Götz Alsmann (born 1957), television presenter, musician and singer
Bernard Altum, zoologist, ornithologist and forest scientist
Esther Dierkes (born 1990), opera singer
Georges Depping, German-French historian
Andreas Dombret, board member of German central bank Deutsche Bundesbank
Alfred Dregger, politician and leader of the Christian Democratic Union.

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848), noble and poet
Maria Droste zu Vischering, noble and nun beatified by Pope Paul VI.

Alfred Flechtheim, art dealer, art collector, journalist, and publisher.

Maximilian Franz August von Forckenbeck, National Liberal politician, mayor of Wroclaw and Berlin, president of the Prussian House of Representatives, president of the Reichstag
Clemens August Graf von Galen, cardinal, Bishop of Münster, beatified by Pope Benedict XVI.

Linus Gerdemann (born 1982), professional cyclist born and raised in Münster
Kurt Gerstein, SS officer and member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS and Head of Technical Disinfection Services
Monika Grütters, politician
Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler, 1850-1877 Bishop of Mainz ("Workers Bishop"), co-founder of the Centre Party
Albert Kopfermann (1846–1914), musicologist and librarian
Ute Lemper, cabaret singer and actress
Heinz Lukas-Kindermann (born 1939), opera director
Paul Melchers, 1857-1866 Bishop of Osnabrück, 1866-1885 Archbishop of Cologne
Moondog, musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments.

Elisabeth Ney, sculptor
Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim (1894–1977, general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, and war criminal
Gunther Plaut, Reform rabbi and author
Dieter Sieger (born 1938), shipbuilder
Carl Schuhmann, athlete.

Tanita Tikaram, German-British singer-songwriter
Johannes Veghe, religious writer (c.1435-1504)
Christoph Bernhard Verspoell (1743–1818, priest and publisher of an influential hymnal
Berthold Warnecke (born 1971), dramaturge and opera director
Joseph Arnold Weydemeyer, soldier, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Marxist revolutionary
Götz Alsmann (born 1957), television presenter, musician and singer
Bernard Altum, zoologist, ornithologist and forest scientist
Esther Dierkes (born 1990), opera singer
Georges Depping, German-French historian
Andreas Dombret, board member of German central bank Deutsche Bundesbank
Alfred Dregger, politician and leader of the Christian Democratic Union.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848), noble and poet
Maria Droste zu Vischering, noble and nun beatified by Pope Paul VI.
Alfred Flechtheim, art dealer, art collector, journalist, and publisher.
Maximilian Franz August von Forckenbeck, National Liberal politician, mayor of Wroclaw and Berlin, president of the Prussian House of Representatives, president of the Reichstag
Clemens August Graf von Galen, cardinal, Bishop of Münster, beatified by Pope Benedict XVI.
Linus Gerdemann (born 1982), professional cyclist born and raised in Münster
Kurt Gerstein, SS officer and member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS and Head of Technical Disinfection Services
Monika Grütters, politician
Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler, 1850-1877 Bishop of Mainz ("Workers Bishop"), co-founder of the Centre Party
Albert Kopfermann (1846–1914), musicologist and librarian
Ute Lemper, cabaret singer and actress
Heinz Lukas-Kindermann (born 1939), opera director
Paul Melchers, 1857-1866 Bishop of Osnabrück, 1866-1885 Archbishop of Cologne
Moondog, musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments.
Elisabeth Ney, sculptor
Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim (1894–1977, general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, and war criminal
Gunther Plaut, Reform rabbi and author
Dieter Sieger (born 1938), shipbuilder
Carl Schuhmann, athlete.
Tanita Tikaram, German-British singer-songwriter
Johannes Veghe, religious writer (c.1435-1504)
Christoph Bernhard Verspoell (1743–1818, priest and publisher of an influential hymnal
Berthold Warnecke (born 1971), dramaturge and opera director
Joseph Arnold Weydemeyer, soldier, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Marxist revolutionary
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