1986 in Germany

Events in the year 1986 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President - Richard von Weizsäcker
 * Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

 * 14 - 25 February - 36th Berlin International Film Festival
 * 27 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
 * 8 June - East German general election, 1986
 * July - Launch of the second generation BMW 7 Series.
 * September - Launch of the third generation Audi 80.
 * 17 October - Launch of the all-new Opel Omega, which succeeds the Opel Rekord.
 * December - The Opel Omega is voted European Car of the Year, with the Audi 80 coming second in the contest and the BMW 7 Series coming third.
 * German company Volkswagen Group acquired a controlling stake in Spanish company SEAT.

January

 * 2 January – Nicole Reinhardt, Olympic canoeist
 * 6 January – Benjamin Simm, rugby player
 * 13 January – Laura Ludwig, Olympic beach volleyball player

February

 * 16 February – Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Olympic dressage rider

March

 * 5 March – Constantin von Jascheroff, actor
 * 27 March – Manuel Neuer, footballer

April

 * 11 April – Lena Schöneborn, Olympic pentathlete

June

 * 4 June – Fahriye Evcen, German-born Turkish actress
 * 5 June – Christian Baracat, rugby player
 * 11 June – Sebastian Bayer, Olympic long jumper

July

 * 20 July – Andreas Kümmert, singer
 * 25 July – Robert Dietrich, ice hockey player (d. 2011)
 * 30 July – Arthur Abele, Olympic decathlete

August

 * 7 August – Paul Biedermann, Olympic swimmer
 * 17 August – Tobias Schönenberg, actor and model
 * 26 August – Kerstin Thiele, Olympic judoka

September

 * 23 September – Gina-Lisa Lohfink, actress and model

October

 * 9 October – Dave Grunewald, singer, podcaster, fitness expert, and co-frontman for Annisokay (2011-2019)
 * 26 October – René Rast, racing driver
 * 28 October – Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, Olympic equestrian

November

 * 5 November – Axel Tischer, wrestler
 * 12 November – Robert Müller, footballer

December

 * 9 December – Miriam Welte, Olympic cyclist
 * 13 December – Christian Engelhart, racing driver

Deaths

 * January 23 - Joseph Beuys, artist (born 1921)
 * January 25 - Josef Kammhuber, general (born 1896)
 * January 25 - Ernst Schnabel, German writer (born 1913)
 * January 27 – Lilli Palmer, actress (born 1914)
 * February 3 — Alfred Vohrer, German film director and actor (born 1914)
 * March 11 - Herbert Runge, German boxer (born 1913)
 * March 13 - Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician (born 1906)
 * March 17 - Heinz Nixdorf, German computing pioneer, businessman and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG (born 1925)
 * June 9 - Elisabeth Selbert, politician and lawyer (born 1896)
 * July 14 - Joseph Vogt, classical historian (born 1895)
 * July 24 - Willy Kaiser, German boxer (born 1912)
 * August 3 - Otmar Emminger, German economist (born 1911)
 * September 30 - Franz Burda I, German publisher (born 1903)
 * October 4 — Arno von Lenski, German officer (born 1893)
 * October 30 - Fritz Tillmann, German actor (born 1910)
 * October 30 - Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, German politician (born 1901)
 * November 12 - Ria Baran, German pair skater (born 1922)
 * December 2 - Heinrich Amersdorffer, German painter and printmaker (born 1905)
 * December 12 - Paul Verner, politician (born 1911)
 * December 19 - Werner Dankwort, German diplomat (born 1895)