See also: 1973 in France, other events of 1974, 1975 in France.

Events from the year 1974 in France.

Events

• 1 March - Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France.
• 3 March - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes just outside Senlis killing all 346 on board.
• 8 March - Charles de Gaulle International 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.
• 9 December - The Paris summit, reuniting the European communities' heads of state and government, commences.

Sport

• 27 June - Tour de France begins.
• 21 July - Tour de France ends, won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium.

Births

January to March

• 6 January - Romain Sardou, novelist.
• 13 January - Thierry Debès, soccer player.
• 16 January - Frédéric Dindeleux, soccer player.
• 20 January - Florian Maurice, soccer player.
• 21 January - Ulrich Le Pen, soccer player.
• 23 January - Bernard Diomède, soccer player.
• 3 February - Florian Rousseau, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.
• 6 February - Sébastien Delagrange, golfer.
• 8 February - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, musician.
• 10 February - Lionel Potillon, soccer player.
• 11 February - Sébastien Hinault, cyclist.
• 17 February - Frédéric Bolley, twice motocross world champion.
• 20 February - Ophélie Winter, singer and actress.
• 23 February - Stéphane Bernadis, figure skater.
• 26 February - Sébastien Loeb, rally driver and three time World Champion.
• 17 March - Franck Bouyer, cyclist.
• 21 March - Sébastien Gimenez, soccer player.
• 31 March - Patrick Regnault, soccer player.

April to June

• 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.
• 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 - Claire-Marie Le Guay, classical pianist.

July to September

• 7 July - Doc Gynéco, hip hop artist.
• 9 July - Foulques, duc d'Aumale, comte d'Eu, Prince de France.
• 10 July - Nassim Akrour, soccer player.
• 13 July - Ronan Le Crom, soccer player.
• 21 July - Frédéric Biancalani, soccer player.
• 4 August - Jean-Christophe Rouvière, soccer player.
• 4 August - 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 (d.2002).
• 26 August - Sébastien Bruno, rugby union player.
• 3 September - Didier André, motor racing driver.
• 4 September - Jean-Pierre Simb, soccer player.
• 7 September - Stéphane Beyrac, soccer player.
• 12 September - Caroline Aigle, first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force (d.2007).
• 16 September - Frédéric Da Rocha, soccer player.
• 25 September - Olivier Dacourt, soccer player.
• 28 September - Frédéric Danjou, soccer player.
• September - Justine Lévy, author.

October to December

• 7 October - Hervé Alicarte, soccer player.
• 19 October - Laurent Brancowitz, guitarist.
• 21 October - Olivier Azam, rugby union player.
• 1 November - Renan Lavigne, squash player.
• 4 November - Jérôme Leroy, soccer player.
• 11 November - Bettina Goislard, United Nations worker (d.2003).
• 20 November - Alain Andji, pole vaulter.
• 27 November - Yann le Pennec, slalom canoer.
• 28 November - Pascal Bedrossian, soccer player.
• 29 November - Cyril Dessel, cyclist.
• 30 November - Arnaud Vincent, motorcycle road racer.
• 6 December - Stéphane Augé, cyclist.
• 6 December - Delphine Combe, athlete.
• 11 December - Julien Robert, biathlete.
• 13 December - Richard Dourthe, rugby union player.
• 17 December - Yannick Fischer, soccer player.
• 22 December - Éric Despezelle, judoka.

Full date unknown

• Frédéric Bourdin, serial imposter.
• Amelie Chabannes, painter and sculptor.
• Fabrice Lachant, photographer.
• Emmanuel Thibault, dancer.
• Philippe Vasset, novelist and journalist.

Deaths

January to June

• 21 January - Arnaud Denjoy, mathematician (b.1884).
• 30 January - Fernand Arnout, weightlifter and Olympic medallist (b.1899).
• 28 March - Françoise Rosay, actress (b.1891).
• 2 April - Georges Pompidou, President of France (b.1911).
• 9 April - Pierre Petiteau, rugby union player (b.1899).
• 18 April - Marcel Pagnol, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker (b.1895).
• 20 May - Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (b.1905).
• 25 May - Robert Levasseur, rugby union player (b.1898).
• 12 June - André Marie, politician and Prime Minister of France (b.1897).
• 22 June - Darius Milhaud, composer (b.1892).
• 22 June - Alain Saint-Ogan, comics author and artist (b.1895).
• 22 June - Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1876).

July to December

• 9 July - Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, writer and artist (b.1884).
• August - André Edouard Marty, artist (b.1882).
• 4 September - Marcel Achard, playwright, screenwriter and author (b.1899).
• 17 September - André Dunoyer de Segonzac, painter and graphic artist (b.1884).
• 17 October - Jean Vaysse, rugby union player (b.1900).
• 22 November - Gilbert Degrémont, water treatment expert (b.1908).
• 20 December - André Jolivet, composer (b.1905).
• 26 December - Armand Marcelle, rower and Olympic medallist (b.1905).

Full date unknown

• Michel Alaux, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist (b.1924).
• Félix Amiot, aircraft constructor (b.1894).
• Émilie Charmy, artist (b.1878).
• Roger Giroux, poet (b.1925).
• Henri Pequet, pilot, flew first official airmail flight in 1911 (b.1888).
• René de Possel, mathematician (b.1905).
• Jean Wahl, philosopher (b.1888).

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