Major (given name)

Major is an English-language given name, which often causes confusion with the military rank of the same name.

People with the name or nickname include:

Sports

 * Major Applewhite (born 1978), American football quarterback and coach
 * Major Booth (1886–1916), English cricketer
 * Major Culbert (born 1987), American football player
 * Major Davis (1882–1959), English cricketer
 * Major Everett (born 1960), American football player
 * Major Kerby Farrell (1913–1975), American baseball player and manager
 * Major Goodsell (1900–1988), Australian rower
 * Major Harris (American football) (born 1968), American football player
 * Major Jones (born 1953), American basketball player
 * Major Ritchie (1870–1955), English tennis player
 * Major Taylor (1878–1932), American cyclist nicknamed "Major"
 * Major Wingate (born 1983), American basketball player
 * Major Wright (born 1988), American football player

Politics

 * Major Andre Andrews (1792–1834), American politician in New York
 * Major Coxson (1929–1973), American politician in New Jersey
 * Major M. Hillard (1896–1977), American politician in Virginia
 * Major Knight (1812–1891), American politician in Maine
 * Major Logue (1826–1900), Australian politician in Western Australia
 * Major C. Mead (1858–1925), American politician in Wisconsin
 * Major Olímpio (1962–2021), Brazilian politician
 * Major Owens (1936–2013), American politician in New York
 * Major Thibaut (born 1977), American politician in Louisiana

Media and entertainment

 * Major Dodson (born 2003), American actor
 * Major Garrett (born 1962), American journalist
 * Major Harris (singer) (1947–2012), American R&B singer
 * Klaus Heuser (born 1957), German rock guitarist and producer
 * Major Holley (1924–1990), American jazz musician
 * Major Lance (1939–1994), American R&B singer
 * Major (American musician) (born 1984), American pop soul musician and actor Major R. Johnson Finley

Others

 * Major Downes (1834–1923), British Army general
 * Major Greenwood (1880–1949), English scientist
 * Major B. Harding (born 1935), American judge in Florida
 * Major Rohde Hawkins (1821–1884), English architect
 * Major Nichols (1914–2005), English cycle-maker
 * Major "Moogy" Sumner, Aboriginal Australian elder, dancer and cultural adviser
 * Major Jackson (born 1968), American poet