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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. [1] Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and steam pumps. Maxim laid claim to inventing the lightbulb. [2] [3]
He was the son of Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Machine gun.He was the nephew of Hudson Maxim, an inventor of explosives and ballistic propellants.He had two sisters, Florence Maxim, who married George Albert Cutter, and Adelaide Maxim, who married Eldon Joubert, Ignace Paderewski's piano tuner. [1]
Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli (March 28, 1922 – June 2, 2001) was an American professional boxer.He was a World Light Heavyweight Champion. He took the ring-name Joey Maxim from the Maxim gun, the world's first self-acting machine gun, based on his ability to rapidly throw a large number of left jabs.
Maxim (stylized in all caps) is an international men's magazine, devised and launched in the United Kingdom in 1995, but based in New York City since 1997. [3] It is known for its photography of actors, singers and female models whose careers are at their peak.
Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (Russian pronunciation: [mɐkˈsʲim mɐkˈsʲiməvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈtvʲinəf]; born Meir Henoch Wallach-Finkelstein; 17 July 1876 – 31 December 1951) was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet statesman and diplomat who served as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs from 1930 to 1939.
Maxim Knight (born August 21, 1999) is an American male actor who started acting at the age of seven. He is perhaps best known for his supporting role on the TNT television series Falling Skies (2011–2015).
All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead – a grim tragedy that has left a heartbreaking ...
Maxim Alexandrovich Nekrasov (Russian: Максим Александрович Некрасов, born 27 September 2000) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With his former skating partner, Arina Ushakova , he is the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist and 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist.