Maximilian, Maximillian or Maximiliaan (Maximilien in French) is a male given 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 ), 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 Beister (born 1990), German footballer Maximilian "Max" Chilton (born 1991), Indycar driver Maximilian Dimitrovici (born 1989), German ice hockey player Maximilian Ferrari (born 2000), Canadian soccer 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 a world champion (2021-2022) Other people Maximilian (1936-2020), stage name of American musician Maxfield Crook Maximilian Apfelbaum (d.1953), Polish-born furrier who co-founded the New York furriers Maximilian. Max Baer Jr. (Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr.), American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director 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 ( – ), author 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