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

Jutta Brückner is a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. She directed nine films between 1975 and 2005. Furthermore, she has written essays in film theory, film reviews and radio plays. She lives in Berlin and was Professor for narrative film at Berlin University of the Arts. She was the head of the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival and is a member of multiple Film Juries and advisory committees.

Thomas Jarzombek is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2009.

Otto Depenheuer is a German law professor and organist.

Klaus Tolksdorf is a German legal scholar and a former president of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany as well as an Ad-Litem-Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Manfred Ostermann is a German local politician and an independent. In 2007 he was elected as the chief executive (Landrat) of the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel for an initial term of 8 years.