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

Job Joël André Matip is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Liverpool.

Marius Müller-Westernhagen is a German actor and musician.

Ingolf Lück is a German actor, comedian and television host.

Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe is the head of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe, which ruled the sovereign principality of the same name within the German Empire until 1918.

Carl Clauberg was a German gynecologist who conducted medical experiments on human subjects at Auschwitz concentration camp. He worked with Horst Schumann in X-ray sterilization experiments at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Klaus Cichutek is a German biochemist and the current President of the Paul Ehrlich Institute. He is also professor of biochemistry at the Goethe University Frankfurt.

Marian Gold is a German singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of the German synth-pop recording act Alphaville, but also has recorded as a solo artist.

Gabriele Wilhelmine "Gaby" Köster is a German actress and comedian.

Leonard Lansink is a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1983.

Kevin Großkreutz is a German former professional footballer who played as a right back and winger.