Maxwell (name)
Maxwell is a male given name and family name .
Name bearer
stage name
- Maxwell (musician) (* 1973), American musician
- Maxwell (rapper) (* 1993), German rapper
- Maxwell (soccer player) ( Maxwell Scherrer Cabelino Andrade ; * 1981), Brazilian soccer player
First name
- Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959), American playwright
- Maxwell Batista da Silva (* 1989), Brazilian soccer player
- Maxwell Caulfield (born 1959), Scottish actor
- Maxwell Cornet (* 1996), French-Ivorian football player
- Maxwell Lucas (1910-2010), American musician
- Maxwell Tylden Masters (1833–1907), British botanist
- Maxwell Mwale , Zambian politician
- Maxwell D. Taylor (1901-1987), American general
- Maxwell George "Max" Schneider (* 1992), American musician
family name
- Clan Maxwell , Scottish clan
A.
- Alexander Maxwell, 2nd Baronet († 1730), Scottish nobleman, politician and large landowner
- Ally Maxwell (born 1965), Scottish football player
- Anita Maxwell (* 1974), American basketball player
- Arthur S. Maxwell (1896-1970), British author
- Augustus Maxwell (1820–1903), American politician
- Sir Aymer de Maxwell , Scottish Knight, Chamberlain of Scotland
B.
- Ben Maxwell (* 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bill Maxwell , American drummer and producer
- Billie Maxwell (1906–1954), American musician
- Blan R. Maxwell (1899–1943), American politician
- Brad Maxwell (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brandon Maxwell (* 1991), American ice hockey goalkeeper
- Byron Maxwell (* 1988), American football player
C.
- Cedric Maxwell (* 1955), American basketball player
- Charlie Maxwell (born 1927), American baseball player
D.
- Daphne Maxwell Reid (born 1948), American actress
- David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir (1900–1967), British politician (Conservative Party)
E.
- Edwin Maxwell (1886-1948), Irish actor
- Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963), American journalist
F.
- Fleur Maxwell (* 1988), Luxembourg figure skater
- Frank Maxwell (1916-2004), American actor
G
- Garth Maxwell (* 1963), New Zealand director
- Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), Scottish writer and naturalist
- George C. Maxwell (1771-1816), American politician
- Georgina Maxwell, 26th Baroness de Ros (1933–1983), British noblewoman
- Ghislaine Maxwell (* 1961), British-American entrepreneur and heiress
H
- Hamish Maxwell († 2014), American manager
- Herbert Maxwell, 1st Lord Maxwell († before 1454), Scottish nobleman
- Herbert de Maxwell († 1298), Scottish knight
- Herbert Maxwell (knight) († before 1420), Scottish nobleman
- Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet (1845–1937), Scottish writer and politician
J
- Jane Maxwell (1748 / 49-1812), British society lady
- Sir James Maxwell, 1st Baronet (of Calderwood) († around 1670), Scottish nobleman
- Sir James Maxwell, 6th Baronet (of Pollok) (1735–1785), Scottish nobleman
- James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham (1813-1896), British nobleman
- James Maxwell (officer) , British colonial officer
- James Maxwell (soccer player) (1887–1917), Scottish soccer player
- James Maxwell (actor) (1929–1995), American actor
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), Scottish physicist
- James Crawford Maxwell , British colonial officer
- James Laidlaw Maxwell (1836–1921), Scottish missionary
- Jeff Maxwell (born 1947), American actor
- Jimmy Maxwell (1917–2002), American trumpeter
- Joan Maxwell (1930-2000), Canadian singer and music teacher
- Joe Maxwell (* 1957), American politician
- John Maxwell, Master of Maxwell († 1484), Scottish nobleman
- John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell (1454-1513), Scottish nobleman
- John Maxwell, 7th Lord Maxwell (1553–1593), Scottish nobleman
- John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell († 1613), Scottish nobleman
- John Maxwell, 6th Lord Herries of Terregles († 1631), Scottish nobleman
- John Maxwell, 3rd Earl of Nithsdale (around 1600–1677), Scottish nobleman
- John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham († 1759), Irish nobleman and politician
- John Maxwell (Golfer) (1871-1906) American golfer
- John Maxwell (film producer) (1877-1940), British film producer
- John Maxwell (marksman) (born 1951), Australian marksman
- John Heron-Maxwell, 4th Baronet (1772–1830), British nobleman and lieutenant general
- John C. Maxwell ( John Calvin Maxwell ; * 1947), American pastor and author
- John Grenfell Maxwell (1859-1929), British general
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell (1804–1845), American politician
- Jonathan Dixon Maxwell (1864-1928), American industrialist
K
- Kevin Maxwell (* 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
L.
- Lawrence Maxwell (1853–1927), American lawyer
- Lewis Maxwell (1790–1862), American politician
- Lois Maxwell (1927–2007), Canadian actress
M.
- Marilyn Maxwell (1921–1972), American actress
- Michaela Maxwell , other name of Michaela Haas (* 1970), German journalist and television presenter
N
- Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004), American Church Leader, Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Neville Maxwell (journalist) (* 1926), British-Australian journalist and editor
- Neville Maxwell (rower) (born 1970), Irish rower
P
- Paul Maxwell (actor) (1921–1991), Canadian actor
- Paul Maxwell , pseudonym of Paolo Bianchini (* 1931), Italian film director and screenwriter
- Perry Duke Maxwell (1879–1952), American golf architect
- Peter Maxwell, 27th Baron de Ros (* 1958), English nobleman and politician
R.
- Richard Maxwell (* 1967), American director, theater director, author and musician
- Robert Maxwell (1923-1991), British publisher
- Robert Maxwell, 1st Baronet († 1681), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 2nd Baronet († 1693), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 4th Baronet († 1729), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 7th Baronet († 1786), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 2nd Lord Maxwell († 1485), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell (1493-1546), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell (1510–1552), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham († 1779), Irish politician and nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale (after 1586–1646), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Nithsdale (1620–1667), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell, 4th Earl of Nithsdale (1628–1683), Scottish nobleman
- Robert Maxwell (architect) ( Robert Millar Maxwell ; 1922–2020), British architectural theorist
- Robert A. Maxwell (1838–1912), American politician
- Roberta Maxwell (born 1942), Canadian actress
- Ronald F. Maxwell (* 1949), American film director and screenwriter
S.
- Sam Maxwell (* 1991), English boxer
- Samuel Maxwell (1825–1901), American politician
- Sarah Dawn Maxwell (* 1977), Canadian beach volleyball player
- Scott Maxwell (* 1964), Canadian racing car driver
- Stella Maxwell (* 1990), Northern Irish model
- Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson (* 1964), American rower
- Stewart Maxwell (born 1963), Scottish politician
T
- Thomas Maxwell (1792–1864), American politician
V
- Vernon Maxwell (born 1965), American basketball player
W.
- Warren Maxwell (born 1952), British figure skater
- William Maxwell, 5th Lord Herries of Terregles († 1604), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell (medic) , Scottish medic
- William Maxwell, 1st Baronet (around 1635–1709), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 2nd Baronet (of Calderwood) (around 1640–1703), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet (of Calderwood) († 1716), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale (1676–1744), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 4th Baronet (of Calderwood) († 1750), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 2nd Baronet (of Springkell) (1703–1760), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet (of Monreith) (around 1715–1771), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet (of Springkell) (1739-1804), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 4th Baronet (of Monreith) († 1812), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 7th Baronet (1754–1837), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 5th Baronet (1779–1838), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 8th Baronet (1793-1865), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 4th Baronet (of Cardoness) († 1844), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 6th Baronet (1805–1877), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet (of Cardoness) (1809–1886), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 9th Baronet (1818–1878), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell, 10th Baronet (1828–1885), Scottish nobleman
- William Maxwell (Cooperative) Scottish politician and cooperative
- William Maxwell (soccer player) (1876-1940), Scottish soccer player and coach
- William Maxwell (writer) (1908–2000), American journalist and writer
- William Stirling-Maxwell (1818–1878), Scottish politician, art historian and collector
- William Edward Maxwell (1846–1897), British colonial governor
- William George Maxwell (1871–1959), British colonial administrator
- William Sutherland Maxwell (1874–1952), Canadian architect
Fictional characters
- Maxwell, the brave Easter Bunny , protagonist of the cartoon of the same name from 1996