1960 in Germany
Incumbents
Events
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{{cite web |title=Barbara MENSING - Olympic Archery {{!}} Germany |url=https://www.olympic.org/barbara-mensing |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=11 April 2019 |language=en |date=20 June 2016}}
- 27 September - Patrick Lindner, German singer
- 12 October - Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist{{cite web |title=Dorothee Vieth - Team Deutschland Paralympics |url=https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/dorothee-vieth-132.html |website=www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de |access-date=18 March 2020 |language=de}}
- 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
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- 4 January — Hugo Meurer, German admiral (born 1869){{cite web |url=http://kiel.de/Aemter_61_bis_92/67/Friedhoefe/Ehrengraeber/Meurer.htm |title=Short biography, with photo of Meurer's gravestone |language=de |website=Ehrengräber in Kiel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219080628/http://kiel.de/Aemter_61_bis_92/67/Friedhoefe/Ehrengraeber/Meurer.htm |archive-date=19 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}
- 25 January — Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (born 1889){{cite news|title=Obituary: Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0604.html|date=January 28, 1960|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=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){{Cite journal | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1960.0028| title = Max von Laue 1879-1960| journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society| volume = 6| pages = 134–156| year = 1960| last1 = Ewald | first1 = P. P. | s2cid = 71307727| author-link1 = 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){{cite journal|last1=Osterbrock|first1=D. E.|title=Walter Baade, Dynamical Astronomer at Goettingen, Hamburg, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories|journal=AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #33|volume=33|pages=10.03|bibcode=2002DDA....33.1003O|publisher=Harvard Univ|date=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){{cite book |last = Lingen |first = Kerstin von |author-link=Kerstin von Lingen |title = Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945–1960 |publisher = University Press of Kansas |location = Lawrence, Kansas |year = 2009 |isbn = 978-0-7006-1641-1 |oclc = 263605489 | page=220}}
- 24 July — Hans Albers, German actor (born 1891){{cite news|title=Historisches Kalenderblatt|url=http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/draufgaenger-und-melancholiker.871.de.html?dram:article_id=127039|access-date=24 July 2010|publisher=Deutschlandfunk|date=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){{Cite web|url=http://www.erelshalit.com/2014/07/gershom-scholem-obituary-for-erich.html|title=Erel Shalit: Gershom Scholem: Obituary for Erich Neumann|website=www.erelshalit.com|access-date=2016-03-16|archive-date=2021-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912131611/http://www.erelshalit.com/2014/07/gershom-scholem-obituary-for-erich.html|url-status=dead}}
- 6 November - Erich Raeder, German admiral (born 1876){{cite encyclopedia |title=Erich Raeder |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erich-Raeder|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=2 November 2020 |orig-year=20 July 1998 |access-date=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)
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See also
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