Maximilian

Maximilian or Maximillian (Maximiliaan in Dutch and Maximilien in French) is a male name.

The name "Max" is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names.

Monarchs

 * Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (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 (1933–2022)

Saints

 * Maximilian of Antioch (died c. 353), 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
 * Maximilian Abel (born 1982), professional tennis player from Germany
 * Maximilian Ahlschwede (born 1990), German former professional footballer
 * Maximilian Arfsten (born 2001), American professional soccer player
 * Maximilian Arndt (born 1987), German bobsledder
 * Maximilian Arnold (born 1994), German professional footballer
 * Maximilian "Max" Baer (Maximilian Adelbert Baer), (1909-1959), American boxer and heavyweight champion
 * Maximilian Bauer, multiple people
 * Maximilian Beier (born 2002), German professional footballer
 * Maximilian Beister (born 1990), German footballer
 * Maximilian Benassi, Italian sprint canoeist
 * Maximilian Beyer (born 1993), German racing cyclist
 * Maximilian Brandl (born 1997), German cross-country mountain biker
 * Maximilian Braune (born 2003), German professional footballer
 * Maximilian Breunig (born 2000), German professional footballer
 * Maximilian Buhk (born 1992), retired German racing driver
 * Maximilian "Max" Chilton (born 1991), Indycar driver
 * Maximilian Dahlhoff (born 1992), German footballer
 * Maximilian Dallinger (born 1996), German sport shooter
 * Maximilian Dietz (born 2002), American professional soccer player
 * Maximilian Dimitrovici (born 1989), German ice hockey player
 * Maximilian Dittgen (born 1995), German professional footballer
 * Maximilian Dörnbach (born 1995), German track cyclist
 * Maximilian Drum (born 1991), German footballer
 * Maximilian Eggestein (born 1996), German professional footballer
 * Maximilian Engl (born 1997), German professional footballer
 * Maximilian Entrup (born 1997), Austrian professional footballer
 * Maximilian Ferrari (born 2000), Canadian soccer player
 * Maximilian Forster (born 1990), German professional ice hockey player
 * 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
 * Maximillian "Max" Schmeling (1905–2005), German boxer and heavyweight champion
 * Max Emilian Verstappen (born 1997), Formula 1 driver and three time world champion

Other people

 * Maximilian Apfelbaum (d.1953), Polish-born furrier who co-founded the New York furriers Maximilian.
 * Maximilian Arland (born 1981), German television presenter and singer
 * Max Baer Jr. (Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr.), American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
 * Maximilian Balzan (1637–1711), Maltese mediaeval philosopher who specialised mainly in physics and art
 * Maximilian Berlitz (1852–1921), linguist and founder of the Berlitz Language Schools
 * Maximilian Bern (1849–1923), German writer and editor
 * Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867-1939), Swiss physician and pioneer nutritionist
 * Maximilian F. Bonzano (1821–1894), German-born American government official, politician, and physician
 * Maximilien "Max" Boublil (born 1979), French actor and singer
 * Maximilian Braun (1850–1930), German anatomist and zoologist who specialized in the field of parasitology
 * Maximillian "Max" Brooks (born 1972), American author
 * Maximilian Brückner (born 1979), German actor
 * Maximilian Büsser, Swiss businessman and founder of the watch brand MB&F
 * Maximilian Cercha (1818–1907), Polish painter and drawer
 * Maximilian Colt, Flemish sculptor who settled in England and eventually rose to become the King's Master Carver
 * Maximilian Consbruch (1866-1927), German West Prussian classical philologist and gymnasium principal, known for his studies of Greek lyric and the work of Hephaestion
 * Maximilian (1936–2020), stage name of American musician Maxfield Crook
 * Maximilian Curtze (1837–1903), German mathematician and historian of mathematics
 * Maximilian Dasio (1865-1954), German painter and medal engraver
 * Maximilian Davis (born 1995), British fashion designer
 * Maximilian Dimoff (born 1968), principal bassist of the Cleveland Orchestra
 * Maximillian Miles Christensen, known as Maximilian Dood (born 1983), American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
 * Maximilian C. Jehuda Ewert (born 1974), composer and violinist
 * Maximilian Fichtner (born 1961), professor for Solid State Chemistry at the Ulm University and executive director of the Helmholtz Institute Ulm for Electrochemical Energy Storage (HIU)
 * Maximilian Fischer (1929-2019), Austrian entomologist and a specialist on parasitic wasps
 * Maximilian Forte, professor of anthropology at the Concordia University Department of Sociology and Anthropology in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 * Maximilian Grabner (1905–1948), Austrian Nazi Gestapo chief in Auschwitz executed for crimes against humanity
 * Maximilian Hacman (1877–1961), Romanian academic
 * Maximilian Emil Hehl (1861-1916), German engineer and architect active in Brazil
 * Maximilian von Jaunez (1873–1947), French-German industrialist and politician
 * Maximilian List (1910 – c. 1980), German SS concentration camp commandant
 * Maximilian Nitze (1848–1906), German urologist
 * Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794), politician in the French Revolution
 * Maximilian Ronge (1874–1953), Austrian intelligence officer
 * Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), Austrian-born Swiss actor
 * Max C. Starkloff (1858–1942), American physician and Health Commissioner for St. Louis, Missouri
 * Maximilian von Sevenborg (c. 1490 – c. 1538), author
 * Maximilian von Weichs (1881–1954), German field marshal
 * Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke (1820-1906), German entomologist

Fictional characters

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