# 1960 in Germany

Events in the year 1960 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President – Heinrich Lübke
* Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

## Events

* 1 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960
* 24 June - 5 July - 10th Berlin International Film Festival

## Births

* 5 January - Bettina Tietjen, German television presenter and talk show host
* 10 January - Claudia Losch, German shot putter
* 14 January - Andrea Fischer, German politician
* 3 February - Joachim Löw, German football coach
* 7 February
** Klaus J. Behrendt, German actor
** Kristin Otto, German swimmer
* 16 February - Frank-Markus Barwasser, German comedian and journalist
* 23 February - Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, German socialite, businesswoman and artist
* 24 March - Nena, German singer
* 25 March - Markus Maria Profitlich, German comedian and actor
* 13 April - Rudi Völler, German football player
* 16 April - Pierre Littbarski, German football player
* 18 April - Neo Rauch, German artist
* 11 May - Jürgen Schult, German discus thrower
* 16 May - Tamme Hanken, German horse whisperer and animals bonesetter (died 2016)
* 7 June
** Steffen Seibert, German journalist
** Peter Limbourg, German journalist
* 1 August - Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
* 8 August - Ralf König, German comic writer
* 14 September - Christian Petzold, German film director
* 18 September - Wolfgang Bahro, German actor
* 23 September - Barbara Mensing, German archer
* 27 September - Patrick Lindner, German singer
* 12 October - Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist
* 17 October - Hartmut Weber, German athlete
* 24 October - Christoph Schlingensief, German theatre director, performance artist and filmmaker (died 2010)
* 29 October - Dieter Nuhr, German comedian
* 2 November - Andy Borg, German singer
* 4 November - Frl. Menke, German singer
* 9 November
** Andreas Brehme, German football player and manager (died 2024)
** Roland Dickgießer, German footballer
* 15 November - Susanne Lothar, German actress (died 2012)
* 27 November - Eike Immel, German football player
* 2 December - Justus von Dohnányi, German actor
* 12 December
** Volker Beck, German politician
** Martina Hellmann, German track and field athlete
* 22 December - Felicitas Hoppe, German writer

## Deaths

* 4 January — Hugo Meurer, German admiral (born 1869)
* 25 January — Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (born 1889)
* 27 January — Hans Schlossberger, German physician (born 1887)
* 18 March — Hans Bischoff, German entomologist (born 1889)
* 25 March - Ernst Melsheimer, German lawyer (born 1897)
* 30 March - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor (born 1870)
* 20 April - Helmut Käutner, German film director (born 1908)
* 24 April — Max von Laue, German physicist (born 1879)
* 31 May — Walther Funk, German banker and economist (born 1890)
* 13 June — Wilhelm Keppler, German businessman (born 1882)
* 25 June — Walter Baade, German astronomer (born 1893)
* 29 June — Victor Janson, German actor and film director (born 1884)
* 2 July - Edmund Heckler German engineer & weapons manufacture (born 1906)
* 3 July — Erwin Jaenecke, German general (born 1890)
* 6 July — Hans Wilsdorf, German businessman and founder of Rolex (born 1881)
* 16 July - Albert Kesselring, German Generalfeldmarshal of Luftwaffe (born 1885)
* 24 July — Hans Albers, German actor (born 1891)
* 23 August — Bruno Loerzer, German aviator and air force general (born 1891)
* 7 September - Wilhelm Pieck, German politician (born 1876)
* 8 October - Hermann Schmitz, German industrialist (born 1881)
* 15 October — Henny Porten, German actress and producer (born 1890)
* 5 November — Erich Neumann, German psychologist (born 1905)
* 6 November - Erich Raeder, German admiral (born 1876)
* 9 November — Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, German Nazi general (born 1903)
* 2 December – Fritz August Breuhaus, German architect, interior designer and designer (born 1883)
* 7 December - Walter Noddack, German chemist (born 1893)
* 14 December - Hermine Körner, German actress (born 1878)
* 28 December - Eduard Ludwig, German architect (born 1906)
* 31 December - Joseph Wendel, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1901)