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^[1]
• 12 February - Stéphane Franke, German athlete (died 2011)
• 16 February - Susanne Baer, judge
• 27 February - Thomas Lange, rower
• 16 March - H.P. Baxxter, singer
• 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)
• 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)

See also

• 1964 in German television

References