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

Kathrin Bringmann is a German number theorist in the University of Cologne, Germany, who has made fundamental contributions to the theory of mock theta functions.

Hansjörg Weißbrich is a German film editor. He contributed to more than sixty films since 1995 including Colonia, Trade and Night Train to Lisbon.

Manfred Schell is a German trade unionist. Before he retired in 2008, he was the leader of Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer.

Volker Perthes, born 16 May 1958 in Duisburg-Homberg, Germany) is a German political scientist, academic and writer. Apart from his focus on research, writing and teaching about the Middle East, he was director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). Since 2021, he has been Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (SRSG) for Sudan and Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS).