List of Famous people born in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Sarah Bogen
Kristin Shi-Kupfer
Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß
Sandra Marinello
Sandra Marinello is a German badminton player. She was born in Duisburg, and started to playing badminton in 1995. Marinello was part of the 1. BC Düren from 2008-2014, and previously plays for the SV Thomasstadt Kempen, BV RW Wesel, TV Remscheid, SCU Lüdinghausen, PSV Ludwigshafen, and BV Gifhorn. She won the women's doubles title at the national championships from 2009-2012 partnered with Birgit Overzier. Together with the German national women's team, she won the bronze medal at the 2006 Uber Cup in Japan. She also won the women's doubles bronze at the 2012 European Championships with Overzier.
Josef Klüh
Sonja Steffen
Sonja Amalie Steffen is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2009.