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. 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