Empress Matilda, (1102–1169), also known by her Saxon name "Maud" or "Maude", daughter of King Henry I of England and mother to King Henry II of England
Maud (ship), a ship used from 1918 to 1925 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in exploring the Northeast Passage (now known as the Northern Sea Route)
Maud Island, the second largest island in the Marlborough Sounds
MAUD Committee, the beginning of the British atomic bomb project, before the United Kingdom joined forces with the United States in the Manhattan Project