1991 in France

"See also:"
1990 in France,
other events of 1991,
1992 in France.

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Events from the year 1991 in France.

Events

*15 May - Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier.

Arts and Literature

port

*6 July - Tour de France begins.
*7 July - French Grand Prix is won by Nigel Mansell of the United Kingdom.
*28 July - Tour de France ends, won by Miguel Indurain of Spain.

Births

*9 February - Alexandre Briancon, figure skater.
*6 July - Victoire Thivisol, actress.

Deaths

January to March

*7 January - Henri Louveau, motor racing driver (b.1910).
*24 February - Georges Capdeville, soccer referee (b.1899).
*2 March - Serge Gainsbourg, poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director (b.1928).
*12 March - Étienne Decroux, actor and mime (b.1898).
*25 March - Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic archbishop (b.1905).
*29 March - Guy Bourdin, photographer (b.1928).
*30 March - Silvia Monfort, actress and theatre director (b.1923).

April to June

*3 April - Robert Veyron-Lacroix, harpsichordist and pianist (b.1922).
*6 April - Louis Joxe, statesman and Minister (b.1901).
*26 April - Leo Arnaud, composer of film scores (b.1904).
*30 April - André Badonnel, entomologist (b.1898).
*30 April - Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget, actress and Princess of Monaco (b.1900).
*8 May - Jean Langlais, composer and organist (b.1907).
*20 May - Michel Gauquelin, psychologist and statistician (b.1928).
*7 June - Antoine Blondin, writer (b.1922).
*10 June - Jean Bruller, writer and illustrator (b.1902).
*28 June - Jacques Corrèze, businessman and politician (b.1912).
*29 June - Henri Lefebvre, sociologist and philosopher (b.1901).

July to September

*27 July - Pierre Brunet, figure skater (b.1902).
*29 July - Christian de Castries, military officer (b.1902).
*5 August - Gaston Litaize, organist and composer (b.1909).
*28 August - Pierre Guillaumat, politician and Minister (b.1909).
*4 September - Henri de Lubac, Jesuit priest and theologian (b.1896).
*5 September - Raymond Dronne, politician (b.1908).
*17 September - Zino Francescatti, violinist (b.1902).
*28 September - Eugène Bozza, composer (b.1905).

October to December

*9 November - Yves Montand, actor and singer (b.1921).
*15 November - Jacques Morali, music producer (b.1947).
*26 November - François Billetdoux, playwright and novelist (b.1927).
*9 December - Gisèle Lestrange, graphic artist (b.1927).
*13 December - André Pieyre de Mandiargues, writer (b.1909).
*20 December - Gaston Waringhien, linguist, lexicographer and Esperantist (b.1901).
*27 December - Hervé Guibert, writer (b.1955).

Full date unknown

*Antoine Berman, translator and historian (b.1942).
*Claude Cahen, orientalist (b.1909).
*Louis Henry, historian (b.1911).

References