Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 hero
Max Evans 1998 Roswell High 
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 hero
"Mad" Max Rockatansky 1979 Mad Max
Fictional Characters from Television:
5 characters, 1 hero
Max Brady 1965 Days of Our Lives
Max Greevey 1990 Law & Order
Max Evans 1999 Roswell
Max Medina 2000 Gilmore Girls
Max Cavanaugh 2001 Crossing Jordan
Max Keenan 2005 Bones
Hall-of-Famers:
1 baseball, 1 basketball, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Max Carey 1961
(ice hockey) Max Bentley 1966
(basketball) Marty Friedman (a.k.a. Max) 1971
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Max Bentley 1946 ice hockey
Nobel Prize Winners:
3 physics, 2 medicine, 1 chemistry, 1 economics
(physics) Max von Laue 1914
(physics) Max Planck 1918
(medicine) Max Theiler 1951
(physics) Max Born 1954
(chemistry) Max Perutz 1962
(medicine) Max Delbrück 1969
(economics) Harry Markowitz (a.k.a. Max) 1990
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
7 actors
Max Linder 1883-1925
Max Nosseck 1902-1972
Max von Sydow 1929-2020
Raoul Trujillo (a.k.a. Max) 1955-
Max Greenfield 1979-
Max Brown 1981-
Max Thieriot 1988-
Notable Artists:
1 fashion designer, 1 sculptor/painter
Max Ernst 1891-1976
Max Azria 1949-2019
Notable Athletes:
2 soccer, 1 boxing, 1 chess, 1 driving, 1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 tennis
(chess) Max Euwe 1901-1981
(boxing) Max Schmeling 1905-2005
(ice hockey) Max Bentley 1920-1984
(tennis) Max Mirnyi 1977-
(football) Max Unger 1986-
(soccer) Max Grün 1987-
(soccer) Max Gradel 1987-
(driving) Max Verstappen 1997-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director, 1 director/screenwriter
Max Linder 1883-1925
Max Nosseck 1902-1972
Notable Musicians:
1 composer
Max Steiner 1888-1971
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 philologist, 1 sociologist
Max Müller 1823-1900
Max Weber 1864-1920
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Max van der Stoel 1924-2011
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
3 physicists
Max Planck 1858-1947
Max von Laue 1879-1960
Max Born 1882-1970
Notable Writers:
1 author
Max Brod 1884-1968
Olympic Medalists:
7 gold, 4 bronze, 1 silver/bronze
(gold) Max Schöne 1900 swimming - 200 m team
(gold) Max Hainle 1900 swimming - 200 m team
(gold) Max Emmerich 1904 triathlon
(silver/bronze) Max Gumpel 1912; 1920 water polo
(gold) Max Amann 1928 water polo
(bronze) Max Metzker 1980 swimming - 1500 m freestyle
(bronze) Max Morinière 1988 4x100 m relay
(gold) Max Mirnyi 2012 tennis
(gold) Max Weinhold 2008; 2012 field hockey
(bronze) Max Hoff 2012 canoe sprint
(gold) Max Salminen 2012 sailing
(bronze) Max Whitlock 2012 artistic gymnastics
Swiss Presidents:
1 president
Max Petitpierre 1950; 1955; 1960