Maynard (given name)

Maynard is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Maynard (Australian media personality), DJ with ABC in Australia
 * Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006), Canadian jazz trumpeter
 * Maynard Jackson (1938–2003), former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
 * Maynard James Keenan (born 1964), singer for the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer (born James Herbert Keenan)
 * John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), English economist
 * Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), socialist professor and politician
 * Maynard Lyndon (1907-1999), American architect
 * Maynard Jack Ramsay (1914–2005), American entomologist
 * Maynard Reece (1920–2020), American artist
 * Maynard Harrison Smith (1911–1984), US recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * Maynard Solomon (1930-2020), American music producer and musicologist
 * Maynard Wallace (1943-2021), American politician
 * Maynard Webb Chairman of the Board of Directors at Yahoo!
 * Robert Maynard Jones (Bobi Jones; 1929-2017), Welsh poet and academic

Fictional characters:
 * Maynard G. Krebs, character from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
 * Maynard James "M.J." Delfino, fictional character from the television show Desperate Housewives, played by Mason Vale Cotton
 * Maynard, one of the main antagonists from Pulp Fiction (film)
 * Brother Maynard, from Monty Python and the Holy Grail