title: 1965 in Germany
text: # 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)
  