comedian and author Martin Max (born 1968), footballer Mark Dragunski (born 1970), handball player Moguai (born 1973), DJ and producer Frank Busemann (born 1975), decathlete Thomas Godoj (born 1978), Polish-German singer, Deutschland sucht den Superstar winner Mayors since 1809 Bürgermeister 1809–1833: Alois Joseph Wulff 1833–1839: Peter Banniza 1840–1842: Karl Boelmann 1843–1850: Franz Bracht 1854–1890: Friedrich Hagemann 1890–1899: Alexander Rensing Oberbürgermeister 1899–1904: Albert von Bruchhausen 1904–1919: Peter Heuser 1919–1931: Sulpiz Hamm 1932–1939: Fritz Niemeyer 1939–1945: Fritz Emil Irrgang, NSDAP 1945–1946: Josef Hellermann, CDU 1946–1948: Wilhelm Bitter, CDU 1948–1952: Joseph Dünnebacke, CDU 1952–1972: Heinrich Auge, SPD 1972–1984: Erich Wolfram, SPD Bürgermeister 1984–1987: Erich Wolfram, SPD 1987–1998: Jochen Welt, SPD Hauptamtliche Bürgermeister 1998–1999: Peter Borggraefe, SPD 1999–2014: Wolfgang Pantförder, CDU 2014–: Christoph Tesche, CDU Gallery References External links Museums of Recklinghausen Corpus juris of the county of Recklinghausen Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia Oil campaign of World War II