Top Celebrity Names Starting With Maurice

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   Maurice Sendak

   1928 - 2012 Male
   

   Children's Writer

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   Maurice Gibb

   1949 - 2003 Male
   

   Musician, Singer-songwriter

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   Maurice Ernest Gibb, CBE was a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the twin brother of Robin Gibb and younger brother to Barry. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting trio the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers. The trio got their start in Australia, and found major success when they returned to England. The Bee Gees became one of the most successful pop groups ever.… read more

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   Maurice Clarett

   Age 28 Male
   

   Football Running Back

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   Maurice Edward Clarett is an American football running back for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League. During his freshman year at Ohio State University in 2002, he helped lead the Buckeyes to a national championship.… read more

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   Maurice Jarre

   1924 - 2009 Male
   

   Composer, Conductor, Headliner

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   Maurice-Alexis Jarre was a French composer and conductor. Although he composed several concert works, he is best known for his film scores, and is particularly known for his collaborations with film director David Lean. Jarre composed the scores to all of Lean's films since Lawrence of Arabia. Other notable scores include The Train (1964), Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976), Witness (1985) and Ghost (1990). Jarre was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.… read more

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   Maurice Ravel

   1875 - 1937 Male
   

   Composer, Musician

   
   

   Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire.… read more

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   Maurice Hinchey

   Age 73 Male
   

   Politician, Congressman, End

   
   

   Maurice Dunlea Hinchey, is the U.S. Representative for (formerly the 26th district), serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district extends west from the Hudson River along New York's southern border through Binghamton and Waverly, then north to Ithaca. In 2012 he announced he would retire at the end of his term, ending a long political career.… read more

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   Maurice Vellacott

   Age 56 Male
   

   Politician

   
   

   Maurice Vellacott is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and is currently the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Saskatoon—Wanuskewin in the province of Saskatchewan.… read more

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   Maurice White

   Age 70 Male
   

   Musician

   
   

   Maurice White is a Grammy Award–winning American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger. He is the leader and founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire and the older brother of current and former Earth, Wind & Fire members Verdine White and Fred White respectively. Maurice has won seven Grammys and he has been Grammy nominated 21 times in total.… read more

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   Maurice Tempelsman

   Age 82 Male
   

   Businessman, Merchant

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   Maurice Tempelsman is a Belgian American businessman and diamond merchant. He moved to the United States as a child and attended New York City's public schools and New York University. Tempelsman is multilingual and has interests in the fields of history, archaeology, sailing, and visual arts.… read more

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    Maurice LaMarche

    Age 54 Male
    

    Voice Actor

    
    

    Maurice LaMarche is an Emmy Award winning Canadian voice actor and former stand up comedian. He is best known for his voicework in Futurama as Kif Kroker, as Egon Spengler in The Real Ghostbusters, Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Big Bob Pataki in Hey Arnold!, Dizzy Devil in Tiny Toons, The Brain in Animaniacs and Pinky and The Brain, and his portrayal of Mr. Freeze in Batman: Arkham City.… read more

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    Maurice Cowling

    1926 - 2005 Male
    

    Historian

    
    

    Maurice John Cowling was a British historian and a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge.

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    Maurice Richard

    1921 - 2000 Male
    

    Hockey Player, Military Person, Teacher

    
    

    Joseph Henri Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, Sr. , PC, OC, OQ was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals in 50 games. He lived most of his life in Ahuntsic, Montreal.… read more

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    Maurice Kouandété

    1932 - 2003 Male
    

    Military Officer

    
    

    Iropa Maurice Kouandété was a military officer and politician in Benin (known as Dahomey until 1975). He was born to Somba parents in the Gaba District of Dahomey. Kouandété enrolled in the army in his late teens. Over the years, he became popular among junior soldiers in the north and gained the contempt of those in the south. Jim Hoagland of The Washington Post described Kouandété as a "moody, brilliant and highly ambitious soldier".… read more

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    Maurice Wilkes

    1913 - 2010 Male
    

    Computer Scientist

    
    

    Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes FRS, FREng, DFBCS was a British computer scientist credited with several important developments in computing. At the time of his death, Wilkes was an Emeritus Professor of the University of Cambridge. He received a number of distinctions: he was a knight bachelor, Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Society.… read more

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    Maurice Britt

    1919 - 1995 Male
    

    United States Army Medal of Honor Recipient

    
    

    Maurice Lee "Footsie" Britt, Jr., was an American professional football player, World War II hero received the Medal of Honor, businessman, and Republican politician from Arkansas. He played for the Detroit Lions and later served from 1967-1971 as the seventh Lieutenant Governor of his home state during the administration of Governor Winthrop Rockefeller.… read more

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    Maurice R. Greenberg

    Age 87 Male
    

    President, Corporate Executive, Founder

    
    

    Maurice Raymond "Hank" Greenberg is an American business executive and former chairman and CEO of American International Group (AIG), which was the world's 18th largest public company and its largest insurance and financial services corporation. He is currently chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr & Co. , Inc. (C.V. Starr), a diversified financial services firm that is named for the founder of AIG, Cornelius Vander Starr. He joined C.V.… read more

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    Maurice Papon

    1910 - 2007 Male
    

    Politician, Civil Servant, General

    
    

    Maurice Papon was a French civil servant, industrial leader and Gaullist politician, who was convicted for crimes against humanity for his participation in the deportation of over 1600 Jews during World War II when he was secretary general for police of the Prefecture of Bordeaux. Papon also participated in torture during the Algerian War (1954–62) as prefect of the Constantinois department. He was named chief of the Paris police in 1958.… read more

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    Maurice Frawley

    1954 - 2009 Male
    

    Singer-songwriter

    
    

    Maurice Gerard Frawley was an Australian rock and country blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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    Maurice Clemmons

    1972 - 2009 Male
    

    Criminal

    
    

    Maurice Clemmons was an American felon who was responsible for the November 29, 2009, murder of four police officers in Parkland, Washington. After evading police for two days following the shooting, Clemmons was shot and killed by a police officer in Seattle. Prior to his involvement in the shooting, Clemmons had at least five felony convictions in Arkansas and at least eight felony charges in Washington.… read more

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    Maurice Garin

    1871 - 1957 Male
    

    Road Bicycle Racer Best Known For Winning the First 1903 Tour De France

    
    

    Maurice-Francois Garin was a road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating.… read more

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    Maurice Yaméogo

    1921 - 1993 Male
    

    Burkina Faso President

    
    

    Maurice Yaméogo was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso. He proclaimed the independence of the country on August 5, 1960 and also tried (but failed) to create a union between Cote d'Ivoire and Upper-Volta. On January 3, 1966, he left the Presidency because of a nation-wide syndicalist strike.… read more

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    Maurice Merleau-Ponty

    1908 - 1961 Male
    

    Phenomenological Philosopher

    
    

    Maurice Merleau-Ponty was a French phenomenological philosopher, strongly influenced by Karl Marx, Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger in addition to being closely associated with Jean-Paul Sartre (who later stated he had been "converted" to Marxism by Merleau-Ponty) and Simone de Beauvoir. At the core of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy is a sustained argument for the foundational role that perception plays in understanding the world as well as engaging with the world.… read more

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    Maurice Benyovszky

    1746 - 1786 Male
    

    Explorer, Scientist

    
    

    Maurice Benyovszky, born as Benyovszky Móric Ágost?, was a Hungarian count with Hungarian, Polish and Slovak ancestry. He was a globetrotter, explorer, colonizer, writer, chess player, ruler of a community in Madagascar, a French colonel, Polish military commander, and Austrian soldier. Benyovszky could speak more than five languages.… read more

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    Maurice Maeterlinck

    1862 - 1949 Male
    

    Dramatist, Poet, Essayist

    
    

    Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also called Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, (in France; 29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949) was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. His plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement.… read more

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    Maurice Renaud

    1933 - 1933 Male
    

    Baritone, Singer, Musician

    
    

    Maurice Renaud, was a cultured French operatic baritone. He enjoyed an international reputation for the superlative quality of his singing and the brilliance of his acting.