Morris (given name)

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Morris is a given name in English and other languages. Notable persons with that name include:

People with the mononym

This section lists people commonly referred to solely by this name

Morris, one of the 14 Tribes of Galway, Ireland

Morris (cartoonist) (1923–2001), pen name of Belgian cartoonist Maurice De Bevere, creator of Lucky Luke

Morris (singer) (born 1976), Romanian singer and DJ

Mixmaster Morris (born 1965), English ambient DJ and underground musician

People with the given name

Morris Albert (born 1951), real name Maurício Alberto Kaisermann, Brazilian singer and songwriter

Morris Almond (born 1985), American professional basketball player

Morris Ankrum (1896–1964), American radio, television and film actor

Morris Barry (1918–2000), English radio producer

Morris Bates (1864–1905), English footballer

Morris Beckman (architect), American architect

Morris Beckman (writer) (born 1921), English writer

Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American scholar, historian, biographer, author, and humorist

Morris Carnovsky (1897–1992), American stage and film actor

Morris Chestnut (born 1969), American film and television actor

Morris Chang (born 1931), Taiwanese businessman

Morris Childs (1902–1991), real name Moishe Chilovsky, American political activist

Morris Cerullo (born 1931), American Pentecostal televangelist

Morris Chapman (born 1940), American church executive

Morris Claiborne (born 1990), American football player

Morris Cohen (adventurer) (1887–1970), known as Morris "Two-Gun" Cohen", adventurer

Morris Cohen (scientist) (1911–2005), American professor of metallurgy

Morris Cohen (spy) (1910–1995), a.k.a. Peter Kroger, Soviet spy who helped pass Manhattan Project secrets to the USSR

Morris Raphael Cohen (1880–1947), American Jewish philosopher

Morris Davis (born 1958), American Air Force officer and lawyer

Morris Day (born 1957), American musician, composer and actor

Morris Dees (born 1936), trial counsel and a former direct mail marketeer for book publishing

Morris Engel (1918-2005), American photographer, cinematographer and filmmaker

Morris Ernst (1888–1976), American lawyer and co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union

Morris Ertman (born 1958), Canadian playwright

Morris Ginsberg (1889-1970), Litvak-British sociologist

Morris Gleitzman (born 1953), English-born Australian writer

Morris Graves (1910–2001), American expressionist painter

Morris Halle, (born 1923), born Morris Pinkowitz, Latvian-American Jewish linguist and professor

Morris Harvey (1877–1944), British film actor

Morris Hatalsky (born 1951), American professional golfer

Morris Hillquit (1869–1933), American lawyer and founding leader of the Socialist Party of America

Morris Finer (1917–1974), lawyer and judge

Morris Fishbein (1889–1976), American physician and journal editor

Morris Fuller Benton (1872–1948), American typeface designer

Morris Iemma, Australian politician and former Premier of New South Wales

Morris Janowitz (1919-1988), American sociologist and professor of sociological theory

Morris Kantor (1896-1974), Russian-born American painter

Morris Kight (1919–2003), American gay rights pioneer and peace activist

Morris Kirksey (1895-1981), American track and field athlete and rugby union footballer

Morris Kline (1908–1992), American professor of Mathematics, a writer on the history, philosophy and teaching of mathematics

Morris Lapidus (1902–2001), American architect

Morris Levy (1927–1990), American music industry executive

Morris Lichtenstein (1889–1938), scholar, founder of the Society of Jewish Science

Morris Louis (1912-1962) born Morris Louis Bernstein, American painter

Morris Lukowich (born 1956), Canadian professional ice hockey player

Morris Maddocks, (1928–2008), bishop in the Church of England

Morris McGregor (1923–2003), Canadian politician

Morris Michtom (1870–1938), Russian Jewish immigrant

Morris Mott (born 1946), Canadian professional ice hockey player

Morris Edward Opler (1907–1996), American anthropologist and advocate of Japanese-American civil rights

Morris Ouma (born 1982), Kenyan cricketer

Morris Panych (born 1952), Canadian playwright, director and actor

Morris Pert (1947–2010), Scottish composer, drummer/percussionist and pianist

Morris Perry (born 1925), English television actor

Morris Peterson (born 1977), American professional basketball player

Morris Possoni (born 1984), Italian professional road bicycle racer

Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923), real name Moshe Jacob Alter, American Yiddish poet originating from Eastern Europe

Morris Schinasi (1855-1928), American tobacco industrialst of Ottoman origin

Morris Sheppard (1875–1941), American politician serving as Congressman and Senator

Morris Stoloff (1898–1980), American musical composer

Morris Swadesh (1909-1967), influential American linguist, concentrating on historical linguistics in indigenous languages of the Americas

Morris Travers (1872–1961), English chemist

Morris Weiss (born 1915), American comic book and comic strip artist and writer

Morris West (1916–1999), Australian novelist and playwright

Morris Wilkins (1925–2015), inventor of the heart-shaped bathtub and champagne glass bathtub

Morris Williams (1809-1874), aka Nicander, Welsh clergyman and writer

Morris Winchevsky aka Ben Netz (1856–1932), Jewish socialist leader in London and the United States in the late 19th century

Fictional characters

Morris Delancey, character from the Broadway musical Newsies OBC portrayed by actor Mike Faist, closing cast Adam Kaplan, opening tour cast Mike Ryan, current tour cast Devin Lewis

Morris O'Brian, character from the TV series 24 portrayed by actor Carlo Rota

Morris the Cat, advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food, voiced by John Erwin

References

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People with the given name

Fictional characters

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