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 now a part Recife See also Maurice (disambiguation) Mauritius (island) Mauritz Dutch masculine given names