MAX
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Max, originally an abbreviation of "Maximilian" may refer to:

Surname

  • Adolphe Max
    Adolphe Max
    Adolphe Eugène Jean Henri Max was a Belgian liberal politician and Mayor of Brussels from 1909 until his death....

    , Belgian politician
  • Gabriel von Max
    Gabriel von Max
    Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max was a Prague-born Austrian painter.He was born Gabriel Cornelius Max, the son of Czech sculptor Joseph Max and Anna Schumann. He studied between 1855 and 1858 at the Prague Academy of Arts with Eduard von Engerth...

    , Austrian painter
  • Peter Max
    Peter Max
    Peter Max is a German-born Jewish American artist. At first, works in this style appeared on posters and were seen on the walls of college dorms all across America. Max then became fascinated with new printing techniques that allowed for four-color reproduction on product merchandise...

    , American artist
  • Tucker Max
    Tucker Max
    Tucker Max is an American author and public speaker. He chronicles his drunken and sexual encounters in the form of short stories on his website TuckerMax.com, which has received millions of visitors since Max launched it for a bet in 2002, making him an Internet celebrity.Max's book I Hope They...

    , American author

Fictional characters

  • Max (24 character), a character from the second season of 24 and 24: The Game
  • Max and Moritz
    Max and Moritz
    Max and Moritz is a German language illustrated story in verse. This highly inventive, blackly humorous tale, told entirely in rhymed couplets, was written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch and published in 1865...

    , a German language illustrated story in verse
  • Max, a character from the Bomberman series of computer and video games
  • Max (Comet Man)
    Max (Comet Man)
    Max is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He is an alien, a member of the extraterrestrial race known as the Fortisquains, created by the Beyonders.-Publication history:...

    , a Marvel Comics character
  • Max, the nickname of The Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe in the new series of Doctor Who
  • Max Branning
    Max Branning
    Max Branning is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jake Wood. He made his first appearance on 27 June 2006.-Backstory:Max is the fifth child and second son of Jim and Reenie Branning...

    , a character from EastEnders.
  • Max (Flight of the Navigator), a spaceship from Flight of the Navigator
  • Max Goof
    Max Goof
    Max Goof is a fictional character who is the teenage son of the popular Disney character Goofy. He first appeared in the 1992 television series Goof Troop...

    , the son of Disney character Goofy
  • Max Guevara
    Max Guevara
    Max Guevara is a fictional television character and protagonist in the cyberpunk science fiction television program Dark Angel. She is portrayed by Jessica Alba as an adult and Geneva Locke as a child...

    , a character from Dark Angel
  • Max Headroom (character)
    Max Headroom (character)
    Max Headroom is a fictional British artificial intelligence, known for his wit and stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled voice. The character was created by George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton in the mid nineteen eighties, and portrayed by Matt Frewer as "The World's first...

    , a 1980s television personality
  • Max Heiliger
    Max Heiliger
    Max Heiliger was a fictional name created during the Nazi era under authority of Reichsbank president Walther Funk in a secret arrangement with S.S. leader Himmler; the false identity was used to establish bank accounts to launder valuables stolen from those killed in the Nazi system of...

    , identity created by top Nazi German banking officials for laundering valuables taken from Holocaust victims
  • Maxxie Oliver
    Maxxie Oliver
    Maxxie Oliver is a fictional character in the British television series Skins. He is portrayed by actor Mitch Hewer.-Characterisation:Maxxie is portrayed as proficient at several styles of dance, including tap dance. He is also shown as being a brilliant artist, seductive, well-liked and...

    , a character from Skins
  • Max (Pokémon), a character in the Pokémon anime
  • Max, The Grinch's dog from How the Grinch Stole Christmas and its adaptations.
  • Max Rebo, a Star Wars character
  • Max Rockatansky
    Max Rockatansky
    "Mad" Max Rockatansky, sometimes referred to as The Road Warrior and The Man with No Name, is the main character from director George Miller's Mad Max franchise, appearing in the films Mad Max, Mad Max 2, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome...

    , the main character from the Mad Max films
  • Max Russo
    Max Russo
    Maximilian Alanzo Ernesto "Max" Russo is a fictional character on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place, portrayed by Jake T. Austin...

    , The youngest sibling in The Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place
  • Max, a "hyperkinetic rabbity thing", one of the two main characters in the comic series Sam & Max
  • Max Tate
    Max Tate
    Max Tate is a fictional character in the popular manga and anime series of Beyblade....

    , a character from the anime/manga series Beyblade
  • Max Zorin
    Max Zorin
    Max Zorin is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. He was portrayed by Academy Award winner Christopher Walken...

    , the central antagonist in the James Bond film A View To A Kill
  • Max Tennyson, a character from Ben 10
  • Montana Max
    Montana Max
    Montana "Monty" Master Max is a cartoon character from the Warner Bros. animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures. He is one of the main characters on the show. and also one of the main antagonists of the show. Monty is voiced by Danny Cooksey. Montana Max is a young, brown haired, male...

    , a Tiny Toons Adventures character
  • Montana Max (Hellsing)
    Montana Max (Hellsing)
    The Major is a character in the manga and OVA series Hellsing. He is the main antagonist of the series and is the leader of Millennium. He's voiced in Japanese by Nobuo Tobita, and in English by Gildart Jackson...

    , an anime character
  • Ultraman Max
    Ultraman Max
    was an Ultraman TV series which started airing on 7 July 2005, and produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.. The show tried to return to the true formula of new monsters every week and being a fast paced show like previous series with the exception of Ultraman Nexus...

    , the main character from the titular film
  • Max, a commanding officer in the Advance Wars
    Advance Wars
    Advance Wars, known in Japan as is a turn-based tactics video game developed for the Game Boy Advance by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It was released in North America on September 10, 2001, but put on hold in Japan and Europe due to the following day's terrorist attacks in the USA...

    video games
  • Max, the co-star of the Max & Ruby, animated series
  • Max, the boy in Where the Wild Things Are
    Where The Wild Things Are
    Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1973 , a 1980 opera, and, in 2009, a live-action feature film...

    by Maurice Sendak
  • Max, a character in the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine
  • Maximum Ride, the main character of the Maximum Ride book series by James Patterson

Computers, software, and games

  • 3ds Max, a computer program for the development of 3-dimensional graphics and animation
  • Max (software)
    Max (software)
    Max is a visual programming language for music and multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco-based software company Cycling '74. During its 20-year history, it has been widely used by composers, performers, software designers, researchers, and artists for creating innovative recordings,...

    , a graphical development environment for music and multimedia
  • Commodore MAX Machine
    Commodore MAX Machine
    The Commodore MAX Machine, also known as Ultimax in the United States and VC-10 in Germany, was a home computer designed and sold by Commodore International in Japan, beginning in early 1982, a predecessor to the popular Commodore 64...

    , a computer
  • Max Payne
    Max Payne
    Max Payne is a BAFTA Award–winning third-person shooter video game developed by Finnish developers Remedy Entertainment and published by Gathering of Developers in July 2001 for Microsoft Windows. Ports created later in the year for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and the GameBoy Advance were published by...

    , a third-person shooter video game
  • MAX (Linux distribution)
    MAX (Linux distribution)
    MAX is a Linux distribution sponsored by the department of education of the autonomous community of Madrid. MAX stands for MAdrid LinuX. It was formerly based on Knoppix, while its last release, MAX 4.0, is based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Since 2003 MAX has been installed on all the computers of the...

     (Madrid linux), a government sponsored Ubuntu-based version of Linux in Spanish
  • Mechanized Assault & Exploration
    Mechanized Assault & Exploration
    M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration is a turn-based strategy game released for DOS in 1996. The objective of the game is to colonize various alien planets by building eco-spheres for your colonists to live in and defending them against enemies...

    , a computer game
  • Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions
    Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions
    The Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions or MAX are instruction set extensions to the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC instruction set architecture ....

    , for HP PA-RISC
  • Max (ripping software), an audio ripper for Mac OS X
  • Dancing Stage Max
    Dancing Stage Max
    Dancing Stage Max, or Max, was released on November 25, 2005 by Konami to the Europeean PlayStation 2 gaming audience. Dancing Stage Max was modeled after Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 in America and Dance Dance Revolution Strike in Japan, containing the new Dance Master Mode and improved EyeToy...

    , a game in the Dance Dance Revolution series
  • MAX, commonly used shorthand for DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix, a Japanese music video game
  • MAX, commonly used shorthand for DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution, a North American music video game

Places

In the United States:
  • Max, Indiana
    Max, Indiana
    Max is an unincorporated town in Jefferson Township, Boone County, Indiana....

  • Max, Nebraska
    Max, Nebraska
    Max is an unincorporated community in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States. Its elevation is 2,900 feet ....

    , in Dundy County
  • Max, North Dakota
    Max, North Dakota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 278 people, 129 households, and 74 families residing in the city. The population density was 362.3 people per square mile . There were 150 housing units at an average density of 195.5 per square mile...

    , in McLean County
  • Max Township, Minnesota
    Max Township, Minnesota
    Max Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 156 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.2 square miles , of which, 28.7 square miles of it is land and 5.5 square...

    , in Itasca County

Transportation

  • MAX Light Rail (an acronym for Metropolitan Area Express), a light rail system serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area
  • MAX (UTA)
    MAX (UTA)
    Max is the name of a bus rapid transit line operated by Utah Transit Authority that opened on July 14, 2008. Max has service improvements that differ from regular bus service, such as signal priority, increased spacing between stops, high frequency service and improved stops...

    , a rapid transit bus line in Salt Lake County, Utah
  • Metropolitan Area Express BRT Line
    Metropolitan Area Express BRT Line
    The Metropolitan Area Express, or MAX, is a bus rapid transit line owned by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and operated by Veolia Transportation. MAX began operations on June 30, 2004...

     (MAX), a bus rapid transit system in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Modesto Area Express
    Modesto Area Express
    Modesto Area Express, better known by the acronym MAX, is the primary bus agency for Modesto, a Northern California city with over 200,000 inhabitants...

    , a transit agency serving Modesto, California
  • The E1 Series Shinkansen
    E1 Series Shinkansen
    The is a Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by East Japan Railway Company in Japan since 1994. They were the first double-deck trains built for Japan's Shinkansen...

     and E4 Series Shinkansen
    E4 Series Shinkansen
    The is a high-speed shinkansen train type operated by East Japan Railway Company in Japan. They were the second series of completely bi-level Shinkansen trainsets to be built in Japan . They operate on the Tōhoku and Jōetsu Shinkansen, and occasionally on the Nagano Shinkansen...

     double-decker Shinkansen trains in Japan

Media, arts and entertainment

  • Cinemax
    Cinemax
    Cinemax, sometimes abbreviated as simply "Max", is a collection of premium television networks that broadcasts primarily feature films, along with softcore erotica, original action series, documentaries and special behind-the-scenes features. Cinemax is operated by Home Box Office, Inc., a...

     (unofficially known as Max), an American premium television network
  • MAX (band)
    MAX (band)
    MAX whose name is an acronym for "Musical Active eXperience" is an Okinawan vocal group popular in Japan. The original members of MAX made their musical debut as members of the Super Monkey's along with lead vocalist, Namie Amuro...

    , a Japanese vocal group
  • MAX (comics)
    MAX (comics)
    MAX is an imprint of Marvel Comics aimed at a niche 'adults only' audience, launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system...

    , a Marvel imprint
  • Max (film)
    Max (film)
    Max is a 2002 British/Hungarian/Canadian fictional drama film, that depicts a friendship between a Jewish art dealer, Max Rothman, and a young Austrian painter, Adolf Hitler...

    , a semi-historical film portraying Adolf Hitler after his military discharge at the end of World War I
  • MAX, a Spanish theatre
    Culture of Spain
    The culture of Spain is based on a variety of influences.The Visigothic Kingdom left a sense of a united Christian Hispania that was going to be welded in the Reconquista. Muslim influences were strong during the period of 711 AD to the 15th century, especially linguistically...

     award
  • "Max" (The X-Files)
    Max (The X-Files)
    "Max" is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of television series The X-Files. As Mulder and Scully's investigation of the apparent downing of Flight 549 by a UFO continues, they encounter deadly opposition from the military which continues to cover up the truth of the incident.- Plot...

    , an episode of The X-Files
  • "Max", a 1978 episode of The Bionic Woman
    The Bionic Woman
    The Bionic Woman is an American television series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired for three seasons between 1976 and 1978 as a spin off from The Six Million Dollar Man. Wagner stars as tennis pro Jaime Sommers who is nearly killed in a skydiving accident. Sommers' life is saved by Oscar Goldman ...

  • Omroep MAX
    Omroep MAX
    Omroep MAX is a broadcast station in the Netherlands. The focus of MAX is on people with an age of 50 years and older. MAX is broadcasted on Nederland 1 and Nederland 2....

    , a television broadcasting station in the Netherlands
  • Max, album by The Rumour
    The Rumour
    The Rumour were a British rock band in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known as the backup band for Graham Parker, whose early records were credited to Graham Parker & The Rumour...

     (1977)
  • Max FM
    Max FM
    Max FM was a dance radio station in the UK broadcasting from Stoke on Trent. Max FM came back on air in 2008 and is streams continuously in MP3 and aacPlus on Shoutcast and Icecast from its studios in Staffordshire, its owned by Ashley Scrivens also known as "DJ Scrivo", Max FM is operated by MMG...

    , a UK radio station
  • MAX (Channel), an Australian pay TV channel
  • MAX (TV channel)
    MAX (TV channel)
    MAX is a Norwegian television channel designed for a mostly male audience.The first program on MAX was the movie Wild Hogs, followed by the premiere of Breaking Bad...

    , a Norwegian TV channel
  • "Max" series, a collection of songs following the same theme from the music video game series Dance Dance Revolution
    Dance Dance Revolution
    Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...

  • Max (Howard Fast novel), a novel by Howard Fast
  • MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel
    MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel
    MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel is the fifth book in the Maximum Ride series, written by James Patterson. The book was released on March 16, 2009. MAX was published by Little, Brown and Company.-Plot:...

    , the fifth book in the Maximum Ride book series by James Patterson

Science and technology

  • Max, the abbreviation for the orchid genus Maxillaria
    Maxillaria
    Maxillaria, abbreviated as Max in horticultural trade, is a large genus of orchids . This is a diverse genus, with very different morphological forms. Their characteristics can vary widely....

  • MAX (gene)
    MAX (gene)
    Protein max also known as myc-associated factor X is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAX gene.- Function :Protein max is a member of the basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper family of transcription factors. It is able to form homodimers and heterodimers with other family members, which...

    , a human gene
  • Max, an abbreviation for either maximal element, greatest element, or extreme value in mathematics; see Maxima and minima
    Maxima and minima
    In mathematics, the maximum and minimum of a function, known collectively as extrema , are the largest and smallest value that the function takes at a point either within a given neighborhood or on the function domain in its entirety .More generally, the...


Other

  • Max (book)
    Max (book)
    Max is a children's book by Bob Graham. In 2000 it won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Award....

    , a children's book by Bob Graham
  • Max (cigarette)
    Max (cigarette)
    Max, introduced in 1975, was a brand of 120mm cigarettes produced by the Lorillard Tobacco Company of Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The brand was discontinued in summer 2010....

    , a brand of cigarettes made by Lorillard Tobacco Company
  • Max (pig), the pet pig of George Clooney
  • Max Hamburgers
    Max Hamburgers
    Max Hamburgerrestauranger AB is a fast food corporation which was founded by Curt Bergfors in Gällivare, Sweden in 1968...

    , a fast-food corporation
  • Lotto Max
    Lotto Max
    Lotto Max is a Canadian lottery game that began sales on September 19, 2009. The first set of winning numbers were drawn on September 25, 2009, and subsequent draws have been held every Friday. It replaced Lotto Super 7 in September 2009....

    , a Canadian national lottery game
  • "Max", pen name of Catalan ligne claire cartoonist Francesc Capdevila Gisbert

See also

  • Mad Max (disambiguation)
    Mad Max (disambiguation)
    Mad Max is a 1979 Australian film.Mad Max may also refer to:*Mad Max **Max Rockatansky, the main protagonist of the series**Mad Max , a video game for the NES based on Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior...

  • Maximilian (disambiguation)
  • Maximus (disambiguation)
  • Maxwell (disambiguation)
  • Maxx (disambiguation)
  • Mighty Max (disambiguation)
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