Maurits

Maurits is the Dutch equivalent of the masculine given name Maurice. People with the name include:

Royalty

• Prince Maurice of Nassau, (1567–1625), military leader of the Dutch Republic, son of William I of Orange
• Count John Maurice of Nassau, (1604–1679) also known as 'the Brazilian'
• Prince Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850), second son of King William III
• Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 1968)

Other people

• Maurits, pseudonym of Paulus Adrianus Daum (1850–1898), Dutch author
• Maurits Allessie (born 1945), Dutch physiologist
• Maurits de Baar (born 1997), Dutch footballer
• Maurits Basse (1868–1944), Belgian writer and teacher
• Maurits Binger (1868–1923), Dutch film director
• Maurits van den Boogert (born 1972, Dutch historian of the Ottoman Empire
• Maurits Caransa (1916–2009), Dutch real-estate developer and kidnapping victim
• Maurits Coppieters (1920–2005), Belgian politician
• Maurits Crucq (born 1968), Dutch field hockey player
• Maurits De Schrijver (born 1951), Belgian football player
• Maurits Dekker (1896–1962), Dutch novelist
• Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972), Dutch graphic artist
• Maurits Gysseling (1919–1997), Belgian researcher
• Maurits Frederik Hendrik de Haas (1832–1895), Dutch-American marine painter
• Maurits van Hall (1836–1900), Dutch lawyer, banker, and politician
• Maurits Hansen (1794–1842), Norwegian writer
• Maurits Hendriks (born 1961), Dutch field hockey coach
• Maurits Jonkman (born 1986), Dutch cricket player
• Maurits Lammertink (born 1990), Dutch racing cyclist
• (1904–1985), Dutch zoologist
• Maurits Lindström (1932–2009), a Swedish geologist
• Maurits van Löben Sels (1876–1944), Dutch fencer
• Maurits Niekerk (1871–1940), Dutch impressionist painter
• Maurits van Nierop (1983–2008), Dutch cricket player
• Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes (1654–1724), Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony
• Maurits Post (1645–1677), Dutch architect
• Maurits van Rooijen (born 1956), Dutch social and economic historian
• Maurits Sabbe (1873–1938), Belgian writer
• Maurits Schmitz (born 1993), Dutch football player
• (1840–1907), Dutch meteorologist and polar explorer

Other

• the Mauritshuis, a museum in The Hague, which was built by John Maurice of Nassau
• Staatsmijn Maurits, a state-owned coal mine in Geleen, Netherlands
• Mauritsstad, capital of Dutch Brazil and is now a part of Recife

See also

• Maurice (disambiguation)
• Mauritius (island)
• Mauritz