List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Jean Sarkozy
Jean Nicolas Brice Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa is the son of the former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy. Jean is a regional councillor in the city of Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and registered as a first-year law student at Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 2007. He is a backroom activist for his father's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), a center-right party.
André Citroën
André-Gustave Citroën was a French industrialist and the founder of French automaker Citroën. He is remembered chiefly for the make of car named after him, but also for his application of double helical gears.
Pascal Greggory
Pascal Greggory is a French actor.
Michel Drach
Michel Drach was a French film director, writer, producer and actor.
Ibrahim Diarra
Ibrahim Diarra was a French rugby union footballer. He played as a flanker for Castres.
Luigi Lucheni
Luigi Lucheni (1873–1910) was an Italian anarchist and the assassin of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra is a French former professional tennis player. He was a successful doubles player with three Grand Slam championships and an Olympic silver medal, and has also had success in singles, winning five career titles and gaining victories over Novak Djokovic, Juan Martín del Potro, Tomáš Berdych, Robin Söderling, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Nikolay Davydenko, Janko Tipsarević and John Isner. Llodra has been called "the best volleyer on tour".
André Brahic
André Fernand Brahic was a French astrophysicist. He is known for his discovery (1984) of the rings of Neptune.
Serge Hazanavicius
Serge Hazanavicius is a French actor and director.
Eddie Barclay
Édouard Ruault, better known as Eddie Barclay, was a French music producer whose singers included Jacques Brel, Dalida and Charles Aznavour. He founded Barclay Records.