List of Famous people born in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Christoph Dieckmann
Christoph Dieckmann is a male beach volleyball player from Germany. He claimed the gold medal at the 2006 European Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, partnering Julius Brink. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. His twin brother Markus is also a professional beach volleyball player in the international circuit.
Matthias Matussek
Daniela Büchner
Irmelin DiCaprio
Stephan-Andreas Casdorff
Mark Carleton-Smith
General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith, is a senior British Army officer. He became Chief of the General Staff in June 2018, succeeding General Sir Nick Carter. He has previously served as Director Special Forces and commanded 22 Special Air Service Regiment.
Magnus Manske
Heinrich Magnus Manske is a senior staff scientist at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK and a software developer of one of the first versions of the MediaWiki software, which powers Wikipedia.