Famous People with Name Maurice

Maurice Babe Ziegenhorn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maurice Babe Ziegenhorn: was an American professional basketball player.Ziegenhorn attended the now-defunct St. Phillip High School in Chicago, Illinois, before starring at the University of Notre Dame during the late 1930s and early 1940s. After graduating, he served on the College All-Stars team which served as opponents for the Harlem Globetrotters. From 1941 to 1946, he played professionally for the Sheboygan Redskins of the National Basketball League, a direct predecessor to the NBA. He averaged 2.0 points per game in his professional career.

Maurice De Shawn Taylor            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maurice De Shawn Taylor: is an American professional basketball player at the power forward position. He was most recently with the NBA's Sacramento Kings, released on January 23, 2007.

Maurice Fox            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maurice Fox: was a Canadian chess master. At the end of 1898 he had moved from Ukraine to London, England. After graduating from the University of London in 1921, he emigrated to Canada in 1923. The next year, Fox took second, behind John Morrison, in Hamilton (CAN-ch). In 1926, he took second in Canadian Chess Championship held at Nationale. He was Canadian champion in 1927, 1929, 1931 (after playoff), 1932, 1935, 1938, 1940 and 1949. He also played in several US Open.

Maurice Goldhaber            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maurice Goldhaber: is an American physicist, who in 1957 (with Lee Grodzins and Andrew Sunyar) established that neutrinos have negative helicity.

Maurice Mo Williams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maurice Mo Williams: is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. He is a 6'1" point guard from the University of Alabama.

Richard Maurice            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Richard Maurice: was a pioneering filmmaker of African descent during the silent era.Richard Danal Maurice was born in Matanzas, Cuba on June 14, 1893.[1] In 1903, Maurice immigrated to the United States.[2] He lived in Detroit, where he owned and operated a tailor's shop.[3]In July 1920, he founded the Maurice Film Company in Detroit. It released two feature films, made almost ten years apart. Nobody's Children, the company's first feature, premiered at E.B. Dudley's Vaudette Theatre in Detroit on Monday, September 27, 1920 and played widely within the eastern United States.[4]

Benoît Maurice            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Benoît Maurice: is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Jean-Eudes Maurice            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean-Eudes Maurice: is a Franco-Haitian footballer who currently plays for Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain. Maurice began his career playing for his amateur local club US Alfortville. After spending seven years at the club, he moved up divisions joining UJA Alfortville. While playing here, he was noticed by Paris Saint-Germain and joined the club in 2007. He started out with the reserves appearing in 33 matches and scoring 3 goals.