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

Jean-Michel Moreau, also called Moreau le Jeune, was a French draughtsman, illustrator and engraver.

Edmond Frémy was a French chemist. He is perhaps best known today for Frémy's salt, a strong oxidizing agent which he discovered in 1845. Fremy's salt is a long-lived free radical that finds use as a standard in electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Henri Gaston Busignies was an electrical engineer who made major contributions to radar, radio communication, and radio navigation. He held 140 patents, many of them secret.

Raphaël Bretton was a French set decorator. He won an Oscar and was nominated for three more in the category Best Art Direction.

Frida Wattenberg was a member of the French Resistance.

Jean Berthoin was a French politician. As Minister of National Education under Charles de Gaulle, he instituted a policy of compulsory education for all children, both French and foreign citizens, until the age of sixteen, building on the earlier reforms of 1936. Implemented in 1959, this was known as the Berthoin Ordinance. He also suggested that the baccalauréat be abolished, prompting a significant backlash in the Parisian press.