1924 in France

Events from the year 1924 in France.

Incumbents

• President: Alexandre Millerand (until 13 June), Gaston Doumergue (starting 13 June)
• President of the Council of Ministers:
  • until 8 June: Raymond Poincaré
  • 8 June-15 June: Frédéric François-Marsal
  • starting 15 June: Édouard Herriot

Events

• 28 March – Total S.A. established as Compagnie française des pétroles.
• 29 March – Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts.
• 27 April – Group of Alawites kill some Christian nuns in Syria; French troops march against them.
• 11 May – Legislative Election held.
• 25 May – Legislative Election held.
• 18 August – France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany.

Sport

• 25 January–4 February – The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
• 4 May–27 July – The 1924 Summer Olympics are held in Paris.
• 22 June – Tour de France begins.
• 20 July – Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy.
• 10–17 August – The 1924 Summer Deaflympics take place in Paris.

Births

January to June

• 10 January – Pierre Plateau, Roman Catholic prelate (died 2018)
• 11 January – Roger Guillemin, neuroendocrinologist, awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1977 (died 2024)
• 13 January – Raymond Hermantier, actor (died 2005)
• 16 January – Henri-Jean Martin, historian of the book and printing (died 2007)
• 19 January – Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (died 2006).
• 23 January – Pierre Lacoste, admiral (died 2020)
• 13 February – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician (died 2006)
• 20 February – Laurent Dauthuille, boxer (died 1971)
• 23 February – Claude Sautet, author and film director (died 2000)
• 5 March – Roger Marche, international soccer player (died 1997)
• 13 March – Pierre Arpaillange, French author, senior judge and Government Minister (died 2017)
• 7 April
  • André du Bouchet, poet (died 2001)
  • Daniel Emilfork, actor (died 2006)
• 12 April – Raymond Barre, politician and economist, Prime Minister (died 2007)
• 29 April
  • Annette Chalut, Resistance worker and doctor (died 2021)
  • Zizi Jeanmaire, ballerina, actress and singer (died 2020)
• 7 May – Marcel Moussy, screenwriter and television director (died 1995)
• 17 May – Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre, historian and professor of philosophy (died 2020)
• 22 May
  • Charles Aznavour, singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
  • Claude Ballif, composer (died 2004)
• 12 June – Jacques Pras, cyclist (died 1982)
• 15 June – Paul Amargier, historian and Catholic priest (died 2021)

July to September

• 1 July – Georges Rivière, French actor
• 9 July – Pierre Cochereau, organist and composer (died 1984)
• 17 July – Françoise Adnet, painter (died 2014)
• 7 August – Georges Lévis, comic artist (died 1988)
• 8 August – Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic (died 2006)
• 10 August – Jean-François Lyotard, philosopher and literary theorist (died 1998)
• 13 August – Josette Arène, swimmer (died 2019)
• 14 August – Georges Prêtre, conductor (died 2017)
• 17 August – Jean-Paul Alata, political prisoner (died 1978)
• 23 August – Madeleine Riffaud, Resistance member, journalist and writer (died 2024)
• 29 August – Guy Deplus, clarinetist (died 2020)
• 11 September – Louis Hon, soccer player (died 2008)
• 18 September – Antonin Rolland, road cycling racer
• 19 September – Jacques Lusseyran, author (died 1971)

October to December

• 2 October – Gilbert Simondon, philosopher (died 1989)
• 27 October – Alain Bombard, biologist, physician, politician and sailor (died 2005)
• 30 October – Hubert Curien, physicist (died 2005)
• 5 November – Alice Colonieu, artist (died 2000)
• 20 November – Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist (died 2006).
• 26 November – Fernand Cazenave, international rugby union player and coach (died 2005)
• 13 December – Pierre Flamion, soccer player and manager (died 2004)

Full date unknown

• Michel Alaux, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)

Deaths

• 24 January – Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg, noble and politician (born 1837)
• 17 March – Victor Besaucèle, ornithologist (born 1847)
• 14 April – Roland Bonaparte, prince, president of the Société de Géographie (born 1858)
• 24 April – Ferdinand Arnodin, engineer and industrialist (born 1845)
• 15 May – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1852)
• 11 June – Théodore Dubois, composer and organist (born 1837)
• 1 September – Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville, politician and author (born 1843)
• 21 September – Edouard Deville, first to perfect a practical method of photogrammetry (born 1849)
• 24 September – Alexandre Lacassagne, physician and criminologist (born 1843)
• 12 October – Anatole France, author, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921 (born 1844)
• 22 October – Louis-Émile Bertin, naval engineer (born 1840)
• 23 October – Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger, feminist campaigner (born 1853)
• 4 November – Gabriel Fauré, composer, organist and pianist (born 1845)

Full date unknown

• Jean Pierre Philippe Lampué, photographer (born 1836)

See also

• List of French films of 1924