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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




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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




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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




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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




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