List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Adrien Taquet
Adrien Taquet is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Secretary of State for Child Protection in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex since 2019. From 2017 until 2019, he was a member of the French National Assembly, representing the department of Hauts-de-Seine.
André Comte-Sponville
André Comte-Sponville is a French philosopher.
Wojciech Kossak
Wojciech Horacy Kossak was a noted Polish painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of artists and writers. He was the son of painter Juliusz Kossak, and twin brother of freedom fighter Tadeusz Kossak, and the father of two highly talented literary daughters, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Magdalena Samozwaniec and of a painter son, Jerzy Kossak.
Isaia Cordinier
Isaïa Cordinier is a French professional basketball player for Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A league. He is a 196 cm (6’5") tall shooting guard.
Isild Le Besco
Isild Le Besco is a French actress and filmmaker. She is of mixed Breton, Vietnamese, French, and Algerian descent.
Napoleon II
Napoleon II was disputed Emperor of the French for a few weeks in 1815. He was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise and had been Prince Imperial of France and King of Rome since birth. Napoleon II was known in the Austrian court as Franz from 1814 onward, and was Duke of Reichstadt from 1818. His nickname of L'Aiglon was awarded posthumously and was popularized by the Edmond Rostand play, L'Aiglon.
Carole Rousseau
Carole Rousseau is a French television presenter.
Didier Barbelivien
Didier René Henri Barbelivien is a French author, lyricist, songwriter and singer. Beginning in the 1970s, he wrote a number of successful songs for artists such as: Dalida, Johnny Hallyday, Michel Sardou, Daniel Guichard, Claude François, Gilbert Montagné, Sylvie Vartan, Patti Layne, Gilbert Bécaud, Enrico Macias, Demis Roussos, Mireille Mathieu, Hervé Vilard, Michèle Torr, C. Jérôme, Christophe, Julio Iglesias, Sheila, Nicole Croisille, Patricia Kaas, Éric Charden, Jean-Pierre François, Michel Delpech, Philippe Lavil, Elsa, Gérard Lenorman, Ringo, Garou, Corynne Charby, David and Jonathan, and Caroline Legrand among others.
Nicolas Flamel
Nicolas Flamel was a French scribe and manuscript-seller. After his death, Flamel developed a reputation as an alchemist believed to have discovered the philosopher's stone and to have thereby achieved immortality. These legendary accounts first appeared in the 17th century.
Cécile Aubry
Cécile Aubry was a French film actress, author, television screenwriter and director.