List of Famous people born in Paris, France
Robert-Guillaume Casadesus
Robert Gabriel Guillaume Casadesus, known as Robert Casa was a French composer, singer and stage and film actor. He was a member of a prominent French musical family, and best known today as the father of the famous classical pianist Robert Casadesus. He was the brother of Henri Casadesus and Marius Casadesus, and grandfather of Jean Casadesus. He composed several songs, instrumental pieces, and operettas, including La Ribaude and La Reine de l'Or.
Lily Laskine
Lily Laskine was one of the most prominent harpists of the twentieth century. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alphonse Hasselmans and became a frequent performing partner of several distinguished French flautists, including Marcel Moyse and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Laskine also served as professor of harp at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1948 to 1958. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1958. She died in Paris.
Léon Daudet
Léon Daudet was a French journalist, writer, an active monarchist, and a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Élina Labourdette
Elina Labourdette (1919–2014) was a French film actress.
Guy Rétoré
Guy Rétoré was a French director.
Jacques Heim
Jacques Heim was a French fashion designer and costume designer for theater and film, and was a manufacturer of women's furs. From 1930 to his death in 1967, he ran the fashion house Jacques Heim, which closed in 1969. He was president of the Paris Chambre Syndicale de la haute couture from 1958 to 1962, a period of transition from haute couture to ready-to-wear clothing.
Élisabeth Garouste
Élisabeth Garouste is a French interior designer.
Henri Gervex
Henri Gervex was a French painter who studied painting under Alexandre Cabanel, Pierre-Nicolas Brisset and Eugène Fromentin.
Micheline Rozan
Micheline Rozan was a French stage and film producer who co-founded the International Centre for Theatre Research with British director Peter Brook.
Élie de Rothschild
Élie Robert de Rothschild was the guardian of the French branch of the Rothschild family banking dynasty. He followed his father as a partner in the family bank, de Rothschild Frères, and ran the Château Lafite-Rothschild premier cru claret vineyard from 1946 to 1974.