1955 in Germany

← 1954 1953 1952 1955 in Germany → 1956 1957 1958
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1955 List of years in Germany

Events in the year 1955 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President – Theodor Heuss
• Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Births

• 4 January - Wolfgang Tiefensee, German politician
• 18 January - Gerburg Jahnke, German comedian
• 25 January - Petra Gerster, German journalist
• 1 February - Hans Werner Olm, German comedian
• 21 March - Bärbel Wöckel, German sprinter
• 15 May - Claudia Roth, German politician.
• 10 June - Annette Schavan, German politician.
• 29 July - Christian Tramitz, German actor, comedian, voice actor and author.
• 15 August - Roger Willemsen, German author, essayist and TV presenter.
• 20 August - Helge Schneider, German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor
• 2 September - Claus Kleber, German journalist
• 22 September - Lilo Wanders, German transvestite entertainer, comedian and theatre/television host
• 25 September - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballplayer and trainer
• 8 December - Martin Semmelrogge, German actor
• 22 December - Thomas C. Südhof, German biochemist

Deaths

• 18 April - Albert Einstein. German theoretical physicist (born 1879)
• 29 June - Max Pechstein, German painter (born 1881)
• 12 August - Thomas Mann, German author (born 1875)
• 9 October - Joseph Vollmer, German engineer (born 1871)

References