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

Alfred Hirsch was a German Jewish athlete, sports teacher and Zionist youth movement leader, notable for helping thousands of Jewish children during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in Prague, Theresienstadt concentration camp, and Auschwitz. Hirsch was the deputy supervisor of children at Theresienstadt and the supervisor of the children's block at the Theresienstadt family camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

Umut Kekıllı is a German-Turkish former professional footballer who last played for Aydınspor 1923.

Natalie Christine Horler is a German singer and television presenter, best known for being the lead singer of the eurodance group Cascada.

Otto Fricke is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from 2002 till 2013 and since 2017.

Hermann "Tiger" Gerland is a German professional football manager and former player who worked as an assistant coach of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.

Amin Younes is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from Napoli.

Karl-Rudolf Korte is a German political scientist and since 2002 professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen on Campus Duisburg. He appears regularly in national media as a guest for election analyses.

Frank Busemann is a former German decathlete. He currently works as a pundit for athletics coverage by German TV channel Das Erste.

Lea Schüller is a German footballer who plays as a forward for Bayern Munich and the German national team.

Tanja Szewczenko is a German former figure skater and actress. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1997 Champions Series Final silver medalist, 1998 European bronze medalist, and 1993 World Junior bronze medalist.