# Germán

Germán (Spanish pronunciation:) is a male given name in Spanish speaking countries. It is a cognate to French Germain, and is a variant of Latin Germanus.

## Surname

* Domingo Germán (born 1992), baseball player
* Esteban Germán (born 1978), Dominican professional baseball second baseman
* Franklyn Germán, relief pitcher
* Javier Germán (born 1971), Spanish footballer
* Tamás Germán, Hungarian professional footballer

## Given name
### Art and music

* Germán Casas, Chilean singer
* Germán Cueto, Mexican painter
* Germán Gedovius, Mexican painter
* Germán Pedro Ibáñez, Cuban musical director
* Germán Legarreta, Puerto Rican actor
* Germán Londoño, Colombian painter and sculptor
* Germán Magariños, Argentine film director and screenwriter
* Germán Robles, Mexican actor
* Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and comedian
* Germán Villar, Spanish tenor

### Humanities and social sciences

* Germán Arciniegas, Colombian essayist
* Germán Carrera Damas, Venezuelan historian
* Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
* Germán Espinosa, Colombian novelist and poet
* Germán Gullón, Spanish literary critic
* Germán Nogueira Gómez, Cuban author

### Politics

* Germán Busch, President of Bolivia from 1937 to 1939
* Germán List Arzubide, Mexican revolutionary
* Germán Martínez, Mexican politician
* Germán Riesco, President of Chile from 1901 to 1906
* 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

### Sport
#### Association football

* Germán Aceros, Colombian footballer
* Germán Alemanno, Argentine footballer
* Germán Arangio, Argentine footballer
* Germán Beltrán, Spanish footballer
* Germán Burgos, Argentine footballer
* Germán Cano, Argentine footballer
* Germán Carty, Peruvian footballer
* Germán Castillo, Argentine footballer
* Germán Chavarría, Costa Rican footballer
* Germán Denis, Argentine footballer
* Germán Herrera (footballer, born 1983), Argentine forward for Rosario Central
* Germán Herrera (footballer, born 1993), Argentine midfielder for Club Atlético Brown
* Germán Leguía, Peruvian footballer
* Germán Lauro, Argentine shotputter
* Germán Leonforte, Argentine footballer
* Germán Lux, Argentine footballer
* Germán Montoya, Argentine footballer
* Germán Pacheco, Argentine footballer
* Germán Pietrobon, Argentine footballer
* Germán Pinillos, Peruvian footballer
* Germán Ré, Argentine footballer
* Germán Rivarola, Argentine footballer
* Germán Saenz de Miera Colmeneiro, Spanish footballer
* Germán Villa, Mexican footballer
* Germán Voboril, Argentine footballer

#### Other sports

* Germán Barranca, Mexican baseball player in the U.S. Major League
* Germán Chiaraviglio, Argentine pole vaulter
* Germán Durán, Mexican baseball player in the U.S. Major League
* German Fernandez, American distance runner
* Germán Figueroa, Puerto Rican wrestler
* Germán Gabriel, Spanish basketball player
* Germán Garrido, Spanish golfer
* German Glessner, Argentine skeleton racer
* Germán González, Venezuelan baseball player in the U.S. Major League
* Germán Jiménez, Mexican baseball player in the U.S. Major League
* Germán López, former Spanish professional tennis player
* Germán Martínez (swimmer), Colombian swimmer
* Germán Mesa, Cuban baseball player
* Germán Orozco, Argentine field hockey player
* Germán Ospina, Colombian cyclist
* Germán Quiroga, Mexican NASCAR Corona Series race car driver
* Germán Recio, Dominican Republic volleyball player
* Germán Rieckehoff, Puerto Rican swimmer and president of the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee
* Germán Rivera, Puerto Rican baseball player in the U.S. Major League
* Germán Sánchez (racewalker), Mexican race walker
* Germán Sánchez (racing driver), Spanish racing driver
* Germán Silva, retired Mexican long-distance runner
* Germán Torres, Mexican boxer

## Other

* Germán Abad Valenzuela, Ecuadorian radiologist
* Germán Busch, Bolivian military officer
* Germán Efromovich, South American entrepreneur
* Germán Garmendia, Chilean YouTube comedian
* Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco, Mexican businessman
* Germán Martínez Hidalgo, American scientist
* Germán Olano Moreno, for whom the Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base is named
* Germán Pinelli, Cuban journalist
* Germán Sánchez (disambiguation)
   * Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, for whom the Germán Sánchez Ruipérez Foundation is named