# Maynard (surname)

Maynard is a Norman/Germanic/English surname meaning "strength, hardy".

## People

Notable people with the surname include:
* Abra K. Maynard (1803-1894), American farmer and politician
* Alan Maynard (1944–2018), British health economist
* Amory Maynard (1804–1890), Industrialist, founder of Maynard, Massachusetts
* Bill Maynard (1928–2018), English comedian and actor
* Brad Maynard (born 1974), American football punter and holder
* Brayden Maynard (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
* Brittany Maynard (1984–2014), American activist for assisted suicide
* Bruno Maynard (born 1971), French ice hockey player
* Charles Johnson Maynard (1845–1929), American naturalist and ornithologist
* Sir Charles Clarkson Martin Maynard (1870–1945), senior British Army officer
* Conor Maynard (born 1992), British singer
* David Swinson Maynard ("Doc" Maynard), American pioneer, first doctor in Seattle
* Diana Maynard, British computational linguist
* Don Maynard (1935–2022), American football player
* Dori J. Maynard (1958–2015), President and CEO of the Maynard Institute (2008); daughter of Robert C. Maynard
* Edward Maynard (1813–1891), American firearms inventor
* Farnham Maynard, Australian Anglican clergyman and first president of the Council for Aboriginal Rights
* Finian Maynard (born 1975), world champion windsurfer
* Fred Maynard (1879–1946), Aboriginal Australian activist, founder of Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA)
* Gray Maynard (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
* Hannah Maynard (1834–1918), Canadian photographer
* Horace Maynard (1814–1882), Tennessee Congressman and U.S. Postmaster General
* Isaac H. Maynard (1838–1896), New York lawyer
* James Maynard (born 1987), British mathematician
* Jay Maynard (born 1960), computer programmer, "Tron man"
* John Maynard (disambiguation), several people
* Joyce Maynard (born 1953), American author
* Kelvin Maynard (1987–2019), Dutch professional soccer player
* Ken Maynard (1895–1973), American movie stuntman and actor
* Ken Maynard (cartoonist) (1928–1998), Australian cartoonist
* Kermit Maynard (1897–1971), American actor
* Kyle Maynard (born 1986), American speaker, author and athlete
* Louis Maynard (1871–1940), French writer and historian
* Marjorie Maynard (1891–1975), British artist and farmer
* Mark R. Maynard (born 1972), West Virginia politician
* Matthew Maynard (born 1966), ex-cricketer
* Merv Maynard (c. 1931-2017), Aboriginal Australian jockey, son of Fred and father of historian John Maynard
* Michelle Maynard, Western Australian politician
* Nathan Maynard, Aboriginal Australian playwright, recipient of Balnaves Fellowship in 2019
* Nicky Maynard (born 1986), MK Dons F.C. striker
* Ralph Maynard Smith, (1904–1964) architect
* Richard Maynard (1832–1907), Canadian photographer
* Robert Maynard (disambiguation), several people
* Spike Maynard (1942–2014), Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
* Thane Maynard, wildlife expert
* Tom Maynard, (1989–2012), English cricketer
* William H. Maynard (1786–1832), New York politician

## Fictional characters

* Christopher Maynard, fictional antagonist from the 1996 film, The Glimmer Man, played by Stephen Tobolowsky
* John Maynard, protagonist of a ballad by the german writer Theodor Fontane