1962 in France

Events from the year 1962 in France.

Incumbents

 * President: Charles de Gaulle
 * Prime Minister: Michel Debré (until 14 April), Georges Pompidou (starting 14 April)

Events

 * 3 February – Liner SS France begins her maiden voyage with the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique to New York.
 * 5 February – President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
 * 8 February – Charonne (Paris Métro) Massacre.
 * 18 March – Evian agreements are signed by France and the F.L.N. ending the Algerian War.
 * 19 March – Formal cease-fire comes into operation following Evian Accords, however, the OAS continues its terrorist attacks against Algerians.
 * 24 March – OAS leader Edmond Jouahud is arrested in Oran.
 * 26 March – France shortens the term for military service from 26 months to 18.
 * 8 April – Évian Accords referendum held and adopted with a majority of 90%.
 * 13 April – OAS leader Edmond Jouhaud is sentenced to death.
 * 20 April – OAS leader Raoul Salan is arrested in Algiers.
 * 2 May – An OAS bomb explodes in Algeria – this and other attacks kill 110 and injure 147.
 * 23 May – Raoul Salan, founder of the Organisation armée secrète, is sentenced to life imprisonment.
 * 29 May – Negotiations between the OAS and the FLA lead to a real armistice in Algeria.
 * 3 June – Air France charter flight Chateau de Sully, a Boeing 707, over-runs the runway at Orly Airport in Paris; 130 of 132 passengers are killed, two flight attendants survive.
 * 17 June – The OAS signs a truce with the FLN in Algeria, but a day later announces that it will continue the fight on behalf of French Algerians.
 * 22 June – An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes into terrain during bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing all 113 on board.
 * 30 June – The last soldiers of the French Foreign Legion leave Algeria.
 * 1 July – Supporters of Algerian independence win 99% majority in a referendum.
 * 2 July – Charles de Gaulle accepts Algerian independence; France recognizes it the next day.
 * 5 July – Algeria becomes independent from France.
 * 5 July – Oran massacre takes place in Algeria.
 * 20 July – France and Tunisia reestablish diplomatic relations.
 * 31 July – Algeria proclaims independence.
 * 22 August – A failed assassination attempt is made against President Charles de Gaulle.
 * 5 October – The French National Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate; Prime Minister Georges Pompidou resigns, but President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office.
 * 28 October – Presidential Election Referendum held, favours the election of the president by universal suffrage.
 * 18 November – Legislative Election held.
 * 25 November – Legislative Election held.
 * 27 November – President Charles De Gaulle orders Georges Pompidou to form a government.
 * 29 November – An agreement is signed between Britain and France to develop the Concorde supersonic airliner.

Arts and literature

 * 18 March – "Un premier amour" by Isabelle Aubret (music by Claude-Henri Vic, text by Roland Stephane Valade) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 for France.

Sport

 * 24 June–15 July – Tour de France, won by Jacques Anquetil.

January to March

 * 8 January – Nelly Viennot, soccer referee
 * 21 January -
 * Isabelle Nanty, actress
 * Marie Trintignant, actress (died 2003)
 * 25 January – Bruno Martini, soccer player (died 2020)
 * 28 January – Philippe Vercruysse, international soccer player
 * 1 February – Manuel Amoros, international soccer player
 * 2 February – Philippe Claudel, writer
 * 14 February
 * Philippe Sella, international rugby union player
 * Thierry Toutain, race walker
 * 17 February – Walter Ciofani, hammer thrower
 * 20 February – Pierre Quinon, pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist (died 2011)
 * 22 February – Olivier Latry, organist, improviser and Professor of Organ
 * 8 March – Isabelle Pasquet, politician
 * 18 March – Vincent Barteau, cyclist
 * 21 March – Gilles Lalay, motorcycle enduro and rally raid competitor (died 1992)
 * 25 March – Pierre Morice, soccer player

April to June

 * 2 April – Pierre Carles, documentarist
 * 2 May -
 * Jean-François Bernard, cyclist
 * Alexandra Boulat, photographer (died 2007)
 * 28 May – François-Henri Pinault, businessman
 * 31 May – Philippe Gache, motor racing driver
 * 7 June – Thierry Hazard, singer
 * 12 June – Philippe Tibeuf, soccer player
 * June – Pascal Riché, journalist

July to September

 * 22 July -
 * Jacques Glassmann, soccer player
 * Jean-Claude Leclercq, cyclist
 * 23 July – Alain Lefèvre, pianist and composer
 * 28 July – Emmanuelle Jouannet, international law professor
 * 6 August – Marc Lavoine, singer and actor
 * 7 August – Alain Robert, rock and urban climber
 * 15 August – Paul Henderson, Australian politician and Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
 * 19 August – Valérie Kaprisky, actress
 * 27 August – Fabrice Poullain, soccer player
 * 30 August – François Delecour, rally driver
 * 11 September – Pierre Huyghe, artist
 * 20 September – Jean-Louis Garcia, soccer player
 * 25 September – Juliette Noureddine, singer, songwriter and composer
 * 27 September – Christelle Guignard, alpine skier

October to December

 * 4 October – Jean-Luc Sassus, soccer player (died 2015)
 * 13 October – Valérie Létard, politician
 * 15 October – Guy Georges, serial killer
 * 17 October – Yvon Pouliquen, soccer manager, former player
 * 22 October – Laurent Paganelli, journalist, former soccer player
 * 24 October – Yves Bertucci, soccer manager
 * 30 October – Arnaud Montebourg, politician
 * 2 November – Mireille Delunsch, opera soprano
 * 2 November – Marcellin Nadeau, Member of Parliament
 * 11 November – Thierry Goudet, soccer manager, former player
 * 13 November – Lydia Gouardo, rape victim
 * 23 November – Philippe Renaud, canoer and Olympic medallist
 * 6 December – Claude Chirac, younger daughter of French president Jacques Chirac
 * 7 December – Alain Blondel, decathlete
 * 17 December – Christophe Hondelatte, television and radio host
 * 26 December – Jean-Marc Ferreri, international soccer player
 * 28 December – Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist (died 1999)

Full date unknown

 * Luc Delahaye, photographer
 * Philippe Goitschel, skier and Olympic medallist
 * Martin Matje, French illustrator
 * Dominique Moulon, historian of art and technology
 * Pascale Sourisse, businesswoman

January to March

 * 8 January – Roger Ducret, fencer and Olympic gold medallist (born 1888)
 * 21 January – Georges Gimel, painter (born 1898)
 * 24 January – André Lhote, sculptor and painter (born 1885)
 * 4 February -
 * Charles Basle, American auto racer (born 1885)
 * Daniel Halévy, historian (born 1872)
 * 5 February – Jacques Ibert, composer (born 1890)
 * 19 February – Émile Armand, individualist anarchist (born 1872)
 * 3 March – Pierre Benoit, novelist (born 1886)
 * 6 March – René Laforgue, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (born 1894)

April to June

 * 1 April – Jules Boucherit, violinist and teacher (born 1877)
 * 10 April – Lucienne Delyle, singer (born 1917; leukemia)
 * 17 April – Pierre Larquey, actor (born 1884)
 * 4 May – Cécile Vogt-Mugnier, neurologist (born 1875)
 * 23 May – Louis Coatalen, automobile engineer (born 1879)
 * 1 June – Joseph Darnand, Bishop (born 1879)
 * 5 June – Jacques Gréber, architect (born 1882)
 * 6 June – Yves Klein, artist (born 1928)
 * 8 June – Eugène Freyssinet, structural and civil engineer (born 1879)

July to September

 * 1 July – Edgard de Larminat, General (born 1895)
 * 8 July – Georges Bataille, writer (born 1897)
 * 18 July – Eugene Houdry, mechanical engineer (born 1892)
 * 25 July – Paul Aymé, tennis player (born 1869)
 * 18 August – Lucien Berland, entomologist and arachnologist (born 1888)
 * 19 August – Jean Lucienbonnet, motor racing driver (born 1923)
 * 22 August – Charles Rigoulot, weightlifter, professional wrestler, race car driver and actor (born 1903)
 * August – Léon Binoche, rugby union player (born 1878)
 * 21 September – Princess Marie Bonaparte, psychoanalyst (born 1882)
 * 24 September – Félix Goethals, cyclist (born 1891)
 * 28 September – Roger Nimier, novelist (born 1925)

October to December

 * 2 October – Madeleine Fournier-Sarlovèze, golfer (born 1873)
 * 7 October – Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (born 1925)
 * 14 October – Jacques Majorelle, painter (born 1886)
 * 16 October – Gaston Bachelard, philosopher (born 1884)
 * 17 October – Natalia Goncharova, Russian-born avant-garde artist (born 1881)
 * 30 October – Yvette Andréyor, actress (born 1891)
 * 31 October -
 * Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, astronomer (born 1877)
 * Louis Massignon, scholar of Islam and its history (born 1883)
 * 20 November -
 * Henri Déricourt, pilot and accused double agent (born 1909)
 * Philippe Kieffer, Naval officer (born 1899)
 * 22 November – René Coty, politician, President of France (born 1882)
 * 26 November – Albert Sarraut, politician, twice Prime Minister of France (born 1872)
 * 13 December – Daisy Fellowes, society figure, writer and heiress (born 1890)
 * 19 December – Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, admiral and minister (born 1879)

Full date unknown

 * Louis Gernet, philologist and sociologist (born 1882)
 * Élisée Maclet, painter (born 1881)
 * Jacques Maroger, painter (born 1884)