1990 in France

Events from the year 1990 in France.

Incumbents President: François Mitterrand Prime Minister: Michel Rocard

Events 15 May – Launch of the Renault Clio supermini, which will eventually replace the Renault 5. 13 July – Loi Gayssot enacted, prohibiting Holocaust denial. 14 July – Jean-Michel Jarre performs Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert before a world record audience of 2.5 million people. 27 July – Citroën ends production of its 2CV after 42 years. December – Espace Euro Disney, an information hub on the under construction Euro Disney resort near Paris, is opened to the public. 1 December – Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the English Channel seabed.

Arts and literature

Sport 30 June – Tour de France begins. 8 July – French Grand Prix won by Alain Prost. 22 July – Tour de France ends, won by Greg LeMond of the United States.

Births 6 January – Jonathan Matijas 10 January – Richard Philippe, motor racing driver. 22 January – Alizé Cornet, tennis player. 29 January – Francois Civil, actor 13 February – Mamadou Sakho, footballer 15 February – Charles Pic, motor racing driver. 10 March – César Domboy, actor 18 March – Ines Rau, transgender model 20 March – Stacy Martin, actress 26 March – Romain Saïss, Footballer 12 April – Ciryl Gane, mixed martial artist 19 April – Damien Le Tallec, footballer 20 May – Adeline Canac, pair skater. 4 June – Tippi Degré, animal handler. 11 June – Christophe Lemaitre, sprinter 12 June – Jérôme Jarre, vine star. 13 July – Alizé Lim, tennis player 16 July – Johann Zarco, motorcycle racer 20 July – Wendie Renard, footballer 12 August – Wissam Ben Yedder, footballer. 13 August – Benjamin Stambouli, footballer 19 September – Josuha Guilavogui, footballer 21 October – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, chess grandmaster. 9 November – Romain Bardet, racing cyclist 12 November – Florent Manaudou, swimmer 25 November – Anouchka Delon, French-Dutch actress 22 December – Jean-Baptiste Maunier, actor and singer.

Deaths

January to March 10 January – Juliet Berto, actress (b. 1947). 16 January – Robert Lamartine, soccer player (b. 1935). 17 January – Charles Hernu, politician and Minister (b. 1923). 5 February – Père Marie-Benoît, friar who helped smuggle Jews to safety from Nazi-occupied Southern France (b. 1895). 5 February – Joseph Mauclair, cyclist (b. 1906). 15 February – Michel Drach, film director, writer, producer and actor (b. 1930). 7 March – Claude Arrieu, composer (b. 1903). 12 March – Philippe Soupault, poet, novelist, critic and political activist (b. 1897). 17 March – Capucine, actress (b. 1928). 20 March – Maurice Cloche, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. 1907).

April to June 21 April – Romain de Tirtoff, artist and designer (b. 1892). 30 June – Jacques Lob, comic book creator (b. 1932).

July to September 18 July – Yves Chaland, cartoonist (b. 1957). 23 July – Pierre Gandon, illustrator and engraver of postage stamps (b. 1899). 25 July – Jean Fourastié, economist (b. 1907). 27 July – René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (b. 1912). 1 August – Michel Arnaud, General (b. 1915). 6 August – Jacques Soustelle, anthropologist (b. 1912). 15 August – Louis Vola, double bass player (b. 1902). 20 August – Maurice Gendron, cellist and teacher (b. 1920). 30 September – Michel Leiris, surrealist writer and ethnographer (b. 1901).

October to December 20 October – Colette Audry, novelist, screenwriter and critic (b. 1906). 22 October – Louis Althusser, Marxist philosopher (b. 1918). 27 October – Jacques Demy, film director (b. 1931). October – Alfred Sauvy, demographer, anthropologist and historian (b. 1898). 5 November – Raymond Oliver, chef and restaurateur (b. 1909). 17 November – Pierre Braunberger, producer and actor (b. 1905). 1 December – Simone Melchior, wife and business partner of Jacques-Yves Cousteau (b. 1919). 18 December – Paul Tortelier, cellist and composer (b. 1914). 19 December – Edmond Delfour, international soccer player, manager (b. 1907). 23 December – Serge Danot, animator (b. 1931). 23 December – Pierre Gripari, writer (b. 1925).

Full date unknown Jacques-Laurent Bost, journalist (b. 1916). Daniel du Janerand, painter (b. 1919). Marcel Légaut, philosopher and mathematician (b. 1900). Claude Ponsard, economist (b. 1927).

See also List of French films of 1990

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