1960 in Germany

Events in the year 1960 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Heinrich Lübke
 * Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Events

 * 1 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960
 * 24 June - 5 July - 10th Berlin International Film Festival

Births

 * 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
 * 27 September - Patrick Lindner, German singer
 * 12 October - Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist
 * 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

 * 4 January — Hugo Meurer, German admiral (born 1869)
 * 25 January — Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (born 1889)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 24 July — Hans Albers, German actor (born 1891)
 * 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)
 * 6 November - Erich Raeder, German admiral (born 1876)
 * 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)