1977 in France
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See also: 1976 in France, other events of 1977, 1978 in France.
Events from the year 1977 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 13 March - Municipal Elections held.
- 20 March - Municipal Elections held.
[edit] Arts and Literature
- 7 May - Marie Myriam wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 for France with her song L'oiseau et l'enfant ("The Bird and the Child").
[edit] Sport
- 30 June - Tour de France begins.
- 24 July - Tour de France ends, won by Bernard Thevenet.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- 3 January - Stéphane Pignol, soccer player.
- 4 January - Louisa Baïleche, singer, dancer and performer.
- 4 January - Jonathan Cochet, motor racing driver.
- 11 January - Jérôme Kerviel, trader charged in the January 2008 Société Générale trading loss incident.
- 18 January - Jean-Patrick Nazon, cyclist.
- 26 January - Jean-Michel Sigere, soccer player.
- 27 January - Siramana Dembélé, soccer player.
- 29 January - Alexandre Rousselet, cross country skier.
- 9 February - Nicolas Coutelot, tennis player.
- 15 February - Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin, Alpine skier.
- 20 February - Nicolas Dessum, ski jumper.
- 23 February - Freddy Bourgeois, soccer player.
- 27 February - Jean-Pierre Vidal, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist.
- 28 February - Pierre Mignoni, rugby union player.
- 28 February - Jean-François Rivière, soccer player.
- 4 March - Grégory Le Corvec, rugby union player.
- 7 March - Jérôme Fernandez, handball player.
- 8 March - Estelle Desanges, pornographic actress.
- 9 March - Sébastien Chabaud, soccer player.
- 9 March - Vincent Defrasne, biathlete and Olympic gold medallist.
- 12 March - David Bouard, soccer player.
- 15 March - Frédéric Serrat, boxer.
- 18 March - Willy Sagnol, international soccer player.
[edit] April to June
- 1 April - Vincent Doukantié, soccer player.
- 2 April - Marc Raquil, athlete.
- 13 April - Bertrand Laquait, soccer player.
- 13 April - Olivier Olibeau, rugby union player.
- 30 April - Lilian Compan, soccer player.
- 1 May - Jean-Michel Lesage, soccer player.
- 10 May - Gabriel Monnier, figure skater.
- 20 May - Mathieu Blin, rugby union player.
- 21 May - Maxime Brunerie, attempted assassination of President Jacques Chirac in 2002.
- 11 June - Vincent Ehouman, soccer player.
- 16 June - Delphine Pelletier, athlete.
- 19 June - Stéphan Perrot, swimmer.
- 22 June - Frédéric Weis, basketball player.
- 24 June - Jean-Philippe Caillet, soccer player.
- 30 June - Christophe Landrin, soccer player.
[edit] July to September
- 5 July - Jérôme Éyana, athlete.
- 13 July - Christophe Meslin, soccer player.
- 13 July - Romain Mesnil, pole vaulter.
- 20 July - Yves Niaré, shot putter.
- 24 July - Cédric Anselin, soccer player.
- 26 July - Christophe Laurent, cyclist.
- 8 August - Romain Pitau, soccer player.
- 9 August - Mikaël Silvestre, international soccer player.
- 15 August - Malek Aït-Alia, soccer player.
- 17 August - Thierry Henry, international soccer player.
- 18 August - Ludovic Roy, soccer player.
- 23 August - Yoann Bigné, soccer player.
- 24 August - Arnaud Gonzalez, soccer player.
- 27 August - Martial Robin, soccer player.
- 2 September - Frédéric Kanouté, soccer player.
- 3 September - Stéphane Bonsergent, cyclist.
- 3 September - Yannick Zambernardi, soccer player.
- 9 September - Sébastien Gimbert, motorcycle road racer.
- 11 September - Ludovic Hubler, hitchhiker.
- 28 September - Julien Pillet, sabre fencer and twice Olympic medallist.
- 30 September - Jean-Sébastien Jaurès, soccer player.
[edit] October to December
- 2 October - Patrick Barul, soccer player.
- 5 October - Christian Bassila, soccer player.
- 7 October - Sébastien de Chaunac, tennis player.
- 8 October - Anne-Caroline Chausson, Mountain bike racer.
- 11 October - Jérémie Janot, soccer player.
- 15 October - David Trezeguet, international soccer player.
- 31 October - Sylviane Félix, athlete and Olympic medallist.
- 31 October - Séverine Ferrer, singer.
- 12 November - Jérémy Henin, soccer player.
- 21 November - Kodjo Afanou, soccer player.
- 23 November - Jean-Baptiste Élissalde, rugby union player.
- 29 November - Cédric Uras, soccer player.
- 1 December - Joseph-Désiré Job, soccer player.
- 2 December - Jérôme Thion, rugby union player.
- 8 December - Sébastien Chabal, rugby union player.
- 14 December - Romain Dumas, motor racing driver.
- 17 December - Arnaud Clément, tennis player.
- 30 December - Alex Jeannin, soccer player.
[edit] Full date unknown
- Jean-Pascal Chaigne, composer and musicologist.
- Charles P. de Saint-Aignan, software engineer.
- Zoé Félix, actress.
- Éléonore Gosset, actress.
- Anita Tijoux, singer.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to March
- 10 January - Jean Taris, swimmer and Olympic medallist (b.1909).
- 12 January - Henri-Georges Clouzot, film director, screenwriter and producer (b.1907).
- 13 January - Henri Langlois, pioneer of film preservation and restoration (b.1914).
- 14 January - Anaïs Nin, writer (b.1903).
- 19 January - Yvonne Printemps, singer and actress (b.1894).
- 24 January - Marc Detton, rower and Olympic medallist (b.1901).
- 10 February - Alain Escoffier, anti-communist activist, self-immolated (b.1949).
[edit] April to June
- 3 April - Pierre-Marie Théas, Bishop (b.1894).
- 11 April - Jacques Prévert, poet and screenwriter (b.1900).
- 2 May - Jean-Claude Lebaube, cyclist (b.1937).
- 22 June - Jacqueline Audry, film director (b.1908).
[edit] July to September
- 4 July - Michel Olçomendy, first Archbishop of the Singapore (b.1901).
- 7 July - Eugène Criqui, world champion boxer (b.1893).
- 21 August - Pierre Cot, politician (b.1895).
- 4 September - Adolphe Jauréguy, rugby union player (b.1898).
- 4 September - Jean Rostand, biologist and philosopher (b.1894).
- 14 September - Marcel Carpentier, military officer (b.1895).
- 29 September - Jean Marsan, screenwriter and actor (b.1920).
[edit] October to December
- 19 October - René Mourlon, athlete and Olympic medallist (b.1893).
- 20 October - Marie-Thérèse Walter, mistress of Pablo Picasso (b.1909).
- 25 October - Félix Gouin, politician (b.1884).
- 5 November - René Goscinny, author, editor and humorist (b.1926).
- 7 December - Georges Grignard, motor racing driver (b.1905).
- 12 December - Raymond Bernard, filmmaker (b.1891).
- 19 December - Jacques Tourneur, film director (b.1904).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Pierre Clastres, anthropologist and ethnographer (b.1934).
- Léonie Duquet, nun, killed by a death squad in Argentina (b.1916).
- Marcel Gaston Fetique, bowmaker (b.1899).
- Annette Laming-Emperaire, archeologist (b.1917).
- Armand Lunel, writer (b.1892).
- Henri-Irénée Marrou, historian (b.1904).
- Georges Miquelle, cellist (b.1894).
