The surname Mainwaring ( /ˈmænərɪŋ/ or /ˌmeɪnˈwɛərɪŋ/) is an Anglo-Norman territorial surname deriving from "Mesnil Warin" (or "Mesnilwarin", "Mesnilvarin", "Mesnil Varin"), from the village of Le Mesnil Varin (= "the manor of Warin"), now Saint-Paër, Normandy. It may refer to:
- Chris Mainwaring (1965–2007), Australian rules footballer and TV presenter
- Daniel Mainwaring (1902–1977), American novelist and screenwriter
- George Boulton Mainwaring (c. 1773-unknown), British politician
- Henry Mainwaring (c. 1586-1653), pirate, lawyer, author and diplomat
- Marion Mainwaring (b. 1922), American novelist
- Matty Mainwaring (b. 1990), English footballer
- Ranulph Mainwaring, Justice of Chester in the reign of Richard I (1189-1199)
- Sam Mainwaring (1841–1907), Welsh socialist and syndicalist trade union activist
- Sam Mainwaring, Jr., labor activist in Britain, South Africa and the United States; nephew of Sam Mainwaring
- William Henry Mainwaring (1884–1971), British miner and politician
- William Mainwaring (English politician) (in office 1786-1802), English politician, father of George Boulton Mainwaring
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“The mind is a strange and wonderful thing. I’m not sure it’ll ever be able to figure itself out. Everything else, maybe, from the atom to the universe, everything except itself.”
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