Maxim

Maxim or Maksim may refer to:

Entertainment

Literature and language

Organizations

  • Maxim Healthcare Services, a medical staffing and home healthcare company
  • Maxim Institute, a public policy think tank in New Zealand
  • Maxim Integrated, a manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits
  • Maxim's Catering, a chain of caterers, restaurants, and fast food shops in Hong Kong
  • Maxim's Paris, a Parisian restaurant of the Belle Epoque

People

  • Maksim, Metropolitan of all Rus, Metropolitan of Kiev (1283–1305)
  • Maksim, Bulgarian Patriarch (1914–2012), Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
  • Maksim, Serbian Patriarch (d. 1680), Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1674)
  • Maksim Branković (d. 1516), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia
  • Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), Russian author and activist
  • Maksim Vasiljević, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Western America (since 2006)
  • Hiram Maxim (1840–1916), inventor of the Maxim Gun, the first machine gun
  • Hiram Percy Maxim (1869–1936), radio pioneer, inventor of the automobile muffler and the firearm silencer; son of Hiram Maxim
  • Hudson Maxim (1853–1927), a U.S. inventor and chemist; brother of Hiram Maxim and uncle of Hiram Percy Maxim
  • Maxim "Max" Birbraer (born 1980), Kazakhstan-born Israeli professional ice hockey forward
  • Maxim (musician), stage name of Keith Palmer, member of the British electronic band The Prodigy
  • Carl Maximowicz, botanist (author abbreviation Maxim)
  • Maxim (artist), German Europop artist
  • Maxim Kontsevich (b. 1964), Russian and French mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal

Other uses

  • Legal maxim, certain guiding principles of law and jurisprudence
  • Maxim (coffee), the first American brand of freeze-dried coffee, made by General Foods
  • Maxim Cup, South Korean Go competition
  • Maxim (philosophy), a principle that an individual uses in making a decision
  • Maxim gun, the first self-acting machine gun
  • Maxim, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
  • SilencerCo Maxim 50, a muzzle-loading rifle that includes an integrated sound suppressor
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See also

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