Major (given name)
Major is an English-language given name, which often causes confusion with the military rank of the same name.
People with the name or nickname include:
Sports
- Major Applewhite (born 1978), American football quarterback and coach
- Major Booth (1886–1916), English cricketer
- Major Culbert (born 1987), American football player
- Major Davis (1882–1959), English cricketer
- Major Everett (born 1960), American football player
- Major Garrett (born 1962), American journalist
- Major Goodsell (1900–1988), Australian rower
- Major Harris (born 1968), American football player
- Major Jones (born 1953), American basketball player
- Major Ritchie (1870–1955), English tennis player
- Major Taylor (1878–1932), American cyclist nicknamed "Major"
- Major Wingate (born 1983), American basketball player
- Major Wright (born 1988), American football player
Politics
- Major Andre Andrews (1792–1834), American politician in New York
- Major Coxson (1929–1973), American politician in New Jersey
- Major M. Hillard (1896–1977), American politician in Virginia
- Major Knight (1812–1891), American politician in Maine
- Major Logue (1826–1900), Australian politician in Western Australia
- Major C. Mead (1858–?), American politician in Wisconsin
- Major Owens (1936–2013), American politician in New York
- Major Thibaut (born 1977), American politician in Louisiana
Arts and entertainment
- Major Dodson (born 2003), American actor
- Major Harris (singer) (1947–2012), American R&B singer
- Klaus Heuser (born 1957), German rock guitarist and producer
- Major Holley (1924–1990), American jazz musician
- Major Lance (1939–1994), American R&B singer
- Major (American musician) (born 1984), American pop soul musician and actor Major R. Johnson Finley
Others
- Major Downes (1834–1923), British Army general
- Major Greenwood (1880–1949), English scientist
- Major B. Harding (born 1935), American judge in Florida
- Major Rohde Hawkins (1821–1884), English architect
- Major Nichols (1914–2005), English cycle-maker
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