Marais (surname)

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

"Marais" from France:

Jean Marais (1913–1998), a French actor
Marin Marais (1656–1728), a French Baroque music composer
Matthieu Marais (1664–1737), a French jurist and writer
Paul Godet des Marais (1647–1709), a French Bishop of Chartres
Roland Marais (c. 1685 – c. 1750), a French Baroque composer

"Marais" from the UK:

"Marais" from the United States:

"Marais" from South Africa:

Eloise Marais, South African atmospheric scientist
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
Jan S. Marais (1919-2009), South African banker and politician
Jean Marais (born 1992), South African cricketer
Jessica Marais (born 1985), a South African-born Australian actress
Josef Marais (1905–1978), a South African singer
Kobus Marais (living), a South African politician
Lejeanne Marais (born 1989), a South African figure skater
Nic Marais (born 1980), a South African radio personality
Peter Marais (born 1948), a South African politician
SP Marais (born 1989), a South African rugby union player
Stephanus Le Roux Marais (1896–1979), a South African composer
Wessel Marais (1929–2013), a South African botanist
Willie Marais (1928–2007), an Afrikaner nationalist and the leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party

See also