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

Udo Voigt is a German politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) between 2014 and 2019. He was a member of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He served as leader of NPD from 1996 to 2011. By profession, he is a former aviation engineer and captain in the German Air Force and has a master's degree in political science from LMU. Voigt has in recent years become a strong supporter of Vladimir Putin and more recently also Donald Trump, and has said that Germany should have "a chancellor like Putin."

Stefan Keuter is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of the Bundestag since 2017.

Marco Stiepermann is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Championship club Norwich City.

Mathias Schober is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Schober is currently the director of Development at Schalke.

Ismail Jakobs is a German professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for 1. FC Köln.

Lars Unnerstall is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven.

Johannes Bündgens is auxiliary bishop of Aachen.

Inka Martí Kiemann is a Spanish journalist, editor, writer, and photographer, the wife of fellow publisher Jacobo Siruela and Countess consort of Siruela.

Wolfgang Rausch is a retired German footballer who made a total of 257 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career.

Günther Korten was a German Colonel General and Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He died from injuries suffered in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in July 1944.