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

Petra Hinz is a German politician. She is a member of the SPD. Since 2005, Hinz has been an MP of the German Bundestag. She resigned from her Bundestag seat after a CV scandal with effect of 1 September 2016.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen is a German former racing driver. He finished runner-up in the 1997 Formula One World Drivers' Championship, driving for Williams.

Anna Angelina Wolfers is a German actress, blogger, model and entrepreneur.

Michael Sebastian Kurth, better known as Curse, is a German rapper.

Roger Schmidt is a German professional football manager and former player. He currently manages Primeira Liga club Benfica.

Rosemarie Trockel is a German conceptual artist. She has made drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos and installations, and has worked in mixed media. From 1985 she made pictures using knitting-machines. She is a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, in Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Anna Katharina Kraft is a German television presenter and former athlete.

René Obermann is a German businessman who currently serves as Co-Head of Warburg Pincus International LLC's European operations, and also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Airbus SE since 16 April 2020. He was previously CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG.

Maximilian Meyer is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.

Ulrich Deppendorf is a German journalist and television presenter.