(1927–2014), German Football Champion in 1956 and 1957 Josef Reding (born 1929), writer Erwin Weiss (1934–2008), singer Friedhelm Wentzke (born 1935), canoeist Dietrich Berke (1938–2010), musicologist and publishing editor Paul Reding (born 1939), painter, sculptor and writer Werner Trzmiel (born 1942), athlete Friedhelm Ost (born 1942), journalist and politician Klaus Fichtel (born 1944), footballer Gabriele Sikora (born 1950), politician (SPD), 1995–2010 Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia Lawrence Schlieker (born 1951), abbot of Benedictine Gerleve Udo Helmbrecht (born 1955), former President of the BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) and Managing Director ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) Mathias Schipper (born 1957), footballer Hans-Peter Villis (born 1958), manager Inge Blask (born 1959), politician (SPD), since 2012 Member of Parliament Wolfram Wuttke (1961–2015), football player Dieter Hecking (born 1964), football coach Bernd "Bernie" Blume (born 1964), tech entrepreneur Michael Ostrzyga (born 1975), composer and conductor Marcel Sieberg (born 1982), cyclist Barış Özbek (born 1986), footballer Marc-André Kruska (born 1987), footballer Semih Güler (born 1994), footballer Rana Tokmak (born 1996) rhythmic gymnast Electric Callboy, electronicore band formed in 2010. 5 out of 6 members reside in Castrop References Notes Oil campaign of World War II Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Recklinghausen (district)