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
• 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

  May

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