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

Yasin Öztekin is a Turkish professional football player who plays as a winger for Samsunspor and the Turkey national team. He has previously played in Borussia Dortmund's academy and youth teams.

Hans-Peter Bartels is a German politician of the SPD who served as member of the Bundestag for Kiel. From 2015 until 2020, he was the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces.

Olaf Janßen is a retired German footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.

Albert Richter was a German cyclist who won the world sprint championship. He was taken from a train by the Gestapo and never seen alive again.

Michaela Marion Noll is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2002.

Katja Dörner is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as mayor of Bonn since 2020. From 2009 until 2020, she was a member of the Bundestag.

Ingrid Mickler-Becker is a former West German athlete. Her name is sometimes written incorrectly as Ingrid Mickler in result lists. Her international career lasted from 1960 to 1972. She won the pentathlon gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 4×100 m relay gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Becker was the first German woman to clear 1.70 m in high jump (1970) and 6.50 m in the long jump (1967).

Agit Kabayel, is a German professional boxer. He won the European heavyweight title in 2017, defending it three times before relinquishing it in 2019. Previously he held multiple regional heavyweight championships including the WBC Mediterranean and European Union titles.

Maik Walpurgis is a German football coach who last managed Dynamo Dresden.

Barış Özbek is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Fatih Karagümrük.