1965 in Germany

Events in the year 1965 in Germany.

Incumbents

President – Heinrich Lübke
Chancellor – Ludwig Erhard

Events

4 January - German broadcaster NDR Fernsehen started.
27 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965
25 June - 6 July - 15th Berlin International Film Festival
19 September - West German federal election, 1965
26 October - The Second Erhard cabinet led by Ludwig Erhard was sworn in.

Births

January 6 - Christine Wachtel, German runner
January 12 - Maybrit Illner, German journalist
January 24 - Robin Dutt, German footballer
February 9
- Christian Schenk, German athlete
- Dieter Baumann, German athlete
- Silvia Sperber, German sport shooter
February 24 - Hansi Flick, German football player and manager
February 27 - Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
April 6
- Theresia Bauer, German politician
- Rica Reinisch, German swimmer
April 11 - Simone Thomalla, German actress
April 21
- Thomas Helmer, German football player
- Christina Plate, German actress
May 11 - Guido Maria Kretschmer, German fashion designer
May 15 - Martin Sonneborn, German comedian and politician
May 23 - Tom Tykwer, German film director
June 10 - Veronica Ferres, German actress
June 19 - Sabine Braun, German athlete
June 23 - Manuel Andrack, German journalist, television show editor, television host and author
July 9 - Nadine Capellmann, German equestrian
August 2 - Katrin Müller-Hohenstein, German journalist
August 16 - Ercan Durmaz, German actor
August 28 - Peter Kohl, German businessman and author
September 7 - Jörg Pilawa, German television presenter
September 12
- Silke Hörner, German swimmer
- Oliver Kalkofe, German comedian and television presenter
October 6 - Jürgen Kohler, German football player
October 11 - Alexander Hacke, German guitarist and singer
October 23 - Andreas Zülow, German boxer
November 7 - Sigrun Wodars, German middle-distance athlete
November 11 - Friedrich Merz, German lawyer and politician
November 23 - Marcel Beyer, German writer
December 3 - Katarina Witt, German figure skater
December 4 - Ulf Kirsten, German football player
December 21
- Anke Engelke, German actress and comedian
- Cem Özdemir, German politician

Full date unknown

Henning Löhlein, German illustrator

Deaths

17 January - Hans Marchwitza, German writer and poet (born 1890)
29 March - Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (born 1885)
7 May - Princess Pauline of Württemberg (born 1877)
12 May - Max Herz, German businessman (born 1905)
1 June - Hellmut von der Chevallerie, German general (born 1896)
2 September - Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and writer (born 1917)
4 September — Albert Schweitzer, German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician (born 1875)
8 September — Hermann Staudinger, German chemist (born 1881)
11 October - Hans Nielsen, German actor (born 1911)
22 October - Paul Tillich, Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian (born 1886)
25 October - Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (born 1888)
2 November - Herbert Windt, German composer (born 1894)
3 November - Hans von Raumer, German politician (born 1870)
19 November — Werner Lange, Kriegsmarine admiral (born 1893)