1984 in Germany
# 1984 in Germany

Events in the year 1984 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President - Karl Carstens (until 30 June), Richard von Weizsäcker (starting 1 July)
* Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

## Events

* 17–28 February - 34th Berlin International Film Festival
* 29 March – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
* 17 June - 1984 European Parliament election in West Germany
* 24 August - Launch of the all-new Opel Kadett, which will be built in West Germany as well as other countries including Belgium and the United Kingdom.
* 7 October - East German Republic Day Parade of 1984
* December - The Opel Kadett is voted European Car of the Year, the first Opel car to win the award.
* Date unknown: German company Grundig is taken over by Netherlands company Philips.

## Births

* 1 January – Christian Eigler, German footballer
* 9 January – Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
* 11 January – Mark Forster, German singer-songwriter
* 19 January – Aljona Savchenko, pair skater
* 25 January – Stefan Kießling, German football player
* 31 May – Daniela Samulski, German swimmer (died 2018)
* 13 June – Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German athlete
* 20 June – Dennis Malura, footballer
* 7 July – Stephanie Stumph, German actress
* 1 August – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer.
* 5 August – Helene Fischer, German singer
* 29 August
   * Christian Lell, German footballer
   * Alexander Hug, rugby player
   * Helge Meeuw, German swimmer
* 29 September – Per Mertesacker, German footballer.
* 11 October – Sebastian Ernst, German athlete
* 18 October
   * Robert Harting, German discus thrower
   * Annekatrin Thiele, German rower
* 24 October – Christian Reif, German athlete
* 24 November – Maria Höfl-Riesch, German ski racer
* 28 December – Martin Kaymer, German golfer

## Deaths

* 26 January – Leny Marenbach, German actress (born 1907)
* 22 February – Uwe Johnson, German writer (born 1932)
* 6 March – Martin Niemöller, German theologian and Lutheran pastor (born 1892)
* 21 March – August Frank, Nazi German official, SS leader and convict at the Nuremberg trials (born 1898)
* 30 March – Karl Rahner, German Jesuit priest and theologian (b. 1904)
* 10 April – Willy Semmelrogge, German actor (born 1923)
* 15 April – Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1901)
* 17 July – Karl Wolff, German Nazi SS Officer (born 1900)
* 9 October – Heinz von Cleve, German stage and film actor (born 1897)
* 21 October – Adolf Fischer, German actor (born 1900)
* 23 November – Paul Dahlke, German actor (born 1904)
* 28 November – Hans Speidel, German general (born 1897)
* 11 December – Krafft Arnold Ehricke, German rocket-propulsion engineer and advocate for space colonization (born 1917)
* 16 December – Karl Deichgräber, German classical philologist (born 1903)
