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

Robert de Cotte was a French architect-administrator, under whose design control of the royal buildings of France from 1699, the earliest notes presaging the Rococo style were introduced. First a pupil of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, he later became his brother-in-law and his collaborator. After Hardouin-Mansart's death, de Cotte completed his unfinished projects, notably the royal chapel at Versailles and the Grand Trianon.

Théodore Barrière, French playwright, was born in Paris.

Patrick Dupond was a French ballet dancer and artistic director.

Charles Othon Frédéric Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Clarac was a French artist, scholar and archaeologist. He published a catalogue of the Musée du Louvre, and a Manuel de l'Histoire de l'art and also that which is considered his best work: the Musée de sculpture antique et moderne, 1826–1852, completed after his death.

Antoine Claude Nicolas Valdec de Lessart was a French politician. He was the illegitimate son of the Baron de Gasq, Président of the Parlement de Guyenne.

Alexandre Jean Albert Lavignac was a French music scholar, known for his essays on theory, and a minor composer.

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée was a French dramatist who blurred the lines between comedy and tragedy with his comédie larmoyante.