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

Marie-Claude Pietragalla is a French dancer and choreographer.

Paul-Marie Coûteaux is a French politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009. He is the author of several books.

Marcel Bluwal is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 40 films since 1955.

Philippe Bouvard is a French television and radio presenter. From 1977 to 2014 he hosted the French radio program Les Grosses Têtes on Radio Luxemburg RTL, from 1982 to 1986 he hosted the television program Le Petit Théâtre de Bouvard, and since 2014 he has hosted the radio program Allo Bouvard on RTL.

Faustine Bollaert is a French journalist, radio and television presenter.

Karole Rocher is a French actress best known for her role as Roxane Delgado in the French TV series Braquo.

Rose Laurens, previously billed as Rose Merryl, was a French singer-songwriter, known for her 1982 single "Africa", a top-three hit in several European countries. She was also famous for portraying the character of Fantine, on the original 1980 French concept album of Les Misérables, singing "L'air de la misère" and "J'avais rêvé d'une autre vie" two songs later adapted into English as "On My Own" and "I Dreamed a Dream" respectively. In 1986 her single "American Love" was quite successful in some European countries.

Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin was a French balloonist and parachutist. She was the first to ascend solo and the first woman to make a parachute descent, from an altitude of 900 metres (3,000 ft) on 12 October 1799.

Louis IX, commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, is the only king of France to be canonized in the Catholic Church. Louis was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the death of his father Louis VIII; his mother, Blanche of Castile, ruled the kingdom as regent until he reached maturity. During Louis' childhood, Blanche dealt with the opposition of rebellious vassals and obtained a definitive victory in the Albigensian Crusade, which had started 20 years earlier.

Michael S. Vartan is a French-American actor, best known for his role as Michael Vaughn on the ABC television action drama Alias, his role on the TNT medical drama Hawthorne, and his role on the E! drama The Arrangement as Terence Anderson. His film roles include The Pallbearer, Never Been Kissed, The Next Best Thing, One Hour Photo, Monster-in-Law, Rogue, and Colombiana.