List of Famous people born in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Alice Hasters
Hannah Schiller
Mr. Lee Grant
Bogdan Kominowski is a New Zealand pop star. As well as his birth name he is also known by the stage name Mr. Lee Grant. He has had a successful singing and acting career, having starred in stage shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Elvis - The Musical, TV shows and the James Bond movie "A View to a Kill".
Claus Leggewie
Sarah Stork
Clemens Tönnies
Clemens Tönnies is a German billionaire who owns 45% of the meat processing company Tönnies Holding. Forbes estimates his wealth at 1.6 billion US dollars.
Laura Papendick
Bernhard Heitz
Christian Berg
Helmut Brandt
Helmut Brandt is a German politician, member of the CDU, and Legal Counsel (Justiziar) for the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group. He has been a member of the Bundestag since 28 June 2005, when he replaced Karl-Josef Laumann, who had been appointed a minister in North Rhine-Westphalia. Brandt, a lawyer by training specialising in criminal law, was mayor of Alsdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia from 1994 to 1999, having been a councillor there since 1978.