Maxwell (surname)
Maxwell is a Scottish, Irish, and Jewish surname. It 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.[1] The surname Maxwell is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacSual.
People
- 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
- Bernadine Maxwell (died 1988), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Brian Maxwell (1953–2004), Canadian athlete and founder of PowerBar
- Bruce Maxwell (born 1990), American baseball player
- 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
- Constantia Maxwell (1886–1962), Irish historian
- 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
- Emily Maxwell, Drummer for the band Daddy Issues (band)
- Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), Scottish naturalist
- Gilbert Maxwell (1910–1979) American poet, actor, and author
- Graham Maxwell, American theologian
- Glenn Maxwell,Australian Cricketer
- 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
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist
- Jan Maxwell (1956-2018), American actress
- 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
- Luke Maxwell, English footballer
- 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
- 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
References
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
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