List of German presidents and chancellors by age

This is a list of German Presidents (since 1919) and Chancellors (since 1871) by age at death.

Where the person in question is still alive, the age is worked out up to August 31, 2024.

Presidents

Rank	President	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years/Days)
1	Walter Scheel	8 July 1919	24 August 2016	97 years, 47 days
2	Richard von Weizsäcker	15 April 1920	31 January 2015	94 years, 291 days
3	Karl Dönitz	16 September 1891	24 December 1980	89 years, 99 days
4	Paul von Hindenburg	2 October 1847	2 August 1934	86 years, 304 days
5	Roman Herzog	5 April 1934	10 January 2017	82 years, 280 days
6	Theodor Heuss	31 January 1884	12 December 1963	79 years, 315 days
7	Joachim Gauck	24 January 1940		84 years, 220 days
8	Heinrich Lübke	14 October 1894	6 April 1972	77 years, 175 days
9	Karl Carstens	14 December 1914	30 May 1992	77 years, 168 days
10	Gustav Heinemann	23 July 1899	7 July 1976	76 years, 350 days
11	Horst Köhler	22 February 1943		81 years, 191 days
12	Johannes Rau	16 January 1931	27 January 2006	75 years, 11 days
13	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	5 January 1956		68 years, 239 days
14	Christian Wulff	19 June 1959		65 years, 73 days
15	Friedrich Ebert	4 February 1871	28 February 1925	54 years, 24 days

Chancellors

Rank	Chancellor	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years/Days)
1	Helmut Schmidt	23 December 1918	10 November 2015	96 years, 322 days
2	Konrad Adenauer	5 January 1876	19 April 1967	91 years, 104 days
3	Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk	22 August 1887	4 March 1977	89 years, 194 days
4	Franz von Papen	29 October 1879	2 May 1969	89 years, 185 days
5	Helmut Kohl	3 April 1930	16 June 2017	87 years, 74 days
6	Heinrich Brüning	26 November 1885	30 March 1970	84 years, 124 days
7	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	6 April 1904	9 March 1988	83 years, 338 days
8	Wilhelm Marx	15 January 1863	5 August 1946	83 years, 202 days
9	Otto von Bismarck	1 April 1815	30 July 1898	83 years, 120 days
10	Hans Luther	10 March 1879	11 May 1962	83 years, 62 days
11	Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst	31 March 1819	6 July 1901	82 years, 97 days
12	Bernhard von Bülow	3 May 1849	28 October 1929	80 years, 178 days
13	Ludwig Erhard	4 February 1897	5 May 1977	80 years, 90 days
14	Georg Michaelis	8 September 1857	24 July 1936	78 years, 320 days
15	Willy Brandt	18 December 1913	8 October 1992	78 years, 295 days
16	Joseph Wirth	6 September 1879	3 January 1956	76 years, 119 days
17	Georg von Hertling	31 August 1843	4 January 1919	75 years, 126 days
18	Gustav Bauer	6 January 1870	16 September 1944	74 years, 254 days
19	Philipp Scheidemann	26 July 1865	29 November 1939	74 years, 126 days
20	Constantin Fehrenbach	11 January 1852	26 March 1926	74 years, 74 days
21	Gerhard Schröder	7 April 1944		80 years, 146 days
22	Leo von Caprivi	24 February 1831	6 February 1899	67 years, 347 days
23	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg	29 November 1856	1 January 1921	64 years, 33 days
24	Angela Merkel	17 July 1954		70 years, 45 days
25	Maximilian von Baden	10 July 1867	6 November 1929	62 years, 119 days
26	Wilhelm Cuno	2 July 1876	3 January 1933	56 years, 185 days
27	Adolf Hitler	20 April 1889	30 April 1945	56 years, 10 days
28	Hermann Müller	18 May 1876	20 March 1931	54 years, 306 days
29	Friedrich Ebert	4 February 1871	28 February 1925	54 years, 24 days
30	Kurt von Schleicher	7 April 1882	30 June 1934	52 years, 84 days
31	Gustav Stresemann	10 May 1878	3 October 1929	51 years, 146 days