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

Ernst Peter Fischer is a German historian of science and science publicist.

Ralf Kellermann is a German former football player and manager who serves as the sporting director for VfL Wolfsburg (women).

Edith Clever is a German actress.

Kerstin Gier is a German author of novels for adults and young adults. Her popular young adult novel Rubinrot and its two sequels - a series about time travel - as well as her Silber trilogy were translated into English by Anthea Bell.

Patrick Rakovsky is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Orange County SC in the USL Championship.

Deborah Schöneborn is a German long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Cem Toraman, better known as Summer Cem, is a German rapper of Turkish descent. He is known for frequent collaborations, particularly with KC Rebell and others.

Ralf Souquet is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser". Since 1981, he has won more than 200 tournament titles, including 41 German Championship titles and 34 European Pool Championships titles. Souquet is a two-time world champion, winning the 2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship and 1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

Marion van de Kamp is a German actress and television announcer. Born in Wuppertal to Dutch parents she attended the drama school in Dresden, East Germany and worked at theaters in Meiningen, Görlitz, Plauen, Schwerin and Leipzig. In 1953 she started working for the Deutscher Fernsehfunk, the public East German television.

Sabina Classen is a German thrash metal singer, best known as lead vocalist of Holy Moses and Temple of the Absurd.