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

Georg Milbradt is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister-President of Saxony from 2002 to 2008.

Maximilian Hartung is a German sabre fencer and athlete activist. He is a four-time European Champion, team World Champion and two-time Olympic participant. He is chairman of the Athletes Commission in the DOSB and founding president of Athleten Deutschland e.V. He was a member of the Sporthilfe supervisory board for four years, four years in the board of the German Fencing Federation and two years in the board of the German Olympic Comitee as the voice of the athletes. He completed his studies in politics, sociology and economics at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen and the Universteit Gent.

Christian Mikolajczak is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Franz Oppenhoff was a German lawyer who was appointed mayor of the city of Aachen by Allied forces and subsequently murdered on the order of Heinrich Himmler.

Rüdiger Hoffmann is a German comedian.

Christina "Tina" Theune is a German graduate sports teacher, and the former national coach of the German women's national football team. After her marriage she bore the surname 'Theune-Meyer' until her divorce in 2008.

Lukas Kleckers is a German professional snooker player.

Ruben Zepuntke is a German professional triathlete. Between 2014 and 2017, Zepuntke competed as a professional road racing cyclist, for the Bissell Development Team, Cannondale–Drapac, and Development Team Sunweb.

Detlef Seif is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2009.

Jacques Palminger is a German actor, musician, and member of the comedy ensemble Studio Braun.