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
  • Maurits Lieftinck (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