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, American football quarterback and coach
- Major Booth, English cricketer
- Major Culbert, American football player
- Major Davis, English cricketer
- Major Everett, American football player
- Major Garrett, American journalist
- Major Goodsell, Australian rower
- Major Harris, American football player
- Major Jones, American basketball player
- Major Ritchie, English tennis player
- Major Wingate, American basketball player
- Major Wright, American football player
- Major Taylor, American cyclist nicknamed "Major"
Politics
- Major Andre Andrews, American politician in New York
- Major Coxson, American politician in New Jersey
- Major M. Hillard, American politician in Virginia
- Major Knight, American politician in Maine
- Major Logue, Australian politician in Western Australia
- Major C. Mead, American politician in Wisconsin
- Major Owens, American politician in New York
- Major Thibaut, American politician in Louisiana
Arts and entertainment
- Major Dodson, American actor
- Major Harris , American R&B singer
- Klaus Heuser, German rock guitarist and producer
- Major Holley, American jazz musician
- Major Lance, American R&B singer
- Major , American pop soul musician and actor Major R. Johnson Finley
Others
- Major Downes, British Army general
- Major Greenwood, English scientist
- Major B. Harding, American judge in Florida
- Major Rohde Hawkins, English architect
- Major Nichols, English cycle-maker
