1960 in Germany

none 1960 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 12 April – Marianne Zechmeister, alpine skier 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 archerBarbara MENSING - Olympic Archery Germany https://www.olympic.org/barbara-mensing International Olympic Committee 11 April 2019 en 20 June 2016 27 September - Patrick Lindner, German singer 12 October - Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclistDorothee Vieth - Team Deutschland Paralympics https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/dorothee-vieth-132.html www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de 18 March 2020 de 18 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200318190842/https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/dorothee-vieth-132.html dead 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 Thomas Fey, German conductor (died 2026) 10 November - Georg Fischer, German cross-country skier and biathlete 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 30em 4 January — Hugo Meurer, German admiral (born 1869)http://kiel.de/Aemter_61_bis_92/67/Friedhoefe/Ehrengraeber/Meurer.htm Short biography, with photo of Meurer's gravestone de Ehrengräber in Kiel https://web.archive.org/web/20101219080628/http://kiel.de/Aemter_61_bis_92/67/Friedhoefe/Ehrengraeber/Meurer.htm 19 December 2010 dead 25 January — Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (born 1889)Obituary: Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70 https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0604.html January 28, 1960 The New York Times 2012-01-24 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) 10.1098/rsbm.1960.0028 free Max von Laue 1879-1960 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 6 134–156 1960 Ewald P. P. 71307727 Paul Peter Ewald 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)Osterbrock D. E. Walter Baade, Dynamical Astronomer at Goettingen, Hamburg, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #33 33 10.03 2002DDA....33.1003O Harvard Univ Sep 2002 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) Lingen Kerstin von Kerstin von Lingen Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945–1960 University Press of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 2009 978-0-7006-1641-1 263605489 220 20 July — Hans Schlange-Schöningen, member of the Bundestag and co-founder of the Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' PartyHans Schlange-Schöningen https://www.kas.de/de/web/geschichte-der-cdu/personen/biogramm-detail/-/content/hans-schlange-schoeningen 24 July — Hans Albers, German actor (born 1891)Historisches Kalenderblatt https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/draufgaenger-und-melancholiker.871.de.html?dram:article_id=127039 24 July 2010 Deutschlandfunk 24 July 2010 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)http://www.erelshalit.com/2014/07/gershom-scholem-obituary-for-erich.html Erel Shalit: Gershom Scholem: Obituary for Erich Neumann www.erelshalit.com 2016-03-16 2021-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912131611/http://www.erelshalit.com/2014/07/gershom-scholem-obituary-for-erich.html dead 6 November - Erich Raeder, German admiral (born 1876)Erich Raeder https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erich-Raeder Encyclopaedia Britannica 2 November 2020 20 July 1998 13 April 2021 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) See also 1960 in German television References 1960 Category:Years of the 20th century in Germany Germany Germany