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

Jean Devaines was a French state bureaucrat and journalist. He was a relation of Eusèbe de Salverte and a friend of Julie de Lespinasse.

Jacques Dumont called "le Romain", was a French history and portrait painter, called "the Roman" from his youthful residence at Rome and to distinguish him from other artists named Dumont, notably his fellow-academician Jean-Joseph Dumont. His father, Pierre, was a court sculptor to the Duke of Lorraine and his elder brother, François (1687/88—1726), was also a sculptor. In addition to his paintings he practiced etching, in which medium he reproduced some of his paintings and, for example, Servandoni's view of the fireworks celebrating the marriage of the dauphin, 1730. Though comparatively unknown today, he enjoyed celebrity and a long, successful career.

Georges Perrot was a French archaeologist.

Louis Joseph Diémer was a French pianist and composer. He was the founder of the Société des Instruments Anciens in the 1890s, and also gave recitals on the harpsichord. His output as a composer was extensive, including a piano concerto and a quantity of salon pieces.

Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard was a French composer, violist, and conductor of the Classical era.

Georges Biscot was a French film actor. He starred in some 28 films between 1916 and his death in 1944.

Louis Mathias was a priest of the Society of St Francis de Sales, missionary to India, first Catholic bishop of Shillong, and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (1935-1952).