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This is a list of notable
German Canadians .
Academics
Scientists
Henry Taube
Artists
Musicians
Deadmau5
Painters
Businesspeople
Philip Ludwig "Louis" Breithaupt –
tanner and mayor of
Berlin, Ontario , born in
Allendorf , Hesse
[15]
Friedrich Gaukel – innkeeper, distiller, hotelier born in
Württemberg
Thorsten Heins – businessman and former
chief executive officer of
BlackBerry , born in
Gifhorn , Lower Saxony
[17]
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
[21]
[22]
Politicians
John Diefenbaker
Sportspeople
References
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