1955 in Germany

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Events in the year 1955 in Germany.

Incumbents[]

  • President – Theodor Heuss
  • Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Events[]

Births[]

  • 4 January - Wolfgang Tiefensee, German politician
  • 14 January - Jan Fedder, German actor (died 2019)
  • 16 January - Martin Roth, German museum director (died 2017)
  • 18 January - Gerburg Jahnke, German comedian
  • 25 January - Petra Gerster, German journalist
  • 1 February - Hans Werner Olm, German comedian
  • 1 February - Christian, Duke of Oldenburg, head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg
  • 10 February - Bernd Martin, German football player (died 2018)
  • 6 March - Friedbert Pflüger, German politician
  • 8 March - Thomas Bellut, German journalist
  • 11 March - Nina Hagen, German musician
  • 21 March - Bärbel Wöckel, German sprinter
  • 13 April - Ole von Beust, German politician
  • 29 April - Klaus Siebert, German biathlete (died 2016)
  • 15 May - Claudia Roth, German politician
  • 15 May - Alexander Pusch, German fencer
  • 26 May - Doris Dörrie, German film director
  • 2 June - Heiko von der Leyen, German physician
  • 10 June - Annette Schavan, German politician
  • 11 June - Marie Gruber, German actress
  • 1 July - Rosemarie Wenner, German Methodist bishop
  • 29 July - Christian Tramitz, German actor, comedian, voice actor and author
  • 9 August - Udo Beyer, German track and field athlete
  • 15 August - Roger Willemsen, German author, essayist and TV presenter (died 2016)
  • 20 August - Helge Schneider, German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor
  • 25 August - Gerd Müller, German politician
  • 2 September - Claus Kleber, German journalist
  • 14 September - Wilhelm Huxhorn, German footballer (died 2010)
  • 20 September - Lilo Wanders, German transvestite entertainer, comedian and theatre/television host
  • 22 September - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German football player and trainer
  • 25 September - Peter Müller, German politician
  • 25 September - Richy Müller, German actor
  • 30 September - Andy Bechtolsheim, German businessman
  • 11 October - Hans-Peter Briegel, German footballer
  • 25 October - Peter Nocke, German swimmer
  • 10 November - Roland Emmerich, German film director, screenwriter, and producer
  • 8 December - Martin Semmelrogge, German actor
  • 15 December - Renate Künast, German politician
  • 22 December - Thomas C. Südhof, German biochemist
  • 31 December - Gregor Braun, German cyclist

Deaths[]

  • 15 January — Johannes Baader, German architect, writer and artist (born 1875)
  • 24 January - Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch, German anatomist (born 1868)
  • 20 February — Eugen Schmalenbach, German economist (born 1873)
  • 24 March - Otto Gessler, German politician (born 1875)
  • 18 April — Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist (born 1879)
  • 29 May - Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor (born 1885)
  • 29 June - Ernst Legal, German actor (born 1881)
  • 29 June — Max Pechstein, German painter (born 1881)
  • 2 August - Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, German nobleman (born 1869)
  • 12 August — Thomas Mann, German author (born 1875)
  • 13 August — Wilhelm Kreis, German architect (born 1873)
  • 19 August - Otto Weiß, Luftwaffe officer (born 1907)
  • 25 August - Heinrich Spoerl, German author (born 1887)
  • 31 August:
    • Willi Baumeister, German painter, scenic designer, art professor and typographer (born 1889)
    • Eberhard Koebel, German youth leader and writer (born 1907)
  • 9 October — Joseph Vollmer, German engineer (born 1871)
  • 15 December — Otto Braun, German politician (born 1872)
  • 19 December - Herbert von Dirksen, German diplomat (born 1882)

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