Maxwell (surname)

This article is about the surname Maxwell. For other uses, see Maxwell.

Maxwell is an Irish, Jewish, and Scottish surname. The Scottish name 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].). See also Clan Maxwell. 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

• Andrew Maxwell (born 1974), Irish stand-up comedian
• Anna Maxwell (1851–1929), American nurse
• Augustus Maxwell (1820–1903), American politician
• Brian Maxwell (1953–2004), Canadian athlete and founder of PowerBar
• 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
• Col Maxwell (1917–2001), Australian rugby league footballer
• Corty Maxwell (1851-1925), American professional baseball umpire
• David Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people
• Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963), American gossip columnist and socialite
• Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), British naturalist
• Gilbert Maxwell (1910–1979) American poet, actor, and author
• Graham Maxwell, American theologian
• 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
• James Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joseph Maxwell (1896–1967), Australian soldier
• Kenneth R. Maxwell (born 1941) British historian
• Lily Maxwell, the first woman to vote in Britain (1867)
• Lois Maxwell (1927–2007), Canadian actress
• Marcus Maxwell (born 1983), American football player
• Marilyn Maxwell (1921–1972), American actress
• Maxwell Baronets, created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1627
• Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004), American religious leader
• Nicholas Maxwell (born1937), 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
• 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
• William Maxwell (disambiguation), multiple people

References

1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. 

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