List of Famous people born in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Mike Wunderlich is a German footballer who plays for FC Viktoria Köln as an attacking midfielder.

Sarah Gronert is a retired German tennis player. She won a total of ten titles on the ITF circuit in her career and her best WTA ranking of 164 came on 14 May 2012.

Luise F. Pusch is a German linguist. She is regarded as the co-founder of feminist linguistics in Germany, along with Senta Trömel-Plötz.

Burhan Qurbani is a German film director, writer and actor of Afghan origin. His directing, writing, and acting works include Shahada (2010), 20xBrandenburg, and Illusion. His modern day adaption of Alfred Döblin's modern classic novel Berlin Alexanderplatz was selected for the main competition of the 2020 Berlin International Filmfestival.

Daniel Heuer Fernandes is a Portuguese-German professional footballer who plays a goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.

Angela Nathalie Gossow is a German vocalist, best known as the former lead vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. Her other previous bands include Asmodina and Mistress.

Uwe Hünemeier is a German professional footballer who plays for SC Paderborn 07 as a defender.

Murat Ersen known by the stage name Muhabbet is a Turkish-German singer. He is also popular and famous in Turkey and Northern Cyprus.

Markos Rainer Rauffmann is a retired footballer who played as a striker.

Markus N. Beeko is a German human rights activist and Secretary General of the German section of Amnesty International.