List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Yvette Farnoux
Yvette Farnoux, was a French resistance fighter, and concentration camp survivor. On 15 March 1990, she was awarded the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, then the Grand Cross on 31 December 2008. She studied at the Lycée Molière. She worked at the unemployment office, of the Secours national. In the Resistance, she worked with Berty Albrecht; and succeeded her as national head of social services for the united movements of the Resistance. Arrested, she was deported on 29 April 1944, from the Drancy internment camp to Auschwitz, and then Ravensbrück.
Antoine Bibesco
Prince Antoine Bibesco was a Romanian aristocrat, lawyer, diplomat and writer.
Édouard Bertin
François Édouard Bertin (1797–1871) was a French painter born in Paris, and the son of the renowned journalist Louis-François Bertin. Édouard studied under Girodet-Trioson and Bidauld. He represented the details and general character of a landscape with great skill, but was less successful in his colouring. He was inspector of the Beaux Arts, and from 1854, was the director of the Journal des Débats. Bertin died in Paris in 1871.
David Larose
David Larose is a French judoka. He competed for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
André Derain
André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.
Anthony Haden-Guest
Anthony Haden-Guest is a British-American writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite who lives in New York City and London. He is a frequent contributor to major magazines and has had several books published.
Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne
Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne was a French noblewoman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the Princess of Guéméné by marriage.
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney was an English politician and army officer. Often dismissed as a mere flunkey and court favourite, he was nevertheless an expert Statesman, with an adroitness for manipulating men. He was one of the Immortal Seven, and in fact the author of the invitation that group extended to their future King.
Valentin Roberge
Valentin Sébastien Roger Roberge is a French professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club Apollon Limassol as a centre back.
Élaine Greffulhe
Countess Élaine Marie Joseph Charlotte de Greffulhe, who became the Duchess of Gramont by marriage, was a French aristocrat.