Marais (surname)

The surname Marais (Marsh in French) may refer to:

"Marais" from France:

• Jean Marais (1913–1998), a French actor
• Joseph Marais (presumably deceased), a French Olympic fencer
• Marin Marais (1656–1728), a French Baroque music composer
• Matthieu Marais (1664–1737), a French jurist and writer
• Paul Godet des Marais (1647–1709), a French Bishop of Chartres
• Roland Marais (c. 1685 – c. 1750), a French Baroque composer

"Marais" from the United States:

• Anthony Marais (born 1966), an American writer

"Marais" from South Africa:

• Erik Marais (living), a South African politician
• Eugène Marais (1871–1936), a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer
• Hannes Marais (born 1941), a South African international rugby union player and captain
• Jaap Marais (1923–2000), an Afrikaner nationalist and the leader of the far-right South African political party, the Herstigte Nasionale Party
• Jessica Marais (born 1985), a South African-born Australian actress
• Josef Marais (1905–1978), a South African singer
• Kobus Marais (living), a South African politician
• Lejeanne Marais (born 1989), a South African figure skater
• Nic Marais (born 1980), a South African radio personality
• Peter Marais (born 1948), a South African politician
• SP Marais (born 1989), a South African rugby union player
• Stephanus Le Roux Marais (1896–1979), a South African composer
• Willie Marais (1928–2007), an Afrikaner nationalist and the leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party
• Heinrich Marais ( born 1993), an South African entrepreneur, businessman and owner of Comfort Cool Airconditioning & Electrical Contractors SA PTY.LTD.

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See also

• Marais (disambiguation)
• Sarie Marais