Max (given name)
Max (/ˈməks/) is a masculine given name. It is often a short form (hypocorism) of Maximilian or sometimes Maxwell in English.[1] 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
References
- ↑ "Behind the Name: Meaning, origin, and history of the name Max". Behind the Name. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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