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

Michèl Yost was a famous French clarinetist and cofounder of the French clarinet school. He was a brilliant instrumentalist and even known beyond the boundaries of France.

Jean Chapelain was a French poet and critic during the Grand Siècle, best known for his role as an organizer and founding member of the Académie française. Chapelain acquired considerable prestige as a literary critic, but his own major work, an epic poem about Joan of Arc called "La Pucelle," (1656) was lampooned by his contemporary Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux.

Odette Talazac (1883–1948) was a French film actress.

Claude Le Tonnelier de Breteuil was a French cleric.

Odette Barencey was a French film actress. She appeared in 53 films between 1927 and 1958. She was married to the actor Marcel Barencey.

Antoine Furetière was a French scholar, writer, and lexicographer, known best for his satirical novel Scarron's City Romance. He was expelled from the Académie Française for seeking to publish his own French language dictionary.

Antoine Houdar de la Motte was a French author.