# Maurits

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**Maurits** is the [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) equivalent of the masculine given name [Maurice](/source/Maurice_(name)). People with the name include:

## Royalty

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

## Other people

- [Maurits](/source/Paulus_Adrianus_Daum), pseudonym of Paulus Adrianus Daum (1850–1898), Dutch author
- [Maurits Allessie](/source/Maurits_Allessie) (born 1945), Dutch physiologist
- [Maurits de Baar](/source/Maurits_de_Baar) (born 1997), Dutch footballer
- [Maurits Basse](/source/Maurits_Basse) (1868–1944), Belgian writer and teacher
- [Maurits Binger](/source/Maurits_Binger) (1868–1923), Dutch film director
- [Maurits van den Boogert](/source/Maurits_van_den_Boogert) (born 1972, Dutch historian of the Ottoman Empire
- [Maurits Caransa](/source/Maurits_Caransa) (1916–2009), Dutch real-estate developer and kidnapping victim
- [Maurits Coppieters](/source/Maurits_Coppieters) (1920–2005), Belgian politician
- [Maurits Crucq](/source/Maurits_Crucq) (born 1968), Dutch field hockey player
- [Maurits De Schrijver](/source/Maurits_De_Schrijver) (born 1951), Belgian football player
- [Maurits Dekker](/source/Maurits_Dekker) (1896–1962), Dutch novelist
- [Maurits Cornelis Escher](/source/Maurits_Cornelis_Escher) (1898–1972), Dutch graphic artist
- [Maurits Gysseling](/source/Maurits_Gysseling) (1919–1997), Belgian researcher
- [Maurits Frederik Hendrik de Haas](/source/Maurits_Frederik_Hendrik_de_Haas) (1832–1895), Dutch-American marine painter
- [Maurits van Hall](/source/Maurits_van_Hall) (1836–1900), Dutch lawyer, banker, and politician
- [Maurits Hansen](/source/Maurits_Hansen) (1794–1842), Norwegian writer
- [Maurits Hendriks](/source/Maurits_Hendriks) (born 1961), Dutch field hockey coach
- [Maurits Jonkman](/source/Maurits_Jonkman) (born 1986), Dutch cricket player
- [Maurits Lammertink](/source/Maurits_Lammertink) (born 1990), Dutch racing cyclist
- [Maurits Lieftinck](/source/Maurits_Lieftinck) (1904–1985), Dutch zoologist
- [Maurits Lindström](/source/Maurits_Lindstr%C3%B6m) (1932–2009), a Swedish geologist
- [Maurits van Löben Sels](/source/Maurits_van_L%C3%B6ben_Sels) (1876–1944), Dutch fencer
- [Maurits Niekerk](/source/Maurits_Niekerk) (1871–1940), Dutch impressionist painter
- [Maurits van Nierop](/source/Maurits_van_Nierop) (1983–2008), Dutch cricket player
- [Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes](/source/Maurits_Pasques_de_Chavonnes) (1654–1724), Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony
- [Maurits Post](/source/Maurits_Post) (1645–1677), Dutch architect
- [Maurits van Rooijen](/source/Maurits_van_Rooijen) (born 1956), Dutch social and economic historian
- [Maurits Sabbe](/source/Maurits_Sabbe) (1873–1938), Belgian writer
- [Maurits Schmitz](/source/Maurits_Schmitz) (born 1993), Dutch football player
- [Maurits Snellen](/source/Maurits_Snellen) (1840–1907), Dutch meteorologist and polar explorer

## Other

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

## See also

- [Maurice (disambiguation)](/source/Maurice_(disambiguation))
- [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius) (island)
- [Mauritz](/source/Mauritz)

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