1974 in France

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Events from the year 1974 in France.

Incumbents

1 March – Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France.
3 March – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes into the Ermenville Forest just outside Senlis killing all 346 on board.
8 March – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris.
2 April – President Georges Pompidou dies in office. Senate President Alain Poher becomes Acting President for the second time.
7 August – French acrobat Philippe Petit walks across a high wire slung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
28 August – The Citroen CX, top model in the Citroen range, is launched – succeeding the 19-year-old DS.^[1] It is voted European Car of the Year.^[2]
12 September – The crew of the SS France (1961) take over the ship off Le Havre in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent her withdrawal; she never sails under the French flag again.
9 December – The Paris summit, reuniting the European communities' heads of state and government, commences.

1 April – Cyril Raffaelli, traceur, martial artist and stuntman.
7 April – Julien Boutter, tennis player.
11 April – Franck Rénier, cyclist.
18 April – Olivier Besancenot, politician.
29 April – Pascal Cygan, soccer player.
8 May – Raphaël Jacquelin, golfer.
9 May – Benoît Salmon, cyclist.
10 May – Sylvain Wiltord, international soccer player.
11 May – Benoît Magimel, actor.
14 May – Pierre-Yves André, soccer player.
24 May – Florence Baverel-Robert, biathlete.
28 May – Romain Duris, actor.
1 June – Jérôme Vareille, soccer player.
10 June – Christophe Bassons, cyclist.
13 June
- Frédéric Bourdin, serial imposter.
- Claire-Marie Le Guay, classical pianist.

7 July – Doc Gynéco, hip hop artist.
10 July – Nassim Akrour, soccer player.
13 July – Ronan Le Crom, soccer player.
21 July – Frédéric Biancalani, soccer player.
22 July - Pierrick Boyer, pastry chef.
4 August
- Jean-Christophe Rouvière, soccer player.
- Thierry Thulliez, jockey.
5 August – Antoine Sibierski, soccer player.
7 August – Yohann Bernard, swimmer.
9 August – Raphaël Poirée, biathlete.
11 August – Audrey Mestre, free-diver (died 2002).
26 August – Sébastien Bruno, rugby union player.
3 September – Didier André, motor racing driver.
4 September – Jean-Pierre Simb, soccer player.
12 September – Caroline Aigle, first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force (died 2007).
16 September – Frédéric Da Rocha, soccer player.
25 September – Olivier Dacourt, soccer player.
28 September – Frédéric Danjou, soccer player.
September – Justine Lévy, author.

21 January – Arnaud Denjoy, mathematician (born 1884).
30 January – Fernand Arnout, weightlifter and Olympic medallist (born 1899).
13 March – Henri Pequet, pilot, flew first official airmail flight in 1911 (born 1888).
28 March – Françoise Rosay, actress (born 1891).
2 April – Georges Pompidou, President of France (born 1911).
9 April – Pierre Petiteau, rugby union player (born 1899).
18 April – Marcel Pagnol, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker (born 1895).
20 May – Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (born 1905).
25 May – Robert Levasseur, rugby union player (born 1898).
7 June – Émilie Charmy, artist (born 1878).^[3]
12 June – André Marie, politician and Prime Minister of France (born 1897).
17 June – Pauline Carton, actress (born 1884).
19 June – Jean Wahl, philosopher (born 1888).
22 June
- Darius Milhaud, composer (born 1892).
- Alain Saint-Ogan, comics author and artist (born 1895).
- Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876).

4 July – André Randall, actor (born 1892).
9 July – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, writer and artist (born 1884).
August – André Edouard Marty, artist (born 1882).
4 September – Marcel Achard, playwright, screenwriter and author (born 1899).
17 September – André Dunoyer de Segonzac, painter and graphic artist (born 1884).
17 October – Jean Vaysse, rugby union player (born 1900).
27 October – Paul Frankeur, actor (born 1905).
22 November – Gilbert Degrémont, water treatment expert (born 1908).
20 December – André Jolivet, composer (born 1905).
21 December – Félix Amiot, aircraft constructor (born 1894).
26 December – Armand Marcelle, rower and Olympic medallist (born 1905).

^ "Citroen CX Buyers Guide". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
^ "Previous winners - Car of the year - Car of the year". Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
^ "Charmy, Emilie, 1878–1974". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 21 March 2019.