German (Russian: Герман) is a given name, often the Slavic form of Herman. For the Spanish given name pronounced with stress in the second syllable see Germán.

People with the name German include:

Art and music

• German Galynin, Soviet Russian composer
• German Goldenshteyn, Romanian klezmer musician
• German Moreno, Filipino actor
• German Okunev, Soviet Russian composer

Humanities and social sciences

• German Gref, Russian economist
• German Kim, Kazakhstani historian
• German Sadulaev, Chechen writer and lawyer

Politics

• German Galushchenko (born 1973), Ukrainian lawyer and politician
• German Kuznetsov, former deputy premier of Kyrgyzstan

Sport

• German Apukhtin, Soviet Russian footballer
• German Fernandez, American distance runner
• German Glessner, Argentine skeleton racer
• German Kutarba, Russian footballer
• German Lovchev, Russian footballer
• German Ruano, Costa Rican footballer
• German Skurygin, Russian race walker
• German Titov (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey player

Other

• Serbian Patriarch German I, Serbian Patriarch (1881–1888)
• Serbian Patriarch German, Serbian Patriarch (1958–1990)
• German Gardiner, English Catholic martyr
• German Sterligov, Russian businessman and environmentalist
• German Titov, Soviet Russian cosmonaut