German (name)
German (also Germán) is a given name, often the Slavic or Spanish form of Herman, as well as a surname. People with this name include:
Art and music
Given name:
- Germán Cueto, Mexican Sir
- Germán Casas, Chilean singer
- Germán Cueto, Mexican painter
- German Galynin, Soviet Russian composer
- Germán Gedovius, Mexican painter
- German Goldenshteyn, Romanian klezmer musician
- Germán Legarreta, Puerto Rican actor
- German Londoño, Colombian painter and sculptor
- Germán Magariños, Argentine film director and screenwriter
- German Moreno, Filipino actor
- German Okunev, Soviet Russian composer
- Germán Pedro Ibáñez, Cuban musical director
- Germán Robles, Mexican actor
- Germán Valdés, Mexican actor
- Germán Villar, Spanish tenor
Surname:
- Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938–2013), Soviet Russian filmmaker
- Aleksei Alekseivich German, Russian film director and screenwriter
- Anna German, Polish singer
- Edward German, English composer
- Gretchen German, American actress
- Lauren German, American actress
- Robert German, American singer,guitarist, and songwriter
- Tülay German (born 1935), Turkish female pop folk singer
Humanities and social sciences
Given name:
- Germán Arciniegas, Colombian essayist
- Germán Carrera Damas, Venezuelan historian
- Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
- Germán Espinosa, Colombian novelist and poet
- German Gref, Russian economist
- Germán Gullón, Spanish literary critic
- German Kim, Kazakhstani historian
- German Nogueira Gomez, Cuban author
- German Sadulaev, Chechen writer
Politics
Given name:
- German Kuznetsov, former deputy premier of Kyrgyzstan
- Germán List Arzubide, Mexican revolutionary
- Germán Martínez, Mexican politician
- Germán Riesco, former president of Chile
- Germán Ignacio Riesco Errázuriz, Chilean politician, son of the above
- Germán Sequeira, Nicaraguan politician
- Germán Serrano Pinto, Costa Rican politician
- Germán Suárez Flamerich, former president of Venezuela
- Germán Trejo, American immigrant rights activist
- Germán Vargas Lleras, Colombian politician and presidential candidate
Surname:
- Lindsey German, British anti-war activist
- Mike German, Welsh politician
- Obadiah German, American politician and lawyer
- William Manley German, Canadian politician and lawyer
- Yael German, Israeli politician, first female mayor of Herziliya
Sport
Given name:
- Germán Aceros, Colombian footballer
- Germán Alemanno, Argentine footballer
- Germán Arangio, Argentine footballer
- German Apukhtin, Soviet Russian footballer
- Germán Barranca, Mexican baseball player in the U.S. Major League
- Germán Beltrán, Spanish footballer
- German Beriyev, Russian footballer
- Germán Burgos, Argentine footballer
- Germán Cano, Argentine footballer
- Germán Carty, Peruvian footballer
- Germán Castillo, Argentine footballer
- Germán Cerezo Alonso, Spanish ski mountaineer
- Germán Chavarría, Costa Rican footballer
- Germán Chiaraviglio, Argentine pole vaulter
- Germán Denis, Argentine footballer
- Germán Durán, Mexican baseball player in the U.S. Major League
- German Fernandez, American distance runner
- German Felk, Russian footballer
- Germán Figueroa, Puerto Rican wrestler
- Germán Gabriel, Spanish basketball player
- German Garrido, Spanish golfer
- German Glessner, Argentine skeleton racer
- Germán González, Venezuelan baseball player in the U.S. Major League
- Germán Herrera, Argentine footballer
- Germán Jiménez, Mexican baseball player in the U.S. Major League
- German Kutarba, Russian footballer
- Germán Leguía, Peruvian footballer
- Germán Lauro, Argentine shotputter
- Germán Leonforte, Argentine footballer
- German Lovchev, Russian footballer
- Germán Lux, Argentine footballer
- Germán Martínez (swimmer), Colombian swimmer
- Germán Mesa, Cuban baseball player
- Germán Montoya, Argentine footballer
- Germán Orozco, Argentine field hockey player
- Germán Ospina, Colombian cyclist
- Germán Pacheco, Argentine footballer
- Germán Pietrobon, Argentine footballer
- Germán Pinillos, Peruvian footballer
- Germán Ré, Argentine footballer
- Germán Recio, Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Germán Rivarola, Argentine footballer
- German Rieckehoff, Puerto Rican swimmer
- Germán Rivera, Puerto Rican baseball player in the U.S. Major League
- German Ruano, Costa Rican footballer
- Germán Sánchez (race walker), Mexican race walker
- Germán Sánchez (racing driver), Spanish racing driver
- Germán Silva, Mexican distance runner
- German Skurygin, Russian race walker
- German Titov (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey player
- Germán Torres, Mexican boxer
- Germán Villa, Mexican footballer
- Germán Voboril, Argentine footballer
Surname:
- Antonio German, English footballer
- Bert German, American football coach
- Esteban Germán, Dominican baseball player
- Jammi German, American National Football League player
- Jim German, American National Football League player
- Les German, American Major League Baseball player
- Peter German, Australian rules footballer
- Ruslan German, Russian footballer
- Tamás German, Hungarian footballer
Other
Religious name:
- German, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Given name:
- Germán Abad Valenzuela, Ecuadorian radiologist
- Germán Busch, Bolivian military officer
- Germán Efromovich, South American entrepreneur
- German Frers, Argentine naval architect
- German Gardiner, English Catholic martyr
- Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco, Mexican businessman
- German Martinez Hidalgo, American scientist
- Germán Olano Moreno, for whom the Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base is named
- German Pinelli, Cuban journalist
- German Pugnali, Argentine biologist
- Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, for whom the Germán Sánchez Ruipérez Foundation is named
- German Titov, Soviet Russian cosmonaut
Surname:
- Ella German, friend of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
- Eugênio German, Brazilian chess master
- Merlin German, U.S. Marine