Events in the year 1960 in Germany.
Incumbents
President – Heinrich Lübke
Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer
Events
1 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960
24 June - 5 July - 10th Berlin International Film Festival
Births
5 January - Bettina Tietjen, German television presenter and talk show host
10 January - Claudia Losch, German shot putter
14 January - Andrea Fischer, German politician
3 February - Joachim Löw, German football coach
7 February
Klaus J. Behrendt, German actor
Kristin Otto, German swimmer
16 February - Frank-Markus Barwasser, German comedian and journalist
23 February - Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, German socialite, businesswoman and artist 24 March - Nena, German singer 25 March - Markus Maria Profitlich, German comedian and actor 13 April - Rudi Völler, German football player 16 April - Pierre Littbarski, German football player 18 April - Neo Rauch, German artist 11 May - Jürgen Schult, German discus thrower 16 May - Tamme Hanken, German horse whisperer and animals bonesetter (died 2016) 7 June Steffen Seibert, German journalist Peter Limbourg, German journalist 1 August - Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church 8 August - Ralf König, German comic writer 14 September - Christian Petzold, German film director 18 September - Wolfgang Bahro, German actor 23 September - Barbara Mensing, German archer 27 September - Patrick Lindner, German singer 12 October - Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist 17 October - Hartmut Weber, German athlete 24 October - Christoph Schlingensief, German theatre director, performance artist and filmmaker (died 2010) 29 October - Dieter Nuhr, German comedian 2 November - Andy Borg, German singer 4 November - Frl. Menke, German singer 15 November - Susanne Lothar, German actress (died 2012) 27 November - Eike Immel, German football player 2 December - Justus von Dohnányi, German actor 12 December Volker Beck, German politician Martina Hellmann, German track and field athlete 22 December - Felicitas Hoppe, German writer
Deaths
4 January — Hugo Meurer, German admiral (born 1869) 25 January — Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (born 1889) 27 January — Hans Schlossberger, German physician (born 1887) 18 March — Hans Bischoff, German entomologist (born 1889) 25 March - Ernst Melsheimer, German lawyer (born 1897) 30 March - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor (born 1870) 20 April - Helmut Käutner, German film director (born 1908) 24 April — Max von Laue, German physicist (born 1879) 31 May — Walther Funk, German banker and economist (born 1890) 13 June — Wilhelm Keppler, German businessman (born 1882) 25 June — Walter Baade, German astronomer (born 1893) 29 June — Victor Janson, German actor and film director (born 1884) 2 July - Edmund Heckler German engineer & weapons manufacture (born 1906) 3 July — Erwin Jaenecke, German general (born 1890) 6 July — Hans Wilsdorf, German businessman and founder of Rolex (born 1881) 16 July - Albert Kesselring, German Generalfeldmarshal of Luftwaffe (born 1885) 24 July — Hans Albers, German actor (born 1891) 23 August — Bruno Loerzer, German aviator and air force general (born 1891) 7 September - Wilhelm Pieck, German politician (born 1876) 8 October - Hermann Schmitz, German industrialist (born 1881) 15 October — Henny Porten, German actress and producer (born 1890) 5 November — Erich Neumann, German psychologist (born 1905) 6 November - Erich Raeder, German admiral (born 1876) 9 November — Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, German Nazi general (born 1903) 2 December – Fritz August Breuhaus, German architect, interior designer and designer (born 1883) 7 December - Walter Noddack, German chemist (born 1893) 14 December - Hermine Körner, German actress (born 1878) 28 December - Eduard Ludwig, German architect (born 1906) 31 December - Joseph Wendel, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1901)