Events from the year 1924 in France.
Incumbents President: Alexandre Millerand (until 13 June), Gaston Doumergue (starting 13 June) President of the Council of Ministers: until 8 June: Raymond Poincaré 8 June-15 June: Frédéric François-Marsal starting 15 June: Édouard Herriot
Events 28 March – Total S.A. established as Compagnie française des pétroles. 29 March – Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts. 27 April – Group of Alawites kill some Christian nuns in Syria; French troops march against them. 11 May – Legislative Election held. 25 May – Legislative Election held. 18 August – France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany.
Sport 25 January–4 February – The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. 4 May–27 July – The 1924 Summer Olympics are held in Paris. 22 June – Tour de France begins. 20 July – Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy. 10–17 August – The 1924 Summer Deaflympics take place in Paris.
Births
January to June 10 January – Pierre Plateau, Roman Catholic prelate (died 2018) 11 January – Roger Guillemin, neuroendocrinologist, awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1977 (died 2024) 13 January – Raymond Hermantier, actor (died 2005) 16 January – Henri-Jean Martin, historian of the book and printing (died 2007) 19 January – Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (died 2006). 23 January – Pierre Lacoste, admiral (died 2020) 13 February – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician (died 2006) 20 February – Laurent Dauthuille, boxer (died 1971) 23 February – Claude Sautet, author and film director (died 2000) 5 March – Roger Marche, international soccer player (died 1997) 13 March – Pierre Arpaillange, French author, senior judge and Government Minister (died 2017) 7 April André du Bouchet, poet (died 2001) Daniel Emilfork, actor (died 2006) 12 April – Raymond Barre, politician and economist, Prime Minister (died 2007) 29 April Annette Chalut, Resistance worker and doctor (died 2021) Zizi Jeanmaire, ballerina, actress and singer (died 2020) 7 May – Marcel Moussy, screenwriter and television director (died 1995) 17 May – Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre, historian and professor of philosophy (died 2020) 22 May Charles Aznavour, singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018) Claude Ballif, composer (died 2004) 12 June – Jacques Pras, cyclist (died 1982) 15 June – Paul Amargier, historian and Catholic priest (died 2021)
July to September 1 July – Georges Rivière, French actor (died unknown) 9 July – Pierre Cochereau, organist and composer (died 1984) 17 July – Françoise Adnet, painter (died 2014) 7 August – Georges Lévis, comic artist (died 1988) 8 August – Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic (died 2006) 10 August – Jean-François Lyotard, philosopher and literary theorist (died 1998) 13 August – Josette Arène, swimmer (died 2019) 14 August – Georges Prêtre, conductor (died 2017) 17 August – Jean-Paul Alata, political prisoner (died 1978) 23 August – Madeleine Riffaud, Resistance member, journalist and writer (died 2024) 29 August – Guy Deplus, clarinetist (died 2020) 11 September – Louis Hon, soccer player (died 2008) 18 September – Antonin Rolland, road cycling racer 19 September – Jacques Lusseyran, author (died 1971)
October to December 2 October – Gilbert Simondon, philosopher (died 1989) 27 October – Alain Bombard, biologist, physician, politician and sailor (died 2005) 30 October – Hubert Curien, physicist (died 2005) 5 November – Alice Colonieu, artist (died 2000) 20 November – Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist (died 2006). 26 November – Fernand Cazenave, international rugby union player and coach (died 2005) 13 December – Pierre Flamion, soccer player and manager (died 2004)
Full date unknown Michel Alaux, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
Deaths 24 January – Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg, noble and politician (born 1837) 17 March – Victor Besaucèle, ornithologist (born 1847) 14 April – Roland Bonaparte, prince, president of the Société de Géographie (born 1858) 24 April – Ferdinand Arnodin, engineer and industrialist (born 1845) 15 May – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1852) 11 June – Théodore Dubois, composer and organist (born 1837) 1 September – Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville, politician and author (born 1843) 21 September – Edouard Deville, first to perfect a practical method of photogrammetry (born 1849) 24 September – Alexandre Lacassagne, physician and criminologist (born 1843) 12 October – Anatole France, author, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921 (born 1844) 22 October – Louis-Émile Bertin, naval engineer (born 1840) 23 October – Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger, feminist campaigner (born 1853) 4 November – Gabriel Fauré, composer, organist and pianist (born 1845)
Full date unknown Jean Pierre Philippe Lampué, photographer (born 1836)
See also List of French films of 1924
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