← 1986 1985 1984 1987 in France → 1988 1989 1990
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See also:	History of France Timeline of French history List of years in France

Events from the year1987 inFrance.

• President:François Mitterrand
• Prime Minister:Jacques Chirac

• 24 March – TheEuro Disneyland Project agreement is signed byThe Walt Disney Company and the French government, enabling a theme park to be built to the east of Paris. The theme park, today known asDisneyland Paris, eventually opened in April1992.^[1]
• 11 May –Klaus Barbie goes on trial inLyon forwar crimes committed duringWorld War II.
• May –Peugeot launches the405 range of four-door saloons; a five-door estate is to follow in 1988. It will be built in France and also at the oldRootes/Chrysler Europe factory in Britain.^[2]
• 4 July – A court inLyon sentences former Gestapo bossKlaus Barbie tolife imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
• 1 December – Construction of theChannel Tunnel is initiated.
• 17 December – Peugeot 405 is electedEuropean Car of the Year. Another French car, theCitroen AX, comes second in the contest.^[3]

• 2 January –Loïc Rémy, soccer player.
• 6 January –Magalie Vaé, singer
• 23 January
  • The Avener, deep house producer
  • Cyril Cinélu, singer.
  • Louisa Nécib, soccer player.
• 9 February –Jérémy Acedo, soccer player.
• 15 February –Romain Gasmi, soccer player.
• 16 February –Willy Aubameyang, soccer player.
• 17 February –Thomas Ayasse, soccer player.
• 26 February –Jean-Philippe Sabo, soccer player.
• 28 February –Édouard Collin, actor.
• 4 March –Jean-Philippe Mendy, soccer player.
• 7 March –Hatem Ben Arfa, soccer player.
• 13 March –Pierre Jamin, soccer player.
• 14 March –Aravane Rezaï, tennis player.
• 16 March –Fabien Lemoine, soccer player.
• 21 March –Maxime Josse, soccer player.
• 23 March –Nathalie Fauquette,rhythmic gymnast.
• 24 March –Pierre-Loup Bouquet,ice dancer.
• 31 March –Amaury Bischoff, soccer player.

• 4 April –Jérémy Taravel, soccer player.
• 16 April –Loris Arnaud, soccer player.
• 16 April –Lhadji Badiane, soccer player.
• 18 April –Anthony Roux, cyclist.
• 18 April –Kévin Sireau, cyclist.
• 29 April –Basile Camerling, soccer player.
• 6 May –Romain Beynié, soccer player.
• 7 May –Pierre Ducasse, soccer player.
• 7 May –Serge Gakpé, soccer player.
• 7 May –Jérémy Menez, soccer player.
• 12 May –Loïc Lumbilla Kandja, soccer player.
• 15 May –Kévin Constant, soccer player.
• 26 May –Quentin Garcia, professional ice hockey player.
• 7 June –Jean Philippe Baile,rugby league player.
• 9 June –Toumani Diagouraga, soccer player.
• 9 June –Valentin Roberge, soccer player.
• 26 June –Samir Nasri, international soccer player.
• 27 June –Jean-François Christophe, soccer player.

• 21 July –Bilel Mohsni, footballer.
• 23 July – Élodie Brouiller,ice dancer.
• 24 July –Nordine Assami, soccer player.
• 24 July –Cyriaque Louvion, soccer player.
• 30 July –Benoît Costil, soccer player.
• 6 August –Rémy Riou, soccer player.
• 8 August –Pierre Boulanger, actor.
• 19 August –Anaïs Lameche, singer.
• 11 September –Clément Chantôme, soccer player.
• 18 September –Ludovic Genest, soccer player.

• 15 October –Serge Akakpo, soccer player.
• 1 December –Rémi Sergio, soccer player.
• 19 December –Karim Benzema, footballer
• 19 December –Cédric Baseya, soccer player.
• 22 December –Garfield Darien, hurdler^[4]
• 31 December –Émilie Le Pennec,gymnast, Olympic gold medallist.

• 2 January –Jean de Gribaldy, cyclist anddirecteur sportif (born 1922).
• 31 January –Yves Allégret, film director (born 1907).
• 18 February –Edmond Pagès, cyclist (born 1911).
• 24 February –Henri Pinault, Roman Catholic Bishop of Chengdu (born 1904).
• 15 March –Léon Fleuriot, linguist and historian (born 1923).
• 19 March –Louis de Broglie,physicist and aNobel laureate (born 1892).
• 1 April –Henri Cochet, tennis player (born 1901).
• 3 May –Dalida, singer (born 1933).
• 23 June –Sauveur Ducazeaux, cyclist (born 1911).

• 6 July –Pierre Marcilhacy, politician (born 1910).
• 30 July –Michel Tapié, artist, art critic, curator and art collector (born 1909)
• 3 August –Jean Douvinet, Olympic wrestler (1920) (born 1899).
• 6 August –Léon Noël, diplomat, politician and historian (born 1888).
• 23 August –Didier Pironi, motor racing driver (born 1952).
• 29 August –Jean Schlumberger, jewelry designer (born 1907).
• 3 October –Jean Anouilh, dramatist (born 1910).
• 27 October –Jean Hélion, painter and author (born 1904).
• 28 October –André Masson, artist (born 1896).
• 1 November –Pierre Matignon, cyclist (born 1943).
• 3 November –André Roussin, playwright (born 1911).
• 4 November –Pierre Seghers, poet and editor (born 1906).
• 5 November –Georges Franju, filmmaker (born 1912).
• 6 November –Jean Rivier, composer (born 1896).
• 18 November –Jacques Anquetil, cyclist, five timesTour de France winner (born 1934).
• 2 December –Luis Federico Leloir, doctor andbiochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1906).
• 3 December –Pierre Mollaret,neurologist (born 1898).
• 13 December –Julien Darui, international soccer player (born 1916).
• 15 December –François Borde,rugby union player (born 1899).

• Roland Ansieau, graphic artist (born 1901).
• Norbert Casteret,caver and adventurer (born 1897).
• Henri Decaë, cinematographer (born 1915).
• Robert Filliou, artist (born 1926).
• René Hardy,French Resistance member (born 1911).
• Raymond Ruyer, philosopher (born 1902).
• Michel Tapié, artist,critic,curator andart collector (born 1909).

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