Maxine
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Maxine is a feminine given name which may refer to:
People
- Maxine Andrews (1916-1995), member of The Andrews Sisters singing trio
- Maxine Audley (1923–1992), English actress
- Maxine Brown (country singer) (born 1932), American country music singer
- Maxine Brown (soul singer) (born 1939), American soul and R&B singer
- Maxine D. Brown, American computer scientist
- Maxine Carr, convicted of perverting the course of justice in relation to the Soham murders (not to be confused with Maxine Moore Carr / Maxine Waters below)
- Maxine Elliott (1868-1940), American actress
- Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940), Chinese American author and Professor Emerita
- Maxine Kumin (born 1925), American poet and author
- Maxine Mawhinney, a newsreader on the BBC News 24 hour television channel
- Maxine McKew (born 1953), Australian politician and journalist
- Maxine Nightingale (born 1952), British R&B and soul music singer
- Maxine Peake (born 1974), English actress
- Maxine Sanders (born Arline Maxine Morris, 1946), prominent Wiccan
- Maxine Sullivan (born Marietta Williams, 1911–1987), American jazz vocalist/performer
- Maxine Waters (born Maxine Moore Carr, 1938), American politician
- Maxine (wrestler), Stage name of American former professional wrestler, model, and former WWE Diva Karlee Pérez
Fictional characters
- Maxine Peacock, on the soap opera Coronation Street
- Maxine Chadway, on the television series Soul Food
- Maxine Shaw, a character from the American television sitcom Living Single
- Max and Maxine, cousins in the reading system for children Letterland
- Maxine, a character in a line of Hallmark Cards
- Maxine Guevara, the main character of the TV series Dark Angel
Other uses
- Maxine, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- 3977 Maxine, an asteroid, see List of minor planets: 3001–4000
- Maxine Virtual Machine, an open source Java virtual machine
- "Maxine", a 2007 reissue bonus track on the album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
- "Maxine", a song by John Legend from the album Once Again
- "Maxine", a song by Donald Fagen from the album The Nightfly
See also
- Max
- Maximillian
- Maximus (disambiguation)
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