Maurits

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 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
 * (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