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Events in the year 1962 in Germany.

• President – Heinrich Lübke

• Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

• 16-17 February - North Sea flood of 1962

• 2 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

• 28 February – Oberhausen Manifesto

• 22 June – 3 July 12th Berlin International Film Festival

• 8 October – Spiegel affair begins, when an article in Der Spiegel questions the adequacy of Germany's defence capability.

• 25 November – The 1962 Bavarian state election took place. The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) achieved a majority under Minister-President Alfons Goppel.

• 14 December – The Fifth Adenauer cabinet, led by Konrad Adenauer, is sworn in.

• 5 January – Ralf Meister, German Lutheran theologian, former General Superintendent (regional bishop) of Berlin, and Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover

• 9 January – André Wohllebe, German canoeist (died 2014)

• 19 January – Monika Grütters, German politician

• 31 January – Frank Wieneke, German judoka

• 8 February – Martin Wuttke, German actor

• 13 February – Christiane Weber, German fencer

• 25 February – Birgit Fischer, German kayaker

• 4 March – Stephan Reimertz, German historian and author

• 9 March – Rolf Saalfrank, German shot putter

• 10 March – Sepp Daxenberger, politician (died 2010)

• 12 March – Andreas Köpke, footballer

• 17 March – Rudi Spring, German composer (died 2025)

• 24 March – Irina Meszynski, German discus thrower

• 26 March – Susanne Daubner, German television presenter

• 1 April – Stefanie Tücking, German radio and television presenter (died 2018)

• 24 April – Heike Kemmer, equestrian

• 28 April – Susanne Klatten, German business woman

• 29 April – Stephan Burger, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church

• 18 May – Sandra, German singer

• 21 May – Uwe Rahn, German football player

• 31 May – Sebastian Koch, German actor

• 3 June – Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter

• 10 June – Ralf Schumann, German sport shooter

• 22 June – Campino, German singer

• 24 June – Christine Neubauer, German actress

• 9 July – Jan Degenhardt, German lawyer and folk-singer

• 15 July – Jens Bullerjahn, German engineer and politician (died 2022)

• 21 July – Gabi Bauer, German journalist

• 28 July – Torsten Gütschow, German football player

• 9 August – Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German politician

• 23 August – Jürgen Tonkel, German actor

• 30 September – Kathrin Schneider, German politician

• 9 October – Durs Grünbein, German poet

• 25 October – Martin Haase, German linguist

• 30 October – Stefan Kuntz, German football player

• 1 November – Ulf Timmermann, German athlete

• 6 November – Georg Uecker, German actor

• 28 November – Andreas Behm, German weightlifter

• 30 November – Heinrich Deichmann, German entrepreneur

• 1 December – Detlev Buck, German actor, film producer and screenwriter

• 5 December – Marion Kracht, German actress

• 14 December – Bela B., German singer and musician

• 31 December – Katy Karrenbauer, German actress

• 1 January – Hans von Salmuth, German general (born 1888)

• 7 February – Clara Nordström, Swedish-born German writer and translator (born 1886)

• 8 March – Hans Felber, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1889)

• 5 April – Käte Selbmann, German politician (b. 1906)

• 11 May – Hans Luther, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)

• 18 May – Sandra, singer

• 19 May – Gabriele Münter, German painter (born 1877)

• 26 May – Karl Rapp, German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich.(born 1882)

• 1 June – Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) (born 1906)

• 15 June – Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German nobleman (born 1887)

• 18 June – Friederich-Karl Burckhardt, German World War I flying ace (born 1889)

• 25 July – Helene Weber, German politician (born 1881)

• 9 August – Hermann Hesse, German writer (born 1877)

• 20 August – Kurt Schumacher, German politician (born 1895)

• 1 September – Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, German general (born 1889)

• 10 September – Rudolf Petersen, German politician (born 1878)

• 25 September – Herbert Koch, German archaeologist (born 1880)

• 21 October – Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (born 1891)

• 14 November – Wilhelm Lachnit, German painter (born 1899)

• 13 December – Rudolf Wissell, German politician (born 1869)

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