• Source: 1937 in France

      • Events from the year 1937 in France.


      Incumbents


      President: Albert Lebrun
      President of the Council of Ministers: Léon Blum (until 22 June), Camille Chautemps (starting 22 June)


      Events


      1 May – General strike in Paris.
      21 June – Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns.


      Sport


      30 June – Tour de France begins.
      25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Roger Lapébie.


      Births



      21 January – François Boutin, Thoroughbred horse trainer (died 1995)
      8 February – Françoise Claustre, archaeologist (died 2006)
      13 February – Andrée Brunin, poet (died 1993)
      4 March – Barney Wilen, saxophonist and jazz composer (died 1996)
      21 March – François Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (died 1973)
      12 May – Dominique Chaboche, politician and MEP (died 2005)
      24 May – Maryvonne Dupureur, Olympic athlete (died 2008)
      12 July – Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France
      22 July
      Jean-Claude Lebaube, road racing cyclist (died 1977)
      Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz, politician (died 2019)
      26 August – Nina Companeez, screenwriter and film director (died 2015)
      15 September – Jean-Claude Decaux, advertising executive (died 2016)
      31 October – Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, journalist (died 2020)
      14 November – Marion Créhange, computer scientist (died 2022)


      Deaths


      31 January – Marguerite Audoux, novelist (born 1863)
      12 March – Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer (born 1844)
      18 March – Mélanie Bonis, composer (born 1858)
      10 May – Paul Émile Chabas, painter (born 1869)
      2 June – Louis Vierne, organist and composer (born 1870)
      16 October – Jean de Brunhoff, writer and illustrator (born 1899)
      28 December – Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist (born 1875)


      See also


      List of French films of 1937


      References

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