Maximilian

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Maximilian or Maximillian (sometimes Maximilia) is a name of Latin origin meaning "greatest." It may refer to:

Saints

• Maximilian (martyr), a 3rd century Christian martyr
• Maximilian of Lorch, a Christian bishop and martyr
• Maximilian of Antioch, a Christian martyr under Julian the Apostate
• Maximilian Kolbe, 20th century Christian martyr

Monarchs

• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Maximilianus Transylvanus (Maximilian von Sevenborg), sixteenth-century author.
• Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria
• Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
• Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria
• Maximilian I of Bavaria
• Maximilian II of Bavaria
• Prince Maximilian of Baden
• Maximilian I of Mexico, Emperor of Mexico

Others

Other bearers of the first name Maximilian:

• Maximilian Schell, an actor
• Maximilian Robespierre, a figure in the French Revolution
• Maximillian Arturo, a fictional character on Sliders
• Maximillian (robot), a robot from the 1979 Disney motion picture, The Black Hole
• Maximillian, the main character in the Playstation 2 video game Dark Cloud 2
• Maximillian Edward-Lloyd Jones actor The Sandlot 2

As a pseudonym

• Maximillian or Max Schmeling, a German boxer
• Maximilian, the recording pseudonym of 1960s pop instrumentalist Max Crook

See also

• Maximillion (disambiguation)

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