John Maynard Keynes, English economist

Maynard, a character from Pulp Fiction

Joyce Maynard, American author

Maynard Ferguson, legendary jazz trumpeter

John Maynard Smith, British evolutionary biologist and geneticist

Edward Maynard, American firearms inventor

Don Maynard, American football player

Maynard, Massachusetts

Horace Maynard, Tennessee Congressman and U.S. Postmaster General

Maynard, Arkansas

Ken Maynard, American motion picture stuntman and actor

Maynard, Minnesota

Bill Maynard, British comedy actor

Maynard G. Krebs, a character from "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"

Maynard's Wine Gums, chewey candies invented in 1909 by Charles Gordon Maynard

Jay Maynard, computer programmer and system administrator. He is most famous for his electroluminiscent Tron Guy costume.

Ken Maynard (cartoonist), Australian cartoonist

Maynard C. Krueger, socialist professor and politician

Maynard Electronics, an American company that manufactured tape drives in the 1990s

It is a surname (and, on occasion, forename) used across the English-speaking world.^[1] which comes from a Germanic root meaning 'strength hardy'.^[1] Its evolution was from the original roots to various versions once used around Germanic areas. They include Meginhard, Mainhart, Meginrad and Meinrad^[2] Alternative spellings of the Anglic version are Mainard, Maynhard^[3], Maignard and Maynerd^[4] Its area of origin was the West Country of England.^[1] In non-Germanic places, variant forms are French Menard and Italian Mainardi, Menardi and Menarde^[5]. In the United States, it is most commonly found on the South-Eastern fringes of the Midwest in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia^[6]. The popularity of the name then spreads outwards, becoming less dense when it reaches Wisconsin, Missouri and Alabama. Anomalies are Texas and Florida where there are higher populations.^[6]

Brad Maynard, American football punter and holder.

Maynard James Keenan, singer for the bands Tool and A Perfect Circle

Maynard Jack Ramsay, American entomologist

Maynard Jackson, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

"Doc" Maynard , noted figure in early Cleveland, Ohio and Seattle, Washington

Robert Maynard, the Royal Navy officer who beheaded the pirate Blackbeard

Maynard Crabbes, DJ and VJ for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation