Max (/ˈməks/) is a masculine given name. It is often a short form (hypocorism) of Maximilian or sometimes Maxwell in English. Maxine is a feminine equivalent of Max used in English.
People named Max include:
Max Adler (disambiguation)
Maximilian Max Baer (boxer) (1909-1959), American world heavyweight boxing champion
Maximilian Max Baer, Jr. (born 1937), son of the boxer, actor on TV's The Beverly Hillbillies
Max Baer (judge) (born 1947), Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice
Baron Max Wladimir von Beck (1854–1943), Austrian politician
Max Born (1882–1970), German physicist, mathematician and Nobel laureate
Max Brown (actor) (born 1981), English actor
Maxwell Max Brown (novelist) (1916–2003), Australian novelist
Max Brown (rugby league) (born 1946), Australian rugby league footballer
Max Changmin (born 1988), member of the pop group TVXQ
Max Collins (disambiguation)
Max Cooper (electronica musician), European electronica and techno musician
Max Dale Cooper (born 1933), American immunologist
Max Delbrück (1906–1981), German–American biophysicist
Max Delbrück (chemist) (1850-1919), German agricultural chemist, uncle of the above
Max Evans (disambiguation)
Max Jakob Friedländer (1867–1958), German curator and art historian
Max Geller (born 1971), Israeli Olympic wrestler
Maxwell Max Green (musician) (born 1984), American musician
Max Green (lawyer) (1952–1998), Australian lawyer, embezzler and murder victim
Max Hastings (born 1945), British journalist, editor, historian and author
Max Huber (Canadian football) (born 1945), American football player in the Canadian Football League
Max Huber (graphic designer) (1919–1992), Swiss graphic designer
Max Huber (statesman) (1874–1960), Swiss lawyer and diplomat
Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1865–1935), Austrian politician, Prime Minister of Austria in 1918
Max King (theologian) (born 1930), founder of the school of thought known as Transmillennialism
Max King (runner) (born 1980), American ultramarathon runner, winner of the 2014 IAU 100 km World Championships
Max Marcuse (1877–1963), Jewish-German/Israeli dermatologist and sexologist
Max Friedrich Meyer (1873–1967), German-born American psychologist
Maximilian Max Meyer (footballer) (born 1995), German footballer
Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850–1927), German composer and pianist
Max Morinière (born 1964), French retired sprinter
Max Müller (disambiguation)
Max Planck (1858-1947), German theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
Max Reinhardt (1873–1943), Austrian-born American theatre and film director, intendant and theatrical producer
Max Reinhardt (publisher) (1915–2002), British publisher
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 Schneider, American pop musician
Max Ugrai (born 1995), German basketball player
Max Weber (disambiguation)
Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont (born 1948), generally known as Max Egremont, British biographer and novelist
