# 1955 in Germany

Events in the year 1955 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President – Theodor Heuss
* Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

## Events

* 15 May - Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1955
* 24 June - 5 July - 5th Berlin International Film Festival
* 2 July - Tierpark Berlin opened.
* 15 July - 18 September - documenta 1 in Kassel
* 11 August - 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision
* 20 September - Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR

## Births

* 4 January - Wolfgang Tiefensee, German politician
* 10 January
** Volker Mosblech, German politician (d. 2024)
** Michael Schenker, German guitarist, songwriter and producer
* 14 January - Jan Fedder, German actor (died 2019)
* 16 January - Martin Roth, German museum director (died 2017)
* 18 January - Gerburg Jahnke, German comedian
* 25 January - Petra Gerster, German journalist
* 1 February
** Hans Werner Olm, German comedian
** Christian, Duke of Oldenburg, head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg
* 10 February - Bernd Martin, German football player (died 2018)
* 6 March - Friedbert Pflüger, German politician
* 8 March - Thomas Bellut, German journalist
* 11 March - Nina Hagen, German musician
* 21 March - Bärbel Wöckel, German sprinter
* 26 March - Verena Butalikakis, German politician (died 2018)
* 13 April - Ole von Beust, German politician
* 29 April - Klaus Siebert, German biathlete (died 2016)
* 15 May - Claudia Roth, German politician
* 15 May - Alexander Pusch, German fencer
* 26 May - Doris Dörrie, German film director
* 2 June - Heiko von der Leyen, German physician
* 10 June - Annette Schavan, German politician
* 11 June - Marie Gruber, German actress
* 25 June - Martin Petzold, German opera singer (died 2023)
* 1 July - Rosemarie Wenner, German Methodist bishop
* 29 July - Christian Tramitz, German actor, comedian, voice actor and author
* 9 August - Udo Beyer, German track and field athlete
* 15 August - Roger Willemsen, German author, essayist and TV presenter (died 2016)
* 20 August - Helge Schneider, German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor
* 25 August - Gerd Müller, German politician
* 2 September - Claus Kleber, German journalist
* 14 September - Wilhelm Huxhorn, German footballer (died 2010)
* 20 September
** Georg Christoph Biller, German choral conductor (died 2022)
** Lilo Wanders, German transvestite entertainer, comedian and theatre/television host
* 22 September - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German football player and trainer
* 25 September - Peter Müller, German politician
* 25 September - Richy Müller, German actor
* 30 September - Andy Bechtolsheim, German businessman
* 11 October - Hans-Peter Briegel, German footballer
* 25 October - Peter Nocke, German swimmer
* 7 November - Norbert Eder, German footballer (died 2019)
* 10 November - Roland Emmerich, German film director, screenwriter, and producer
* 11 November - Friedrich Merz, German politician
* 8 December - Martin Semmelrogge, German actor
* 15 December - Renate Künast, German politician
* 22 December - Thomas C. Südhof, German biochemist
* 31 December - Gregor Braun, German cyclist

## Deaths

* 15 January — Johannes Baader, German architect, writer and artist (born 1875)
* 24 January - Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch, German anatomist (born 1868)
* 20 February — Eugen Schmalenbach, German economist (born 1873)
* 24 March - Otto Gessler, German politician (born 1875)
* 18 April — Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist (born 1879)
* 29 May - Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor (born 1885)
* 29 June - Ernst Legal, German actor (born 1881)
* 29 June — Max Pechstein, German painter (born 1881)
* 2 August - Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, German nobleman (born 1869)
* 12 August — Thomas Mann, German author (born 1875)
* 13 August — Wilhelm Kreis, German architect (born 1873)
* 19 August - Otto Weiß, Luftwaffe officer (born 1907)
* 25 August - Heinrich Spoerl, German author (born 1887)
* 31 August:
** Willi Baumeister, German painter, scenic designer, art professor and typographer (born 1889)
** Eberhard Koebel, German youth leader and writer (born 1907)
* 9 October — Joseph Vollmer, German engineer (born 1871)
* 15 December — Otto Braun, German politician (born 1872)
* 19 December - Herbert von Dirksen, German diplomat (born 1882)
* 25 December - Angela Zigahl, German teacher and politician (born 1885)