Events in the year 1966 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 30 January â Hans Tutschku, German composer
- 7 February â Claudia Nolte, German politician
- 7 February â Kristin Otto, German swimmer
- 8 February â Bruno Labbadia, German footballer and manager
- 9 February â Christoph Maria Herbst, German actor and comedian
- 16 February â Martin Perscheid, German cartoonist (d. 2021)
- 22 February â Thorsten Kaye, German-English actor
- 26 February â Anette Gersch, German alpine skier
- 18 March â Anne Will, German journalist
- 3 April â Michael Mittermeier, German comedian
- 4 April â Stefan Mappus, German politician
- 19 April â Oliver Welke, German television presenter, actor, comedian and sports journalist
- 21 April â Francis Fulton-Smith, German-British actor
- 3 May â Katrin Göring-Eckardt, German politician
- 8 May â Rocko Schamoni, German entertainer, author and musician
- 9 May â Stefan Quandt, German engineer and industrialist
- 11 May â Christoph Schneider, German musician
- 25 May â Tatjana Patitz, German model and actress (died 2023)
- 28 May â Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer
- 30 May â Thomas HäÃÂler, German football player
- 31 May â Frank Goosen, German cabaret artist and novelist
- 1 June â Sven Rothenberger, German equestrian
- 5 June â Sebastian Krumbiegel, German singer
- 1 July â Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, German fencer
- 7 July â Gundula Krause, German-Irish violinist
- 8 July â Ralf Altmeyer, German virologist
- 14 July â Ralf Waldmann, German motorcycle race (died 2018)
- 18 July â Kathrin Neimke, German track and field athlete
- 23 July â Wolfgang Büchner, German journalist
- 1 August â Axel Oberwelland, German businessman
- 7 August â Stefan HeÃÂe, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
- 20 August â Andreas Hartenfels, German politician
- 25 August â Sandra Maischberger, German journalist
- 7 September â Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
- 13 September â Maria Furtwängler, German actress
- 19 September â Heiko Maas, German politician
- 22 September â ErdoÃÂan Atalay, German-Turkish actor
- 30 September â Leo Löwenstein, German racing driver (died 2010)
- 8 October â Tabea Zimmermann, German violinist
- 17 October â Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse, German nobleman
- 9 September â Georg Hackl, German luger
- 20 October â Stefan Raab, German television presenter
- 1 November â Barbara Becker, German model
- 16 November â Christian Lorenz, German musician
- 3 December â Bernd Althusmann, German politician
Deaths
- 28 January â Ada Tschechowa, Russo-German actress (born 1916)
- 23 March â August Bach, German politician (born 1897)
- 23 March â Hilde Schrader, German swimmer (born 1910)
- April 13 - Felix von Luckner, German nobleman, author and sailor (born 1881)
- May 8- Erich Pommer, German film producer and executive (born 1889)
- May 10 - Erich Engel, German film and theatre director (born 1891)
- May 24 - Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (born 1885)
- June 12 - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (born 1891)
- July 16 - Bernhard Schweitzer, German archaeologist (born 1892)
- July 31 - Alexander von Falkenhausen, German general (born 1878)
- August 22 - Günther Birkenfeld, German writer (born 1901)
- August 29 â Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, Queen consort of Portugal in exile (born 1890)
- September 12 - Heinrich Stuhlfauth, German football player and goal keeper (born 1896)
- September 17 â Fritz Wunderlich, singer (born 1930)
- September 19 - Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, equestrian and general (born 1899)
- October 17 - Wieland Wagner, German opera director (born 1917)
- November 19 - Margarete Haagen, German actress (born 1889)
- December 3 - Friedrich Marby, German rune occultist and Germanic revivalist (born 1882)
- December 4 - Renate Ewert, German actress (born 1933)
See also
References