1962 in Germany

Events in the year 1962 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Heinrich Lübke
 * Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

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.
 * 14 December – The Fifth Adenauer cabinet, led by Konrad Adenauer, is sworn in.

Births

 * 5 January – Ralf Meister, German Lutheran theologian, former General Superintendent (regional bishop) of Berlin, and Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
 * 9 January – André Wohllebe, German canoeist (died 2014)
 * 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, shot putter
 * 10 March – Sepp Daxenberger, politician (died 2010)
 * 12 March – Andreas Köpke, footballer
 * 24 March – Irina Meszynski, German discus thrower
 * 26 March – Susanne Daubner, German television presenter
 * 1 April – Stefanie Tücking, German radio and television presenter (died 2018)
 * 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 (died 2022)
 * 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
 * 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 (born 1888)
 * 7 February – Clara Nordström, Swedish-born German writer and translator (born 1886)
 * 8 March – Hans Felber, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1889)
 * 5 April – Käte Selbmann, German politician (b. 1906)
 * 11 May – Hans Luther, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
 * 18 May – Sandra, singer
 * 19 May – Gabriele Münter, German painter (born 1877)
 * 26 May – Karl Rapp, German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich.(born 1882)
 * 1 June – Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) (born 1906)
 * 15 June – Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German nobleman (born 1887)
 * 18 June – Friederich-Karl Burckhardt, German World War I flying ace (born 1889)
 * 9 August – Hermann Hesse, German writer (born 1877)
 * 20 August – Kurt Schumacher, German politician (born 1895)
 * 1 September – Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, German general (born 1889)
 * 10 September – Rudolf Petersen, German politician (born 1878)
 * 25 September – Herbert Koch, German archaeologist (born 1880)
 * 21 October – Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (born 1891)
 * 14 November – Wilhelm Lachnit, German painter (born 1899)
 * 13 December – Rudolf Wissell, German politician (born 1869)