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

Raphaël Bienvenu Sabatier was a French anatomist and surgeon born in Paris.

Jean Desmarets, Sieur de Saint-Sorlin was a French writer and dramatist. He was a founding member, and the first to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1634.

Max Elloy was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1967.

Philippe Emile François Gille was a French dramatist and opera librettist, who was born and died in Paris. He wrote over twenty librettos between 1857 and 1893, the most famous of which are Massenet's Manon and Delibes' Lakmé.

Jules-Charles Truffier was a French stage actor.

Maurice de Féraudy was a French songwriter and actor at the Comédie-Française. He was the father of actor Jacques de Féraudy.

Paul Durand-Ruel was a French art dealer associated with the Impressionists and the Barbizon School. Being the first to support artists such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, he is known for his innovations in modernizing art markets, and is generally considered to be the most important art dealer of the 19th century. An ambitious entrepreneur, Durand-Ruel cultivated international interest in French artists by establishing art galleries and exhibitions in London, New York, Berlin, Brussels, among other places. Additionally, he played a role in the decentralization of art markets in France, which prior to the mid-19th century was monopolized by the Salon system.