List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Jérôme Garcin
Jérôme Garcin is a French journalist and writer. He heads the cultural section of the Nouvel Observateur, produces and hosts the radio program Le Masque et la Plume on France Inter, and is a member of the reading committee of the Comédie-Française.
Prince Jules de Polignac, 3rd Duke of Polignac
Jules Auguste Armand Marie de Polignac, Count of Polignac, then Prince of Polignac, and briefly 3rd Duke of Polignac in 1847, was a French statesman and ultra-royalist politician after the Revolution. He served as prime minister under Charles X, just before the July Revolution in 1830 that overthrew the senior line of the House of Bourbon.
Charles de Courson
Charles- Amédée de Courson is a member of the National Assembly of France and a former 'rapporteur', and current secretary of its Finance Commission. He represents the Marne department, and is a member of the Union of Democrats and Independents as part of the Centrists. Amongst his many interventions, he has opposed same sex marriage, and has denounced the "illusion of security at airports".
Antonin Baudry
Antonin Baudry, born May 6, 1975, also known by the writing pseudonym Abel Lanzac, is a French diplomat specializing in cultural affairs, comic book author, screenwriter, and film director.
Nina Companéez
Nina Companeez was a French screenwriter and film director. Nina Companeez was the younger daughter of Russian Jewish émigré screenwriter Jacques Companéez and younger sister of contralto Irène Companeez. She was the mother of actress Valentine Varela.
Angelin Preljocaj
Angelin Preljocaj is a French dancer and choreographer of contemporary dance.
Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine was an illegitimate son of the French king Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's favourite son, he was the founder of the semi-royal House of Bourbon-Maine named after his title and his surname.
Lydia Gouardo
Lydia Gouardo is a French woman, born in Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne, who was imprisoned for 28 years, raped, and tortured by her stepfather, Raymond Gouardo, in their home in Meaux and Coulommes in Seine et Marne. The abuse took place from 1971 to 1999.
Valentin Porte
Valentin Porte is a French handball player for Montpellier Handball and the French national team.
Jean-Pierre Darras
Jean-Pierre Darras (1927–1999) was a French actor.