See also: 1962 in France, other events of 1963, 1964 in France.

Events from the year 1963 in France.

Events

• 22 January - Élysée Treaty signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
• 29 January - President Charles de Gaulle vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the EEC.
• 4 March - In Paris, 6 people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle pardons 5 of them but the other conspirator is executed by firing squad few days later.

Sport

• 23 June - Tour de France begins.
• 14 July - Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil.

Births

January to March

• 1 January - Jean-Marc Gounon, motor racing driver.
• 6 January - Philippe Perrin, Colonel in French Air Force, test pilot and spationaut.
• 23 January - Éric Mura, soccer player.
• 9 February - Lolo Ferrari, dancer, porn star, actress, and singer (d.2000).
• 24 February - Laurent Ruquier, journalist and television and radio host.
• 19 March - Manu Bertin, one of the pioneers of Kite surfing.
• 21 March - Thierry Froger, soccer manager, former player.

April to June

• 6 April - Pauline Lafont, actress (d.1988).
• 7 April - Bernard Lama, soccer player.
• 23 April - Paul Belmondo, motor racing driver.
• 28 April - Sandrine Dumas, actress.
• 8 May - Michel Gondry, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, film, commercial and music video director.
• 10 May - Patrice Kuchna, tennis player.
• 20 May - Gérald J. Caussé, a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• 24 May - Ludovic Batelli, soccer player and manager.
• 28 May - Marc Antoine, jazz fusion guitarist.
• 30 May - Élise Lucet, investigative journalist and television host.
• 4 June - Nicolas Boukhrief, screenwriter, film director and actor.
• 7 June - Roberto Alagna, operatic tenor.
• 12 June - Philippe Bugalski, rally driver.
• 13 June - Nathalie Lupino, judoka and Olympic medallist.
• 18 June - Christian Vadim, actor.
• 25 June - Thierry Marie, cyclist.

July to September

• 4 July - Henri Leconte, tennis player.
• 7 July - Pascal Payet, criminal.
• 10 July - Ronan Pensec, cyclist.
• 12 July - Thierry Tulasne, tennis player.
• 13 August - Édouard Michelin, businessman (d.2006).
• 14 August - Christophe Arleston, scenarist and editor.
• 14 August - Emmanuelle Béart, actress.
• 23 August - Marie-Christine Cazier, athlete.
• 31 August - Sylvain Kastendeuch, soccer player.
• August - Bertrand Latour, writer.
• 7 September - Éric Di Meco, politician, former soccer player.
• 8 September - Éric Poulat, soccer referee and computer scientist.

October to December

• 5 October - Pascale Hummel, philologist, historian of philology, and translator.
• 28 October - Christian Plaziat, decathlete.
• 1 November - Philippe Lucas, soccer player.
• 5 November - Jean-Pierre Papin, soccer manager, former player.
• 10 November - Sophie Amiach, tennis player.
• 15 November - François Lemasson, soccer player.
• November - Pascal Parisot, songwriter and singer.
• 2 December - Eric Boyer, cyclist.
• 13 December - Philippe Collet, pole vaulter.
• 18 December - Pauline Ester, singer.
• 22 December - Christophe Lavainne, cyclist.

Full date unknown

• Christophe Barratier, film producer, film director and screenwriter.
• Gilles Bourdos, film director, screenwriter and producer.
• Sylvain Chomet, animator and film director.
• Agnes Clancier, novelist.
• Stéphane Derenoncourt, oenologist.
• Sophie Lacaze, composer.
• Christian Louboutin, shoe designer.
• Jean-Yves Malmasson, composer and conductor.
• Pierre Maubouché, actor, voice over artist, producer and casting director.
• Xavier Mauméjean, writer.
• Xavier Veilhan, artist.

Deaths

January to March

• 23 January - Gustave Garrigou, cyclist and 1911 Tour de France winner (b.1884).
• 30 January - Francis Poulenc, composer (b.1899).
• 9 February - Marcel Godivier, cyclist (b.1887).
• 10 February - Louis Paulhan, pilot (b.1883).
• 4 March - Édouard Belin, photographic inventor (b.1876).
• 10 March - André Maschinot, soccer player (b.1903).
• 11 March - Jean Bastien-Thiry, attempted assassin of President Charles de Gaulle in 1962 (b.1927).
• 26 March - Pierre Lacau, Egyptologist and philologist (b.1873).
• 29 March - Henry Bordeaux, writer and lawyer (b.1870).

April to June

• 10 May - Léonce Crenier, Roman Catholic monk and theologian (b.1888).
• 3 June - Edmond Decottignies, weightlifter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1893).
• 8 June - Gaston Ramon, veterinarian and biologist (b.1886).
• 9 June - Jacques Villon, painter and printmaker (b.1875).

July to September

• 1 July - Camille Chautemps, politician and three times Prime Minister of France (b.1885).
• 7 July - Géo-Charles, poet (b.1892).
• 31 August - Georges Braque, painter and sculptor (b.1882).
• 11 September - Suzanne Duchamp, painter (b.1889).

October to December

• 10 October - Édith Piaf, singer (b.1915).
• 11 October - Jean Cocteau, poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (b.1889).
• 17 October - Jacques Hadamard, mathematician (b.1865).
• 21 October - Jean Decoux, Governor-General of French Indochina (b.1884).
• 25 October - Roger Désormière, conductor (b.1898).
• 11 November - André Le Troquer, politician and lawyer (b.1884).

Full date unknown

• René Baudichon, sculptor and medallist (b.1878).
• René Guyon, jurist (b.1876).
• Jules Isaac, historian (b.1877).
• André Lefèbvre, automobile engineer (b.1894).
• Yves le Prieur, naval officer and inventor (b.1885).
• Charles Louis Eloi Pernet, cutler.

References

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