Marais (surname)
# Marais (surname)

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

"Marais" from France:

* Jean Marais (1913–1998), a French actor
* Joseph Marais (presumably deceased), a French Olympic fencer
* 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:

* 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
