1984 in Germany

Incumbents

• President - Karl Carstens, Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

  Events

• 17–28 February - 34th Berlin International Film Festival
• 29 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
• 17 June - 1984 European Parliament election in West Germany
• 24 August - Launch of the all-new Opel Kadett, which will be built in West Germany as well as other countries including Belgium and the United Kingdom.
• 7 October - East German Republic Day Parade of 1984
• December - The Opel Kadett is voted European Car of the Year, the first Opel car to win the award.
• Date unknown: German company Grundig is taken over by Netherlands company Philips.

  Births

• January 1 - Christian Eigler, German footballer
• January 11 - Mark Forster, German singer-songwriter
• January 19 - Aljona Savchenko, pair skater
• January 25 - Stefan Kießling, German football player
• May 31 - Daniela Samulski, German swimmer
• June 13 - Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German athlete
• June 20 - Dennis Malura, footballer
• July 7 - Stephanie Stumph, German actress
• August 1 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer.
• August 5 - Helene Fischer, German singer
• August 29 - Alexander Hug, rugby player
• August 29 - Helge Meeuw, German swimmer
• September 29 - Per Mertesacker, German footballer.
• October 11 - Sebastian Ernst, German athlete
• October 18 - Robert Harting, German discus thrower
• October 18 - Annekatrin Thiele, German rower
• October 24 - Christian Reif, German athlete
• November 24 - Maria Höfl-Riesch, German ski racer
• December 28 - Martin Kaymer, German golfer

  Deaths

• January 26 - Leny Marenbach, German actress
• February 22 - Uwe Johnson, German writer
• March 6 - Martin Niemöller, German theologian and Lutheran pastor
• April 10 - Willy Semmelrogge, German actor
• November 28 - Hans Speidel, German general
• December 11 - Krafft Arnold Ehricke, German rocket-propulsion engineer and advocate for space colonization