Maurice
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Maurice is a male name used both as a first and last name.
Maurice could refer to the following individuals:
- Maurice Jarre, a french three-time Academy Award winner composer
- Maurice Richard, a Hall of Fame hockey player
- Maurice (emperor), a Byzantine emperor
- Maurice (bishop), a bishop of London
- Maurice Sendak, author of children's books.
- Maurice Clarett, former Ohio State football player
- Maurice Gibb, one of the three BeeGees brothers
- Maurice Josey, English mosaicist
- Maurice Joshua, American house music producer and remixer
- Maurice Krafft, famous volcano scientist
- Saint Maurice, a legendary martyr
- Maurice, Elector of Saxony, a German nobleman
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a French phenomenologist philosopher
- Maurice Peeters (1882-1957), Dutch track cyclist
- Maurice Ravel, a classical composer
- Maurice Thiriet, a classical composer
- Maurice White, a musician
- Maurice Williams - doo-wop and soul artist
- Maurice Williams - NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks
- Maurice Williams - NFL player for the Jacksonville Jaguars
The following individuals share Maurice as their surname:
Several places go by the name of Maurice:
- The French name of Mauritius
- Maurice River, a tributary of the Delaware River in New Jersey
A clock company is called Maurice Lacroix.
[edit] Arts
- The following fictional characters might be referred to as Maurice:
- An animated character in Disney's 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), the father of the main protagonist Belle
- Maurice, a character from Kids Next Door
- The following works share the name Maurice:
- Maurice (novel), a novel by E. M. Forster
- Maurice (film), based on the Forster novel
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