Maury (name)

Maury or Maurey is both a surname and a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Maurice. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Abram Poindexter Maury (1801–1848), American politician and lawyer
 * Alain Maury (born 1958), French astronomer
 * Antonia Maury (1866–1952), American astronomer, sister of Carlotta Maury
 * Bernard Maurey (born 1948), French mathematician
 * Carlotta Maury (1874–1938), American geologist and paleontologist, sister of Antonia Maury
 * Cornelia F. Maury (1866–1942), American painter
 * Dabney H. Maury (1822–1900), Confederate major general and United States Ambassador to Colombia
 * Hervé Maurey (born 1961), French politician
 * James Maury (1717–1769), American educator and cleric, father of James Maury (1746–1840) and grandfather of Matthew Fontaine Maury
 * James Maury (consul) (1746–1840), one of the first diplomats of the United States
 * Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746–1817), French cardinal and Archbishop of Paris
 * John Walker Maury (1809–1855), lawyer and 14th mayor of Washington, D.C.
 * Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury (1817–1892), French scholar
 * Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), American naval officer, oceanographer, cartographer and author
 * Max Maurey (1866–1947), French playwright
 * Nicole Maurey (1925–2016), French actress
 * Pierre Maury (1282 or 1283–after 1324), French shepherd converted from Catholicism to Albigensianism
 * Richard Maury (1882–1950), American engineer best known for his railroad work in Argentina
 * Robert Maury (born 1958), American serial killer
 * Serge Maury (born 1946), French sailor and 1972 Olympic champion in the Finn class
 * Sarah Mytton Maury (1801–1849), English author, grandmother of Carlotta and Antonia Maury
 * William Arden Maury (1832–1918), U.S. Assistant Attorney General, son of John Walker Maury
 * William Lewis Maury (1813–1878), American naval officer
 * Rafael Santos Borré Maury (born 1995), professional footballer

Given name

 * Maury Allen (1932–2010), American sportswriter
 * Maury Bray (1909–1966), American football player
 * Maury Buford (born 1960), retired National Football League punter
 * Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), Canadian-American actor
 * Maury M. Cohen, American filmmaker
 * Maury Deutsch (1918–2007), American musician, arranger-composer and teacher
 * Maury Laws (1923–2019), American television and film score composer
 * Maury Maverick (1895–1954), American politician and coiner of the term "gobbledygook"
 * Maury Nipp (born 1930), American football player
 * Maury Povich (born 1939), American journalist and talk show host
 * Maury Tigner (born 1937), American physicist
 * Maury Waugh (born 1940), American football coach
 * Maury Wills (1932–2022), Major League Baseball player