Max Aub (1903 - 1972)

Author. Among his works are “Los Poemas Cotidianos,” “Espejo de Avaricia,” “La Gallina Ciega,” “Juego de Cartas,” and “El Laberinto Mágico” that includes “Campo Cerrado,” “Campo Abierto,” and “Campo de Sangre.” (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Max Baer (1909 - 1959)

Max Baer The Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1934 to 1935, he was born in Omaha, Nebraska and dropped out of school in the eighth grade to work with his father on a cattle ranch and developed great strength. He turned pro in 1929 and progressed steadily through the ranks beating the likes of […]

Max Barnes (1936 - 2004)

Max Duane Barnes (July 24, 1936 – January 11, 2004) was a country music singer and songwriter. As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the 1980s and 1990s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career. Artists like George Jones (“Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes”), Waylon Jennings (“Drinkin’ and Dreamin’”), Conway Twitty (“Red Neckin’ Love […]

Max Bell (1912 - 1972)

Canadian press baron, financier, sportsman. After striking it rich at Leduc strike in the Alberta oil patch, Bell bought several western Canadian newspapers, forming FP Publications. At one time he was the largest shareholder in Canadian Pacific. He had earlier been a major shareholder in the Hudson’s Bay Company and tried to take it over. […]

Max Born (1882 - 1970)

Max Born (German: [bɔɐ̯n]; 11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970) was a German physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics and supervised the work of a number of notable physicists in the 1920s and 1930s. Born won the 1954 Nobel […]

Max Bozyk (1899 - 1970)

Actor. Born in Lodz, Poland, he began his career performing in the Yiddish theater before relocating to America. He made his film debut in “Yidle with a Fiddle” (1936), followed by “The Dybbuk” (1937). His other credits included “The Jester” (1937), “The Vow” (1938), “The Eternal Song” (1939) and “God, Man and Devil” (1949). He […]

Max Brod (1884 - 1968)

Close friend of Franz Kafka, he also served as an editor on all of Kafka’s  major works. He was also a novelist  and essayist in his own right (German language).

Max Davidson (1875 - 1950)

Actor. Born in Berlin, he moved to the United States in 1912. Davidson appeared in over 150 films, mostly comedies; he starred in a series of two-reelers for Hal Roach in the late 1920’s (notably “Pass The Gravy”, 1927), and can also be seen opposite Laurel and Hardy and The Three Stooges. His features include […]

Max Duane Barnes (1936 - 2004)

Max Duane Barnes Max D. Barnes, the co-writer of such hits as “Chiseled in Stone,” “Look at Us” and “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” died early Sunday (Jan. 11) of pneumonia at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was 67. During his nearly 40 years as a professional writer, Barnes saw his songs recorded by George […]

Max Ernst (1891 - 1976)

Artist.  A philosophy student with no formal art training,  he became a founder of the Dada and Surrealist movements.  Ernst pioneered the graphic novel with his book “The Woman with 100 Breasts” (1929),  a strange narrative consisting entirely of collages.  He also developed a technique he called “frottage”,  using paint,  charcoal,  and pencil rubbings over […]

Max Factor (1877 - 1938)

Businessman. Legendary makeup magnate.  Family links:  Spouses:  Esther Rosa Factor (1874 – 1906)*  Jennie Cook Factor (1886 – 1949)*  Children:  John Jacob Factor (1892 – 1984)*  Francis Factor (1904 – 1996)*  Sidney B. Factor (1916 – 2005)* *Calculated relationship

Max Fisher (1908 - 2005)

Oil and real estate magnate. Presidential advisor.  Family links:  Parents:  William Fisher (1888 – 1971)  Molly Brody Fisher (1888 – 1969)  Spouses:  Sylvia Krell Fisher (1910 – 1952)*  Marjorie Switow Fisher (1923 – 2016)*  Siblings:  Max Fisher (1908 – 2005)  Gail Fisher Ross (1910 – 1996)*  Anne Fisher Rose (1917 – 2005)* *Calculated relationship

Max Fleischer (1883 - 1972)

Motion Picture Producer, Inventor. Co-founder (with his brother Dave) of the Fleischer Studios, a leading producer of animated cartoons in the years between the World Wars. Their star characters Betty Boop and Popeye the Sailor made them Walt Disney’s strongest competitor in the 1930s and had a lasting effect on American popular culture. Four of […]

Max Foster (1906 - 1996)

Businessman. He was the founder and patriarch of Foster Farms poultry and dairy company. In 1939, Foster was a city editor at the Modesto Bee when he and his wife, Verda, made a down payment on a repossessed 80-acre farm near Modesto, California, using $1,000 borrowed on a life insurance policy. They began raising turkeys […]

Max Griesser (1928 - 2000)

Actor both in TV and theatre. Though Austrian by birth, he was mostly regarded as a typical Bavarian character.  Cause of death: suicide, probably caused by acute depression

Max Morehouse (1865 - 1923)

Born in Elyria Ohio, Max Morehouse spent his adult life in the retail business owning stores in Elyria, Lorain, Findlay and Toledo Ohio before moving to Columbus Ohio in 1899 where he opened Rowland, Morehouse and Martens Co., a modern Department store that for a time challenged F.R. Lazarus and Company (located directly across High […]

Max Planck (1858 - 1947)

Max Planck came from a traditional, intellectual family. His paternal great-grandfather and grandfather were both theology professors in Göttingen; his father was a law professor in Kiel and Munich. Planck was born in Kiel, Holstein, to Johann Julius Wilhelm Planck and his second wife, Emma Patzig. He was baptized with the name of Karl Ernst […]

Max Schmeling (1905 - 2005)

Max Schmeling Max Schmeling, the German heavyweight boxing champion who was miscast as a symbol of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime in his 1938 bout with Joe Louis, died in his native Germany. He was 99. Schmeling, who became the first fighter to beat Louis in their 1936 meeting, died on Wednesday in the German town […]

Max Showalter (1917 - 2000)

Max Showalter was born in Caldwell, Kansas, the son of Elma Roxanna (Dodson) Showalter (1889-1953), a music teacher, and Ira Edward Showalter (1887-1953), who worked in the oil industry and was also a banker and farmer. He developed a desire for acting as a toddler while accompanying his mother to local theatres where she played […]

Max Steiner (1888 - 1971)

Maximilian Raoul “Max” Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American music composer for theatre and films. Max Steiner was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, either composing, arranging, or conducting, when he was fifteen. He worked in England, then […]

Max Terhune (1891 - 1973)

Max Terhune’s father died when he was seven (1898). He worked as a tool maker and when he was 20 he played semi-pro baseball for teams in Minneapolis and Indianapolis; he also spent the 1913 season playing Class-D baseball for the Vincennes Alices of the Kitty League. During this time he became friends with Kermit […]

Max Valier (1895 - 1930)

Valier was born in Bozen (Bolzano) in the County of Tyrol (now South Tyrol) and in 1913 enrolled to study Physics at the University of Innsbruck. He also trained as a machinist at a nearby factory. His studies were interrupted by the First World War, during which he served in the Austro-Hungarian army’s air corps […]

Max von Sydow (1929 - 2020)

Max von Sydow Actor Max Von Sydow, who appeared in films and TV series including The Exorcist, Flash Gordon and Game of Thrones, has died at the age of 90. His family announced “with a broken heart and infinite sadness” that the Swedish-born actor died on Sunday. Von Sydow’s other film credits included Hannah and […]

Max Wall (1908 - 1990)

Max Wall was born Maxwell George Lorimer, son of the successful music-hall entertainer Jack (Jock) Lorimer, a Scottish comedy actor from Forfar, known for his songs and dancing, and his wife Stella (born Maud Clara Mitchison). He was born near the Oval, at 37 Glenshaw Mansions, Brixton Road, London SW9. In 1916, during a World […]

Maximilian Berlitz (1852 - 1921)

Educator. He was the founder of the Berlitz Language Schools. Born David Berlitzheimer in the village of Mühringen at the edge of the Black Forest in southwest Germany. his father was a village cantor and Jewish religious teacher. In 1872, he came to Rhode Island where he worked for a while as a private language […]

Maximilian Schaefer (1970 - 1904)

Beer Magnate. In 1839 he emigrated to the United States, carrying with him the recipe for lager, a popular brew in Germany that was then unknown in America. He joined his brother Frederick in the employ of a local brewer, and in 1842 the Schaefer brothers bought out the owner, establishing F & M Schaefer […]

Maximilian Schell (1930 - 2014)

Maximilian Schell Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian and Swiss film and stage actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. His parents […]

Maxine Audley (1923 - 1992)

Maxine Audley was born in London, England on 29 April 1923. Her parents were Henry Julius Hecht and Katherine Arkandy, the coloratura soprano. Audley attended the Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire. She trained for the stage at the Tamara Daykharhanova School in New York and the London Mask Theatre School. Maxine Audley was married four times: […]

Maxine Cooper (1924 - 2009)

Maxine Cooper was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1924 to Richard and Gladys Cooper. Her father was employed as a General Electric distributor. She first became interested in the theater and acting while she was enrolled as a student at Bennington College in Vermont. Cooper transferred to the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California, where she […]

Maxine Cooper Gomberg (1924 - 2009)

Actress. She was best known for her portrayal of Velda, detective Mike Hammer’s faithful secretary,  in the 1955 film noir classic “Kiss Me Deadly”. Raised in Chicago, she developed an interest in theater while a student at Bennington College, Vermont. After further study at the Pasadena Playhouse, she went to Europe to perform for troops […]