Maxie is a given name, a nickname and a surname which may refer to:
People
Given name
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Max Baer (boxer)
Maximilian Adelbert Baer (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was an American professional boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935. Two of his fights (a 1933 win over Max Schmeling and a 1935 loss ...
(1909–1959), American world champion heavyweight boxer, nicknamed "Madcap Maxie"
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Maxie Anderson (1934–1983), American hot air balloonist
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Maxie Baughan
Maxie Callaway Baughan Jr. (born August 3, 1938) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins. Baughan played college football ...
(born 1938), American former National Football League player
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Maxie Berger
Maxie Berger (February 23, 1917 – August 1, 2000) was a Canadian boxer who fought as a flyweight, junior welterweight, and welterweight from 1935–1946. He squared off against many different Hall of Famers including the likes of Sugar Ray ...
(1917–2000), Canadian world champion junior welterweight boxer
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Max Burns (born 1948), American politician
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Maxie Dunnam
Maxie D. Dunnam (1934-) is a United Methodist Church minister, evangelist, Bible commentator and writer. He is a past president of World Methodist Council. He is currently President Emeritus of Asbury Theological Seminary.
Biography
Dunnam was bo ...
, chancellor of Asbury Theological Seminary
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Patton Kizzire
Maxie Patton Kizzire (born March 3, 1986) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the PGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kizzire was born in Montgomery, Alabama, grew up in Tuscaloosa, and played his collegiate golf at Auburn University. ...
(born 1986), American golfer
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Maxie Lambright
Maxie Thomas Lambright (June 23, 1924 – January 28, 1980) was the head coach of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team from 1967 to 1978 and the Louisiana Tech University athletic director from 1970 to 1978. He led Louisiana Tech to three D ...
(1924-1980), American college football head coach
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Maxie Long
Maxwell Warburn Long (October 16, 1878 – March 4, 1959) was an American athlete, winner of 400 m at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Having won three AAU titles from 1898 to 1900 and IC4A title in 1899 in 440 yd (402 m), 1899 an AAU title in 220 ...
(1878-1959), American sprinter and 1900 Olympic champion
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James "Maxie" McCann (born 1934), Irish former soccer player
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Maxie Parks (born 1951), American sprinter
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"Slapsie Maxie" Max Rosenbloom (1907–1976), American world champion Hall-of-Fame light-heavyweight boxer
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Maxie Vaz
Maximiano "Maxie" Vaz (1923 – 21 July 1991) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an intern ...
(1923–1991), Indian field hockey player
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Maxie Wander (1933-1977), Austrian writer
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Maxie Williams (1940-2009), American Football League and National Football League player
Surname
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Brett Maxie
Brett Derrell Maxie (born January 13, 1962) is an American football coach and former player who is a defensive backs coach of the National Football League (NFL). He was a defensive back for 13 seasons for the NFL's New Orleans Saints, Atlanta F ...
(born 1962), American National Football League coach and former player
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Demetrious Maxie (born 1973), Canadian football player
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Leslie Maxie
Leslie Maxie (born January 4, 1967, in San Francisco, California) is a retired American track and field athlete and subsequently a television broadcast journalist.
While attending Mills High School, she set the still standing World Youth Best of ...
(born 1967), Olympic hurdler, host of the television show ''Cold Pizza''
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Peggy Maxie (born 1936), American former politician, first African-American woman elected to the Washington House of Representatives
Fictional characters
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Maxie (Pokémon), the leader of Team Magma in the Pokémon series
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Maxie Jones
Maxie Jones is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera '' General Hospital''. She is the eldest daughter of supercouple Frisco Jones and Felicia Cummings, raised most of her life by Mac Scorpio. The role was first portrayed by Robyn Richa ...
, on the American soap opera ''General Hospital''
* Maxie Malone, the title character of ''
Maxie'', a 1985 film starring Glenn Close as Maxie
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Maxie Zeus, a DC Comics villain
See also
* "Maxi", a nickname of
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn James Maxwell (born 14 October 1988) is an Australian professional cricketer, who represents Australia national cricket team in One Day International and Twenty20 International formats of the game and has played Test cricket for Australi ...
(born 1988), Australian cricketer
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Michael Klinger
Michael Klinger (born 4 July 1980) is an Australian former first-class cricketer, who held the record for the most runs scored in the Big Bash League when he retired in 2019.
Until the 2008–09 season, Klinger played for Victoria and for ...
(born 1980), Australian retired cricketer
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Max Hermann Maxy (1895–1971), Romanian painter and art professor
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Maxxie Oliver
Maxwell "Maxxie" Oliver is a fictional character in the British television series '' Skins.'' He is portrayed by actor Mitch Hewer.
Characterisation
Maxxie is portrayed as proficient at several styles of dance, including tap dance. He is also sh ...
, a character in the British series ''
Skins''
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