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

Hermann Gröhe is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister of Health in the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018.

Thomas Hermanns is a German TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director. He is the founder of the comedy show Quatsch Comedy Club.

Wolfgang Niedecken is a German singer, musician, and visual artist. He founded the Kölsch speaking rock group BAP at the end of the 1970s. He soon became famous with BAP all over Germany. He is the lead singer and only remaining founding member of BAP.

Pierre Vogel, also known as Abu Hamza is a German Islamist preacher and a former professional boxer.

Carlo Ljubek is a German actor.

Gina Lückenkemper is a German track and field athlete who competes in the sprints. She won gold in the 200 metres at the 2015 European Junior Championships. She took part in the 100 metres at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships.

Uwe Boll is a German restaurateur and filmmaker. He financed his own films through his production companies Boll KG and Event Film Productions. Many of his films were produced on low budgets and Boll himself had backed his projects financially or made use of crowdfunding platforms.

Sönke Möhring is a German actor.

Tom Gerhardt is a German actor and comedian.

Peter Jordan is a German actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1995.