Germán

This article is about the Spanish name pronounced with stress in the second syllable. For other uses, see German (disambiguation).

Germán (Spanish pronunciation: [xeɾˈman]) 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