche, actress
• 16 March –Franck Fréon, motor racing driver
• 24 March –Chantal Mauduit,alpinist (died 1998)
• 30 March –Christophe Robert, soccer player

• 2 April –Didier Tholot, soccer manager
• 14 April –Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
• 5 May –Jean-François Copé, politician
• 10 May –Emmanuelle Devos, actress
• 12 May –Pierre Morel, film director and cinematographer
• 23 May –Laurent Naouri,bass-baritone
• 27 May –Yves Caumon, film director
• 31 May –Stéphane Caristan, athlete
• 3 June –Jérôme Pradon, actor and singer
• 5 June –Jean-François Remésy, golfer
• 11 June –Jean Alesi, motor racing driver
• 12 June –Philippe Bouvatier, cyclist.
• 21 June –Patrice Bailly-Salins,biathlete and Olympic medallist
• 24 June –Philippe Fargeon, soccer player
• 27 June –Serge Le Dizet, soccer player, coach

• 1 July –Bernard Laporte, rugby union player and coach, Secretary of State for Sport
• 3 July –Yeardley Smith, voice actress
• 13 July –Pascal Hervé, cyclist
• 21 July –Fabrice Colas, cyclist
• 4 August –Sebastian Roché, actor
• 24 August –Éric Bernard, motor racing driver
• September –Olivier Zahm,art critic,curator,fashioneditor, andart director
• 2 September –Jean-Christophe Spinosi, conductor and violinist
• 14 September –Laurent Fournier, soccer player, manager
• 16 September –Nicolas Hénard, sailor and Olympic gold medallist

• 16 October –Jean-Christophe Thomas, soccer player
• 19 October –Agnès Jaoui,screenwriter,film director, actress and singer
• 8 December –Éric Aubijoux, motorcycle racer (died 2007)
• 8 December –Laurent Croci, soccer player
• 19 December –Béatrice Dalle, actress
• 24 December –Jean-Paul Civeyrac, film director
• 30 December –Pascal Baills, soccer player

• Éric Chevillard, novelist
• Stéphane Cornicard, actor and director
• Philippe Graffin, violinist and recording artist
• Jean-Michel Othoniel, artist
• Jérôme Soimaud, painter

• 11 January –André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien,cardinal (born 1882)
• 13 January –Pierre Yvert,philatelic editor (born 1900)
• 10 February –Paul Baudouin, banker and politician (born 1894)
• 15 February –Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange,Catholictheologian (born 1877)
• 17 February –Philippe Cattiau, fencer and Olympic gold medallist (born 1892)
• 25 February –Maurice Farman, motor racing driver,aviator,aircraft manufacturer anddesigner (born 1877)
• 17 May –Honoré Barthélemy, cyclist (born 1890)
• 30 May –René-Yves Creston, artist, designer and ethnographer (born 1898)
• 17 June –René Crabos, rugby union player (born 1899)

• 1 July –Pierre Monteux, conductor (born 1875)
• 7 July –Charles Bozon,alpine skier and world champion (born 1932)
• 11 July –Maurice Thorez, communist politician (born 1900)
• 21 July –Jean Fautrier, painter and sculptor (born 1898)
• 4 September –Clément-Emile Roques,cardinal (born 1880)
• 7 September –Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Admiral (born 1889)
• 9 September –Maurice Le Boucher,organist,composer, andpedagogue (born 1882)
• 20 September –Lazare Lévy, pianist, composer and teacher (born 1882)
• 27 October –Gabriel Benoist, writer (born 1891)
• 8 November –Fernand Baldet,astronomer (born 1885)
• 22 December –Paul Tournon,architect (born 1881)

• Georges Andrique, painter (born 1874).
• Pierre Brissaud,illustrator,painter andengraver (born 1885)
• Jean Dupas, painter, designer, poster artist and decorator (born 1882)

• List of French films of 1964

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