Max (given name)

Max (/ˈməks/) is a masculine given name. It is often a short form (hypocorism) of Maximilian or sometimes Maxwell in English. Maxine is a feminine equivalent of Max used in English.

People named Max include:

• Max Adler (disambiguation)
• Maximilian Max Baer (boxer) (1909-1959), American world heavyweight boxing champion
  • Maximilian 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
• Baron Max Wladimir von Beck (1854–1943), Austrian politician
• Max Born (1882–1970), German physicist, mathematician and Nobel laureate
• Max Brown (actor) (born 1981), English actor
• Maxwell Max Brown (novelist) (1916–2003), Australian novelist
• Max Brown (rugby league) (born 1946), Australian rugby league footballer
• Max Changmin (born 1988), 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 Evans (disambiguation)
• Max Jakob Friedländer (1867–1958), German curator and art historian
• Max Geller (born 1971), Israeli Olympic wrestler
• Maxwell 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 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 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 Friedrich Meyer (1873–1967), German-born American psychologist
• Maximilian Max Meyer (footballer) (born 1995), German footballer
• Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850–1927), German composer and pianist
• Max Morinière (born 1964), French retired sprinter
• Max Müller (disambiguation)
• Max Planck (1858-1947), German theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
• Max Reinhardt (1873–1943), Austrian-born American theatre and film director, intendant and theatrical producer
• Max Reinhardt (publisher) (1915–2002), British publisher
• Max Rudolf (conductor) (1902—1995), German conductor
• Max Saalmüller (1832–1890), Prussian lieutenant colonel and German entomologist
• Max Schäfer (1907-1987), German World War II officer
• Max Schäfer (footballer) (1907-1990), German football player and manager
• Max Schneider, American pop musician
• Max Weber (disambiguation)
• Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont (born 1948), generally known as Max Egremont, British biographer and novelist