# 1964 in Germany

Events in the year 1964 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President – Heinrich Lübke
* Chancellor – Ludwig Erhard

## Events

* 1 January - Start of Einer wird gewinnen with Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff on German broadcaster ARD
* 11 January - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964
* 26 June - July 7 - 14th Berlin International Film Festival
* 27 June-5 October: documenta III
* 1 July - 1964 West German presidential election
* German company Auto Union is acquired by Volkswagen Group over subsidiary Audi AG.

## Births

* 2 January - Chris Welp, German professional basketball player (died 2015)
* 6 January- Henry Maske, boxer
* 28 January - Juergen Teller, German artist and photographer
* 4 February - Elke Philipp, German Paralympic equestrian
* 12 February - Stéphane Franke, German athlete (died 2011)
* 16 February - Susanne Baer, judge
* 27 February - Thomas Lange, rower
* 16 March - H.P. Baxxter, singer
* 18 March - Moses Arndt, politician, doctor and publisher
* 30 March - Rüdiger Hoffmann, comedian
* 5 May - Heike Henkel, athlete
* 21 May - Walter Homolka, rabbi
* 29 April - Markus Majowski, actor and comedian
* 2 June - Caroline Link, film director
* 3 June - Doro, heavy metal singer
* 17 June - Michael Gross, swimmer
* 20 June - Silke Möller, athlete
* 27 June
** Kai Diekmann, journalist
** Heike Matthiesen, classical guitarist (d. 2023)
* 17 July – Norbert Dobeleit, television personality and athlete
* 21 July - Jens Weißflog, ski jumper
* 23 July – Nick Menza, German-born American drummer (Megadeth) (d. 2016)
* 30 July - Jürgen Klinsmann, footballer
* 8 August - Jan Josef Liefers, actor
* 17 August - Natascha Ochsenknecht, German actress
* 19 August - Christoph Schrewe film director
* 24 August - Beatrice Gründler, German Arabist
* 12 September - Dirk Richter, German swimmer
* 24 September - Ralf Husmann, German television producer and screenwriter
* 2 October - Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
* 10 October - Maxi Gnauck, gymnast
* 19 October - Georg F. W. Schaeffler, German entrepreneur
* 25 October - Nicole, singer
* 12 November - Barbara Stühlmeyer, German musicologist, church musician and writer
* 7 December - Ilse Aigner, politician
* 8 December - Richard David Precht, author and philosopher
* 9 December
** Hape Kerkeling, actor and comedian
** Johannes B. Kerner, journalist, sports caster and television presenter
** Paul Landers, musician, band Rammstein
** Michael Müller, politician
* 14 December – Antje Vowinckel, radio artist and musician
* 15 December – Denis Scheck, literary critic and journalist
* 16 December - Heike Drechsler, athlete
* 19 December - Ben Becker, actor
* 24 December - Bernd Michael Lade, actor

## Deaths

* January 4 - Andreas Hermes, German politician (born 1878)
* January 18 - Thomas Wimmer, German politician (born 1887)
* January 22 - Lissy Arna, German actress (born 1900)
* February 13 - Jakob Brendel, German wrestler (born 1907)
* February 21 -Georg Jacoby, German film director and screenwriter (born 1882)
* March 13 - Friedrich Lahrs, German architect (born 1880)
* April 13 - Veit Harlan, German film director and actor (born 1899)
* April 20 - August Sander, German portrait and documentary photographer (born 1876)
* April 24 - Gerhard Domagk German pathologist and bacteriologist (born 1895)
* May 21 - James Franck, German physicist (born 1882)
* June 5 - Ernst Waldow, German actor (born 1893)
* September 10 - Paul Klingenburg, German water polo player (born 1907)
* September 21 - Otto Grotewohl, German politician (born 1894)
* September 28 - Richard Häussler, German actor (born 1908)
* October 4 - Claus Bergen, German painter (born 1885)
* October 26 - Agnes Miegel, German poet (born 1879)
* November 1 — Karl von Graffen, Wehrmacht general (born 1893)
* November 14 - Heinrich von Brentano, German politician (born 1904)
* December 30 - Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, German neuropathologist (born 1885)