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

Bernadette Weyland is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. She served as President of the city council of Frankfurt from 2011 to 2014, as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Finance of Hesse from 2014 to 2017, and was her party's mayoral candidate in Frankfurt in the 2018 mayoral election.

Bernd Wehmeyer is a retired German footballer. He spent 11 seasons in the Bundesliga with Arminia Bielefeld, Hannover 96 and Hamburger SV.

Sister Mary Prema Pierick, M.C., is an Indian Catholic religious sister and the current Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta, India, the religious institute founded by the Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She is of German descent.

Bernard Ackah is a Japanese-based Ivorian taekwondo practitioner, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and comedian.

Janis Jonathan Blaswich is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club Heracles Almelo.

Stefan Tewes is a former field hockey player from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His younger brother Jan-Peter was also on that winning side.

Lasse Sobiech is a German professional footballer who plays as a central defender for FC Zürich on loan from 1. FC Köln.

Daisy Door is a German Schlager music singer.

Georg Koch is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Christoph Langen is a German bobsledder who competed for the West German and German national team from 1985 to 2005. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two golds and two bronzes.