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People

Maxine is a feminine given name. * Maxine Andrews (1916–1995), member of The Andrews Sisters 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 many ...

(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 (not to be confused with Maxine Moore Carr / Maxine Waters below) * Maxine Dexter (1972), American politician * Maxine Elliott (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 Maxine Hong Kingston (; born Maxine Ting Ting Hong;Huntley, E. D. (2001). ''Maxine Hong Kingston: A Critical Companion'', p. 1. October 27, 1940) is an American novelist. She is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, wher ...

(born 1940), Chinese American author and Professor Emerita * Maxine Kumin (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 n ...

(born 1957), newsreader on the BBC News 24-hour television channel *

Maxine McKew Maxine Margaret McKew (born 22 July 1953) is a former Australian Labor politician and journalist; she was the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government in the First Rudd Ministry and the F ...

(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 (born 1952), British R&B and soul music singer * Maxine Peake (born 1974), English actress *

Maxine Reiner Maxine Reiner (March 16, 1916 – June 19, 2003) was an American actress. She was more noted for off-screen marital troubles than for her film performances. Early life Maxine Frances Reiner was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daught ...

(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. Witchc ...

(born 1946), British Wiccan *

Maxine Sullivan Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987), born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States, was an American jazz vocalist and performer. As a vocalist, Sullivan was active for half a century, from the mid-1930s to just be ...

(born Marietta Williams, 1911–1987), American jazz vocalist/performer * Maxine Waters (born Maxine Moore Carr, born 1938), American politician *

Maxine (wrestler) Karlee Leilani Perez (born April 19, 1986) is an American actress, model, professional wrestler, and valet, best known for her work in WWE under the ring name Maxine. She is also known for her appearances with Lucha Underground under the ring n ...

(born 1986), stage name of American former professional wrestler, model, and former WWE Diva Karlee Pérez

Fictional characters

Maxine Peacock The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' in 1995, by order of first appearance. Daniel Osbourne Daniel Osbourne is the son of Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Denise Osbourne (Denis ...

, from the British soap opera, ''Coronation Street'' *

Maxine Chadway ''Soul Food: The Series'' is an American drama series that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000, to May 26, 2004. Developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, the series was an adaptation of George Tillman's 1997 drama f ...

, 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 Ga ...

, from the Australian drama series, ''Wentworth'' *

Maxine Minniver Maxine Minniver (also Blake, Donovan and Kinsella) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Nikki Sanderson. The character made her first on-screen appearance on 6 November 2012. Maxine's storylines ...

, 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''. The series utilises an ensemble cast, led by the staff members of the eponymous school. It also has a high turnov ...

, 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'' * Maxine, a character in a line of Hallmark Cards * 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" t ...

(Buddy Baker) in DC Comics * Maxine Tarnow, main character in Thomas Pynchon's novel '' Bleeding Edge''

Other uses

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 The Maxine virtual machine is an open source virtual machine that is developed at the University of Manchester. It was formerly developed by Sun Microsystems Laboratories, since renamed Oracle Labs. The emphasis in Maxine's software architecture ...

, 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 '' Infinite''

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