List of Famous people born in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ramon Berndroth is a German football manager.

Patrick Dogue is a German modern pentathlete who won the national title in 2013 and 2015. He qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by placing second at the 2016 World Cup; he finished sixth in the Olympics. His brother Marvin is also an international modern pentathlete.

Alain Tourret is a French politician. He is the deputy for Calvados's 6th constituency. He was deputy from 1997 to 2002, then again from 2012 onwards. He was previously a member of Radical Party of the Left then La République En Marche! from 2017.

Daniela Schmitt is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture in the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2021. From 2013 until 2021, she was Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture under minister Volker Wissing.

Markus Merk is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India. He ended his career by refereeing the match between Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC Berlin on the last day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season on 17 May 2008.

Jochen Herbert Drees is a former German football referee who is based in Münster-Sarmsheim. He refereed for SV Blau Weiß Münster-Sarmsheim of the Southwest German Football Association.

Nastasja Mariana Schunk is a German tennis player.

Norbert Bolz is a German media theorist. He served as a professor at the Technical University of Berlin until his retirement in 2018.

Fabian Giefer is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Würzburger Kickers in the 2. Bundesliga.

Tobias Krick is a German volleyball player, member the Germany men's national volleyball team and Italian club Top Volley Cisterna. He participated at the 2017 European Championship.