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Events in the year 1960 in Germany.

## Incumbents[edit]

* President – Heinrich Lübke
* Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

## Events[edit]

* 1 February \- Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960
* 24 June \- 5 July \- 10th Berlin International Film Festival

## Births[edit]

* 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[1]
* 27 September \- Patrick Lindner, German singer
* 12 October \- Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist[2]
* 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[edit]

* 4 January — Hugo Meurer, German admiral (born 1869)[3]
* 25 January — Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (born 1889)[4]
* 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)[5]
* 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)[6]
* 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)[7]
* 24 July — Hans Albers, German actor (born 1891)[8]
* 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)[9]
* 6 November \- Erich Raeder, German admiral (born 1876)[10]
* 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[edit]

* 1960 in German television

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Barbara MENSING - Olympic Archery | Germany". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
2. ^ "Dorothee Vieth - Team Deutschland Paralympics". www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. ^ "Short biography, with photo of Meurer's gravestone". Ehrengräber in Kiel (in German). Archived from the original on 19 December 2010.
4. ^ "Obituary: Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70". The New York Times. January 28, 1960. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
5. ^ Ewald, P. P. (1960). "Max von Laue 1879-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6: 134–156. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0028. S2CID 71307727.
6. ^ Osterbrock, D. E. (Sep 2002). "Walter Baade, Dynamical Astronomer at Goettingen, Hamburg, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories". AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #33. 33. Harvard Univ: 10.03. Bibcode:2002DDA....33.1003O.
7. ^ Lingen, Kerstin von (2009). Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945–1960. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p. 220\. ISBN 978-0-7006-1641-1. OCLC 263605489.
8. ^ "Historisches Kalenderblatt". Deutschlandfunk. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
9. ^ "Erel Shalit: Gershom Scholem: Obituary for Erich Neumann". www.erelshalit.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
10. ^ "Erich Raeder". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2 November 2020 [20 July 1998]. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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