1985 in Germany

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

• 15 - 26 February - 35th Berlin International Film Festival
• 21 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
• 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal

• January 7 - Tiger Kirchharz, German dancer
• March 25 - Luise Heyer, German actress
• April 9 - Tim Bendzko, German singer-songwriter
• April 28 - Lucas Jakubczyk, German athlete
• May 6 - Theresa Underberg, German actress
• June 1 - Prince Christian of Hanover
• June 4 - Lukas Podolski, German football player
• June 20
  • Kai Hesse, footballer
  • Halil Savran, footballer
  • Katharina Schulze, politician
• June 27 - Nico Rosberg, Formula One racing driver
• July 10 - Mario Gómez, German football player
• August 27 - Daniel Küblböck, German singer (died 2018)
• September 12 - Sascha Klein, German swimmer
• November 15 - Claas Relotius, German journalist who admitted numerous instances of journalistic fraud[1]
• November 21 - Nadine Müller, German athlete
• December 24 - Christina Schwanitz, German short putter

• February 10 - Werner Hinz, German actor (born 1903)
• April 10 - Klaus Scholder, ecclesiastical historian (born 1930)
• March 29 - Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (born 1911)
• May 8 - Karl Marx, German composer (born 1897)
• May 21 - Kurt Waitzmann, German actor (born 1905)
• May 30 - Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (born 1908)
• April 6 - Mark Lothar, German composer (born 1902)
• April 7 - Carl Schmitt. German jurist and political theorist (born 1888)
• June 29 - Walter Rudi Wand, German judge (born 1928)
• July 16 - Heinrich Böll, German writer (born 1917)
• August 2 - Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, theatre and filmdirector (born 1908)
• September 22 - Axel Springer, German journalist (born 1912)
• October 2 - Alex Möller, German politician (born 1903)
• November 12 - Willi Dehnkamp, German politician (born 1903)
• December 2 - Heinz Hoffmann, German politician (born 1910)
• December 26 - Margarete Schön, German actress (born 1895)

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