Sport deaths in France

Josef "Jo" Gartner (24 January 1954 – 1 June 1986) was a Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria.

Luigi Musso (28 July 1924 – 6 July 1958) was an Italian racing driver.

Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin (22 December 1905 – 11 June 1955) was a French sportsman and racing driver.

Joseph "Jo" Schlesser (18 May 1928 – 7 July 1968) was a French Formula One and sports car racing driver.

Raymond Sommer (31 August 1906, Mouzon, in the Ardennes département of France – 10 September 1950) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver.

Lucien Bianchi (10 November 1934 – 30 March 1969), born Luciano Bianchi, was an Italian-Belgian racing driver who raced for the Cooper, ENB, UDT Laystall and Scuderia Centro Sud teams in Formula One.

Louis Lachenal (17 July 1921 – 25 November 1955), a French climber born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, was one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters.

Guy Mairesse (10 August 1910 – 24 April 1954) was a racing driver from France.

Joakim "Jo" Bonnier (31 January 1930 – 11 June 1972) was a Swedish sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams.

Peter B. Ryan (June 10, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – July 2, 1962 in Paris, France) was an American-born Canadian racecar driver from Mont-Tremblant, Quebec.

Peter Nield Whitehead (12 November 1914 – 21 September 1958) was a British racing driver.

Louis Rosier (5 November 1905 in Chapdes-Beaufort – 29 October 1956 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a racing driver from France.

Elio de Angelis (26 March 1958 – 15 May 1986) was an Italian racing driver who participated in Formula One between 1979 and 1986, racing for the Shadow, Lotus and Brabham teams.

Allan Simonsen (5 July 1978 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish racing driver, born in Odense.

Fabio Casartelli (16 August 1970 – 18 July 1995) was an Italian cyclist and an Olympic gold medalist who died in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, France, during the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France.

Piero Carini (March 6, 1921 – May 30, 1957) was a racing driver from Italy.

Thomas Simpson (30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967) was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists.

Andrei Kivilev (September 20, 1973 – March 12, 2003) was a professional road bicycle racer from Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan.

Joseph Adolphe Rovan (born Joseph Adolph Rosenthal in Munich, Germany on July 25, 1918, died August 27, 2004), was a French philosopher and politician, and is considered a spiritual father of post-war Europe.

Léon Level (12 July 1910 in Hédouville – 26 March 1949 in Paris) was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Sergio Cresto (USA) (January 19, 1956 – May 2, 1986) was the co-driver of Henri Toivonen at the Lancia Martini team for the 1986 World Rally Championship season.

Marco Campos (24 February 1976 – 15 October 1995) was a Brazilian racing driver.

Lloyd Perry Casner (August 30, 1928 in Miami, Florida – April 10, 1965 in Le Mans, France) was the creator of the Casner Motor Racing Division team.

John Woolfe (23 March 1932—14 June 1969) was a British racing driver from England, who specialised in sports car racing.

Dario Ambrosini (March 7, 1918 in Cesena - July 14, 1951 in Albi) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed for the Benelli factory racing team.

Ivor Léon John Bueb (6 June 1923, East Ham, London – 1 August 1959, Clermont-Ferrand, France) was a British sports car racing and Formula One driver from England.

Walter Edwin Hansgen (October 28, 1919, Westfield, New Jersey – April 7, 1966, Orléans, France) was a racecar driver from the United States.

Herbert MacKay-Fraser (June 23, 1927 – July 14, 1957) was a racing driver from the United States, born in Pernambuco, Brazil.

Bill Whitehouse (1 April 1909 in Plumstead – 14 July 1957 at Reims) was a British racing driver from England.

Daan Myngheer (13 April 1993 – 28 March 2016) was a Belgian cyclist.

Mario Alborghetti (23 October 1928 – 11 April 1955) was an Italian motor racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Volpini-Arzani team.

Keith Ronald Campbell (2 October 1931 – 13 July 1958) was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Tom Cole (11 June 1922 – 14 June 1953) was a British racing driver, who raced on an American racing license, who made a name for himself in the early 1950s, but paid the ultimate price for his love of motorsport.

Gerald Hussey Buchanan Birrell (30 July 1944 – 23 June 1973) was a British racing driver from Scotland, who was killed in an accident during practice for a Formula Two race at Rouen-Les-Essarts.

Michel Frutschi (6 January 1953 – 3 April 1983) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland.

Jean Alavoine was a French professional cyclist, who won 17 stages in the Tour de France - only eight riders have won more stages - and wore the yellow jersey for five days.

Stéphane Brosse (20 October 1971 – 17 June 2012) was a French ski mountaineer.

Doug Coombs (September 24, 1957 – April 3, 2006) was an American alpine skier and mountaineer who helped to pioneer the sport of extreme skiing, both in North America and worldwide.

Stefano Casiraghi (8 September 1960 – 3 October 1990) was an Italian socialite and businessperson.

Henri Piet (1 January 1888 – 4 May 1915) was a French Lightweight boxer.

Benoît Nicolas Musy (December 13, 1917 – October 7, 1956) was a Swiss Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Maserati race car driver.

Henri Oreiller (5 December 1925 – 7 October 1962) was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from France.

Albert Clément (c.1878 - died 17 May 1907, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime) was a French motor racing driver.

Christian Heins (January 16, 1935 – June 15, 1963) known as "Bino", was a Brazilian sports car racing driver.

Olivier Chevallier (born February 6, 1949 in Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher - April 6, 1980) was a French professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.