1893 in Germany

January

• 2 January – Walter Hörnlein, Wehrmacht general (died 1961)
• 12 January:
  • Hermann Göring, World War I fighter ace and Reichsmarschall of Nazi Germany (died 1946)
  • Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue (died 1946)
• 15 January – George of Saxony, Crown prince of Saxony (died 1943)
• 18 January:
  • Wolfgang Klemperer, Austro-American scientist (died 1965)
  • Hans Schlemmer, Wehrmacht general (died 1973)
• 19 January – Johannes Dieckmann, politician (died 1969)
• 22 January – Otto Herfurth, Wehrmacht general and July 20 conspirator (died 1944)

February

• 8 February – Werner Willikens, German politician (died 1961)
• 13 February – Franz Brandt, World War I flying ace (died 1954)
• 17 February:
  • Gustav Höhne, Wehrmacht general (died 1951)
  • Wolff von Stutterheim, Wehrmacht general (died 1940)
• 21 February – Friedrich Manschott, World War I German flying ace (died 1917)
• 26 February – Otto Kissenberth, World War I German flying ace (died 1919)
• 28 February – Gerhard Roßbach, Freikorps leader (died 1967)

March

• 6 March – Fritz Otto Bernert, World War I German flying ace (died 1918)
• 12 March – Erwin Planck, German politician (died 1945)
• 16 March – Herbert von Bose, German publicist (died 1934)
• 19 March – Gertrud Dorka, archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (died 1976)^[2]
• 20 March – Kurt Wissemann, World War I German flying ace (died 1917)
• 21 March – Walter Schreiber, Austro-Hungarian Imperial Army and Wehrmacht general (died 1970 in Argentina)
• 23 March – Andreas von Aulock, Imperial Army officer and Wehrmacht general (died 1968)
• 24 March:
  • Walter Baade, German astronomer (died 1960)
  • Emmy Göring, German actress (died 1973)
• 30 March – Theodor Krancke, Kriegsmarine admiral (died 1973)
• 31 March – Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian (died 1982)

April

• 3 April – Hans Riegel Sr., German inventor entrepreneur (died 1945)
• 6 April:
  • Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Prince of Prussia (died 1917)
  • Alfred Gerstenberg, Luftwaffe general (died 1959)
• 13 April – Günther Krappe, Wehrmacht officer (died 1981)
• 15 April – Maximilian Ritter von Pohl, German army and air force officer (died 1951)
• 17 April – Maximilian von Herff, Waffen-SS officer (died 1945)
• 18 April – Johann Mickl, Austrian Imperial Army officer and Wehrmacht general (died 1945)
• 23 April – Thomas-Emil von Wickede, Wehrmacht general (died 1944)
• 25 April – Ernst Torgler, German politician (died 1963)
• 29 April – Johann Reichhart, German executioner (died 1972)
• 30 April – Viktor Schobinger, German flying ace in both world wars (died 1989)
• 30 April – Joachim von Ribbentrop, German politician (died 1946)

May

• 6 May – Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, German politician (died 1961)
• 11 May – Augustin Rösch, German Catholic priest (died 1961)
• 12 May – Hasso von Wedel, World War I German flying ace (died 1945)
• 14 May – Joachim von Busse, World War I German flying ace (died 1945)
• 17 May – Hans von Häbler, World War I German flying ace (died 1918)
• 19 May – Karl Thom, World War I German flying ace (died 1945)
• 20 May – Helmuth Schlömer, Wehrmacht general (died 1995)
• 25 May – Mortimer von Kessel, Wehrmacht general (died 1981)
• 27 May:
  • Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian (died 2005)
  • Paul Helwig, Germany psychologist (died 1963)

June

• 6 June – Karl von Graffen, Wehrmacht general (died 1964)
• 10 June – Rudolf Querner, Waffen-SS general (died 1945)
• 13 June – Reinhold Tiling, German engineer (died 1933)
• 20 June – Wilhelm Zaisser, East German politician (died 1958)
• 22 June:
  • Friedrich Köchling, Wehrmacht general (died 1970)
  • Conrad Veidt, German-American actor (died 1943)
• 24 June – Albert Graf von der Goltz, German aristocrat and Wehrmacht officer (died 1944)
• 26 June – Karl Freiherr von Thüngen, German general (died 1944)
• 30 June – Walter Ulbricht, East German politician (1973)

July

• 6 July – Hans Böhning, World War I German flying ace (died 1934)
• 9 July – Max Ritter von Mulzer, World War I German flying ace (died 1916)
• 15 July – William Dieterle, actor and film director (died 1972)
• 18 July – Werner Lange, Kriegsmarine admiral (died 1965)
• 20 July – Arno von Lenski, German officer (died 1986)
• 21 July – Hans Fallada, German writer (died 1947)
• 23 July – Adolf Fischer, Wehrmacht general (died 1947)
• 26 July – George Grosz, painter (died 1959)

August

• 1 August – Friedrich Zickwolff, Wehrmacht general (died 1944)
• 7 August:
  • Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, World War I German flying ace (died 1925)
  • Günther Rittau, German film director (died 1971)
• 9 August – Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, German actor (died 1958)
• 16 August – Hans Koch, lawyer (died 1945)
• 17 August – Walter Noddack, chemist (died 1960)
• 22 August – Ernst Sieler, general (died 1983)
• 22 August – Ernst Waldow, actor (died 1964)
• 24 August – Haim Ernst Wertheimer biochemist (died 1978)
• 25 August – Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk, flying ace and general (died 1946)
• 26 August – Rolf Wuthmann, general (died 1977)

September

• 4 September – Friedrich Karst, general (died 1975)
• 7 September – Ernst Schirlitz, admiral (died 1978)
• 12 September – Wolfgang Zeller, composer (died 1967)
• 17 September – Willibald Borowietz, general (died 1945)
• 20 September – Hans Scharoun, architect (died 1972)
• 21 September – Erna Scheffler, judge (died 1983)
• 22 September – Hans Leip poet and playwright (died 1983)
• 29 September – Friedrich Ritter von Röth, flying ace (died 1918)
• 30 September – Otto Wernicke, actor (died 1965)

October

• 9 October – Heinrich George, actor (died 1946)
• 12 October – Hans von Greiffenberg, general (died 1951)
• 13 October – Kurt Reidemeister, mathematician (died 1971)
• 16 October – Adolf Kratzer, physicist (died 1983)
• 21 October – Werner Richter, general (died 1944)
• 30 October:
  • Roland Freisler, judge (died 1945)
  • Karl von Oberkamp, general (died 1947)

November

• 6 November – Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs, naval officer (died 1972)
• 10 November – Martin Hering, entomologist (died 1967)
• 14 November – Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, nobleman (died 1975)
• 19 November – Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, general (died 1970)

December

• 1 December – Ernst Toller, playwright (died 1939)
• 7 December – Hermann Balck, general (died 1982)
• 8 December – Albert Brendel, officer
• 9 December – Albert Abicht, politician (died 1973)
• 20 December – Ernst Pfeiffer, entomologist (died 1955)
• 23 December – Walther von Axthelm, general (died 1972)
• 26 December – Josef Rieder, cyclist (died 1916)
• 31 December – Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, nobleman (died 1968)

• 30 January – Victor I, Duke of Ratibor, nobleman (born 1818)
• 14 February – Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder, painter (born 1809)
• 18 February – Gerson von Bleichröder, banker (born 1822)
• 24 February – Karl Anton Eugen Prantl, botanist (born 1849)
• 25 April – Hermann Gundert, missionary (born 1814)
• 3 May – Adolf Kiessling, philologist (born 1837)
• 8 May – Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 1817)
• 12 May – George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1831)
• 14 May – Ernst Kummer, mathematician (born 1810)
• 6 June – Karl Josef von Hefele, theologian (born 1809)
• 7 June – Hermann Julius Grüneberg, chemist (born 1827)
• 12 June – Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, nobleman (born 1849)
• 12 June - Ferdinand Jühlke, German botanist (born 1815)
• 14 June – Jakob Frohschammer, philosopher (born 1821)
• 19 June – Hermann Baumgarten, historian (born 1825)
• 23 June – Rudolf von Roth, indologist (born 1821)
• 8 July – Eduard von Lutz, general (born 1810)
• 5 August – Friedrich Wilhelm Adami, author (born 1816)
• 22 August – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1818)
• 26 August – Friedrich Gustav Carl Ulrich Franz von Schnehen, nobleman (born 1808)
• 15 September – Hermann Sauppe, philologist (born 1809)
• 7 October – Maximilian von Versen, nobleman (born 1833)
• 12 October – Georg von Kameke, general (born 1817)
• 29 October – Gustav Mützel, artist (born 1839)
• 9 November – Hermann August Hagen, entomologist (born 1817)
• 21 November – Rudolf Kaltenbach, gynaecologist (born 1842)
• 25 November – Johann Bauschinger, mathematician (born 1834)
• 11 December – Georg von der Gabelentz, linguist (born 1840)
• 15 December – Karl Ludwig Michelet, philosopher (born 1801)