Maximilian or Maximillian (Maximiliaan in Dutch and Maximilien in French) is a male name. The 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 (1933–2022)

Saints

* Maximilian of Lorch (died 288), Roman bishop, missionary and martyr * Maximilian of Tebessa (274–295), Roman martyr * Maximilian of Antioch (died ), Christian martyr *Maximilian (died 447), one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus * Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941), Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and martyr

Sportspeople

* Max Aarons (born 2000), English footballer * Maximilian Abel (born 1982), professional tennis player from Germany * Maximilian Ahlschwede (born 1990), German former professional footballer * Maximilian Arfsten (born 2001), American professional soccer player * Maximilian Arndt (born 1987), German bobsledder * Maximilian Arnold (born 1994), German professional footballer * Maximilian "Max" Baer (Maximilian Adelbert Baer), (1909-1959), American boxer and heavyweight champion * Maximilian Bauer, multiple people * Maximilian Beier (born 2002), German professional footballer * Maximilian Beister (born 1990), German footballer * Maximilian Benassi, Italian sprint canoeist * Maximilian Beyer (born 1993), German racing cyclist * Maximilian Brandl (born 1997), German cross-country mountain biker * Maximilian Braune (born 2003), German professional footballer * Maximilian Breunig (born 2000), German professional footballer * Maximilian Buhk (born 1992), retired German racing driver * Maximilian "Max" Chilton (born 1991), Indycar driver * Maximilian Dahlhoff (born 1992), German footballer * Maximilian Dallinger (born 1996), German sport shooter * Maximilian Dietz (born 2002), American professional soccer player * Maximilian Dimitrovici (born 1989), German ice hockey player * Maximilian Dittgen (born 1995), German professional footballer * Maximilian Dörnbach (born 1995), German track cyclist * Maximilian Drum (born 1991), German footballer * Maximilian Eggestein (born 1996), German professional footballer * Maximilian Engl (born 1997), German professional footballer * Maximilian Entrup (born 1997), Austrian professional footballer * Maximilian Ferrari (born 2000), Canadian soccer player * Maximilian Forster (born 1990), German professional ice hockey player * Maximilian Jäger (born 2000), German para-cyclist * 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 Maeder (born 2006), Singaporean kitesurfer * Maximilian Mang (born 2000), German-American football player * Maximilian Mbaeva (born 1989), Namibian footballer * Maximillian "Max" Schmeling (1905–2005), German boxer and heavyweight champion * Max Emilian Verstappen (born 1997), Formula 1 driver and three time world champion

Academics and Scholars

* Maximilian Balzan (1637–1711), Maltese mediaeval philosopher who specialised mainly in physics and art * Maximilian Berlitz (1852–1921), linguist and founder of the Berlitz Language Schools * Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867-1939), Swiss physician and pioneer nutritionist * Maximilian Braun (1850–1930), German anatomist and zoologist who specialized in the field of parasitology * Maximilian Consbruch (1866-1927), German West Prussian classical philologist and gymnasium principal, known for his studies of Greek lyric and the work of Hephaestion * Maximilian Curtze (1837–1903), German mathematician and historian of mathematics * Maximilian Fichtner (born 1961), professor for Solid State Chemistry at the Ulm University and executive director of the Helmholtz Institute Ulm for Electrochemical Energy Storage (HIU) * Maximilian Fischer (1929-2019), Austrian entomologist and a specialist on parasitic wasps * Maximilian Forte, professor of anthropology at the Concordia University Department of Sociology and Anthropology in Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Maximilian Hacman (1877–1961), Romanian academic * Maximilian Emil Hehl (1861-1916), German engineer and architect active in Brazil * Maximilian Nitze (1848–1906), German urologist * Max C. Starkloff (1858–1942), American physician and Health Commissioner for St. Louis, Missouri *

Max Weber Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (; ; 21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German Sociology, sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economy, political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sc ...

(1864–1920), German sociologist, historian, jurist, political economist * Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke (1820-1906), German entomologist

Arts

* Maximilian Arland (born 1981), German television presenter and singer * Max Baer Jr. (Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr.), American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director * Maximilian Bern (1849–1923), German writer and editor * Maximilien "Max" Boublil (born 1979), French actor and singer * Maximillian "Max" Brooks (born 1972), American author * Maximilian Brückner (born 1979), German actor * Maximilian Cercha (1818–1907), Polish painter and drawer * Maximilian Colt, Flemish sculptor who settled in England and eventually rose to become the King's Master Carver * Maximilian (1936–2020), stage name of American musician Maxfield Crook * Maximilian Dasio (1865-1954), German painter and medal engraver * Maximilian Davis (born 1995), British fashion designer * Maximilian Dimoff (born 1968), principal bassist of the Cleveland Orchestra * Maximilian C. Jehuda Ewert (born 1974), composer and violinist * Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), Austrian-born Swiss actor * Maximilian von Sevenborg ( – ), author

Other people

* Maximilian Heuser (d. 1953), Russian friend of the Turkish monarch Sami Türk * Maximilian Apfelbaum (d.1953), Polish-born furrier who co-founded the New York furriers Maximilian. * Maximilian F. Bonzano (1821–1894), German-born American government official, politician, and physician * Maximilian Büsser, Swiss businessman and founder of the watch brand MB&F * Maximillian Miles Christensen, known as Maximilian Dood (born 1983), American YouTuber and Twitch streamer * Maximilian "Max" Fosh (born 1995), British YouTuber and comedian * Maximilian Grabner (1905–1948), Austrian Nazi Gestapo chief in Auschwitz executed for crimes against humanity * Maximilian von Jaunez (1873–1947), French-German industrialist and politician * Maximilian List (1910 – c. 1980), German SS concentration camp commandant *

Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (; ; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognised as one of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. Robespierre ferv ...

(1758–1794), politician in the French Revolution * Maximilian Ronge (1874–1953), Austrian intelligence officer * Maximilian von Weichs (1881–1954), German field marshal

Fictional characters

* Maximillian, robot from the 1979 Disney motion picture ''The Black Hole'' * Maximillian Arturo, a character from the television series '' Sliders'' * Maximillian Papandrious, the Greek student in ''Mind Your Language'', played by Kevork Malikyan * Maximilien Aue, fictional SS officer from Jonathan Littell's 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'' * Maximilien 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'' * Maximilian (Maxie) Zeus, villain in Batman comic book series * Tsar Maximilian, hero of the eponymous Russian folk-play

References

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