List of Famous people named Maxim

Name Maxim is among the most common names in Russia. Similar names: Maxime, Maksim, Maximo, Maksym, Maxima. Here are some famous Maxims:

Maxim Vengerov

First Name Maxim
Last Name Vengerov
Born on August 20, 1974 (age 51)

Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov is a Russian-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor. Classic FM has called him “one of the greatest violinists in the world.”

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Maxim Roy

First Name Maxim
Last Name Roy
Born on March 7, 1972 (age 54)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Maxim Roy is a Canadian actress. In English, she is best known for playing Detective Isabelle Latendresse in the English version of the Canadian police drama television series 19-2, Jocelyn Fray in the fantasy series Shadowhunters, and mistress Michelle in Bad Blood.

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Maxim Afinogenov

First Name Maxim
Last Name Afinogenov
Born on September 4, 1979 (age 46)
Born in Russia
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Maxim Sergeyevich Afinogenov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Known for his skating speed, he was drafted by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Buffalo Sabres in the third round, 69th overall, in 1997 and played nine seasons with the club. He then played one season with the Atlanta Thrashers before signing with SKA Saint Petersburg in 2010.

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Maxim Petrov

First Name Maxim
Last Name Petrov
Born on November 14, 1965 (age 60)

Maxim Vladimirovich Petrov is a Russian serial killer, convicted for the killing of 11 people in St Petersburg between 1999 and 2000. Petrov, nicknamed Doctor Death by the Russian media, was a practicing doctor who targeted patients from a local health center, killing them by lethal injection at their homes then robbing them.

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Maxim Lapierre

First Name Maxim
Last Name Lapierre
Born on March 29, 1985 (age 41)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Maxim Lapierre is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), he was selected 61st overall in 2003 by the Montreal Canadiens. He spent parts of his first three professional seasons with the Canadiens' minor league affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League (AHL), before playing his first full NHL season in 2008–09.

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Maxim Maksimov

First Name Maxim
Last Name Maksimov
Born on September 6, 1979 (age 46)

Maxim Gennadyevich Maksimov is a retired Russian biathlete and biathlon coach. He took two individual medals in the Biathlon World Championships, a bronze in 2008 and a silver in 2011: these were also his only podiums in the Biathlon World Cup. In 2019 he was appointed as an assistant coach to the Russian national biathlon team, having previously been a regional coach in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

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Maxim Shostakovich

First Name Maxim
Last Name Shostakovich
Born on May 10, 1938 (age 87)
Born in Russia

Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich is a Russian conductor and pianist. He is the second child of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich and Nina Varzar.

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Maxim Sushinsky

First Name Maxim
Last Name Sushinsky
Born on July 1, 1974 (age 51)
Born in Russia
Height 172 cm | 5'8

Maxim Yuryevich Sushinsky is a Russian professional ice hockey player. His last name is sometimes transliterated as Sushinski or Sushinskiy.

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Maxim Lazovsky

First Name Maxim
Last Name Lazovsky
Born on July 31, 1965
Died on April 28, 2000 (aged 34)

Maxim Yuryevich Lazovsky was a KGB and FSB officer who became involved in underground business. According to Alexander Litvinenko and co-authors he was also suspected of participation in Russian apartment bombings in 1999, along with other crimes including murders and kidnappings.

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Maxim Emelyanychev

First Name Maxim
Last Name Emelyanychev

Maxim Emelyanychev is a Russian conductor, pianist, harpsichordist and cornetist.

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