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Maddox is the pen name of George Ouzounian, an American humorist, satirist, Internet personality, and author. He gained fame on the Internet in the early 2000s for his opinion-oriented website, The Best Page in the Universe, which he still maintains. His first book, The Alphabet of Manliness (2006), became a New York Times bestseller. He is a graduate of Woods Cross High School in Woods Cross, Utah; he also attended the University of Utah, but does not hold a degree.
Maddox is a mainly male name in use in English speaking countries derived from a Welsh surname meaning "son of Madoc." Madoc or Madog was a legendary Welsh prince who in Welsh folklore sailed to the New World three hundred years before Christopher Columbus. The name means "fortunate" and is derived from the Welsh word "mad". The name has increased in popularity in the United States, where it was ranked at No. 180 for baby boys born in the United States in 2010, having jumped 402 places since 2003, when it was ranked at No. 533.
The name increased in popularity after the naming of Maddox Jolie-Pitt, the son of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Another well-known name holder is the Internet celebrity Maddox.
Maddox is a name of Irish and Welsh origins.
- Alton H. Maddox, Jr. (born 1945), American lawyer
- Anthony Maddox (born 1978), American football player
- Brenda Maddox, American writer
- Bronwen Maddox (born 1963), British journalist
- Christine Maddox (born 1950), American model
- Claude Maddox (1897–1958), American mobster
- Conroy Maddox (1912–2005), British painter
- Cynthia Maddox (born 1941), American model
- David M. Maddox (born 1938), American general
- Elliott Maddox (born 1947), American baseball player
- Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939), British writer
- Garry Maddox (born 1949), American baseball player
- Gene Maddox (1938-2015), American politician
- Isaac Maddox (1697–1759), English cleric and theologian
- John Maddox (1925–2009), British scientist
- John Maddox Roberts (born 1947), American writer
- Johnny Maddox (born 1927), American ragtime pianist
- Ken Maddox (born 1964), American politician
- Lester Maddox (1915–2003), American politician
- Marion Maddox, Australian writer
- Michael Maddox (1747–1822), British businessman
- Nick Maddox (1886–1954), American baseball player
- Richard Leach Maddox (1816–1902), British photographer
- Robert Maddox (1870–1965), American politician
- Rose Maddox (1925–1998), American country singer
- Scott Maddox (born 1968), American politician
- Tito Maddox (born 1981), American professional basketball player
- Tom Maddox, American writer
- Tommy Maddox (born 1971), American football player
- William A. T. Maddox (1814–1889), American marine
Usage examples of "maddox".
At 0458, just as daylight began to spread over the sea, destroyer Maddox, on antisubmarine patrol several miles off shore, was attacked by a Stuka.
Dyson Maddox and his superintendent, Cornelius Cathcart, were riding over the ranges from Barramunda in the direction of Kooralbyn.
Dyson Maddox, who, having been a week or more at Barramunda, rode over in fulfilment of his promise to Mrs.
Open, first round, against one Ross Reat, of Maddox OH and the just-opened Enfield Tennis Academy.
Maddox quite recovered, and sitting with little Bessy in the parlour below.
Maddox and Bessy went upstairs to bed, Bramble said to me, as he knocked the ashes out of his pipe, "Tom, I've got this farm for Bessy for two hundred pounds less than I expected to give for it.
Thanks, too, to the following, all of whom provided crucial assistance, the right fragment at the right time, or artistic support: Laurie Anderson, Cotty Chubb, Samuel Delany, Richard Dorsett, Brian Eno, Deborah Harry, Richard Kadrey, Mark Laidlaw, Tom Maddox, Pat Murphy, Richard Piellisch, John Shirley, Chris Stein, Bruce Sterling, Roger Trilling, Bruce Wagner, Jack Womack.
Accordingly, he called her at the Maddox later in the evening after his talk with Caldwell and told her that he had some news.
But whereas other ships had been ordered to stay at least thirteen miles off the coasts of such countries as China, North Korea, and the Soviet Union, the Maddox was authorized to approach as close as eight miles from the North Vietnamese coast, and four miles from offshore islands.
Although Maddox Barbarossa is the narrator of Galilee, this wheelchairbound dreamer (who never leaves his stepmother's mansion save through the telling of tales) is a thinly veiled avatar of Barker, offering a uniquely autobiographical work.