1979 in Germany

Incumbents

• President – Walter Scheel, Karl Carstens
• Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt

  Events

• 20 February - 3 March - 29th Berlin International Film Festival
• March 17 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
• March 18 - Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1979
• March 18 - West Berlin state election, 1979
• June 10 - European Parliament election, 1979
• undated: Neue Deutsche Welle, a pop musical genre, spreads throughout the land.

  Births

• 7 January - Christian Lindner, German politician
• 10 January - Maximilian Brückner, German actor
• 13 January - Joko Winterscheidt, German television presenter
• 29 January - Sarah Kuttner, German television presenter and author
• 6 February - Alice Weidel, German politician
• 12 March - Tim Wieskötter, German canoeist
• 20 April - Fady Maalouf, Lebanese-born singer and runner-up of Deutschland sucht den Superstar
• 25 May - Elli Erl, singer and winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar
• 26 May - Jonas Reckermann, German beach volleyball player
• 29 May - Arne Friedrich, German football player
• 14 June - Constantin Schreiber, German journalist
• 10 July - Tobias Unger, German athlete
• 14 July - Robin Szolkowy, pair skater
• 24 August - Markus Walger, rugby player
• 24 August - Markus Walger, German rugby player
• 25 August - Philipp Mißfelder, German politician
• 27 August - Ole Bischof, German judoka
• 2 December - Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer
• 21 December - Bert Tischendorf, German actor

  Deaths

• 4 January - Peter Frankenfeld, German comedian
• 22 March - Paul Nevermann, German politician
• 2 April - Erich Rademacher, German swimmer
• 14 May - Heinz Pollay, German equestrian
• 1 June - Werner Forssmann, German physician
• 3 June - Arno Schmidt, German author and translator
• 5 June - Heinz Erhardt, German comedian
• 8 June - Reinhard Gehlen, German general and intelligent officer
• 15 June - Ernst Meister, German writer
• 26 June - Franz-Josef Röder, German politician
• 28 June - Paul Dessau, German conductor and composer
• 6 August - Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist
• 12 August - Ernst Boris Chain, German biochemist
• 12 September - Josef Müller, German politician
• 1 December - Max Jacobson, German physician
• 4 December - Friedrich Ebert Jr., German politician
• 11 December - Carlo Schmid, German politician
• 13 December - Alfred Bengsch, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church
• 19 December - Wilhelm Kaisen, German politician
• 24 December - Rudi Dutschke, German radical student leader