Maxim

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Maxim or Maksim may refer to:

Entertainment

• Maxim (magazine), an international men's magazine
  • Maxim (India), the Indian edition
• Maxim Radio, Maxim magazine's radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio
• Maxim, a fictional ship in the manga and anime series One Piece
• Maxim, the hero of the video game Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals and its remake, Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals

Literature and language

• A species of adage, aphorism, or saying that expresses a general moral rule, especially a philosophical maxim
• Maxims (Old English poems), examples of gnomic poetry
• Maximes (1665–78) of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80)

Organizations

• Maxim Healthcare Services, a medical staffing and home healthcare company
• Maxim Institute, a public policy think tank in New Zealand
• Maxim Integrated, a manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits
• Maxim's Catering, a chain of caterers, restaurants, and fast food shops in Hong Kong
• Maxim's Paris, a Parisian restaurant of the Belle Epoque

People

• Maksim, Metropolitan of all Rus, Metropolitan of Kiev (1283–1305)
• Maksim, Bulgarian Patriarch (1914–2012), Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Maksim, Serbian Patriarch (d. 1680), Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1674)
• Maksim Branković (d. 1516), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia
• Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), Russian author and activist
• Maksim Vasiljević, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Western America (since 2006)
• Hiram Maxim (1840–1916), inventor of the Maxim Gun, the first machine gun
• Hiram Percy Maxim (1869–1936), radio pioneer, inventor of the automobile muffler and the firearm silencer; son of Hiram Maxim
• Hudson Maxim (1853–1927), a U.S. inventor and chemist; brother of Hiram Maxim and uncle of Hiram Percy Maxim
• Maxim "Max" Birbraer (born 1980), Kazakhstan-born Israeli professional ice hockey forward
• Maxim (musician), stage name of Keith Palmer, member of the British electronic band The Prodigy
• Carl Maximowicz, botanist (author abbreviation Maxim)
• Maxim (artist), German Europop artist
• Maxim Kontsevich (b. 1964), Russian and French mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal

Other uses

• Legal maxim, certain guiding principles of law and jurisprudence
• Maxim (coffee), the first American brand of freeze-dried coffee, made by General Foods
• Maxim Cup, South Korean Go competition
• Maxim (philosophy), a principle that an individual uses in making a decision
• Maxim gun, the first self-acting machine gun
• Maxim, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
• SilencerCo Maxim 50, a muzzle-loading rifle that includes an integrated sound suppressor

See also

• Aphorism
• Maxim (given name)
• Maxim (surname)
• Maxima (disambiguation)
• Maxime (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with Maxim
• All pages with a title containing Maxim