1950 in Germany
Events in the year 1950 in West Germany and East Germany.
Decades:
1940s • 1950s • 1960s |
See also: History of Germany (1945–1990) • Timeline of German history#20th century • List of years in Germany#20th century |
Decades:
1940s • 1950s • 1960s |
See also: History of East Germany • History of Germany (1945–1990) • Timeline of German history#20th century • List of years in Germany#20th century |
Incumbents
West Germany
East Germany
- Head of State – Wilhelm Pieck
- Head of Government – Otto Grotewohl
Births
- January 9 - Rio Reiser, singer (died 1996)
- March 22 - Hugo Egon Balder, actor and comedian
- May 16 - Georg Bednorz, physicist
- May 18 - Thomas Gottschalk, actor and television presenter
- June 16 - Klaus Lage, singer
- July 27- David Storl, track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put
- August 5 - Rosi Mittermaier, alpine ski racer
- October 13 - Annegret Richter, athlete
- October 28 - Annette Humpe, singer
- November 17 - Roland Matthes, swimmer
Deaths
- 12 February — Max Beckmann, German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (born 1884)
- 27 April — Karl Straube, German organist (born 1873)
- 29 June — Melitta Bentz, German inventor and entrepreneur (born 1873)
- 8 November — Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer, German zoologist (born (1873)
References
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