1950 in France

Incumbents

• President: Vincent Auriol
• President of the Council of Ministers:
• * until 2 July: Georges Bidault
• * 2 July-12 July: Henri Queuille
• * starting 12 July: René Pleven

  Events

• 11 February – Two Viet Cong battalions attack a French base in French Indochina.
• 12 February – Pro-communist riots in Paris.
• 9 April – Notre-Dame Affair, Lettrist movement anti-catholic intervention.
• 3 June – Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
• 15 September-18 September – Battle of Đông Khê, French defeat in First Indochina War.
• 30 September – Battle of Route Coloniale 4 begins.
• 18 October – Battle of Route Coloniale 4 ends in decisive victory for the Việt Minh.

  Sport

• 13 July – Tour de France begins.
• 7 August – Tour de France ends, won by Ferdinand Kübler of Switzerland.

  Births

• 22 February – Miou-Miou, actress.
• 21 April – Michel Rougerie, motorcycle racer
• 25 September – Philippe Peythieu, actor.

  Deaths

• 6 February – Georges Imbert, chemical engineer
• 2 March – Joseph d'Arbaud, poet
• 6 March – Albert Lebrun, politician and President of France
• 16 April – Arnaud Massy, golfer
• 28 September – Joë Bousquet, poet
• 10 November – Jean Biondi, politician
• 11 November – Pierre-Jules Boulanger, engineer and businessman