# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hudson-maxim
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:35:17.921Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hudson-maxim"
name: "Hudson Maxim"
slug: "hudson-maxim"
description: "Hudson Maxim, was an American inventor and chemist who invented a variety of explosives, including smokeless gunpowder, Thomas Edison referred to him as \"the most versatile man in America\". He was the brother of Hiram Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun and uncle of Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Silencer."
tagline: "American inventor (1853–1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hudson_Maxim_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1853-02-03"
deathDate: "1927-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.415584415584416
  historical:           7.220196000000001
  currentAttention:     18.18181818181818
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Гадсон Максим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هدسون مكسيم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هادسون ماکسیم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Maxim"
    title: "Hudson Maxim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85"
    title: "هادسون ماکسیم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Maxim"
    title: "Hudson Maxim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Maxim"
    title: "Hudson Maxim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Максим, Хадсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4354115"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump