List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Léonie d'Aunet
Léonie Thévenot d’Aunet was a French author, novelist, playwright and Arctic explorer.
Monique Chaumette
Monique Chaumette is a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1958. She was married to Philippe Noiret from 1962 until his death in 2006.
Wallen
Nawell Azzouz, better known as Wallen is a French R&B singer. Her stage name comes from the rearrangement of the letters of her first name.
Rosette Wolczak
Rosette "Rose" Wolczak was a Jewish child victim of the Holocaust. Born in France in 1928, she came to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1943 as a refugee, and was expelled for what the Swiss authorities ruled to be indecent behavior. She was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where she was gassed upon her arrival in November 1943.
Catherine Clément
Catherine Clément is a French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic, born in Boulogne-Billancourt. She received a degree in philosophy from the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, and studied under its faculty Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, working in the fields of anthropology and psychoanalysis. A member of the school of French feminism and écriture féminine, she has published books with Hélène Cixous and Julia Kristeva.
Madeleine Béjart
Madeleine Béjart, was a French actress and theatre director, one of the most famous French stage actors of the 17th-century. She was the co-founder of the Illustre Théâtre.
Jérémy Michalak
Jérémy Michalak is a French television presenter and producer. He is known for presenting the sketch comedy show On n'demande qu'à en rire after he took over from Laurent Ruquier in 2012.
Jules Michelet
Jules Michelet was a French historian. He was born in Paris to a family with Huguenot traditions.
Paul Poiret
Paul Poiret was a leading French fashion designer, a master couturier during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was the founder of his namesake haute couture house. His contributions to his field have been likened to Picasso's legacy in 20th-century art.
Pierre Vassiliu
Pierre Vassiliu was a French singer, songwriter and actor.