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

Robert Kemp was a French journalist and literary critic, writing for L'Aurore, La Liberté, Le Temps and Le Monde. On 29 November 1956 he was elected to seat 5 of the Académie française.

Émile Auguste Étienne Martin Deschanel was a French author and politician, the father of Paul Deschanel, the 11th President of the French Republic.

David Bergeaud also known as "KOR", is a film, television, and video game composer, as well as a record producer and multi-instrumentalist. Bergeaud has composed scores for such noteworthy projects as the PlayStation franchise Ratchet & Clank series and the award-winning television series Strong Medicine and The Outer Limits, and the controversial feature-length documentary film, Kurt & Courtney.

Jacques Lemercier was a French architect and engineer, one of the influential trio that included Louis Le Vau and François Mansart who formed the classicizing French Baroque manner, drawing from French traditions of the previous century and current Roman practice the fresh, essentially French synthesis associated with Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII.

Pierre-Nicolas Brisset was a French painter and muralist in the Academic style. He is best known for his mythological, historical and religious scenes, but also painted landscapes and portraits.

Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie was a French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist. He is referred to as being one of the founders of modern rocketry and astronautics, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Germans Hermann Oberth, Fritz von Opel, and the American Robert H. Goddard.

Jean-Victor Schnetz was a French academic painter well regarded for his historical and genre paintings.