Marais (surname)

Marais (surname)

The surname Marais (Marsh in French) may refer to:

  • Anthony Marais (born 1966), an American writer
  • Erik Marais (living), a South African politician
  • Eugène Marais (1871-1936), a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer
  • Hannes Marais (born 1941), a South African international rugby union player and captain
  • Jaap Marais (1923-2000), an Afrikaner nationalist and the leader of the far-right South African political party, the Herstigte Nasionale Party
  • Jean Marais (1913-1998), a French actor
  • Jessica Marais (born 1985), a South African-born Australian actress
  • Josef Marais (1905–1978), a South African singer
  • Joseph Marais (presumably deceased), a French Olympic fencer
  • Kobus Marais (living), a South African politician
  • Lejeanne Marais (born 1989), a South African figure skater
  • Marin Marais (1656-1728), a French Baroque music composer
  • Matthieu Marais (16641-1737), a French jurist and writer
  • Nic Marais (born 1980), a South African radio personality
  • Paul Godet des Marais (1647-1709), a French Bishop of Chartres
  • Peter Marais (born 1948), a South African politician
  • Roland Marais (c. 1685-c. 1750), a French Baroque composer
  • SP Marais (born 1989), a South African rugby union player
  • Stephanus Le Roux Marais (1896-1979), a South African composer
  • Willie Marais (1928-2007), an Afrikaner nationalist and the leader of the far-right South African political party, the Herstigte Nasionale Party

See also

  • Marais (disambiguation)

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