List of Famous people named Maurice
Maurice Compte
Maurice Compte is a Cuban American actor known for his roles as Gaff in Breaking Bad, Santiago "Big Evil" Flores in End of Watch, and as Colonel Carrillo in Narcos.
Maurice de Rothschild
Maurice Edmond Karl de Rothschild was a French art collector, vineyard owner, financier and politician. He was born into the Rothschild banking family of France.
Maurice Rheims
Maurice Rheims was a French art auctioneer, art historian and novelist, born in Versailles. He administered the estate of the painter Pablo Picasso. He is the father of the photographer Bettina Rheims.
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also known as Count Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 "in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations". The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. He was a leading member of La Jeune Belgique group and his plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement.
Maurice Lippens
Count Maurice Robert Josse Marie Ghislain, Count Lippens is a Belgian businessman and banker. He is the grandson of Maurice Lippens (1875) and brother of Leopold Lippens, mayor of Knokke-Heist.
Maurice Trintignant
Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest careers in the early years of Formula One. During this time he also competed in sports car racing, including winning the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Following his retirement from the track Trintignant concentrated on the wine trade.
Maurice of the Palatinate
Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine KG, was the fourth son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Princess Elizabeth, only daughter of King James VI and I and Anne of Denmark.
Maurice Peston, Baron Peston
Maurice Harry Peston, Baron Peston was a British economist and Labour life peer. His research interests included macroeconomic policy and the economics of education.
Maurice Bouval
Maurice Bouval (1863–1916) was a French sculptor of the Art Nouveau period.