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

Lann Hornscheidt is a German academic active in the fields of gender studies and linguistics. Hornscheidt is non-binary.

Michael Oenning is a German football coach and former player who last managed Greek club Aris, formerly managing Vasas Budapest, Hamburger SV and 1. FC Nürnberg.

Dietmar Mögenburg is a (West) German former high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athens.

Petra Lobinger is a retired German athlete who specialised in the triple jump. She represented her country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships, in 1993 and 1997. Her biggest success is the fifth place at the 1997 World Indoor Championships.

Cilly Aussem was a German female tennis player.

Mathias Niederberger is a German professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). His father Andreas Niederberger is a member of the German ice hockey Hall of Fame.

Astrid Margarete Fünderich is a German actress.

Udo Hemmelgarn is a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of the Bundestag since 2017.

Gerd Faltings is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry.

Frederik Tiffels is a German professional ice hockey forward for Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was drafted 167th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins.