List of events
Events from the year 2017 in France.
Deaths
This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (October 2017)
- 1 January – Robert Vallée, 94, mathematician[10]
- 2 January
- 4 January – Georges Prêtre, 92, orchestral and opera conductor[13]
- 10 January – Claude Lebey, 93, food critic[14]
- 11 January
- 16 January – Roland Glavany, 94, army general[17]
- 18 January – Hubert Lucot, 81, author[18]
- 19 January – Thibaut Cuisset, 58, photographer[19]
- 26 January – Anne-Marie Colchen, 91, track and field athlete and basketball player, European high jump champion (1946)[20]
- 31 January – Annie Saumont, 89, author and translator[21]
- 6 February – Roger Walkowiak, 89, racing cyclist, Tour de France winner (1956)[22]
- 9 February – André Salvat, 96, Army colonel[23]
- 12 February – Albert Malbois, 101, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes (1966–1977)[24]
- 13 February – Raymond Dugrand, 92, geographer[25]
- 14 February – Adrien Duvillard, 82, Olympic skier[26]
- 26 February – Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard, 89, Olympic runner[27]
- 1 March – Pierre Guénin, 90, journalist, magazine publisher and gay rights activist[28]
- 3 March – Raymond Kopa, 85, international footballer[29]
- 4 March – Jean-Christophe Averty, 88, television and radio director[30]
- 16 March – Youcef Touati, 27, French-born Algerian football player (traffic collision)[31]
- 20 March – Louis Frémaux, 95, conductor[32]
- 21 March – Henri Emmanuelli, 71, politician, President of National Assembly (1993–1994)[33]
- 23 March – Serge Doubrovsky, 88, author[34]
- 28 March – Jean-Pierre Cave, 65, politician[35]
- 31 March – Évelyne Sullerot, 92, feminist[36]
- 2 April – Michèle Rosier, 86, fashion designer, film director, documentary maker and screenwriter[37]
- 3 April – Michel Arrivé, 80, linguist and novelist[38]
- 4 April
- 1 May – Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 99, film director and screenwriter[41]
- 4 May
- 5 May – Corinne Erhel, 50, politician, member of the National Assembly (heart attack)
- 8 May – Cécile DeWitt-Morette, 94, mathematician and physicist[44]
- 9 May – Arthur Moulin, 92, politician, member of the National Assembly (1958–1973) and Senate (1983–1992)[45]
- 10 May – Colette Guillaumin, 83, feminist[46]
- 12 May – Louis Boyer, 95, politician, Senator for Loiret (1974–2001) and Mayor of Gien (1959–1995)[47]
- 13 May
- 15 May – François Fortassin, 77, Senator[51]
- 16 May
- 20 May – Albert Bouvet, 87, racing cyclist[54]
- 25 May – Jean-Paul Chifflet, 67, banker, Director General of Crédit Agricole 2010–2015 (fall from tractor)[55]
- 5 July – Pierre Henry, 89, composer
- 31 July - Jérôme Golmard, 43, tennis player.
- 5 December - Jean d'Ormesson, 92, author, member of the Académie française.[56]
- 6 December - Johnny Hallyday, 74, rock star.[57]