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1960 in Germany 
Summary
Events in the year 1960 in Germany.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
Births edit
- 5 January - Bettina Tietjen, German television presenter and talk show host
- 10 January - Claudia Losch, German shot putter
- 14 January - Andrea Fischer, German politician
- 3 February - Joachim Löw, German football coach
- 7 February
- Klaus J. Behrendt, German actor
- Kristin Otto, German swimmer
- 16 February - Frank-Markus Barwasser, German comedian and journalist
- 23 February - Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, German socialite, businesswoman and artist
- 24 March - Nena, German singer
- 25 March - Markus Maria Profitlich, German comedian and actor
- 13 April - Rudi Völler, German football player
- 16 April - Pierre Littbarski, German football player
- 18 April - Neo Rauch, German artist
- 11 May - Jürgen Schult, German discus thrower
- 16 May - Tamme Hanken, German horse whisperer and animals bonesetter (died 2016)
- 7 June
- Steffen Seibert, German journalist
- Peter Limbourg, German journalist
- 1 August - Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
- 8 August - Ralf König, German comic writer
- 14 September - Christian Petzold, German film director
- 18 September - Wolfgang Bahro, German actor
- 23 September - Barbara Mensing, German archer[1]
- 27 September - Patrick Lindner, German singer
- 12 October - Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist[2]
- 17 October - Hartmut Weber, German athlete
- 24 October - Christoph Schlingensief, German theatre director, performance artist and filmmaker (died 2010)
- 29 October - Dieter Nuhr, German comedian
- 2 November - Andy Borg, German singer
- 4 November - Frl. Menke, German singer
- 9 November
- Andreas Brehme, German football player and manager (died 2024)
- Roland Dickgießer, German footballer
- 15 November - Susanne Lothar, German actress (died 2012)
- 27 November - Eike Immel, German football player
- 2 December - Justus von Dohnányi, German actor
- 12 December
- Volker Beck, German politician
- Martina Hellmann, German track and field athlete
- 22 December - Felicitas Hoppe, German writer
Deaths edit
- 4 January — Hugo Meurer, German admiral (born 1869)[3]
- 25 January — Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (born 1889)[4]
- 27 January — Hans Schlossberger, German physician (born 1887)
- 18 March — Hans Bischoff, German entomologist (born 1889)
- 25 March - Ernst Melsheimer, German lawyer (born 1897)
- 30 March - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor (born 1870)
- 20 April - Helmut Käutner, German film director (born 1908)
- 24 April — Max von Laue, German physicist (born 1879)[5]
- 31 May — Walther Funk, German banker and economist (born 1890)
- 13 June — Wilhelm Keppler, German businessman (born 1882)
- 25 June — Walter Baade, German astronomer (born 1893)[6]
- 29 June — Victor Janson, German actor and film director (born 1884)
- 2 July - Edmund Heckler German engineer & weapons manufacture (born 1906)
- 3 July — Erwin Jaenecke, German general (born 1890)
- 6 July — Hans Wilsdorf, German businessman and founder of Rolex (born 1881)
- 16 July - Albert Kesselring, German Generalfeldmarshal of Luftwaffe (born 1885)[7]
- 24 July — Hans Albers, German actor (born 1891)[8]
- 23 August — Bruno Loerzer, German aviator and air force general (born 1891)
- 7 September - Wilhelm Pieck, German politician (born 1876)
- 8 October - Hermann Schmitz, German industrialist (born 1881)
- 15 October — Henny Porten, German actress and producer (born 1890)
- 5 November — Erich Neumann, German psychologist (born 1905)[9]
- 6 November - Erich Raeder, German admiral (born 1876)[10]
- 9 November — Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, German Nazi general (born 1903)
- 2 December – Fritz August Breuhaus, German architect, interior designer and designer (born 1883)
- 7 December - Walter Noddack, German chemist (born 1893)
- 14 December - Hermine Körner, German actress (born 1878)
- 28 December - Eduard Ludwig, German architect (born 1906)
- 31 December - Joseph Wendel, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1901)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Barbara MENSING - Olympic Archery | Germany". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Dorothee Vieth - Team Deutschland Paralympics". www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Short biography, with photo of Meurer's gravestone". Ehrengräber in Kiel (in German). Archived from the original on 19 December 2010.
- ^ "Obituary: Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70". The New York Times. January 28, 1960. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ Ewald, P. P. (1960). "Max von Laue 1879-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6: 134–156. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0028. S2CID 71307727.
- ^ Osterbrock, D. E. (Sep 2002). "Walter Baade, Dynamical Astronomer at Goettingen, Hamburg, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories". AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #33. 33. Harvard Univ: 10.03. Bibcode:2002DDA....33.1003O.
- ^ Lingen, Kerstin von (2009). Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945–1960. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-7006-1641-1. OCLC 263605489.
- ^ "Historisches Kalenderblatt". Deutschlandfunk. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ "Erel Shalit: Gershom Scholem: Obituary for Erich Neumann". www.erelshalit.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "Erich Raeder". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2 November 2020 [20 July 1998]. Retrieved 13 April 2021.