Maris - People

People

Given name:

• Māris, a Latvian masculine given name
• Maris is an Estonian feminine given name
• Maris, brother of Atymnius in Greek mythology
• Maris, a saint and martyr of the group Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax
• Maris Sole Agnelli (1892–1935), Italian industrialist, principal family shareholder of the Italian car company Fiat
• Māris Ārbergs (born 1962), Latvian politician and a Deputy of the Saeima
• Māris Bičevskis (born 1991), Latvian ice hockey player
• Māris Bružiks (born 1962), retired triple jumper who represented the USSR, later Latvia
• Maris Cakars (1942–1992), editor of WIN (Workshop in Nonviolence) Magazine (anti-Vietnam War) from 1970 to 1976
• Maris of Chalcedon, 4th century bishop
• Cora Mildred Maris Clark (1885–1967), New Zealand hockey player and administrator, nurse
• Māris Diļevka (born 1992), Latvian professional ice hockey player
• Māris Gailis (born 1951), Latvian political figure
• Māris Grīnblats (born 1955), Latvian politician for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK)
• Anna Maris Igpit (born 1987), Philippine beauty queen, model, and TV personality
• Māris Jass (born 1985), Latvian professional ice hockey forward
• Māris Jučers (born 1987), Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender
• Māris Krakops (born 1978), Latvian chess Grandmaster (1998)
• Māris Kučinskis (born 1961), Latvian politician
• Māris Ļaksa (born 1981), Latvian professional basketball forward
• Māris Liepa (1936–1989), Soviet Latvian ballet dancer
• Maris Mägi (born 1987), Estonian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres
• Maris Martinsons, director of the Pacific Rim Institute for the Studies of Management
• Māris Martinsons (director) (born 1960), Latvian film director, producer and screenwriter
• Māris Poikāns (born 1962), Latvian bobsledder
• Māris Purgailis (born 1947), Latvian politician
• Māris Riekstiņš (born 1963), Latvian politician and diplomat
• Māris Smirnovs (born 1976), football defender from Latvia
• Maris Soule (born 1939), American author of romance, romantic suspense novels and short stories
• Māris Štrombergs (born 1987), Latvian professional BMX racer
• Maris Harvey Taylor (1876–1982), Republican politician
• Māris Urtāns (born 1981), Latvian shot putter
• Maris Valainis, American construction consultant and a former actor
• Māris Verpakovskis (born 1979), Latvian football forward
• Maris A. Vinovskis, American academic and historian at the University of Michigan
• Maris Wrixon (1916–1999), American film and television actress
• Māris Ziediņš (born 1978), Latvian ice hockey forward
• Maris the Great, promotional performance artist based in Denver, Colorado

Surname:

• Ada Maris (born 1957), Mexican-American actress
• Albert Branson Maris (1893–1989), United States federal judge
• Bart Maris, Belgian trumpet player
• Demetris Maris (born 1979), Greek footballer
• Ellen van Maris (born 1958), former professional female bodybuilder from Holland
• Hector de Maris, Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
• Humphrey Maris, physicist and a professor at Brown University
• Jacob Maris (1837–1899), Dutch painter, brother of Willem and Matthijs
• Matthijs Maris (1839–1917), Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer, brother of Willem and Jacob
• Merrill De Maris (1898–1948), writer who worked on Disney Comic Strips for King Features Syndicate
• Mona Maris (1903–1991), Argentine film actress
• Roger Maris (1934–1985), Major League Baseball player
• Willem Maris (1844–1910), Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School, brother of Matthijs and Jacob

In fiction:

• Maris Crane, fictional character from the TV show Frasier
• The main character in the anime Maris the Chojo
• Nicole Maris, a major character in the 1999 film Drive Me Crazy
• Maris Palitax, a character in the young adult fantasy series The Edge Chronicles