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Maury (name)

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Maury is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

  • Abram Poindexter Maury (1801–1848), member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee and lawyer
  • Alain Maury (born 1958), French astronomer
  • Antonia Maury (1866–1952), American astronomer
  • Dabney Herndon Maury (1822–1900), Confederate major general and United States Ambassador to Colombia
  • Reverend James Maury (1718–1769), educator, Anglican minister and litigant in an important lawsuit; grandfather of Matthew Fontaine Maury
  • James Maury (consul) (1746–1840), one of the first diplomats of the United States
  • Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746–1817), French cardinal and Archbishop of Paris
  • John Walker Maury (1809–1855), lawyer and 14th mayor of Washington, D.C.
  • Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury (1817–1892), French scholar
  • Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), American oceanographer, cartographer and author
  • Pierre Maury (1282 or 1283-after 1324), French shepherd converted from Catholicism to Albigensianism
  • Richard Maury (1882–1950), American engineer best known for his railroad work in Argentina
  • Serge Maury (born 1946), French sailor and 1972 Olympic champion in the Finn class
  • William Arden Maury (1832–1918), U.S. Assistant Attorney General, son of John Walker Maury
  • William Lewis Maury (1813–1878), American naval officer
  • Given name:

  • Maury Allen (1932–2010), American sportswriter
  • Maury Bray (1909–1966), American football player
  • Maury Buford (born 1960), retired National Football League punter
  • Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), Canadian-American actor
  • Maury Deutsch (born 1918), American musician, arranger-composer and teacher
  • Maury Laws (born 1923), American television and film score composer
  • Maury Maverick (1895–1954), maverick member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas and coiner of the term "gobbledygook"
  • Maury Nipp (born 1930), American football player
  • Maury Povich (born 1939), American journalist and talk show host
  • Maury Wills (born 1932), retired Major League Baseball player and 1962 Most Valuable Player
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