Maxime is a French given name that may refer to:

As a name

Maxime Bernier Maxime Bernier (born January 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who is the founder and leader of the People's Party of Canada (PPC). Formerly a member of the Conservative Party, Bernier left the caucus in 2018 to form the PPC. He was the memb ...

(born 1963), former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs * Maxime Bôcher, American mathematician * Maxime Boyer, Canadian professional wrestler * Maxime Du Camp, French writer and photographer * Maxime Chaya, Lebanese explorer * Maxime Cressy, American tennis player * Maxime Dupé, French footballer * Maxime Faget, an inventor * Maxime Le Forestier, French singer *

Maxime Médard Maxime Médard (born 16 November 1986) is a former French rugby union player who plays his club rugby for French club Stade Toulousain in Top 14 and France national rugby union team, France internationally. He can play as both a Rugby union posi ...

, French Rugby Union player *

Maxime Minot Maxime Minot (born 20 July 1987) is a French politician of the The Republicans (France), Republicans who has been a Member of Parliament (France), member of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly since 2017 French legislative election, ...

(born 1987), French politician * Maxime Monfort, Belgian racing cyclist *

Maxime Partouche Maxime Partouche (born 5 June 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward for Régional 1 club Boulogne-Billancourt. Club career Paris Saint-Germain Partouche began his career with his local club Vélizy ...

, French footballer, who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain FC * Maxime Rodinson, French Marxist historian, sociologist and orientalist * Maxime Rodriguez, French composer * Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player, who currently plays for the Colorado Avalanche *

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (; born 21 October 1990), often referred to by his initials, MVL, is a French chess grandmaster who is the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. With a peak rating of 2819, Vachier-Lagrave is the seventh-highest ...

, French

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

Grandmaster *

Maxime Verhagen Maxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen (; born 14 September 1956) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and historian. Verhagen studied Contemporary history at the Leiden University obtaining a Master of Arts degre ...

, former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand (; 21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II. Born in Belgium, Weygand was raised in France and educated at the Saint-Cyr military academy in Paris. After graduating in 1 ...

, French military commander from World War I and World War II

In fiction

Olympe Maxime The following are supporting characters in the ''Harry Potter'' series written by J. K. Rowling. For members of the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore's Army, Hogwarts staff, Ministry of Magic, or for Death Eaters, see the respective article ...

, French and is the headmistress of Beauxbatons in the fictional world of

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students a ...

. *

Maxime (film) ''Maxime'' is a 1958 French comedy-drama film directed by Henri Verneuil who co-wrote screenplay with Henri Jeanson and Albert Valentin. It based on novel by Henri Duvernois. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Charles Boyer, Arletty and Jane M ...

, a 1958 French film

Origins

Maxime was originally the Latin translation for "Maximus", "the greatest".

As a name

In fiction

Origins

See also