Maxson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alvin Maxson
Alvin Earl Maxson (November 12, 1951 - June 14, 2022) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the eighth round of the 1974 NFL Draft. He played college football at So ...
(born 1951), American football player
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Eileen Maxson
Eileen Maxson (born 1980) is an American interdisciplinary artist working at the confluence of video, installation and performance. Her works focus on contemplating an identity mediated and perforated by a contemporary world. She is the first reci ...
(born 1980), American artist
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Herbert B. Maxson (died 1927), American civil engineer
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Louis Maxson (1855–1916), American archer
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Robert Maxson
Robert Clinton Maxson (born May 8, 1936) is an American academic administrator who has served as president of several institutions of higher education. He was most recently (2008–10) president of Sierra Nevada College, a private, liberal arts co ...
, American academic
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Stephen Maxson, American behavior geneticist
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William Maxson
William B. Maxson (4 September 1930 – 3 January 2013) was an American Air Force Major General and vice commander, 15th Air Force, Strategic Air Command, March Air Force Base, Calif.
Maxson was born in Ohio. He fought in the Vietnam War an ...
(1930–2013), American Air Force officer
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