1976 in Germany

Incumbents

West Germany

• President – Walter Scheel
• Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt

  East Germany

• Head of State – Willi Stoph, Erich Honecker
• Head of Government – Horst Sindermann, Willi Stoph

  Events

• February 1 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
• June 25 - July 6 - 26th Berlin International Film Festival
• July 1 - Mitbestimmungsgesetz
• October 3 - West German federal election, 1976
• October 17 - East German general election, 1976
• December 16 - The Second Schmidt cabinet led by Helmut Schmidt was sworn in.

  Births

• January 6 - Judith Rakers, German journalist
• January 9 - Simon Gosejohann, German comedian and television presenter
• January 21 - Alexander Bommes, German handball player and journalist
• January 21 - Kerstin Kowalski, German rower
• March 12 - Andreas Erm, German race walker
• April 6 - Anke Rehlinger, German politician
• April 11 - Ruth Moschner, German television presenter
• May 3 - Alexander Gerst, German astronaut
• May 25 - Sandra Nasić, German singer
• June 10 - Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, German nobleman
• June 19 - Abdoul Thiam, German footballer
• July 10 - Lars Ricken, German football player
• September 26 - Michael Ballack, German football player
• November 2 - Mike Leon Grosch, German singer
• November 12 - Judith Holofernes, German singer

  Deaths

• January 18 - Friedrich Hollaender, German film composer and author
• February 1 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist
• February 1 - Hans Richter, German painter and graphic artist
• February 11 - Alexander Lippisch, German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics
• February 25 - Paul May, German film director
• March 27 - Georg August Zinn, German politician
• April 1 - Max Ernst, German painter
• April 13 - Traugott Herr, German general
• May 9 — Ulrike Meinhof, German terrorist
• May 12 - Rudolf Kempe, German conductor
• May 26 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher
• June 18 - Karl Adam, German rowing coach
• July 1 - Anneliese Michel, German woman
• July 5 - Anna Hübler, German pair skater
• July 7 - Gustav Heinemann, German politician, former President of Germany
• July 24 - Julius Döpfner, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church
• July 30 - Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg
• August 10 - Paul Lücke, German politician
• September 9 - Gottlob Bauknecht, German businessman
• August 10 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter
• October 3 - Hermann Pünder, German politician
• October 18 - Paul Schmidt, German engineer
• October 21 - Theodor Koch, German engineer and weapons manufacturer
• November 8 - Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player
• November 30 - Fritz Rasp, German actor
• November 30 - Armin Zimmermann, German admiral
• December 14 - Friedrich Foertsch, German general