List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt was a French social reformer.
Paul Haviland
Paul Burty Haviland was a French-American 20th-century photographer, writer and arts critic who was closely associated with Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession.
Daniel Halévy
Daniel Halévy was a French historian.
François Louis Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville
François Louis Jean-Joseph de Laborde (1761-1801) was a French banker, deputy for the Third Estate to the Estates General of 1789 and garden-lover. He also bore the name Méréville after his huge estate at château de Méréville in Beauce, acquired by his father under Louis XVI.
Ernest Archdeacon
Ernest Archdeacon was a French lawyer and aviation pioneer before the First World War. He made his first balloon flight at the age of 20. He commissioned a copy of the 1902 Wright No. 3 glider but had only limited success. He was regarded as France's foremost promoter and sponsor of aviation, offering prizes, commissioning designs, and organising tests and events.
Arnaud Nordin
Arnaud Dominique Nordin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne and the France Olympic football team.
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart was a prominent French architect.
Jacques Bingen
Jacques Bingen was a high-ranking member of the French Resistance during World War II who, when captured by the Gestapo, chose to commit suicide rather than risk divulging what he knew under torture.