1891 in France
Events from the year 1891 in France.Incumbents
January to June
- 2 January – Didier Daurat, aviation pioneer
- 14 January – Félix Goethals, cyclist
- 19 April – Françoise Rosay, actress
- 17 May – Roger Blaizot, General
July to September
- 7 July – Xavier Vallat, politician and Commissioner-General for Jewish Questions in Vichy France
- 11 July – Gabriel Benoist, writer
- 21 July – Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère, rugby union player
- 6 August – Yvette Andréyor, actress
- 9 August – Joseph-Marie Martin, Cardinal
- 15 August – Jean De Briac, actor
- 3 September – Marcel Grandjany, harpist and composer
- 10 September – Raymond Abescat, oldest man in France and oldest veteran in France at the time of his death
- 26 September – Charles Münch, conductor and violinist
October to December
- 10 October – Raymond Bernard, filmmaker
- 17 November – Jean Del Val, actor
- 15 December – Martial Guéroult, philosopher and historian of philosophy
- 26 December – Jean Galtier-Boissière, writer, polemist and journalist
- 30 December – Antoine Pinay, politician and Prime Minister of France
Deaths
January to June
- 14 January – Aimé Millet, sculptor
- 16 January – Léo Delibes, composer
- 21 January – Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, painter and sculptor
- 15 March – Théodore de Banville, poet and writer
- 29 March – Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel, Bishop of Toronto
- 29 March – Georges-Pierre Seurat, painter
- 24 May – Joseph Roumanille, poet
July to December
- 7 July – Célestin Joseph Félix, Jesuit
- 29 August – Pierre Lallement, bicycle inventor
- 5 September – Elie Delaunay, painter
- 30 September – Georges Ernest Boulanger, general and politician
- 3 October – Édouard Lucas, mathematician
- 10 November – Arthur Rimbaud, poet
- 26 November – Eugène Bouchut, physician
- 12 December – Charles Émile Freppel, Bishop and politician
- December – Émile Bayard, illustrator
