# 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