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

Christoph Dieckmann

First Name Christoph
Last Name Dieckmann
Born on January 7, 1976 (age 50)

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.

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Matthias Matussek

First Name Matthias
Last Name Matussek
Born on March 9, 1954 (age 72)
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Daniela Büchner

Daniela Rapp
First Name Daniela
Born on February 22, 1978 (age 48)
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Irmelin DiCaprio

Irmelin Indenbirken
First Name Irmelin
Born on February 14, 1943 (age 83)
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Stephan-Andreas Casdorff

First Name Stephan-Andreas
Born on March 28, 1959 (age 67)
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Mark Carleton-Smith

First Name Mark
Last Name Carleton-Smith
Born on February 9, 1964 (age 62)

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.

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Magnus Manske

Heinrich Magnus Manske
First Name Magnus
Last Name Manske
Born on May 24, 1974 (age 52)

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.

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Harald Wessel

First Name Harald
Born on February 12, 1930
Died on August 16, 2021 (aged 91)
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Klaus Rheidt

First Name Klaus
Last Name Rheidt
Born on January 1, 1955 (age 71)
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Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp

First Name Karl-Joachim
Born on July 25, 1953 (age 73)
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