List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Marina de Van
Marina de Van is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film, Don't Look Back, was screened out of competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Salah
Salah Benlemqawanssa, also known as Salah the Entertainer and Spider Salah, is a competitive hip-hop dancer from France who won the inaugural season of La France a un incroyable talent, the fourth season of Arabs Got Talent and the fourth season of Tú Sí Que Vales (Italy). He was born in the Paris suburb Saint-Denis and is of Moroccan (Father) and Algerian (Mother) ancestry. He calls his personal dance style P.A.B.E. which stands for Popping, Animation, Boogaloo, and Effects. Although Salah is best known for popping, he is also skilled in b-boying.
Kephren
François II de Harlay
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4,000 species.
Gustave Servois
Marcel Cadolle
Marcel Cadolle was a French professional road bicycle racer.
François Tabar
Guillaume Colletet
Guillaume Colletet was a French poet and a founder member of the Académie française. His son was François Colletet.
François Racine de Monville
François Nicolas Henri Racine de Monville was a French aristocrat, musician, architect and landscape designer. He is best known for his French landscape garden, the Désert de Retz, which influenced Thomas Jefferson and other later architects.