List of Famous people born in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Stefan Raab
Stefan Konrad Raab is a German entertainer, producer, businessman, musician, and former television host. From 1999 to 2015, he hosted the late-night comedy talk show TV total and has also created a number of other television shows, such as Schlag den Raab and Bundesvision Song Contest.
Richard David Precht
Richard David Precht is a German philosopher and author of successful popular science books about philosophical issues. He hosts the TV show "Precht" on ZDF.
Luke Mockridge
Lucas Edward Britton "Luke" Mockridge is a Canadian-German comedian and television presenter living in Germany.
Joko Winterscheidt
Joachim "Joko" Winterscheidt is a German television host, producer and actor. He became known as part of the duo Joko & Klaas alongside Klaas Heufer-Umlauf in TV programs like Circus HalliGalli.
Friedrich Merz
Friedrich Merz is a German lawyer and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1994 and was elected to the Bundestag from 1994 until 2009, where he chaired the CDU/CSU parliamentary group from 2000 to 2002.
Carolin Kebekus
Carolin Kebekus is a German comedian and actress.
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted associates, and was known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.
Alexander Klaws
Alexander Klaws is a German singer, songwriter, dancer, host, and actor. Born and raised in Ahlen, he rose to fame in 2003 after winning the debut season of the television series Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German Idol series adaptation. His debut single "Take Me Tonight" topped the German and Swiss Singles Charts and became the third best-selling single of 2003 in Germany. Klaws's debut studio album, Take Your Chance (2003), also debuted at number one on German Albums Chart. He followed it with his second number-one album Here I Am (2004) and has since released four further albums, including his latest effort Auf die Bühne, fertig, los! (2015). Several songs from these albums became hit singles on the pop charts, including the number-one hit "Free Like the Wind" as well as the top ten entries "Behind the Sun", "Sunshine After the Rain", and "Stay with Me".
Dagmar Rosenfeld
Dagmar Rosenfeld is a German journalist. She has been deputy editor-in-chief of Die Welt since 2016.
Michaela Schaffrath
Michaela Schaffrath is a German television actress.