1971 in France explained

Events from the year 1971 in France.

Incumbents

14 March – Municipal elections held.
21 March – Municipal elections held.
3 July – American singer Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, dies from a heart attack in the bathtub of his Paris hotel room. He was 27 years old.^[1]
3 September – Four Power Agreement on Berlin is signed.
10 December – Renault unveils its new R5 model, a small three-door hatchback similar in concept to the recently launched Italian Fiat 127, which will go on sale in the new year.^[2]

3 April – Emmanuel Collard, motor racing driver.
7 April – Guillaume Depardieu, actor.
8 April – Christophe Lamaison, international rugby union player.
9 April – Jérôme Dreyfus, judoka.
12 April – Christophe Moreau, cyclist.
13 April – Franck Esposito, swimmer.
16 April – Jean-Michel Bazire, Harness racing driver.
27 April – François Bégaudeau, journalist, novelist and actor
4 May – Sébastien Denis, hurdler.
8 May – Dominique Casagrande, soccer player.
9 May – Nicolas Ghesquière, fashion designer.
11 May – Dominique Arribagé, soccer player.
15 May – Anthony Bancarel, soccer player.
24 May – Habib Sissoko, soccer player.
28 May
- Isabelle Carré, actress.
- Lilian Martin, soccer player.
5 June – Stéphane Clamens, sport shooter.
9 June – Jean Galfione, pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist.
10 June – Bruno Ngotty, soccer player.
12 June
- Félicia Ballanger, cyclist.
- Jérôme Romain, athlete.
25 June – Sébastien Levicq, decathlete.
28 June
- Fabien Barthez, international soccer player.
- Guillaume de Fondaumière, video game designer.
- Sébastien Gattuso, athlete.
29 June – Stéphan Bignet, triathlete.

Sylvain Chauveau, musician and composer.
- Fabrice Hadjadj, writer and philosopher.
Olivier Manchion, musician.

5 January – Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, hero of World War I and in French resistance during World War II (born 1898).
10 January – Coco Chanel, fashion designer (born 1883).^[4]
13 January – Henri Tomasi, composer and conductor (born 1901).
8 February – Louis Antoine, mathematician (born 1888).
26 February – Fernandel, actor (born 1903).
2 March – Rita Jolivet, actress (born 1884).
10 March – Jean Follain, author, poet and lawyer (born 1903).
31 March – Alfred Desenclos, composer (born 1912).

3 April – Jacques Ochs, artist, épée and foil fencer and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883).
11 April – Marcel Gromaire, painter (born 1892).
30 May – Marcel Dupré, organist, pianist and composer (born 1886).
5 June – André Trocmé, pastor who aided Jewish refugees (born 1901).
12 June – Jules Dewaquez, soccer player (born 1899).
25 June – Charles Vildrac, playwright and poet (born 1882).

10 July – Laurent Dauthuille, boxer (born 1924).
19 July – Arsène Roux, Arabist and Berberologist (born 1893).
27 July – Jacques Lusseyran, author (born 1924).
31 July – Michel Saint-Denis, actor, theatre director, and drama theorist (born 1897).
24 August – René Paul Raymond Capuron, botanist (born 1921).
30 August – Louis Armand, engineer (born 1905).
10 September – Roland de Vaux, priest and archaeologist (born 1903).