List of German Canadians

This is a list of notable German Canadians.

Academics

 * Heribert Adam – political sociologist with a focus on ethnonationalism, born in Germany
 * Hans Heilbronn – mathematician born in Berlin
 * Fritz Heichelheim – German Jewish historian of ancient economics, born in Giessen, Hesse

Scientists

 * Abraham Pineo Gesner – physician and geologist, inventor of Kerosene
 * Gerhard Herzberg – physicist and physical chemist born in Hamburg
 * David H. Hubel – Nobel Prize-winning neurophysiologist
 * Heinz Lehmann – psychiatrist, known for his use of chlorpromazine in treating schizophrenia
 * Walter Mandler – lens designer for ELCAN, pioneer in computer-aided design
 * Georg Naumann – trapper, explorer, and self-taught scientist who studied the Athabasca oil sands, born in Radeberg, Saxony


 * Bernhard Schlegel – computational and theoretical chemist born in Frankfurt am Main
 * Henry Taube – chemist, awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Artists

 * Eric Bergman – artist primarily known for his engraving work, born in Dresden
 * Emanuel Hahn – sculptor and coin designer, co-founder and first president of the Sculptors' Society of Canada, brother of Gustav Hahn, born in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg
 * Ulrich "Fred" Herzog – photographer notable for capturing Vancouver street scenes, born in Stuttgart

Musicians

 * Andrea Ludwig – mezzo-soprano
 * Justin Bieber – musician, paternal great grandfather was of German ancestry.
 * Matt Brouwer – gospel singer
 * Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman) – electronic music producer and DJ
 * Joe Hall (born Hans Joachim Boenke) – folk rock musician born in Wuppertal
 * John Kay – rock star, singer and composer
 * Tate McRae – singer born to a German mother
 * Lights – singer and rock artist
 * K.D. Lang – singer, composer

Painters

 * Gustav Hahn – painter, muralist, and interior decorator associated with the Art Nouveau movement, brother of Emanuel Hahn, born in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg
 * Otto Reinhold Jacobi – painter, president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, born in Königsberg

Businesspeople

 * Philip Ludwig "Louis" Breithaupt – tanner and mayor of Berlin, Ontario, born in Allendorf, Hesse
 * Friedrich Gaukel – innkeeper, distiller, hotelier born in Württemberg
 * Thorsten Heins – businessman and former chief executive officer of BlackBerry, born in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony
 * Jacob Hespeler – founder of Hespeler, Ontario, born in Ehningen, Württemberg
 * William Hespeler - founder of Niverville, Manitoba
 * Stephen A. Jarislowsky – business magnate and investor born in Berlin
 * John Adam Rittinger – proprietor and editor of Berliner Journal (1904–1915), Pennsylvania German humorist
 * Tobias Lütke – founder and CEO of Shopify, born in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate

Politicians

 * Adam Beck – politician and hydroelectricity advocate
 * John Diefenbaker – 13th Prime Minister of Canada
 * Hugo Kranz – member of parliament for Waterloo North, mayor of Berlin, Ontario, born at Lehrbach, Hesse
 * John Motz – mayor of Berlin, Ontario, 1880–1881. Co-founder of Berliner Journal newspaper.


 * Ralph Klein – 12th premier of Alberta

Sportspeople

 * Sven Butenschön – ice hockey player and coach born in Itzehoe
 * Sven Habermann – soccer player, former member of the Canada men's national soccer team, born in West Berlin
 * Hermann Kerckhoff – slalom canoeist born in Berlin
 * Brock Lesnar - American born professional wrestler and former MMA fighter, obtained Canadian citizenship during the 2010s
 * Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty – professional soccer player
 * Heinz Poenn – slalom canoeist born in Fürth, Bavaria
 * Alfred Wurr – wrestler who competed for Canada in the 1972 Summer Olympics, member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, born in Hamburg