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Moritz, Maurizio, Mauro, Mauricio, Morris |
Maurice is a traditionally masculine given name. It originates as a French name derived from the Latin Mauritius or Mauricius and was subsequently used in other languages. Its popularity is due to Mauritius, a saint of the Theban Legion (died 287). Mauritius is otherwise attested as a given name of the Roman Empire period, in origin meaning "one from Mauritania", i.e. "the Moor".
Forms in other languages include: Spanish Mauricio, Italian Maurizio, Dutch Maurits, Greek Μαυρίκιος (Mavrikios), Russian Маврикий (Mavrikiy), German Moritz, English Morris.
Late Antiquity to Middle Ages
Saint Maurice also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius (died 287), Roman legionnaire and Christian martyr
Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor
Maurice (bishop) (died 1107), bishop of London, Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England
Maurice of Carnoet (1117–1191), French abbot and saint
Maurice, Count of Oldenburg (fl. 1169–1211), count of Oldenburg
Maurice of Inchaffray (14th century), Scottish cleric who became a bishop
Early Modern
Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), German Saxon nobleman
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1551–1612), duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel or Maurice the Learned (1572–1632), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), stadtholder of the Netherlands
Maurice of Savoy (1593–1657), prince of Savoy and a cardinal
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681), duke of Saxe-Zeitz
Maurice of the Palatinate (1620–1652), Count Palatine of the Rhine
William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1649–1691), prince of Nassau-Siegen
Modern
Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850), prince of Orange-Nassau
Maurice Crum (disambiguation), multiple people
Maurice Failevic (1933-2016), French film director
Maurice Leblanc (1864–1941), French novelist and writer
Maurice Garin (1871–1957), French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 for cheating
Maurice Gamelin (1872–1958), French general remembered for his unsuccessful command of the French military in 1940 during the Battle of France
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), French Impressionist music composer and pianist
Maurice Chevalier, (1888–1972), French actor, singer and entertainer
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958), French painter, considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement
Maurice Schwartz (1889–1960), a Russian-born theater and film actor
Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959), 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec
Maurice of Battenberg (1891–1914), prince of the Battenberg family and member of the British Royal Family
Maurice Bowra (1898–1971), English classical scholar and academic
Maurice Leyland (1900–1967), English cricketer
Maurice Elwood Frump (1901–1979), American offensive guard for the Chicago Bears
Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003), French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961), French phenomenological philosopher
Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr. (1909–1994), American politician
Maurice Wilkins (1916–2004), a New Zealand-born English physicist and molecular biologist, and Nobel Laureate
Maurice Cowling (1926–2005), British historian
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) known for Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Meisner (1931–2012), an historian of 20th century China
Maurice Rioli (1957–2010), Australian rules football player
Maurice Ruah (born 1971), Venezuelan tennis player
Maurice Anderson (born 1975), American football player
Maurice Stuckey (born 1990), German basketball player
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, birth name of Michael Caine, English actor
The Amazing Maurice, character in The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
Maurice Lalonde (Highlander character), character in the television program Highlander: The Series
Maurice Levy (The Wire), character in the television program The Wire
Maurice Moss, character from the British sitcom The IT Crowd
Rap Master Maurice, a character portrayed by artist Derek Erdman
Maurice, a character in the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast
Maurice, a character in the 2005 film Madagascar, its sequels, and All Hail King Julien
Maurice, a character of Samantha Stevens' father in the sitcom, Bewitched
Maurice Hall, the eponymous protagonist of the E. M. Forster novel, Maurice (novel)
Maurice, a character in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
William Maurice (1552–1622), Welsh politician (his "surname" is an anglicization of his patronymic, ap Morys)
David Maurice (1626–1702), Welsh priest and translator
Henry Maurice (minister) (1634–1682), Welsh priest who became an Independent minister
Henry Maurice (theologian) (c. 1647 – 1691), Welsh clergyman and professor
Thomas Maurice (fl. 1755–1824), English poet oriental scholar, historian, chaplain and vicar
James Wilkes Maurice (1775–1857), United Kingdom Royal Navy officer
Peter Maurice (priest) (1803–1878), Welsh priest and writer
Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872), British author, theologian, and socialist
James Maurice (1814–1884), American politician from New York
John Frederick Maurice (1841–1912), English soldier and military writer
Mary Maurice (1844–1918), American actress
Henry Gascoyne Maurice (1847–1950), English zoologist
Clément Maurice (1853–1933), French photographer
Frederick Barton Maurice (1871–1951), British general, military correspondent, writer and academic
Arthur Bartlett Maurice (1873–1946), American editor of the Woodbridge (NJ) Register
Richard Maurice (1893– fl. 1951), Cuban-American filmmaker and labor organizer
Emil Maurice (1897–1972), German watchmaker and senior Nazi Party official
Paule Maurice (1910–1967), French composer
Charles G. Maurice (1911–1997), American teacher of dentistry and pioneer of endodontics
David M. Maurice (1922–2002), British ophthalmologist
Ann Maurice (born 1951), American interior designer and house stager, called "The House Doctor"
Peter Maurice (bishop) (born 1951), English cleric - bishop of Taunton
Paul Maurice (born 1967), Canadian hockey player and coach
Benoît Maurice (born 1971), French football central defender
Florian Maurice (born 1974), French footballer
María Belén Pérez Maurice (born 1985), Argentinian fencer
Jean-Eudes Maurice (born 1986), French-born Haitian footballer
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