List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player. She was one of tennis's biggest stars in the 1920s, building her popularity on her status as the youngest major champion in tennis history as well as her elegant style of play and exuberant personality. Often playing in front of sell-out crowds and appearing on the front pages of newspapers for her biggest matches, she is recognized as the first female athlete to become a global sport celebrity. Lenglen was ranked No. 1 in the world from the start of the rankings in 1921 through 1926, winning 8 Grand Slam singles titles and 21 in total. She also won 10 World Championship titles across all disciplines. Dissatisfied by her lack of income, she forfeited her amateur status and became the first leading amateur to turn professional. Lenglen was ranked as the greatest women's tennis player from the amateur era in the 100 Greatest of All Time series.
Clémentine Autain
Clémentine Autain is a French politician and feminist. She is also co-editor of the monthly publication Regards with Roger Martelli, and is co-secretary of the Fondation Copernic.
Lionel Jospin
Lionel Jospin is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.
Patrick Mouratoglou
Patrick Mouratoglou is a French tennis coach and sports commentator. He has been the coach of Serena Williams since June 2012.
Anne Roumanoff
Anne Roumanoff is a French comedian and actress.
Boris Vian
Boris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. Today he is remembered primarily for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release due to their unconventional outlook.
Catherine Jacob
Catherine Jacob is a César Award-winning French film and theatrical actress.
Philippe Djian
Philippe Djian is a popular French author of Armenian descent. He won the 2012 Prix Interallié for the novel "Oh...".
Black M
Alpha Diallo, better known by his stage name Black Mesrimes or Black M, is a French rapper and singer-songwriter.
Niska
Georges Stanislas Malif Dinga-Pinto, better known by the stage name Niska, is a French rapper from Évry, Essonne. He is signed to Universal Music France and Barclay Records. He was initially in the rap group Negro Deep before going solo. Niska is a derivative of his nickname Stany in reverse (Nista), replacing the "t" with a "k". Niska has released four albums, Charo Life (2015), Zifukoro (2016), Commando (2017) and Mr Sal (2019), with the first two reaching number 3 on SNEP, the official French Albums chart and the third and fourth topping the French chart.