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

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin
Born on November 2, 1699
Died on December 6, 1779 (aged 80)

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities. Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granular impasto characterize his work.

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Thérèse Clerc

First Name Thérèse
Last Name Clerc
Born on December 9, 1927
Died on February 16, 2016 (aged 88)

Thérèse Clerc (1927–2016) was a French militant feminist who was active principally in the city of Montreuil. A member of the Movement for Freedom of Abortion and Birth Control, she performed clandestines abortions for women in difficulty in her small Montreuil apartment until 1975 when abortions were legalized under the Veil Law. In 2000, she founded the Maison des Femmes, a cultural, social and feminist centre for women who had been the victims of violence, later renamed Maison Thérèse Clerc. For many years, Clerc fought for the establishment of a self-managed home for elderly women in Montreuil, finally succeeding with the Maison des Babayagas in 2013.

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Alexis Claude-Maurice

First Name Alexis
Last Name Claude-Maurice
Born on June 6, 1998 (age 28)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Alexis Claude-Maurice is a French professional footballer who plays as forward for Ligue 1 club Nice.

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Nathalie Goulet

First Name Nathalie
Born on May 24, 1958 (age 68)

Nathalie Goulet is of Turkish descent is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Orne department. She is a member of the Union of Democrats and Independents and sits with the political group of the Centrist Union. She is a member of the commission of Foreign Affairs and Defense Forces. In the Senate, she supports nuclear negotiations with Iran, as well as the cause of Palestinian and Azerbaijani refugees. She is notable for advocating the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, whilst at the same time promoting relationships with Turkey and Arab countries - and also criticizes the repression of opponents in Iran.

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Jean-Christophe Bouvet

First Name Jean-Christophe
Born on March 24, 1947 (age 79)

Jean-Christophe Bouvet is a French actor, film director and writer.

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Nadine Alari

Bernadette Nicole Frédérique Boverie
First Name Nadine
Born on February 23, 1927
Died on November 24, 2016 (aged 89)

Nadine Alari was a French film and television actress.

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Philippe Le Guay

First Name Philippe
Last Name Guay
Born on October 22, 1956 (age 69)

Philippe Le Guay is a French screenwriter, film director and occasional actor. He studied film at the IDHEC and began his career as a screenwriter before directing his first feature film Les Deux Fragonard in 1989. He is known for his work on The Women on the 6th Floor (2010), which was well received at the French box office, and the César Award-nominated Bicycling with Molière (2013).

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Valérie Rabault

First Name Valérie
Last Name Rabault
Born on April 25, 1973 (age 53)

Valérie Rabault is a French engineer and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2012 elections, representing Tarn-et-Garonne.

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Jacques Benveniste

First Name Jacques
Last Name Benveniste
Born on March 12, 1935
Died on October 3, 2004 (aged 69)

Jacques Benveniste was a French immunologist born in Paris. In 1979, he published a well-known paper on the structure of platelet-activating factor and its relationship with histamine. He was head of allergy and inflammation immunology at the French biomedical research agency INSERM.

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Benoît Chomel de Jarnieu

First Name Benoît
Last Name Jarnieu
Born on October 6, 1955 (age 70)

Benoît Chomel de Jarnieu is a French admiral, currently major général of the Navy.

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