Maugham is a surname most commonly associated with the English literary family. The name is a variant of Malham, Malgham, and Malghum. Families with the name originate from the area surrounding
Malham and
Kirkby Malham
Kirkby Malham is a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales it lies east of Settle. The population of the civil parish as taken in the 2011 Census (including Hanlith an ...
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Well-known persons with this surname include:
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Robert Ormond Maugham
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
, English barrister and father of Somerset Maugham
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Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham, English statesman, the eldest son of the previous
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Robin Maugham, English writer, the only son of the previous
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W. Somerset Maugham, English writer, best known of the Maughams
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Syrie Maugham, wife
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Daphne Mabel Maugham
Daphne Mabel Maugham later Daphne Maugham-Casorati (1897–1982) was a British painter, who emigrated to Turin, Italy.
Family
Daphne was born in either London, England or perhaps at the British embassy in Paris, and registered in London, Her fathe ...
, painter
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