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

Margot Heuman was a German-born American Holocaust survivor. As a lesbian, she was the first queer Jewish woman known to have survived Nazi concentration camps.

Lena Sophie Oberdorf is a German footballer. She currently plays as a midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team.

Hugo Broch is a World War II Luftwaffe ace credited with 81 victories in 324 missions, all on the Eastern Front. He is a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Udo Dirkschneider is a German singer and songwriter who rose to fame with German heavy metal band Accept. After leaving the band in 1987, he formed U.D.O., with whom he has also enjoyed commercial success.

Ayọ is a Nigerian-German singer-songwriter and actress. She uses the Yoruba translation Ayọ or Ayo. of her first name Joy.

Angelika Bergmann-Kallwass is a German psychologist and television host.

Tolgay Ali Arslan is a German-Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Udinese.

Michael Boddenberg is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister of Finance of Hesse since 3 April 2020.

Hans-Jürgen Sundermann is a German manager and former footballer.

Lilli Jahn was a German-Jewish doctor and victim of Nazism in Germany. She gained international fame posthumously following the publication of her letters to her five children which she wrote during her imprisonment in the labour camp Breitenau. She was deported to the concentration camp Auschwitz and was killed there.