German (given name)

German (Герман) is a given name, often the Slavic form of Herman. For the Spanish given name pronounced with stress in the second syllable see Germán.

People with the name German include:

Art and music

 * German Galynin, Soviet Russian composer
 * German Goldenshteyn, Romanian klezmer musician
 * German Moreno, Filipino actor
 * German Okunev, Soviet Russian composer

Humanities and social sciences

 * German Gref, Russian economist
 * German Kim, Kazakhstani historian
 * German Sadulaev, Chechen writer and lawyer

Politics

 * German Galushchenko (born 1973), Ukrainian lawyer and politician
 * German Kuznetsov, former deputy premier of Kyrgyzstan

Sport

 * German Apukhtin, Soviet Russian footballer
 * German Fernandez, American distance runner
 * German Glessner, Argentine skeleton racer
 * German Kutarba, Russian footballer
 * German Lovchev, Russian footballer
 * German Ruano, Costa Rican footballer
 * German Skurygin, Russian race walker
 * German Titov (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey player

Other

 * Serbian Patriarch German I, Serbian Patriarch (1881–1888)
 * Serbian Patriarch German, Serbian Patriarch (1958–1990)
 * German Gardiner, English Catholic martyr
 * German Sterligov, Russian businessman and environmentalist
 * German Titov, Soviet Russian cosmonaut