Major

Major is an unusual English-language given name, which often causes confusion with the military rank of the same name.
People with the name 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 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 R. Owens (1936–2013), American politician in New York
Major Thibaut (born 1977), American politician in Louisiana
Entertainment
Major Dodson (born 2003), American actor
Major Harris (1947–2012), American R&B singer
Major Holley (1924–1990), American jazz musician
Major Lance (1939–1994), American R&B singer
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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Military rank, 1640s, from French major, short for sergent-major, originally a higher rank than at present, from Medieval Latin major "chief officer, magnate, superior person," from Latin maior "an elder, adult," noun use of the adjective (see major (adj.)). The musical sense attested by 1797.

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Greater; a military rank.

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Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Major Tom		David Bowie character
2	Major Applewhite	1978	American football player and coach
3	Static Major	1974	Singer-songwriter, record producer
4	Major Ravi	1953	Indian actor
5	Leo Major	1921	Canadian World War II soldier
6	Major Garrett	1962	Correspondent for CBS News and the National Journal
7	Major Force
8	Anya Major	1966	British athlete and actor
9	Major Sundarrajan	1935	Indian actor
10	Norma Major	1942	Wife of British Prime Minsiter
11	Major Lance	1939	Singer
12	Major Disaster
13	Major Wright	1988	American football player, defensive back, safety
14	Major Harris	1968	American football player
15	Gemini Major	1990
16	Major Ridge	1771	Cherokee leader
17	Scott Major	1975	Actor, director
18	Major Matt Mason
19	Major Bludd		Fictional character from the G.I. Joe
20	Major Gowen		Fictional character in the sitcom "Fawlty Towers"
21	Lee Major		American rapper
22	Irene Malin	1979	Fashion model
23	Major Mapleleaf
24	Fali Homi Major	1947	Former Chief of the Indian Air Force
25	Major Victory
26	Major Dodson	2003
27	Major Owens	1936	American politician
28	Charlie Major	1954	Canadian country music singer
29	Sérgio Olímpio Gomes	1962
30	Major Rajasthani	1961	Singer songwriter
31	Malvina Major	1943	Singer
32	Reema Major	1995	Canadian musician
33	John C. Major	1931	Canadian judge
34	Renaldo Major	1982	American basketball player
35	Catherine Major	1980	Canadian singer
36	Major Holley	1924	American jazz upright bassist
37	Alan Major	1968	American basketball coach
38	Major Iqbal
39	Major “Bloody Bill” Cunningham	1756	American outlaw
40	Major James Coldwell	1888	Canadian politician
41	Josiah Ritchie	1870	English tennis player
42	Major Jones	1953	American basketball player
43	Melinda Major	1974	Hungarian actress
44	Charles Major	1856	American novelist, lawyer
45	Major Greenwood	1880	British epidemiologist
46	Major Israel McCreight	1865	American writer
47	Ákos Major	1908
48	Claudia Pulchra Major
49	Frank Major	1970	Hungarian pornographic actor and personal trainer
50	Major Coxson	1929	American politician
51	Julia the Elder		Eldest sister of Julius Caesar
52	Grant Major	1955	Set Decorator
53	Major Bummer
54	Travis Major	1990	Australian soccer player
55	Drew Major	1956	American computer specialist
56	Clarence Major	1936	American poet, painter and novelist
57	Macrianus Major		Roman usurper
58	Major Jackson	1968	American poet
59	Sarah Major	1988	Sarah Major is very special
60	Tania Major	1981	Australian activist
61	Major B. Harding		American judge
62	Elliot Woolfolk Major	1864	American politician
63	Major Booth	1886	Cricket player of England.
64	Sandra Major	1954	American politician
65	Gerri Major	1894	African American women author
66	Thomas Jones	1665	Irish emigrant to New England and privateer
67	Georg Major	1502	German theologian
68	Major Zero		Fictional character in the Metal Gear video game series
69	Major Wingate	1983	American basketball player
70	Max Major		Mentalist
71	Major Everett	1960	American football player
72	Cornelia Africana Major		Roman noble
73	Mark Major	1970	Canadian hockey player and coach
74	Theodore Major	1908	British artist
75	Major Bill Smith	1922	American record producer
76	Major Culbert	1987	American football player
77	Major Andre Andrews	1792	American politician
78	Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major	1843	Zoologist
79	Ann Major	1946	American writer
80	Douglas Major	1953	American musician
81	Patrick Major		Professor of history at the University of Reading
82	Major Thibaut	1977	American politician
83	Major Zamora		Dime museum performer
84	Major DP Singh
85	Major John Pryor	1750	American soldier
86	Major Matt Mason USA		American musician
87	Leon Major	1933	Canadian opera and theatre director
88	Lloyd W. Williams	1887	Recipient of the DSC
89	Major Waldemar Fydrych	1953	Polish activist
90	Ken Major	1928	British architect
91	Rip Major		American gridiron football player
92	Aimé Major	1924	Canadian actor
93	Lenia Major	1971	French writer
94	Major Rohde Hawkins	1821	British architect
95	Andrew Major	1921
96	Edward Major	1615	American politician
97	James Patrick Major	1836	United States Army officer
98	Ian Major	1943	Sportscaster
99	Major William Haymond	1740	American surveyor
100	Major Nichols	1914	British cycle designer
101	Richard Henry Major	1818	British geographer and map librarian
102	Samuel C. Major	1869	American politician
103	The Major		Antagonist in Hellsing
104	Richard Major		English Member of Parliament
105	Ben Major	1971	British television personality
106	Johann Daniel Major	1634	German naturalist
107	Philip Major	1988	Canadian racing driver
108	Jenő Major	1891	Hungarian military officer
109	James Earl Major	1887	American politician
110	Kevin Major	1979	Belgian journalist
111	Alice Major		Canadian poet
112	Major Brabazon-Plank		Fictional character in P.G. Wodehouse canon
113	Balázs Major	1990	Hungarian ice dancer
114	Major Jarrett
115	Tamás Major	1910	Hungarian actor
116	William James Major	1881	Canadian politician
117	Clare Tree Major	1880	British-American playwright
118	Johann Major	1533	German poet and theologian
119	Bruce Major	1967	Canadian ice hockey player
120	Anna Major	1932
121	Mike Major		American football coach
122	Ray Major	1961	American business
123	Eugene O. Major		American scientist
124	Aurelio Major	1963	Editor, translator and poet
125	Hélène Major
126	Major General Jai Shanker Menon
127	Les Major	1926	English footballer
128	Henry Dewsbury Alves Major	1871	Anglican clergyman, theologian
129	Major Felten	1904	American artist
130	Devorah Major		American writer, editor, recording artist and academic
131	Joshua Major	1786	English landscape designer
132	Charles Henry Major	1860
133	Marcus Major		American writer
134	Major Downes	1834	British Army officer
135	William T. Major	1790	American Christian denomination founder
136	Jean Major	1957	Olympic field hockey player
137	Kate Major	1977	Australian triathlete
138	Major Goodsell	1900	American rower
139	Major Knight	1812	American politician
140	Major Abraham Staats	1620	Settler of New Netherland
141	Miro Major	1980	New Zealand association footballer
142	Sextus Julius Major		Roman governor
143	Herman Wedel Major	1814	Father of the first Norwegian psychiatric hospital, Gaustad Hospital
144	Major Rocha	1968	Brazilian politician
145	Major M. Hillard	1896	Virginia politician
146	Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse		English army officer
147	Norman Major
148	Charles Beautron Major	1851	Canadian politician
149	Thomas Major	1720	English engraver
150	Lionel Major	1883	English cricketer
151	Greg Major	1938	Australian rules footballer
152	Benedek Major	1996
153	Ryszard Major	1948
154	Johannes Major	1564	German theologian
155	Major Davis	1882	English cricketer
156	William Major	1896	Canadian politician
157	Major Shaw
158	Charles E. Major	1859	New Zealand politician
159	Pavel Major	1943	Czech graphic, illustrator, painter and artist
160	Štefan Major	1887	Czechoslovakia diplomat, member of Czechoslovak national parliament and hungary nation politician
161	Herbert Major	1910	German writer (1910-2009)
162	René Major	1932	French psychiatrist and physician
163	John Clarkson Major	1826	British politician
164	Phyllis Major	1946	American actress and model
165	Major Cowell		Cricketer
166	Henriette Major	1933	French Canadian writer, journalist
167	Major General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa
168	Major Iván	1949	Hungarian economist
169	Adam Major	1924
170	Major C. Mead	1858	American politician
171	Ottó Major	1924
172	Lawrence Whitfield Major
173	André Major	1942	Canadian writer
174	Louis Major	1902	Belgian politician
175	George Major	1851
176	Robert Major	1946	Canadian writer
177	Jean-Louis Major
178	Major General Richard Stewart Dobbs
179	Johann Tobias Major	1615	German author and theologian
180	Robert Gonsalvo Major	1766
181	Major Rachael Grimes
182	Kathleen Major
183	Ferenc Major	1956	Football player
184	Albert Major	1878
185	Ernest Lee Major	1864	American painter and artist
186	John Major
187	Ernő Major	1915
188	Dave Major
189	Major Logue
190	Brenda Major
191	Major J. Jones
192	László Major
193	Béla Major	1842
194	Maeghan Major
195	Pál Major		Hungarian politician
196	Károly Major	1861
197	Josep Juli major
198	Servilia
199	József Major	1779
200	István Major