List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Josette Day
Josette Day was a French film actress.
Jules de Goncourt
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt was a French writer, who published books together with his brother Edmond. Jules was born and died in Paris. His death at the age of 39 was at Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy of a stroke brought on by syphilis.
Benoît Jacquot
Benoît Jacquot is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema.
Philippe Jaenada
Philippe Jaenada is a French writer. The author of over a dozen books, he won the Prix Femina for his 2017 novel La Serpe.
Gaston, Duke of Orléans
Monsieur Gaston, Duke of Orléans, was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his wife Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood. As the eldest surviving brother of King Louis XIII, he was known at court by the traditional honorific Monsieur.
Alaixys Romao
Jacques-Alaixys Romao, commonly known as Alaixys Romao, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League Greece club Ionikos. Born in France, he represented Togo at international level.
Robert Vigouroux
Robert Vigouroux was a French politician and writer. He was the Mayor of Marseille from 1986 to 1995, and a French Senator for the Bouches-du-Rhone from 1989 to 1998.
Joseph Weismann
Joseph Weismann, is a French Shoah survivor. He was arrested during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup: he is one of the few children to survive.
Pascal Clément
Pascal Clément was a French politician, member of the UMP. He was a member of the National Assembly of France for the sixth district, encompassing the Loire. He served as Minister of Parliamentary Relations from 1993 to 1995, and Minister of Justice from 2005 to 2007.
Natalia Pavlovna Paley
Princess Natalia Pavlovna Paley was a Russian aristocrat who was a non-dynastic member of the Romanov family. A daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, she was a first cousin of the last Russian emperor, Nicholas II. After the Russian Revolution, she emigrated first to France and later to the United States. She became a fashion model, socialite, vendeuse, and briefly pursued a career as a film actress.