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

Joachim Eilers is a German professional racing cyclist. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won gold in the 1 km time trial. He competed for Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he finished 5th in the men's sprint event and 4th in the men's keirin event.

Edelgard Bulmahn is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She served as Member of the German Bundestag between 1987 and 2017. She was Federal Minister of Education and Research from 1998 to 2005. From 2013 until 2017 she was elected as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bundestag.

Engin Baytar is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for İstanbul Siirtgücüspor.

Markus Böttcher is a German television actor.

Abdullah Elyasa Süme is a retired Turkish footballer. He most recently worked as the sporting director of Gaziantepspor.

Amitai Etzioni is an Israeli and American sociologist, best known for his work on socioeconomics and communitarianism. He founded the Communitarian Network, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to supporting the moral, social, and political foundations of society.

Leroy Kwadwo is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dynamo Dresden.

Marcel Wüst is a German former road bicycle racer. He won stages in all of the three Grand Tours; twelve stages in the Vuelta a España, one stage in the Tour de France and a stage in the Giro d'Italia.

Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German professional racing driver.

Stephan Engels is a German former professional football player and manager, who played as a midfielder.