1937 in France

Events from the year 1937 in France.

Decades:

Incumbents

April â The arrival of a young male Kouprey and other animals from Indochina in the Vincennes Zoo.
1 May â General strike in Paris.
21 June â Coalition government of LÃ©on Blum resigns.

21 January â FranÃ§ois Boutin, Thoroughbred horse trainer (died 1995)^[1]
8 February â FranÃ§oise Claustre, archaeologist (died 2006)
4 March â Barney Wilen, saxophonist and jazz composer (died 1996)
21 March â FranÃ§ois Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (died 1973)
31 March â Claude AllÃ¨gre, politician and scientist (died 2025)
6 May â Louis Besson, politician (died 2026)
12 May â Dominique Chaboche, politician and MEP (died 2005)
24 May â Maryvonne Dupureur, Olympic athlete (died 2008)
12 July â Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France (died 2026)
22 July
- Jean-Claude Lebaube, road racing cyclist (died 1977)
- Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz, politician (died 2019)^[2]
26 August â Nina Companeez, screenwriter and film director (died 2015)^[3]
15 September â Jean-Claude Decaux, advertising executive (died 2016)
31 October â Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, journalist (died 2020)