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See also: 1900 in France, other events of 1901, 1902 in France. Events from the year 1901 in France. Events Arts and literature - 17 March - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
Sport Births January to March - 1 January - Marcel Balsa, motor racing driver (died 1984).
- 8 January - Eug ne Constant, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1971).
- 19 January - Henri Daniel-Rops, writer and historian (died 1965).
- 24 January - Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, painter, commercial poster artist and typeface designer (died 1968).
- 20 February - Marc Detton, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1977).
- 20 February - Ren Dubos, microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist and humanist (died 1982).
- 21 February - Albert Dupouy, rugby union player (died 1973).
- 21 February - Pierre Lewden, athlete (died 1989).
- 17 March - Alexandre Bioussa, rugby union player (died 1966).
- 26 March - Maurice Dorl ac, actor (died 1979).
April to June - 7 April - Andr Trocm , pastor who aided Jewish refugees (died 1971).
- 8 April - Jean Prouv , architect and designer (died 1984).
- 13 April - Jacques Lacan, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and doctor (died 1981).
- 15 April - Ren Pleven, politician (died 1993).
- 20 April - Michel Leiris, surrealist writer and ethnographer (died 1990).
- 24 April - Ren Le H naff, film editor and director (died 2005).
- 18 May - Henri Sauguet, composer (died 1989).
- 25 May - Jean Borthayre, operatic baritone (died 1984).
- 25 May - Andr Girard, painter, poster-maker and Resistance member (died 1968).
- 31 May - Charles Brunier, convicted murderer and veteran of the First and Second World Wars who claimed to have been the inspiration for Papillon (died 2007).
- 16 June - Henri Lefebvre, sociologist and philosopher (died 1991).
- 24 June - Marcel Mule, classical saxophonist (died 2001).
July to September - 20 July - Gaston Waringhien, linguist, lexicographer and Esperantist (died 1991).
- 31 July - Jean Dubuffet, painter and sculptor (died 1985).
- 5 August - Claude Autant-Lara, film director and later MEP (died 2000).
- 17 August - Henri Tomasi, composer and conductor (died 1971).
- 18 August Jean Guitton, Catholic philosopher and theologian (died 1999).
- 19 August - Ren Capitant, lawyer and politician (died 1970).
- 27 August - Pierre Villon, member of the French Communist Party and of the French Resistance (died 1980).
- 29 August - Michel Ol omendy, first Archbishop of the Singapore (died 1977).
- 8 September - Jacques Perret, writer (died 1992).
- 16 September - Andr e Brunet, figure skater (died 1993).
- 16 September - Louis Joxe, statesman and Minister (died 1991).
- 25 September Robert Bresson, film director (died 1999).
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