Max or MAX may refer to:

Animals

  • Max (American dog) (1983–2013), a beagle, dachshund, and terrier mix
  • Max (British dog) (2007–2022), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE)
  • Max (gorilla) (1971–2004), a western lowland gorilla at the Johannesburg Zoo who was shot by a criminal in 1997

Brands and enterprises

  • Australian Max Beer
  • Max Hamburgers, a fast-food corporation
  • MAX Index, a Hungarian domestic government bond index
  • Max Fashion, an Indian clothing brand

Computing

  • MAX (operating system), a Spanish-language Linux version
  • Max (software), a music programming language
  • MAX Machine, 1982 home computer by Commodore
  • Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions, extensions for HP PA-RISC
  • Max (app), Russian messenger software

Films

  • Max (1994 film), a Canadian film by Charles Wilkinson
  • Max (2002 film), a film about Adolf Hitler
  • Max (2015 film), an American war drama film
  • Max (2024 film), an Indian Kannada language film by Vijay Karthikeyaa

Games

  • Dancing Stage Max, a 2005 game in the Dance Dance Revolution series
  • DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution or MAX, a North American music video game
  • DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix or MAX, a 2001 Japanese music video game
  • M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration, a computer game

Literature

  • Max (book series), a children's book series by Barbro Lindgren and Eva Eriksson
  • Max (children's book), a children's book by Bob Graham
  • Max (Fast novel), a 1982 novel by Howard Fast
  • MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel, a novel by James Patterson

Magazines

  • Max (French magazine)
  • Max (German magazine) (1991–2008)
  • Max (Italian magazine) (1985–2013)
  • Max, a 1990s Australian magazine later retitled Maxim
  • Max, a Mexican magazine

Music

  • MAX (group), a Japanese vocal group
  • Max Schneider, better known by the mononym MAX, American singer
  • Max (Max Mutzke album), 2015
  • Max (Max Roach album), 1958
  • Max, a 1977 album by The Rumour
  • The Max, a song by Prince on his 1992 album Love Symbol
  • "Max", a song by Paolo Conte

People and fictional characters

  • Max (given name), including nicknames and fictional characters
  • Max (surname), a list of people and a fictional character
  • Max Beerbohm (1872–1956), English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max
  • Max (Spanish cartoonist), pen name of Francesc Capdevila Gisbert (born 1956)
  • Max Schneider (born 1992), American singer known as MAX
  • Max (Korean singer), stage name of Korean singer Shim Chang-min (born 1988)
  • Maximiano de Sousa (1918–1980), Portuguese Fado singer also known as Max
  • Max (footballer, born 1975), Brazilian goalkeeper Maxlei dos Santos Luzia
  • Max (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian former footballer Max Brendon Costa Pinheiro
  • Max (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian footballer Maximiliano Lélis Rodrigues
  • Max (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer Marcil Elias da Silva
  • Max (footballer, born 2002), Brazilian footballer Maswel Ananias Silva
  • Max Alves (born 2001), Brazilian footballer known simply as Max
  • Max (drag queen), Max Malanaphy, a competitor on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race

Places

United States

  • Max, Indiana, an unincorporated community
  • Max Township, Itasca County, Minnesota
  • Max, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
  • Max, Missouri, a ghost town
  • Max, Nebraska, an unincorporated community and census-designated place
  • Max, North Dakota, a town

Elsewhere

  • El Max, Alexandria, Egypt, a neighborhood

Television

Channels and networks

  • Max (Australian TV channel)
  • Max (Canadian TV channel)
  • Rex (Norwegian TV channel), a Norwegian TV channel, formerly named Max
  • Omroep MAX, a Netherlands TV broadcaster
  • Sony Max, an Indian pay television channel
  • Cinemax or Max, an American television network
  • HBO Max, a video on demand streaming service, formerly named Max

Episodes

  • "Max" (The X-Files)
  • "Max", a 1978 episode of The Bionic Woman

Transportation

  • MAX (Calgary), a bus system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • MAX, a former branding for bus rapid transit used by the Utah Transit Authority in Utah, US
  • MAX Bus Rapid Transit (Colorado), a bus system in Fort Collins, Colorado, US
  • Macatawa Area Express, a bus system in Holland, Michigan, US
  • MAX Light Rail, a rail service in Portland, Oregon, US
  • Arriva Max, a UK bus service brand
  • Boeing 737 MAX, an airliner made by the American company Boeing
  • B-ON Max, a panel van
  • Moyes Max, an Australian hang glider design
  • Madera Area Express (now Madera Metro), a transit agency in Madera, California, US
  • Metro Area Express (Perth), a proposed light rail system in Perth, Western Australia
  • Metropolitan Area Express BRT Line or MAX, a bus system in Las Vegas, Nevada, US
  • Metro Arlington Xpress, a public transit system in Texas, US
  • Modesto Area Express (now Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority), a transit agency in Modesto, California, US
  • MAX Transit, a bus system in Birmingham, Alabama, US
  • E1 Series Shinkansen or Max, a bullet train in Japan
  • E4 Series Shinkansen or Max, a bullet train in Japan

Other uses

  • Max (comics), sometimes stylized as MAX Comics, a Marvel Comics imprint aimed at adult-only readers
  • MAX (gene), a human gene
  • Maxillaria or Max, an orchid genus
  • The Max, a fictitious hangout on Saved by the Bell (also featured on The New Class and the 2020 reboot)
  • max and min, operations to obtain maximal and minimal elements

See also

  • Macx (disambiguation)
  • Macs (disambiguation)
  • Mad Max (disambiguation)
  • MAKS (disambiguation)
  • Maxie (disambiguation)
  • Maximilian (disambiguation)
  • Maximus (disambiguation)
  • Maxx (disambiguation)
  • Mighty Max (disambiguation)