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

Paul Belloni Du Chaillu was a French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of Scandinavia.

Mathilde Ollivier is a French actress, producer and model.

Claudine Hermann was a French physicist and Honorary Professor at École Polytechnique. She was the first woman to be appointed professor at École Polytechnique in 1992. She was also the Vice President of the European Platform of Women Scientists.

Baron Hervé Pinoteau was a French historian and royalist apologist. He was the author of more than 900 articles and 22 books primarily on history and heraldry.

Évelyne Sullerot was a French feminist. She was the author of many feminist books.

Alexandre Georges Henri Regnault was a French painter.

Claude Samuel was a French music critic and radio personality.

Frédéric Encel is a French writer and scholar of geopolitics. He received his DEA in geopolitics from the Centre de recherches et d’analyses géopolitiques at the University of Paris VIII in 1992. He remained there studying under Yves Lacoste and earned his doctorate in geopolitics in 1997. He teaches international relations at the ESG Management School. He frequently points out the Iranian danger in French press.

Richard Le Hir was a French-born Canadian politician, lawyer and management consultant living in Quebec. He represented Iberville in the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Parti Québécois and served in the Quebec cabinet.

Isaac Mbenza is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town in the EFL Championship. He has also represented the Belgian national youth teams until the Belgium U21.