Maxwell¹, James Clerk (1831- 79), Scottish physicist. He extended the ideas of Faraday and Kelvin in his equations of electromagnetism and succeeded in unifying electricity and magnetism, identifying the electromagnetic nature of light, and postulating the existence of other electromagnetic radiation.

Maxwell², (Ian) Robert (1923-91), Czech-born British publisher and media entrepreneur; born Jan Ludvik Hoch. He died in obscure circumstances while yachting off Tenerife; it subsequently emerged that he had misappropriated company pension funds.