1962 in Germany
Events in the year 1962 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
- 16-17 February - North Sea flood of 1962
- 2 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
- 28 February - Oberhausen Manifesto
- 22 June - 3 July 12th Berlin International Film Festival
- 8 October - Spiegel affair begins, when an article in Der Spiegel questions the adequacy of Germany's defence capability.
- 25 November - The 1962 Bavarian state election took place. The Christian Social Union in Bavaria achieved a majority under Minister-President Alfons Goppel.
- 14 December - The Fifth Adenauer cabinet, led by Konrad Adenauer, is 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
- 4 March - Stephan Reimertz, German historian and author
- 9 March - Rolf Saalfrank, German shot putter
- 10 March - Sepp Daxenberger, politician
- 12 March - Andreas Köpke, footballer
- 17 March - Rudi Spring, German composer
- 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
- 9 July - Jan Degenhardt, German lawyer and folk-singer
- 15 July - Jens Bullerjahn, German engineer and politician
- 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
- 30 September - Kathrin Schneider, German politician
- 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
- 1 January - Hans von Salmuth, German general
- 7 February - Clara Nordström, Swedish-born German writer and translator
- 8 March - Hans Felber, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient
- 5 April - Käte Selbmann, German politician
- 11 May - Hans Luther, German politician, Chancellor of Germany
- 18 May – Sandra, singer
- 19 May - Gabriele Münter, German painter
- 26 May - Karl Rapp, German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich.
- 1 June - Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer
- 15 June - Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German nobleman
- 18 June - Friederich-Karl Burckhardt, German World War I flying ace
- 25 July - Helene Weber, German politician
- 9 August - Hermann Hesse, German writer
- 20 August - Kurt Schumacher, German politician
- 1 September - Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, German general
- 10 September - Rudolf Petersen, German politician
- 25 September - Herbert Koch, German archaeologist
- 21 October - Karl Elmendorff, German conductor
- 14 November - Wilhelm Lachnit, German painter
- 13 December - Rudolf Wissell, German politician