# 1965 in Germany

Events in the year 1965 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President – Heinrich Lübke
* Chancellor – Ludwig Erhard

## Events

* 4 January - German broadcaster NDR Fernsehen started.
* 27 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965
* 25 June - 6 July - 15th Berlin International Film Festival
* 19 September - West German federal election, 1965
* 26 October - The Second Erhard cabinet led by Ludwig Erhard was sworn in.

## Births

* January 6 - Christine Wachtel, German runner
* January 12 - Maybrit Illner, German journalist
* January 24 - Robin Dutt, German footballer
* February 9
** Christian Schenk, German athlete
** Dieter Baumann, German athlete
** Silvia Sperber, German sport shooter
* February 24 - Hansi Flick, German football player and manager
* February 27 - Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
* April 6
** Theresia Bauer, German politician
** Rica Reinisch, German swimmer
* April 11 - Simone Thomalla, German actress
* April 21
** Thomas Helmer, German football player
** Christina Plate, German actress
* May 11 - Guido Maria Kretschmer, German fashion designer
* May 15 - Martin Sonneborn, German comedian and politician
* May 23 - Tom Tykwer, German film director
* June 10 - Veronica Ferres, German actress
* June 19 - Sabine Braun, German athlete
* June 23 - Manuel Andrack, German journalist, television show editor, television host and author
* July 9 - Nadine Capellmann, German equestrian
* August 2 - Katrin Müller-Hohenstein, German journalist
* August 16 - Ercan Durmaz, German actor
* August 28 - Peter Kohl, German businessman and author
* September 7 - Jörg Pilawa, German television presenter
* September 12
** Silke Hörner, German swimmer
** Oliver Kalkofe, German comedian and television presenter
* October 6 - Jürgen Kohler, German football player
* October 11 - Alexander Hacke, German guitarist and singer
* October 23 - Andreas Zülow, German boxer
* November 7 - Sigrun Wodars, German middle-distance athlete
* November 11 - Friedrich Merz, German lawyer and politician
* November 23 - Marcel Beyer, German writer
* December 3 - Katarina Witt, German figure skater
* December 4 - Ulf Kirsten, German football player
* December 21
** Anke Engelke, German actress and comedian
** Cem Özdemir, German politician

### Full date unknown

* Henning Löhlein, German illustrator

## Deaths

* 17 January - Hans Marchwitza, German writer and poet (born 1890)
* 29 March - Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (born 1885)
* 7 May - Princess Pauline of Württemberg (born 1877)
* 12 May - Max Herz, German businessman (born 1905)
* 1 June - Hellmut von der Chevallerie, German general (born 1896)
* 2 September - Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and writer (born 1917)
* 4 September — Albert Schweitzer, German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician (born 1875)
* 8 September — Hermann Staudinger, German chemist (born 1881)
* 11 October - Hans Nielsen, German actor (born 1911)
* 22 October - Paul Tillich, Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian (born 1886)
* 25 October - Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (born 1888)
* 2 November - Herbert Windt, German composer (born 1894)
* 3 November - Hans von Raumer, German politician (born 1870)
* 19 November — Werner Lange, Kriegsmarine admiral (born 1893)