Events from the year 1973 in France.
President: Georges Pompidou
Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer
4 March – Legislative Election held.
11 March – Legislative Election held.
3 June – A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft crashes at the Paris air show; 14 are killed.
11 July – Varig Flight 820 Boeing 707 crashes near Orly Airport, Paris, resulting in 123 deaths, with 11 survivors.
20 July – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand.
23 September – Cantonales Elections held.
30 September – Cantonales Elections held.
11 January – Christophe Medaillon, soccer player
12 January – Olivier Peslier, jockey
15 January – Aurelie Dupont, ballet dancer
19 January – Karen Lancaume, adult film star (died 2005)
26 January – Melvil Poupaud, actor
29 January – Fabien Foret, motorcycle racer
30 January – Olivier Marceau, triathlete
6 February – Élisabeth Grousselle, athlete
12 February – Thomas Dufour, curler
18 February – Claude Makélélé, international soccer player
22 February – Philippe Gaumont, cyclist
24 February – Antony Dupuis, tennis player
25 February
Hélène de Fougerolles, actress
Gérald Merceron, international rugby union player
28 February – Philippe Brunel, soccer player
3 March – Charles-Philippe, Duke of Anjou
13 March – Olivier Asmaker, cyclist
26 March – Sébastien Charpentier, motorcycle road racer
4 April – Samassi Abou, soccer player
5 April
Élodie Bouchez, actress
Vanessa Demouy, actress and model
Yacine Douma, judoka
6 April – Franck Marchis, astronomer and planetary scientist
7 April – Carole Montillet, alpine skier
10 April – Guillaume Canet, actor and film director
11 April – Olivier Magne, international rugby union player
12 April
Joël Lautier, chess grandmaster
Lionel Roux, tennis player
13 April – Nicolas Jalabert, cyclist
16 April – Jérôme Bonnissel, soccer player
19 April
David Chaussinand, hammer thrower
Patrice Estanguet, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist
26 April – Jules Naudet, filmmaker
8 May – Laurent Charvet, soccer player
13 May – Franck D
