Marais (surname)

The surname Marais (Marsh in French) may refer to:

"Marais" from France:


 * Jean Marais (1913–1998), a French actor
 * Marin Marais (1656–1728), a French Baroque music composer
 * Matthieu Marais (1664–1737), a French jurist and writer
 * Paul Godet des Marais (1647–1709), a French Bishop of Chartres
 * Roland Marais (c. 1685 – c. 1750), a French Baroque composer

"Marais" from the UK: "Marais" from the United States:
 * Richard Marais, an oncologist


 * Anthony Marais (born 1966), an American writer

"Marais" from South Africa:


 * Erik Marais (living), a South African politician
 * Eugène Marais (1871–1936), a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer
 * Hannes Marais (born 1941), a South African international rugby union player and captain
 * Jaap Marais (1923–2000), an Afrikaner nationalist and the leader of the far-right South African political party, the Herstigte Nasionale Party
 * Jan S. Marais (1919-2009), South African banker and politician
 * Jean Marais (born 1992), South African cricketer
 * Jessica Marais (born 1985), a South African-born Australian actress
 * Josef Marais (1905–1978), a South African singer
 * Kobus Marais (living), a South African politician
 * Lejeanne Marais (born 1989), a South African figure skater
 * Nic Marais (born 1980), a South African radio personality
 * Peter Marais (born 1948), a South African politician
 * SP Marais (born 1989), a South African rugby union player
 * Stephanus Le Roux Marais (1896–1979), a South African composer
 * Wessel Marais (1929–2013), a South African botanist
 * Willie Marais (1928–2007), an Afrikaner nationalist and the leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party