Max (given name)

• Max Abmas (born 2001), American basketball player
• Max Abrams (1907–1995), British drummer
• Max Adler (disambiguation)

• Max Baer (boxer) (1909–1959), American world heavyweight boxing champion
• Max Baer Jr. (born 1937), American, son of the boxer, actor on TV's The Beverly Hillbillies
• Max Baer (judge) (1947–2022), Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
• Max Barskih (born 1990), Ukrainian singer and songwriter
• Baron Max Wladimir von Beck (1854–1943), Austrian politician
• Max Baucus (born 1941), American politician
• Max Beckmann (1884–1950), German artist
• Max Beerbohm (1872–1956), English essayist, parodist and caricaturist
• Max Bill (1908–1994), Swiss architect, artist, painter, industrial designer and graphic designer
• Max Birbraer (born 1980), Kazakhstan-born Israeli ice hockey forward
• Max Blumenthal (born 1977), American journalist
• Max Borghi (born 2000), American football player
• Max Born (1882–1970), German physicist, mathematician and Nobel laureate
• Max Bredeson (born 2002), American football player
• Max Briggs (born 1948), English footballer
• Max Brown (disambiguation)
• Max Bruch (1838–1920), German composer and conductor
• Max Burkholder (born 1997), American child actor

• Max Chandler-Mather (born 1992), Australian politician
• Max Cleland (1942–2021), Secretary of State of Georgia and Vietnam veteran
• Max Colby (born 1980), American artist
• Max Collins (disambiguation)
• Max Cooper (electronica musician), European electronica and techno musician
• Max Dale Cooper (born 1933), American immunologist

• Max Darling (born 2000), Vincentian-New Zealand basketball player
• Max Delbrück (1906–1981), German–American biophysicist
• Max Delbrück (chemist) (1850–1919), German agricultural chemist, uncle of the above
• Max Domi (born 1995), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Max Duggan (born 2001), American football player

• Max Ernst (1891–1976), German painter, sculptor, graphic artist and poet
• Max Evans (disambiguation)

• Max Fink (1923–2025), American neurologist and psychiatrist
• Max Fleischer (1883–1972), Polish-American animator and film producer
• Max Fried (born 1994), American baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
• Max Jakob Friedländer (1867–1958), German curator and art historian
• Marty Friedman (basketball) (1889–1986), Hall of Fame NBA pro basketball player and coach

• Max Gandrup (born 1967), Danish badminton player
• Max Geldray (1916–2004), Dutch-born British harmonica player
• Max Geller (disambiguation)
• Max George (born 1988), English singer
• Max Gerbier (born 1951), Haitian painter
• Max Giesinger (born 1988), German singer-songwriter
• Max Glatt (1912–2002), German-British addiction treatment expert
• Max Green (musician) (born 1984), American musician
• Max Green (lawyer) (1952–1998), Australian lawyer, embezzler and murder victim
• Max Greyserman (born 1995), golfer on the PGA Tour

• Max Harris (composer) (1918–2004), British film and television composer/arranger
• Max Hastings (born 1945), British journalist, editor, historian and author
• Max Hechtman (born 1997), American filmmaker, video editor and videographer
• Max Hecker (1879–1964), Austrian-born Israeli President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• Max Heidegger (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Max Homa (born 1990), American golfer
• Max Huber (Canadian football) (1945–2018), American player in the Canadian Football League
• Max Huber (graphic designer) (1919–1992), Swiss graphic designer
• Max Huber (statesman) (1874–1960), Swiss lawyer and diplomat
• Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1865–1935), Austrian politician, Prime Minister of Austria in 1918

• Max Jammer (1915–2010), Israeli physicist and Rector and Acting President of Bar-Ilan University
• Max Johnson (born 2001), American football player

• Max Karoubi (born 1938), French mathematician
• Max Kelly (1930–2007), Australian mathematician
• Max Kelly (footballer) (1909–1987), Australian rules footballer
• Max Keith (1903-?), German businessman
• Max King (disambiguation)
• Max Klare (born 2003), American football player
• Max Klesmit (born 2002), American basketball player
• Max Klinger (1857-1920), German artitst
• Max Koegel (1895–1946), German Nazi commander of several concentration camps
• Max Konnor (born 1986 or 1987), American gay pornographic film actor
• Max Kouguère (born 1987), Central African basketball player

• Max Labovitch (1924–2018), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Max Lazar (born 1999), American Major League Baseball player
• Max Landa (1873–1933), Russian-born Austrian actor
• Max Lercher (born 1986), Austrian politician
• Max Liebermann (1847–1935), German painter
• Max Lorenz (tenor) (1901–1975), German heldentenor famous for Wagnerian roles

• Max Marcuse (1877–1963), Jewish-German/Israeli dermatologist and sexologist
• Max Margulis (1907–1996), American writer, voice coach, and left-wing activist
• Max Martin (born 1971), Swedish record producer and songwriter
• Max Friedrich Meyer (1873–1967), German-born American psychologist
• Max Mathiasin (born 1956), French politician
• Max Melton (born 2002), American football player
• Max Meyer (footballer) (born 1995), German footballer
• Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850–1927), German composer and pianist
• Max Miller (YouTuber) (born 1983), American YouTuber and amateur historian/chef
• Max Mitchell (born 1999), American football player
• Maxey Dell Moody (1883–1949), American businessman
• Max Morinière (born 1964), French sprinter
• Max Muncy (born 1990), American Major League Baseball player
• Max Müller (disambiguation)

• Max Park (born 2001), American Rubik's Cube speedsolver
• Max Pauly (1907–1946), German SS concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes
• Max Pechstein (1881–1955), German painter
• Lord Max Percy (born 1990), British financial analyst
• Max Planck (1858–1947), German theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
• Max Purcell (born 1998), Australian tennis player

• Max Reger (1873–1916), German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher
• Max Reinhardt (1873–1943), Austrian-born American theatre and film director, intendant and theatrical producer
• Max Reinhardt (publisher) (1915–2002), British publisher
• Max Reis (1927–2014), chemical engineer and President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• Max Rheinstein (1899–1977), German-American jurist
• Max Roach (1924–2007), American jazz drummer
• Max Rose (born 1986), American soldier and politician
• Max Rudolf (conductor) (1902–1995), German conductor

• Max Saalmüller (1832–1890), Prussian lieutenant colonel and German entomologist
• Max Schäfer (1907–1990), German football player and manager
• Max Schäfer (soldier) (1907–1987), German World War II officer
• Max Scharping (born 1996), American National Football League player
• Max Scheler (1874–1928), German philosopher
• Max Scherzer (born 1984), American baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers
• Max Scheuer, Austrian 1920s footballer
• Max Schmeling (1905–2005), German boxer
• Max Schneider (born 1992), American pop singer-songwriter
• Max Sefrin (1913–2000), East German politician
• Max Seibald (born 1987), American lacrosse player
• Max Seydewitz (1892–1987), German politician
• Max Steinberg (born 1988), American poker player
• Max Steinberg (soldier) (1989–2014), American-Israeli lone IDF soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza War
• Max Steiner (1888–1971), Austrian-American composer and conductor
• Max Stirner (1806–1856), German philosopher
• Max Streibl (1932–1998), German politician

• Max Tooley (born 1998), American football player
• Max Treitel (1890-1942), German painter

• Max Ugrai (born 1995), German basketball player

• Max van Rysselberghe (1878–1961), Belgian engineer and Antarctic explorer
• Max Van Massey (born 2012), Antarean politician

• Max Verstappen (born 1997), Belgian-Dutch racing driver
• Max von Sydow (1929–2020), Swedish-French actor

• Max Weber (1864–1920), German political economist and sociologist
• Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852–1937), German-Dutch zoologist and biogeographer
• Max Wise (born 1975), American politician and former FBI agent
• Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont (born 1948), generally known as Max Egremont, British biographer and novelist

• Max Zaslofsky (1925–1985), American National Basketball Association player and American Basketball Association coach

• Max, in the 2005 film The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
• Max, Darla Dimple's assistant in the 1997 animated film Cats Don't Dance
• Max, the robotic spaceship in the 1986 film Flight of the Navigator
• Uncle Max, a meerkat character in the 2004 animated film The Lion King 1½
• Max, a military dog, protagonist of the 2015 film Max
• Max, in the 1979 film The Muppet Movie
• Max, the head vampire in the film The Lost Boys
• Max, a main character in the film Once Upon A Time In America
• Max, in the 1993 action/martial arts film Showdown
• Max, in the 2016 3D computer-animated film The Secret Life of Pets
• Max, the boy in Christopher Nolan film Tenet
• Max, in the 1968 animated musical film Yellow Submarine
• Max, in the Fox TV series 24
• Max, a Camp Campbell camper and a protagonist in the animated TV series Camp Camp
• Max, in the PBS animated TV series Dragon Tales
• Max, in the 1980s TV series Hart to Hart
• Max, an anthropomorphic rabbit character in the Nick Jr. animated preschool TV series Max & Ruby
• Max, in the animated series Mighty Max
• Max, the namesake owner and waiter of The Max from Saved by the Bell
• Max, a dump truck in the British animated children's TV series Thomas & Friends
• Max, in the Canadian animated TV series Total Drama: Pahkitew Island
• Max, in the Advance Wars video games
• Max, in the Bomberman series of computer and video games
• Max, a character in the video game Brawl Stars
• Max, in the Swedish Den Max children's books
• Max, the Grinch's dog from the Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and its adaptations in other media
• Max, the boy from the Maurice Sendak book Where the Wild Things Are and its adaptations in other media
• Max the Minifigure, the mascot of the Lego Club Magazine and The Lego Group
• Max (Comet Man), an alien character featured in Marvel Comics
• Max, a character in the Pokémon anime series
• Max, in the Sam & Max franchise
• Max Black, from the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls
• Max Blum, from the TV sitcom Happy Endings
• Max Branning, in the BBC TV series EastEnders
• Max Brass, a heavyweight champion from Arms
• Max Cady, the villain in both film versions of Cape Fear (1962 film) and Cape Fear (1991 film)
• Max Carr, a character in the 1995 family-comedy film Born to Be Wild
• Max Carreau, the French name of Mike Flood, a character in the 2005 and 2008 versions of Fireman Sam
• Max Caulfield, the main character in the 2015 video game Life Is Strange
• Max Cherry, a bail bondsman from the film Jackie Brown, which is based on the novel Rum Punch
• Max Cooper, on the television series Power Rangers Wild Force
• Max Demian, in Hermann Hesse novel Demian
• Max Dennison, in the 1993 film Hocus Pocus
• Max Dillon, fictional Marvel Comics supervillain otherwise known as Electro; one of Spider-Man's nemeses
• Max Einstein, the main character of the book Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
• Max Estrella, the main character of Bohemian Lights, play written by Ramón del Valle-Inclán and published in 1924
• Max Fischer, main character in Rushmore
• Max Frost, the lead character in the film Wild in the Streets
• Maxine "Max" Gibson, supporting character on the animated series Batman Beyond, and in related DC Comics media
• Max Goof, the son of the Disney character Goofy
• Max Guevara, the lead character in the TV series Dark Angel
• Max Headroom, a 1980s TV character
• Max Keeble, the main character in the 2001 film Max Keeble's Big Move
• Max King, in the TV series Emmerdale
• Max Klinger, in the 1970s TV series M*A*S*H
• Maxine "Max" Mayfield, in the Netflix TV series Stranger Things
• Maximilian "Max" Medici, one of the main characters in the 2019 Dumbo remake
• Max Mercer, the main character from the Christmas movie Home Sweet Home Alone
• Max Modell, fictional Marvel Comics character
• Max Payne (character), the main character in the video game series Max Payne and its film adaptation
• Max Rebo, a Star Wars character
• Max Reynolds, the father of Sydney Reynolds and one of the titular characters in the Disney Channel series Sydney to the Max
• Max Ride, the main character of the Maximum Ride book series by James Patterson
• Max Rockatansky, the main character in the Mad Max films
• Max Russo, in the Disney Channel TV series Wizards of Waverly Place
• Maxwell "Max" Sheffield, in the American sitcom The Nanny
• Max Smart, in the 1995 version of the TV series Get Smart
• Max Smith, a character in the Canadian cartoon My Pet Monster
• Max Steel (a.k.a. Max McGrath in some media), from the Max Steel franchise
• Max Tate (Max Mizuhara in Japanese version), from the anime/manga series Beyblade
• Max Tennyson, the grandfather of Ben and Gwen Tennyson from Cartoon Network's Ben 10 franchise
• Max Thunderman, from the Nickelodeon TV series The Thundermans
• Max Schnell (also known as Sebastian Schnell in the German dub), in Cars 2. He’s voiced by Sebastian Vettel in the German dub.
• Max Tyler, in the MTV animated TV sitcom Daria
• Max von Mayerling, Norma Desmond's butler in the film Sunset Boulevard
• Max Young, in the animated TV series Fantastic Max
• Max Zorin, the main antagonist in the James Bond film A View to a Kill

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