List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Rod Paradot
Rod Paradot is a French actor. He won the César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2016 for his role in Standing Tall.
Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber
Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber was a French journalist. He was the co-founder of L'Expansion and the founder of Psychologies and Radio Classique. He was the author of several books.
Françoise Bernard
Andrée Jonquoy known under the pseudonym Françoise Bernard, was a French food writer and TV presenter.
Thierry Marx
Thierry Marx is a French chef, specialised in molecular gastronomy.
Denis Podalydès
Denis Podalydès is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent. Podalydès has appeared in 80 films since 1989. He starred in The Officers' Ward, which was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His films La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. He was ranked by the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of critics in 2002 as the fourth greatest director of all time. Among numerous honours accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975 for his contribution to the motion picture industry. Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He was one of the first filmmakers to be known as an auteur.
Stone
Annie Gautrat, better known by her stage name Stone is a French singer and actor, and very notably part of the musical duo Stone et Charden with her then-husband Éric Charden. the duo were successful in the 1970s with some hits in France and internationally.
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Jacques Chaban-Delmas was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. He was the Mayor of Bordeaux from 1947 to 1995 and a deputy for the Gironde département.
Eva Ionesco
Eva Ionesco is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She is the daughter of Romanian-French photographer Irina Ionesco and came to international prominence as a child model after being featured in her mother's works.
Rachida Brakni
Rachida Brakni is an actress and French producer. She is married to actor and former professional footballer Éric Cantona.