Major (given Name)

Major is an English-language given name, which often causes confusion with the military rank of the same name.

People with the name or nickname include:

Sports

* Major Applewhite (born 1978), American football quarterback and coach
* Major Booth (1886–1916), English cricketer
* Major Culbert (born 1987), American football player
* Major Davis (1882–1959), English cricketer
* Major Everett (born 1960), American football player
* Major Kerby Farrell (1913–1975), American baseball player and manager
* Major Goodsell (1900–1988), Australian rower
* Major Harris (American football) (born 1968), American football player
* Major Jones (born 1953), American basketball player
* Major Ritchie (1870–1955), English tennis player
* Major Taylor (1878–1932), American cyclist nicknamed "Major"
* Major Wingate (1983–2021), American basketball player
* Major Wright (born 1988), American football player

Politics

* Major Andre Andrews (1792–1834), American politician in New York
* Major Coxson (1929–1973), American politician in New Jersey
* Major M. Hillard (1896–1977), American politician in Virginia
* Major Knight (1812–1891), American politician in Maine
* Major Logue (1826–1900), Australian politician in Western Australia
* Major C. Mead (1858–1925), American politician in Wisconsin
* Major Olímpio (1962–2021), Brazilian politician
* Major Owens (1936–2013), American politician in New York
* Major Thibaut (born 1977), American politician in Louisiana

Media and entertainment

* Major Dodson (born 2003), American actor
* Major Garrett (born 1962), American journalist
* Major Harris (singer) (1947–2012), American R&B singer
* Klaus Heuser (born 1957), German rock guitarist and producer
* Major Holley (1924–1990), American jazz musician
* Major Lance (1939–1994), American R&B singer
* Major (American musician) (born 1984), American pop soul musician and actor Major R. Johnson Finley

Others

* Major Downes (1834–1923), British Army general
* Major Greenwood (1880–1949), English scientist
* Major B. Harding (born 1935), American judge in Florida
* Major Rohde Hawkins (1821–1884), English architect
* Major Nichols (1914–2005), English cycle-maker
* Major "Moogy" Sumner, Aboriginal Australian elder, dancer and cultural adviser
* Major Jackson (born 1968), American poet

See also

* Major (disambiguation), which includes fictional characters

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