Maynard (surname) explained

Maynard is a Norman/Germanic/English surname meaning "strength, hardy".^[1]

People

Notable people with the surname include:

• Abra K. Maynard (1803-1894), American farmer and politician
• Alan Maynard (1944–2018), British health economist
• Amory Maynard (1804–1890), Industrialist, founder of Maynard, Massachusetts
• Bill Maynard (1928–2018), English comedian and actor
• Brad Maynard (born 1974), American football punter and holder
• Brayden Maynard (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
• Brittany Maynard (1984–2014), American activist for assisted suicide
• Bruno Maynard (born 1971), French ice hockey player
• Charles Johnson Maynard (1845–1929), American naturalist and ornithologist
• Sir Charles Clarkson Martin Maynard (1870–1945), senior British Army officer
• Conor Maynard (born 1992), British singer
• David Swinson Maynard ("Doc" Maynard), American pioneer, first doctor in Seattle
• Diana Maynard, British computational linguist
• Don Maynard (1935–2022), American football player
• Dori J. Maynard (1958–2015), President and CEO of the Maynard Institute (2008); daughter of Robert C. Maynard
• Edward Maynard (1813–1891), American firearms inventor
• Farnham Maynard, Australian Anglican clergyman and first president of the Council for Aboriginal Rights
• Finian Maynard (born 1975), world champion windsurfer
• Fred Maynard (1879–1946), Aboriginal Australian activist, founder of Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA)
• Gray Maynard (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Hannah Maynard (1834–1918), Canadian photographer
• Horace Maynard (1814–1882), Tennessee Congressman and U.S. Postmaster General
• Isaac H. Maynard (1838–1896), New York lawyer
• James Maynard (born 1987), British mathematician
• Jay Maynard (born 1960), computer programmer, "Tron man"
• John Maynard (disambiguation), several people
• Joyce Maynard (born 1953), American author
• Kelvin Maynard (1987–2019), Dutch professional soccer player
• Ken Maynard (1895–1973), American movie stuntman and actor
• Ken Maynard (cartoonist) (1928–1998), Australian cartoonist
• Kermit Maynard (1897–1971), American actor
• Kyle Maynard (born 1986), American speaker, author and athlete
• Louis Maynard (1871–1940), French writer and historian
• Marjorie Maynard (1891–1975), British artist and farmer
• Mark R. Maynard (born 1972), West Virginia politician
• Matthew Maynard (born 1966), ex-cricketer
• Merv Maynard (-2017), Aboriginal Australian jockey, son of Fred and father of historian John Maynard
• Nathan Maynard, Aboriginal Australian playwright, recipient of Balnaves Fellowship in 2019
• Nicky Maynard (born 1986), MK Dons F.C. striker
• Ralph Maynard Smith, (1904–1964) architect
• Richard Maynard (1832–1907), Canadian photographer
• Robert Maynard (disambiguation), several people
• Spike Maynard (1942–2014), Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Thane Maynard, wildlife expert
• Tom Maynard, (1989–2012), English cricketer
• William H. Maynard (1786–1832), New York politician

Fictional characters

• Christopher Maynard, fictional antagonist from the 1996 film, The Glimmer Man, played by Stephen Tobolowsky
• John Maynard, protagonist of a ballad by the german writer Theodor Fontane

See also

• John Maynard Smith (1920 - 2004), British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist
• Julian Maynard Smith, performance artist, founder of Station House Opera, son of John Maynard Smith

See also

• John Maynard Smith (1920 - 2004), British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist
• Julian Maynard Smith, performance artist, founder of Station House Opera, son of John Maynard Smith

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surname Database: Maynard Last Name Origin . The Internet Surname Database . 2 March 2021.