Major is an unusual English-language given name, which often causes confusion with the military rank of the same name.
People with the name include:
SportsMajor Applewhite (born 1978), American football quarterback and coachMajor Booth (1886–1916), English cricketerMajor Culbert (born 1987), American football playerMajor Davis (1882–1959), English cricketerMajor Everett (born 1960), American football playerMajor Garrett (born 1962), American journalistMajor Goodsell (1900–1988), Australian rowerMajor Harris (born 1968), American football playerMajor Jones (born 1953), American basketball playerMajor Ritchie (1870–1955), English tennis playerMajor Wingate (born 1983), American basketball playerMajor Wright (born 1988), American football playerPoliticsMajor Andre Andrews (1792–1834), American politician in New YorkMajor Coxson (1929–1973), American politician in New JerseyMajor M. Hillard (1896–1977), American politician in VirginiaMajor Knight (1812–1891), American politician in MaineMajor Logue (1826–1900), Australian politician in Western AustraliaMajor C. Mead (1858–?), American politician in WisconsinMajor R. Owens (1936–2013), American politician in New YorkMajor Thibaut (born 1977), American politician in LouisianaEntertainmentMajor Dodson (born 2003), American actorMajor Harris (1947–2012), American R&B singerMajor Holley (1924–1990), American jazz musicianMajor Lance (1939–1994), American R&B singerOthersMajor Downes (1834–1923), British Army generalMajor Greenwood (1880–1949), English scientistMajor B. Harding (born 1935), American judge in FloridaMajor Rohde Hawkins (1821–1884), English architectMajor Nichols (1914–2005), English cycle-maker