Maximilian, Maximillian or Maximiliaan (Maximilien in French) is a male given name. The name "Max (given name), Max" is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names.

List of people

Monarchs

*Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519) *Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527–1576) *Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573–1651) *Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662–1726) *Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727–1777) *Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756–1825) *Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811–1864) *Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929) *Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808–1888) *Maximilian I of Mexico (1832–1867)

Other royalty

*Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759–1838) *Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (born 1933)

Saints

*Maximilian of Antioch (died ), Christian martyr *Maximilian of Lorch (died 288), Christian bishop and martyr *Maximilian of Tebessa (274–295), Christian martyr *Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941), Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and martyr

Sportspeople

*Max Aarons (born 2000), English footballer *Max Baer (boxer), Maximilian "Max" Baer (Maximilian Adelbert Baer), (1909-1959), American boxer and heavyweight champion *Maximilian Beister (born 1990), German footballer *Max Chilton, Maximilian "Max" Chilton (born 1991), Indycar driver *Maximilian Dimitrovici (born 1989), German ice hockey player *Max Ferrari (soccer), Maximilian Ferrari (born 2000), Canadian soccer player *Max Heidegger, Maximilian Heidegger (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Maximilian Günther (born 1997), German Formula E driver *Maximilian Levy (born 1987), German track cyclist *Maximilian Mbaeva (born 1989), Namibian footballer *Max Schmeling, Maximillian "Max" Schmeling (1905–2005), German boxer and heavyweight champion *Max Emilian Verstappen (born 1997), Formula 1 driver and a world champion (2021-2022)

Other people

* Max Crook, Maximilian (1936-2020), stage name of American musician Maxfield Crook * Anna Potok, Maximilian Apfelbaum (d.1953), Polish-born furrier who co-founded the New York furriers Maximilian. * Max Baer Jr. (Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr.), American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director * Maximilian Grabner (1905–1948), Austrian Nazi Gestapo chief in Auschwitz executed for crimes against humanity * Maximilian Hacman (1877–1961), Romanian academic * Maximilian List (1910 – c. 1980), German SS concentration camp commandant * Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794), politician in the French Revolution * Maximilian Ronge (1874–1953), Austrian intelligence officer * Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), Austrian-born Swiss actor * Maximilianus Transylvanus, Maximilian von Sevenborg ( – ), author * Maximilian von Weichs (1881–1954), German field marshal

Fictional characters

* Maximillian (robot), Maximillian, robot from the 1979 Disney motion picture ''The Black Hole'' * Maximillian Arturo, a character from the television series ''Sliders (TV series), Sliders'' * Maximilien Aue, fictional SS officer from Jonathan Littell, Jonathan Littell's novel The Kindly Ones (Littell novel), ''The Kindly Ones'' * Maximilian Bercovicz, fictional character from ''Once Upon A Time In America'' * Maximilian Boisvert, Victorian Princess from menswear store Greenwoods * Maximilian Goof is Max Goof's full name in Disney TV and film franchises * Maximilian Jenius, fictional character from ''Macross'' * Maximilian Morrel, the son of shipbuilder Pierre Morrel, from Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' * Maximillion Pegasus, fictional character on ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' * Maximilian Alanzo Ernesto Russo, also known as Max Russo, a character from ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' * Maximilian Veers, Imperial general who led the assault on Echo Base in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' * Maxie Zeus, Maximilian (Maxie) Zeus, villain in Batman comic book series * Tsar Maximilian, hero of the eponymous Russian folk-play