Maury or Maurey is both a surname and a given name, often a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

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Maurice Maurice may refer to: People * Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr * Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and ...

. Notable people with the name include:

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Abram Poindexter Maury Abram Poindexter Maury ( , December 26, 1801 – July 22, 1848) was an American politician, who represented Tennessee's eighth district in the United States House of Representatives. He was a slaveholder. Biography Maury was born near Franklin ...

(1801–1848), American politician and lawyer *

Alain Maury Alain J. Maury (born 1958) is a French astronomer who has discovered numerous asteroids. He discovered the periodic comet 115P/Maury as well as the non-periodic C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney). He has discovered a number of asteroids, including the ...

(born 1958), French astronomer *

Antonia Maury Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury (March 21, 1866 – January 8, 1952) was an American astronomer who was the first to detect and calculate the orbit of a spectroscopic binary. She published an important early catalog of stellar spectra us ...

(1866–1952), American astronomer, sister of Carlotta Maury * Bernard Maurey (born 1948), French mathematician *

Carlotta Maury Carlotta Joaquina Maury (January 6, 1874 – January 3, 1938) was a geologist, stratigrapher, paleontologist, and was one of the first women to work as a professional scientist in the oil and gas industry. She worked as a palaeontologist within ...

(1874–1938), American geologist and paleontologist, sister of Antonia Maury * Cornelia F. Maury (1866–1942), American painter *

Dabney H. Maury Dabney Herndon Maury (May 21, 1822 – January 11, 1900) was an officer in the United States Army, instructor at West Point, author of military training books, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. E ...

(1822–1900), Confederate major general and United States Ambassador to Colombia * Hervé Maurey (born 1961), French politician *

James Maury James Maury (1717–1769) was a prominent Virginia educator and Anglican cleric during the American Colonial period and the progenitor of the prominent Maury political family. The Reverend James Maury was a figure in the notable lawsuit that ...

(1717–1769), American educator and cleric, father of James Maury (1746–1840) and grandfather of Matthew Fontaine Maury *

James Maury (consul) James Maury (3 Feb 1746 – 23 Feb 1840) was one of the first United States diplomats and one of the first American consuls appointed overseas. In 1790 he was appointed to the Consulate of the United States in Liverpool,Jean-Sifrein Maury Jean-Sifrein Maury (; 26 June 1746 – 10 May 1817) was a French cardinal, archbishop of Paris, and former bishop of Montefiascone. Biography The son of a cobbler, he was born at Valréas in the Comtat-Venaissin, the enclave within France that ...

(1746–1817), French cardinal and Archbishop of Paris *

John Walker Maury John Walker Maury (May 15, 1809 – February 2, 1855) was an American municipal politician from the Democratic Party. He served as the fifteenth mayor of the City of Washington for a single two-year term, from 1852 to 1854. Early life John Walker ...

(1809–1855), lawyer and 14th mayor of Washington, D.C. *

Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury (March 23, 1817 – February 11, 1892), was a French scholar and physician, important because his ideas about the interpretation of dreams and the effect of external stimuli on dreams pre-dated those of Sigmund Fre ...

(1817–1892), French scholar *

Matthew Fontaine Maury Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and i ...

(1806–1873), American naval officer, oceanographer, cartographer and author *

Max Maurey Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

(1866–1947), French playwright *

Nicole Maurey Nicole Maurey (20 December 1925 – 11 March 2016) was a French actress, who appeared in 65 film and television productions between 1945 and 1997. Life and career Born in Bois-Colombes, a northwestern suburb of Paris, Maurey was originally ...

(1925–2016), French actress *

Pierre Maury Pierre Maury (1282 or 1283 – after 1324) was a shepherd in the Comté de Foix. His life is known through his deposition, and the depositions of his friends and associates, to Bishop Jacques Fournier who was hunting for Cathar heretics. He play ...

(1282 or 1283–after 1324), French shepherd converted from Catholicism to Albigensianism *

Richard Maury Richard Fontaine Maury (Philadelphia, 18 December 1882 – Córdoba, 10 July 1950) was an American railway engineer and naturalized Argentine. He became known for the project of the Argentine "Ramal C-14" of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgr ...

(1882–1950), American engineer best known for his railroad work in Argentina *

Robert Maury Robert Edward Maury (born February 24, 1958), known as The Tipster Killer, is an American serial killer and rapist who strangled to death at least three women in Shasta County, California, between 1985 and 1987. After each murder, Maury called int ...

(born 1958), American serial killer *

Serge Maury Serge Jean Maury (born 24 July 1946) is a French sailor. He competed in the finn class at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972. He won the Finn Gold Cup The Finn Gold Cup is the premier competition in Finn Class sailboat r ...

(born 1946), French sailor and 1972 Olympic champion in the Finn class *

Sarah Mytton Maury Sarah Mytton Maury (1 November 1801 – 21 September 1849) was an English author, born in Liverpool to Bridget Tobin and William Hughes. Sarah had a sister named Elizabeth Hughes who lived in the United States. Sarah graduated from school in Live ...

(1801–1849), English author, grandmother of Carlotta and Antonia Maury *

William Arden Maury William Arden Maury (July 29, 1832 – June 16, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as United States Assistant Attorney General from 1889 to 1893. He was a distant relative to Matthew Fontaine Maury and married his eldest daught ...

(1832–1918), U.S. Assistant Attorney General, son of John Walker Maury *

William Lewis Maury William Lewis Maury (1813 – November 27, 1878) was an American explorer and naval officer who served in the United States Navy for over 32 years, assisting Charles Wilkes' exploration of the Pacific Ocean and served in Matthew C. Perry's 1854 n ...

(1813–1878), American naval officer * Rafael Santos Borré Maury (born 1995), professional footballer

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Maury Allen Maury Allen (born Maurice Allen Rosenberg; May 2, 1932 – October 3, 2010) was a Russian-American sportswriter, actor, and columnist for the ''New York Post'' and the ''Journal-News''. He was also a voter for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Allen wrote ...

(1932–2010), American sportswriter * Maury Bray (1909–1966), American football player *

Maury Buford Maury Anthony Buford (born February 18, 1960) is a former American football punter in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers, the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. Buford attended Texas Tech and was selected by the Char ...

(born 1960), retired National Football League punter *

Maury Chaykin Maury Alan Chaykin (July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010) was an American–Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of detective Nero Wolfe, as well as for his work as a character actor in many films and television programs. Personal lif ...

(1949–2010), Canadian-American actor *

Maury M. Cohen Maury Cohen (ca. 1913 - March 15, 1979), also known as Maury M. Cohen, was an American film producer most active during the 1930s. He owned one of the Poverty Row studios, Invincible films, which specialized in making low-budget feature films. Af ...

, American filmmaker *

Maury Deutsch Maury Deutsch (April 25, 1918 – April 30, 2007) was an American trumpeter. He is one of the most prolific and accomplished arranger-composers of his time, and in New York history. Deutsch was born and raised on the Lowest East Side of Manhatt ...

(1918–2007), American musician, arranger-composer and teacher *

Maury Laws Maury Laws (December 6, 1923 – March 28, 2019) was an American television and film composer from Burlington, North Carolina. Biography In his teens, Laws performed in local country, jazz and dance bands as a singer and guitarist in his home st ...

(born 1923), American television and film score composer *

Maury Maverick Fontaine Maury Maverick Sr. (October 23, 1895 – June 7, 1954) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas, representing the 20th district from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1939. He is best remembered for ...

(1895–1954), American politician and coiner of the term "gobbledygook" *

Maury Nipp Maurice Herman Nipp (born March 21, 1930) is a former American football guard who played three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the ninth round of the 1952 NF ...

(born 1930), American football player *

Maury Povich Maurice Richard Povich (born January 17, 1939) is an American retired television personality, best known for hosting the tabloid talk show '' Maury'' which aired from 1991 to 2022. Povich began his career as a radio reporter, initially at WWDC ...

(born 1939), American journalist and talk show host *

Maury Tigner Maury Tigner (born 22 April 1937) is an American physicist working on particle accelerators and experimental particle physics. Tigner studied physics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute until 1958 and received a PhD degree from Cornell Univer ...

(born 1937), American physicist *

Maury Wills Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932 – September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1959 through 1966 and the latter part of ...

(1932–2022), retired Major League Baseball player

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