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

Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, French painter and writer on his art.

Henry Poulaille was a French writer and a pioneer of proletarian literature.

Claude Fleury, was a French priest, jurist, and ecclesiastical historian.

Jean-Jacques Caffieri was a French sculptor. He was appointed sculpteur du Roi to Louis XV and later afforded lodgings in the Galeries du Louvre. He designed the fine rampe d'escalier which still adorns the Palais Royal. He is better known for his portrait busts, in terracotta or marble: his bust of Madame du Barry is at the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. He made a name with his busts of Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine for the foyer of the Comédie Française.

Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf was an Austrian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins was Justice Minister of France from 1445 to 1461 and from 1465 to 1472.

Elie Robert Schmitz was a Franco-American pianist and composer.

André François le Breton was a French publisher. He was one of the four publishers of the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, along with Michel-Antoine David, Laurent Durand, and Antoine-Claude Briasson. Le Breton contributed some articles to the Encyclopédie, but acted primarily as publisher and editor, often against Diderot's will.

Jean Témerson (1898–1956) was a French actor.

Jean-François Boyer, was a French bishop, best known for having been a vehement opponent of Jansenism and the Philosophe school.