List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Pascale Audret
Pascale Audret was a French actress who was most active during the 1950s through the 1960s.
Luc Abalo
Luc Abalo is a French handball player for Elverum Håndball and the French national team.
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Jean-Claude Brisseau was a French filmmaker best known for his 2002 film Secret Things and his 2006 film The Exterminating Angels.
Michel Déon
Michel Déon was a French novelist and literary columnist. He published over 50 works and was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Interallié for his 1970 novel, Les Poneys sauvages. Déon's 1973 novel Un taxi mauve received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. His novels have been translated into numerous languages.
Laurent Naouri
Laurent Naouri, Chevalier L.H. is a French bass-baritone. Initially beginning his education at the École Centrale de Lyon, Naouri decided to concentrate on opera in 1986 and continued his musical studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Stanislas Nordey
Stanislas Nordey is a French actor and theatre director. He is the son of actress Véronique Nordey and film director Jean-Pierre Mocky.
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas is a French film director, screenwriter, and film critic.
Simon Liberati
Simon Liberati is a French writer and journalist.
Francis Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-known are the piano suite Trois mouvements perpétuels (1919), the ballet Les biches (1923), the Concert champêtre (1928) for harpsichord and orchestra, the Organ Concerto (1938), the opera Dialogues des Carmélites (1957), and the Gloria (1959) for soprano, choir and orchestra.
Yves Calvi
Yves Calvi is a French journalist and television presenter.