# 1962 in Germany

Events in the year 1962 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President – Heinrich Lübke
* Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

## Events

* 16-17 February - North Sea flood of 1962
* 2 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
* 28 February – Oberhausen Manifesto
* 22 June – 3 July 12th Berlin International Film Festival
* 8 October – Spiegel affair begins, when an article in Der Spiegel questions the adequacy of Germany's defence capability.
* 14 December – The Fifth Adenauer cabinet, led by Konrad Adenauer, is sworn in.

## Births

* 5 January – Ralf Meister, German Lutheran theologian, former General Superintendent (regional bishop) of Berlin, and Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
* 9 January – André Wohllebe, German canoeist (died 2014)
* 19 January – Monika Grütters, German politician
* 31 January – Frank Wieneke, German judoka
* 8 February – Martin Wuttke, German actor
* 13 February – Christiane Weber, German fencer
* 25 February – Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
* 4 March – Stephan Reimertz, German historian and author
* 9 March – Rolf Saalfrank, shot putter
* 10 March – Sepp Daxenberger, politician (died 2010)
* 12 March – Andreas Köpke, footballer
* 24 March – Irina Meszynski, German discus thrower
* 26 March – Susanne Daubner, German television presenter
* 1 April – Stefanie Tücking, German radio and television presenter (died 2018)
* 24 April – Heike Kemmer, equestrian
* 28 April – Susanne Klatten, German business woman
* 29 April – Stephan Burger, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
* 18 May – Sandra, German singer
* 21 May – Uwe Rahn, German football player
* 31 May – Sebastian Koch, German actor
* 3 June – Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
* 10 June – Ralf Schumann, German sport shooter
* 22 June – Campino, German singer
* 24 June – Christine Neubauer, German actress
* 9 July – Jan Degenhardt, German lawyer and folk-singer
* 15 July – Jens Bullerjahn, German engineer and politician (died 2022)
* 21 July – Gabi Bauer, German journalist
* 28 July – Torsten Gütschow, German football player
* 9 August – Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German politician
* 23 August – Jürgen Tonkel, German actor
* 30 September – Kathrin Schneider, German politician
* 9 October – Durs Grünbein, German poet
* 25 October – Martin Haase, German linguist
* 30 October – Stefan Kuntz, German football player
* 1 November – Ulf Timmermann, German athlete
* 6 November – Georg Uecker, German actor
* 28 November – Andreas Behm, German weightlifter
* 30 November – Heinrich Deichmann, German entrepreneur
* 1 December – Detlev Buck, German actor, film producer and screenwriter
* 5 December – Marion Kracht, German actress
* 14 December – Bela B., German singer and musician
* 31 December – Katy Karrenbauer, German actress

## Deaths

* 1 January – Hans von Salmuth, German general (born 1888)
* 7 February – Clara Nordström, Swedish-born German writer and translator (born 1886)
* 8 March – Hans Felber, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1889)
* 5 April – Käte Selbmann, German politician (b. 1906)
* 11 May – Hans Luther, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
* 18 May – Sandra, singer
* 19 May – Gabriele Münter, German painter (born 1877)
* 26 May – Karl Rapp, German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich.(born 1882)
* 1 June – Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) (born 1906)
* 15 June – Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German nobleman (born 1887)
* 18 June – Friederich-Karl Burckhardt, German World War I flying ace (born 1889)
* 9 August – Hermann Hesse, German writer (born 1877)
* 20 August – Kurt Schumacher, German politician (born 1895)
* 1 September – Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, German general (born 1889)
* 10 September – Rudolf Petersen, German politician (born 1878)
* 25 September – Herbert Koch, German archaeologist (born 1880)
* 21 October – Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (born 1891)
* 14 November – Wilhelm Lachnit, German painter (born 1899)
* 13 December – Rudolf Wissell, German politician (born 1869)