1939 in France

Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	Other events of 1939; History of France • Timeline • Years

Events from the year 1939 in France.

Incumbents

27 February – United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government in Spain.
17 June – Last public guillotining in France – murderer Eugen Weidmann.
3 September – United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany.

1 February – Claude François, singer-songwriter (died 1978)
29 March – Roland Arnall, businessman and diplomat in the United States (died 2008)
3 April – François de Roubaix, film score composer (died 1975)
9 May – Pierre Desproges, humorist (died 1988)
24 June – Brigitte Fontaine, singer, writer and poet
22 July – Warda Al-Jazairia, born Warda Mohammed Ftouki, singer (died 2012 in Egypt)
31 July – France Nuyen, actress
9 August – Bulle Ogier, actress
30 September – Jean-Marie Lehn, chemist, shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987
6 November – Maurice Bourgue (died 2023)