Maynard
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Maynard is a name used across the English-speaking world, which comes from a Germanic root meaning "strength, hardy". It may refer to:
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- Bill Maynard (born 1928), English comedian and actor
- Brad Maynard (born 1974), American football punter and holder
- Charles Johnson Maynard (1845–1929), American naturalist and ornithologist
- David Swinson Maynard ("Doc" Maynard), noted figure in early Cleveland, Ohio and Seattle, Washington
- Don Maynard (born 1935), American football player
- Dori J. Maynard (born 1958), President and CEO of the Maynard Institute (2008); daughter of Robert C. Maynard
- Edward Maynard (1813–1891), American firearms inventor
- Finian Maynard (born 1975), 5-time windsurfing speed World Champion
- Frank H. Maynard (1853-1926), old-time cowboy author from Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Gray Maynard (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Horace Maynard (1814–1882), Tennessee Congressman and U.S. Postmaster General
- Isaac H. Maynard (1838–1896), New York lawyer
- Jay Maynard (born 1960), computer programmer and system administrator; most famous for his electroluminiscent Tron Guy costume
- John Maynard Smith (1920–2004), British evolutionary geneticist
- Joyce Maynard (born 1953), American author
- Julian Maynard Smith, son of John Maynard Smith, performance artist and co-founder of the London-based performance company Station House Opera
- Ken Maynard (1895–1973), American motion picture stuntman and actor
- Ken Maynard (cartoonist) (1928–1998), Australian cartoonist
- Matthew Maynard (born 1966), ex-cricketer
- Nicky Maynard (born 1986), Bristol City F.C. striker
- Ralph Maynard Smith, (1904–1964) architect
- Robert Maynard, the Royal Navy officer who beheaded the pirate Blackbeard
- Robert C. Maynard (1937–1993), co-founder of the Maynard Institute; American Journalist and Newspaper Editor
- Thane Maynard, wildlife expert
- William H. Maynard (1786-1832), New York politician
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- Maynard (Australian media personality), DJ with ABC in Australia
- Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006), Canadian jazz trumpeter
- Maynard Jackson (1938–2003), former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Maynard James Keenan (born 1964), singer for the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer (born James Herbert Keenan)
- John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), English economist
- Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), socialist professor and politician
- Maynard Jack Ramsay (1914–2005), American entomologist
- Maynard Harrison Smith (1911–1984), US recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Maynard Solomon (born 1930), American music producer and musicologist
[edit] Fictional characters
- Maynard G. Krebs, character from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- Maynard James "M.J." Delfino, fictional character from the television show Desperate Housewives, played by Mason Vale Cotton
- Christopher Maynard, fictional antagonist from the 1996 film, The Glimmer Man, played by Stephen Tobolowsky
- Maynard, one of the main antagonists from Pulp Fiction (film)
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[edit] Other
- Maynard Electronics, American company that manufactured tape drives in the 1990s
- Maynard v. Cartwright, 1988 United States Supreme Court case
- Maynards, sweets manufacturer in the United Kingdom, most famous for its wine gums
- All pages with titles containing "Maynard"
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