German (russian: Герман) is a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
, often the Slavic form of
Herman
Herman may refer to:
People
* Herman (name), list of people with this name
* Saint Herman (disambiguation)
* Peter Noone (born 1947), known by the mononym Herman
Places in the United States
* Herman, Arkansas
* Herman, Michigan
* Herman, Min ...
. For the Spanish given name pronounced with stress in the second syllable see
Germán
Germán () 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 professio ...
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People with the name German include:
Art and music
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German Galynin, Soviet Russian composer
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German Goldenshteyn, Romanian klezmer musician
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German Moreno
German Molina Moreno (; October 4, 1933 – January 8, 2016), also known as Kuya Germs ( or ) and dubbed as "The Master Showman", was a Filipino television host, presenter, actor, comedian, talent manager, producer, writer, and director.
Early ...
, Filipino actor
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German Okunev, Soviet Russian composer
Humanities and social sciences
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German Gref
Hermann Gräf (russian: Герман Оскарович Греф, translit=German Oskarovich Gref, born February 8, 1964), better known as Herman Gref, is a Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russi ...
, Russian economist
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German Kim German Nikolaevich Kim (russian: Герман Николаевич Ким) (born 16 July 1953) is Director of the Institute for Asian Studies at Al-Farabi University, Kazakhstan and one of the leading internationally recognized scholar of the Koryo- ...
, Kazakhstani historian
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German Sadulaev, Chechen writer and lawyer
Politics
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German Galushchenko (born 1973), Ukrainian lawyer and politician
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German Kuznetsov, former deputy premier of Kyrgyzstan
Sport
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German Apukhtin, Soviet Russian footballer
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German Fernandez
German Fernandez (born November 2, 1990) is a retired American professional runner from Riverbank, California, known for his performance in high school and collegiate cross country and track and field. Later he trained under Jerry Schumacher for ...
, American distance runner
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German Glessner, Argentine skeleton racer
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German Kutarba, Russian footballer
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German Lovchev, Russian footballer
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German Ruano, Costa Rican footballer
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German Skurygin
German Anatolyevich Skurygin (russian: Герман Анатольевич Скурыгин; September 15, 1963 – November 28, 2008) was a Russian race walker. He was born in Vutno.
He originally won a gold medal at the 1999 World Championshi ...
, Russian race walker
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German Titov (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey player
Other
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Serbian Patriarch German I, Serbian Patriarch (1881–1888)
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Serbian Patriarch German, Serbian Patriarch (1958–1990)
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German Gardiner, English Catholic martyr
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German Sterligov, Russian businessman and environmentalist
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German Titov, Soviet Russian cosmonaut
See also
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Germán
Germán () 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 professio ...
{{Given name
Russian masculine given names