1901 in France in Encyclopedia

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).

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).

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).

3 October - Fran ois Le Lionnais, chemical engineer and mathematician (died 1984).
12 October - Gabriel-Marie Garrone, Cardinal (died 1994).
3 November - Andr Malraux, author, adventurer and statesman (died 1976).
14 December - Henri Cochet, tennis player (died 1987).