1986 in Germany

Incumbents

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

  Events

• 14 - 25 February - 36th Berlin International Film Festival
• 27 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
• 8 June - East German general election, 1986
• July - Launch of the second generation BMW 7 Series.
• September - Launch of the third generation Audi 80.
• 17 October - Launch of the all-new Opel Omega, which succeeds the Opel Rekord.
• December - The Opel Omega is voted European Car of the Year, with the Audi 80 coming second in the contest and the BMW 7 Series coming third.
• German company Volkswagen Group acquired a controlling stake in spanish company SEAT.

  Births

• 6 January - Benjamin Simm, German rugby player
• 13 January - Laura Ludwig, German beach volleyball player
• 5 March - Constantin von Jascheroff, German actor
• 27 March - Manuel Neuer, German footballer
• 11 April - Lena Schöneborn, German athlete
• 5 June - Christian Baracat, German rugby player
• 11 June - Sebastian Bayer, German long jumper
• 20 July - Andreas Kümmert, German singer
• 25 July - Robert Dietrich, German ice hockey player
• 30 July - Arthur Abele, German decathlete
• 7 August - Paul Biedermann, German swimmer
• 26 August - Kerstin Thiele, German judoka
• 23 September - Gina-Lisa Lohfink, German actress and model
• 26 October - René Rast, German racing driver
• 28 October- Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, German equestrian
• 12 November - Robert Müller, German footballer
• 9 December - Miriam Welte, German cyclist
• 13 December - Christian Engelhart, German racing driver

  Deaths

• January 23 - Joseph Beuys, artist
• January 25 - Josef Kammhuber, general
• January 25 - Ernst Schnabel, German writer
• January 27 – Lilli Palmer, actress
• February 3 — Alfred Vohrer, German film director and actor
• March 11 - Herbert Runge, German boxer
• March 13 - Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician
• March 17 - Heinz Nixdorf, German computing pioneer, businessman and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG
• June 9 - Elisabeth Selbert, politician and lawyer
• July 14 - Joseph Vogt, classical historian
• July 24 - Willy Kaiser, German boxer
• August 3 - Otmar Emminger, German economist
• September 30 - Franz Burda I, German publisher
• October 4 — Arno von Lenski, German officer
• October 30 - Fritz Tillmann, German actor
• October 30 - Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, German politician
• November 12 - Ria Baran, German pair skater
• December 2 - Heinrich Amersdorffer, German painter and printmaker
• December 12 - Paul Verner, politician
• December 19 - Werner Dankwort, German diplomat