1925 in France
Events from the year 1925 in France.Incumbents
January to March
- 1 January - Raymond Pellegrin, actor
- 7 January - Pierre Gripari, writer
- 18 January - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher
- 2 February - Marcela Delpastre, author
- 13 February - René Pleimelding, soccer player
- 16 February - François-Xavier Ortoli, politician, businessman, Minister and President of the European Commission
- 4 March - Paul Mauriat, musical director
- 12 March - Louison Bobet, cyclist, three times Tour de France winner
- 12 March - Georges Delerue, film composer
- 21 March - Max Varnel, film and television director
- 26 March - Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor
April to June
- 10 April - Bernard Moitessier, yachtsman and author
- 27 April - François Châtelet, historian of philosophy
- 30 April - Corinne Calvet, actress
- 3 May - Jean Séguy, sociologist of religions
- 17 May
- *Michel de Certeau, Jesuit and scholar
- *Claude Julien, journalist and editor
- 25 May - Claude Pinoteau, film director and scriptwriter
- 27 May - Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist
- 8 June - Claude Estier, politician and journalist
- 14 June - Jean-Louis Rosier, racing driver
- 25 June - Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud, lawyer and politician
- 26 June - Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman
July to September
- 3 July - Roger Chesneau, steeplechaser
- 8 July
- *Jean Cau, writer and journalist
- *Dominique Nohain, actor, dramatist and director
- 11 July - Jules Henri Saiset, existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist, and critic
- 14 July - Gaston Rousseau, racing cyclist
- 19 July
- *Henri Beaujean, politician
- *Jean-Pierre Faye, philosopher, poet, and writer
- 6 August - Guy Degrenne, French businessman
- 6 August - Lilyan Chauvin, actress and writer
- 21 August - Maurice Pialat, film director, screenwriter and actor
- 26 August - Alain Peyrefitte, scholar and politician
- 27 August - Darry Cowl, musician and actor
- 30 August - Laurent de Brunhoff, author and illustrator
October to December
- 16 October - Armand Mouyal, epee fencer
- 31 October -
- *Roger Nimier, novelist
- *Franck Ténot, press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic
- 24 November - André Lévy, sinologist
- 27 November - Claude Lanzmann, documentary filmmaker and philosopher
- 2 December - Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist
- 5 December - Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist
- 7 December - Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian Formula One driver
- 23 December - Pierre Bérégovoy, politician and Prime Minister
- 26 December - Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist
Full date unknown
- Roger Giroux, poet
- Claude Tresmontant, philosopher, hellenist and theologian
Deaths
January to June
- 29 January - Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist
- 10 February - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner
- 14 February - Jacques Rivière, man of letters
- 25 February - Louis Feuillade, film director
- 4 March - Roger de Barbarin, trap shooter
- 5 March
- *Clément Ader, engineer and aviation pioneer
- *Michel Verne, writer
- 19 March - Firmin Bouisset, poster artist
- 22 April - André Caplet, composer and conductor
- 3 May - Louis Delaporte, explorer and artist
- 12 May
- *Léonce Bénédite, art historian and curator
- *Charles Mangin, general during World War I
- 1 June - Lucien Guitry, actor
- 6 June - Pierre Louÿs, poet
- 13 June - Paul Teste, aviator
July to December
- 1 July - Erik Satie, composer and pianist
- 5 August - Georges Palante, philosopher and sociologist
- 12 August - Leon Dehon, clergyman
- 7 September - René Viviani, politician, Prime Minister
- 29 September - Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920
- 31 October - Max Linder, actor
- 11 November - Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, poet, writer and pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry
- 21 December - Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister
- 22 December - Joseph Ravaisou, landscape painter
- 26 December - Jules Patenotre des Noyers, diplomat
- 27 December - Marie-Louise Jaÿ, businesswoman
