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

Peter Liese is a German physician and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 1994. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.

Haluk Türkeri is a Turkish football forward who plays for Adıyaman 1954 SK.

Orkan Çınar is a Turkish footballer who plays as a winger for MKE Ankaragücü.

Monika Heinold is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens.

Britta Nestler is a German materials scientist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Her research involves the development of software to simulate the formation of microstructures in advanced materials for which experimental studies would be too expensive or difficult.

Daniel Zimmermann is a German politician, founder of the PETO party and is the mayor of Monheim am Rhein since 21 October 2009. He is the youngest mayor in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Marco Werner is a professional racer from Germany.

Heiner Koch is a German prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of Berlin since September 2015. He was an auxiliary bishop in Cologne from 2006 to 2013 and Bishop of Dresden-Meissen from 2013 to 2015.

Hildegard "Hilde" Mattheis is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2002.

Carsten Pröpper is a retired German football midfielder.