2018 in France

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This article lists major events that happened in 2018 in France.

Incumbents

President – Emmanuel Macron (REM)
Prime Minister – Édouard Philippe (LR)

Events

=January=

1 January – Corsica becomes a single territorial collectivity
4 January – Vésuve de Brekka arrives in China as a diplomatic gift to Xi Jinping from President Macron.{{Cite web |last=Rédaction |date=2021-07-14 |title=La nouvelle vie en Chine de “Vésuve de Brekka”, cheval de la Garde républicaine |url=https://lessor.org/societe/nouvelle-vie-chine-de-vesuve-de-brekka-cheval-de-garde-republicaine-ne-france/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=L'Essor |language=fr-FR}}
17 January – The government decides to abandon the Grand Ouest airport project in Notre-Dame-des-Landes
19 January – Beginning of the demonstrations in Mayotte
22 January – Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the Bundestag, addresses the National Assembly to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty.
24 January – Water rising in Paris causes a Seine flood alert.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/24/paris-flooding-alert-rising-seine-transport-disruption|title=Paris on flooding alert as rising Seine causes travel disruption|last=Willsher|first=Kim|date=2018-01-24|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-01-24}}
28 January – Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency and Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency by-elections, 2018.
28 January – Beginning of the Daval affair, French criminal case concerning the murder of Alexia Daval, whose body was found on October 30, 2017

=February=

20 February – Beginning of the "Operation Dead Island ", a general strike lasting several weeks in Mayotte against insecurity and uncontrolled Comorian immigration
23 February – 35 mayors in the Nièvre department resign to protest against the closure of the Clamecy hospital emergency room at night.[https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/02/23/nievre-35-maires-remettent-leur-demission-pour-protester-contre-la-fermeture-des-urgences-de-clamecy_5261568_823448.html « Nièvre : 35 maires remettent leur démission pour protester contre la fermeture des urgences de Clamecy » [archive], sur lemonde.fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523104133/https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/02/23/nievre-35-maires-remettent-leur-demission-pour-protester-contre-la-fermeture-des-urgences-de-clamecy_5261568_823448.html |date=2018-05-23 }}, 23 February 2018.

=March=

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2 March –
43rd César Awards.
The Embassy of France in Burkina Faso is targeted during the 2018 Ouagadougou attacks.
4 March – 2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election.
11 March – 2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election.
18 March – Loiret's 4th constituency and Mayotte's 1st constituency by-elections, 2018.
23 March –
Carcassonne and Trèbes attack.
Murder of Mireille Knoll.
28 March –
National homage to the lieutenant-colonel (promoted colonel on March 27) Arnaud Beltrame
White March in memory of Mireille Knoll

=April=

3 April – Beginning of a period of intermittent strikes at the French National Railway Company until the end of June to protest against the scheduled end of the railway workers' status
8 April – 2018 French residents overseas' 5th constituency by-election.
15 April – 2018 Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency by-election.
24 April – Tropical Cyclone Fakir touch Reunion.

=May=

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8 May – Beginning of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
12 May – 2018 Paris knife attack.
27 May – Beginning of the 2018 French Open.

=June=

24 June – Dismantling of the right-wing extremist terrorist group "Action of the operational forces" (AFO) by the arrest of its 9 members – including its chief – and arrest of the leader of self-proclaimed group "Volontaires pour la France"; seizure of about twenty firearms and dismantling of a clandestine laboratory of homemade explosives. The AFO had planned to carry out attacks in France against Muslims.

=July=

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1 July – Simone Veil and Antoine Veil,her husband, were buried in the Panthéon
7 July – First race of the 2018 Tour de France.
15 July – France wins the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
18 July – Revelations by Le Monde mark the beginning of the Benalla affair.
30 July – A racist shooting wounds 7 people in Beaune, the two suspected shooters are arrested in Saint-Andiol on August 10.

=August=

1 August – Lawmakers vote to outlaw catcalling.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
28 August – Nicolas Hulot resigns as Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition to protest against the government's ecological policy.

=September=

4 September –
Laura Flessel-Colovic resigns as Minister of Sports for personal reasons.
Philippe government reshuffle : François de Rugy becomes Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, replacing Nicolas Hulot, and Roxana Maracineanu replaces Laura Flessel at the Ministry of Sports.
12 September – Richard Ferrand is elected President of the National Assembly.
16 September – Frédérique Dumas, member of the French National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 13th constituency, leaves both the party La République En Marche! and the La République En Marche group at the French National Assembly.
23 September – Réunion's 7th constituency by-elections, 2018 following political differences (notably on the lack of ambition of the cultural policy of the executive).
25 September – Former Prime Minister Manuel Valls announces his candidacy for mayor of Barcelona in the framework of the municipal elections of Spain in 2019. He announces his resignation from his mandate as deputy for the 1st constituency of Essonne.
27 September – Barbara Cassin receives the CNRS Gold medal.

=October=

2 October – Gérard Collomb resigns as Minister of the Interior to resume his post as Mayor of Lyon.
3 October – Arrest of Rédoine Faïd.
5 October – National tribute to singer Charles Aznavour, died on October 1.
10 October – Two people lose their lives in floods in Sainte-Maxime because of a Mediterranean episode (178 mm fell).
11 October – Resignation of 69 mayors and councilors of the department of Indre to protest against the closure of the Le Blanc maternity ward.
15 October – A very violent Mediterranean episode, an indirect consequence of hurricane Leslie, causes exceptional flash floods in the Aude, with accumulations of exceptional rains (295 mm in Trèbes in 12 hours, close to 300 mm in Carcassonne), which kill 15 people (including 9 in Trèbes). The city of Trèbes and the villages of Villegailhenc, Villalier, Villardonnel and Saint-Couat-d'Aude are ravaged. This is the worst flood in the region since 1999.
16 October – Philippe government reshuffle : Christophe Castaner becomes Minister of the Interior, Didier Guillaume Minister of Agriculture, Franck Riester Minister of Culture and Marc Fesneau becomes Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament.
17 October – Creation of the National Assembly's parliamentary group, Liberties and Territories.

=November=

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4 November – 2018 New Caledonian independence referendum
5 November — collapse of buildings, rue d'Aubagne in Marseille
17 November – Beginning of the Gilets jaunes protests.
18 November – 2018 Essonne's 1st constituency by-election.

=December=

11 December – 2018 Strasbourg attack.
15 December – Vaimalama Chaves is elected Miss France 2019.
29 December – Joachim Son-Forget, member of the French National Assembly for Sixth constituency for French residents overseas, leaves both the party La République En Marche! and the La République En Marche group at the French National Assembly.

Deaths

=January=

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4 January –
Lyli Herse, racing cyclist (born 1928){{cite news |title = L'ancienne championne française Lyli Herse est décédée |url = http://www.boursorama.com/actualites/l-ancienne-championne-francaise-lyli-herse-est-decedee-2575d7891de2410a4fa04eab2dc0b6c0 |website = boursorama.com |language = fr |access-date = 5 January 2018 |archive-date = 5 January 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233745/http://www.boursorama.com/actualites/l-ancienne-championne-francaise-lyli-herse-est-decedee-2575d7891de2410a4fa04eab2dc0b6c0 |url-status = dead }}
{{ill|Divi Kervella|fr}}, writer (born 1957){{cite news |title = Divi nous a quittés |url= http://www.fr.brezhoneg.bzh/evenement/1836/50-actualite.htm |website = www.fr.brezhoneg.bzh |language=fr |access-date=5 January 2018 }}
7 January – France Gall, singer (born 1947){{cite news |title = French pop star France Gall dies at 70 |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-francegall/french-pop-star-france-gall-dies-at-70-idUSKBN1EW0GU |work = Reuters |access-date=9 January 2018 }}
9 January – Jean-Marc Mazzonetto, rugby union player (b. 1983)[http://www.sudouest.fr/2018/01/10/stade-montois-jean-marc-mazzonetto-est-decede-4097982-773.php Stade Montois : l’ancien joueur Jean-Marc Mazzonetto est décédé dans un accident] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020911/https://www.sudouest.fr/2018/01/10/stade-montois-jean-marc-mazzonetto-est-decede-4097982-773.php |date=2018-01-14 }} {{in lang|fr}}
10 January –
Étienne Bally, sprinter (b. 1923)
Pierre Grillet, footballer (b. 1932)
Philippe Marchand, politician (b. 1939)
12 January –
Pierre Pincemaille, organist (b. 1956)
Jean-Louis Koszul, mathematician (b. 1921)
17 January –
Guy Dupré, writer and publisher (b. 1928)
Bénédicte Pesle, arts patron (b. 1927){{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/obituaries/benedicte-pesle-dies-at-90-introduced-american-artists-to-france.html |title=Bénédicte Pesle Dies at 90; Introduced American Stage Artists to France |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 2018 |access-date=2018-07-30 |archive-date=2018-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234517/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/obituaries/benedicte-pesle-dies-at-90-introduced-american-artists-to-france.html |url-status=live |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil }}
Claude Prouvoyeur, politician (b. 1927)
19 January –
Alain Devaquet, politician (b. 1942)
Marcel Frémiot, composer and musicologist (b. 1920){{Cite web|url=https://www.dansnoscoeurs.fr/marcel-fremiot/2309155?Page=1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730203254/https://www.dansnoscoeurs.fr/marcel-fremiot/2309155?Page=1|url-status=dead|title=Avis de décès|archivedate=July 30, 2018}}
20 January – Paul Bocuse, chef (b. 1926)
21 January –
Yves Afonso, actor (b. 1944)
Suzanne Citron, historian (b. 1922)
Philippe Gondet, footballer (b. 1942)
24 January – Renaud Gagneux, composer (b. 1947)
25 January – Arnaud Giovaninetti, actor (b. 1967)
28 January – Raymond Lory, politician (b. 1926){{Cite web|url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/actu/joue-les-tours-deces-de-l-ancien-maire-raymond-lory|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091226/https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/actu/joue-les-tours-deces-de-l-ancien-maire-raymond-lory|url-status=dead|title=Joué-lès-Tours: décès de l'ancien maire Raymond Lory|archivedate=January 30, 2018}}

=February=

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1 February –
André Baudry, magazine editor (b. 1922){{Cite web|url=https://hornet.com/stories/fr/mort-andre-baudry-arcadie/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306201203/https://hornetapp.com/stories/fr/mort-andre-baudry-arcadie/|url-status=dead|title=Mort d'André Baudry, fondateur d'Arcadie la première association homosexuelle française|first=Hornet|last=Networks|date=February 6, 2018|archivedate=March 6, 2018|website=Hornet}}
Édouard Ferrand, politician (b. 1965)
5 February – Mathieu Riboulet, writer and film director (b. 1960){{Cite web|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lecrivain-mathieu-riboulet-est-decede|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209233827/http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lecrivain-mathieu-riboulet-est-decede|url-status=dead|title=L'écrivain Mathieu Riboulet est décédé|archivedate=February 9, 2018|website=Livres Hebdo}}
6 February – Bernard Darmet, racing cyclist (b. 1945){{Cite web|url=https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/64042/bernard-darmet-est-mort|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729141549/https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/64042/bernard-darmet-est-mort|url-status=dead|title=Bernard Darmet est mort - Actualité|date=July 2, 2018|archivedate=July 29, 2018|website=DirectVelo}}
9 February –
Antoine Culioli, linguist (b. 1924){{Cite web|url=https://diacritik.com/2018/02/12/antoine-culioli-1924-2018-figure-majeure-de-la-linguistique-contemporaine/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729141555/https://diacritik.com/2018/02/12/antoine-culioli-1924-2018-figure-majeure-de-la-linguistique-contemporaine/|url-status=dead|title=Antoine Culioli (1924–2018): figure majeure de la linguistique contemporaine|archivedate=July 29, 2018}}
Bernard Koura, painter (b. 1923){{Cite web|url=https://actu.fr/normandie/_61/alencon-bernard-koura-est-decede_15475335.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180212132631/https://actu.fr/societe/alencon-bernard-koura-est-decede_15475335.html|url-status=dead|title=Alençon : Bernard Koura est décédé|archivedate=February 12, 2018|website=actu.fr}}
12 February – Françoise Xenakis, writer (b. 1930){{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2018/02/12/03004-20180212ARTFIG00343-l-ecrivaine-francoise-xenakis-est-morte-a-87-ans.php|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180213070134/http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2018/02/12/03004-20180212ARTFIG00343-l-ecrivaine-francoise-xenakis-est-morte-a-87-ans.php|url-status=dead|title=La journaliste et romancière Françoise Xenakis s'est éteinte à 87 ans|date=February 12, 2018|archivedate=February 13, 2018|website=LEFIGARO}}
13 February – Joseph Bonnel, footballer (b.1939){{Cite web|url=https://www.om.fr/fr/actualites/4808/le-club/2551-joseph-bonnel-sest-eteint|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014521/https://www.om.net/actualites/343804/joseph-bonnel-sest-eteint|url-status=dead|title=Joseph Bonnel s'est éteint…|archivedate=February 14, 2018|website=OM}}
15 February –
Jacques Hébert, politician (b. 1920){{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2018/02/17/97001-20180217FILWWW00056-deces-de-jacques-hebert-compagnons-de-la-liberation.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731031205/http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2018/02/17/97001-20180217FILWWW00056-deces-de-jacques-hebert-compagnons-de-la-liberation.php|url-status=dead|title=Décès de Jacques Hébert, Compagnon de La Libération|date=February 17, 2018|archivedate=July 31, 2018|website=LEFIGARO}}
Daniel Vernet, journalist and author (b. 1945){{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/02/16/mort-de-daniel-vernet-ancien-directeur-de-la-redaction-du-monde_5258024_3382.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180303101256/http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/02/16/mort-de-daniel-vernet-ancien-directeur-de-la-redaction-du-monde_5258024_3382.html|url-status=dead|title=Mort de Daniel Vernet, ancien directeur de la rédaction du « Monde »|date=February 16, 2018|archivedate=March 3, 2018|via=Le Monde}}
18 February –
Victor Franco, journalist (b. 1930){{Cite web|url=https://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2018/02/19/le-journaliste-prix-albert-londres-victor-franco-est-decede|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731031523/https://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2018/02/19/le-journaliste-prix-albert-londres-victor-franco-est-decede|url-status=dead|title=montélimar - Il s'était retiré dans la Drôme. Le journaliste, prix Albert-Londres, Victor Franco est décédé|archivedate=July 31, 2018|website=www.ledauphine.com}}
Didier Lockwood, jazz violinist (b. 1956){{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8208246/didier-lockwood-french-jazz-violinist-dies-suddenly-at-62 |title=Didier Lockwood, French Jazz Violinist, Dies Suddenly at 62 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2018-07-30 |archive-date=2018-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703030808/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8208246/didier-lockwood-french-jazz-violinist-dies-suddenly-at-62 |url-status=live }}
20 February – Arnaud Geyre, racing cyclist (b. 1935)
27 February –
Henri Leonetti, footballer (b. 1937)
Jacqueline Vaudecrane, figure skater (b. 1913)
28 February – Pierre Milza, historian (b. 1932){{Cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/cultura/18_febbraio_28/morto-pierre-milza-storico-francese-attento-all-italia-biografo-duce-1bb675a8-1c96-11e8-bca3-8aaab49a1cfe.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303214530/http://www.corriere.it/cultura/18_febbraio_28/morto-pierre-milza-storico-francese-attento-all-italia-biografo-duce-1bb675a8-1c96-11e8-bca3-8aaab49a1cfe.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Morto Pierre Milza|first=SERGIO|last=ROMANO|date=February 28, 2018|archivedate=March 3, 2018|website=Corriere della Sera}}

=March=

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3 March –
Jacques Gernet, sinologist (b. 1921){{Cite web|url=https://aibl.fr/academiciens-1663/gernet-jacques/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017164231/http://www.aibl.fr/membres/academiciens-depuis-1663/article/gernet-jacques|url-status=dead|title=GERNET Jacques|archivedate=October 17, 2014}}
Yvon Taillandier, artist (b. 1926){{Cite web|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lauteur-et-plasticien-yvon-taillandier-est-mort|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729232726/http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lauteur-et-plasticien-yvon-taillandier-est-mort|url-status=dead|title=L'auteur et plasticien Yvon Taillandier est mort|archivedate=July 29, 2018|website=Livres Hebdo}}
5 March – André S. Labarthe, actor, film producer and director (b. 1931){{Cite web|url=https://www.cinematheque.fr/article/1190.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306023150/http://www.cinematheque.fr/article/1190.html|url-status=dead|title=Hommage à André S. Labarthe - La Cinémathèque française|archivedate=March 6, 2018|website=www.cinematheque.fr}}
6 March – Francis Piasecki, footballer (b. 1951){{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Francis-piasecki-est-mort-a-66-ans/881840|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180309111309/https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Francis-piasecki-est-mort-a-66-ans/881840|url-status=dead|title=Francis Piasecki est mort à 66 ans|archivedate=March 9, 2018|website=L'Équipe}}
8 March – Jean Jolivet, philosopher (b. 1925){{Cite web|url=http://www.ephe.psl.eu/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230708/https://www.ephe.fr/actualites/deces-de-jean-jolivet|url-status=dead|title=Accueil | École Pratique des Hautes Études|archivedate=July 29, 2018|website=www.ephe.psl.eu}}
10 March –
Hubert de Givenchy, fashion designer, founder of the house of Givenchy (b. 1927)
Michel Raynaud, mathematician (b. 1938){{Cite web|url=http://smf.emath.fr/content/d%25C3%25A9c%25C3%25A8s-de-michel-raynaud|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418043159/http://smf.emath.fr/content/d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s-de-michel-raynaud|url-status=dead|title=Décès de Michel Raynaud|archivedate=April 18, 2018}}
16 March – Guy Cury, hurdler (b. 1930){{Cite web|url=https://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2018/03/22/drome-aleyrac-l-athlete-olympique-guy-cury-est-decede|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021523/https://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2018/03/22/drome-aleyrac-l-athlete-olympique-guy-cury-est-decede|url-status=dead|title=CARNET. L'athlète olympique Guy Cury est décédé|archivedate=July 30, 2018|website=www.ledauphine.com}}
17 March – Geneviève Fontanel, actress (b. 1936){{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2018/03/18/la-comedienne-genevieve-fontanel-est-morte_5272839_3246.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427011846/https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2018/03/18/la-comedienne-genevieve-fontanel-est-morte_5272839_3246.html|url-status=dead|title=La comédienne Geneviève Fontanel est morte|date=March 18, 2018|archivedate=April 27, 2019|via=Le Monde}}
19 March – Jean Michel Larrasket, engineer (b. 1950)
24 March – Arnaud Beltrame, gendarme, (b. 1973)[https://web.archive.org/web/20180401084344/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/24/he-saved-lives-arnaud-beltrame-french-police-officer-who-traded-places-with-a-hostage-dies ‘He saved lives’: Arnaud Beltrame, police officer who traded places with a hostage, to be honored by France]
27 March –
Stéphane Audran, actress (b. 1932){{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/stephane-audran-dies-babettes-feast-discreet-charm-of-the-bourgeoisie-brideshead-revisted-1202353954/ |title=Stéphane Audran Dies: 'Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie', 'Babette's Feast' Star Was 85 |date=27 March 2018 |access-date=2020-04-18 |archive-date=2020-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019163642/https://deadline.com/2018/03/stephane-audran-dies-babettes-feast-discreet-charm-of-the-bourgeoisie-brideshead-revisted-1202353954/ |url-status=live }}
Luc Jalabert, rejoneador (b. 1951){{Cite web|url=https://www.laprovence.com/actu/en-direct/4898153/arles-la-mort-de-luc-jalabert-a-66-ans.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704124744/https://www.laprovence.com/actu/en-direct/4898153/arles-la-mort-de-luc-jalabert-a-66-ans.html|url-status=dead|title=Luc Jalabert, ex-directeur des arènes d'Arles et figure de la tauromachie, est mort à 66 ans|date=March 27, 2018|archivedate=July 4, 2018|website=LaProvence.com}}
28 March – Clément Rosset, philosopher and writer (b. 1939){{Cite web|url=https://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/actualites/20180328.OBS4280/mort-de-clement-rosset-philosophe-du-tragique-et-de-la-joie.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615083216/https://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/actualites/20180328.OBS4280/mort-de-clement-rosset-philosophe-du-tragique-et-de-la-joie.html|url-status=dead|title=Mort de Clément Rosset, philosophe du tragique et de la joie|date=March 28, 2018|archivedate=June 15, 2018|website=Bibliobs}}

=April =

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File:Geneviève Claisse (1995).png in 1995]]

1 April –
Françoise Adret, ballerina and choreographer (b. 1920){{Cite web|url=https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-lyon-metropole/2018/04/04/mort-de-francoise-adret-directrice-historique-du-ballet-de-l-opera-de-lyon|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406233132/http://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-lyon-metropole/2018/04/04/mort-de-francoise-adret-directrice-historique-du-ballet-de-l-opera-de-lyon|url-status=dead|title=Lyon. Mort de Françoise Adret, directrice historique du Ballet de l'Opéra|archivedate=April 6, 2018|website=www.leprogres.fr}}
Michel Sénéchal, tenor (b. 1927)
2 April – Paul Sinibaldi, footballer (b. 1921){{Cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/paul-sinibaldi-ancienne-star-du-stade-de-reims-est-mort-1522673259|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709011238/https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/paul-sinibaldi-ancienne-star-du-stade-de-reims-est-mort-1522673259|url-status=dead|title=Paul Sinibaldi, ancienne star du Stade de Reims, est mort|date=April 2, 2018|archivedate=July 9, 2018|website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3}}
3 April –
Irma Rapuzzi, politician (b. 1910){{Cite web|url=https://www.laprovence.com/article/politique/4919188/mademoiselle-irma-rapuzzi-sen-est-allee-a-108-ans.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114174551/https://www.laprovence.com/article/politique/4919188/mademoiselle-irma-rapuzzi-sen-est-allee-a-108-ans.html|url-status=dead|title="Mademoiselle" Irma Rapuzzi s'en est allée à 108 ans|date=April 10, 2018|archivedate=November 14, 2022|website=LaProvence.com}}
Jacques Tixier, archaeologist and prehistorian (b. 1925){{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/04/16/mort-de-l-archeologue-jacques-tixier_5286185_3382.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114174549/https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/04/16/mort-de-l-archeologue-jacques-tixier_5286185_3382.html?xtref=|url-status=dead|title=Mort de l'archéologue Jacques Tixier|date=April 16, 2018|archivedate=November 14, 2022|via=Le Monde}}
6 April – Jacques Higelin, pop singer (b. 1940){{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2018/04/06/97001-20180406FILWWW00113-le-chanteur-jacques-higelin-est-decede.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415155121/http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2018/04/06/97001-20180406FILWWW00113-le-chanteur-jacques-higelin-est-decede.php|url-status=dead|title=Le chanteur Jacques Higelin est décédé|date=April 6, 2018|archivedate=April 15, 2018|website=LEFIGARO}}
8 April – André Lerond, footballer (b. 1930){{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Andre-lerond-ancien-capitaine-de-lyon-et-de-l-equipe-de-france-est-mort/891136|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180409080812/https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Andre-lerond-ancien-capitaine-de-lyon-et-de-l-equipe-de-france-est-mort/891136|url-status=dead|title=André Lerond, ancien capitaine de Lyon et de l'équipe de France, est mort|archivedate=April 9, 2018|website=L'Équipe}}
10 April – Richard Peyzaret, better known by his pen name F'Murr, comics artist (b. 1946){{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/04/11/mort-du-dessinateur-f-murr-l-auteur-de-la-bd-genie-des-alpages_5283743_3382.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180412001621/http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/04/11/mort-du-dessinateur-f-murr-l-auteur-de-la-bd-genie-des-alpages_5283743_3382.html|url-status=dead|title=Mort du dessinateur F'murr, l'auteur de la BD « Génie des alpages »|date=April 11, 2018|archivedate=April 12, 2018|via=Le Monde}}
11 April – Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, politician and journalist (b. 1918){{Cite web|url=http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2018/04/11/deces-de-jean-claude-servan-schreiber-ancien-resistant-et-figure-discrete-de-la-dynastie_1642693|title=Décès de Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, ancien résistant et figure discrète de la dynastie - Libération|date=April 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001325/http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2018/04/11/deces-de-jean-claude-servan-schreiber-ancien-resistant-et-figure-discrete-de-la-dynastie_1642693 |archive-date=2018-04-12 }}
13 April – André Maman, politician and philologist (b. 1927)
14 April – Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor (b. 1940){{Cite web|url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/jean-claude-malgoire-roy-de-la-musique-est-mort-4939849|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180425155657/https://www.francemusique.fr/musique-baroque/jean-claude-malgoire-roi-de-la-musique-baroque-est-mort-61008|url-status=dead|title=Jean-Claude Malgoire, roy de la musique, est mort|first=Aliette de|last=Laleu|date=April 14, 2018|archivedate=April 25, 2018|website=France Musique}}
18 April – Jean Flori, medieval historian (b. 1936)
19 April –
Joël Santoni, film director and screenwriter (b. 1943)
Agnès-Marie Valois, nun and World War II nurse (b. 1914)
21 April – Firmin Le Bourhis, crime fiction writer (b. 1950)
24 April – Henri Michel, footballer (b. 1947)
26 April –
Jean Duprat, politician (b. 1936)
Pierre Plateau, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1924)
29 April – Rose Laurens, singer-songwriter (b. 1953)
30 April – Geneviève Claisse, abstract painter (b. 1935){{Cite web|url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/369250/article/2018-05-02/genevieve-claisse-figure-de-l-abstraction-geometrique-est-decedee|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613093040/http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/369250/article/2018-05-02/genevieve-claisse-figure-de-l-abstraction-geometrique-est-decedee|url-status=dead|title=Geneviève Claisse, figure de l'abstraction géométrique, est décédée|date=May 2, 2018|archivedate=June 13, 2018|website=La Voix du Nord}}

=May =

File:Official portrait of Nicole Fontaine.jpg in 2002 ]]

4 May –
Lionel Lamy, footballer (b. 1943){{Cite web|url=http://www.lecourrierdelamayenne.fr/actualite-26067-deces-de-lionel-lamy-ancien-joueur-du-stade-lavallois.html|title=Décès de Lionel Lamy, ancien joueur du Stade Lavallois - Le Courrier de la Mayenne|date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140021/http://www.lecourrierdelamayenne.fr/actualite-26067-deces-de-lionel-lamy-ancien-joueur-du-stade-lavallois.html |archive-date=2018-06-12 }}
André Le Dissez, cyclist (b. 1929)
6 May – Jean-Claude Decagny, politician (b. 1939){{Cite web|url=https://www.lobservateur.fr/sambre/2018/05/07/maubeuge-lancien-maire-jean-claude-decagny-est-decede/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143625/https://www.lobservateur.fr/sambre/2018/05/07/maubeuge-lancien-maire-jean-claude-decagny-est-decede/|url-status=dead|title=Maubeuge : L'ancien maire Jean-Claude Decagny est décédé|archivedate=June 12, 2018}}
11 May – Gérard Genette, literary theorist (b. 1930){{Cite web|url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id53497/article/2018-05-11/le-monde-de-la-litterature-en-deuil-gerard-genette-est-decede-lage-de-87-ans|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512043557/http://www.sudinfo.be/id53497/article/2018-05-11/le-monde-de-la-litterature-en-deuil-gerard-genette-est-decede-lage-de-87-ans|url-status=dead|title=Le monde de la littérature en deuil: Gérard Genette est décédé à l'âge de 87 ans|date=May 11, 2018|archivedate=May 12, 2018|website=sudinfo.be}}
13 May – Lucien Villa, politician (b. 1922){{Cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2018/05/14/2797201-lucien-villa-s-est-eteint-a-95-ans.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324044101/https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2018/05/14/2797201-lucien-villa-s-est-eteint-a-95-ans.html|url-status=dead|title=Carcassonne. Lucien Villa, ancien résistant audois, s'est éteint à 95 ans|archivedate=March 24, 2019|website=ladepeche.fr}}
15 May – Jean-Claude Lamy, journalist (b. 1941){{Cite web|url=https://www.lefilmfrancais.com/cinema/137131/disparition-de-jean-claude-lamy|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517152720/http://www.lefilmfrancais.com/cinema/137131/disparition-de-jean-claude-lamy|url-status=dead|title=Disparition de Jean-Claude Lamy|archivedate=May 17, 2018|website=Le Film Français}}
17 May – Nicole Fontaine, lawyer and politician, President of the European Parliament (b. 1942){{Cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/l-ancienne-ministre-nicole-fontaine-est-decedee-18-05-2018-2219606_20.php|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180518205714/http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/l-ancienne-ministre-nicole-fontaine-est-decedee-18-05-2018-2219606_20.php|url-status=dead|title=L'ancienne ministre Nicole Fontaine est décédée|date=May 18, 2018|archivedate=May 18, 2018|website=Le Point}}
28 May
Paulette Coquatrix, costume designer (b. 1916){{Cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/people/mort-de-paulette-coquatrix-ancienne-proprietaire-de-l-olympia-29-05-2018-2222310_2116.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529203820/http://www.lepoint.fr/ces-gens-la/mort-de-paulette-coquatrix-ancienne-proprietaire-de-l-olympia-29-05-2018-2222310_264.php|url-status=dead|title=Mort de Paulette Coquatrix, ancienne propriétaire de l'Olympia|first=Le Point|last=magazine|date=May 29, 2018|archivedate=May 29, 2018|website=Le Point}}
Serge Dassault, businessman and politician (b. 1925){{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/05/28/l-industriel-patron-de-presse-et-ancien-senateur-serge-dassault-est-mort_5305976_3382.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310224526/https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/05/28/l-industriel-patron-de-presse-et-ancien-senateur-serge-dassault-est-mort_5305976_3382.html?xtref=|url-status=dead|title=L'industriel, patron de presse et ancien sénateur Serge Dassault est mort|date=May 28, 2018|archivedate=March 10, 2021|via=Le Monde}}
Yves de Daruvar, military officer and politician (b. 1921){{Cite web |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/yves-de-daruvar-french-resistance-hero-of-hungarian-origin-dies-at-90/ |title=Yves de Daruvar, French Resistance Hero of Hungarian Origin, Dies at 97 |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=2018-07-29 |archive-date=2018-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628124905/https://hungarytoday.hu/yves-de-daruvar-french-resistance-hero-of-hungarian-origin-dies-at-90/ |url-status=live }}

=June=

File:Tour de France , Mette Horner, Bestanddeelnr 911-3760.jpg in 1960 ]]

1 June –
Jean-Claude Boulard, politician, (b. 1943){{Cite web|url=http://www.lemainelibre.fr/actualite/le-mans-le-maire-jean-claude-boulard-est-decede-01-06-2018-220983|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707012505/http://www.lemainelibre.fr/actualite/le-mans-le-maire-jean-claude-boulard-est-decede-01-06-2018-220983|url-status=dead|title=Le Mans Le maire Jean-Claude Boulard est décédé|archivedate=July 7, 2018}}
René Séjourné, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint-Flour (b. 1930){{Cite web |url=http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsejourne.html |title=Bishop René Pierre Louis Joseph Séjourné |access-date=2018-07-23 |archive-date=2018-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193927/http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsejourne.html |url-status=live }}
2 June – André Desvages, racing cyclist (b. 1944){{Cite web|url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/disparition-d-andre-desvages|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140036/https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/disparition-d-andre-desvages|url-status=dead|title=Disparition d'André Desvages|archivedate=June 12, 2018}}
9 June – Françoise Bonnot, film editor, Oscar winner 1970 for Z (b. 1939){{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/francoise-bonnot-dead-oscar-winning-editor-costa-gavras-1202409375/ |title=Francoise Bonnot Dies: Oscar-Winning Editor & Costa-Gavras Regular Was 78 |date=13 June 2018 |access-date=2018-07-20 |archive-date=2018-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826073826/https://deadline.com/2018/06/francoise-bonnot-dead-oscar-winning-editor-costa-gavras-1202409375/ |url-status=live }}
11 June –
Marcel Hénaff, philosopher and anthropologist (b. 1942){{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/06/19/la-mort-de-marcel-henaff-philosophe-et-anthropologue_5317604_3382.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622190516/https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/06/19/la-mort-de-marcel-henaff-philosophe-et-anthropologue_5317604_3382.html|url-status=dead|title=La mort de Marcel Hénaff, philosophe et anthropologue|date=June 19, 2018|archivedate=June 22, 2018|via=Le Monde}}
Yvette Horner, accordionist (b. 1922){{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/17/yvette-horner-obituary |title=Yvette Horner obituary |website=TheGuardian.com |date=17 June 2018 |access-date=2018-07-29 |archive-date=2018-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619043025/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/17/yvette-horner-obituary |url-status=live }}
19 June – Paul John Marx, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea) (b. 1935){{Cite web |url=http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarxp.html |title=Bishop Paul John Marx, M.S.C. |access-date=2018-07-29 |archive-date=2018-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621194244/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarxp.html |url-status=live }}
24 June – Jacques Saadé, shipping executive (b. 1937){{Cite web |url=http://www.fruitnet.com/asiafruit/article/175926/founding-president-of-cma-cgm-group-dies |title=Founding president of CMA CGM Group dies |access-date=2018-07-29 |archive-date=2018-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625050347/http://www.fruitnet.com/asiafruit/article/175926/founding-president-of-cma-cgm-group-dies |url-status=live }}

=July=

File:Frank Giroud - Bulles en Seyne - P1420321.jpg in 2010]]

1 July – François Corbier, songwriter and television presenter (b. 1944){{Cite web|url=https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/mort-de-francois-corbier-figure-du-club-dorothee_5abe7262-7d0a-11e8-9d74-5d78a4dfcf15|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165029/http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/mort-de-francois-corbier-figure-du-club-dorothee_5abe7262-7d0a-11e8-9d74-5d78a4dfcf15/|url-status=dead|title=Mort de François Corbier, figure du Club Dorothée|date=July 1, 2018|archivedate=July 1, 2018|website=TVMAG}}
2 July –
Henri Froment-Meurice, diplomat (b. 1923){{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/penguily-22510/penguily-l-ambassadeur-henri-froment-meurice-s-est-eteint-95-ans-5861245|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704161414/https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/penguily-22510/penguily-l-ambassadeur-henri-froment-meurice-s-est-eteint-95-ans-5861245|url-status=dead|title=Penguily. L'ambassadeur Henri Froment-Meurice s'est éteint à 95 ans|archivedate=July 4, 2018}}
Maurice Lemaître, artist (b. 1926){{Cite web|url=https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713135051/https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/actualite-2/lun-des-createurs-essentiels-du-lettrisme-maurice-lemaitre-est-mort-1199376/|url-status=dead|title=Connaissance des Arts - Actualité artistique et culturelle|archivedate=July 13, 2018|website=Connaissance des Arts}}
3 July –
Thérèse Kleindienst, librarian (b. 1916){{Cite web|url=https://www.chartes.psl.eu/fr/actualite/deces-therese-kleindienst-prom-1939|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719231232/http://www.chartes.psl.eu/fr/actualite/deces-therese-kleindienst-prom-1939|url-status=dead|title=Décès de Thérèse Kleindienst (prom. 1939)|date=July 4, 2018|archivedate=July 19, 2018|website=École nationale des chartes}}
Henri Martre, telecommunications engineer (b. 1928){{Cite web|url=https://gazette-ariegeoise.fr/disparition-dhenri-martre/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705121430/https://gazette-ariegeoise.fr/disparition-dhenri-martre/|url-status=dead|title=Disparition d'Henri Martre|date=July 5, 2018|archivedate=July 5, 2018|website=La Gazette Ariégeoise}}
4 July – Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, poet and novelist (b. 1914){{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2018/07/04/03005-20180704ARTFIG00155-le-romancier-et-poete-georges-emmanuel-clancier-s-est-eteint-a-104-ans-dans-son-sommeil.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724110809/http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2018/07/04/03005-20180704ARTFIG00155-le-romancier-et-poete-georges-emmanuel-clancier-s-est-eteint-a-104-ans-dans-son-sommeil.php|url-status=dead|title=Le romancier et poète Georges-Emmanuel Clancier s'est éteint à 104 ans dans son sommeil|date=July 4, 2018|archivedate=July 24, 2018|website=LEFIGARO}}
5 July –
François Budet, singer-songwriter, novelist, and poet (b. 1940){{Cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/medias-people/disparition-de-francois-budet-il-etait-un-peu-comme-un-grand-frere-disent-ses-amis-chanteurs-1530814909|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706104343/https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/medias-people/disparition-de-francois-budet-il-etait-un-peu-comme-un-grand-frere-disent-ses-amis-chanteurs-1530814909|url-status=dead|title=Disparition de François Budet : "il était un peu comme un grand frère" disent ses amis chanteurs|date=July 5, 2018|archivedate=July 6, 2018|website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3}}
Claude Lanzmann, filmmaker (b. 1925){{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/claude-lanzmann-dies-director-holocaust-documentary-shoah-1202421678/ |title=Claude Lanzmann Dies: Director Best Known For Holocaust Documentary 'Shoah' Was 92 |date=5 July 2018 |access-date=2018-07-23 |archive-date=2018-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705150801/https://deadline.com/2018/07/claude-lanzmann-dies-director-holocaust-documentary-shoah-1202421678/ |url-status=live }}
Gerald Messadié, scientific journalist, historian, essayist and novelist (b. 1931){{Cite web|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lecrivain-et-biographe-gerald-messadie-est-mort|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715192927/http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lecrivain-et-biographe-gerald-messadie-est-mort|url-status=dead|title=L'écrivain et biographe Gerald Messadié est mort|archivedate=July 15, 2018|website=Livres Hebdo}}
Michel Suffran, novelist (b. 1931){{Cite web|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux/bordeaux-deces-ecrivain-michel-suffran-1507833.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707010009/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux/bordeaux-deces-ecrivain-michel-suffran-1507833.html|url-status=dead|title=Bordeaux : décès de l'écrivain Michel Suffran|archivedate=July 7, 2018|website=France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine}}
Jean-Louis Tauran, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1943){{Cite web|url=https://www.famillechretienne.fr/filinfo/deces-du-cardinal-francais-jean-louis-tauran-239492|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706132437/https://www.famillechretienne.fr/filinfo/deces-du-cardinal-francais-jean-louis-tauran-239492|url-status=dead|title=Décès du cardinal français Jean-Louis Tauran|archivedate=July 6, 2018}}
7 July – Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, royal, soldier and race car driver (b. 1926){{Cite web|url=https://www.gazzettadiparma.it/archivio-bozze/2021/12/07/news/il-museo-della-stampa-da-colorno-a-roma-525567/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709010715/https://www.gazzettadiparma.it/news/italia-mondo/525567/morto-a-parigi-il-principe-michele-di-borbone-parma.html|url-status=dead|title=Il Museo della Stampa da Colorno a Roma|archivedate=July 9, 2018|website=www.gazzettadiparma.it}}
12 July – Alain Fauré, politician (b. 1962){{Cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2018/07/12/2834998-l-ancien-depute-de-l-ariege-alain-faure-est-decede.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713214613/https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2018/07/12/2834998-l-ancien-depute-de-l-ariege-alain-faure-est-decede.html|url-status=dead|title=L'ancien député de l'Ariège Alain Fauré est décédé|archivedate=July 13, 2018|website=ladepeche.fr}}
13 July –
Frank Giroud, comics writer (b. 1956){{cite news |title=BD : l'auteur Frank Giroud (Le Décalogue) est mort à 62 ans |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/france-monde/2018/07/14/bd-l-auteur-frank-giroud-(le-decalogue)-est-mort-a-62-ans |access-date=20 July 2018 |work=Le Progres |date=14 July 2018}}
Luc Rosenzweig, journalist and non-fiction writer (b. 1943)
Claude Seignolle, writer (b. 1917)[https://www.actualitte.com/article/reportages/claude-seignolle-l-insaisissable-centenaire/65674 Claude Seignolle, l'insaisissable centenaire] {{Webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20180715120931/https://www.actualitte.com/article/reportages/claude-seignolle-l-insaisissable-centenaire/65674 |date=2018-07-15 }} {{in lang|fr}}
16 July – Madeleine Kamman, chef and restaurateur (b. 1931){{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/obituaries/madeleine-kamman-87-celebrated-french-chef-is-dead.html |title=Madeleine Kamman, 87, Who Gave Americans a Taste of France, Dies |work=The New York Times |date=20 July 2018 |access-date=2018-07-23 |archive-date=2018-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722070351/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/obituaries/madeleine-kamman-87-celebrated-french-chef-is-dead.html |url-status=live |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard }}
23 July – Pierre Pican, bishop (b. 1935){{Cite web|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Mgr-Pierre-Pican-eveque-emerite-Bayeux-Lisieux-decede-2018-07-23-1200957097|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723182251/https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Mgr-Pierre-Pican-eveque-emerite-Bayeux-Lisieux-decede-2018-07-23-1200957097|url-status=dead|title=Mgr Pierre Pican, évêque émérite de Bayeux-Lisieux, est décédé|date=July 23, 2018|archivedate=July 23, 2018|via=www.la-croix.com}}
25 July – Guy Fallot, cellist (b. 1927){{Cite web|url=http://www.hommages.ch/Defunt/115446/Fallot_Guy|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155105/http://www.hommages.ch/Defunt/115446/Fallot_Guy|url-status=dead|title=Guy Fallot|archivedate=August 1, 2018}}

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2 August – Armand de Las Cuevas, racing cyclist (b. 1968){{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armand-de-las-cuevas-dies-aged-50/ |title=Armand De Las Cuevas dies aged 50 |date=3 August 2018 |access-date=2019-02-16 |archive-date=2019-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210052230/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armand-de-las-cuevas-dies-aged-50/ |url-status=live }}
4 August –
Josy Moinet, politician, Senator for Charente-Maritime (b. 1929)[https://www.sudouest.fr/2018/08/05/charente-maritime-l-ancien-senateur-josy-moinet-est-decede-a-88-ans-5286606-1391.php Charente-Maritime : l’ancien sénateur Josy Moinet est décédé à 88 ans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416141452/https://www.sudouest.fr/2018/08/05/charente-maritime-l-ancien-senateur-josy-moinet-est-decede-a-88-ans-5286606-1391.php |date=2019-04-16 }} {{in lang|fr}}
Arsène Tchakarian, Armenian-born French resistance fighter (b. 1916){{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45081868 |title=Arsène Tchakarian: French Resistance fighter dies aged 101 |work=BBC News |date=6 August 2018 |access-date=2019-02-16 |archive-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023061208/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45081868 |url-status=live }}
15 August –
Marie-Françoise Bucquet, pianist and teacher (b. 1937){{Cite web|url=https://www.resmusica.com/2018/08/17/deces-de-la-pianiste-marie-francoise-bucquet/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020220702/http://www.resmusica.com/2018/08/17/deces-de-la-pianiste-marie-francoise-bucquet/|url-status=dead|title=Décès de la pianiste Marie-Françoise Bucquet|first=La|last=Rédaction|date=August 17, 2018|archivedate=October 20, 2018}}
Pierre Camou, rugby union administrator (b. 1945){{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/24397263/former-french-rugby-president-pierre-camou-dies-aged-72 |title=Former FFR president Pierre Camou dies aged 72 |date=17 August 2018 |access-date=2019-02-16 |archive-date=2018-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826183100/http://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/24397263/former-french-rugby-president-pierre-camou-dies-aged-72 |url-status=live }}
François Garnier, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cambrai (b. 1944){{Cite web|url=https://mgr-garnier.cathocambrai.com/entree-ciel-monseigneur-francois-garnier.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816060557/https://mgr-garnier.cathocambrai.com/entree-ciel-monseigneur-francois-garnier.html|url-status=dead|title=Entrée au Ciel de Monseigneur François Garnier|archivedate=August 16, 2018|website=mgr-garnier.cathocambrai.com}}
Edmond Haan, footballer (b. 1924)[https://racingstub.com/articles/18002-deces-dedmond-haan Décès d'Edmond Haan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194417/https://racingstub.com/articles/18002-deces-dedmond-haan |date=2018-08-16 }} {{in lang|fr}}
26 August – Rosa Bouglione, circus performer (b. 1910){{Cite web|url=https://www.circus-parade.com/2018/08/25/rosa-bouglione-reine-du-cirque/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707235351/http://www.circus-parade.com/2018/08/25/rosa-bouglione-reine-du-cirque/|url-status=dead|title=Rosa Bouglione - Reine du Cirque|first=Dominique|last=Denis|date=August 25, 2018|archivedate=July 7, 2019|website=Circus Parade}}
27 August – Mirka Mora, visual artist (born 1928)

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1 September – Jean Seitlinger, politician (born 1924)
5 September – François Flohic, naval officer (born 1920)
6 September –
Philippe Eidel, music producer (born 1956)
Gilbert Lazard, linguist and Iranologist (born 1920)
7 September – Micheline Rozan, stage and film producer (born 1928)
10 September –
Michel Bonnevie, basketball player (born 1921)
Paul Virilio, urbanist (born 1932)
10 September –
Marceline Loridan-Ivens, writer and film director (born 1928)
Jean Piat, actor and writer (born 1924)
21 September – Sophie Body-Gendrot, political scientist, criminologist and sociologist (born 1942)
29 September – Pascale Casanova, literary critic (born 1959)
30 September – René Pétillon, cartoonist and comics artist (born 1945)

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December 5 – Marie-Thérèse Bourquin, French lawyer and first female member of the Belgian council estate (b. 1916){{Cite web|url=http://enmemoire.sudinfo.be/annonce/105867471544465065/bourquin-marie-th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423222903/http://enmemoire.sudinfo.be/annonce/105867471544465065/bourquin-marie-th%25C3%25A9r%25C3%25A8se|url-status=dead|title=Marie Thérèse BOURQUIN de Uccle - Annonce de décès sur enmemoire.be|archivedate=April 23, 2019|website=En mémoire}}
December 28 – Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter (b. 1910){{Cite web|url=https://www.dna.fr/edition-de-strasbourg/2018/12/28/le-grand-resistant-georges-loinger-s-est-eteint-a-l-age-de-108-ans|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228223228/https://www.dna.fr/edition-de-strasbourg/2018/12/28/le-grand-resistant-georges-loinger-s-est-eteint-a-l-age-de-108-ans|url-status=dead|title=Nécrologie. Le grand résistant Georges Loinger, né à Strasbourg, s'est éteint à l'âge de 108 ans|archivedate=December 28, 2018|website=www.dna.fr}}

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