Maugham is a surname most commonly associated with the English literary family. The name is a variant of Malham, Malgham, and Malghum. Families with the name originate from the area surrounding Malham and Kirkby Malham.
Well-known persons with this surname include:
- Robert Ormond Maugham, English barrister and father of Somerset Maugham
- Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham, English statesman, the eldest son of the previous
- Robin Maugham, English writer, the only son of the previous
- W. Somerset Maugham, English writer, best known of the Maughams.
- Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham, English statesman, the eldest son of the previous
Famous quotes containing the word maugham:
“The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)
“It’s very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)
“He did not live, he observed life from a window, and too often was inclined to content himself with no more than what his friends told him they saw when they looked out of a window.... In the end the point of Henry James is neither his artistry nor his seriousness, but his personality, and this was curious and charming and a trifle absurd.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)