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, including but not limited to Maxwell.
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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 c. 353), Christian martyr
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
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
Arts
Maximilian Arland (born 1981), German television presenter and singer
Max Baer Jr. (Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr, born 1937), 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 (c. 1490 – c. 1538), author
Other people
Maximilian Aichern (1932–2026), Austrian Roman Catholic bishop
Maximilian Apfelbaum (d. 1953), Polish-born furrier who co-founded the New York furriers Maximilian
Maximilian Bathon (born 1991), German politician
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
Maximilian Dood (born 1983), American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
Max Fosh (born 1995), British YouTuber and comedian
Maximilian Gludau (born 1998), German politician
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
Maximilian Menton (born 1995), German politician
Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794), politician in the French Revolution
Maximilian Ronge (1874–1953), Austrian intelligence officer
Maximilian Schirmer (born 1990), German politician
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
Maximilian Jenius, fictional character from Macross
Maximillion Pegasus, fictional character on Yu-Gi-Oh!
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