1949 in France
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Events from the year 1949 in France.
Events
- August 1949 - The 1949 Landes Forest wildfire, burning 50.000 ha of forest land and killing 82 people
- 27 October - An airliner flying from Paris to New York crashes in the Azores island of São Miguel. Among the victims were violinist Ginette Neveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan. Simone de Beaouvoir publishes her super-influential book "The Second Sex" on the rights of women in society
Sports
- 30 June - Tour de France begins
- 21 July - Tour de France ends, won by Fausto Coppi of Italy
Births
- 18 January — Philippe Starck, designer
- 6 February — Olivier Chevallier, motor cycle racer (died 1980)
- 10 February — Maxime Le Forestier, singer
- 2 March — Isabelle Mir, Alphine skier
- 22 March — Fanny Ardant, actress
- 1 April — Gérard Mestrallet, businessman
- 16 April — Claude Papi, soccer player (died 1983)
- 24 April — Véronique Sanson, singer-songwriter
- 27 April — Didier Daeninckx, author and politician
- 16 May — Gilles Bertould, athlete
- 13 June — Thierry Sabine, motor cycle racer (died 1986)
- 17 June — Serge Vinçon, politician (died 2007)
- 2 July — Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, actor (died 2010)
- 13 August — Philippe Petit, high-wire artist
- 22 October — Arsène Wenger, soccer manager
- 25 October — Alain Escoffier, anti-communist activist, self-immolated (died 1977)
- 13 November — Gérard Lelièvre, racewalker
Full date unknown
- Jean-Claude Irvoas, murder victim (died 2005)
Deaths
- 28 January - Jean-Pierre Wimille, motor racing driver and resistance member (born 1908)
- 16 February - Roger François, weightlifter (born 1900)
- 4 June - Maurice Blondel, philosopher (born 1861)
- 24 September - Pierre de Bréville, composer (born 1861)
- 27 October - Marcel Cerdan, boxer (born 1916)
- 27 October - Ginette Neveu, violinist (born 1919)
