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

Jost-Stefan Heinig is CEO of the major German company KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH from Bönen. KiK came under pressure by dumping salaries and abusing female workers in Bangladesh and other Third World countries. Heinig participates with his Dortmund Firma H. H. Holding GmbH by 65% from TEDi and with 15% an KiK. The main shareholder of KiK is the company Tengelmann International GmbH from Mülheim an der Ruhr with a stake of 83.02%.

Everhardt Franßen is a retired German judge. He was a judge in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany and the Federal Administrative Court of Germany, presiding over the latter between 1991 and 2002. He studied legal science in Mainz and Münster. He is married and has two children.

Juliane Schenk is a badminton player from Germany. In March 2014 she retired from international play.