Max (given name)

Max (/ˈmæks/) is a masculine given name. It is often a short form (hypocorism) of Maximilian, Maxim, sometimes Maximus, Maxwell in English or Maxime and Maxence in French.[1] Maxine is a feminine equivalent of Max used in English.

People

Max Adler (disambiguation)
Max Baer (boxer) (1909–1959), American world heavyweight boxing champion
Max Baer, Jr. (born 1937), son of the boxer, actor on TV's The Beverly Hillbillies
Max Baer (judge) (born 1947), Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
Max Barsky (born 1991), American professional wrestler best known by his ring name David Starr
Baron Max Wladimir von Beck (1854–1943), Austrian politician
Max Birbraer (born 1980), Kazakhstan-born Israeli professional ice hockey forward
Max Born (1882–1970), German physicist, mathematician and Nobel laureate
Max Brown (English actor) (born 1981), English actor
Max Brown (novelist) (1916–2003), Australian novelist
Max Brown (rugby league) (born 1946), Australian rugby league footballer
Max Changmin (born 1988), South Korean member of the pop group TVXQ
Max Collins (disambiguation)
Max Cooper (electronica musician), European electronica and techno musician
Max Dale Cooper (born 1933), American immunologist
Max Delbrück (1906–1981), German–American biophysicist
Max Delbrück (chemist) (1850–1919), German agricultural chemist, uncle of the above
Max Ernst (1891–1976) German painter, sculptor, graphic artist and poet.
Max Evans (disambiguation)
Max Fleischer (1883–1972), Polish-American animator and film producer
Max Fried (born 1994), American baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
Max Jakob Friedländer (1867–1958), German curator and art historian
Marty Friedman (basketball) (1889–1986), Hall of Fame NBA pro basketball player and coach
Max Gandrup (born 1967), Danish badminton player
Max Geller (disambiguation)
Max Giesinger (born 1988), German singer-songwriter
Max Green (musician) (born 1984), American musician
Max Green (lawyer) (1952–1998), Australian lawyer, embezzler and murder victim
Max Hastings (born 1945), British journalist, editor, historian and author
Max Hecker (born 1879), Austrian-born Israeli President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Max Heidegger (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Max Homa (born 1990), American professional golfer on the PGA Tour
Max Huber (Canadian football) (born 1945), American football player in the Canadian Football League
Max Huber (graphic designer) (1919–1992), Swiss graphic designer
Max Huber (statesman) (1874–1960), Swiss lawyer and diplomat
Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1865–1935), Austrian politician, Prime Minister of Austria in 1918
Max Jammer (1915–2010), Israeli physicist and Rector and Acting President of Bar-Ilan University
Max Karoubi, French mathematician
Max Kelly (born 2001) Canadian breaststroke swimmer
Max King (theologian) (born 1930), founder of the school of thought known as Transmillennialism
Max King (runner) (born 1980), American ultramarathon runner, winner of the 2014 IAU 100 km World Championships
Max Koegel (1895–1946), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
Max Kougere (born 1987), Central African basketball player
Max Labovitch (1924–2018), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
Max Landa (1873–1933), Russian-born Austrian actor born Max Landau
Max Marcuse (1877–1963), Jewish-German/Israeli dermatologist and sexologist
Max Friedrich Meyer (1873–1967), German-born American psychologist
Max Mathiasin (born 1956), French politician
Max Meyer (footballer) (born 1995), German footballer
Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850–1927), German composer and pianist
Maxey Dell "Max" Moody (1883–1949), American businessman
Max Morinière (born 1964), French retired sprinter
Max Muncy (born 1990), American professional baseball player
Max Müller (disambiguation)
Max Pauly (1907–1946), German SS concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes
Max Planck (1858–1947), German theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
Max Purcell (born 1998), Australian tennis player
Max Reinhardt (1873–1943), Austrian-born American theatre and film director, intendant and theatrical producer
Max Reinhardt (publisher) (1915–2002), British publisher
Max Reis, chemical engineer and President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Max Rheinstein (1899–1977), German-American jurist
Max Rose (politician) (born 1986), US Congressman from New York's 11th congressional district
Max Rudolf (conductor) (1902—1995), German conductor
Max Saalmüller (1832–1890), Prussian lieutenant colonel and German entomologist
Max Schäfer (1907-1990), German football player and manager
Max Schäfer (soldier) (1907–1987), German World War II officer
Max Scharping (born 1996), American football player
Max Scheuer, Austrian footballer
Max Schmeling (1905–2005), German boxer
Max Schneider, American pop musician
Max Seibald, American lacrosse player
Max Stirner (1806–1856), German philosopher
Max Spiers (1976–2016), Polish conspiracy theorist
Max Streibl (1932–1998), German politician
Max Ugrai (born 1995), German basketball player
Max Verstappen (born 1997), Belgian-Dutch racing driver
Max Weber (disambiguation)
Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont (born 1948), generally known as Max Egremont, British biographer and novelist
Max Zaslofsky (1925–1985), American NBA basketball player

Fictional characters

Max Rockatansky, the main character in the Mad Max films
Max Payne, the main character in the video game series Max Payne and its film adaptation
Max Zorin, the main villain in the James Bond film A View To A Kill
Max, the boy in Christopher Nolan's Tenet
Max, a main character in the film Once Upon A Time In America
Max, a Camp Campbell camper and a protagonist in the animated series Camp Camp
Max, in the TV series 24
Max Smart, in the TV series Get Smart
Max Klinger, in the TV series M*A*S*H
Max, a Marvel Comics character
Max, the robotic spaceship in the film Flight of the Navigator
Max Frost, the lead character in the film Wild in the Streets
Max Goof, the son of the Disney character Goofy
Max, in the film The Secret Life of Pets
Max, in the Swedish Den Max children's books
Max, in the Bomberman series of computer and video games
Max, the Grinch's dog from the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and its adaptations in other media
Max, in the animated series Mighty Max
Max Young, in the animated series Fantastic Max
Max Russo, in the TV series Wizards of Waverly Place
Max Tennyson, the grandfather of Ben and Gwen Tennyson from the Ben 10 franchise
Max, in the Sam & Max franchise
Max, in the Advance Wars video games
Max, in the animated series Max & Ruby
Max, in the animated series Dragon Tales
Max, in the animated series Total Drama: Pahkitew Island
Max, the boy from the book Where the Wild Things Are and its adaptations in other media
Max, in the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine
Max Branning, in the TV series EastEnders
Max King, in the TV series Emmerdale
Max the Minifigure, the mascot of the Lego Club Magazine and The Lego Group
Max von Mayerling, Norma Desmond's butler in the film Sunset Boulevard
Max Rebo, a Star Wars character
Max Blum, from the sitcom Happy Endings
Max Dennison, in the film Hocus Pocus
Max Guevara, the lead character in the TV series Dark Angel
Max Tate, from the anime/manga series Beyblade
Max Tyler, in the animated sitcom Daria
Max Headroom, a 1980s television character
Max Black, from the sitcom 2 Broke Girls
Max, from the film The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
Max, from the film The Muppet Movie
Max Steel (a.k.a. Max McGrath in some media), from the Max Steel franchise
Max, a character in the Pokémon anime series
Max Caulfield, the main character in the 2015 video game Life Is Strange
Max Ride, the main character of the Maximum Ride book series by James Patterson
Max Einstein, the main character of the book Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
Max, a character from Rainbow Islands Candyland
Max, a dump truck in the TV series Thomas & Friends
Max Thunderman, from the Nickelodeon TV series The Thundermans
Uncle Max, a meerkat character in the animated film The Lion King 1½
Max Brass, a heavyweight champion from Arms
Maxine "Max" Mayfield, a character in the web TV seriesStranger Things
Max Cherry, a bail bondsman from the movie Jackie Brown, which is based on the novel Rum Punch
Max Fischer, main character in Rushmore
Max Whitecloud, a character from Diary Of An 8-bit Warrior by Cube Kid

References

"Behind the Name: Meaning, origin, and history of the name Max". Behind the Name. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

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[1] "Behind the Name: Meaning, origin, and history of the name Max". Behind the Name. Retrieved 7 March 2016.