1950 in France

Events from the year 1950 in France.

Incumbents

 * President: Vincent Auriol
 * President of the Council of Ministers:
 * until 2 July: Georges Bidault
 * 2 July-12 July: Henri Queuille
 * starting 12 July: René Pleven

Events

 * 11 February – Two Viet Cong battalions attack a French base in French Indochina.
 * 12 February – Pro-communist riots in Paris.
 * 9 April – Notre-Dame Affair, Lettrist movement anti-Catholic intervention.
 * 3 June – Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
 * 15–18 September – Battle of Đông Khê, French defeat in First Indochina War.
 * 30 September – Battle of Route Coloniale 4 begins.
 * 18 October – Battle of Route Coloniale 4 ends in decisive victory for the Việt Minh.
 * 20 October – Henri Martin affair: a sailor is imprisoned for distributing propaganda hostile to the First Indochina War.

Sport

 * 13 July – Tour de France begins.
 * 7 August – Tour de France ends, won by Ferdinand Kübler of Switzerland.

Births

 * 24 January – Daniel Auteuil, actor and director
 * 15 February – Guy Touvron, trumpeter (died 2024)
 * 22 February – Miou-Miou, actress.
 * 21 April – Michel Rougerie, motorcycle racer (died 1981)
 * 8 May – Aimé Venel, painter
 * 9 August
 * Anémone, French actress, filmmaker and political activist (died 2019)
 * Nicole Tourneur, French novelist (died 2011)
 * 25 September – Philippe Peythieu, actor.

Deaths

 * 6 February – Georges Imbert, chemical engineer (born 1884)
 * 2 March – Joseph d'Arbaud, poet (born 1874)
 * 6 March – Albert Lebrun, politician and President of France (born 1871)
 * 16 April – Arnaud Massy, golfer (born 1877)
 * 28 September – Joë Bousquet, poet (born 1897)
 * 10 November – Jean Biondi, politician (born 1900; car crash)
 * 11 November – Pierre-Jules Boulanger, engineer and businessman (born 1885; car crash)