Maynard (surname)
Maynard is a Norman/Germanic/English surname meaning "strength, hardy. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Maynard, British health economist
- Amory Maynard, Industrialist, founder of Maynard, Massachusetts
- Bill Maynard, English comedian and actor
- Brad Maynard, American football punter and holder
- Brittany Maynard, American activist for assisted suicide
- Bruno Maynard, French ice hockey player
- Charles Johnson Maynard, American naturalist and ornithologist
- Conor Maynard, British singer
- David Swinson Maynard, noted figure in early Cleveland, Ohio and Seattle, Washington
- Don Maynard, American football player
- Dori J. Maynard, President and CEO of the Maynard Institute ; daughter of Robert C. Maynard
- Edward Maynard, American firearms inventor
- Finian Maynard, 5-time windsurfing speed World Champion
- Frank H. Maynard, old-time cowboy author from Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Gray Maynard, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Hannah Maynard, Canadian photographer
- Horace Maynard, Tennessee Congressman and U.S. Postmaster General
- Isaac H. Maynard, New York lawyer
- James Maynard, British mathematician
- Jay Maynard, computer programmer and system administrator; most famous for his electroluminiscent Tron Guy costume
- John Maynard Smith, British evolutionary geneticist
- Joyce Maynard, American author
- Julian Maynard Smith, son of John Maynard Smith, performance artist and co-founder of the London-based performance company Station House Opera
- Kelvin Maynard, Dutch professional soccer player
- Ken Maynard, American motion picture stuntman and actor
- Ken Maynard , Australian cartoonist
- Louis Maynard, French writer and regional historian
- Mark R. Maynard, West Virginia politician
- Matthew Maynard, ex-cricketer
- Nicky Maynard, MK Dons F.C. striker
- Ralph Maynard Smith, architect
- Richard Maynard, Canadian photographer
- Robert Maynard, the Royal Navy officer who beheaded the pirate Blackbeard
- Robert C. Maynard, co-founder of the Maynard Institute; American Journalist and Newspaper Editor
- Spike Maynard, Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- Thane Maynard, wildlife expert
- Tom Maynard,, English cricketer
- Trent Maynard,, American collegiate football player
- William H. Maynard, New York politician
Fictional characters:
- Christopher Maynard, fictional antagonist from the 1996 film, The Glimmer Man, played by Stephen Tobolowsky
