Events from the year 1973 in France.

Events

• 4 March - Legislative Election held.
• 11 March - Legislative Election held.
• 3 June - A Tupolev Tu-144 crashes at the Paris air show; 15 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.

Sport

• 30 June - Tour de France begins.
• 22 July - Tour de France ends, won by Luis Ocaña of Spain.

Births

January to March

• 11 January - Christophe Medaillon, soccer player.
• 12 January - Olivier Peslier, jockey.
• 15 January - Aurelie Dupont, ballet dancer.
• 19 January - Karen Lancaume, adult film star (d.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.
• 25 February - Gérald Merceron, international rugby union player.
• 28 February - Philippe Brunel, soccer player.
• 3 March - Charles-Philippe, Duke of Anjou.
• 26 March - Sébastien Charpentier, motorcycle road racer.

April to June

• 4 April - Samassi Abou, soccer player.
• 5 April - Élodie Bouchez, actress.
• 5 April - Vanessa Demouy, actress and model.
• 5 April - 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.
• 12 April - Lionel Roux, tennis player.
• 13 April - Nicolas Jalabert, cyclist.
• 16 April - Jérôme Bonnissel, soccer player.
• 19 April - Patrice Estanguet, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist.
• 26 April - Jules Naudet, filmmaker.
• 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 - Éric 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.
• 19 September - 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

• 6 October - Cyrille Diabate, mixed martial artist.
• 10 October - Joël Chenal, alpine skier.
• 13 October - Guillaume Florent, sailor and Olympic medallist.
• 15 October - Jean-Louis Valois, soccer player.
• 24 October - Vincent Candela, international soccer player.
• 24 October - Yannick Quesnel, soccer player.
• 29 October - Robert Pirès, 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.
• 23 November - 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

• Olivier Asmaker, cyclist.
• Franck Chevalier, violist.
• Chloé Delaume, novelist, performer and musician.
• Gaël Duval, software designer.
• David Grimal, violinist.

Deaths

January to June

• 15 February - Achille Liénart, Cardinal (b.1884).
• 1 March - Henri Meslot, athlete (b.1884).
• 2 March - Jules Ladoumègue, athlete and Olympic medallist (b.1906).
• 30 March - Yves Giraud-Cabantous, motor racing driver (b.1904).
• 2 April - Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, Cardinal (b.1892).
• 25 April - Armand Léon Annet, colonial governor (b.1888).
• 28 April - Jacques Maritain, Catholic philosopher (b.1882).
• 18 May - Dieudonne Costes, aviator (b.1892).
• 3 June - Jean Batmale, soccer player (b.1895).
• 4 June - Maurice René Fréchet, mathematician (b.1878).
• 18 June - Georges Bonnet, politician (b.1889).

July to December

• 29 July - Henri Charrière, convicted felon and author (b.1906).
• 2 August - Jean-Pierre Melville, filmmaker (b.1917).
• 17 August - Jean Barraqué, composer (b.1928).
• 18 August - François Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (b.1937).
• 30 August - Robert Défossé, soccer player (b.1909).
• 14 September - Roger Bourdin, baritone (b.1900).
• 6 October - François Cevert, motor racing driver (b.1944).
• 8 October - Gabriel Marcel, philosopher (b.1889).
• 23 October - Maurice Princet, mathematician and actuary (b.1875).
• 1 December - Albert Dupouy, rugby union player (b.1901).
• 25 December - Gabriel Voisin, aviation pioneer (b.1880).
• 31 December - Henri Büsser, composer and conductor (b.1872).

Full date unknown

• Roland Dorgelès, novelist (b.1885).

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