Famous People with Name Marit

Marit Nybakk            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Marit Nybakk: is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and 3rd Vice President of the Storting.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1989, and has been re-elected on four occasions. She previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1985–1989. During this term she replaced Gro Harlem Brundtland while the latter headed the second cabinet Brundtland, until 1987 when Knut Frydenlund died and Nybakk moved up as a regular representative.

Jacques Maritain            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jacques Maritain: was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant, he converted to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive St. Thomas Aquinas for modern times and is a prominent drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pope Paul VI presented his "Message to Men of Thought and of Science" at the close of Vatican II to Maritain, his long-time friend and mentor. Maritain's interest and works spanned many aspects of philosophy, including aesthetics, political theory, the philosophy of science, metaphysics, education, liturgy and ecclesiology.

Raïssa Oumansoff Maritain            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Raïssa Oumansoff Maritain: was a Russian-Ukrainian poet and philosopher. She emigrated to France and studied at the Sorbonne, where she met the young Jacques Maritain, also a philosopher, whom she married in 1904. She was raised Jewish but, following a period in which she considered herself an atheist, converted to Roman Catholicism with her husband in 1906.

James Maritato            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Maritato: is an Italian born American professional wrestler better known by the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling. He is currently working shows for the Nat

Hervé Mariton            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Hervé Mariton: is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Drôme department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.