List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Renan Luce
Renan Luce is a French singer-songwriter from Paris. His songs are inspired by the 20th-century singer Georges Brassens and depict everyday life with a dose of humour and poetry. He is the voice of Wirt in the French dub of Over the Garden Wall; this is also his only acting role.
Brigitte Auber
Brigitte Auber is a French actress who has worked on stage, film and TV in Europe. She was born in Paris, France.
Dominique Schnapper
Dominique Schnapper was a member of the Constitutional Council of France from 2001 to 2010.
Samir Aït Saïd
Samir Aït Saïd is a French male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He scored a career total of three medals, one in each color, in the rings apparatus at the European Championships, and was also selected to compete for the French men's artistic gymnastics squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Christa Théret
Christa Théret is a French actress, best known for her role of Andrée Heuschling in Renoir.
Olivier Verdon
Olivier Jacques Verdon is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad on loan from Spanish club Deportivo Alavés and the Benin national team.
Emmanuel Todd
Emmanuel Todd is a French historian, anthropologist, demographer, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris. His research examines the different types of families worldwide and how there are matching beliefs, ideologies and political systems, and the historical events involving these things.
Romain Thievin
Romain Gerard Michel Thievin is a five-time French champion in car racing and also a co-presenter of FAST CLUB, a car TV show broadcasting on W9 channel in France and Belgium. Romain is also an accomplished stunt driver, having worked on more than 150 movies. In 2003, he won a Taurus World Stunt Award for his work in The Bourne Identity.
James Goldsmith
Sir James Michael Goldsmith was a French-British financier, tycoon and politician who was a member of the prominent Goldsmith family.
Joseph Joffo
Joseph Joffo was a French author. A noted autobiographer, Joffo was perhaps best known for his memoir Un sac de billes, which has been translated into eighteen languages.