Maximilian

Maximilian, Maximillian or Maximiliaan (Maximilien in French) is a male given name. It was coined by Friedrich III for his son in 1459, explaining it as a combination of the names of two Roman generals, Maximus and Scipio Aemilianus. There was, however, an antecedent in Maximilianus, and several other prominent early Christians.

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 (born 1933)

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 "Max" Baer (Maximilian Adelbert Baer), (1909-1959), American boxer and heavyweight champion
• Maximilian "Max" Chilton (born 1991), Indycar driver
• Maximilian Beister (born 1990), German footballer
• Maximilian Ferrari (born 2000), Canadian soccer player
• Maximilian Dimitrovici (born 1989), German ice hockey player
• Maximilian Heidegger (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Maximilian Levy (born 1987), German track cyclist
• Maximilian Mbaeva (born 1989), Namibian footballer
• Maximillian "Max" Schmeling (1905–2005), German boxer and heavyweight champion

Other people

• Max Baer Jr. (Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr.), American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
• Maximilian (born 1936), stage name of American musician Max Crook
• Maximilian Grabner (1905–1948), Austrian Nazi Gestapo chief in Auschwitz executed for crimes against humanity
• Maximilian Hacman (1877–1961), Romanian academic
• 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 Schell (1930–2014), Austrian-born Swiss actor
• Maximilian von Sevenborg (c.  1490 – c.  1538), author
• Maximilian von Weichs (1881–1954), German field marshal

Fictional characters

• Maximilian Bercovicz, fictional character from Once Upon A Time In America
• Maximilian Jenius, fictional character from Macross
• Maximillion Pegasus, fictional character on Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Maximillian, robot from the 1979 Disney motion picture The Black Hole
• Maximillian Arturo, fictional character on Sliders
• Tsar Maximilian, hero of the eponymous Russian folk-play
• Maximilian (Maxie) Zeus, villain in Batman comic book series
• Maximilian Goof is Max Goof's full name in Disney TV and film franchises
• 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 Morrel, the son of shipbuilder Pierre Morrel, from Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

See also

• Massimiliano
• Maximilla
• Maximiliano
• Maximillion