Günter Bannas dead at age 74
Günter Bannas, the German journalist who led the Berlin office of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,
died on July 24, 2026, in Berlin. He was 74. Born in Kassel in 1952,…
Named Günter
Over 50 obituaries for famous people named Günter. See who they were, when they died, and read their memorial pages.
Günter Kuntz dead at age 87
Günter Kuntz, the German footballer who played as a right winger for VfR Kaiserslautern, Borussia Neunkirchen and Austria Wien,
died on July 12, 2026. Born on November 28, 1938, in…
Gunter Stein dead at age 84
Gunter Stein, a German-American electrical engineer,
died on July 11, 2026. Born on July 16, 1941, in Bordesholm, Germany, he emigrated to the United States with his family in 1954.…
Günter Lenz dead at age 87
Günter Lenz, the German jazz bassist and composer,
died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Frankfurt am Main on 25 July 1938, he began as…
Gunter Hampel dead at age 88
Gunter Hampel, a German jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer,
died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Göttingen on Aug. 31, 1937, he was a jazz musician…
Günter Jena dead at age 92
Günter Jena, a German choral conductor and musicologist,
died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 92–93. Born in Leipzig in 1933, he attended the Thomasschule there before studying…
Günter Pichler Austrian violinist, traffic collision dead at age 85
Günter Pichler, Austrian violinist, teacher and conductor,
died on April 24, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was 85. Pichler was the first violin in the Alban Berg Quartett. Born…
Günter Kilian
German Olympic water polo player (1968
Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Günter Lyhs
German gymnast
Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Günter Harder
German mathematician
Died on Thursday June 12th 2025
Günter Benser
German historian
Died on Saturday March 29th 2025
Günter Rixe
German politician
Died on Wednesday November 20th 2024
Bill Gunter
American politician
Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Günter Petzow
German materials scientist
Died on Friday February 23rd 2024
Günter Brus
Austrian painter
Died on Sunday February 11th 2024
Paul Günter
Swiss doctor and politician
Died on Wednesday January 24th 2024
Günter Figal
German philosopher
Died on Sunday January 21st 2024
Günter Schliwka
German Olympic weightlifter (1980)
Died on Sunday September 10th 2023
Günter Wewel
German operatic bass and television presenter
Died on Thursday May 11th 2023
Günter Vetter
Austrian politician
Died on Tuesday October 11th 2022
Günter Lamprecht
German actor (Berlin Alexanderplatz
Died on Friday October 7th 2022
Günter Schirnhofer
German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
Died on Thursday July 21st 2022
Günter Deckert
German far-right political activist
Died on Friday April 1st 2022
Günter Maschke
German political scientist
Died on Tuesday February 15th 2022
Gunter Hadwiger
Austrian politician
Died on Monday December 20th 2021
Günter Lach
German politician
Died on Friday December 17th 2021
Günter Kaekow
German general (National People's Army)
Died on Sunday December 12th 2021
Günter Sawitzki
German footballer
Died on Tuesday December 15th 2020
Günter Rittner
German painter and illustrator
Died on Saturday November 28th 2020
Günter de Bruyn
German author
Died on Thursday October 8th 2020
Günter Siegmund
German boxer
Died on Monday October 5th 2020
Günter Kunert
German writer
Died on Monday September 23rd 2019
Günter Perleberg
German sprint canoeist
Died on Saturday August 10th 2019
Günter Dreyer
German Egyptologist
Died on Saturday March 16th 2019
Günter Blobel
Silesian born American biologist. Nobel Prize laureate (1999)
Died on Monday February 19th 2018
Günter Hoge
German footballer
Died on Tuesday November 7th 2017
Günter Halm
German Leutnant in the Heer during World War II
Died on Friday October 6th 2017
Gunter Gabriel
German singer
Died on Thursday June 22nd 2017
Günter Siebert
German football player and executive
Died on Tuesday June 20th 2017
Günter Siebert
German football player and executive
Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Günter Siebert
German football player and executive
Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Günter Braake
German soldier
Died on Saturday May 21st 2016
Günter Schröter
German football player and coach
Died on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Günter Schabowski
German politician
Died on Sunday November 1st 2015
Günter Fronius
Austrian entrepreneur
Died on Tuesday July 21st 2015
Gunter Christmann
German-born Australian painter
Died on Tuesday November 19th 2013
Günter Seibold
German footballer
Died on Thursday June 20th 2013
Hardrock Gunter
American musician
Died on Friday March 15th 2013
Günter Reisch
German film director
Died on Monday February 24th 2014
Günter Asser
German mathematician
Died on Monday March 23rd 2015
Günter Grass
German novelist
Died on Tuesday April 14th 2015