List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France

Frédérick Leboyer was a French obstetrician and author. He is best known for his 1974 book, Birth Without Violence, which popularized gentle birthing techniques, in particular, the practice of immersing newborn infants in a small tub of warm water — known as a "Leboyer bath" — to help ease the transition from the womb to the outside world. He also advocated low lighting and quiet in a warm room to limit the supposed shock of birth,[Reynolds, Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education, 138] and that a newborn be laid on its mother's stomach and allowed to bond, instead of being taken away for tests.

Allan-Roméo Nyom is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for La Liga club Getafe CF.

Frédéric Gorny is a French actor. He performed in more than forty films since 1994.

Selim Benachour is a Tunisian former footballer, who played as a midfielder. From August 2018, he is the manager of Romanian Liga III side Foresta Suceava.

Gérard de Nerval was the nom de plume of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, a major figure of French romanticism, best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection Les Filles du feu, which included the novella Sylvie and the poem "El Desdichado". Through his translations, Nerval played a major role in introducing French readers to the works of German Romantic authors, including Klopstock, Schiller, Bürger and Goethe. His later work merged poetry and journalism in a fictional context and influenced Marcel Proust. His last novella, Aurélia, influenced André Breton and Surrealism.

Dominique Blanchar was a stage, television, and film actress from France. She won two Molière Awards in her career.

Marc Minkowski is a French conductor of classical music, especially known for his interpretations of French Baroque works, and is the current general director of Opéra national de Bordeaux. His mother, Mary Anne (Wade), is American, and his father was Alexandre Minkowski, a Polish-French professor of pediatrics and one of the founders of neonatology. Marc Minkowski is a Chevalier du Mérite.

Christophe Bouchet is a French former journalist at Le Nouvel Observateur. He was the president of French football club Olympique de Marseille from spring 2002 to November 2004. Now, Christophe Bouchet is the president of Easi Marketing, a marketing company who especially works with Toulouse FC.

Nathalie Nattier (1925–2010) was a French film actress.

Nicolas Dhuicq is a French politician. He is the mayor of Brienne-le-Château and a former member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2017. He represented Aube's 1st constituency as a member of "Les Républicains", formerly known as the Union for a Popular Movement. He joined Debout La France in 2018.