1965 in Germany

Events in the year 1965 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Heinrich Lübke
 * Chancellor – Ludwig Erhard

Events

 * 4 January - German broadcaster NDR Fernsehen started.
 * 27 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965
 * 25 June - 6 July - 15th Berlin International Film Festival
 * 19 September - West German federal election, 1965
 * 26 October - The Second Erhard cabinet led by Ludwig Erhard was sworn in.

Births

 * January 6 - Christine Wachtel, German runner
 * January 12 - Maybrit Illner, German journalist
 * January 24 - Robin Dutt, German footballer
 * February 9
 * Christian Schenk, German athlete
 * Dieter Baumann, German athlete
 * Silvia Sperber, German sport shooter
 * February 24 - Hansi Flick, German football player and manager
 * February 27 - Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
 * April 6 - Rica Reinisch, German swimmer
 * April 11 - Simone Thomalla, German actress
 * April 21
 * Thomas Helmer, German football player
 * Christina Plate, German actress
 * May 11 - Guido Maria Kretschmer, German fashion designer
 * May 15 - Martin Sonneborn, German comedian and politician
 * May 23 - Tom Tykwer, German film director
 * June 10 - Veronica Ferres, German actress
 * June 19 - Sabine Braun, German athlete
 * June 23 - Manuel Andrack, German journalist, television show editor, television host and author
 * July 9 - Nadine Capellmann, German equestrian
 * August 2 - Katrin Müller-Hohenstein, German journalist
 * August 16 - Ercan Durmaz, German actor
 * August 28 - Peter Kohl, German businessman and author
 * September 7 - Jörg Pilawa, German television presenter
 * September 12
 * Silke Hörner, German swimmer
 * Oliver Kalkofe, German comedian and television presenter
 * October 6 - Jürgen Kohler, German football player
 * October 11 - Alexander Hacke, German guitarist and singer
 * October 23 - Andreas Zülow, German boxer
 * November 7 - Sigrun Wodars, German middle-distance athlete
 * November 11 - Friedrich Merz, German lawyer and politician
 * November 23 - Marcel Beyer, German writer
 * December 3 - Katarina Witt, German figure skater
 * December 4 - Ulf Kirsten, German football player
 * December 21
 * Anke Engelke, German actress and comedian
 * Cem Özdemir, German politician

Full date unknown

 * Henning Löhlein, German illustrator

Deaths

 * 17 January - Hans Marchwitza, German writer and poet (born 1890)
 * 29 March - Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (born 1885)
 * 7 May - Princess Pauline of Württemberg (born 1877)
 * 12 May - Max Herz, German businessman (born 1905)
 * 1 June - Hellmut von der Chevallerie, German general (born 1896)
 * 2 September - Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and writer (born 1917)
 * 4 September — Albert Schweitzer, German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician (born 1875)
 * 8 September — Hermann Staudinger, German chemist (born 1881)
 * 11 October - Hans Nielsen, German actor (born 1911)
 * 22 October - Paul Tillich, Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian (born 1886)
 * 25 October - Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (born 1888)
 * 2 November - Herbert Windt, German composer (born 1894)
 * 3 November - Hans von Raumer, German politician (born 1870)
 * 19 November — Werner Lange, Kriegsmarine admiral (born 1893)