Max (/ˈmæks/) is a masculine given name. It is often a short form (hypocorism) of Maximilian or sometimes Maxwell in English. Maxine is a feminine equivalent of Max used in English. People named Max include: Maximilian Max Baer (1909-1959), American world heavyweight boxing champion , Maximilian Max Baer, Jr. (born 1937), son of the boxer, actor on TV's The Beverly Hillbillies , Max Baer (born 1947), Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice , Baron Max Wladimir von Beck (1854–1943), Austrian politician , Max Born (1882–1970), German physicist, mathematician and Nobel laureate , Max Brown (born 1981), English actor , Maxwell Max Brown (1916–2003), Australian novelist , Max Brown (born 1946), Australian rugby league footballer , Max Changmin (born 1988), member of the pop group TVXQ , Max Cooper, European electronica and techno musician , Max Dale Cooper (born 1933), American immunologist , Max Delbrück (1906–1981), German–American biophysicist , Max Fried (born 1994), American baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves , Max Jakob Friedländer (1867–1958), German curator and art historian , Max Hastings (born 1945), British journalist, editor, historian and author, Max Huber (born 1945), American football player in the Canadian Football League , Max Huber (1919–1992), Swiss graphic designer , Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1865–1935), Austrian politician, Prime Minister of Austria in 1918 , Max Karoubi, French mathematician , Max Kelly (born 2001) Canadian breaststroke swimmer , Max King (theologian) (born 1930), founder of the school of thought known as Transmillennialism , Max King (runner) (born 1980), American ultramarathon runner, winner of the 2014 IAU 100 km World Championships , Max Kougere (born 1987), Central African basketball player , Max Marcuse (1877–1963), Jewish-German/Israeli dermatologist and sexologist , Max Friedrich Meyer (1873–1967), German-born American psychologist , Maximilian Max Meyer (born 1995), German footballer , Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850–1927), German composer and pianist , Max Morinière (born 1964), French retired sprinter , Max Planck (1858-1947), German theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate , Max Rudolf (1902—1995), German conductor , Max Schneider, American pop musician , Max Seibald, American lacrosse player , Max Ugrai (born 1995), German basketball player , Max Verstappen (born 1997), Belgian-Dutch racing driver , Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont (born 1948), generally known as Max Egremont, British biographer and novelist , and Jyudeh Maximilian Russ Jarrett, (born 1998), Parsons student .