Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 hero
Max Evans 1998 Roswell High 
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
1 character
(character) Maxwell 1969 Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Fictional Characters from Television:
4 characters, 1 hero
Max Brady 1965 Days of Our Lives
Maxwell Smart 1965 Get Smart
Max Greevey (a.k.a. Maxwell) 1990 Law & Order
Maxwell Sheffield 1993 The Nanny
Max Evans 1999 Roswell
Hall-of-Famers:
1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Max Bentley 1966
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Max Bentley 1946 ice hockey
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 literature
(literature) J. M. Coetzee (a.k.a. Maxwell) 2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
5 actors
Stuart Whitman (a.k.a. Maxwell) 1928-2020
Maxwell Caulfield 1959-
Simon Helberg (a.k.a. Maxwell) 1980-
Jamie Dornan (a.k.a. Maxwell) 1982-
Joe Dempsie (a.k.a. Maxwell) 1987-
Notable Athletes:
1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 soccer
(ice hockey) Max Bentley 1920-1984
(soccer) Maxwell 1981-
(football) Max Unger 1986-
Notable Writers:
1 author
J. M. Coetzee (a.k.a. Maxwell) 1940-
Olympic Medalists:
2 gold, 1 bronze, 1 silver
(gold) Maxie Long 1900 400 m
(silver) Maxwell Deacon 1936 ice hockey
(gold) Maxie Parks 1976 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Max Metzker 1980 swimming - 1500 m freestyle
Other Leaders:
1 president
President George Maxwell Richards 2003-2013 Trinidad and Tobago