1983 in France

Incumbents

• President: François Mitterrand
• Prime Minister: Pierre Mauroy

  Events

• 19 January – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
• February – Launch of the Pininfarina styled modern supermini hatchback, the Peugeot 205, which will be produced alongside the 104, though its predecessor is set to be withdrawn from most export markets by the end of the year once the 205 is on sale in all key markets. The 205 is initially sold as a five-door hatchback, but will be joined by a three-door version and a high performance GTI next year.
• 6 February – Klaus Barbie is officially charged with war crimes.
• 24 February – The Peugeot 205 supermini is officially launched with a range of hatchbacks and convertibles.
• 6 March – Municipal Elections held.
• 13 March – Municipal Elections held.
• 23 September – Violence erupts in New Caledonia between native Kanaks and French expatriates. The French government withdraws the promise of independence.
• 16 October – Production of Renault's flagship 20 and 30 is finished after eight years to make way for the 25.
• 23 October – Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings destroy both the French and the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 US servicemen, 58 French paratroopers and 6 Lebanese civilians.
• 20 November – Launch of the Renault 25 executive car, replacement for both the Renault 20 and Renault 30.
• 31 December – Two bombs explode in France. One on the Paris train kills 3 and injures 19. The other at Marseille station kills 2 and injures 34.

  Births

January to March

• 6 January – Alexandre Pichot, cyclist.
• 7 January – Stéphanie Falzon, hammer thrower.
• 10 January – Romauld Bouadji, soccer player.
• 12 January – Bryan Bergougnoux, soccer player.
• 13 January – Ronny Turiaf, basketball player.
• 17 January – Mamadi Berthe, soccer player.
• 22 January – Étienne Bacrot, chess grandmaster.
• 26 January – Abdoulaye Diawara, soccer player.
• 1 February – Mathieu Drujon, cyclist.
• 3 February – Damiel Dossévi, pole vaulter.
• 12 February – Anthony Floch, rugby union player.
• 14 February – Bacary Sagna, soccer player.
• 16 February – Tristan Lahaye, soccer player.
• 17 February – Gérald Cid, soccer player.
• 17 February – Émilie Fer, slalom canoer.
• 21 February – Benoît Lesoimier, soccer player.
• 22 February – Mathieu Moreau, soccer player.
• 24 February – Rémi Maréval, soccer player.
• 2 March – Olivier Bonnaire, cyclist.
• 3 March – Cyril Lemoine, cyclist.
• 5 March – Mickaël Antoine-Curier, soccer player.
• 8 March – Guillaume Moreau, motor racing driver.
• 11 March – Céline Couderc, freestyle swimmer
• 15 March – Armand One, soccer player.
• 16 March – Nicolas Rousseau, cyclist.
• 18 March – Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, tennis player.
• 28 March – Ladji Doucouré, athlete.
• 30 March – Jérémie Aliadière, soccer player.

  April to June

• 1 April – Franck Ribéry, international soccer player.
• 3 April – Ludovic Butelle, soccer player.
• 18 April – François Clerc, soccer player.
• 24 April – Cyril Théréau, soccer player.
• 25 April – Maxime Brillault, soccer player.
• 1 May – Alain Bernard, swimmer.
• 3 May – Jérôme Clavier, pole vaulter.
• 4 May – Julien Malzieu, rugby union player.
• 6 May – Julien Belgy, cyclist.
• 9 May – Jean-Michel Badiane, soccer player.
• 13 May – Edouard Duplan, soccer player.
• 13 May – Grégory Lemarchal, singer.
• 14 May – Mathieu Valverde, soccer player.
• 17 May – Mathieu Claude, cyclist.
• 25 May – Ibrahim Diarra, rugby union player.
• 1 June – Fabien Laurenti, soccer player.
• 9 June – Claude Gnakpa, soccer player.
• 14 June – Louis Garrel, actor.
• 14 June – Fabien Patanchon, cyclist.
• 22 June – Jérémy Roy, cyclist.
• 25 June – Patrick Noubissie, soccer player.
• 28 June – Reynald Lemaître, soccer player.

  July to September

• 15 July – Julien Leparoux, jockey.
• 24 July – Étienne Didot, soccer player.
• 31 July – François Marque, soccer player.
• 1 August – Julien Faubert, soccer player.
• 1 August – Julien Rantier, soccer player.
• 5 August – Jérémy Sorbon, soccer player.
• 15 August – Alain Cantareil, soccer player.
• 15 August – Jean-Marc Marino, cyclist.
• 2 September – Jonathan Assous, soccer player.
• 2 September – Christophe Grondin, soccer player.
• 5 September – Cédric Bockhorni, soccer player.
• 7 September – Benoît Baby, rugby union player.
• 10 September – Jérémy Toulalan, international soccer player.
• 14 September – Olivier Auriac, soccer player.
• 20 September – Jérémy Gavanon, soccer player.

  October to December

• 26 October – Julien Arias, rugby union player.
• 29 October – Jérémy Mathieu, soccer player.
• 2 November – Sophie Milliet, chess player.
• 2 November – Alain Schmitt, judoka.
• 3 November – Rémi Fournier, soccer player.
• 5 November – Julien Saubade, rugby union player.
• 8 November – Gabriel Nassif, card player.
• 16 November – Bertrand Robert, soccer player.
• 28 November – Édouard Roger-Vasselin, tennis player.
• 8 December – Pierre Roger, swimmer.
• 17 December – Sébastien Ogier rally driver
• 12 December – Johan Audel, soccer player.
• 22 December – Nathalie Péchalat, ice dancer.

  Deaths

January to March

• 15 January – Henri Debain, actor.
• 27 January – Georges Bidault politician and resistance leader.
• 27 January – Louis de Funès, actor.
• 28 January – Claude Papi, soccer player.
• 2 February – Corentin Louis Kervran, scientist.
• 17 February – Waldeck Rochet, politician.
• 2 March – Olivier Chandon de Brailles, motor racing driver.
• 13 March – Louison Bobet, cyclist, three times Tour de France winner.
• 14 March – Maurice Ronet, actor, director and writer.

  April to June

• 12 April – Pierre Richard-Willm, actor.
• 21 April – Édouard Bader, rugby union player.
• 23 April – Marguerite Broquedis, tennis player.
• 19 June – Henri Enjalbert, professor of geography.

  July to September

• 23 July – Georges Auric, composer.
• 16 August – René Duverger, weightlifter and Olympic gold medallist.
• 20 August – Georges Spénale, writer, poet and politician, President of the European Parliament.
• 21 September – Marie-Gabriel Tissot, Abbot of Quarr.
• 26 September – Henri Navarre, General.
• 26 September – Tino Rossi, singer and actor.

  October to December

• 2 October – Louis Béguet, rugby union player.
• 8 October – Alexandre Renard, Roman Catholic Cardinal.
• 17 October – Raymond Aron, philosopher, sociologist and political scientist.
• 26 October – Charles Ducasse, soccer player.
• 5 November – Jean-Marc Reiser, comics creator.
• 7 November – Germaine Tailleferre, composer.
• 15 November – Marc Bernard, writer.
• 18 November – Émile Veinante, soccer player and coach.
• 20 November – Marcel Dalio, actor.
• 6 December – Lucienne Boyer, singer.
• 19 December – Fania Fénelon, pianist, composer and cabaret singer.
• 24 December – Paul Gégauff, screenwriter, actor and director.
• 28 December – Eugène Chaboud, motor racing driver.

  Full date unknown

• Henri Gance, weightlifter and Olympic gold medallist.
• Célestin Lainé, Breton nationalist and collaborator.
• Bernard Lamotte, artist.
• Michel Pêcheux, philosopher.

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