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Maxine is a feminine given name. * Maxine Andrews (1916–1995), member of
The Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (Janua ...
singing trio *
Maxine Audley Maxine Audley (29 April 1923 – 23 July 1992) was an English theatre and film actress. She made her professional stage debut in July 1940 at the Open Air Theatre. Audley performed with the Old Vic company and the Royal Shakespeare Company ma ...
(1923–1992), English actress *
Maxine Brown (country singer) Ella Maxine Brown (April 27, 1931 – January 21, 2019) was an American country music singer who was originally a member of the successful 1950s trio the Browns, before a brief solo career. Biography Brown was born in Campti, Louisiana, to ...
(1932-2019), American country music singer * Maxine Brown (soul singer) (born 1939), American soul and R&B singer *
Maxine D. Brown Maxine D. Brown is an American computer scientist and retired director of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Along with Tom DeFanti and Bruce McCormick, she co-edited the 1987 NSF repor ...
, American computer scientist * Maxine Carr, convicted of perverting the course of justice in relation to the
Soham murders The Soham murders were a double child murder committed in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England on 4 August 2002. The victims were two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Aimee Chapman, who were lured into the home of a local resident a ...
(not to be confused with Maxine Moore Carr / Maxine Waters below) * Maxine Dexter (1972), American politician *
Maxine Elliott Maxine Elliott (February 5, 1868 – March 5, 1940) was an American actress and businesswoman. Early life Born Jessie Dermott on February 5, 1868, to Thomas Dermott, a sea captain and Adelaide Hill Dermott, she had a younger sister, actress G ...
(1868–1940), American actress *
Maxine Fassberg Maxine Fassberg ( he, מקסין פסברג) (born c. 1953) is a South African-Israeli retired educator, engineer, and CEO. She immigrated from South Africa to Israel in 1975 and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry at the Hebrew ...
(born 1953), CEO, Intel Israel * Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940), Chinese American author and Professor Emerita *
Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin (June 6, 1925 – February 6, 2014) was an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982. Biography Early years Maxine Kumin was born Maxine Winokur on June ...
(1925–2014), American poet and author *
Maxine Mawhinney Maxine Mawhinney (born 18 September 1957) is a former newsreader on BBC News, the BBC's 24-hour rolling news channel. Biography Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mawhinney was educated at Regent House School, Newtownards. She trained as a ne ...
(born 1957), newsreader on the BBC News 24-hour television channel * Maxine McKew (born 1953), Australian politician and journalist * Maxine Medina (born 1990), Filipino model, beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Universe Philippines 2016, and top 6 Miss Universe 2016 *
Maxine Nightingale Maxine Nightingale (born 2 November 1952) is a British R&B and soul music singer. She is best known for her hits in the 1970s, with the million seller " Right Back Where We Started From" (1975, UK #8 & 1976, U.S. #2), "Love Hit Me" (1977), a ...
(born 1952), British R&B and soul music singer * Maxine Peake (born 1974), English actress * Maxine Reiner (1916–2003), American actress *
Maxine Sanders Maxine Sanders (born ''Arline Maxine Morris''; 30 December 1946, in Cheshire) is a key figure in the development of modern pagan witchcraft and Wicca and, along with her late husband, Alex Sanders, the co-founder of Alexandrian Wicca. Witchcr ...
(born 1946), British Wiccan * Maxine Sullivan (born Marietta Williams, 1911–1987), American jazz vocalist/performer *
Maxine Waters Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, inc ...
(born Maxine Moore Carr, born 1938), American politician * Maxine (wrestler) (born 1986), stage name of American former professional wrestler, model, and former WWE Diva Karlee Pérez


Fictional characters

* Maxine Peacock, from the British soap opera, ''Coronation Street'' *
Maxine Chadway ''Soul Food: The Series'' is an American drama series that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime (TV network), Showtime from June 28, 2000, to May 26, 2004. Developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, the series was an adaptation of George T ...
, from the television series ''Soul Food'' *
Maxine Conway Maxine Conway (formerly Max) is a recurring character from '' Wentworth'', portrayed by actor Socratis Otto. Maxine is notable for being Bea Smith's ( Danielle Cormack) bodyguard and also for being transgender within the series. She was dating ...
, from the Australian drama series, ''Wentworth'' * Maxine Minniver, from the British soap opera, ''Hollyoaks'' *
Maxine Barlow This article lists the characters and the actors who portray them from the award-winning BBC television series ''Waterloo Road (TV series), Waterloo Road''. The series utilises an ensemble cast, led by the staff members of the eponymous school. ...
, from the British drama series ''Waterloo Road'' *
Maxine Mayfield ''Stranger Things'' is an American science fiction horror television series created for Netflix by the Duffer Brothers, set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s. The first season, set in November 1983, focuses on the inve ...
, "Max" or "Madmax", on the Netflix series ''Stranger Things'' * Max Caulfield, or Maxine, main character in the video game ''Life Is Strange'' * Maxine Shaw, from the American television sitcom ''
Living Single ''Living Single'' is an American television sitcom created by Yvette Lee Bowser that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993, to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who shared personal and profess ...
'' * Maxine, a character in a line of
Hallmark Cards Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a private, family-owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark is the oldest and largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was aw ...
* Maxine Guevara, main character of the American TV series '' Dark Angel'' * Maxine Baker, daughter of
Animal Man Animal Man (Bernhard "Buddy" Baker) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. As a result of being in proximity to an exploding extraterrestrial spaceship, Buddy Baker acquires the ability to temporarily "borrow" th ...
(Buddy Baker) in DC Comics * Maxine Tarnow, main character in Thomas Pynchon's novel '' Bleeding Edge''


Other uses

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Maxine, West Virginia Maxine is an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers cl ...
, an unincorporated community * 3977 Maxine, an asteroid, see List of minor planets: 3001–4000 * Maxine Virtual Machine, an open source Java virtual machine


Music

* "Maxine" (Sharon O'Neill song), a song from Sharon O'Neill * "Maxine", a 2007 reissue bonus track on the album ''
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 ''The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1'' is the debut studio album by the English-American supergroup Traveling Wilburys, comprising George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. It was released in October 1988 to commercial succ ...
'' * "Maxine", a song by John Legend from the album '' Once Again'' * "Maxine", a song by Donald Fagen from the album '' The Nightfly'' * "Maxine", a 1996 rap song by ''Eminem'' from the album ''
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See also

* Max (disambiguation) * Maximilian * Maximus (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, given name English feminine given names Feminine given names