List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Celia Walden
Celia Morgan is a British journalist, novelist, and critic.
Marie-Louise Lachapelle
Marie-Louise Lachapelle was a French midwife, head of obstetrics at the Hôtel-Dieu, the oldest hospital in Paris. She published textbooks about women's bodies, gynecology, and obstetrics. She argued against forceps deliveries and wrote Pratique des accouchements, long a standard obstetric text, which promoted natural deliveries. Lachapelle is generally regarded as the mother of modern obstetrics.
Catherine Lara
Catherine Lara is a French violinist, composer, singer, and author. Over a career spanning more than five decades, she has established herself as an icon in French pop/rock music as well as the neo-classical genre. She has released 26 studio albums, contributed music to numerous television and film productions, and helped stage and produce many theatrical works. Lara is openly lesbian.
Marie Dubois
Marie Dubois was a Parisian-born French actress.
Antoine Duléry
Antoine Duléry is a French actor.
Alexandre Brasseur
Alexandre Brasseur is a French actor. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the son of actor Claude Brasseur, the grandson of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux and great-grandson of Jules Brasseur.
Iliana Rupert
Iliana Rupert is a French basketball player for Tango Bourges Basket and the French national team.
Tanguy Nianzou
Nianzou Tanguy-Austin Kouassi, known as Tanguy Nianzou, is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Sevilla. He has represented France internationally at various youth levels.
William Sheller
William Sheller is a French classical composer and singer-songwriter.
Patachou
Henriette Ragon, better known as Patachou, was a French singer and actress. She was an Officier of the Légion d'honneur.