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Maxwell (surname)

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Maxwell is an Irish, Jewish, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, and Scottish surname. The Scottish name is a habitational name, derived from a location near Melrose, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. This name was first recorded in 1144, as Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's spring (or stream)" (from the Old English well[a]). The surname Maxwell is also common in Ulster; where it has, in some cases, been adopted as alternate form of the surname Miskell. The surname Maxwell is also used as a Jewish surname, either as an adoption of the Scottish name, or as an Americanization of one of several like-sounding Jewish surnames. The surname Maxwell is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacSual.

People

  • James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist
  • Ally Maxwell (born 1965), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Andrew Maxwell (born 1974), Irish stand-up comedian
  • Anna Maxwell (1851–1929), American nurse
  • Augustus Maxwell (1820–1903), American politician
  • Brian Maxwell (1953–2004), Canadian athlete and founder of PowerBar
  • Carmen Maxwell (1902–1987), American animator
  • Cedric Maxwell (born 1955), American basketball player
  • Charlie Maxwell (born 1927), American baseball player
  • Chenoa Maxwell (born 1969), American actress and photographer
  • Col Maxwell (1917–2001), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Corty Maxwell (1851–1925), American professional baseball umpire
  • David Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Edwin Maxwell, American lawyer, judge, and politician
  • Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963), American gossip columnist and socialite
  • Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), Scottish naturalist
  • Gilbert Maxwell (1910–1979) American poet, actor, and author
  • Graham Maxwell, American theologian
  • Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham (1799–1868), Irish politician
  • Hugh Maxwell (1787–1873), New York County District Attorney and Collector of the Port of New York
  • Ian Maxwell (disambiguation), various people
  • James Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people
  • John Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Maxwell (1896–1967), Australian soldier
  • Joseph R. N. Maxwell (1899–1971), American Jesuit educator
  • Justin Maxwell (born 1983), American baseball outfielder
  • Kenneth R. Maxwell (born 1941) British historian
  • Lilly Maxwell, the first woman to vote in Britain (1867)
  • Lois Maxwell (1927–2007), Canadian actress
  • Marcus Maxwell (born 1983), American football player
  • Marilyn Maxwell (1921–1972), American actress
  • Maxwell Baronets, created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1627
  • Murray Maxwell (1775–1831), British Royal Navy officer
  • Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004), American religious leader
  • Nicholas Maxwell (born 1937), philosopher at UCL
  • Robert Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Robin Maxwell (author) (born 1948), American writer
  • Ronald F. Maxwell (born 1947), American film director and writer
  • Russell Maxwell, American general
  • Scott Maxwell (born 1964), Canadian racing driver
  • Scott Maxwell (engineer) (born 1971), American engineer
  • Steamer Maxwell (1890–1975), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Stephen Maxwell (born 1940), Scottish nationalist
  • Steven Maxwell (born 1991), prominent figure within the Australian Government
  • Stewart Maxwell (born 1963), Scottish politician
  • Tony Maxwell, American drummer and choreographer
  • Vernon Maxwell (born 1965), American basketball player
  • W. Henry Maxwell (1935–2010), American politician
  • William Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people

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