List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Jean-Christophe Benoît
Jean-Christophe Benoît was a French baritone, who enjoyed a long career in France and francophone countries on the stage, the concert platform and radio and television. He was born in Paris into a professional musical family, and finished his career there as a teacher.
Philippe Houillon
Philippe Houillon was a member of the National Assembly of France from 1993 to 2017. He represented the first constituency of the Val-d'Oise department. He is a member of The Republicans.
Rita Renoir
Rita Renoir was a French strip-teaser and actress.
Simon Nora
Simon Nora was a French official who served in several French cabinets and was the Inspecteur-general in the Ministry of Finance. He was asked by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to write on the impact of the new communications technology on France. The report, The Computerization of Society appeared in 1978 and became a best-seller in France. The report was one of the first to propose an information highway, one result of which was the Minitel program.
Sarah Michel
Sarah Michel is a French basketball player for CJM Bourges Basket and the French national team, where she participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Clément Parisse
Clément Parisse is a French cross-country skier. He has competed in the World Cup since the 2014 season.
Victoria of Valois
Catherine de' Medici was a French and Italian noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the mother of French Kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" since she had extensive, if at times varying, influence in the political life of France.
Blandine Verlet
Blandine Verlet was a French harpsichordist and a harpsichord teacher, who is known internationally for her recordings of works by François Couperin.
Julien Green
Julien Green was an American writer who authored several novels, a four-volume autobiography and his famous Diary. He wrote primarily in French and was the first non-French national to be elected to the Académie française.
Charles III of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
Charles III was the third Duke of Elbeuf and member of the House of Lorraine. He succeeded his father Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, to the Duchy-Peerage of Elbeuf. His mother was an illegitimate daughter of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées. He was also a Peer of France as well as titular Duke of Guise, Count of Harcourt, Lillebonne and Rieux.