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

Max Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (American dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (British dog), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...

" is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names.

List of people

Monarchs

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519. He was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians. He proclaimed hi ...

(1459–1519) *

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II (31 July 1527 – 12 October 1576) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death in 1576. A member of the Austrian House of Habsburg, he was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague on 14 May 1562 and elected King of Germany (Kin ...

(1527–1576) *

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria Maximilian I (17 April 157327 September 1651), occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a prince- ...

(1573–1651) *

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria Maximilian II (11 July 1662 – 26 February 1726), also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach ruler of Electorate of Bavaria, Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last governor of the Spani ...

(1662–1726) *

Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria Maximilian III Joseph (28 March 1727 – 30 December 1777), also known by his epithet "the much beloved" was a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. He was the last of the Bavarian branch of the House o ...

(1727–1777) *

Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria Maximilian I Joseph (; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) from 1806 to 1825. He was ...

(1756–1825) *

Maximilian II of Bavaria Maximilian II (28 November 1811 – 10 March 1864) reigned as King of Bavaria between 1848 and 1864. Unlike his father, King Ludwig I, "King Max" was very popular and took a greater interest in the business of Government than in personal ext ...

(1811–1864) *

Prince Maximilian of Baden Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (''Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm''; 10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929),Almanach de Gotha. ''Haus Baden (Maison de Bade)''. Justus Perthes (publishing company), Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1944, p. 18, (French). al ...

(1867–1929) *

Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (4 December 1808 – 15 November 1888), known informally as Max in Bayern, was a member of a Duke in Bavaria, junior branch of the royal House of Wittelsbach who were Kings of Bavaria, and a promoter of Bavarian f ...

(1808–1888) *

Maximilian I of Mexico Maximilian I (; ; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian archduke who became Emperor of Mexico, emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Restored Republic (Mexico), Mexican Republ ...

(1832–1867)

Other royalty

Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony Prince Maximilian of Saxony (Maximilian Maria Joseph Anton Johann Baptist Johann Evangelista Ignaz Augustin Xavier Aloys Johann Nepomuk Januar Hermenegild Agnellis Paschalis; 13 April 1759 – 3 January 1838) was a German prince and a member of the ...

(1759–1838) *

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz und Markgraf von Baden; 3 July 1933 – 29 December 2022), also known as Max von Baden, was a German businessman and the head of House of Baden. Thro ...

(1933–2022)

Saints

Maximilian of Lorch Saint Maximilian of Lorch (also: Maximilian of Celeia, Latin: ''Maximilianus'') (died 12 October 288) was a missionary in the Roman province of Noricum. He was martyred in AD 288. Maximilian was born in Celeia in the Roman province of Noricum (i ...

(died 288), Roman bishop, missionary and martyr *

Maximilian of Tebessa Maximilian of Tebessa (Theveste), also known as Maximilian of Numidia, (; AD 274–295) was a Christian saint and martyr, whose feast day is observed on 12 March. Born in AD 274, the son of Fabius Victor, an official connected to the Roman army, ...

(274–295), Roman martyr *

Maximilian of Antioch Maximilian of Antioch (; died ) was a Christian martyr under the Roman emperor Julian. He died circa 353. His feast day is 21 August.Sain ...

(died ), Christian martyr *Maximilian (died 447), one of the

Seven Sleepers of Ephesus The Seven Sleepers (; ), also known in Christendom as Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and in Islam as Aṣḥāb al-Kahf (اصحاب الکهف, ''aṣḥāb al-kahf'', lit. Companions of the Cave), is a late antique Christian legend, and a Qur� ...

Maximilian Kolbe Maximilian Maria Kolbe (born Raymund Kolbe; ; 8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, Conventual Franciscan friar, missionary, saint, martyr, and a Nazi concentration camp victim, who volunteered to die in place ...

(1894–1941), Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and martyr

Sportspeople

Max Aarons Maximillian James Aarons (born 4 January 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Valencia, on loan from Premier League club Bournemouth. Club career Norwich City Aarons began his career at Luton To ...

(born 2000), English footballer *

Maximilian Abel Maximilian Abel (born 28 February 1982) is a professional tennis player from Germany. In 2008, Abel received a two-year suspension by the International Tennis Federation, for testing positive for cocaine. Junior career Abel was runner-up to Andy ...

(born 1982), professional tennis player from Germany *

Maximilian Ahlschwede Maximilian Ahlschwede (born 10 February 1990) is a German former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football ...

(born 1990), German former professional footballer *

Maximilian Arfsten Maximilian Michael Arfsten (born April 19, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a wing-back for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew and the United States national team. Early years Youth Arfsten attended San Jo ...

(born 2001), American professional soccer player *

Maximilian Arndt Maximilian Arndt (born 23 July 1987) is a former German bobsledder who has competed since 2003. He originally competed in luge A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first ...

(born 1987), German bobsledder *

Maximilian Arnold Maximilian Arnold (born 27 May 1994) is a German professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg, which he Captain (association football), captains. An academy graduate of Wolfs ...

(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 Maximilian Benassi is an Italian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won the bronze medal in the K-1 5000 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, Riv ...

, Italian sprint canoeist *

Maximilian Beyer Maximilian Beyer (born 28 December 1993) is a German racing cyclist, who currently rides for German amateur team Berliner TSC. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Major results ;2010 : 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track W ...

(born 1993), German racing cyclist * Maximilian Brandl (born 1997), German cross-country mountain biker * Maximilian Braune (born 2003), German professional footballer *

Maximilian Breunig Maximilian Breunig (born 14 August 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for club 1. FC Heidenheim. Club career On 16 May 2024, Breunig signed a three-year contract with Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometim ...

(born 2000), German professional footballer *

Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Buhk (born 9 December 1992 in Reinbek) is a retired German racing driver. He experienced considerable success racing for Mercedes-AMG in the Group GT3, GT3 scene, winning the 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship and 2013 Blancpain Endura ...

(born 1992), retired German racing driver * Maximilian "Max" Chilton (born 1991), Indycar driver *

Maximilian Dahlhoff Maximilian Dahlhoff (born 29 November 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for SV Drensteinfurt. Career Dahlhoff made his professional debut for Rot Weiss Ahlen in the 3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association footba ...

(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 Maximilian Dittgen (born 3 March 1995) is a German professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for MSV Duisburg. He was a youth international for Germany on multiple levels, most recently for the under-20 team in 2016 ...

(born 1995), German professional footballer *

Maximilian Dörnbach Maximilian Dörnbach (born 24 December 1995) is a German track cycling, track cyclist. Major results ;2011 : 1st Individual sprint, Junior National Track Championships ;2012 : 1st Team sprint, 2012 European Track Championships (under-23 & juni ...

(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 Maximilian Entrup (born 25 July 1997) is an Austrian professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Austrian Football Bundesliga, Austrian Bundesliga club LASK and the Austria national foo ...

(born 1997), Austrian professional footballer * Maximilian Ferrari (born 2000), Canadian soccer player *

Maximilian Forster Maximilian Forster (born September 19, 1990) is a German professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Straubing Tigers in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called Penny (supermarke ...

(born 1990), German professional ice hockey player *

Maximilian Jäger Maximilian Jäger (born 3 January 2000) is a German Para-cycling, Para-cyclist. He represented Germany at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Career In January 2021, Jäger was reclassified from T1 (classification), T1 to T2 (classification), T2. In ...

(born 2000), German para-cyclist * Maximilian Heidegger (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther (born 2 July 1997) is a Germans, German-Austria, Austrian racing driver currently competing under the German flag in Formula E for DS Penske. Günther has previously driven in Formula 2 with Arden International, BWT Arden and ...

(born 1997), German Formula E driver *

Maximilian Levy Maximilian Levy (born 26 June 1987) is a German former track cyclist. Levy won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint representing Germany at the 2008 Olympic Games held in Beijing, China. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won another bronze in t ...

(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 Maximilian Balzan (1637–1711) was a minor Maltese mediaeval philosopher who specialised mainly in physics and art. He was also an accomplished theologian. He had a very successful administrative career, both in the civil as well as the ecclesiast ...

(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 Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, M.D. (22 August 1867 – 24 January 1939) was a Swiss physician and a pioneer nutritionist credited for popularizing muesli and raw food vegetarianism. Biography Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner was born on 22 Au ...

(1867-1939), Swiss physician and pioneer nutritionist *

Maximilian Braun Maximilian Christian Gustav Carl Braun (30 September 1850, in Myslowitz – 19 February 1930, in Königsberg, today's Kaliningrad, in East Prussia) was a German anatomist and zoologist who specialized in the field of parasitology. He studied ...

(1850–1930), German anatomist and zoologist who specialized in the field of parasitology *

Maximilian Consbruch Maximilian Friedrich Julius Consbruch (20 June 1866 – 14 August 1927) was a German West Prussian classical philologist and gymnasium principal, known for his studies of Greek lyric and the work of Hephaestion. Consbruch was the son of a Germ ...

(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 Maximilian Fischer (1929-2019) was an Austrian entomologist and a specialist on parasitic wasps (Braconidae: Opiinae, Alysiinae). He curated the Hymenoptera collections of the Natural History Museum Vienna from 1955 to 1994. He described more than ...

(1929-2019), Austrian entomologist and a specialist on parasitic wasps *

Maximilian Forte Maximilian Forte is a professor of anthropology at the Concordia University Department of Sociology and Anthropology in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Biography Maximilian Forte received an Honours B.A., with a double major in Latin American & Caribbe ...

, 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 Maximilian "Maxi" Arland (civil name ''Maximilian Mühlbauer''; born March 26, 1981) is a German television presenter and singer. Life Maximilian Arland is the son of clarinettist, clarinetist and composers Henry Arland and grandson of compo ...

(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 Maximilian Colt (alias Maximilian Coult) (died after 1641) was a Flemish sculptor who settled in England and eventually rose to become the King's Master Carver. Life Colt was a Calvinist, born in Arras apparently as Maximilian Poultrain, who sett ...

, Flemish sculptor who settled in England and eventually rose to become the King's Master Carver *

Maximilian 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 (1 ...

(1936–2020), stage name of American musician Maxfield Crook * Maximilian Dasio (1865-1954), German painter and medal engraver *

Maximilian Davis Maximilian Davis (born 1994 or 1995) is a British fashion designer who has been the creative director of Salvatore Ferragamo since March 2022. Davis was born in Manchester to Trinidadian and Jamaican parents. His father studied fashion design ...

(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 Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was a Swiss actor. Born in First Austrian Republic, Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by performance and literature. While he was still a child, his fa ...

(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 Maximilian Grabner (2 October 1905 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian Gestapo chief in Auschwitz. At Auschwitz he was in command of the torture chamber Block 11, where he gained a reputation of brutality. He was executed for crimes aga ...

(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 Maximilian List (9 February 1910 – 1980) was an architect in Berlin who became an SS officer, involved in the operation of a number of Nazi concentration camps. SS- Hauptsturmführer (Captain) List moved from the Neuengamme concentration ...

(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 Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel Lamoral Reichsfreiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glonn (12 November 1881 – 27 September 1954) was a German ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (Field marshal) in the ''Wehrmacht'' of Nazi Germany during World War II. B ...

(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 Slider or Sliders may refer to: Arts * K.K. Slider, a fictional character within the ''Animal Crossing'' franchise * '' The Slider'', a 1972 album by T. Rex * ''Sliders'' (TV series), an American science fiction and fantasy television series * ...

'' * Maximillian Papandrious, the Greek student in ''Mind Your Language'', played by

Kevork Malikyan Kevork Malikyan (born 2 June 1943) is an Armenian-English actor and teacher. He is known for his roles as Kazim in the film ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989), Max Papandrious in the television sitcom '' Mind Your Language'' (1977 ...

* Maximilien Aue, fictional SS officer from Jonathan Littell's novel ''The Kindly Ones'' * Maximilian Bercovicz, fictional character from ''

Once Upon A Time In America ''Once Upon a Time in America'' () is a 1984 epic crime film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone, and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The film is an Italian–American venture produced by The Ladd Company, Emb ...

'' * 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 is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime media franchise/ media mix, created by Studio Nue (most prominently mecha designer, writer and producer Shōji Kawamori) and Artland in 1982. The franchise features a fictional history of Earth and t ...

'' * Maximilien Morrel, the son of shipbuilder Pierre Morrel, from

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...

' adventure novel ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

'' *

Maximillion Pegasus The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, created by Kazuki Takahashi, features an extensive cast of characters, many of whom are from Domino City, a fictional city in Japan where the series takes place. As many plot elements are influenced by Egypt and its myt ...

, fictional character on ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' * Maximilian Alanzo Ernesto Russo, also known as Max Russo, a character from ''

Wizards of Waverly Place ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' is an American fantasy teen sitcom created by Todd J. Greenwald that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between October 2007 and January 2012. The series centers on Alex Russo (Selena Gomez), a teenage wi ...

'' * Maximilian Veers, Imperial general who led the assault on Echo Base in ''

The Empire Strikes Back ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back'') is a 1980 American epic film, epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based o ...

'' * Maximilian (Maxie) Zeus, villain in Batman comic book series * Tsar Maximilian, hero of the eponymous Russian folk-play

References

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