1925 in France

1 January – Raymond Pellegrin, actor (died 2007)
6 January – Joseph-André Motte, furniture designer (died 2013)
7 January – Pierre Gripari, writer (died 1990)
18 January – Gilles Deleuze, philosopher (died 1995)
2 February – Marcela Delpastre, author (died 1998)
13 February – René Pleimelding, soccer player (died 1998)
16 February – François-Xavier Ortoli, politician, businessman, Minister and President of the European Commission (died 2007)
4 March – Paul Mauriat, musical director (died 2006)
12 March
- Louison Bobet, cyclist, three times Tour de France winner (died 1983)
- Georges Delerue, film composer (died 1992)
21 March – Max Varnel, film and television director (died 1996)
26 March – Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor (died 2016)

10 April – Bernard Moitessier, yachtsman and author (died 1994)
27 April – François Châtelet, historian of philosophy (died 1985)
30 April – Corinne Calvet, actress (died 2001)
3 May – Jean Séguy, sociologist of religions (died 2007)
17 May
- Michel de Certeau, Jesuit and scholar (died 1986)
- Claude Julien, journalist and editor (died 2005)
25 May – Claude Pinoteau, film director and scriptwriter (died 2012)
27 May – Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist (died 1988)
8 June – Claude Estier, politician and journalist (died 2016)
14 June – Jean-Louis Rosier, racing driver (died 2011)
25 June – Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud, lawyer and politician (died 2019)
26 June – Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman (died 2021)

3 July – Roger Chesneau, steeplechaser (died 2012)
8 July
- Jean Cau, writer and journalist (died 1993)
- Dominique Nohain, actor, dramatist and director (died 2017)
14 July – Gaston Rousseau, racing cyclist (died 2019)
19 July
- Henri Beaujean, politician (died 2021)
- Jean-Pierre Faye, philosopher, poet and writer
20 July
- Jacques Delors, European politician (died 2023)
- Frantz Fanon, Martinique-born psychiatrist and philosopher (died 1961)
6 August
- Lilyan Chauvin, actress and writer (died 2008)
- Guy Degrenne, businessman (died 2006)
21 August – Maurice Pialat, film director, screenwriter and actor (died 2003)
26 August – Alain Peyrefitte, scholar and politician (died 1999)
27 August – Darry Cowl, actor and musician (died 2006)
30 August – Laurent de Brunhoff, author and illustrator (died 2024)

3 October – Simone Segouin, Resistance fighter (died 2023)
13 October – Armand Mouyal, epee fencer (died 1988)
31 October -
- Roger Nimier, novelist (died 1962)
- Franck Ténot, press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic (died 2004)
24 November – André Lévy, sinologist (died 2017)
27 November – Claude Lanzmann, documentary filmmaker and philosopher (died 2018)
2 December – Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (died 2005)
5 December – Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (died 1962)
7 December – Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian Formula One driver
23 December – Pierre Bérégovoy, politician and Prime Minister (died 1993)
26 December – Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist (died 2005)

29 January – Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (born 1846)
10 February – Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (born 1851)
14 February – Jacques Rivière, man of letters (born 1886; typhoid)
25 February – Louis Feuillade, film director (born 1873)
4 March – Roger de Barbarin, trap shooter (born 1860)
5 March
- Clément Ader, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1841)
- Michel Verne, writer (born 1861)
19 March – Firmin Bouisset, poster artist (born 1859)
22 April – André Caplet, composer and conductor (born 1878)
3 May – Louis Delaporte, explorer and artist (born 1842)
12 May
- Léonce Bénédite, art historian and curator (born 1856)
- Charles Mangin, general during World War I (born 1866)
1 June – Lucien Guitry, actor (born 1860)
6 June – Pierre Louÿs, poet (born 1870)
13 June – Paul Teste, aviator (born 1892; air crash)

1 July – Erik Satie, composer and pianist (born 1866)
5 August – Georges Palante, philosopher and sociologist (born 1862)
12 August – Leon Dehon, clergyman (born 1843)
7 September – René Viviani, politician, Prime Minister (born 1863)
29 September – Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (born 1851)
31 October – Max Linder, actor (born 1883)
11 November – Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, poet, writer and pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry (born 1843)
21 December – Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister (born 1838)
22 December – Joseph Ravaisou, landscape painter (born 1865)
26 December – Jules Patenotre des Noyers, diplomat (born 1845)
27 December – Marie-Louise Jaÿ, businesswoman (born 1838)

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