Maynard (given name)

Maynard is a masculine given name.

People

Notable people with the name include:

Maynard (Australian media personality), DJ with ABC in Australia
Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006), Canadian jazz trumpeter
Maynard Jackson (1938–2003), former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Maynard James Keenan (born 1964), singer for the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer (born James Herbert Keenan)
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), English economist
Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), socialist professor and politician
Maynard Lyndon (1907-1999), American architect
Maynard Jack Ramsay (1914–2005), American entomologist
Maynard Reece (1920–2020), American artist
Maynard Harrison Smith (1911–1984), US recipient of the Medal of Honor
Maynard Solomon (1930-2020), American music producer and musicologist
Maynard Wallace (1943-2021), American politician
Maynard Webb Chairman of the Board of Directors at Yahoo!
Robert Maynard Jones (Bobi Jones; 1929-2017), Welsh poet and academic

Fictional characters with the given or single name "Maynard" include:

Brother Maynard, a monk in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Maynard, one of the main antagonists in Pulp Fiction (film)
Maynard (Bluey character), a character in the Australian children's TV series Bluey
Maynard G. Krebs, character in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Maynard James "M.J." Delfino, fictional character in the television show Desperate Housewives, played by Mason Vale Cotton