List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing
Anne-Aymone Marie Josèphe Christiane Giscard d'Estaing is the widow of former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
Xavier Niel
Xavier Niel is a French billionaire businessman, active in the telecommunications and technology industry and best known as founder and majority shareholder of the French Internet service provider and Mobile operator Iliad trading under the Free brand. He is also co-owner of the newspaper Le Monde, and co-owner of the rights of the song "My Way" and owner of Monaco Telecom, Salt Mobile SA and Eir. He is chairman and chief strategy officer for Iliad, but also a board member of KKR and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Secretary of State at the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex since 2019.
Hugh Capet of France
Hugh Capet was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, he was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. Hugh was descended from Charlemagne's sons Louis the Pious and Pepin of Italy through his mother and paternal grandmother, respectively, and was also a nephew of Otto the Great.
Yves Lecoq
Yves Lecoq is a French humorist known especially for his voice impersonations.
Vald
Valentin Le Du, better known by his stage name Vald, is a French rapper.
Simone Weil
Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. The mathematician André Weil was her brother.
Maïmouna Doucouré
Maïmouna Doucouré is a French film director and screenwriter. She made her feature film directorial debut with Cuties in 2020 and became a popular and controversial figure globally after the film's international release on Netflix. On 8 March 2019 coinciding with the International Women's Day, she received the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women from the Academy Women's Initiative.
Eugène Delacroix
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.
Jules Sitruk
Jules Sitruk is a French actor, most widely known for his roles in the 2002 Jugnot film Monsieur Batignole and the 2007 Hammer & Tongs film Son of Rambow.