1937 in France

Incumbents

• President: Albert Lebrun
• President of the Council of Ministers: Léon Blum, Camille Chautemps

  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 - Francois Boutin, Thoroughbred horse trainer
• 8 February - Françoise Claustre, archaeologist
• 13 February - Andrée Brunin, poet
• 4 March - Barney Wilen, saxophonist and jazz composer
• 21 March - François Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist
• 12 May - Dominique Chaboche, politician and MEP
• 24 May - Maryvonne Dupureur, Olympic athlete
• 12 July - Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France
• 22 July - Jean-Claude Lebaube, road racing cyclist
• 15 September - Jean-Claude Decaux, advertising executive

  Deaths

• 31 January - Marguerite Audoux, novelist
• 12 March - Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer
• 18 March - Mélanie Bonis, composer
• 10 May - Paul Émile Chabas, painter
• 2 June - Louis Vierne, organist and composer
• 2 September - Pierre de Coubertin, historian and founder of the International Olympic Committee
• 16 October - Jean de Brunhoff, writer and illustrator
• 28 December - Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist