Events from the year 1991 in France.

• President: François Mitterrand
• Prime Minister: Michel Rocard (until 15 May), Édith Cresson (starting 15 May)

• 16 March – Official launch of the Citroen ZX. It partly replaces the larger BX, which will be completely replaced within the next two years by a larger model.
• 15 May – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier.
• 29 May – Olympique Marseille lose the European Cup final to Yugoslav champions Red Star Belgrade on penalties after a 0–0 draw in Bari, Italy.^[1]
• 5 September – Peugeot launches the all-new 106 supermini, designed as a marginally smaller alternative to the eight-year-old 205, which is expected to be phased out after the launch of a larger Peugeot which will replace the 309 in early 1993.^[2]
• Pommeau is granted its Appellation d'origine contrôlée.

• 6 July – Tour de France begins.
• 7 July – French Grand Prix is won by Nigel Mansell of the United Kingdom.
• 28 July – Tour de France ends, won by Miguel Indurain of Spain.

• 3 January – Sébastien Faure, footballer
• 9 February – Alexandre Briancon, figure skater
• 10 February – Romain Wattel, golfer
• 13 February – Bryan M'Bango, footballer
• 6 May – Ribar Baikoua, basketball player
• 28 May
  • Jonathan Ligali, soccer player
  • Alexandre Lacazette, soccer player
• 1 July – Kev Adams, comedian, actor, humorist, screenwriter and film producer
• 6 July – Victoirre Thivisol, actress.
• 16 July – Valentin Lavillenie, pole vaulter.
• 7 August – Lénora Guion-Firmin, sprinter
• 30 August – Gaia Weiss, model and actress.
• 1 October – Thomas Trauttmann, basketball player

• 7 January – Henri Louveau, motor racing driver (born 1910).
• 24 February – Georges Capdeville, soccer referee (born 1899).
• 2 March – Serge Gainsbourg, poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director (born 1928).
• 12 March – Étienne Decroux, actor and mime (born 1898).
• 25 March – Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1905).
• 29 March – Guy Bourdin, photographer (born 1928).
• 30 March – Silvia Monfort, actress and theatre director (born 1923).

• 3 April – Robert Veyron-Lacroix, harpsichordist and pianist (born 1922).
• 6 April – Louis Joxe, statesman and Minister (born 1901).
• 26 April – Leo Arnaud, composer of film scores (born 1904).
• 30 April – André Badonnel, entomologist (born 1898).
• 30 April – Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget, actress and Princess of Monaco (born 1900).
• 8 May – Jean Langlais, composer and organist (born 1907).
• 20 May – Michel Gauquelin, psychologist and statistician (born 1928).
• 7 June – Antoine Blondin, writer (born 1922).
• 10 June – Jean Bruller, writer and illustrator (born 1902).
• 28 June – Jacques Corrèze, businessman and politician (born 1912).
• 29 June – Henri Lefebvre, sociologist and philosopher (born 1901).

• 27 July – Pierre Brunet, figure skater (born 1902).
• 29 July – Christian de Castries, military officer (born 1902).
• 5 August – Gaston Litaize, organist and composer (born 1909).
• 28 August – Pierre Guillaumat, politician and Minister (born 1909).
• 4 September – Henri de Lubac, Jesuit priest and theologian (born 1896).
• 5 September – Raymond Dronne, politician (born 1908).
• 17 September – Zino Francescatti, violinist (born 1902).
• 28 September – Eugène Bozza, composer (born 1905).

• 9 November – Yves Montand, actor and singer (born 1921).
• 15 November – Jacques Morali, music producer (born 1947).
• 18 November – Claude Cahen, orientalist (born 1909).
• 26 November – François Billetdoux, playwright and novelist (born 1927).
• 9 December – Gisèle Lestrange, graphic artist (born 1927).
• 13 December – André Pieyre de Mandiargues, writer (born 1909).
• 20 December – Gaston Waringhien, linguist, lexicographer and Esperantist (born 1901).
• 27 December – Hervé Guibert, writer (born 1955).

• Antoine Berman, translator and historian (born 1942).
• Louis Henry, historian (born 1911).

• List of French films of 1991