Maximilian, Maximillian or Maximiliaan (Maximilien in French) is a male given 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 Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. He was never crowned by the pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians. He proclaimed himself E ...

(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 (born 1933)

Saints

*Maximilian of Antioch (died ), Christian martyr *Maximilian of Lorch (died 288), Christian bishop and martyr *Maximilian of Tebessa (274–295), Christian martyr *Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941), Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and martyr

Sportspeople

*Max Aarons (born 2000), English footballer *Max Baer (boxer), Maximilian "Max" Baer (Maximilian Adelbert Baer), (1909-1959), American boxer and heavyweight champion *Maximilian Beister (born 1990), German footballer *Max Chilton, Maximilian "Max" Chilton (born 1991), Indycar driver *Maximilian Dimitrovici (born 1989), German ice hockey player *Max Ferrari (soccer), Maximilian Ferrari (born 2000), Canadian soccer player *Max Heidegger, 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 Mbaeva (born 1989), Namibian footballer *Max Schmeling, Maximillian "Max" Schmeling (1905–2005), German boxer and heavyweight champion *Max Emilian Verstappen (born 1997), Formula 1 driver and a world champion (2021-2022)

Other people

* Max Crook, Maximilian (1936-2020), stage name of American musician Maxfield Crook * Anna Potok, Maximilian Apfelbaum (d.1953), Polish-born furrier who co-founded the New York furriers Maximilian. * Max Baer Jr. (Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr.), American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director * Maximilian Grabner (1905–1948), Austrian Nazi Gestapo chief in Auschwitz executed for crimes against humanity * Maximilian Hacman (1877–1961), Romanian academic * Maximilian List (1910 – c. 1980), German SS concentration camp commandant * Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794), politician in the French Revolution * Maximilian Ronge (1874–1953), Austrian intelligence officer * Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), Austrian-born Swiss actor * Maximilianus Transylvanus, Maximilian von Sevenborg ( – ), author * Maximilian von Weichs (1881–1954), German field marshal

Fictional characters

* Maximillian (robot), Maximillian, robot from the 1979 Disney motion picture ''The Black Hole'' * Maximillian Arturo, a character from the television series ''Sliders (TV series), Sliders'' * Maximilien Aue, fictional SS officer from Jonathan Littell, Jonathan Littell's novel The Kindly Ones (Littell 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'' * Maximilian 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'' * Maxie Zeus, Maximilian (Maxie) Zeus, villain in Batman comic book series * Tsar Maximilian, hero of the eponymous Russian folk-play