Maxwell

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Maxwell may refer to:

Real people

People with the surname

• James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), Scottish mathematical physicist famous for his work on electromagnetism
• Grover Maxwell (1918–81), American realist philosopher

People with the given name

• Maxwell (musician) (born 1973), Grammy-winning R&B and neo-soul singer
• Maxwell (footballer) (born 1981), Brazilian footballer who plays for French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain
• Maxwell Henry Gluck (1899–1984), American businessman, diplomat, horse breeder and philanthropist
• Maxwell Kogon (1920–1980), Canadian bomber pilot who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during World War II
• Maxwell Starkman (1921–2003), Canadian architect based in Los Angeles, California
• Maxwell Caulfield (born 1959), British-American film, stage, and television actor

Places

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
• Maxwell Street, a Chicago, Illinois street famous for its blues music and black culture

Other places on Earth

• Maxwell, Ontario (disambiguation), multiple locations in Canada
• Maxwell, New Zealand
• Maxwell Hill, a hill in Perak, Malaysia (also known as Bukit Larut)
• Maxwelltown, Scotland, UK

In space

• Maxwell (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon
• 12760 Maxwell, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1993 at the European Southern Observatory
• Maxwell Montes, the highest mountain on Venus

In arts and entertainment

• Maxwell (film), a film about businessman Robert Maxwell
• Maxwell's, a music club in Hoboken, New Jersey
• "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", a 1969 song by The Beatles

Fictional people

• Duo Maxwell, a pilot in Gundam Wing
• Enrico Maxwell, an archbishop in Hellsing
• Maxwell Edison, in the Beatles song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
• Maxwell, in the show Hamtaro
• Maxwell Q. Klinger, in the TV series M*A*S*H
• Maxwell Lord, a DC Comics businessman and villain
• Maxwell Sheffield, male lead of the TV sitcom The Nanny
• Maxwell Smart, also known as Agent 86, on the TV show Get Smart
• Maxwell, protagonist of the video games Scribblenauts and its sequels
• Jane Maxwell, a nonplayable character in Wild Arms, and playable character in its remake Wild Arms Alter Code: F
• Maxwell, a summon spirit in the video game Tales of Phantasia and other games in the series

In education

• Maxwell School, a Malaysian secondary school
• Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a graduate school in Syracuse University
• Maxwell International Bahá'í School, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada

In science and technology

• Maxwell (microarchitecture), a graphics processor architecture developed by Nvidia
• Maxwell (unit), the cgs unit of magnetic flux
• Maxwell bridge, a circuit used to measure electrical inductance
• Maxwell's demon, a thought experiment created by physicist James Clerk Maxwell
• Maxwell's equations, describing the behavior of electric and magnetic fields
• Maxwell relation, a set of equations in thermodynamics
• Maxwell Render, 3D rendering engine software
• Maxwell Technologies, a producer of ultracapacitors, microelectronics, and high-voltage energy storage products
• James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, a submillimeter telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Other uses

• Maxwell automobile, an early 20th-century brand of automobile
• Maxwell Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club for the American football College Player of the Year
• Maxwell House, a brand of coffee
• Maxwell House Hotel, formerly in Nashville, Tennessee