1913 in France explained
Events from the year 1913 in France.
Incumbents
Armand Fallières (until 18 February), Raymond Poincaré (starting 18 February)
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
January to March
- 5 January – Pierre Veuillot, Cardinal (died 1968)
- 17 February – Louis Bouyer, priest and writer (died 2004)
- 24 February – François Bourbotte, soccer player (died 1972)
- 27 February – Paul Ricoeur, philosopher (died 2005)
- 3 March – Roger Caillois, writer and intellectual (died 1978)
- 12 March – Max Leognany, artist (died 1994)
- 18 March – René Clément, screenwriter and film director (died 1996)
- 26 March – Maurice Lafforgue, alpine skier (died 1970)
- 26 March – Jacqueline de Romilly, philologist (died 2010)
- 28 March – Jean-Marie Goasmat, cyclist (died 2001)
April to June
July to December
- 12 July – Roger Testu, cartoonist (died 2008)
- 13 July – Fabien Galateau, cyclist (died 1995)
- 17 July – Roger Garaudy, author and philosopher (died 2012)
- July – Colette de Jouvenel, daughter of writer Colette (died 1981)
- 31 August – Jacques Foccart, politician (died 1997)
- 10 October – Claude Simon, novelist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1985 (died 2005)
- 13 October – Pierre Jaïs, bridge player (died 1988)
- 7 November – Albert Camus, author, philosopher and journalist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1957 (died 1960)
- 20 November – Charles Bettelheim, economist and historian (died 2006)
- 29 November – Georges Spénale, writer, poet and politician, President of the European Parliament (died 1983)
- 11 December – Jean Marais, actor (died 1998)
Full date unknown
Deaths
See also
