1954 in Germany explained
Events in the year 1954 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 4 January - Birgit Havenstein, German composer
- 16 January - Wolfgang Schmidt, German track and field athlete
- 19 January
- 21 January - Thomas de Maizière, German politician
- 7 February - Dieter Bohlen, songwriter, producer, singer and television personality
- 10 February - Peter Ramsauer, German politician
- 19 February - Reiner Haseloff, German politician
- 26 February - Prince Ernst August of Hanover, German head of the deposed royal House of Hanover
- 1 March - Volker Wieker, German chief of staff of the Bundeswehr
- 6 March - Harald Schumacher, German football player
- 26 March
- 1 April - Dieter Müller, German football player
- 9 April - Arnold Stadler, German writer
- 16 April - Sibylle Lewitscharoff, German author (died 2023)
- 19 April - Ingrid Peters, German singer
- 20 April
- 21 April - Sabine Engel, German discus thrower
- 1 May - Eckart Diesch, German sailor
- 24 May - Rainald Goetz, German author, playwright and essayist
- 8 June - Jochen Schümann, German sailor
- 10 June - Ute Frevert, German historian
- 13 June - Heiner Koch, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
- 20 June - Karlheinz Brandenburg, German electrical engineer and mathematician
- 3 July - Herbert Hainer, German businessman
- 17 July - Angela Merkel, German politician, Chancellor of Germany[1]
- 25 July - Jürgen Trittin, German politician
- 28 July - Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
- 14 August - Berthold Albrecht, German entrepreneur (died 2012)
- 11 October - Sascha Hehn, German actor
- 12 October - Norbert Klaar, German sport shooter
- 3 November - Siegfried Mauser, German pianist
- 25 November - Rudolf Mellinghoff, German judge
- 14 December - Eva Mattes, German actress
- 24 December - Lorenz Caffier, German politician
Deaths
- January 15 - Hermann Höpker-Aschoff, German judge and politician (born 1883)
- January 19 - Cornelius van Oyen, German sport shooter (born 1886)
- January 22 - Princess Margaret of Prussia, Prussian princess (born 1872)
- February 6 - Friedrich Meinecke, German historian (born 1862)
- March 7 — Otto Diels, German chemist (born 1876)
- April 14 -Siegfried von Roedern, German politician (born 1870)
- May 6 - Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German crown princess (born 1886)
- May 19 - Johannes Joseph van der Velden, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born 1891)
- June 14 - Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen, German composer and conductor (born 1882)
- June 27 - Theodor Loos, German actor (born 1883)
- July 1 - Thea von Harbou, German actress, novelist and film director (born 1888)
- July 16 - Herms Niel, German composer (born 1888)
- August 4 - Harald Paulsen, German actor (born 1895)
- August 7 - Wilhelm Dittmann, German politician (born 1874)
- August 25- Johannes Stroux, German philologist and writer (born 1886)
- September 5 - Eugen Schiffer, German politician (born 1860)
- September 27 - Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (born 1881)
- October 29 - Hermann Ehlers, German politician (born 1904)
- October 30 - Gustav Dahrendorf, German politician (born 1901)
- November 11 - Reinhold Schünzel, German actor (born 1886)
- November 30 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (born 1886)
- December 14 - Emil Rausch, German swimmer (born 1883)
- December 30 - Günther Quandt, German industrialist (born 1881)
- Date unknown — Franz Brandt, World War I German flying ace (born 1893)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Angela Merkel Biography, Political Career, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 15 October 2020 . en.
