Famous People with Name Maury

Maury Povich            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maury Povich: is an American TV talk show personality, who currently hosts his self-titled talk show Maury. He is married to Connie Chung. Povich, who is of Serbian descent, is the son of Washington Post sportswriter Shirley Povich and Ethyl Povich. Povich was born the

Maury Chaykin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maury Chaykin: a American-Canadian actor. He is known for his work as a character actor in many films and television series.A large man, Chaykin is known for portrayals of blustery supporting characters. One of his rare leading roles is as Nero Wolfe. Chaykin first played the detective genius in The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000), an A&E telemovie adaptation of the 1953 novel by Rex Stout. Timothy Hutton costars as Archie Goodwin. The original movie's success led to the critically acclaimed series, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, which played for two seasons on A&E and continues to air internationally. (Chaykin and Hutton worked together previously, albeit briefly, in the 1985 film Turk 182

Maury (Morris David) Kaye            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maury (Morris David) Kaye: was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.Born in Montreal, he studied piano 1945-1949 at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec, where Arthur Letondal was his teacher. In 1952 at the age of 20 Kaye was the bandleader at the El Morocco, a position he held

Jean-Sifrein Maury            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean-Sifrein Maury: was a French cardinal and Archbishop of Paris. The real foundation of his fortunes was the success of a panegyric on Saint Louis delivered before the Académie Française in 1772, which caused him to be recommended for an abbacy in commendam. In 1777 he published under the title of Discours choisis his panegyrics on Saint Louis, Saint Augustine and Fénelon, his remarks on Bossuet and his Essai sur l'éloquence de la chaire,[2] a volume which contains much good criticism

Alfred Maury            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Alfred Maury: was a French physician, important because his ideas about the interpretation of dreams and the effect of external stimuli on dreams pre-dated those of Sigmund Freud. He is mentioned by Freud in The Interpretation of Dreams, and by Sebastian Faulks in Human Traces. He coined the term hypnagogic hallucination and reported a dream that famously inspired Salvador Dalí's painting Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening. Alfred Maury was contemporary with Hervey de Saint Denys and the two dream researchers were in disagreement with each other (Blanken & Meijer, 1988).

Serge Maury            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Serge Maury: is a French sailor and Olympic champion.