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

Götz Alsmann is a German television presenter, musician and singer.

Simone Hanselmann is a German actress.

Nadja Becker is a German actress.

Kevin Kampl is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.

Hans-Joachim "Aki" Watzke is a German businessman and football official. He is the CEO of Borussia Dortmund.

Lance David Arnold is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as the Rolex Sports Car Series and Porsche Supercup, as well as the 2009 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

Christoph Heusgen is a German diplomat who served as German Ambassador to the United Nations in New York from 2017 to 2021. He was Under-Secretary for Foreign and Security Policy in the German Chancellery from 2005 to 2017, and described as Angela Merkel's most influential foreign policy and security adviser. During Germany's tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Heusgen served as President of the Council in April 2019 and assumed the presidency again in July 2020, with his term ending in December 2020.

Jamal Manuel Issa Serrano, known professionally as Jamule, is a German rapper of Spanish and Lebanese descent from Essen.

Christian Ehrhoff is a German former professional ice hockey defenceman. In 2018, he won silver at the Winter Olympics. He played more than 800 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and more than 300 in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in Germany. He was known primarily as an offensive defenceman with strong skating and shooting abilities.

Susanne Wolff is a German actress. Her credits include the television series Morgen hör ich auf and the films Styx and Das Fremde in mir.