All articles starting with M

Maurice Gignoux

Maurice Gignoux (1881–1955) was a French geologist who directed the geology laboratory of the University of Grenoble for over 25 years and wrote Géologie stratigraphique, translated worldwide.

Maurice Goldenhar (1924–2001) was an ophthalmologist whose 1952 paper described Goldenhar syndrome, a congenital condition of the eyes, ears, face, and spine now often called oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum.

Maurice Goldhaber

Maurice Goldhaber (1911–2011) was an Austrian-born American nuclear physicist known for measuring the neutron's mass and establishing the neutrino's helicity, and director of Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1961.

Maurice Grammont

Maurice Grammont (1866–1946) was a French linguist and phonetician, professor at Montpellier from 1895 to 1936, known for his laws of consonant dissimilation and the influential Traité de phonétique.

Maurice Green

Maurice Green (1926–2017) was an American biochemist and virologist who spent six decades at Saint Louis University, founding its Institute for Molecular Virology and helping establish tumor virology as a field.

Oct 21, 2026

Maurice Greene

Maurice Greene, the Kansas Cannonball, American sprinter born 1974; 100m world record 9.79 (1999), 60m indoor record 6.39, three straight world 100m titles, 2000 Olympic 100m and relay gold.

Maurice Greene (fighter)

Maurice Greene, "The Crochet Boss" (born 1986), American UFC heavyweight and TUF 28 semifinalist; 12-9 pro record, 4-4 in UFC, later PFL and Gamebred competitor.

Maurice Grosse

Maurice Grosse (1919–2006), British engineer and inventor, Society for Psychical Research member and principal investigator of the 1977 Enfield poltergeist case with Guy Lyon Playfair; also designed the SPR's Myers Medal.

Oct 21, 2026

Maurice Guyer

Maurice "Red" Guyer (1909-1989), American sprinter and coach; ran third leg on USC's world-record 40.8 4x110-yard relay (1931), 1932 Olympic relay alternate, and founding athletic director and track coach at Laguna Beach High School, 1934-69.

Maurice Halbwachs

Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945), French Durkheimian sociologist, founder of collective memory theory via Les Cadres sociaux de la mémoire (1925); Strasbourg, Sorbonne, Collège de France professor who died in Buchenwald.

Maurice Hamy

Maurice Hamy (1861–1936) was a French astronomer at the Paris Observatory who worked on the figure of planets and precision instruments, winning the Prix Lalande in 1895.

Maurice Harkless

Maurice "Moe" Harkless, American NBA forward (born 1993, Queens, NY), drafted 15th overall in 2012 by Philadelphia; played 621 games for Orlando, Portland, Clippers, Knicks, Heat, Kings, Hawks as a defensive wing.

Maurice Herlihy

Maurice Herlihy is a computer scientist and An Wang Professor at Brown University who defined linearizability, proved the consensus hierarchy, introduced transactional memory, and won the Dijkstra Prize three times.

Maurice Hilleman

Maurice Ralph Hilleman was an American microbiologist who developed over 40 vaccines at Merck, including eight of 14 then routinely recommended in the United States.

Maurice Hofnung

Maurice Hofnung (1942–2001) was a French molecular microbiologist at the Institut Pasteur who devised the SOS Chromotest for genotoxic agents and helped define the ABC transporter family.

Maurice Hurst II

Maurice Hurst II (Maurice Roy Hurst Jr., born 1995) is an NFL defensive tackle from Michigan drafted 140th overall by Oakland in 2018 after a Combine heart condition caused a first-round-talent slide; later 49ers, Browns, Commanders.

Sep 20, 2026

Maurice J. Mahoney

Maurice J. Mahoney, MD, JD, is an American clinical geneticist and Yale professor who pioneered prenatal diagnosis, including fetal blood sampling and Down syndrome screening.

Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre (1924-2009), French film composer, wrote 150+ scores and won three Best Original Score Oscars for David Lean films: Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, A Passage to India; father of Jean-Michel Jarre.

Maurice Jones-Drew

Maurice Jones-Drew (MJD), born 1985, is a former NFL running back (UCLA, Jaguars 2006-13, Raiders 2014) who led the NFL with 1,606 rushing yards in 2011, made three Pro Bowls, and finished with 8,167 rushing yards and 81 touchdowns.

Maurice Kendall

Sir Maurice George Kendall (1907–1983) was a British statistician who introduced the rank correlation coefficient Kendall's tau in 1938, wrote The Advanced Theory of Statistics, and was knighted in 1974.

Maurice Krattenmacher

Maurice Krattenmacher (born 2005, Bad Aibling) is a German attacking midfielder and winger for SV Elversberg; ex-Bayern youth player with loans at SSV Ulm and Hertha BSC, Germany U20 international.

Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche (born 1958, Toronto) is a Canadian voice actor and former stand-up comedian, known for Egon Spengler, The Brain, and Emmy-winning Futurama roles including Calculon, Kif Kroker, and Morbo.

Maurice Leblanc

Maurice Leblanc (1864–1941), French journalist and novelist born in Rouen, creator of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin (1905, Je sais tout); 17 Lupin novels and 39 novellas, Herlock Sholmès rename, science fiction, Netflix Lupin (2021).

Maurice Loewy

Maurice Loewy, born Moritz Löwy (1833, Vienna – 1907, Paris), was an Austrian-born French astronomer who directed the Paris Observatory from 1896 and produced the Atlas photographique de la Lune with Pierre-Henri Puiseux.

Maurice Lugeon

Maurice Lugeon (1870–1953) was a Swiss geologist based in Lausanne, chief proponent of the nappe theory of Alpine tectonics and founder of the Lugeon test for rock permeability.

Oct 20, 2026

Maurice Lusien

Maurice Lusien (1926-2017) was a French breaststroke swimmer who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, took 1950 European silver in the 200 m breaststroke, won Mediterranean Games golds, and set pre-recognition world records in the 400 m individual medley.