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

Helge Lindh is a German politician. Born in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, he represents the SPD. Helge Lindh has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.

Oliver Krischer is a German Green politician and member of the German Bundestag.

Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and best-selling author. He is a German-born resident of Canada best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. In 2008, The New York Times called Tolle, "the most popular spiritual author in the United States." In 2011, he was listed by Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world. Tolle does not identify with any specific religion, but he has been influenced by a wide range of spiritual works.

Josef Wirmer was a German jurist and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.

Kai Böcking is a German television presenter.

Günter Wewel is a German operatic bass and television presenter. Based at the Opernhaus Dortmund for decades, he performed 80 roles in Germany and Europe. He is known for presenting the television series Kein schöner Land, with more than 150 episodes, which portrays regions in Europe, their landscape, people and folklore, and was filmed at the locations.

Kacper Przybyłko is a Polish footballer who plays as a striker for Philadelphia Union.

Werner Baumann is a German businessman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Bayer, succeeding Marijn Dekkers on 1 May 2016.

Gustaf Gründgens, born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His career continued unimpeded through the years of the Nazi regime; the extent to which this can be considered as deliberate collaboration with the Nazis is hotly disputed.

Manuel Andrack is a German journalist, television presenter, and author. He is best known as the sidekick of the Harald Schmidt Show.