Maurice

Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, born in Dillenburg, the son of William the Silent. He was elected stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland (1587) and later (1589) of Utrecht, Overyssel, and Gelderland, also becoming captain-general of the armies of the United Provinces during their War of Independence from Spain. He checked the Spanish advance, and by his steady offensive (1590–1606) liberated the N provinces. He became Prince of Orange in 1618, on the death of his elder brother. In the renewed conflict with the Habsburgs, he commanded the new republic, seeking help from England and France (1624).

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 Ravel, a classical composer Maurice White, a musician Maurice Williams, a Cardiovascular Physiologist Heart Failure and Hypertension Maurice (singer), a contemporary R&B singer

The following individuals share Maurice as their surname:

Emil Maurice Frederick Maurice John Maurice of Nassau Paul Maurice

The following fictional characters might be referred to as Maurice:

An animated character in Disney's 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast, the father of the main protagonist Belle Maurice is also a character from Kids Next Door

Several places go by the name of Maurice:

The French name of the Republic of Mauritius Maurice River, a tributary of the Delaware River in New Jersey

In the arts the following works share the name Maurice:

Maurice, a novel by E.