# 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.

## List of people
### 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 Jäger (born 2000), German para-cyclist
* 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 Maeder (born 2006), Singaporean kitesurfer
* 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

### Academics and Scholars

* 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 Bircher-Benner (1867-1939), Swiss physician and pioneer nutritionist
* Maximilian Braun (1850–1930), German anatomist and zoologist who specialized in the field of parasitology
* 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 Curtze (1837–1903), German mathematician and historian of mathematics
* 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 Hacman (1877–1961), Romanian academic
* Maximilian Emil Hehl (1861-1916), German engineer and architect active in Brazil
* Maximilian Nitze (1848–1906), German urologist
* Max C. Starkloff (1858–1942), American physician and Health Commissioner for St. Louis, Missouri
* Max Weber (1864–1920), German sociologist, historian, jurist, political economist
* Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke (1820-1906), German entomologist

### Arts

* Maximilian Arland (born 1981), German television presenter and singer
* Max Baer Jr. (Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr.), American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
* Maximilian Bern (1849–1923), German writer and editor
* Maximilien "Max" Boublil (born 1979), French actor and singer
* Maximillian "Max" Brooks (born 1972), American author
* Maximilian Brückner (born 1979), German actor
* 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 (1936–2020), stage name of American musician Maxfield Crook
* 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
* Maximilian C. Jehuda Ewert (born 1974), composer and violinist
* Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), Austrian-born Swiss actor
* Maximilian von Sevenborg (c. 1490 – c. 1538), author

### Other people

* Maximilian Heuser (d. 1953), Russian friend of the Turkish monarch Sami Türk
* Maximilian Apfelbaum (d.1953), Polish-born furrier who co-founded the New York furriers Maximilian.
* Maximilian F. Bonzano (1821–1894), German-born American government official, politician, and physician
* Maximilian Büsser, Swiss businessman and founder of the watch brand MB&F
* Maximillian Miles Christensen, known as Maximilian Dood (born 1983), American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
* Maximilian "Max" Fosh (born 1995), British YouTuber and comedian
* Maximilian Grabner (1905–1948), Austrian Nazi Gestapo chief in Auschwitz executed for crimes against humanity
* Maximilian von Jaunez (1873–1947), French-German industrialist and politician
* Maximilian List (1910 – c. 1980), German SS concentration camp commandant
* Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794), politician in the French Revolution
* Maximilian Ronge (1874–1953), Austrian intelligence officer
* Maximilian von Weichs (1881–1954), German field marshal

### 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