Maynard is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Maynard (Australian media personality), DJ with ABC in Australia *

Maynard Ferguson Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often serv ...

(1928–2006), Canadian jazz trumpeter *

Maynard Jackson Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American politician and attorney from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 1973 at the age of 35 as the first black mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and of ...

(1938–2003), former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia *

Maynard James Keenan Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan; April 17, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and winemaker. He is best known as the singer and primary lyricist of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Pus ...

(born 1964), singer for the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer (born James Herbert Keenan) *

John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, ( ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originally trained in ...

(1883–1946), English economist *

Maynard C. Krueger Maynard C. Krueger (January 16, 1906 – December 20, 1991) was an American socialist politician and an economics professor at the University of Chicago. He is best remembered as the 1940 Vice Presidential nominee of the Socialist Party of Americ ...

(1906–1991), socialist professor and politician * Maynard Lyndon (1907-1999), American architect * Maynard Jack Ramsay (1914–2005), American entomologist * Maynard Reece (1920–2020), American artist * Maynard Harrison Smith (1911–1984), US recipient of the Medal of Honor *

Maynard Solomon Maynard Elliott Solomon (January 5, 1930 – September 28, 2020) was an American music executive and musicologist, a co-founder of Vanguard Records as well as a music producer."Maynard Solomon" in ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', v ...

(1930-2020), American music producer and musicologist * Maynard Wallace (1943-2021), American politician * Maynard Webb Chairman of the Board of Directors at Yahoo! * Robert Maynard Jones ( Bobi Jones; 1929-2017), Welsh poet and academic Fictional characters: * Maynard G. Krebs, character from ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' * Maynard James "M.J." Delfino, fictional character from the television show ''Desperate Housewives'', played by Mason Vale Cotton * Maynard, one of the main antagonists from ''Pulp Fiction'' (film) * Brother Maynard, from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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