1961 in Germany

Incumbents

• President – Heinrich Lübke
• Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

  Events

• 25 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961
• 23 June - 4 July - 11th Berlin International Film Festival
• 17 September - West German federal election, 1961
• 14 November - The Fourth Adenauer cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in.
• Date unknown - Bark scale by German acoustics scientist Eberhard Zwicker

  Births

• January 24 - Guido Buchwald, German football player
• January 29 - Petra Thümer, German swimmer
• February 5 - Dietmar Bär, German actor
• February 6 - Malu Dreyer, German politician
• February 18 - Armin Laschet, German politician
• February 25 - Hermann Gröhe, German politician
• March 20 - Maja Maranow, German actress
• March 21 - Lothar Matthäus, German football player and manager
• April 19 - Bernd Stelter, German comedian
• April 23 - Dirk Bach, German actor
• April 29 - Prince Heinrich of Hanover, German historian and publisher
• May 7 - Hans-Peter Bartels, German politician
• May 8 - Andrea Pollack, German swimmer
• May 14 - Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
• May 14 - Urban Priol, German comedian
• June 6 - Anke Behmer, German athlete
• June 12 - Hannelore Kraft, German politician
• June 29 - Jörg Meuthen, German politician
• August 15 - Dietmar Mögenburg, German high jumper
• September 7 - Jochen Horst, German actor
• September 10 - Uwe Freimuth, German decathlete
• September 12 - Kirsten Fehrs, German Lutheran bishop
• September 14 - Martina Gedeck, German actress
• September 15 - Hendrikje Fitz, German actress
• September 15 - Frank Emmelmann, German sprinter
• October 22 - Dietmar Woidke, German politician
• November 17 - Wolfram Wuttke, German footballer
• December 2 - Gaby Köster, German comedian
• December 12 - Jan Stressenreuter, German author
• December 26 - Jörg Schüttauf, German actor
• December 27 - Guido Westerwelle, politician

  Deaths

• 2 January — Walter Hörnlein, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient
• 4 February — Heinz Lord, German-American surgeon
• 26 February — Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer and arts professor
• 12 March — Hedwig Wangel, German actress
• 24 April — Hans-Friedrich Blunck, German jurist and writer
• 7 May — Jakob Kaiser, German politician and resistance leader
• 30 May - Werner Richard Heymann, German film composer
• 7 June — Karl Henry von Wiegand, German born American journalist and war correspondent
• 22 July - Georg Rosen, German diplomat
• 23 July- Rudolf Katz, German politician and judge
• 5 August - Hanns Seidel, German politician
• 10 September — Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver
• 18 October - Wilhelm Boden, German politician
• 21 October - Karl Korsch, German politician
• 25 October — Werner Willikens, German Imperial officer and Nazi public servant
• 26 October — Fritz Lang, German painter
• 7 November — Augustin Rösch, German Catholic priest
• 21 December — Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, German politician
• 25 December — Otto Loewi, pharmacologist and psychobiologist