1962 in Germany
Events in the year 1962 in Germany.Incumbents
- President – Heinrich Lübke
- Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer
Events
- February 16/17 - North Sea flood of 1962
- February 2 and 17 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
- February 28 - Oberhausen Manifesto
- June 22 - July 3 - 12th Berlin International Film Festival
- October 8 - Spiegel affair started.
- December 14 - The Fifth Adenauer cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in.
Births
- 5 January - Ralf Meister, German Lutheran theologian, former General Superintendent of Berlin, and Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
- 9 January - André Wohllebe, German canoeist
- 19 January - Monika Grütters, German politician
- 31 January - Frank Wieneke, German judoka
- 8 February - Martin Wuttke, German actor
- 13 February - Christiane Weber, German fencer
- 25 February - Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
- 9 March - Rolf Saalfrank, shot putter
- 10 March - Sepp Daxenberger, politician
- 12 March - Andreas Köpke, footballer
- 24 March - Irina Meszynski, German discus thrower
- 26 March - Susanne Daubner, German television presenter
- 1 April - Stefanie Tücking, German radio and television presenter
- 24 April - Heike Kemmer, equestrian
- 28 April - Susanne Klatten, German business woman
- 29 April - Stephan Burger, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church
- 18 May - Sandra, German singer
- 21 May - Uwe Rahn, German football player
- 31 May - Sebastian Koch, German actor
- 3 June - Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
- 10 June - Ralf Schumann, German sport shooter
- 22 June - Campino, German singer
- 24 June - Christine Neubauer, German actress
- 21 July - Gabi Bauer, German journalist
- 28 July - Torsten Gütschow, German football player
- 9 August - Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German politician
- 23 August - Jürgen Tonkel, German actor
- 9 October - Durs Grünbein, German poet
- 25 October - Martin Haase, German linguist
- 30 October - Stefan Kuntz, German football player
- 1 November - Ulf Timmermann, German athlete
- 6 November - Georg Uecker, German actor
- 28 November - Andreas Behm, German weightlifter
- 30 November - Heinrich Deichmann, German entrepreneur
- 1 December - Detlev Buck, German actor, film producer and screenwriter
- 5 December - Marion Kracht, German actress
- 14 December - Bela B., German singer and musician
- 31 December - Katy Karrenbauer, German actress
Deaths
- January 1 - Hans von Salmuth, German general
- March 8— Hans Felber, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient
- May 11 - Hans Luther, German politician, Chancellor of Germany
- May 26 - Karl Rapp, German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich.
- June 1 - Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer
- June 15 - Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German nobleman
- June 18 — Friederich-Karl Burckhardt, German World War I flying ace
- August 9 - Hermann Hesse, German writer
- August 20 - Kurt Schumacher, German politician
- September 10 - Rudolf Petersen, German politician
- September 25 - Herbert Koch, Germa narchaeologist
- October 21 - Karl Elmendorff, German conductor
- November 14 - Wilhelm Lachnit, German painter
- December 13 - Rudolf Wissell, German politician
