1986 in Germany
Events in the year 1986 in Germany.
Incumbents
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
- 15 June - 1986 Lower Saxony state election
- 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
January
- 2 January - Nicole Reinhardt, Olympic canoeist
- 6 January - Benjamin Simm, rugby player
- 13 January - Laura Ludwig, Olympic beach volleyball player
February
- 16 February - Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Olympic dressage rider
March
- 5 March - Constantin von Jascheroff, actor
- 27 March - Manuel Neuer, footballer
April
- 11 April - Lena Schöneborn, Olympic pentathlete
June
- 4 June - Fahriye Evcen, German-born Turkish actress
- 5 June - Christian Baracat, rugby player
- 11 June - Sebastian Bayer, Olympic long jumper
July
- 20 July - Andreas Kümmert, singer
- 25 July - Robert Dietrich, ice hockey player
- 30 July - Arthur Abele, Olympic decathlete
August
- 7 August - Paul Biedermann, Olympic swimmer
- 17 August - Tobias Schönenberg, actor and model
- 26 August - Kerstin Thiele, Olympic judoka
September
- 23 September - Gina-Lisa Lohfink, actress and model
October
- 9 October - Dave Grunewald, singer, podcaster, fitness expert, and co-frontman for Annisokay
- 26 October - René Rast, racing driver
- 28 October - Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, Olympic equestrian
November
- 5 November - Axel Tischer, wrestler
- 12 November - Robert Müller, footballer
- 22 November - Verena Schäffer, politician
December
- 9 December - Miriam Welte, Olympic cyclist
- 13 December - Christian Engelhart, 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