People
- Maxim (given name)
- Maxim (surname)
- Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus (????-1305)
- Maxim (Patriarch) (1914-2012), Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Maxim Reality, stage name of Keith Palmer, musician in the British electronic band The Prodigy
- Carl Maximowicz, botanist (author abbreviation Maxim)
- Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916), inventor
- Hiram Percy Maxim (1869-1936), radio operator
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