1977 in Germany

Events in the year 1977 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Walter Scheel
 * Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt

Events

 * Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977
 * 24 June-2 October: documenta 6
 * 24 June - 5 July - 27th Berlin International Film Festival
 * 5 September-18 October: Kidnapping and murder of Hanns-Martin Schleyer
 * 13 October - Lufthansa Flight 181 was hijacked by four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,
 * German Autumn
 * East German coffee crisis

Births

 * January 15 - Ronald Zehrfeld, German actor
 * February 16 - Thomas Rupprath, German swimmer
 * February 22 - Jessica Wahls, German pop singer
 * February 22
 * Claudia Hiersשche, German actress
 * Timo Rose, German actor, director, and producer
 * March 4 - Daniel Klewer, German footballer
 * March 7 - Mitja Zastrow, German-born Dutch swimmer
 * April 2 - Michael fassbender, German and Irish actor
 * May 2 - Jan Fitschen, German athlete
 * May 3 - Nicola Thost, German snowboarder
 * May 5 Jessica Schwarz, German actress
 * July 21 - Danny Ecker, German pole vaulter
 * August 2 - Florian Stetter, German actor
 * August 3 - Kristina Schröder, German politician
 * August 29 - Jo Weil, German actor
 * October 16 - Björn Otto, German pole vaulter
 * November 28 - Claus von Wagner, German comedian and cabaret performer
 * December 19 - Samy Deluxe, German singer

Deaths

 * January 6 - Hanns Lilje, Lutheran bishop (born 1899)
 * January 18 - Carl Zuckmayer, German writer and playwright (born 1896)
 * February 22 - Otto Graf, German actor (born 1896)
 * March 4 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician (born 1887)
 * April 7 Karl Ritter, German film producer (born 1888)
 * April 7 - Siegfried Buback, Attorney General of Germany (born 1920)
 * May 5 - Ludwig Erhard, politician (born 1897)
 * May 5 - Erich Campe, German boxer (born 1912)
 * May 13 — Otto Deßloch, German Luftwaffe general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1889)
 * June 16 - Wernher von Braun, German, later American, aerospace engineer, and space architect (born 1912)
 * June 16 - Werner Eggerath, German politician and writer (born 1900)
 * June 30 - Paul Hartmann, German actor (born 1889)
 * July 30 - Jürgen Ponto, German bankier (born 1923)
 * August 4 - Ernst Bloch, German philosopher (born 1885)
 * August 28 - Peter Altmeier, politician (born 1899)
 * August 29 - Annemarie Steinsieck, actress (born 1889)
 * September 3 - Erna Herchenröder, trade unionist and politician (born 1903)
 * September 7 - Edgar Basel, German boxer (born 1930)
 * October 10 - Lea Grundig, German painter (born 1906)
 * October 18 - Hanns Martin Schleyer, business executive and employer and industry representative (born 1915)
 * October 26 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (born 1905)
 * November 2 - Hans Erich Nossack, German writer (born 1901)
 * December 22 - Karl John, German actor (born 1905)