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 membe ...

(born 1963), former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Maxime Bôcher Maxime Bôcher (August 28, 1867 – September 12, 1918) was an American mathematician who published about 100 papers on differential equations, series, and algebra. He also wrote elementary texts such as ''Trigonometry'' and ''Analytic Geometry''. ...

, American mathematician * Maxime Boyer, Canadian professional wrestler *

Maxime Du Camp Maxime Du Camp (8 February 1822 – 9 February 1894) was a French writer and photographer. Biography Born in Paris, Du Camp was the son of a successful surgeon. After finishing college, he indulged in his strong desire for travel, thanks to ...

, French writer and photographer * Maxime Chaya, Lebanese explorer *

Maxime Cressy Maxime Cressy (born May 8, 1997) is a French-American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 31 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on August 8, 2022. He has been ranked as high as wo ...

, American tennis player * Maxime Dupé, French footballer *

Maxime Faget Maxime Allen "Max" Faget (pronounced ''fah-ZHAY''; August 26, 1921 – October 9, 2004) was a Belizean-born American mechanical engineer. Faget was the designer of the Mercury spacecraft, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spa ...

, an inventor *

Maxime Le Forestier Maxime Le Forestier (; born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Le Forestier) is a French singer-songwriter. Life and career Bruno Le Forestier was born on 10 February 1949 in Paris to father Robert Le Forestier and mother Genevieve (née Lili 1917–2010 ...

, French singer * Maxime Médard, French Rugby Union player *

Maxime Minot Maxime Minot (born 20 July 1987) is a French politician of the Republicans who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2017, representing Oise's 7th constituency. Political career In the 2017 presidential elections, Minot publicly d ...

(born 1987), French politician *

Maxime Monfort Maxime Monfort (born 14 January 1983) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the , , , , and teams. Monfort won a variety of races including the Tour de Luxembourg in 2004, ...

, Belgian racing cyclist * Maxime Partouche, French footballer, who currently plays for

Paris Saint-Germain FC Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As F ...

Maxime Rodinson Maxime Rodinson (26 January 1915 – 23 May 2004) was a French Marxist historian, sociologist and orientalist. He was the son of a Russian- Polish clothing trader and his wife, who both were murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp. After stu ...

, French Marxist historian, sociologist and orientalist *

Maxime Rodriguez Maxime Rodriguez, born in Colombes, France, is a French composer. Many of his works, such as ''Esperanza'', ''Child of Nazareth'', and ''Tango Volver'', ''D'Artagnan'', ''Coeur Brave'', ''L'enfant pur'', have been used for figure skating programs ...

, French composer *

Maxime Talbot Maxime Talbot (born February 11, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche and Boston Bruins. He was drafted into ...

, 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, 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 articles ...

, French and is the headmistress of Beauxbatons in the fictional world of Harry Potter. *

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 Marken ...

, a 1958 French film

Origins

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

As a name

In fiction

Origins

See also