Maverick

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Maverick may refer to:

• Maverick (animal), an unbranded range animal, derived from U.S. cattleman Samuel Maverick (see below)

Contents 1 Computers 2 Film and television 3 Games 4 Literature 5 Music 6 Organizations and products 7 Sports 8 Transport 9 Other uses 10 Places 11 People 12 See also

[edit] Computers

• MaverickCrunch, a floating point math coprocessor core intended for digital audio
• Maverick Framework, a model-view-controller framework for Java
• Maverick.NET, a Maverick port from Java to C#

[edit] Film and television

• Maverick (TV series), an American western series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
• Maverick (film), a 1994 film based on the television series, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner
• Maverick, the callsign of the main character, played by Tom Cruise, in the film Top Gun

[edit] Games

• Maverick (Mega Man), characters in the Mega Man X video game series
• Maverick (pinball), a game based on the 1994 film

[edit] Literature

• Maverick (book), an autobiography by Ricardo Semler
• Maverick (comics), a comic-book imprint, series, and several characters
• Maverick (magazine), a defunct South African business magazine

[edit] Music

• Maverick (album), by George Thorogood
• "Maverick" (song), by D'espairsRay
• The Mavericks, a country music band
  • The Mavericks (1991 album), their 1991 self-titled debut
  • The Mavericks (2003 album), their 2003 album
• Fender Maverick, a guitar

[edit] Organizations and products

• Maverick (chocolate), a discontinued chocolate bar manufactured by Nestle in the UK
• Maverick (entertainment company), an American entertainment company with several divisions:
  • Maverick Records, a record label
  • Maverick Films, a film production company
• Maverik Lacrosse, an American lacrosse equipment and apparel company
• Mossberg Maverick, a shotgun model
• Maverick, a cigarette brand made by the Lorillard Tobacco Company
• Maverick, a brand of jeans owned by VF Corporation
• Maverick REV-6, a Nerf toy gun

[edit] Sports

• Calgary Mavericks, a Canadian rugby union team from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Clermont Mavericks, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team in Clermont, Florida, U.S.
• Dallas Mavericks, an NBA basketball team from Dallas, Texas, U.S.
• Denver Mavericks, a defunct minor league ice hockey team in Denver, Colorado, U.S.
• High Desert Mavericks, a minor league baseball team in Adelanto, California, U.S.
• Houston Mavericks, a defunct American Basketball Association team in Houston, Texas, U.S.
• Mid-Missouri Mavericks, a minor league baseball team from Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
• Napier Mavericks, an American football team in Scotland
• Portland Mavericks, a defunct minor league baseball team in Portland, Oregon, U.S
• Potomac Mavericks, a professional inline hockey team in Chantilly, Virginia, U.S.
• Tucson Mavericks a defunct minor league ice hockey team in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
• UNO Mavericks, the sports teams of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, U.S.
• Yakima Mavericks, a minor league football team from Yakima, Washington, U.S.
• Mavericks, the mascot of Mesa State College in Colorado, U.S.
• Mavericks, the mascot of University of Texas at Arlington in Texas, U.S.
• Mavericks, the mascot of Minnesota State University, Mankato in Minnesota, U.S.
• Mavericks, the mascot of Moore Catholic High School, in New York, U.S.
• Mavericks, the mascot of McNeil High School, in Austin, U.S.

[edit] Transport

• AEA Maverick, a single-seat sportsplane
• Ford Maverick, the name of four different automobiles made by the Ford Motor Company
• SS Maverick, an American oil tanker

[edit] Other uses

• Maverick (roller coaster), at Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio, U.S.
• AGM-65 Maverick, a guided air-to-surface missile

[edit] Places

• Maverick (MBTA station), a subway station in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
• Mavericks (location), a famous surfing location in Northern California, U.S.
• Maverick County, Texas, US

[edit] People

This page or section lists people with the surname Maverick. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

• Clay Maverick (born 1976), American pornographic actor
• Mary Maverick (1818–1898 ), Texas pioneer and memoirist
• Maury Maverick (1895–1954), US congressman from Texas, who coined the word "gobbledygook"
• Maury Maverick, Jr. (1921–2003), Texas politician, activist and columnist
• Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), Texas cattleman from whom the term maverick originated
• Samuel Maverick (apprentice), a young man killed in the Boston Massacre
• Samuel Maverick (colonist) (1602–1670), English colonist in Massachusetts
• Scott Maverick (1894–unk), Canadian writer
• Maverick Matt, ring name of Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler

[edit] See also

• All pages beginning with "Maverick"

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