Maxwell

Maxwell is a surname of Scottish origin. In Scotland, there is a clan called Maxwell. It (and the similar names Maxim and Maximilian) became popular as a given name in the twentieth century, especially among Jewish People. Max is a common nickname for people with the first or last name Maxwell.

Otherwise, Maxwell may refer to:

Maxwell (first or only name)

• Maxwell Kogon, DFC (1920–1980), a Canadian WWII bomber pilot
• Maxwell (musician) (born 1973), R&B & neo-soul singer
• Maxwell Cabelino Andrade (known as "Maxwell"), a Brazilian footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club F.C. Barcelona.

Maxwell (surname)

• Andrew Maxwell (born 1974), Irish stand-up comedian
• Anna Maxwell (1851–1929), an American nurse
• Arthur Graham Maxwell - (see under Graham)
• Augustus Maxwell (1820–1903), a politician representing the state of Florida, USA
• Brian Maxwell (1953–2004), a Canadian athlete and founder of PowerBar
• Carmen Maxwell (1902–1987), an American animator
• Cedric Maxwell (born 1955), an American basketball player
• Charlie Maxwell (born 1927), an American baseball player
• Chenoa Maxwell (born 197?), a retired American actress turned photographer.
• Col Maxwell (born 1917), Australian rugby league footballer
• David Maxwell (academic) (born 1944), the president of Drake University
• David Farrow Maxwell (born 1900), the 80^th president of the American Bar Association
• David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir (1900–1967), a British politician, jurist, and Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
• Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963), an American gossip columnist and socialite
• Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), a British naturalist
• Gilbert Maxwell (1910-1979) poet, New York actor, and author.
• Graham Maxwell AKA Arthur Graham Maxwell, Seventh-day Adventist theologian
• Grover Maxwell (1918–1981), a philosopher of science
• Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham (1799–1868), an Irish peer and Member of Parliament
• James Maxwell (actor) (1929–1995), American actor
• James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), a Scottish mathematician and theoretical physicist
• John Maxwell (artist) (1905–1962) Scottish artist and painter born in Dalbeattie
• John C. Maxwell (born 1947), a leadership coach, writer, and pastor
• Jordan Maxwell (born 1940), a researcher of the occult, secret societies, and astrotheology
• Joseph Maxwell (1896–1967), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Kenneth R. Maxwell (born 1941) a British historian who specializes in Iberia and Latin America
• Lily Maxwell, the first woman to vote in Britain (1867)
• Lois Maxwell (1927–2007), Canadian actress (James Bond’s Miss Moneypenny)
• Marcus Maxwell (born 1983), Californian football wide receiver
• Marilyn Maxwell (1921–1972), a platinum blonde, curvaceous movie actress and entertainer
• Maxwell Baronets, created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1627
• Maxwell Maxwell (born 1986), American glam-rock musician
• Michael Maxwell (born c. 1960), a new age composer
• Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004), Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Robert Maxwell (1923–1991), a politician and newspaper tycoon
• Robert Maxwell (songwriter) (born 1921), an American harpist and songwriter
• Robin Maxwell (born 1987), author and musician.
• Robin Maxwell (author) (born 1948), American writer
• Ronald F. Maxwell (born 1947), an American film director and writer
• Russell Maxwell, American general (World War II)
• Steamer Maxwell (1890–1975), a Canadian amateur ice hockey defenseman
• Stephen Maxwell (born c. 1940), a Scottish nationalist
• Stewart Maxwell (born 1963), Minister for Communities and Sport and Member of the Scottish Parliament
• Tony Maxwell, an American drummer and choreographer
• Vernon Maxwell (born 1965), a retired American professional basketball player
• William Maxwell, various people
• Joshua Maxwell (Born 1982) an american soldier

Fictional people

• Duo Maxwell, a gundam pilot from Gundam Wing
• Enrico Maxwell, an archbishop from Hellsing
• Maxwell Edison of the song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
• Maxwell Q. Klinger, character from the M*A*S*H TV series
• Maxwell Lord, a DC Comics business man and leader of the Justice League turned villain
• Maxwell Sheffield, the male lead of the long-running television sitcom The Nanny
• Maxwell Smart, also known as Agent 86, from the TV show Get Smart
• Maxwell, the protagonist of the video game Scribblenauts

Places

New Zealand

• Maxwell, New Zealand

United Kingdom

• Maxwell, Scotland
• Maxwelltown, Scotland

United States

• Maxwell, California
• Maxwell, Indiana, in Hancock County
• Maxwell, Morgan County, Indiana
• Maxwell, Iowa
• Maxwell, Nebraska
• Maxwell, New Mexico
• Maxwell, Texas
• Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

Venus

• Maxwell Montes, the highest mountain on Venus

Asia

• Maxwell Hill, a hill in Perak, Malaysia(also known as Bukit Larut)

Other

• Maxwell (unit), the cgs unit of magnetic flux
• Maxwell automobile, an early 20th-century brand of motor car
• Maxwell Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club for the American football College Player of the Year
• Maxwell bridge, a bridge circuit
• Maxwell House, a brand of coffee
• Maxwell House Hotel, formerly in Nashville, Tennessee
• Maxwell International Bahá'í School, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
• Maxwell relation, a set of equations in thermodynamics
• Maxwell Render, a render engine
• Maxwell's, a music club in Hoboken, New Jersey
• Maxwell's equations, a set of equations that describe the behavior of electric and magnetic fields
• "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", a song by The Beatles
• Maxwell School, a Malaysian secondary school
• Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a graduate school in Syracuse University
• Maxwell Street, a Chicago, Illinois street famous for its blues music and black culture
• Maxwell Technologies, a producer of ultracapacitors, microelectronics and high voltage modern energy storage solutions