1925 in France

Events from the year 1925 in France.

Events

21 May to 25 October International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble.
25 August - Occupation of the Ruhr ends with the evacuation of the last French troops.

1 January - Raymond Pellegrin, actor (died 2007).
7 January - Pierre Gripari, writer (died 1990).
18 January - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher (died 1995).
2 February - Marcela Delpastre, author (died 1998).
13 February - René Pleimelding, soccer player (died 1998).
16 February - François-Xavier Ortoli, politician, businessman, Minister and President of the European Commission (died 2007).
4 March - Paul Mauriat, musical director (died 2006).
12 March - Louison Bobet, cyclist, three times Tour de France winner (died 1983).
12 March - Georges Delerue, film composer (died 1992).
21 March - Max Varnel, film and television director (died 1996).
26 March - Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor.

10 April - Bernard Moitessier, yachtsman and author (died 1994).
27 April - François Châtelet, historian of philosophy (died 1985).
30 April - Corinne Calvet, actress (died 2001).
17 May
- Michel de Certeau, Jesuit and scholar (died 1986).
- Claude Julien, journalist and editor (died 2005).
27 May - Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist (died 1988).

8 July - Jean Cau, writer and journalist (died 1993).
11 July - Jules Henri Saiset, existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist, and critic (died 1995).
6 August - Lilyan Chauvin, actress and writer (died 2008).
21 August - Maurice Pialat, film director, screenwriter and actor (died 2003).
26 August - Alain Peyrefitte, scholar and politician (died 1999).
27 August - Darry Cowl, musician and actor (died 2006).
30 August - Laurent de Brunhoff, author and illustrator.

16 October - Armand Mouyal, epee fencer (died 1988).
31 October
- Roger Nimier, novelist (died 1962).
- Franck Ténot, press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic (died 2004).
2 December - Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (died 2005).
5 December - Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (died 1962).
23 December - Pierre Bérégovoy, politician and Prime Minister (died 1993).
26 December - Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist (died 2005).

29 January - Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (born 1846)
10 February - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (born 1851).
14 February - Jacques Rivière, man of letters (born 1886; typhoid)
25 February - Louis Feuillade, film director (born 1873).
4 March - Roger de Barbarin, trap shooter (born 1860)
5 March
- Clément Ader, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1841).
- Michel Verne, writer (born 1861)
19 March - Firmin Bouisset, poster artist (born 1859)
22 April - André Caplet, composer and conductor (born 1878).
3 May - Louis Delaporte, explorer and artist (born 1842)
12 May
- Léonce Bénédite, art historian and curator (born 1856)
- Charles Mangin, general during World War I (born 1866).
1 June - Lucien Guitry, actor (born 1860)
6 June - Pierre Louÿs, poet (born 1870)
13 June - Paul Teste, aviator (born 1892; air crash)

1 July - Erik Satie, composer and pianist (born 1866).
5 August - Georges Palante, philosopher and sociologist (born 1862)
12 August - Leon Dehon, clergyman (born 1843).
7 September - René Viviani, politician, Prime Minister (born 1863).
29 September - Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (born 1851).
31 October - Max Linder, actor (born 1883).
11 November - Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, poet, writer and pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry (born 1843).
21 December - Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister (born 1838).
22 December - Joseph Ravaisou, landscape painter(born 1865)
26 December - Jules Patenotre des Noyers, diplomat (born 1845)