Major (given name)

Major is an English-language given name, which often causes confusion with the military rank of the same name.

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People with the name or nickname include:

• Major Dodson (born 2003), American actor

• Major Harris (singer) (1947–2012), American R&B singer

• Klaus Heuser (born 1957), German rock guitarist and producer

• Major Holley (1924–1990), American jazz musician

• Major Jackson (born 1968), American poet

• Major Lance (1939–1994), American R&B singer

• Major (American musician) (born 1984), American pop soul musician and actor Major R. Johnson Finley

• Major Andre Andrews (1792–1834), American politician

• Major Coxson (1929–1973), American politician

• Major M. Hillard (1896–1977), American politician

• Major Knight (1812–1891), American politician

• Major Logue (1826–1900), Australian politician

• Major C. Mead (1858–1925), American politician

• Major Olímpio (1962–2021), Brazilian politician

• Major Owens (1936–2013), American politician

• Major Thibaut (born 1977), American politician

• Major Applewhite (born 1978), American football quarterback and coach

• Major Booth (1886–1916), English cricketer

• Major Burns (born 2002), American football player

• Major Culbert (born 1987), American football player

• Major Davis (1882–1959), English cricketer

• Major Everett (born 1960), American football player

• Major Kerby Farrell (1913–1975), American baseball player and manager

• Major Goodsell (1900–1988), Australian rower

• Major Harris (American football) (born 1968), American football player

• Major Jones (born 1953), American basketball player

• Major Ritchie (1870–1955), English tennis player

• Major Taylor (1878–1932), American cyclist nicknamed "Major"

• Major Wingate (1983–2021), American basketball player

• Major Wright (born 1988), American football player

• Major Downes (1834–1923), British Army general

• Major Garrett (born 1962), American journalist

• 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

• Moogy Sumner, Aboriginal Australian elder, dancer and cultural adviser

• Major (disambiguation), which includes fictional characters

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