Maxwell

Maxwell may refer to:

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/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, thoroughbred horsebreeder and philanthropist
• Maxwell Kogon (1920–1980), Canadian RCAF bomber pilot who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during World War II
• Maxwell Starkman (1921-2003), a Canadian architect based in Los Angeles, California

Fictional people

• Duo Maxwell, a gundam pilot from Gundam Wing
• Enrico Maxwell, an archbishop from Hellsing
• Maxwell Edison of the song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
• Maxwell, a character in the show Hamtaro
• Maxwell Q. Klinger, character from the M*A*S*H TV series
• Maxwell Lord, a DC Comics business man and leader of the Justice League turned villain
• Maxwell Sheffield, the male lead of the long-running television sitcom The Nanny
• Maxwell Smart, also known as Agent 86, from the TV show Get Smart
• Maxwell, the protagonist of the video games Scribblenauts, Super Scribblenauts and Scribblenauts Unlimited
• Jane Maxwell, a nonplayable character in Wild Arms, and playable character in its remake Wild Arms Alter Code: F
• Maxwell, a summon spirit found in the video game Tales of Phantasia, as well as other games in the series

Places

Canada

• Maxwell, Ontario (disambiguation), multiple locations

New Zealand

• Maxwell, New Zealand

United Kingdom

• Maxwelltown, Scotland

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

Venus

• Maxwell Montes, the highest mountain on Venus

Moon

• Maxwell (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon

Asteroid

• 12760 Maxwell, a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1993 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory

Asia

• Maxwell Hill, a hill in Perak, Malaysia (also known as Bukit Larut)

Other uses

• Maxwell (microarchitecture), the codename for the microarchitecture developed by Nvidia for their GeForce 900 Series
• Maxwell (unit), the cgs unit of magnetic flux
• 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 bridge, a bridge circuit
• Maxwell House, a brand of coffee
• Maxwell House Hotel, formerly in Nashville, Tennessee
• Maxwell International Bahá'í School, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
• Maxwell relation, a set of equations in thermodynamics
• Maxwell Render, a render engine for 3d applications
• Maxwell's, a music club in Hoboken, New Jersey
• Maxwell's demon, is a thought experiment created by the physicist James Clerk Maxwell
• Maxwell's equations, a set of equations that describe the behavior of electric and magnetic fields
• "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", a 1969 song by The Beatles
• Maxwell School, a Malaysian secondary school
• Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a graduate school in Syracuse University
• Maxwell Street, a Chicago, Illinois street famous for its blues music and black culture
• Maxwell Technologies, a producer of ultracapacitors, microelectronics and high voltage modern energy storage solutions
• James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, a submillimeter telescope on Mauna Kea
• Maxwell (film), a film about businessman Robert Maxwell