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

Gianni Giardinelli

First Name Gianni
Born on August 28, 1979 (age 46)

Gianni Giardinelli is a French actor and model.

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Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre

Marie-Hermine Antoinette de Clermont-Tonnerre
First Name Hermine
Last Name Clermont-Tonnerre
Born on February 3, 1966
Died on July 3, 2020 (aged 54)

Princess Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre was a French socialite, stylist, etiquette writer and actress. She was member of the House of Clermont-Tonnerre, a French noble family.

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Fred Vargas

First Name Fred
Born on June 7, 1957 (age 69)

Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.

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Marcel Chevalier

First Name Marcel
Last Name Chevalier
Born on February 28, 1921
Died on October 8, 2008 (aged 87)

Marcel Chevalier worked as the last chief executioner in France. He succeeded his wife's uncle, André Obrecht, in 1976 and held his position until 1981, when capital punishment was abolished under president François Mitterrand and justice minister Robert Badinter. The method of application of the death penalty for civil capital offences in France from 1791 to 1981 was beheading with the guillotine. Military executions were by firing squad.

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Desireless

Born on December 25, 1952 (age 73)

Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop, known by her stage name Desireless, is a French singer. Between 1986 and 1988, her hit single "Voyage, voyage" made it to number one on many European and Asian single charts.

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Gérard Holtz

First Name Gérard
Last Name Holtz
Born on December 8, 1946 (age 79)

Gérard Holtz is a French sports journalist.

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Louis XVIII of France

First Name Louis
Last Name France
Born on November 17, 1755
Died on September 16, 1824 (aged 68)

Louis XVIII, known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in exile: during the French Revolution and the First French Empire (1791–1814), and during the Hundred Days.

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Pascale Ogier

Pascale Marguerite Cécile Claude Colette Nicolas
First Name Pascale
Last Name Ogier
Born on October 26, 1958
Died on October 25, 1984 (aged 25)

Pascale Marguerite Cécile Claude Colette Nicolas, better known as Pascale Ogier, was a French actress. She won the Volpi Cup, and posthumously received a César Award nomination for her role in the 1984 film, Full Moon in Paris.

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Patrick Pons

Patrick Noël Raymond Pons
First Name Patrick
Last Name Pons
Born on December 24, 1952
Died on August 10, 1980 (aged 27)

Patrick Pons was a French professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1974 when he finished in third place in the 250cc and the 350cc world championships. Pons became the first Frenchman to win an F.I.M. world championship when he won the 1979 Formula 750 title.

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Ladj Ly

First Name Ladj
Born on January 3, 1978 (age 48)

Ladj Ly is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for Les Misérables in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

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