See also: 2005 in France, other events of 2006, 2007 in France.
Events from the year 2006 in France.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and Literature
Sport
Births
Deaths
January to March
April to June
- 5 April - Alain de Boissieu, Army chief-of-staff (b.1914).
- 17 April - Jean Bernard, physician and haematologist (b.1907).
- 30 April - Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (b.1924).
- 9 May - Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic (b.1924).
- 23 May - Philippe Amaury, publishing tycoon and entrepreneur (b.1940).
- 24 May - Claude Piéplu, actor (b.1923).
- 26 May - Édouard Michelin, businessman (b.1963).
- 26 May - Raymond Triboulet, resistance fighter and politician (b.1906).
- 27 May - Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist (b.1924).
- 29 May - Johnny Servoz-Gavin, motor racing driver (b.1942).
- 6 June - Léon Weil, World War I veteran (b.1896).
- 11 June - Rolande Falcinelli, organist, pianist and composer (b.1920).
- 15 June - Raymond Devos, humorist, comedian and clown (b.1922).
- 19 June - René Renou, wine expert (b.1952).
- 21 June - Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (b.1927).
July to September
- 3 July - Francis Cammaerts, Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent (b.1916).
- 8 July - Catherine Leroy, photojournalist and photographer (b.1945).
- 20 July - Charles Bettelheim, economist and historian (b.1913).
- 20 July - Gérard Oury, actor, writer and producer (b.1919).
- 29 July - Pierre Vidal-Naquet, historian (b.1930).
- 2 August - Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont, militant communist, resistance fighter and politician (b.1914).
- 17 August - Bernard Rapp, film director and television news presenter (b.1945).
- 26 August - Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican philosopher and theologian (b.1912).
- 3 September - Françoise Claustre, archaeologist, [[b.1937).
- 9 September - Gérard Brach, film director and screen writer (b.1927).
- 11 September - Solange Fernex, pacifist activist and politician (b.1934).
- 20 September - Henri Jayer, vintner (b.1922).
- 30 September - André Schwarz-Bart, novelist (b.1928).
October to December
- 6 October - Claude Luter, jazz clarinetist (b.1923).
- 9 October - Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer (b.1931).
- 9 October - Danièle Huillet, filmmaker (b.1936).
- 12 October - Eugène Martin, motor racing driver (b.1915).
- 17 October - Daniel Emilfork, actor (b.1924).
- 28 October - Tina Aumont, actress (b.1946).
- 2 November - Adrien Douady, mathematician (b.1935).
- 3 November - Paul Mauriat, musical director (b.1925).
- 7 November - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician (b.1924).
- 10 November - Maurice Floquet, France's oldest man on record (b.1894).
- 11 November - Anicée Alvina, singer and actress (b.1953).
- 12 November - Alphonse Halimi, boxer (b.1932).
- 23 November - Philippe Noiret, actor (b.1930).
- 1 December - Claude Jade, actress (b.1948).
- 27 December - Pierre Delanoë, songwriter/lyricist (b.1918).
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