Events in the year 1964 in Germany.
Incumbents President – Heinrich Lübke Chancellor – Ludwig Erhard
Events
1 January - Start of Einer wird gewinnen with Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff on German broadcaster ARD 11 January - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 26 June - July 7 - 14th Berlin International Film Festival 27 June-5 October: documenta III 1 July - 1964 West German presidential election German company Auto Union is acquired by Volkswagen Group over subsidiary Audi AG.
Births 2 January - Chris Welp, German professional basketball player (died 2015) 6 January- Henry Maske, boxer 28 January - Juergen Teller, German artist and photographer 4 February - Elke Philipp, German Paralympic equestrian 12 February - Stéphane Franke, German athlete (died 2011) 16 February - Susanne Baer, judge 27 February - Thomas Lange, rower 16 March - H.P. Baxxter, singer 18 March - Moses Arndt, politician, doctor and publisher 30 March - Rüdiger Hoffmann, comedian 5 May - Heike Henkel, athlete 21 May - Walter Homolka, rabbi 29 April - Markus Majowski, actor and comedian 2 June - Caroline Link, film director 3 June - Doro, heavy metal singer 17 June - Michael Gross, swimmer 20 June - Silke Möller, athlete 27 June Kai Diekmann, journalist Heike Matthiesen, classical guitarist (d. 2023) 17 July – Norbert Dobeleit, television personality and athlete 21 July - Jens Weißflog, ski jumper 23 July – Nick Menza, German-born American drummer (Megadeth) (d. 2016) 30 July - Jürgen Klinsmann, footballer 8 August - Jan Josef Liefers, actor 17 August - Natascha Ochsenknecht, German actress 19 August - Christoph Schrewe film director 24 August - Beatrice Gründler, German Arabist 12 September - Dirk Richter, German swimmer 24 September - Ralf Husmann, German television producer and screenwriter 2 October - Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player 10 October - Maxi Gnauck, gymnast 19 October - Georg F. W. Schaeffler, German entrepreneur 25 October - Nicole, singer 12 November - Barbara Stühlmeyer, German musicologist, church musician and writer 7 December - Ilse Aigner, politician 8 December - Richard David Precht, author and philosopher 9 December Hape Kerkeling, actor and comedian Johannes B. Kerner, journalist, sports caster and television presenter Paul Landers, musician, band Rammstein Michael Müller, politician 14 December – Antje Vowinckel, radio artist and musician 15 December – Denis Scheck, literary critic and journalist 16 December - Heike Drechsler, athlete 19 December - Ben Becker, actor 24 December - Bernd Michael Lade, actor
Deaths January 4 - Andreas Hermes, German politician (born 1878) January 18 - Thomas Wimmer, German politician (born 1887) January 21 - Joseph Baumgartner, German politician (born 1904) January 22 - Lissy Arna, German actress (born 1900) February 8 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (born 1888) February 13 Jakob Brendel, German wrestler (born 1907) Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (born 1902) February 21 -Georg Jacoby, German film director and screenwriter (born 1882) March 13 - Friedrich Lahrs, German architect (born 1880) April 13 - Veit Harlan, German film director and actor (born 1899) April 20 - August Sander, German portrait and documentary photographer (born 1876) April 24 - Gerhard Domagk German pathologist and bacteriologist (born 1895) May 21 - James Franck, German physicist (born 1882) June 5 - Ernst Waldow, German actor (born 1893) September 10 - Paul Klingenburg, German water polo player (born 1907) September 21 - Otto Grotewohl, German politician (born 1894) September 28 - Richard Häussler, German actor (born 1908) October 4 - Claus Bergen, German painter (born 1885) October 26 - Agnes Miegel, German poet (born 1879) November 1 — Karl von Graffen, Wehrmacht general (born 1893) November 14 - Heinrich von Brentano, German politician (born 1904) December 30 - Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, German neuropathologist (born 1885)
See also 1964 in German television
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