Maria is a feminine given name . It is given in many languages influenced by Christianity .
It was used as the feminine form of the unrelated Roman name Marius (see Maria gens ),[2] and, after Christianity had spread across the Roman empire, it became the Latinised form of the name of Miriam: Mary, mother of Jesus .
Maria (Greek : Μαρία) is a form of the name used in the New Testament , standing alongside Mariam (Μαριάμ). It reflects the Syro-Aramaic name Maryam , which is in turn derived from the Biblical Hebrew name Miriam . As a result of their similarity and syncretism , the Latin original name Maria and the Hebrew-derived Maria combined to form a single name.
In Germanic languages , the name's usage is connected with the Germanic element *mar meaning "famous".
The name is also sometimes used as a male (middle) name. This was historically the case in many Central Europe countries and still is the case in countries with strong Catholic traditions, where it signified patronage of the Virgin Mary (French-speakers often did the same with Marie ).
In the Arabic language the name Mariam (مريم) (also written: Meryem, Mariya) means either "white beautiful woman" or "white cow" or "a little bird with the same size as a pigeon",[3] and it is quite popular in North Africa . One of the feminine Sahaba had the name Maria, Maria the Coptic .
Variants and usage The Annunciation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti , 1850.Maria was a frequently given name in southern Europe even in the medieval period. In addition to the simple name, there arose a tradition of naming girls after specific titles of Mary , feast days associated with Mary and specific Marian apparitions (such as María de los Dolores , María del Pilar , María del Carmen etc., whence the derived given names of Dolores , Pilar , Carmen etc.). By contrast, in northern Europe the name only rose to popularity after the Reformation .[4]
Because the name is so frequent in Christian tradition, a tradition of giving compound names has developed, with a number of such compounds themselves becoming very popular. Examples, among numerous others, include:
As a feminine given name, Maria ranked 109th in the United States as of 2015, down from rank 31 held during 1973–1975.[5] The English form Mary was at rank 214 as of 2015, after a much steeper decline down from being raked first consistently during 1880–1968.[6]
Spelling variants of Maria include: Mária (Hungarian, Slovakian), María (Greek, Icelandic, Spanish), Máire and Muire (Irish), Marya (transliterated from Cyrillic ), Marija (Latvian, but also used in other Balto-Slavic languages ) and Maria (Polish). Due to a very strong devotion of Irish and Polish Catholics to the Blessed Virgin Mary , a special exception is made for two other forms of her name – Muire and Maryja : no one else may take that name, similar to the way the name Jesus is not used in most languages. The English form Mary is derived via French Marie .
A great number of hypocoristic forms are in use in numerous languages. Cyrillic Maryam and Miriam have numerous variants, such as
Mariami (Georgian) Mariamma, biblical Mariamme , Mariamne Məryəm (Azerbaijani) Meryem (Kurdish, Turkish) Myriam (French) The spelling in Semitic abjads is mrym : Aramaic ܡܪܝܡ, Hebrew מרים, Arabic مريم.
Cyrillic spellings are Мария (Maríja ) (Russian, Bulgarian), Марыя (Marýja ) (Belarusian), Марія (Maríja ) (Ukrainian) and Марија (Marija ) (Serbian, Macedonian).
Georgian uses მარიამ (Mariam ) and მარია (Maria ); Armenian has Մարիամ (Mariam ).
Chinese has adopted the spelling 瑪麗 (simplified 玛丽, pinyin Mǎlì ).
The variant Mariah (usually pronounced ) was rarely given in the United States prior to the 1990s, when it bounced in popularity, from rank 562 in 1989 to rank 62 in 1998, in imitation of the name of singer Mariah Carey (whose Vision of Love topped the charts in 1990).
People Maria of Russia (several people)Maria (born 1978), Danish singer and songwriterMaria al-Qibtiyya (died 637), Muhammad's concubine or thirteenth wifeMaria I of Portugal (1734–1816), Queen of PortugalMaria II of Portugal (1818–1853), Queen of PortugalMaría Conchita Alonso (born 1957), American singer/songwriter and actressMaria Ahtisa Manalo , Miss International Philippines 2018Maria Andrejczyk (born 1996), Polish javelin throwerMaria Ângela Carrascalão , East Timorese politicianMaria Johanna von Aachen (1755–1845), German writerMaria Aasen-Svensrud , Norwegian politicianMaría Laura Abalo (born 1981), Argentine rowerMaria Abashova (born 1983), Russian ballet dancerMaria Abbebù Viarengo (born 1949), Ethiopian-born writer living in ItalyMaria Abbey (1816–1903), nurse during the American Civil WarMaria Abbracchio , Italian pharmacologistMaria Abdy (1797–1867), English poetMaría Abel (born 1974), Spanish long-distance runnerMaría Abella (1863–1926), Uruguayan feministMaria Isabel Aboim Inglez (1902–1963), Portuguese teacher, feminist and anti-fascist activistMaría Abradelo (born 1969), Spanish actressMaria Abrahamsson (born 1963), Swedish lawyer, journalist and politicianMaria Abramović (born 1987), Croatian tennis playerMaria Fe Abunda (born 1957), Filipino politicianMaria T. Accardi , American academicMaria Chiara Acciarini , Italian politicianMaria Assunta Accili Sabbatini (born 1955), Italian diplomatMaría Payá Acevedo (born 1989), Cuban activistMaría Josefa Acevedo Sánchez (1803–1861), Colombian novelistMaría Paula Acevedo Guzmán (1932–2021), Dominican activist and First Lady of the Dominican RepublicMaría Acosta (born 1991), Venezuelan freestyle wrestlerMaría Adánez (born 1976), Spanish actress and filmmakerMaria Adelborg (1849–1940), Swedish artistMaria Lourdes Afiuni , Venezuelan judgeMaria-Laura Aga (born 1994), Belgian footballerMaria Ager , Austrian chess playerMaria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799), Italian mathematician and philanthropistMaria Agresta (born 1978), Italian operatic sopranoMaría Esther Aguilar Cansimbe , Mexican crime journalist who has been declared "missing"María de Jesús Aguirre Maldonado (born 1961), Mexican lawyer and politicianMaria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810), German-born aristocrat and Danish composerMaria Ahm (born 1998), Danish long-distance runnerMaria Aitken (born 1945), English theatre director, actress and writerMaria Ajzensztadt (1923–1942), Polish singerMaria Akraka (born 1966), Swedish middle-distance runnerMaria Aksenova (born 1969), Russian media personalityMaría Alanoca (born 1960), Bolivian politicianMaria Alba (1905–1999), Spanish-American actressMaria Albert (born 1985), Estonian swimmerMaria Albuleț (1932–2005), Romanian chess playerMaría José Alcalá (born 1971), Mexican diverMaria Alda Nogueira (1923–1998), Portuguese communist, feminist, anti-fascist activist and politicianMaría Jesús Alegre , Spanish rhythmic gymnastMaria Soave Alemanno (born 1972), Italian politicianMaria Alexander , American writerMaria Eduarda Alexandre (born 2007), Brazilian rhythmic gymnastMaria Alexandrova (born 1978), Russian ballet dancerMaria Alexandru (born 1939), Romanian table tennis playerMaria Alfero (1922–2001), Italian sprinterMaria Josefa Alhama y Valera (1893–1983), Spanish religious sisterMaría Alharilla (born 1990), Spanish footballerMaria Dolors Alibés (1941–2009), Catalan children's writerMaria Allash (born 1976), Russian ballet dancerMaria Almas-Dietrich (1892–1971), German art dealerMaria Almasri (born 2004), Israeli footballerMaría Almenta (born 1997), Spanish modelMaria Laura Almirão (born 1977), Brazilian sprinterMaria Aloni , Italian philosopherMaría Conchita Alonso (born 1955), Cuban-American singer and actressMaría Pilar Alonso (born 1968), Spanish basketball playerMaria Beatrice Alonzi , Italian author and activistMaría Ester Alonzo Morales (born 1959), Mexican politicianMaria Alos (1973–2011), artistMaría Julia Alsogaray (1942–2017), Argentine politician and civil servantMaria Suelen Altheman (born 1988), Brazilian judokaMaria Altmann (1916–2011), Austrian-American Jewish refugeeMaría Antonieta Alva (born 1985), Peruvian politicianMaría Jesús Alvarado Rivera (1878–1971), Peruvian feminist, activist and educatorMaria Alvarez (several people)Maria Alves (several people)Maria Alyokhina (born 1988), Russian political activist and musicianMaria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo , Italian scholarMaria Amalia (several people)Maria Amaral (several people)Maria Barbara Amaro (born 1986), Brazilian water polo playerMaría Elvia Amaya Araujo (1954–2012), Mexican politicianMaria Amelie (born 1985), Russian-born writer and bloggerMaria Pellegrina Amoretti (1756–1787), Italian lawyerMaria Laura Amorim (born 1932), Portuguese gymnastMaría Fernanda Ampuero (born 1976), Ecuadorian writer and journalistMaría Amuchástegui (1953–2017), Argentine television fitness instructorMaria Andergast (1912–1995), German actressMaria Andersson (several people)Maria Anderton (born 1969), Kiwi association footballerMaria Andrade (born 1993), Cape Verdean taekwondo athleteMaria Andrade (born 1958), Cape Verde food scientistMaria Andreae (1550–1631), German pharmacistMaria Andrejczyk (born 1996), Polish javelin throwerMaria Helena Andrés (born 1922), Brazilian artistMaria Andreu (1801–after 1860), American US Coastguard employeeMaria Andreyeva (1868–1953), Russian/Soviet actress and Bolshevik administratorMaria Angélica , Brazilian basketball playerMaria Angelico , Australian actress, writer and producerMaria Angelova (1925–1999), Bulgarian Esperantist and authorMaria Àngels Anglada (1920–1999), Spanish poet and novelistMaria Anikanova (1916–2005), Soviet speed skaterMaria Annus (born 1979), Estonian actressMaría Añó , Spanish rhythmic gymnastMaria Ansorge (1880–1955), German politicianMaria Elisa Antonelli (born 1984), Brazilian beach volleyball playerMaria Antonescu (1892–1964), Romanian socialite and philanthropistMaria Antoniou (born 1964), Swedish actressMaria N. Antonopoulou (born 1946), Greek sociologistMaria Anzai (1953–2014), Japanese idolMaria Apollonio (1919–1990), Italian sprinterMaria Apostolidi (born 1988), Greek artistic gymnastMaría Pilar Aquino , Mexican catholic feminist theologianMaria Aragon (born 2000), Canadian singer of Filipino descentMaria Eduarda Arakaki (born 2003), Brazilian rhythmic gymnastMaría Asunción Aramburuzabala (born 1963), Mexican billionaire businesswomanMaría Elvira Arango (born 1967), Colombian journalistMaría Araujo (1950–2020), Spanish costume designerMaría Araújo (born 1997), Spanish basketball playerMaria Araújo Kahn (born 1964), American judgeMaria Arbatova (born 1957), Russian and Soviet writer, politician and feministMaría Arceo , Cuban softball playerMaria Archer (1899–1982), Portuguese writer and activistMaria Angela Ardinghelli (1730–1825), Italian mathematician, physicist and translatorMaria Rachel Arenas (born 1971), chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board and PoliticianMaria Areosa (born 1984), Portuguese triathleteMaría Argüelles Arellano (born 1963), Mexican politicianMaría Arias Staines (1941–2023), Mexican politicianMaría Fernanda Aristizábal (born 1997), Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholderMaria Arkhipova (born 1983), Russian heavy metal vocalistMaría Armand (1917–2005), Argentine dancer, stage and film actressMaria Armanda (born 1974), Portuguese child singing sensationMaria Armoudian , American singer-songwriterMaria Arnal (born 1987), Spanish singerMaria Arndt (1929–2000), Polish sprinterMaria Arnholm (born 1958), Swedish politicianMaria Aronsson (born 1983), Swedish former footballerMaria Arredondo (born 1985), Norwegian singerMaría Teodora Arrieta (born 1955), Mexican politicianMaria Arrillaga , Puerto Rican writerMaria Arrua (born 1999), Paraguayan swimmerMaria Arruvaia , Mozambican politicianMaria Artemieva (born 1993), Russian figure skaterMaria Artini (1894–1951), Italian engineerMaría Arzú , Guatemalan businesspersonMaria Ascensão (1926–2001), Portuguese folkloristMaria Asensio , Spanish-Argentinian physical chemistMaria Aspan , American journalistMaria Aspman , Swedish educator specializing in women's vocational trainingMaria Astashkina (born 1999), Russian swimmerMaria Astrologes (born 1951), American professional golferMaría Fernanda Astudillo , Ecuadorian politicianMaría Asurmendi (born 1986), Spanish basketball playerMaría Eugenia Aubet , Spanish archaeologistMaria Auböck (born 1951), Austrian landscape architectMaria Augimeri , Canadian politicianMaría Aura (born 1982), Mexican actressMaria Aurora (several people)Maria Austria (1915–1975), Austrian-Dutch photographerMaria Antonietta Avanzo (1889–1977), Italian racetrack driverMaria Avdjuško , Estonian actress, film producer, director and screenwriterMaria Averina (born 1993), Russian track cyclistMaría Ávila Serna (born 1973), Mexican politician and lawyerMaria Awori (born 1984), Kenyan swimmerMaria Angelica Ayala (born 1964), Filipina dressage riderMaría Pia Ayora (born 1962), Peruvian swimmerMaría Paz Azagra (born 1982), Spanish footballerMaría Azambuya (1944–2011), Uruguayan actress and theatre directorMaria Azevedo , American singerMaria Azzopardi (born 1983), Maltese footballerMaria Azua , American businesspersonMaria Babanova (1900–1983), Soviet and Russian actress and pedagogueMaria Chiara Baccini (born 1981), Italian long jumperMaria Barbara Bach (1684–1720), first wife of composer Johann Sebastian BachMaria Bach (1896–1978), Austrian pianist, violinist, composer and artistMaria Baciu (born 1942), Romanian poetMaria Backenecker (1893–1931), German politicianMária Bácskai (born 1938), Hungarian sprinterMaria Badia i Cutchet (born 1947), Spanish politicianMaria Badstue , Danish orchestral conductorMaria Baers (1893–1959), Belgian politician and feministMaría Virginia Báez (born 1991), Paraguayan swimmerMaria Baez , American politicianMaría Báez Padilla (born 1973), Mexican politicianMaria Baghramian (born 1994), Irish philosopherMaria la Bailadora , Spanish soldierMaria Bailey (born 1975), Irish politicianMaria Baiulescu (1860–1941), Romanian author, suffragist, nationalist and feminist leaderMária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960), Hungarian Slovene language writer and university professorMaria Bakalova (born 1996), Bulgarian actressMaria Bakodimou (born 1965), Greek television presenterMaria Bakunin (1873–1960), Italian chemist and geologistMaria Balaba (born 1988), Latvian figure skaterMária Balážová (born 1956), Slovak artistMaria-Florina Balcan , Romanian-American computer scientistMaria Balcerkiewiczówna (1903–1975), Polish actressMaria Maddalena Baldacci (1718–1782), Italian artistMaria Baldó i Massanet (1884–1964), Spanish teacher, feminist, folklorist and liberal politicianMaria Louise Baldwin (1856–1922), pioneering female African American educatorMaria Balinska , American journalistMaría Ballesteros (born 1956), Mexican swimmerMaria Balomenaki (born 1983), Greek water polo playerMaria Balshaw (born 1970), English museum directorMaría Balta (born 1955), Peruvian politicianMaria Baltazzi , American television producerMaria Bamford (born 1970), American stand-up comedian, actress, and voice actressMaria Banuș (1914–1999), Romanian poet, essayist, prose writer and translatorMaria Baptist (born 1971), German musician and professorMaria Barbal (born 1949), Spanish writerMaria Barbella (1868–1950), American convictMaría Cecilia Barbetta (born 1972), Argentinian writerMaria Geertruida Barbiers (1801–1879), Dutch painterMaria Carmem Barbosa (1947–2023), Brazilian screenwriter and playwrightMaria Gertrudis Barceló (1805–1852), American gamblerMaria Bard (1900–1944), German actressMaría Carmen Barea (born 1966), Spanish field hockey playerMaria Bargh , political scientist in New ZealandMaria Barmich (1934–2023), Russian linguistMaria Barnaby Greenwald (1940–1995), American judgeMaria Barnas (born 1973), Dutch writer, poet and artistMaria Baronova (born 1984), Russian chemistMaria Barrados , Canadian government officialMaría Barranco (born 1961), Spanish actressMaría Barrantes (born 1989), Costa Rican footballerMaria Barreira (1914–2020), Portuguese neorealist sculptorMaría Barreiro , Uruguayan field hockey playerMaria Barrell , writer, poet and playwrightMaria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016), Portuguese writerMaría Barrera Zapata (born 2001), Colombian Paralympic swimmerMaria Barrett , United States Army generalMaria Barrientos (1884–1946), Spanish singerMaria Alice Barroso (1926–2012), Brazilian novelistMaria Barroso (1925–2015), Portuguese politicianMaria Bartiromo (born 1967), American television personality and authorMaria Bartola , early indigenous historian of MexicoMaria Bartusz (born 1987), Polish para badminton playerMaria A. Barucci , Italian astronomerMaria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016), Portuguese writerMaría Esperanza Barrios (1892–1932), Uruguayan writerMaria Victoria Barros (born 1992), Brazilian politicianMaria Basaglia (1912–1998), Italian film director and screenwriterMaria Bashir , Afghan lawyerMária Basilides (1886–1946), Hungarian opera singerMaria Baska (born 2000), Albanian footballerMaria Cecilia Adelaide Bass (1897–1948), Swiss artistMaria Gràcia Bassa i Rocas (1883–1961), Spanish writer, folklorist and professorMaria Batalova (born 1996), Russian ice hockey playerMaria Baumgartner (born 1952), Austrian chemistMaría Baxa (1946–2019), Serbian actressMaría Bayo (born 1961), Spanish sopranoMaría Bazo (born 1998), Peruvian windsurferMaria E. Beasley (1836–1913), American inventorMaria Beatty , Venezuelan filmmakerMaria Beccadelli di Bologna (1848–1929), Italian aristocratMaría Becerra (born 2000), Argentine singerMaria Becker , German actress and directorMaria Beckley Kahea (1847–1909), Hawaiian chiefessMaria van Beckum (died 1544), Dutch noblewoman and Anabaptist burned at the skate for heresyMaria Bedareva (born 1992), Russian alpine skierMaria Begonha (born 1989), Portuguese politicianMaria Beig (1920–2018), German authorMaría Fernanda Beigel (born 1970), Argentine sociologistMaria Belibasaki (born 1991), Greek sprinterMaria Arena Bell (born 1963), American television writer and freelance writerMaria Bell (1755–1825), English painterMaria Bello (born 1967), American actress and writerMaria Bellonci (1902–1986), Italian writerMaria Belo (born 1938), Portuguese psychoanalyst and former Member of the European ParliamentMaria Belobrovina (born 1999), Belarusian footballerMaría Belón (born 1966), Spanish physician and motivational speakerMaria Belooussova (died 2018), Russian pianistMaria Antonietta Beluzzi (1930–1997), Italian actressMaria Beneyto (1925–2011), Spanish poetMaría Bibiana Benítez (1783–1875), Puerto Rican writerMaria Bentel (1928–2000), American architectMaria Francesca Bentivoglio (born 1977), Italian tennis playerMaría Berea de Montero (1914–1983), Argentine chess playerMaria Berényi (born 1959), Romanian Hungarian historian and poetMaria Bergamas (1867–1952), Italian unknown soldierMaria Berger (born 1956), Austrian politicianMaria Van den Bergh , Dutch noblewomanMaria Bergkvist (born 1977), Swedish football coach and former playerMaria Bergson (1914–2009), American interior designer, industrial designer and architectMaria Berkenkotter (born 1962/1963), American judgeMaria Berlinska , Ukrainian military volunteer and women's rights advocateMaría Bernabéu (born 1988), Spanish judokaMaría Paula Bernal (born 1971), Colombian equestrianMaria Bernard (born 1993), Canadian track and field athleteMaria Ludwika Bernhard (1908–1998), Polish classical archaeologist and Greek art specialistMaria Berny (1932–2021), Polish politicianMaría Berrío , Colombian artistMaria Antonia Berrios (born 1977), American politicianMaria Bersneva , Russian water polo playerMaria Bertelli (born 1977), British footballer and volleyball playerMaría Bertelloti (born 1980), Argentine swimmerMaria Bertilsköld , Swedish professional golferMaria Paz Bertoglia (born 1978), Chilean epidemiologistMaria Bertolini (1931–2022), Italian politicianMaría Julia Bertotto , Argentine production and costume designerMaria Beruski (1959–1986), Brazilian school teacherMária Berzsenyi (born 1946), Hungarian handball playerMaria Elisabeth Bes (1882–1938), Dutch chemical engineer, city councillor in DelftMaría Betancourt (several people)Maria Bethânia (born 1946), Brazilian singerMaria Luísa Betioli (born 1948), Brazilian high jumperMaria Francisca Bia (1809–1889), Dutch ballet dancer and opera singerMaría Eugenia Bielsa (born 1958), Argentine politicianMaria Bieșu (1935–2012), Moldovan singerMaria Bila , Ukrainian rhythmic gymnastMaria Biljan-Bilger , Austrian ceramicist, sculptor and textile artistMaria Billington Hawes , English contralto singerMaria Ilva Biolcati, as known as Milva (1939–2021), Italian singer, stage and film actress Maria Bird-Browne , Member of the Parliament of Antigua and BarbudaMaria Bird (1891–1979), British television producerMaría Esther Biscayart de Tello (1930–2015), Argentine human rights defenderMaría Aurelia Bisutti (1930–2010), Argentine actressMaria Bitner-Glindzicz (1963–2018), British physician and professor of geneticsMaria Bittner , American linguistMaría Björg Ágústsdóttir (born 1982), Icelandic footballerMaria Björnson (1949–2002), French theatre designerMaría Blanchard (1881–1932), Spanish artistMaría Blasco Marhuenda (born 1965), Spanish molecular biologistMaria Blasucci , American actress and comedy writerMaria Blom (1914–1994), Dutch carillonneurMaria Blower (born 1964), English cyclistMaria Blum (1890–1965), German politician and journalistMaria Bocharova (born 2002), Russian beach volleyball playerMaria Bochkareva (1889–1920), Russian female soldier and counter revolutionaryMaria Bodén (born 1978), Swedish golferMaria Bodøgaard (born 1983), Norwegian television presenterMaria Bofill (1937–2021), Spanish ceramicistMaria Bogda (1909–1981), Polish actressMaria Bogoslov (born 1970), Romanian table tennis playerMaria Bogucka (1929–2020), Polish historianMaria Böhmer (born 1950), German politicianMaria Bohuszewiczówna (1865–1887), Polish revolutionaryMaria Boldor (born 1996), Romanian fencerMaría Bolívar (born 1975), Venezuelan politicianMaria Bolognesi (1924–1980), Italian mysticMaria Bolshakova , Russian politicianMaria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta (1866–1926)Maria Bondarenko , Russian tennis playerMaria Bondareva (born 1999), Russian artistic gymnastMaría Luisa Bonet , Spanish computer scientistMaria Bonghi Jovino , Italian archaeologistMaria Roza Boni (born 1986), Greek professional basketball playerMaria Boniecka (1910–1978), Polish author and teacherMaria Bonnevie (born 1973), Swedish-Norwegian actressMaria-Cristina Borba-Dias , Brazilian tennis playerMaria Bordy , Soviet woman news photographerMaría Bores , Spanish footballerMaria Borges (born 1992), Angolan modelMaria Borisova (born 1997), Russian water polo playerMaria Borodakova (born 1986), Russian volleyball playerMaria Borounov (born 1982), Australian former competitive ice dancerMaria Luigia Borsi , Italian opera singerMaria Borzunova (born 1995), Russian journalistMaria Bertilla Boscardin (1888–1922), Italian Roman Catholic saintMaria Boschetti-Alberti (1879–1951), Swiss educator and pedagogueMaría Angélica Bosco (1909–2006), Argentinian novelist, translator and essayistMaria Bosi (born 1954), Romanian handball playerMaria Bossenberger (1872–1919), German operatic soprano and voice teacherMaria Botalova , Russian rowerMaría Cecilia Botero (born 1955), Colombian actress and TV presenterMaría Enma Botet Dubois (1903–?), Cuban composerMaria Both , Romaniani swimmerMaría Botto (born 1974), Argentine-Spanish actressMaria Eugenia Bozzoli (born 1935), Costa Rican anthropologist, sociologist and activistMaria Ondina Braga (1922–2003), Portuguese writer and translatorMaria Antonia Braile , Albanian arbëreshë writerMaría Bramont-Arias (born 1999), Peruvian swimmerMaria Antonia Branconi (1746–1793), German royal mistressMaria Branwell (1783–1821), mother of the Brontë sistersMaria Branyas (born 1907), American-born Catalan, world's oldest verified living personMaria Carla Bresciani (born 1973), Italian pole vaulterMaria E. Brewer , American diplomatMaría Briceño (born 1985), Venezuelan cyclistMaria Brignole Sale De Ferrari (1811–1888), Italian duchessMaria Brink (born 1977), American singer and songwriterMaria Briscoe Croker (1875–1962), American poetMaría Cristina Brítez , Argentine politician and lawyerMaria Britneva (1921–1994), Russian-British actressMaría Brito , Cuban-American artistMaria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1812), Italian organist, composer and pianistMaria Brochmann , Norwegian footballerMaria Brockerhoff (born 1942), German actressMaria Brodacka (1904–1991), Polish painterMaria Brontë (1814–1825), Brontë sistersMaria Matilda Brooks , American painterMaría Talavera Broussé (1867–1946), American activistMaria da Felicidade do Couto Browne (1800–1861), Portuguese poetMaria Christina Bruhn (1732–1808), Swedish chemist and inventorMaria Bruna , Spanish applied mathematicianMaria Brunlehner (born 2000), Kenyan swimmerMaria Bruno (born 1992), Brazilian synchronized swimmerMaria Bruntseva (born 1980), Russian volleyball playerMaría Victoria Brusquetti , Paraguayan activist and politicianMaria Buchinger (1916–2010), German therapeutic fasting advocateMaria Bucur (born 1968), Romanian-American historianMaria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832), English novelist and children's writerMaria Bueno (1939–2018), Brazilian tennis playerMaria Bujakowa (1901–1985), Polish sculptorMaria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska (1936–2020), Polish cross-country skierMaria Bulakhova (born 1988), Russian swimmerMaria Bulanova (born 1998), Russian ten-pin bowlerMaria Bulanova (born 2001), Russian ballet dancerMaria Burmaka (born 1970), Ukrainian singerMaria Burton (born 1961), American director, producer and actressMaría Esther Buschiazzo (1889–1971), Argentine actressMaria Pilar Busquets (1937–2016), Spanish Aranese politician and writerMaria Louisa Bustill (1853–1904), American Quaker schoolteacherMaria Butina (born 1988), Russian activist and convicted spyMaria Butinova (1920–2007), Soviet and Russian ethnographer, historian and religious scholarMaria Bernarda Bütler (1848–1924), Franciscan missionaryMaria Butyrskaya (born 1972), Russian figure skaterMaria Buynosova-Rostovskaya (died 1626), Tsaritsa of all RussiaMaria Buzunova (born 1982), Belarusian footballerMaria Byerley (1787–1843), British schoolmistressMaria Byrne (born 1967), Irish politicianMaria Byrne , marine biologistMaría Fernanda Cabal (born 1964), Colombian politicianMaria Caballero (several people)Maria Amapola Cabase (born 1948), Filipina singer, actress, musician, television and radio hostMaria Cabrera i Callís , Spanish poet and writerMaría Cabrera Muñoz (born 1952), Mexican politicianMaría Cabrera (born 1972), Ecuadorian table tennis playerMaría Cáceres (born 1996), Peruvian footballerMaría Cadilla (1884–1951), Puerto Rican writer, educator and women's rights activistMaria Caetano (born 1986), Portuguese dressage riderMaria Cagigas (born 1979), Spanish cyclistMaria Calbi , Argentine American physicistMaría Calcaño (1906–1956), Venezuelan poetMaría Lourdes Caldera (born 1983), Venezuelan modelMaria-Carme Calderer (born 1951), American mathematicianMaría Calderón Fernandez (born 1997), Spanish cyclistMaria Calegari , American ballet dancer, teacher and répétiteurMaria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1662), Italian composerMaria Catherine Callahan (born 1965), American singer songwriterMaria Callas (1923–1977), Greek-American sopranoMaria Callani (1778–1803), Italian 18th century portrait painter active in Parma[7] María Luisa Calle (born 1968), Colombian racing cyclistMaría Elisa Camargo (born 1985), Ecuadorian actress and activistMaría Enriqueta Camarillo (1872–1968), Mexican poet-novelist, short story writer and translatorMaría Cambrils (1878–1939), Spanish writer and feministMaria Camilleri (born 1952), Maltese politicianMaria Paula Caminha , Brazilian rhythmic gymnastMaria Cammarata , Italian politicianMaria Campbell (born 1940), Métis author, playwright, broadcaster, filmmaker and elderMaría Fernanda Campo Saavedra , Colombian politicianMaría Eugenia Campos Galván (born 1975), Mexican politicianMaria Canals (several people)Maria Cancian , American economist and university administratorMaria Candida of the Eucharist (1884–1949), Italian Discalced CarmeliteMaria Fernanda Cândido (born 1974), Brazilian actress and television presenterMaría Cangá (1962–2023), Ecuadorian judokaMaria Caniglia (1906–1979), Italian opera singerMaria Canins (born 1949), Italian racing cyclistMaria Cantemir (1700–1754), Russian noblewomanMaria Cantwell (born 1958), U.S. SenatorMaria Maddalena Capece Galeota , duchess of ReginaMaria Aurèlia Capmany (1918–1991), Spanish novelist, playwright and essayistMaría Capovilla (1889–2006), Ecuadorian supercentenarianMaria Capuana (1891–1955), Italian opera singerMaria Caraher (born 1968), politician from Northern IrelandMaria Carbone (1908–2002), Italian operatic sopranoMaria Cardenas-Corona , American geneticist and microbiologistMaria Cardona (born 1966), American-Colombian born consultant and political strategistMaría Fernanda Cardoso (born 1963), Colombian contemporary artistMaría Lourdes Carlé (born 2000), Argentine tennis playerMaría Caro Más , Cuban politicianMaría Pascuala Caro Sureda (1768–1827), Spanish philosopherMaria Carolina (several people)Maria Carowsky (1723–1793), Swedish artistMaria Carpena (1886–1915), Filipina actress and soprano singerMaria Ângela Carrascalão , East Timorese journalist, author, university teacher and former ministerMaría Carrasco (born 1995), Spanish singerMaria Carrilho (1943–2022), Portuguese politicianMaria Carrillo (several people)Maria Arménia Carrondo (born 1948), Portuguese chemical engineer specializing in crystallographyMaria Chiara Carrozza (born 1965), Italian engineer and politicianMaria Carta (1934–1994), Sardinian musicianMaria Caruso , American dancer and choreographerMaría Carvajal (born 1983), Chilean football refereeMaria da Glória Carvalho (born 1950), Brazilian beauty queenMaria Casadevall (born 1987), Brazilian actressMaría Casado (several people)María Casal (born 1958), Spanish actressMaria Andrea Casamayor (1720–1780), Spanish mathematician and teacherMaría Julia Casanova (1916–2004), American dramatistMaria Cäsar (1920–2017), Austrian political activistMaría Eugenia Casar , UN officialMaría Casares (1922–1996), French actressMaria Chiara Cascavilla (born 1995), Italian long-distance runnerMaria Casentini (1778–1805), Austrian ballet dancerMaria Caserini (1884–1969), Italian actressMaria Pia Casilio (1935–2012), Italian actressMaria Caspar-Filser (1878–1968), German painterMaria Vittoria Cassana (died 1711), Italian artistMaria Emilia Castagliola (born 1946), Cuban artistMaría Itatí Castaldi (born 1988), Argentine Paralympic basketball playerMaría Urciel Castañeda (born 1959), Mexican politicianMaría Castelli (born 1972), Argentine field hockey playerMaría de Jesús Castillo (born 1983), Mexican footballerMaría Castro (several people)Maria Assumpció Català i Poch (1925–2009), Spanish mathematician and astronomerMaria Catalano (born 1982), English snooker playerMaría Eugenia Catalfamo (born 1987), Argentine politicianMaría Catrileo (born 1944), Mapuche linguistMaria Caulfield (born 1973), British politicianMaria Cavaco Silva (born 1938), First Lady of PortugalMaria Cristina Cavalcanti de Albuquerque (born 1943), Brazilian novelist, historian and psychiatristMaría Caviglia (1895–1985), Argentine politicianMaria Cebotari (1910–1949), Romanian singerMaria Cederschiöld (1856–1935), Swedish journalist and women's rights activistMaria Cederschiöld (1815–1892), Swedish noble deaconess and nurseMaría Marcos Cedillo Salas (1910–1933), first female pilot in MexicoMaria Ceiça (born 1965), Brazilian actress, singer and performerMaria Celeste (several people)Maria Cengia Sambo , Italian lichenologist and botanistMaria Centracchio (born 1994), Italian judokaMaria Ceplinschi , Romanian artistic gymnastMaría Sanjuana Cerda Franco (born 1951), Mexican politicianMaria Ceres Doyo , Filipino journalist and activistMaría Fernanda Ceriani , Argentine biologistMaria Cerra (1918–2015), American fencerMaria Cervania , American politician from North CarolinaMaría Cervantes (1885–1981), Cuban pianist, singer and composerMaría Cervera (1956–2018), Peruvian volleyball playerMaria Aldana Cetra (born 1980), Argentine cyclistMaría Chacón (born 1991), Mexican actressMaria A. Chalon (1800–1867), British painterMaria Chambers-Bilibin (1874–1962), Russian-English artistMaría Ceseñas Chapa (born 1952), Mexican politicianMaria Chappelle-Nadal (born 1974), American politicianMaria Chaput (born 1942), Canadian politicianMaría Milagros Charbonier (born 1963), Puerto Rican politicianMaria Charles (1929–2023), English actressMaria Chatzinikolaou (born 1978), Greek volleyball playerMaria Amélia Chaves (1911–2017) Portuguese civil engineerMaría Gabriela Chávez , Venezuelan diplomat, daughter of president Hugo ChávezMaria Manuela Chavez , Portuguese agronomistMaria V. Chekhova , Russian-German physicistMaria Chen , New Zealand architectMaria Cherkasova , Russian ecologist and journalistMaria Chiara (born 1939), Italian lyric sopranoMaria Benedicta Chigbolu (born 1989), Italian sprinterMaria Chin Abdullah , Malaysian politicianMaria Chinchilla Recinos (1909–1944), Guatemalan teacherMaria Assunta Chiummariello (born 1958), Italian shot putterMaria Chivorchian (born 1982), Romanian volleyball playerMaria Choglokova (1723–1756), Russian lady-in-waiting and nobleMaria Chona , Native American weaverMaría Isabel Chorobik de Mariani (1923–2018), Argentine human rights activistMaria Christina (several people)Maria Christova (born 1937), Russian sopranoMaria Chudakova (born 1993), Russian beauty pageant titleholderMaria Chudnovsky (born 1977), mathematician and engineerMaria Rivka Chwoles-Lichtenfeld (1923–2017), Israeli artistMaria Ciach (1933–2009), Polish javelin throwerMaria Cibrario (1905–1992), Italian mathematicianMaria Cicherschi Ropală (1881–1973), Romanian doctor and professorMaria Raffaella Cimatti (1861–1945), Italian Roman Catholic nunMaria Cimini (born 1976), American politicianMaria Lisa Cinciari Rodano (1921–2023), Italian politicianMaria Cino (born 1957), American civil servant and politicianMaria Ciobanu (born 1937), Romanian folk singerMaria Cioncan (1977–2007), Romanian middle-distance runnerMaria Cipriano (born 1943), Brazilian high jumperMária Čírová (born 1988), Slovak singerMaria Mirabela Cismaru, known by the stage name Mira, Romanian singer Maria Bianca Cita (born 1924), Italian geologist and paleontologistMaria Tecla Civit Llobera (1683–1761), Catalan manager and healerMaría Clara (several people)Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692–1761), Italian artistMaria Coburn (born 2001), American diverMaria Cocchetti (born 1966), Italian athletics competitorMaria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833), Italian harpsichordist and composerMaria Cocuzza (born 1973), Italian gymnastMaria Cole (1922–2012), American jazz singerMaria Coleman (born 1969), Irish sailorMaría Carmen Collado (born 1983), Spanish swimmerMaria Collett (born 1974), American politicianMaria Consolata Collino (born 1947), Italian fencerMaría Antonieta Collins (born 1952), Mexican journalist and authorMaria Colombo (several people)Maria Josep Colomer i Luque (1913–2004), Spanish aviatorMaría Colón Sánchez (1926–1989), Puerto Rican politicianMaría Caridad Colón (born 1958), Cuban javelin throwerMaria Colwell (1965–1973), British female murder victimMaría Conde (born 1997), Spanish basketball playerMaria Giulia Confalonieri (born 1993), Italian cyclistMaria-Joëlle Conjungo (born 1975), Central African Republic hurdlerMaria Constantin (born 1991), Romanian bobsledderMaria Constantin (skier) , Romanian alpine skierMaria Constantinescu (several people)María Contreras (born 1998), Guatemalan footballerMaria Contreras-Sweet (born 1955), American politicianMaria Conway (born 1984), British motorcycle racerMaria Cook , American University preacherMaria Susanna Cooper (1737–1807), English writer and poetMaría Esther Corán (1910–1997), Argentine actressMaría Corbera (born 1991), Spanish sprint canoeistMaría Corda (1898–1976), Hungarian actressMaría Isabella Cordero (1987–2010), Mexican television anchorwoman and murder victimMaria Cordero (born 1954), Hong Kong musical artistMaría Cordero Hardy (born 1932), Puerto Rican physiologistMaría Fernanda Cornejo (born 1989), Ecuadorian fashion model and beauty queenMaria Cornejo , Chilean-born fashion designer based in New YorkMaría Corominas (born 1952), Spanish swimmerMaría Corona Nakamura (born 1964), Mexican politicianMaria Cristina Correnti (born 1972), Italian former basketball playerMaria Corrigan , Irish politicianMaria Corti (1915–2002), Italian philologist, literary critic and novelistMaria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer (1645–1689), Dutch director of RensselaerwyckMaria Cosma , Romanian sprint canoeistMaria Costa (several people)Maria Costello (born 1973), British female motorcycle racerMaria Cosway (1760–1838), Italian-British artistMaría Cotiello (born 1982), Spanish actressMaría Coto (born 1998), Costa Rican footballerMaria Craig , British telegraphistMaria Crawford (1939–2023), American geologistMaría Angélica Cristi (born 1941), Chilean politicianMaria Cuțarida-Crătunescu (1857–1919), first female doctor in RomaniaMaria Sonia Cristoff , Argentine writerMaria Crowby (died 2020), Ni-Vanuatu politicianMaria Cruz (several people)María Guadalupe Cruzaley (born 1986), Mexican footballerMaria Cuadra (born 1936), Spanish actressMaría Fernanda Cuartas (born 1967), Colombian painterMaría Cubillán (born 1981), Venezuelan discus throwerMaría Guadalupe Cuenca (1790–1854), Bolivian-born Argentinian letter writerMaria Cumani Quasimodo (1908–1995), Italian actress and dancerMaria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866), American novelistMaria Helena Cunha (born 1943), Portuguese gymnastMaria Eugénia Cunhal , Portuguese writer, feminist and communistMaria Cunitz (1610–1664), German astronomerMaria Curatolo (born 1963), Italian long-distance runnerMaria Crocifissa Curcio (1877–1957), Italian Catholic religious sisterMaría Renée Cura , Argentine geographer, writer and IndologistMaria Curcio (1918–2009), Italian pianistMaria Curman (born 1950), Swedish businesswomanMaria Cust (1862/1863–1958), English geographerMária Czaková (born 1988), Slovak race-walkerMaria Czaplicka (1884–1921), Polish anthropologistMaria Czapska (1894–1981), Polish writerMaria Cześnik (born 1977), Polish triathleteMaria da Conceição (several people)Maria da Cunha (1872–1917), Portuguese lesbian poet and journalistMaria da Graça (several people)Maria da Penha (born 1945), Brazilian activistMaria da Piedade de Jesus , archaeologist and former Minister of Culture in AngolaMaria Elsa da Rocha (1924–2007), Indian writer and poetMaria van Daalen (born 1950), Dutch port and writerMaria Dąbrowska (1889–1965), Polish writer, novelist, essayist, journalist and playwrightMaria Dadouch , Syrian novelist and writerMaria Daelder , Swedish businesswomanMaria Catharina Daemen (1787–1858), mother Magdalena, Dutch nunMaria Dahl (1872–1972), German zoologistMaria Massi Dakake , American scholar of Islamic studiesMaria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847–1876), queen consort of Spain (1870–1873)Maria Dallas , New Zealand singerMaría Dalmazzo (born 1983), Colombian actressMaria Damanaki (born 1952), Greek politicianMaria Dancheva (born 1995), Bulgarian volleyball playerMaria Dangell (born 1974), Estonian singerMaria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska (1936–2016), Polish alpine skierMaria Danielsson (born 1981), Swedish snowboarderMaria Danilova (1793–1810), Russian ballet dancerMaria Dantas (born 1969), Brazilian-Spanish activist and politicianMaria Angela Danzì (born 1957), Italian politicianMaria d'Apparecida (1926–2017), Brazilian opera singerMaria Darling , British voice actressMaria Darmstädter (1892–1943), German religious scholar and holocaust victimMaria das Dores , Portuguese stage actorMaria das Dores de Oliveira , Brazilian linguistMaria das Neves , Santomese politician and first female prime ministerMaria Daskalogianni , Greek fighterMaria Dauerer (1624–1688), Swedish pharmacist (apothecary)María Dávila , Spanish painterMaria Ragland Davis (1959–2010), American biologistMaria Rebecca Davison (1780–1858), British stage actressMaria de Abarca , Spanish painterMaria Helena de Albuquerque, 1st Baroness of Oliveira Lima , Portuguese nobleMaría de Alva (born 1969), Mexican novelistMaria de Alvear (born 1960), Spanish-German composerMaria Ludovica De Angelis (1880–1962), Italian Catholic religious sisterMaría Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila (born 1956), Salvadoran lawyerMaría de Baratta (1890–1978), Salvadoran composer, pianist, musicologist and folkloristMaría Rita de Barrenechea y Morante (1757–1795), Spanish writer and playwrightMaría Eugenia de Beer (died 1652), Spanish chalcographerMaria de Belém Roseira (born 1949), Portuguese politicianMaría de Bohórquez (1533–1559), Spanish ProtestantMaria Antonieta de Brito (born 1969), Brazilian politicianMaria de Cardona (1509–1563), Italian noblewomanMaria Eduarda de Carvalho (born 1983), Brazilian actressMaría de Cazalla , Spanish mysticMaria de Croll , Swedish singerMaria de Dominici (1645–1703), Maltese artist and sculptorMaria de Ergadia (died 1302), Scottish noblewomanMaría de Estrada , Spanish conquerorMaría Gabriela de Faría (born 1992), Venezuelan actressMaría de Fátima Acosta (born 1992), Peruvian volleyball playerMaria de Fátima Agra (born 1952), Brazilian botanistMaria de Fátima Coronel , former president of the Supreme Court of Cape VerdeMaria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim , Angolan politicianMaria de Fátima Montemor , Portuguese scientistMaria De Filippi (born 1961), Italian presenterMaria de Francesca-Cavazza , German opera singerMaria de Grebber (1602–1680), Dutch Golden Age painterMaria De Iorio , Italian biostatisticianMaría de las Maravillas de Jesús (1891–1974), Spanish nun and saintMaría de Jesús de Iturbide (1818–1849), Mexican princessMaria de Knuijt , Dutch art patronMaría de la Cerda (1319–1375), countess of ÉtampesMaría de la Consolación Azlor , the countess of BuretaMaria de la Cruz (several people)María Estela de la Fuente (born 1966), Mexican politicianMaría Fernanda de la Fuente (born 1955), Mexican rowerMaría de la Fuente (born 1977), Mexican actressMaria Sofia De la Gardie (1627–1694), Swedish noble and industrialistMaria de la Pau Janer (born 1966), Spanish writerMaría de la Purísima Salvat Romero (1926–1998), Spanish Roman Catholic nunMaría Alicia de la Rosa López (born 1963), Mexican politicianMaría de las Mercedes (several people)María de las Nieves García (born 1955), Mexican politicianMaria Margarida de Lorena, 2nd Duchess of Abrantes (1713–1780)María de los Santos (born 1959), Cuban basketball playerMaría de Lourdes (several people)Maria de Maeztu (1882–1948), Spanish educator and feministMaria Madalena de Martel Patrício , Portuguese writerMaría de Mater O'Neill , Puerto Rican artist, designer and educatorMaria De Matteis (1898–1988), Italian costume designerMaria De Mattias (1805–1866), Italian Roman Catholic saintMaria de Medeiros (born 1965), Portuguese actress, film director and singerMaria de' Medici (1575–1642), Queen of France (1600–1610)Maria Cristina de' Medici (1609–1632), Italian princessMaria Maddalena de' Medici (1600–1633), Tuscan RoyalMaria Alice de Mendonça , Brazilian musicianMaria Pierina De Micheli (1890–1945), Italian Roman Catholic sisterMaría Esther de Miguel (1929–2003), Argentine writerMaria Helena de Moura Neves (1931–2022), Brazilian linguistMaría de Nati (born 1997), Spanish actressMaria Cristina de Oliveira (born 1959), Brazilian chess playerMaría de Salinas (1490–1539), Spanish noblewomanMaria Helena de Senna Fernandes , Macanese tourism directorMaria Evelina de Sousa (1879–1946), Portuguese journalistMaria de Sousa (1939–2020), Portuguese scientist, immunologist, author and poetMaria de Souza (born 1971), Brazilian triple jumperMaría de Toledo (1490–1549), Spanish noblewomanMaria De Unterrichter Jervolino , Italian politicianMaría de Uriarte (born 1992), Argentine handball playerMaria de Vasconcelos (born 1970), Portuguese psychiatrist, singer and songwriterMaría de Villota (1979–2013), Spanish racing driverMaria de Wilde (1682–1729), Dutch artist and writerMaria Debska (born 1991), Polish actressMaria Deguara (born 1949), Maltese politicianMaria Deijfen , Swedish mathematicianMaria Deku (1901–1983), German politicianMaría del Carmen Cárdenas (born 1959), Mexican long-distance runnerMaría del Carmen Chaves Calvo (born 1967), Spanish cyclistMaria del Mar (several people)María del Monte (born 1962), Spanish singerMaría Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo (1884–1957), Filipino Dominican nunMaría Alicia Delgado (born 1947), Mexican actress and comedianMaria Dembińska (1916–1996), Polish historianMaría Denis (1916–2004), Italian actressMaria Deraismes (1828–1894), French writer and feministMaria Deroche (1938–2023), French architectMaria Micaela Desmaisieres (1809–1865), Spanish Roman Catholic professed religiousMaria Despas (born 1967), Australian freestyle skierMaria Angela Caterina d'Este (1656–1722), Princess of CarignanoMaria Desylla-Kapodistria (1898–1980), Greek politicianMaria Deutsch (1882–1969), Czechoslovakian politicianMaria Devigili , Italian musical artistMaria Oakey Dewing (1845–1927), American painterMaria di Gerlando (1925–2010), American opera singerMaria Crocifissa di Rosa (1813–1855), Italian Roman Catholic saintMaria Diaconescu (born 1937), Romanian javelin throwerMaria Dias (several people)María Díaz (several people)Maria Dibiasi , Italian lugerMaria Dickin (1870–1951), British social reformer and animal welfare pioneerMaria Dickons (c. 1774–1833), British opera singerMaria Cristina Didero , Italian curator, historian and authorMaria Dietsch , 19th century German womanMaria Dietz (1894–1980), German politicianMaria Lvovna Dillon (1858–1932), Russian sculptorMaria Dimadi (1907–1944), member of the EAM during the Axis occupation of GreeceMaria Dimitriadi (1950–2009), Greek singerMaría Dimitrova (born 1985), Dominican martial artistMaria Helena Diniz (born 1956), Brazilian jurist and professorMaria Dinulescu (born 1981), Romanian actressMaria Angelina Dique Enoque (born 1953), Mozambican politicianMaria Dizzia (born 1974), American actressMaria Djurkovic , British film production designerMaria do Carmo (fado singer) (1884–1964), Portuguese fado singerMaria do Carmo Abecassis , Mozambican poetMaria do Carmo Fonseca (born 1959), Portuguese scientist and molecular biologistMaria do Carmo Gerônimo , Brazilian supercentenarian and former slaveMaria do Carmo Seabra (born 1955), Portuguese politicianMaria do Céu Antunes (born 1970), Portuguese politicianMaria do Céu Guerra (born 1943), Portuguese actressMaria do Céu Monteiro , president of the Supreme Court of Guinea-BissauMaria do Céu Sarmento , East Timorese politicianMaria Dobrova (1907–1962), Soviet agentMaria Dobrowolska (1895–1984), Polish geographerMaría Helena Doering (born 1962), Colombian actressMaria Dolgorukaya , Tsaritsa of all RussiaMaria Dolores (several people)María Domínguez (several people)Maria Dominiani (1913–1993), Italian actressMaria Donati (1898–1966), Italian stage, film and television actressMaria Donatucci , American politicianMaria Doolaeghe (1803–1884), Flemish writerMaria Dornelas , fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, researcher in biodiversityMaria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira , Angolan diplomatMaria Firmina dos Reis (1822–1917), Brazilian abolitionist and authorMaria dos Santos Machado (1890–1958), Portuguese teacher, communist and anti-fascist activistMaría Douglas (1922–1973), Mexican actressMaria Dowling (1955–2011), British historianMaria Downey (1836–1883), First Lady of California (1860–62)Maria Doyle-Cuche (born 1965), Irish singerMaria Doyle Kennedy (born 1964), Irish singer and actressMaria Dragoni (born 1958), Italian operatic sopranoMaria-Victoria Dragus , German-Romanian actressMaria Drobot , Russian politicianMaria Dronke (1904–1987), German actress, drama producer and teacherMaría René Duchén (born 1965), Bolivian journalist, TV presenter and politicianMaria Duchêne (1883–1947), French contraltoMaría Dueñas (several people)Maria Dulęba (1881–1959), Polish actressMaria Dulębianka (1861–1919), Polish artistMaria Dunin (1899–1986), Polish painterMaria Dunn , Guamanian wrestlerMaria Dunn (musician) , Canadian singerMaria Duran (1710–?), Portuguese nunMaría Eugenia Duré , Argentine politicianMaria Durhuus (born 1977), Danish politicianMaria Sergeyevna Durnovo (1792–1856), Russian musicianMaria Duval , Amulet Supreme, pseudonym of Carolina Maria GambiaMaría Duval (Argentine actress) (1926–2022)María Duval (born 1937), Mexican actress and singerMaria Duyunova (born 1990), Russian curlerMaría Jimena Duzán (born 1960), Colombian journalist and political scientistMaria Dwight , American activistMaria Dworzecka (1941–2022), Polish-American computational nuclear physicist and physics educatorMaria Dyatchkova (born 1982), Russian football defenderMaria Dyer (1803–1846), British missionaryMaria Dzielska (1942–2018), Polish classical philologist, historian, translator and political activistMaria Dzieża (born 1949), Polish rowerMaria Dziuba (born 1945), Polish politicianMaria Eagle (born 1961), British Labour politicianMaría Echavarría (born 1960), Colombian archerMaria Echaveste (born 1954), White House Deputy Chief of StaffMaria Eckertz (1899–1969), German activist and politicianMaria Edgeworth (1768–1849), Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literatureMaría Edilia , Venezuelan drag performerMária Eduardo (born 1973), Angolan handball playerMaria Edwards (born 2003), English footballerMaria Efimenko (born 1996), Ukrainian chess playerMária Egry (1914–1993), Hungarian actressMaría Egual (1655–1735), Spanish poet and dramatistMaria Ehrich (born 1993), German actressMaria Eichhorn (born 1948), German politicianMaria Eichhorn (born 1962), German artist based in BerlinMaria Eichwald (born 1974), Kazakh ballet dancerMaria Eilberg (born 1984), British dressage riderMaria Eis (1896–1954), Austrian actressMaria Eisner (1909–1991), Italian-American photographer, photo editor and photo agentMaria Eizaguerri Floris , Spanish chess playerMaría Eizmendi (born 1972), Spanish canoeistMaria Eklund (born 1973), Russian-born Swedish conductorMaria Ekstrand (born 1970), Swedish tennis playerMaria Elena (several people)María Paula Elizondo (born 1998), Costa Rican footballerMaría Ellingsen (born 1964), Icelandic actressMaria Giovanna Elmi (born 1940), Italian former television announcer, presenter, journalist, actress and singerMaría Elósegui (born 1957), Spanish university teacherMaria Emelianenko (born 1979), Russian-American mathematicianMaria Emelianova (born 1987), Russian-English chess playerMaria Emhart (1901–1981), Austrian resistance activist and politicianMaria Emo (born 1936), Austrian actressMaria Aida Episcopo (born 1963), Italian politicianMaria Epple (born 1959), German alpine skierMária Érdi (born 1998), Hungarian sailorMaría Ereña , Spanish singerMaria Erhart (1944–2011), Austrian bridge playerMaria Ernestam (born 1959), Swedish author and journalistMaría Amparo Escandón (born 1957), American film producerMaría Escario (born 1959), Spanish journalist and television presenterMaria Luisa Escolar , Colombian pediatricianMaría Escudero-Escribano (born 1983), Spanish chemistMaría Espínola (born 1974), Argentine windsurferMaría Fernanda Espinosa (born 1964), Ecuadorian politicianMaria Espinosa (born 1939), American novelist, poet and translatorMaría Espinosa de los Monteros (1875–1946), Spanish women's rights activistMaría Espinoza (born 1987), Mexican taekwondo practitionerMaria Lucília Estanco Louro (1922–2018), Portuguese teacherMaría J. Esteban (born 1956), French mathematicianMaría Estella , Spanish footballerMaria Josepha Hermengilde Esterházy (1768–1845), German noblewomanMaría Esteve (born 1974), Spanish actressMaria Louise Eve (1842–1900), American poetMaria Ewing (1950–2022), American opera singerMaria Exall , British trade unionistMaría Lacunza Ezcurra (1900–1984), Spanish pioneer lawyerMaria Cristina Facchini , Italian geoscientistMaria Fadiman (born 1969), American ethnobotanistMaria Fadrique , Lady of the Lordship of Salona (1382–1394)Maria Fahey (born 1984), New Zealand cricketerMaria Faka (born 1983), Greek sport shooterMaría Falcón , Puerto Rican television reporterMaría Inés Falconi , Argentine writer and theatre directorMaría Falk de Losada , American-born Colombian mathematicianMaria Falkenberg , Swedish biochemistMaría Far Núñez (born 1998), Panamanian swimmerMaria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo (born 1957), Brazilian diplomatMaria Farantouri (born 1947), Greek singerMaria Margaretha la Fargue (1738–1813), Dutch artistMaria Farhad (born 2001), Iraqi modelMaria Farmer (born 1969), American visual artistMaria Caterina Farnese (1615–1646), Duchess of Moderna and ReggioMaria Farneti (1878–1955), Italian opera singerMaria Farrugia (born 2001), Maltese footballerMaría Fassi (born 1998), Mexican professional golferMaria Fatima , Pakistani politicianMaria Faust (born 1979), Estonian saxophonist and composerMaria Faydherbe (1587–1643), Flemish sculptorMária Fazekas (born 1975), Hungarian table tennis playerMaria Fearing (1838–1937), American teacher and missionaryMaria Feichter (born 1982), Italian lugerMaria Fein (1892–1965), Austrian actressMaria Feklistova (born 1976), Russian sport shooterMaria Fekter (born 1956), Austrian politicianMaría Félix (1914–2002), Mexican actress and singerMaria Feodorovna (several people)María Ester Feres (1943–2021), Chilean politicianMaría Fernanda Di Giacobbe (born 1964), Venezuelan chocolatierMaria Elizabeth Fernald (1839–1919), American entomologistMaria Celestina Fernandes , Angolan children's authorMaría Fernández (several people)María Paz Ferrari (born 1973), Argentine field hockey playerMaria Amélia Ferreira (born 1955), Portuguese professor of medicineMaria Nazareth F. da Silva , Brazilian zoologistMaria Cristina Ferro (1947–2015), Colombian microbiologistMaria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918), English novelistMaria Ficzay (born 1991), Romanian women's football defenderMaria Fidecaro (1930–2023), Italian physicistMaria Magnólia Figueiredo (born 1963), Brazilian athleteMaría Figueroa (born 2000), Spanish singerMaria Filatova (born 1961), Soviet gymnastMaria Filatova (footballer) (born 1980), Estonian footballerMaria Filippov (born 1973), Bulgarian ice dancerMaria Filotti (1883–1956), Romanian actressMaria Cristina Finucci (born 1956), Italian architect, artist and designerMaria Fiore (1935–2004), Italian actressMaria Fischer-Slyzh (1922–2012), Ukrainian doctor and philanthropistMaria Fitzgerald (born 1953), British neuroscientistMaria Fitzherbert (1756–1837), Royal mistressMaria Fitzpatrick (born 1949), Canadian politicianMaria Flachsbarth (born 1963), German politicianMaria Flaxman (1768–1833), British artistMaria Flécheux (1813–1842), French operatic singerMaria Flechtenmacher (1838–1888), Romanian writerMaria Flor (born 1983), Brazilian actressMaría Flores-Wurmser (born 1971), Guatemalan gymnastMaría Cecilia Floriddia (born 1980), Argentinian weightlifterMaria Floro , American economics professorMaria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos (1950–2019), American chemical engineerMaria Foka (1916–2001), Greek actressMaria Folau (born 1987), New Zealand netball playerMaria Catrinel Folea , Romanian table tennis playerMaria Follia (died 1358), Hungarian noblewomanMaria Fominykh (born 1987), Russian chess playerMaria Gabriela Fonseca , Portuguese politicianMaria Inês Fonte (born 2002), Portuguese tennis playerMaria Edileuza Fontenele Reis (born 1954), Brazilian ambassadorMaria Fontosh (born 1976), Russian opera singerMaria Foote (1797–1867), British actress and peeressMaria Ford , American actress, model and dancerMaría Forero (born 2002), Spanish athleteMaria Forescu (1875–1947), German actress and singerMaría Irene Fornés (1930–2018), American writerMaria Forsyth , Australian chemist professorMarià Fortuny (1838–1874), Spanish painterMaria Foscarinis (born 1956), American lawyer and activistMaria Foser , Liechtensteiner politicianMaria Fragoudaki , American painterMaría Virginia Francesa (born 1974), Venezuelan tennis playerMaria Francis , British canoeistMaria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra (born 1997)Maria Franck (1771–1847), Swedish actress and drama teacherMaría Gabriela Franco (born 1981), Venezuelan sport shooterMária Frank (1943–1992), Hungarian swimmerMaria Franklin , historical archaeologistMaria Fransisca , Indonesian badminton playerMaria Frau (born 1930), Italian actressMaria Freire , American health executiveMaria Engracia Freyer (1888–1969), American First Lady of GuamMaria Friberg (born 1966), Swedish artistMaria Fricioiu (born 1960), Romanian rowerMaria Friedman (born 1960), British actressMaria Friesenhausen (1932–2020), German classical soprano singerMaria Frisé (1926–2022), German journalist and authorMaria Frolova (born 1986), Russian volleyball playerMaria Furtwängler (born 1966), German physician and actressMaria Fusco , British scholarly expressionistMaría Fuster (born 1985), Spanish swimmerMaría Fux (1922–2023), Argentine dancerMaria Fyfe (1938–2020), Scottish politicianMaria Gadú (born 1986), Brazilian musical artistMaria Gaidar (born 1982), Ukrainian politicianMaria Gainza (born 1975), Argentine art critic and writerMária Gál (1945–2014), Hungarian volleyball playerM. Evelina Galang (born 1961), American novelistMaria Carla Galavotti , Italian philosopher of scienceMaria Galay (born 1992), Russian footballerMaría Galiana (born 1935), Spanish actressMaría Luz Galicia (born 1940), Spanish actressMária Gáliková (born 1980), Slovak racewalkerMaria Galina , Russian writerMaría Galindo (born 1964), Bolivian activistMaria Galitzine (1988–2020), Russian interior designerMaría Galli (1872–1960), Swiss-Uruguayan pianist, composer and music teacherMaría Rosa Gallo (1925–2004), Argentine actressMaria Gallo (born 1977), Canadian rugby union playerMaria Galvany (1878–1927), Spanish sopranoMaría Esther Gamas (1911–2006), Argentine actressMaria Gambarelli (1900–1990), Italian-American ballerina and actressMaria Grech Ganado , Maltese poet and translatorMaria Garagouni (born 1975), Greek volleyball playerMaria Garbowska-Kierczyńska (1922–2016), Polish actressMaría García (several people)Maria Gardena (1920–2008), Italian film actress and architectMaria Gardfjell (born 1965), Swedish politicianMaria Gargani (1892–1973), Italian member of the Secular Franciscan OrderMaría Garisoain (born 1971), Argentine rowerMaria Garland (1889–1967), Danish actressMaría Virginia Garrone (born 1978), Argentine swimmerMaria Gartman (1818–1885), Dutch actressMaría Esther Garza Moreno (born 1948), Mexican politicianMaria Gaspar , American artist and educatorMaria Gaspari (born 1991), Italian curlerMaria Gates-Meltel , Palauan politician and civil servantMaría Gatica Gajardo , Chilean constituentMaria Gatou (born 1989), Greek sprinterMaría Ester Gatti (1918–2010), Uruguayan activistMaria Gatu Johnson , Swedish-American plasma physicistMaría Pariente Gavito (born 1955), Mexican politicianMaria Gay (1876–1943), Catalan opera singerMaria Gażycz (1860–1935), Polish artistMaria Gelhaar , Swedish opera singerMaria Augusta Generoso Estrela , Brazilian physicianMaría Noel Genovese (born 1943), Uruguayan former model, beauty pageant titleholder and actressMaria Anna von Genzinger (1754–1793), Viennese musicianMaria Georgatou (born 1984), Greek rhythmic gymnastMaria George (born 1965), New Zealand footballerMaria Gerboth (born 2002), German Nordic combined skier and ski jumperMaria Gerhart (1890–1975), Austrian operatic sopranoMaria Gervais , U.S. Army generalMária Gerzsány , Hungarian serial killerMaria Gevorgyan (born 1994), Armenian chess playerMaria Elisabeth Geyser (1912–2008), German judgeMaria Geznenge (born 1977), Bulgarian tennis playerMaria Gheorghiu (born 1963), Romanian folk singer and songwriterMaria Ghezzi (1927–2021), Italian illustratorMaria Giacobbe (1928–2024), Italian-Danish writerMaria Clara Giai Pron (born 1992), Italian canoeistMaria Giannakaki (born 1969), Greek politicianMaria Chiara Giannetta (born 1992), Italian actressMaria Gibbs (1770–1850), British actressMaria Giberne (1802–1885), French-English artist and convert to Roman CatholicismMaria Giese , American film directorMaria Gill (born 1961), New Zealand children's writerMaria L. Gini , Italian and American computer scientistMaria Cristina Giongo (born 1951), Italian journalist and authorMaría Giro (born 1971), Argentine biathleteMaría Eugenia Girón , Spanish businesswomanMaria Girone , head of CERN openlabMaria Reumert Gjerding (born 1976), Danish politicianMaria Gładkowska (born 1957), Polish actressMaria Glazovskaya (1912–2016), Russian geochemistMaria Aparecida Godoy , Brazilian comic artistMaria Goeppert Mayer (1906–1972), German-American theoretical physicistMaria Goia (1878–1924), Italian politician, feminist and trade unionistMaría Goiricelaya (born 1983), Spanish theater director, playwright, dramaturge, actress, voice specialist and theater researcherMaria Golimowska (born 1932), Polish volleyball playerMaria Golitzyna (1834–1910), Russian noble, courtier and philanthropistMaria Goloviznina (born 1979), Russian tennis playerMaria Golovnina (1980–2015), Japanese-Russian journalistMaria Golubeva (several people)Maria Golubnichaya (1924–2015), Soviet track and field athleteMaria Gomes (several people)María Gómez (several people)Maria Gomori (1920–2021), Canadian family therapistMaria Gonçalves (born 1976), Angolan handball playerMaria Gontowicz-Szałas (born 1965), Polish judokaMaria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat (1609–1660), regent of MantuaMaria Gonzalez (several people)Maria Goodavage , American writer and journalistMaria Gorczyńska (1899–1959), Polish actressMaria Gordina (born 1968), Russian-American mathematicianMaria Gordon (1864–1939), Scottish geologist, paleontologist and politicianMaria Goretti (several people)Maria Gorokhovskaya (1921–2001), Soviet gymnastMaria Johanna Görtz (1783–1853), Swedish artistMaria Gorzechowska (1883–1961), Polish teacher, librarian and social activistMaria Götze (born 1980), German Paralympic swimmerMaria Gough (born 1961), art historianMaria Gowen Brooks (1794–1845), American poetMaria Grachvogel (born 1969), British fashion designerMaria Graham (1785–1842), British travel and children's book writerMaria Gramegna , Italian mathematicianMaría Granata (born 1920), Argentine authorMaría Grand , Swiss musical artistMaría la Grande (c. 1789–1841 ), Tehuelche leader of the early 19th centuryMaria Grapini (born 1954), Romanian politicianMaria Gray (several people)Maria Grazia (several people)María Ester Grebe , Chilean ethnomusicologistMaria Grenfell , Australian composerMaria Gretzer (born 1958), Swedish equestrianMaría Grever (1885–1951), Mexican composerMaria Grey (several people)Maria Patrizia Grieco (born 1952), Italian businesswomenMaria Margherita Grimani (1650–1718), Italian composerMaria Grinberg (1908–1978), Russian-Soviet pianist and teacherMaria Gripe (1923–2007), Swedish children's writerMaria Gromova (several people)Mária Grosch , Hungarian chess playerMaria Cristina Grosu-Mazilu (born 1976), Romanian long-distance runnerMaria Grötzer (born 1928), Austrian fencerMaria Groza , Romanian economist and feministMaria Grozdeva (born 1972), Bulgarian sports shooterMaria Grzegorzewska (1887–1967), Polish educatorMaria Gstöttner (born 1984), Austrian footballerMaria Guajardo , American educator and advocateMaria Guardiola (1895–1987), anti-feminist founder of the "Mocidade Portuguese Feminina"Maria Guarnaschelli (1941–2021), American cookbook editor and publisherMaría Guðjónsdóttir , Icelandic academicMaría Guðmundsdóttir (several people)Maria Cecilia Guerra (born 1957), Italian politician and economistMaria Isabel Guerra (born 1955), Brazilian swimmerMaría Guerrero (1867–1928), Spanish actor and directorMaría Guevara (born 2000), Panamanian footballerMaria Gugelberg von Moos (1836–1918), Swiss artistMaría Guggiari Echeverría (1925–1959), Paraguayan Discalced CarmeliteMaria Guida (born 1966), Italian long-distance runnerMaria Guimarães (born 1958), Brazilian swimmerMaria Iêda Guimarães , Brazilian modern pentathleteMaria Guinot (1945–2018), Portuguese singerMária Gulácsy (1941–2015), Hungarian fencerMaria Gurova (born 1989), Russian freestyle wrestlerMaria Gurowska (1915–1998), Polish judgeMaria Gusakova (1931–2022), Soviet cross-country skierMaria Gushchina , Russian sport shooterMaria Gustafsson (several people)Maria Guyomar de Pinha (1664–1728), Siamese cookMaría Guzmán Lozano (born 1961), Mexican politicianMaría Alejandra Guzmán (born 1984), Dominican TV and radio hostess, actress and modelMaría Eugenia Guzmán (1945–1996), Ecuadorian tennis playerMaria Gustava Gyllenstierna (1672–1737), Swedish countess, writer and translatorMaria Hack (1777–1844), English writerMaria Hackett (1783–1874), English philanthropistMaria Hadden (born 1981), American politicianMaria Hadjicosti , Cypriot archaeologistMaria Haglund (born 1972), Swedish canoeistMaria C. Hakewill (died 1842), British painter and writerMaria Selina Hale (1864–1951), New Zealand labor activistMaria Hall-Brown , American television producer and journalistMaria Haller (1923–2006), Angolan diplomat, journalist, teacher and writerMaria Halych (1901–1974), Ukrainian writerMária Hámos (1911–?), Hungarian gymnastMaria Haraldsdotter (1045–1066), Norwegian princessMaria Harfanti (born 1992), Miss World Indonesia 2015Maria Harper , English footballerMaria Harrison , plant biologistMaria Hart (1923–2012), American actressMaria Hartmann (1798–1853), German-born Moravian missionaryMaria Harutjunjan , Estonian swimmerMaria Hassan (born 1952), Swedish politicianMaria Hasse (1921–2014), German mathematicianMaria Hasselborg (born 1980), Swedish curlerMaria Haukaas Mittet (born 1979), Norwegian singerM. Daria Haust , Polish-Canadian pathologistMaria Hawkins , Canadian cyclistMaria Hayward , English historian of costumeMaria Dahvana Headley (born 1977), American authorMaria Heather (died 2003), New Zealand politicianMaria Heep-Altiner (born 1959), German mathematicianMaria Heim (born 1966), Swiss cyclistMaria Heiskanen (born 1970), Finnish actressMaria Paula Heitmann (born 1999), Brazilian swimmerMaria von Heland , Swedish screenwriter, director and authorMaria Helsbøl (born 1989), Danish badminton playerMaria Henry , American actressMaria Henschen (1840–1927), Swedish school directorMaria Henson (born 1964), American journalist and editorMaría Fernanda Heredia (born 1970), Ecuadorian writer, illustrator and graphic designerMária Herichová (born 1990), Slovak ice hockey playerMaría Herrera Magdaleno , Mexican businesswoman and human rights activistMaría Herrera (born 1996), Spanish motorcycle racerMaria Herrijgers (born 1955), Belgian cyclistMaria Herrmann-Kaufmann (1921–2008), Swiss painterMaría Hervás (born 1986), Spanish actressMaria Leshern von Herzfeld (1847–1921), Russian revolutionaryMaria Hester Park (1760–1813), British woman composer and pianistMaria Heubuch (born 1958), German politicianMaria Hille (1827–1893), Dutch photographerMaria Hinojosa (born 1961), Mexican-American journalistMaria Hinze , German visual artistMaria Anne Hirschmann (1926–2024), American author and evangelistMaria Hjertner (born 1996), Norwegian handball playerMaria Hjorth (born 1973), Swedish professional golferMaria Ho (born 1983), Taiwanese-American poker player and television host/commentatorMaria van der Hoeven (born 1949), Dutch politicianMaria Hoffmann-Ostenhof (born 1947), Austrian mathematicianMaria Höfl-Riesch (born 1984), German alpine skierMaria Hofstätter (born 1964), Austrian actressMaria Holaus (born 1983), Austrian alpine skierMaria Holbură (born 2000), Romanian artistic gymnastMária Holešová (born 1993), Slovak handball playerMaría Ángela Holguín (born 1963), Colombian politician and diplomatMaria Elizabeth Holland (1836–1878), South African botanical artistMaría Holly (born 1932), widow of rock and roll pioneer Buddy HollyMaria Holm Peters (born 1999), Danish ice hockey playerMaria Holm (1845–1912), Latvian poet and writerMaria Holst (1917–1980), Austrian actressMaria van der Holst-Blijlevens (born 1946), Dutch canoeistMária Homolová (born 1987), Slovak artistic gymnastMaria Honner (1812–1870), Irish actressMária Honzová (born 1969), Czech orienteering competitorMaria Hoofman (1776–1845), 19th-century art collector from the NetherlandsMaria Ida Adriana Hoogendijk (1874–1942), Dutch artistMaría Gertrudis Hore , Spanish poetMaria Horn , American attorney and politicianMaria Horvath (born 1963), Austrian chess playerMaria Crescentia Höss (1682–1744), religious sister and saintMaria Houkli (born 1961), Greek journalist and presenterMaria Howard Weeden (1846–1905), American artist and poetMaria Howard, Duchess of Norfolk , English Catholic noblewomanMaria Howell , American actress and singerMaria Hrebinetska (1883–1972), Ukrainian-American actress and sopranoMaria Hrinchenko (1863–1928), Ukrainian folkloristMaria-Ivanna Hrushevska (1868–1948), spouse of Ukrainian political leader Mykhailo HrushevskyMaria Hueber (1653–1705), Tyrolean religious sisterMaría de Jesús Huerta (born 1951), Mexican politicianMaria Humeniuk (born 1948), Ukrainian politician and writerMaria Innocentia Hummel (1909–1946), German Franciscan sisterMaria Hummel , American writerMaría Hung (born 1960), Venezuelan swimmerMaria Huntington (born 1997), Finnish long jumper and heptathleteMaria Hupfield , Canadian artistMaría Hurtado de Gómez , First Lady of Colombia (1950–1953)María Eugenia Hurtado Azpeitia , Mexican architectMaría Juana Hurtado de Mendoza (died 1818), Spanish artistMaria Huybrechts (1930–2023), Belgian swimmerMaria Hyde Hibbard (1820–1913), American temperance leaderMaria Jane Hyde , British actor and singerM. J. Hyland (born 1968), English novelistMaria Isabel Hylton Scott (1889–1990), Argentine zoologist and malacologistMaria Iasneva-Golubeva (1861–1936), Russian revolutionaryMaria Ibáñez , Spanish materials scientist and academicMaria Ibars i Ibars , Valencian writer and teacherMaria Ibeshi Hewa (born 1950), Tanzanian politicianMaría Alejandra Idrobo (born 1988), Colombian sprinterMaría Angélica Idrobo (1890–1956), Ecuadorian writer and feminist activistMaría Antonia Iglesias (1945–2014), Spanish writer and journalistMaria Ikelap (born 1987), Micronesian sprinterMaria Ikonina (1788–1838), Russian ballerinaMaria Ilieva (born 1977), Bulgarian singer, songwriter and a producerMaria Iliou (born 1960), Greek film director, scriptwriter and producerMaria Iliuț , Moldovan folk singerMaria Ilnicka (1824–1897), Polish poet and novelistMaria Ilnicka-Mądry (1946–2023), Polish politicianMaria Farida Indrati (born 1949), Indonesian judgeMaría Inés (born 1983), Mexican television host and singerMaria Ioannou (born 1991), Cypriot footballerMaria Iovleva (born 1990), Russian Paralympic buathleteMaría Irigoyen (born 1987), Argentine tennis playerMaría Isabel (born 1995), Spanish singerMaria Isakova (1918–2011), Soviet speed skaterMaría Isasi (born 1975), Spanish actressMaría Isbert (1917–2011), Spanish actressMaria Isser (1929–2011), Austrian lugerMaria Itkina (1932–2020), Soviet sprinterMaria Ivanov , Romanian canoeistMaria Ivogün (1891–1987), German opera singerMaría Izaguirre (1891–1979), Mexican politicianMaría Izaguirre Francos (born 1952), Mexican politicianMaría Izquierdo (several people)Maria Jacobini (1892–1944), Italian actressMaria Jacoby (1900–1990), Luxembourgish painterMaria Jacquemetton , American screenwriterMaria Elizabetha Jacson (1755–1829), early 19th century English botanist and authorMaria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poetMária Janák (born 1958), Hungarian javelin throwerMaria Janion (1926–2020), Polish scholarMaria Janitschek (1859–1927), German writerMaria Jannson , Dean of Waterford since 2011Maria Janyska , Polish economist and politicianMaria Josefa Jaramillo Carson , wife of Kit CarsonMaria Jarema (1908–1958), Polish painter, sculptor, scenographer and actressMaria Järvenhelmi (born 1975), Finnish actress and singerMária Jasenčáková (born 1957), Slovak lugerMaria Jasin , American cancer researcher and developmental biologistMaría Jaspeado (born 1967), Mexican politicianMaría Leticia Jasso (born 1948), Mexican politicianMaria Wanda Jastrzębska (1924–1988), Polish electronics engineer, taught at Silesian University of Technology and Opole University of TechnologyMaria Jelinek (born 1942), Canadian figure skaterMaria Jepsen (born 1945), German bishopMaria Jespersen (born 1991), Danish tennis playerMaria Jeżak-Athey , Polish figure skater and coachMaria Jane Jewsbury (1800–1833), English writer, poet, literary reviewerMaría Jiménez (several people)María Esther Jiménez Ramos (born 1963), Mexican politicianMaría Eugenia Jiménez Valenzuela (born 1940), Mexican politicianMaria Joana (born 1986), Brazilian actressMaria João (several people)Maria Johansdotter (fl. 1706), Swedish harpist, folk music player and parish clerkMaria Johansson (born 1956), Swedish actressMaria I. Johnston (1835–1921), American author and editorMaria Jolas (1893–1987), American publisherMaria Inês Jololo (born 1975), Angolan handball playerMaria Jongeling (born 1975), Dutch racing cyclistMaria Elisabete Jorge (born 1957), Brazilian weightlifterMaría José (several people)María Juárez (born 1997), Spanish synchronized swimmerMaria Judson Strean (1865–1949), American painterMaria Jufereva-Skuratovski (born 1979), Estonian politicianMaria Juliana , Indian actress and social activistMaría Cristina Julio (born 1999), Chilean footballerMaría Juncal , Spanish flamenco dancerMaria Kaczyńska (1942–2010), First Lady of PolandMaria Kadobina (born 1997), Belarusian rhythmic gymnastMaria Restituta Kafka (1894–1943), Austrian nurse, religious sister and martyrMaria Kakiou (born 1989), Greek rhythmic gymnastMaria Kalaniemi (born 1964), Finnish musicianMaria Kalapothakes (1859–1941), first woman doctor in GreeceMaria Kalaw Katigbak (1912–1992), Filipino politician and former beauty queenMaria von Kalckreuth (1857–1897), German painterMaria Kalesnikava (born 1982), Belarusian musician and pro-democracy activistMária Kállai (born 1957), American professional wrestler, manager, singer and modelMaria Kalmykova (born 1978), Russian basketball playerMaria Kameneva (born 1999), Russian swimmerMaria Kamm (born 1937), Tanzanian educator, politician and philanthropistMaria Kämmerling (born 1946), German musicianMaria Kamrowska (born 1966), Polish heptathleteMaria Kanaval (born 1997), Belarusian handball playerMaria Kanellis (born 1982), American professional wrestlerMaria Kanellopoulou (born 1947), Greek water polo playerMaria Kang , American fitness advocate, coach and bloggerMaria Kaniewska (1911–2005), Polish actor and directorMaria Kannegaard (born 1970), Danish-born Norwegian jazz musicianMaria Kantsyber (born 1996), Russian cyclistMaria Kapnisi , Greek footballerMaria Kapnist (1913–1993), Ukrainian film actressMaria Karagiannopoulou (born 1972), Greek judokaMaria Karapetyan , Armenian politicianMaria Karastamati (born 1984), Greek sprinterMaria Kardum (born 1968), Swedish swimmerMaria Karłowska (1865–1935), Polish Roman Catholic professed religiousMaria Karlsson (several people)Maria Karnilova (1920–2001), American dancer and actressMaria Katharina Kasper (1820–1898), German nun and saint of Catholic ChurchMaria Kastrisianaki (1948–2021), Greek broadcasterMaria Katinari , Greek actress, singer and lyricistMaria Katsaris (1953–1978), figure within the People's TempleMaria Kavallaris , Australian cancer researcherMaria Kawamura (born 1961), Japanese actressMaria Kazakova (several people)Maria Kazanecka (born 1955), Polish canoeistMaria Kazecka (1880–1938), Polish poet and activistMaria Kechkina (born 1986), Russian orienteerMaria Keil (1914–2012), Portuguese artistMaria Kekkonen , Finnish erotic actressMaria Keller , American philanthropistMaria Keogh (born 1982), Irish actress, playwright and musicianMaria Keohane (born 1971), Swedish sopranoMária Keresztessy (1908–1977), Hungarian actressMaria Khan (born 1990), Pakistani footballerMaria Kharenkova (born 1998), Russian-born Georgian artistic gymnastMaria Ivanovna Khlopova (died 1633), Russian nobleMaria Khoreva (born 2000), Russian ballet dancerMaria Kristina Kiellström (1744–1798), Swedish silk workerMaria Semyonovna Kikh (1914–1979), Ukrainian Soviet politicianMaria Kikuchi , Japanese footballerMaria Kim (1891–1944), Korean independence activistMaria Brace Kimball (1852–1933), American educator, elocutionist, writerMaria Kimberly (born 1944), American actressMaria Kipp (1900–1988), American textile designerMaria Kirbasova (1941–2011), Russian human rights activistMaria Margaretha Kirch (1670–1720), German astronomerMaria Kirchgasser (born 1970), Austrian snowboarderMaria Kirilenko (born 1987), Russian tennis playerMaria Elizabeth Kirk (1855–1928), temperance advocate and social reformerMaria Kirkova (born 1986), Bulgarian alpine skierMária Kiss (born 1949), Hungarian sprinterMaria Kitkarska (born 1995), Bulgarian-born Canadian rhythmic gymnastMaria Kiwanuka (born 1955), Ugandan economist, businesswoman and politicianMaria Klara of Dietrichstein , German noblewomanMaria Klawe , Canadian-American computer scientistMaria Klein-Schmeink (born 1958), German politicianMaria Klemetz (born 1976), Finnish sailorMaria Klenova (1898–1976), Russian and Soviet marine geologistMaria Klenskaja (1951–2022), Estonian actressMaria Kleschar-Samokhvalova (1915–2000), Russian painterMaria Kliegel (born 1952), German cellistMaria Kobel (1897–1996), German chemistMaria Kobylińska (born 1960), Polish rowerMaria Koc , Polish politicianMaria Kochetkova (born 1984), Russian ballet dancerMaria Kochwa (1966–2014), Kenyan volleyball playerMaría Kodama (1937–2023), Argentine writerMaria Koepcke (1924–1972), German and Peruvian ornithologistMaria Kokoszyńska-Lutmanowa (1905–1981), logician, philosopher of language and epistemologistMaria Kolenkina (1850–1926), Russian socialist revolutionaryMaria Koleva (born 1940), Bulgarian writer and independent filmmakerMaria Koleva (rhythmic gymnast) (born 1977), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastMária Kolíková (born 1974), Slovak politicianMaria Kollia-Tsaroucha , Greek politicianMaria Komarova (born 1998), Russian curlerMaria Komissarova (born 1990), Russian athleteMaria Komnene (several people)Mária Končeková (born 1953), Slovak handball playerMaria Kondratieva (born 1982), Russian tennis playerMaria Konnikova , Russian-American writer and psychologistMaria Kononova , Russian tennis playerMaria Konopnicka (1842–1910), Polish poetMaria Konstantatou (born 1981), Greek diverMaria Koppenhöfer (1901–1948), German actressMaria Koptjevskaja-Tamm , Russian-born linguistMaria Korchinska (1895–1979), Russian harpistMaria Kornek (born 1960), Polish hockey playerMária Korenčiová (born 1989), Slovak footballerMaria Kornevik-Jakobsson (born 1953), Swedish politicianMaria Koroleva (born 1974), Russian water polo playerMaria Korovina (born 1962), Russian mathematicianMaria Korporal , visual artistMaría Kosti (born 1951), Spanish actressMaria Kostina (born 1983), Russian golferMaria Koszutska (1876–1939), Polish communist leader and theoreticianMaria Kotarba (1907–1956), Polish resistance golferMaria Koterbska (1924–2021), Polish singerMaria Kotlyarevskaya-Kraft , Soviet and Russian musicologistMaria Kourdoulos (born 1993), British and Portuguese handball playerMaria Kouvatsou (born 1979), Greek chess playerMaria Kovacic , Australian politicianMaria Kovacs , American psychologistMaria Kovalevska (1849–1889), Ukrainian NarodnikMaria Kovrigina (1910–1995), Russian physician and Soviet minister of healthMaria Kovtunovskaya (born 1988), Russian water polo playerMaria Kowalska (born 1929), Polish alpine skierMaria Kownacka (1894–1982), Polish writer, translator and editorMaria Kowroski (born 1976), American ballet dancerMaria Kozic , Australian artistMaria Franciszka Kozłowska (1862–1921), founder of Christian religious movement in PolandMaria Kraakman (born 1975), Dutch actressMaria Krahe (born 1970), Brazilian sailorMaria Krahn (1896–1977), German actressMária Kráľovičová (1927–2022), Slovak actressMaria Krasiltseva (born 1981), Armenian figure skaterMaria Ludwika Krasińska (1883–1958), Polish noblewomanMaria Antonina Kratochwil (1881–1942), Polish Roman Catholic religious sister and martyrMaría Cristina Kronfle (born 1985), Ecuadorian lawyer and politicianMaria Krüger (1904–1999), Polish children's literature writerMaria Krushevskaya , Russian harpistMaria Kryuchkova (1988–2015), Russian artistic gymnastMaria Kryvko (born 1946), Ukrainian musicianMaria Susanna Kübler , Swiss cookbook writerMaria Kublitz-Kramer , German literary scholarMária Kucserka (born 1951), Hungarian javelin throwerMaria Kühn (born 1982), German wheelchair basketball playerMaria Kuhnert-Brandstätter (1919–2011), Austrian thermomicroscopy researcherMaria-Regina Kula (born 1937), German biochemistMaria Kulle (born 1960), Swedish actressMaría Teresa Kumar , Colombian-American political rights activistMaria Kun (born 1973), Swedish footballerMaria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989), Polish writerMaria Kurjo (born 1989), German diverMaria Kurnatowska (1945–2009), Polish politicianMaria Kurowska (born 1954), Polish politicianMaria Kusche , Spanish art historianMaria Kusion-Bibro (1936–1996), Polish sprinterMaria Kusters-ten Beitel (born 1949), Dutch rowerMaria Febe Kusumastuti (born 1989), Indonesian badminton playerMaria Kutitonskaya (1856–1887), Ukrainian revolutionaryMaria Kwaśniewska (1913–2007), Polish javelin throwerMaria Kwiatkowsky (1985–2011), German actressMaria Kyridou (born 2001), Greek rowerMaría La Ribot (born 1962), Spanish-Swiss dancer, choreographer and visual artistMaria La Touche (1824–1906), Irish novelistMaria Labia (1880–1953), Italian operatic sopranoMaria Celia Laborde (born 1990), Cuban judokaMaría Elvira Lacaci (1916–1997), Spanish poetMaría Hortensia Lacau (1910–2006), Argentine educator and writerMaria Lacerda de Moura (1887–1945), Brazilian anarcho-feminist journalistMaria Lackovics (born 1950), Romanian handball playerMaría Ladvenant (1741–1767), Spanish stage actressMaria Chessa Lai (1922–2012), Italian poetMaria Laice , Mozambican politicianMaria Laina (1947–2023), Greek poetMaria Lalić , British artistMaria Lalou , Greek artistMaria Lamas (1893–1983), Portuguese writer, feminist and political prisonerMaria Lamb (born 1986), American speed skaterMaria Lamburn (born 1960), English composerMaria Lamor , Spanish actressMaria Lampadaridou Pothou (1933–2023), Greek novelist, poet and playwrightMaria Lanckorońska (1737–1826), Polish noblewomanMaría Fernanda Landa (born 1975), Argentine tennis playerMaria Landes-Hindemith (1901–1987), German woman pianistMaria Landini (1668–1722), Italian sopranoMaria Landrock (1923–1992), German actressMaria Langhammer (born 1962), Swedish actressMaria Carmela Lanzetta (born 1955), Italian politicianMaria Oyeyinka Laose (born 1954), Nigerian diplomatMaría Laria , Cuban-American talk show host, musician, writer and journalistMaría Lardizábal (born 1968), Honduran swimmerMaria LaRosa (born 1976), American meteorologistMaría Eugenia Larraín (born 1973), Chilean modelMaría Ernestina Larráinzar Córdoba (1854–1925), Mexican writer and teacherMaria Larsson (born 1956), Swedish politicianMaria Larsson (athlete) (born 1994), Swedish steeplechase runnerMaria Larsson (curler) , Swedish curlerMaria Larsson (ice hockey) (born 1979), Swedish ice hockey playerMaria Laskarina (c. 1206–1270), queen consort of HungaryMaria Lassnig (1919–2014), Austrian artistMaría Josefa Lastiri (1792–1846), First Lady of the Federal Republic of Central AmericaMaria Lauber (1891–1973), Swiss writerMaria Elise Turner Lauder (1833–1922), Canadian writerMaría Cristina Laurenz , Argentine actress and singerMaria Laurino , American journalist and writerMaria Lauterbach (1987–2007), American murder victimMaría Lavalle Urbina (1908–1996), first female president of the Mexican SenateMaria Lawrence (born 1970), English cyclistMaria Lawson (born 1979), British singerMaria Fernanda Lay , East Timorese politicianMaria LaYacona , American photographerMária Lázár (1895–1983), Hungarian actressMaria Lazarou (born 1972), Greek footballerMaria Lazuk (born 1983), Belarusian rhythmic gymnastMaria Domenica Lazzeri (1815–1848), Italian mysticMaria Leavey (1954–2006), American political consultantMaria Leconte , French chess playerMaría Laura Leguizamón (born 1965), Argentine politicianMaria Lehtinen , American neuroscientistMaria Leibetseder (born 1959), Austrian rowerMaria Leijerstam (born 1978), British polar adventurerMaria Leissner (born 1956), Swedish politicianMaria Manuel Leitão Marques (born 1952), Portuguese politicianMaria Leitner (born 1981), Italian ice hockey playerMaria Aracely Leiva (born 1967), Honduran politicianMaria Alzira Lemos (1919–2005), Portuguese feminist and parliamentary deputyMaria Lenk (1915–2007), Brazilian swimmerMaría León (born 1984), Spanish actressMaria Leontieva (1792–1874), Russian pedagogueMaria Leptin , German developmental biologist and immunologistMaria Letonmäki (1882–1937), Finnish politicianMaria Lettberg (born 1970), Swedish pianist, resident in BerlinMaria Levinskaya , British pianist and educatorMaria Levushkina (born 2004), Bulgarian figure skaterMaria Benvinda Levy (born 1969), Mozambican politician and former judgeMaria Lewis (born 1988), Australian author, screenwriter and commentatorMaría Libertad Gómez Garriga (1889–1961), Puerto Rican educator and politicianMaria Licciardi (born 1951), Italian criminalMaria Carmela Lico (1927–1985), Italian-Brazilian physiologistMaria Lidka (1914–2013), German violinistMaria Likhtenstein (born 1976), Russian-Croatian volleyball playerMaria Liktoras (born 1975), Polish volleyball playerMaria Liku (born 1990), Fijian weightlifterMaria Lilina (1866–1943), Russian stage actressMaria Limanskaya (born 1924), Soviet soldierMaria Limardo (born 1960), Italian politicianMaría Limón , American writerMaría Lind Sigurðardóttir (born 1989), Icelandic basketball playerMaria Lind , Swedish art historian, art critic and curatorMaria Lindberg (born 1977), Swedish boxerMaria Lindblad Christensen (born 1996), Danish footballerMaria von Linden (1869–1936), German bacteriologist and zoologistMaria Lindh (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey playerMaria Linibi , Paula New Guinean women farmers' leaderMaria von Linden (1869–1936), German bacteriologist and zoologistMaria Lindsay (1827–1898), English composer and songwriterMaria Christina Lindström (1806–1895), Swedish businesswomanMaria Lindström (born 1963), Swedish tennis playerMaria Linley (1763–1784), English singerMaria Linnemann (born 1947), classical composerMaria Lioudaki (1894–1947), Greek educator, folklorist, and resistance fighterMaria Lipman , Russian journalist and political scientistMaria Lipp (1892–1966), German chemistMária Littomeritzky (1927–2017), Hungarian swimmerMaria Litvinenko-Volgemut (1892–1966), Soviet opera singer, music educator and actorMaria Liudkevych (born 1948), Ukrainian writer and poetMaria Liwo (1916–1984), Polish lawyer and activistMaria Gabriela Llansol (1931–2008), Portuguese writer and translatorMaria Llimona i Benet (1894–1985), Catalan sculptorMaría Llompart , Spanish footballerMaria Llorença Llong (1463–1539), Spanish nunMaria Clara Lobo (born 1998), Brazilian synchronized swimmerMaría Lobón (born 1995), Colombian weightlifterMaria Lock (died 1878), aboriginal Australian landownerMaria Lohela (born 1978), Finnish politicianMaria Löhnis (1888–1964), Dutch biologistMaria Antonietta Loi , Italian physicistMaria Loja (1890–1953), German actressMaria Natalia Londa (born 1990), Indonesian athleteMaria Longworth Storer (1849–1932), American potter and businesswomanMaria Angelina Lopes Sarmento (born 1978), East Timorese politicianMaria Lopes , American politician and activistMaria Lopez (several people)Maria Lord , Australian convict and entrepreneurMaria Antonieta Lorente , geologistMaria Rita Lorenzetti (born 1953), Italian politicianMaria-Elisabeth Lott (born 1987), German woman violinistMaria Louise (several people)Maria White Lowell (1821–1853), American poet, abolitionistMaria Aloysia Löwenfels (1915–1942), German religious sisterMaría Lucero Saldaña (born 1957), Mexican politicianMaria Silvia Lucido (1963–2008), Italian mathematicianMaria Ludkin (born 1965), British lawyerMaria Ludovika (several people)Maria Lugaro , Italian astrophysicist and researcherMaria Lugones (1944–2020), American philosopherMaria Luisa (several people)Maria Luise (several people)Maria Lundqvist (born 1963), Swedish actress and comedianMaria Lundqvist-Brömster , Swedish politicianMaria Łunkiewicz-Rogoyska (1895–1967), Polish painterMaria Lvova-Belova (born 1984), Russian politicianMaria Lvova-Sinetskaya (1795–1875), Russian stage actressMaria Lykkegaard (born 1996), Danish handball playerMaria Lyle (born 2000), Scottish Paralympic athleteMaria Lynch , Brazilian artistMaria Lynn Ehren (born 1992), Thai singer and modelMaria Maalouf , Lebanese journalistMaria Antonietta Macciocchi (1922–2007), Italian politician and journalistMaria Machado (several people)Maria Machava , Mozambican sailorMaria Machongua (born 1993), Mozambican boxerMaría Fernanda Mackenna (born 1986), Chilean sprinterMaria Macklin (1733–1781), British actressMaria Macovei (born 1960), Romanian sports shooterMaria Mączyńska (born 1932), Polish archerMaria Madlen Madsen (1905–1990), German opera singerMaría Angélica Magaña Zepeda (born 1975), Mexican politicianMaria Magdalena (several people)Maria Maggenti , American film director and screenwriterMaria Lídia Magliani , Brazilian painter, designer, engraver, illustrator, costume designer and set designerMaria Giovanna Maglie (1952–2023), Italian journalistMaria Magnani Noya (1931–2011), Italian politicianMaría Mahor (born 1940), Spanish actressMaría Mailliard (born 1991), Chilean canoeistMaria Laura Mainetti (1939–2000), Italian Catholic sisterMaria Maioru (born 1959), Romanian lugerMaria Majocchi (1864–1917), Italian writer, journalist and publisherMaria Florianivna Makarevych (1906–1989), Soviet botanist and lichenologistMaria Makeeva , Russian-German journalistMaria Makino (born 2001), Japanese musical artistMaria Makowska (born 1969), Polish footballerMaria Makrides , Australian research dieticianMaria Maksakova Jr. (born 1977), Russian opera singerMaria Malanowicz-Niedzielska (1899–1943), Polish actressMaría Maldonado (several people)Maria Malibran (1808–1836), Spanish opera singerMaria Malicka (several people)Mária Mališová (born 1945), Slovak volleyball playerMaria Malmer Stenergard (born 1981), Swedish politicianMaría Fernanda Malo (born 1985), Mexican actressMaria von Maltzan (1909–1997), German resistance member an aristocratMaria Malyjasiak (born 1989), Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner from PolandMaria Mambo Café (1945–2013), Angolan economist and politicianMaria Manakova (born 1974), Serbian chess playerMaria Manaseina (1841–1903), Russian physicianMaría Eugenia Manaud (born 1949), Chilean judgeMaria Manda (born 2003), Bangladeshi footballerMaria Mandl (1912–1948), Austrian Nazi SS commandant of the female camp at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimesMaría Florencia Manfredi , Argentine equestrianMaria Rika Maniates (1937–2011), Canadian musicologistMaria Manicova (born 1974), Ukrainian volleyball playerMaria Rosaria Manieri (born 1943), Italian academic and socialist politicianMaria Manina , Italian opera singerMaria Manna (born 1961), Canadian singerMaría Emma Mannarelli (born 1954), Peruvian feminist writer, historian, professorMaría Julia Mantilla (born 1984), Peruvian beauty queenMaria Manton (1910–2003), French painterMaria Domenica Mantovani (1862–1934), Beatified Italian nunMaría Manzano (born 1950), Spanish mathematicianMaria Maragkoudaki , Greek artistMaria Walanda Maramis (1872–1924), Indonesian national heroMaria Marc (1876–1955), German painterMaria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998), Catalan poet, professor, writer and translatorMaría Marcano de León , Puerto Rican government officialM. Cristina Marchetti (born 1955), American physicistMaria Marconi (born 1984), Italian diverMaria Marello (born 1961), Italian discus thrower and coachMaria Marfutina (born 1997), Russian tennis playerMaria Margaronis (born 1958), British journalist of Greek descentMaria Maricich (born 1961), American alpine skierMaría Marín (born 1995), Colombian volleyball playerMaria Mariotti (born 1964), Italian footballerMaria Markesini , Greek singer and jazz pianistMaria Márkus (1936–2017), Polish sociologist and philosopherMaría Evelia Marmolejo (born 1958), Colombian artistMaria Cecília Marques , Brazilian water polo playerMaria Marshall , English-Swiss artistMaría Marte (born 1978), Dominican chefMaria Martens (born 1955), Dutch politicianMaria Martika (1932–2018), Greek actressMaria Martin (several people)Maria Maddalena Martinengo (1687–1737), Italian Roman Catholic nunMaria Martinetti (1864–1921), Italian painterMaria Martinez (several people)Maria Martins , multiple peopleMaría Martorell (born 1942), Spanish politicianMaria Martynova , Belarusian sports shooterMaría Marván Laborde , Mexican sociologist and political scientistMaria Stella Masocco (born 1948), Italian discus thrower and shot putterMaria Mateas (born 1999), American tennis playerMaria Matios (born 1959), Ukrainian poet, novelist and officialMaria Matos (1886–1952), Portuguese actress and theatre personalityMaria Matray (1907–1993), German actressMaria Matsouka (born 1974), Greek politicianMaria Matthaiou (born 1997), Cypriot footballerMaria Mattheussens-Fikkers (born 1949), Dutch field hockey playerMaria Mauban (1924–2014), French actressMaria Maunder (born 1972), Canadian rowerMaria Mavroudi , American historianMaria May (1900–1968), German university teacherMaria Maya (born 1981), Brazilian actressMaria Mayerchyk (born 1971), Ukrainian feminist academicMaría Mayor , Spanish actressMaria Marinela Mazilu (born 1991), Romanian skeleton racerMaria Mazina (born 1964), Russian Olympic champion épée fencerMaria Domenica Mazzarello (1837–1881), Italian Roman Catholic saintMaria Mazziotti Gillan (born 1940), American poetMaria McAuley (1847–1919), American missionerMaria McBane (born 1946), Spanish-American model and actressMaria McCambridge (born 1975), Irish long-distance runnerMaria McCann , English novelistMaria McCool (born 1974), Irish singerMaria McErlane (born 1957), British actress and comedianMaria Jane McIntosh (1803–1878), American novelistMaria McKee (born 1946), American singer-songwriterMaria McLean , British figure skaterMaria McNamara , Irish paleontologistMaria Medina (several people)Mária Mednyánszky (1901–1978), Hungarian table tennis playerMaría Emma Mejía Vélez (born 1953), Colombian politician and journalistMaria Melato (1885–1950), Italian actressMaría Meléndez (born 1951), Puerto Rican politicianMária Melová-Henkel (born 1975), Slovak high jumperMaria Memon (born 1983), Pakistani TV journalist and newscasterMaria Cristina Mena (1893–1965), American writerMaria Mena (born 1986), Norwegian singerMaria Elvira Méndez Pinedo , Icelandic academicMaría Méndez (born 2001), Spanish footballerMaría Mendiola (1952–2021), Spanish singerMaría Mendoza Sánchez (born 1970), Mexican politicianMaría Leticia Mendoza Curiel (born 1956), Mexican politicianMaría Esther Mendy (1910–?), Uruguayan painterMaria Alberta Menéres (1930–2019), Portuguese writerMaria Menounos (born 1978), American television presenterMaria Menshikova (1711–1729), Russian nobleMaria Mercader (1965–2020), American journalistMaría Mercader (1918–2011), Spanish actressMaría Mercedes (several people)María Monica Merenciano (born 1984), Spanish Paralympic judokaMaria Sybilla Merian (1647–1717), German naturalist and artistMaría Mérida (1925–2022), Spanish singerMaria Merkert (1817–1872), German Roman Catholic professed religiousMaria Meshcherskaya (1844–1868), Russian lady in waitingMaria Mesner , Austrian historian and archivistMaria Cristina Messa (born 1961), Italian doctor, academic and politicianMaria Messina (1887–1944), Italian writerMaría Mestayer de Echagüe (1877–1949), gourmet, Spanish writer and entrepreneurMária Mezei (1909–1983), Hungarian actressMaria Mezentseva (born 1989), Ukrainian politicianMaria Vittoria Mezza (1926–2005), Italian politicianMaria Eduarda Miccuci (born 1995), Brazilian synchronized swimmerMaria Michalk (born 1949), German politicianMaria-Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle (born 1935), German chemistMaria Domenica Michelotti (born 1952), Sammarinese politicianMaría Michelsen de López , First Lady of Colombia (1934–1938, 1942–1945)Maria Michi (1921–1980), Italian actressMaria Michta-Coffey (born 1986), American race walkerMaria Mickiewicz , Polish chess playerMaria Micșa (born 1953), Romanian rowerMaria Mies (1931–2023), German professor of sociology and authorMaria Milczarek (1929–2011), Polish politicianMaria Mileaf , American theater directorMaría Miliauro (born 1968), Argentine canoeistMaria Miller (born 1964), British politicianMaría Juan Millet (born 1953), Spanish politicianMaria Millington Lathbury (1856–1944), classical scholar and archaeological authorMaria Miloslavskaya (1624–1669), Tsaritsa consort of All RussiaMaria Minaeva , Russian artistic gymnastMaria Minerva (born 1988), Estonian musicianMaria Minna (born 1948), Canadian politicianMaria Minogarova (born 1989), Russian actress, model and TV presenterMaria Mintscheva (born 1952), Bulgarian canoeistMaria Minzenti (1898–1973), Austrian actressMaria Mirecka-Loryś (1916–2022), Polish freedom fighterMaría Miret (born 1995), Spanish footballerMaria Vladimirovna Mironova , Soviet and Russian actressMaria Mironova (born 1973), Soviet and Russian actressMaria Mirou (born 1977), Greek table tennis playerMaria Misra , historian and academicMaria Mitchell (1818–1889), American astronomerMaria Mitkou (born 1994), Greek footballerMaria Mitrosz (born 1970), Polish sopranoMaria Mitsotáki (1907–1974), Greek socialiteMaria Mitzeva (born 1938), Bulgarian-born American pop singerMaria Mochnacz , British video director and photographerMaría Mock (born 1957), Puerto Rican swimmerMaria Guadalupe Moctezuma (born 1983), Mexican politicianMaria Moczydłowska (1886–1969), Polish educator and politicianMária Mohácsik (born 1990), Hungarian handball playerMaria Moiseeva (born 1986), Uzbekistani footballerMaria Mokh , Russian tennis playerMaria Moles (born 2003), Andorran footballerMaria Molin , Italian artistMaria Molina (born 1987), American television meteorologistMaría Moliner (1900–1981), Spanish librarian and lexicographerMaría Molins (born 1973), Spanish actressMaria Möller (born 1965), Swedish singer, actress, comedian and imitatorMaria Møller Thomsen , Danish footballerMaria Mollestad (born 1996), Norwegian windsurferMaria Moloney (born 1995), Australian rules footballerMaria Moltzer (1874–1944), Dutch-Swiss psychologist and psychotherapistMaria Molyneux, Countess of Sefton (1769–1851), British noblewomanMaria Monaci Gallenga (1880–1944), Italian textile designer and fashion designerMaría Guadalupe Mondragón (born 1958), Mexican politicianMaria Moninckx (1673–1757), Dutch artistMaria Monk (1816–1849), Canadian authorMaria Monko (born 1990), Russian ice dancerMaría Paz Monserrat , Spanish swimmerMaria Montana (1893–1971), American operatic sopranoMaria Montazami (born 1965), Swedish housewife and television personalityMaría Jesús Montero (born 1966), Spanish politicianMaría Monterroso (born 1993), Guatemalan footballerMaria Montessori (1870–1952), Italian educatorMaria Montez (1912–1951), Dominican actressMaria Monti (born 1935), Italian recording artist; actress and singerMaría Teresa Mora (1902–1980), Cuban chess playerMaría Morales (several people)Maria Moravskaya (1890–1947), Russian poet, writer, translator and literary criticMaria Mordasova (1915–1997), Russian singerMaria Maddalena Morelli (1727–1800), Italian poetMaría Esperanza Morelos Borja (born 1953), Mexican politicianMaria Morena (1929–2003), Brazilian actressMaria Moreno (several people)María Moret (born 1961), Cuban basketball playerMaria Mori (born 1955), Japanese singerMaria Fida Moro (1946–2024), Italian politicianMaria Costanza Moroni (born 1969), Italian high, long and triple jumperMaría Moronta (born 1996), Dominican boxerMaria Feodorovna Morozova (1830–1911), Russian merchant, entrepreneur and philanthropistMaria Morris Miller (1813–1875), Canadian artistMaria Moscisca (1882–1971), Polish operatic sopranoMaria Manuel Mota , Portuguese scientist, researcher and immunologistMaria Teresa Motta (born 1963), Italian judokaMária Mottl , Hungarian speleologist and paleontologistMaria Motuznaya (born 1994), Russian blogger and activistMaria Laura Moura Mouzinho Leite Lopes , Brazilian mathematicianMaria Mourani (born 1969), Canadian politicianMaria Benedita Mouzinho de Albuquerque de Faria Pinho (1865–1939), Portuguese writerMaria Anna Mozart (1751–1829), Austrian musicianMária Mračnová (born 1946), Slovak high jumperMaria Muchavo (born 1992), Mozambican athleteMaria Mudryak (born 1994), Kazakhstani operatic sopranoMaría Josefa Mujía (1812–1888), Bolivian poetMaria Mukhortova (born 1985), Russian pair skaterMaria Muldaur (born 1942), American folk and blues singerMaria Müller (1889–1958), Austrian opera singerMaria Munir , public speaker and activistMaría Muñiz de Urquiza (born 1962), Spanish politicianMaría Muñoz (several people)Maria Murano (1918–2009), French opera singerMaría Murillo (several people)Maria Musch (1550–1635), Dutch shipownerMaria Musoke , Ugandan information scientistMaria Musso (1931–2024), Italian athleteMaria Mutagamba (1952–2017), Ugandan politician and economistMaria Mutch , Canadian writerMaria Liana Mutia , American Paralympic judokaMaria Mutola (born 1972), Mozambican middle-distance runnerMaria Mykolaichuk , Ukrainian singer and actressMaria Mylona (born 1974), Greek sailorMaria Nafpliotou (born 1969), Greek actressMaria Naganawa (長縄 まりあ , born 1995) , Japanese voice actressMaria Nagaya (1553–1608), Russian tsaritsaMaria Najjuma (born 2003), Ugandan basketball playerMaria Nalbandian (born 1985), Armenian-Lebanese musicianMaria Chiara Nanetti (died 1900), Italian religious sister, martyr and saintMaria Nápoles (1936–2024), Portuguese fencerMaria Nardelli (born 1954), Italian para table tennis playerMaria Naryshkina (1779–1854), Polish noblewomanMaria Francesca Nascinbeni (1640–1680), Italian composerMaria Inês Nassif , Brazilian journalistMaria Nasu (born 1956), member of the Moldovan ParliamentMaría Natividad Venegas de la Torre (1868–1959), Mexican Roman Catholic nunMaría Ofelia Navarrete , Salvadoran politicianMaria Navarro Skaranger (born 1994), Norwegian writerMaría Fernanda Navarro Oliva , Mexican tennis playerMaria Nayler (born 1972), British singerMaria Giacomina Nazari (1724–?), Italian artistMaria Nazionale (born 1969), Italian pop singer and actressMaria Neculiță (born 1974), Romanian artistic gymnastMaria Caterina Negri (1704–?), Italian opera singerMaría Negroni , Argentinian poet, essayist, novelist and translatorMaría Fernanda Neil (born 1982), Argentine singer, actress and modelMaria Neira , Spanish medical doctor, international civil servant and diplomatMaria Nemeth (1897–1967), Hungarian singerMaria Nepomuceno (born 1976), Brazilian artistMaria Neruda (1840–1920), Czech-Swedish violinistMaria Nesselrode (1786–1849), courtier of the Russian Imperial CourtMaria Eugénia Neto (born 1934), Portuguese-Angolan writerMaria New , American geneticistMaria Newell (1794–1831), English missionary, teacher and translatorMaria Newman (born 1962), American musicianMaria Ney (1890–1959), German cabaret artistMaria Nicanor , museum curatorMaria Nichiforov (1951–2022), Romanian canoeistMaria Nicolae , Romanian canoeistMaria Nicotra (1913–2007), Italian politicianMaria Uhre Nielsen (born 1999), Danish footballerMaria Nielsen , Danish historian and headmistressMaría Eugenia Nieto (born 1986), Uruguayan beach volleyball playerMaría Nieves (born 1934), Argentine tango dancer and choreographerMaría Nieves y Bustamante (1871–1947), Peruvian writerMaría Nieves García-Casal , Spanish scientist/nutritionistMaría Nieves Rebolledo Vila (born 1978), better known by her stage name Bebe, Spanish musical artist Maria Niggemeyer (1888–1968), German politicianMaria Nikiforova (1885–1919), Ukrainian anarchist partisanMaria Nikitochkina (born 1979), Belarusian figure skaterMaria Niklińska (born 1983), Polish actress and singerMaria Nilsson (born 1979), Swedish politicianMaria Nirod (1879–1965), Russian countess and nurseMaría Beatriz Nofal (born 1952), Argentine economist and civil servantMaria Noichl (born 1967), German politicianMaria Nomikou (born 1993), Greek volleyball playerMaria Nordbrandt (born 1985), Swedish footballerMaria Nordman , American sculptorMaria Nossiter (1735–1759), British actressMaria Nosulia (born 1998), Ukrainian ice dancerMaria Novaro (born 1951), Mexican film directorMaria Novella Piancastelli , Italian physicistMaria Novolodskaya (born 1999), Russian cyclistMaria Nowak (several people)Maria Nowakowska (born 1987), Polish beauty pageant titleholderMaría Nsué Angüe (1945–2017), Equatoguinean writer and politicianMaria Ntanou (born 1990), Greek cross-country skierMaria Ntuli (born 1953), South African politicianMaria Nubsen (1780–1852), Norwegian midwifeMaria Nugent (1771–1834), American-born diarist and art collector in the British empireMaría Núñez (born 1988), Spanish handball playerMaria Nyerere (born 1930), First Lady of Tanzania (1964–1985)Maria Nysted Grønvoll (born 1985), Norwegian cross-country skierMaría Inés Obaldía (born 1959), Uruguayan television presenter, educator, producer, journalist and politicianMaria Oberbreyer (born 1921), Austrian sprinterMaria Occhipinti (1921–1996), Italian anarcha-feministMaria Odulio de Guzman , Filipino teacher, educator, principal, writer and authorMaria Oeyen (1930–2018), Belgian swimmerMaria Ohisalo (born 1985), Finnish politicianMaria Katarina Öhrn (died 1783), Swedish actress and singerMaria Okanrende (born 1987), Nigerian television and radio personalityMaría Ólafsdóttir (born 1993), Icelandic singerMaria Olărașu (born 2000), Moldovan sprint canoeistMaria Olaru (born 1982), Romanian gymnastMaría Olay (born 1978), Spanish swimmerMaria Olech , Polish mycologist and lichenologistMaria Olip (1913–1943), Slovenian resistance fighterMaria Oliva-Hemker , Cuban-American pediatricianMaría Julia Oliván , Argentine journalistMaria Lluïsa Oliveda Puig (1922–2020), Spanish actressMaria Antònia Oliver Cabrer (1946–2022), Spanish writerMaria Olovennikova (1852–1898), Russian revolutionaryMaria Olsen (artist) (1945–2014), New Zealand painter and sculptorMaria Olsen (born 1966), South African film producer and actressMaria Olsson (born 1986), Swedish handball playerMaria Olsvik (born 1994), Norwegian footballerMaria Olszewska-Lelonkiewicz (1939–2007), Polish figure skating coachMaria Olszewska (1892–1969), German opera singerMaría Oltra (born 1963), Spanish politicianMaria Rosaria Omaggio (1954–2024), Italian actress and writerMaría Gracia Omegna (born 1984), Chilean actressMaria Jacoba Ommeganck (1760–1849), Flemish painterMaría Onetto (1966–2023), Argentine actressMaria van Oosterwijck (1630–1693), Dutch artistMaría Orán (1943–2018), Spanish singerMaria Orav (born 1996), Estonian footballerMaria Orbeli , Soviet physicist of Armenian originMaría José Orellana (born 1981), Guatemalan beach volleyball playerMaria Orlova (born 1988), Russian skeleton racerMaria Orłowska (born 1951), Polish computer scientistMaria Ormani (1428–1471), Italian artistMaría Orosa (1892–1945), Philippine chemistMaria Orsetti (1880–1957), Polish cooperative organizerMaria Orska (1893–1930), German actressMaría Vanesa Ortega Godoy (born 1981), Spanish Paralympic athleteMaria Ortiz (several people)Maria Margaretha van Os (1779–1862), Dutch painterMaria Osberg (1864–1940), Swedish politician and trade unionistMaria Oshodi (born 1964), British writer and theatre directorMaria Ossowska (1896–1974), Polish academicMaria von der Osten-Sacken (1901–1985), German screenwriter and film producerMaria Östergren (born 1978), Swedish cyclistMaria Östling (born 1978), Swedish swimmerMaría Ostolaza (born 1953), Peruvian volleyball playerMaria Otero (born 1950), Bolivian-American diplomatMaria Vittoria Ottoboni (1721–1790), Italian stage actress, writer and salonistMaria Ouspenskaya (1876–1949), Russian actressMaria Ovsiankina (1898–1993), Russian-German-American psychologistMaria Ozawa (小澤 マリア , born 1986) , Japanese actressMaria Paasche (1909–2000), German rebelMaria Paaso-Laine (1868–1945), Finnish politicianMaría Pacheco (1496–1531), Castilian revolutionary leaderMaria Cristina Pacifici (born 1945), Italian swimmerMaria Pacôme (1923–2018), French actress and playwrightMaria Păduraru (born 1970), Romanian rowerMaria Pagan , American attorney and trade representativeMarià Paieres i Borràs (1769–1823), Spanish missionary to the AmericasMaria Palaiologina (several people)Maria Palama (born 2000), Greek footballerMaria Paliakova (born 1992), Belarusian pair skaterMaria Antónia Palla (born 1933), Portuguese feminist, journalist and abortion-rights activistMaria van Pallaes (1587–1664), Dutch philanthropistMaria Pallante (born 1964), 12th United States Register of Copyrights and attorneyMaria Pallas , Estonian swimmerMaria Pallini (born 1984), Italian politicianMaria Assunta Pallotta (1878–1905), Italian nunMaria Pallotta-Chiarolli , Australian gender and sexuality researcherMaria Palma Petruolo (born 1989), Italian actressMaria Palmer (1917–1981), Austrian-born American actressMaria Panagiotou , Cypriot footballerMaria Costanza Panas (1896–1963), Italian nun and Venerated CatholicMaria Pańczyk-Pozdziej (1942–2022), Polish journalist, teacher and politicianMaria Pangalou (born 1979), Greek rhythmic gymnastMaria Frica Pangelinan (born 1948), Northern Mariana Islander politicianMaria Panínguakʼ Kjærulff , Greenlandic artistMaria Giovanna Paone , Italian fashion executiveMária Pap (born 1955), Hungarian long jumperMaria Papadopoulou (born 1980), Cypriot swimmerMaria Papayanni (born 1964), Greek authorMaria Pappa (born 1971), Swiss politicianMaria Pappas (born 1949), American politicianMaría Parado de Bellido (1761–1822), Peruvian independence revolutionaryMaría Páramo , Colombian geologistMaría Pardo (gymnast) , Spanish rhythmic gymnastMaría Pardo , Chilean constituentMaría Paredes , Spanish film editorMaría París (born 1961), Costa Rican swimmerMaria Parker (born 1963), American cyclistMaría Graciela Parola , Argentine politicianMaria Parr (born 1981), Norwegian children's writerMaría Parra , Spanish professional golferMaría Parra Becerra (born 1967), Mexican politicianMaría Parrado (born 2001), Spanish singerMaria Pascoli (1865–1953), Italian writer and poetMaria Pascual Alberich (1933–2011), Spanish draftsperson and comics artistMaría Amparo Pascual López , Cuban pharmacologist and medical doctorMaria Paseka (born 1995), Russian artistic gymnastMaria Pasło-Wiśniewska (born 1959), Polish politicianMaria Ilaria Pasqui , Italian association football playerMaria Pasquinelli (1913–2013), Italian teacher, fascist, convicted murderer and centenarianMaria Passos (born 1951), Brazilian para table tennis playerMaria Pastori (1895–1975), Italian mathematicianMária Patakyová , Slovak lawyer, Ombudsman (2017–2020)Maria Patek (born 1958), Austrian civil servantMaria Paterna (born 2000), Greek footballerMaría Patiño (born 1971), Spanish journalistMaria Patra (born 1998), Greece water polo playerMaria Patrascu (born 1997), Romanian-born Canadian tennis playerMaria Pavlidou (born 1978), Greek tennis playerMaria Pavlova , Hungarian pair skaterMaria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), Polish poetMaria Paziun (born 1953), Soviet rowerMaría Gabriela Pazos (born 1967), Argentine field hockey playerMaria Peale (1787–1866), American painterMaria Pearson (murderer) , UK's longest-serving female prisonerMaria Pearson (1932–2003), Yankton Dakota activistMaria Pechnikova (born 1992), Russian ice hockey playerMaria Lea Pedini-Angelini (born 1954), Captain Regent of San Marino in 1981María Pedraza (born 1996), Spanish actressMaria Pedro (born 1982), Angolan handball playerMaria Aparecida Pedrossian (1934–2022), Brazilian socialiteMaria Pekli (born 1972), Australian judokaMaría Peláe , Spanish singerMaría Peláez (born 1977), Spanish swimmerMaria Pellegrini (born 1943), Canadian opera singerMaría Pellicer (1950–2022), Spanish politicianMaria Elisabeth Pembaur (1869–1937), German woman classical pianistMaria Penkova (born 1984), Bulgarian tennis playerMaría Peralta (born 1977), Argentine runnerMaría Peraza (born 1994), Venezuelan footballerMaría Perceval (born 1956), Argentine politicianMaria Perego (1923–2019), Italian animation artistMaria Isaura Pereira de Queiróz (1918–2018), Brazilian sociologistMaria Pereira , Portuguese bioengineering scientistMaria Perekusikhina (1739–1824), Russian writerMaria Perepelkina (born 1984), Russian volleyball playerMaria Pergay (1930–2023), French designerMaria Antonietta Perino , Italian aerospace engineerMaria Perosino (1961–2014), Italian author and art historianMaria Perrotta (born 1974), Italian pianistMaria Perrusi (born 1991), Italian beauty queen and modelMaria Perschy (1938–2004), Austrian actressMaria Perveeva , Russian teacher and politicianMaria Peschek (1953–2023), German comedian, actress and playwrightMaria Peszek (born 1973), Polish singer, songwriter and actressMaria von Peteani (1888–1960), American writerMaría Cristina Petite (born 1972), Spanish long-distance runnerMaria Petraccini (died 1791), Italian anatomist and physicianMaria Petraki , Greek chess playerMaria Petre (born 1951), Romanian politician and economistMaria Petri (1939–2022), English association football supporterMaria Petrou (1953–2012), AI researcherMaria Petrova (several people)Maria Petschnig , Austrian artistMaria Pevchikh (born 1987), Russian investigative journalistMaria Pia (several people)Maria Piątkowska (1931–2020), Polish sportspersonMaria Angela Picco (1867–1921), Italian Roman Catholic nunMaría Jimena Piccolo (born 1985), Argentine actress, singer and radio hostMaria Antonietta Picconi (1869–1926), Italian composer and pianistMaria Piechotka (1920–2020), Polish architectMaría Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888–1962), Ecuadorian writer, poet, feminist and journalistMaria Pietilä Holmner (born 1986), Swedish alpine skierMaria Pigaleva (born 1981), Russian footballerMaría Inés Pilatti Vergara (born 1958), Argentine politicianMaria Piłsudska (1865–1921), First Lady of PolandMaría Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna (1752–1834), Spanish SalonnièreMaria Teodora Pimentel (1865–1948), first female doctor in the Azores, PortugalMaría Pina (born 1987), Spanish basketball playerMaría Elva Pinckert (born 1961), Bolivian politicianMaría Pineda Gochi (born 1955), Mexican politicianMaria Ruth B. Pineda-Cortel , Philippine scientistMaria E. Piñeres (born 1966), Colombian-born American artistMaria Pinto , American fashion designerMaria Piotrowiczowa (1839–1863), Polish resistance fighterMaria Adeodata Pisani (1806–1855), Maltese beautified nunMaría Pita (1565–1643), Galician heroineMaria Pitillo (born 1966), American retired actressMaría Elvira Piwonka (1913–2006), Chilean writer and poetMaria Pixell (died 1811), British painterMaria Luigia Pizzoli (1817–1838), Italian pianist and composerMaria Plagiannakou (born 1978), Greek volleyball playerMaria Plass (born 1953), Swedish politicianMaria Plattner (born 2001), Austrian footballerMaria Plieseis (1920–2004), Austrian activistMaria Ploae (born 1951), Romanian actressMaria Plyta (1915–2006), Greek film director and screenwriterMaría Esther Podestá (1896–1983), Argentine actressMaria Poezzhaeva (born 1989), Russian actressMaria Pogee (born 1942), Argentine-American dancerMaria Pognon (1844–1925), French women's rights activist and freemasonMaria Pogonowska (1897–2009), Polish-Israeli scientistMaria Poiani Panigati (born 1982), Italian Paralympic swimmerMaria Poiret , Russian actress, composer, singer and poetMaria Polack (1787–1849), English novelist and educatorMaria Poliakova (several people)Maria Polinsky , Russian-American linguistMaria Politseymako (born 1938), Soviet and Russian actressMaria Margaret Pollen (1838–1919), English writer on laceMaria Polydouri (1902–1930), Greek poetMaria Polyzou (born 1968), Greek long-distance runnerMaría Elvira Pombo Holguín (born 1960), Colombian diplomatMaría Ponce de Bianco (1924–1977), Argentine social activistMaría Pons (several people)Maria Sara Popa , Romanian tennis playerMaria Sophia Pope (1818–1909), New Zealand shopkeeper and businesswomanMaria Popesco (1919–2004), Romanian-Swiss socialite and convicted murderMaria Popistașu (born 1980), Romanian actressMaria Popova (born 1984), Bulgarian writerMaria Poprzęcka , Polish art historianMaría Porras (several people)Maria Portela (born 1988), Brazilian judokaMaría Portillo (born 1972), Peruvian marathon runnerMária Porubszky-Angyalosine (born 1945), Hungarian chess playerMaria Posobchuk (1890–1992), Ukrainian weaverMaria Pospischil , Czech-German theatre actressMaria Postoico (1950–2019), Moldovan politicianMaria Poulsen (born 1984), Danish curlerMaria Pourchet (born 1980), French novelistMaria Assunta Pozio (died 2018), Italian mathematicianMária Pozsonec (1940–2017), Slovenian politicianMaría Nela Prada (born 1981), Bolivian politicianMaria Prandini (born 1969), Italian electrical engineerMaria Katharina Prestel (1747–1794), German artistMaria Prestes (1930–2022), Brazilian communist activistMaria Prevolaraki (born 1991), Greek freestyle wrestlerMaria Pride , Welsh actressMaría Prieto O'Mullony (born 1997), Spanish handball playerMaria Matilde Principi (1915–2017), Italian entomologistMaria Probst (1902–1967), German politicianMaría Procopio (born 1951), Argentine swimmerMaria Prokhorova (1903–1993), Russian biologistMaria Adriana Prolo (1908–1991), Italian historianMaria Pronchishcheva (died 1736), Russian explorerMaria Protopappa (born 1973), Greek long-distance runnerMaria Protsenko , Soviet and Ukrainian architectMaria Prusakova , Russian communist politicianMaría Pry (born 1984), Spanish football managerMaria Prymachenko (1908–1997), Ukrainian artistMaria Prytz (born 1976), Swedish curlerMaría Pujalte (born 1966), Spanish actressMaría Pulpillo , Spanish singerMaria Qamar (born 1991), Pakistani-Canadian pop artistMaria Quarra (born 1965), Italian yacht racerMaria Quiban (born 1970), American TV weather reporterMaria Quiñones-Sánchez (born 1968), American politicianMaría Quintanal (born 1969), Spanish sport shooterMaria Alejandra Quintanilla (born 1990), musical artistMaría Elisa Quinteros (born 1981), president of the Chilean Constitutional ConventionMaría Fernanda Quiroz (born 1986), Mexican actressMaria Quisling (1900–1980), Norwegian politicianMaria Quitéria (1792–1853), Brazilian lieutenant and national heroineMaria Qvist (1879–1958), Swedish politicianMaria Rabaté (1900–1985), French legislator and politicianMaria Radner (1981–2015), German opera singerMaria Radnoti-Alföldi (1926–2022), Hungarian-German archaeologistMaria Rådsten (born 1966), Swedish singerMaria Radu (born 1959), Romanian long-distance runnerMaria Răducanu (born 1967), Romanian musicianMaria Raevskaia-Ivanova (1840–1912), Ukrainian artistMaria Rafael , Mozambican politicianMaría Rafols Bruna (1781–1853), Spanish nunMaria Raggi , 16th-century catholic nunMaria Raha , American journalistMaria Rahajeng (born 1991), Miss World Indonesia 2014Maria Raimundo (born 1979), Angolan handball playerMaria Natasha Rajah , professor and researcher in cognitive neuroscienceMaria Rakhmaninova (born 1985), Russian philosopherMaria Irene Ramalho , Portuguese academicMaría Lorena Ramírez (born 1995), Mexican long-distance runnerMaría Portillo Ramírez (born 1999), Mexican tennis playerMaría Ramírez de Medrano , 12th century noblewoman of León and CastileMaría Ramírez Diez (born 1961), Mexican politicianMaría Angélica Ramírez Luna (born 1975), Mexican politicianMaría Angels Ramón-Llin (born 1963), Spanish politicianMaria Chiara Ramorino (born 1931), Italian orienteer and tennis playerMaria Ramos (born 1959), South African businesswomanMaría Cristina Ramos (born 1952), Argentine writer and educatorMaría Cristina Ramos (model) , Puerto Rican model and beauty queenMaria Rantho (1953–2002), South African politicianMaria Rasputin (1898–1977), memoiristMaria Rauch-Kallat (born 1949), Austrian politicianMaria Raunio (1872–1911), Finnish educator and politicianMaria Rautio (born 1957), Swedish cross-country skierMaria Razumovskaya (1772–1868), Russian noblewomanMaria Angelica Razzi , Italian sculptorMaría Rebeca (born 1970), Mexican actressMaria Rebello , India football refereeMaria Rebelo (born 1956), French long-distance runnerMaría Begoña Redal (born 1975), Spanish goal-ball playerMaría Regla Prío (1909–2005), Cuban politicianMaria Reiche (1903–1998), Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translatorMaria Reidelbach (born 1956), American art historianMaria Reig Moles (born 1951), Andorran entrepreneurMaria Verónica Reina (1964–2017), disability rights activistMaría Reinat-Pumarejo , Puerto Rican peace activistMaria Reining (1903–1991), Austrian opera singerMaria Reisenhofer (1865–1947), Austrian actressMaria Reiter (1911–1992), Adolf Hitler's love interestMaría Teresa Rejas (born 1946), Spanish politicianMaria Remenyi (born 1945), American modelMaria Dolors Renau (1936–2019), Spanish politicianMaria Rentetzi , Greek historian of scienceMaria Rentmeister (1905–1996), German political activist, women's and cultural policy makerMaria Rentoumi (born 1981), Greek fencerMaria Elisabetta Renzi (1786–1859), Italian Catholic religious sisterMaria Ressa (born 1963), Filipino-American author, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureateMaria Reva , Canadian writerMaría Revuelto (born 1982), Spanish basketball playerMaría Rey , Spanish journalistMaría Camila Reyes (born 2002), Colombian footballerMaria Reyes , Mexican environmentalistMaría Reyes (born 1964), Puerto Rican archerMaría Reyes Sobrino (born 1967), Spanish race walkerMaría Luciana Reynares (born 1976), Argentine tennis playerMaria Reynolds (1768–1828), wife of James ReynoldsMaría Reynoso Femat (born 1963), Mexican politicianMaria Valéria Rezende (born 1942), Brazilian writer and nunMaria Pilar Riba Font (born 1944), Andorran politicianMaria Ribbing (1842–1910), Swedish schoolteacher and philanthropistMaria Ribeiro (several people)María Ribera (born 1986), Spanish rugby sevens playerMaria Richwine (1952–2024), Colombian-born American actressMaria Riddell (1772–1808), British poetMaria van Riebeeck (1629–1664), French Huguenot settler in Dutch Cape ColonyMaria Rigby (born 1962), Australian international lawn bowlerMaría Fernanda Ríos (born 1982), Ecuadorian actorMaria Ripamonti (1909–1954), Italian Roman Catholic and professed religiousMaría Riquelme , Spanish actressMaria Rita (born 1977), Brazilian singerMaría Eugenia Ritó (born 1975), Argentine vedetteMaria Ritter (born 1957), Liechtenstein middle-distance runnerMaría Carmen Riu Pascual (born 1951), Spanish swimmerMaria Riva (born 1924), German-American actressMaria Rivarola (born 1957), musical artistMaría Rivas (several people)María Rivera (several people)Maria Rizzotti (born 1953), Italian politicianMaria Robinson (born 1987), Korean-American politicianMaria D. Robinson (1840–1920), Irish-British painterMaria Elizabeth Robinson (1775–1818), British writerMaria Robsahm (born 1957), Swedish politicianMaria Giuseppa Robucci (1903–2019), Italian supercentenarianMaria Mercè Roca (born 1958), Spanish writer and politicianMaria Laura Rocca (1917–1999), Italian actress and writerMaria Roda (1877–1958), Italian-American anarcha-feministMaria Rodrigo (1888–1967), Spanish pianist and composerMaria Rodrigues (born 1971), Brazilian long-distance runnerMaria Rodriguez (several people)Maria Rodziewiczówna (1864–1944), Polish writerMaria Roe Vincent (born 1989), Indian playback singerMaria Röhl (1801–1875), Swedish artistMaria Rohm (1945–2018), Austrian actressMaría Eugenia Rojas (several people)María Rojo (born 1943), Mexican actress and politicianMaria Roka (1940–2021), Hungarian canoeistMaria Roksanova (1874–1958), Russian stage actressMaria Rolf (born 1970), Swedish singerMaria Fernanda Rollo (born 1965), Portuguese history professor and former government ministerMaría Romagosa (born 1985), Spanish field hockey playerMaría Cecilia Román (born 1983), Argentine boxerMaria Romanjuk (born 1996), Estonian swimmerMaría Romano (born 1931), Argentine fencerMaria Romberg , Swedish woman executed for murder in 1725Maria Romell , Swedish inventorMaría Romero Cordero (1909–1989), Chilean journalist and film criticMaría Guadalupe Romero Castillo , Mexican politicianMaría Fernanda Romero Lozano (born 1986), Mexican politicianMaría Paula Romo (born 1979), Ecuadorian politicianMaria Rønning (1741–1807), Norwegian-Faroese artistMaria P. P. Root (born 1955), American psychologistMaria Rooth (born 1979), Swedish ice hockey playerMaria Rosada (1899–1970), Italian film editorMaria Rosario Vergeire , Philippine public-health officialMaria Lucia Rosenberg (born 1984), Danish singer and musical performerMaria Rosetti (1819–1893), Romanian journalist and editorMaria da Luz Rosinha (born 1948), Portuguese politicianMaria Rita Rossa (born 1966), Italian politician and mayorMaria Rosseels (1916–2005), Belgian catholic writerMaria Giuseppa Rossello (1811–1880), Italian catholic saintMaria Francesca Rossetti (1827–1876), English author and nunMaria Maddalena Rossi (1906–1995), Italian politicianMaria Veronica Rossi (born 1988), Italian politicianMaría Rostworowski (1915–2016), Peruvian historianMaria Roszak (1908–2018), Polish nun and supercentenarianMaria Roth-Bernasconi (born 1955), Swiss politicianMaria Elizabeth Rothmann (1875–1975), South African writerMaria Rowntree (1848–1931), English QuakerMaria Rowohlt (1910–2005), German actressMaria Nur Rowshon (born 1987), Bangladeshi television presenterMaria Roy (born 1987), Indian actressMaria Rozanova (1929–2023), Soviet-era dissident and writerMaria Rozman (born 1970), Spanish journalistMaría Ruanova (1912–1976), Argentine dancerMaria Rubert de Ventós (born 1956), Spanish architect, winner of the 2004Maria Rubia (born 1980), British singerMaría Jesús Rubiera Mata (1942–2009), Spanish historianMaría Rubio (1934–2018), Mexican actressMaría Carmen Rubio (born 1961), Spanish Paralympic archerMaría Eugenia Rubio (1933–2013), Mexican singer and actressMaría Eugenia Rubio (footballer) , Mexican footballerMaria Rudenko (1915–2003), Ukrainian artist and folkloristMaria Rudnitskaya (1916–1983), Russian artistMaría Ruiz (several people)Maria Rumyantseva (1699–1788), Russian lady in waitingMaria Rundell (1745–1828), British cookery book authorMaria Rus (born 1983), Romanian sprinterMaria Rusescu (born 1936), Romanian painterMaria Rutkiewicz (1917–2007), Polish communist, editor and radio operatorMaria Ruzafa (born 1998), Andorran footballerMaria Rużycka (1905–1961), Polish painterMaria Ryabushkina , Russian modelMaria Rybakova (born 1973), Russian writerMaria Rydqvist (born 1983), Swedish cross-country skierMaria Rygier (1885–1953), Italian revolutionary journalistMaria Egorovna Rykina (1887–1950), Kazakh authorMaria Saadeh (born 1974), Syrian architect, politician and developerMaria Saarni (born 1977), Finnish ice hockey playerMária Saáry (1928–?), Hungarian figure skaterMaría Herminia Sabbia y Oribe , Uruguayan poetMaría Sabina (1894–1985), Mexican shaman and poetMária Sabolová (born 1956), Slovak politicianMaria Sachs (born 1949), American politicianMaria Sadowska (born 1976), Polish singerMaría Elyd Sáenz , Mexican politicianMaría Sáez de Vernet (1800–1858), Argentine writerMaria Grace Saffery (1773–1858), English Baptist poet and hymn-writerMaria Safronova , Russian artistMaria Gabriella Sagheddu (1914–1939), Italian nunMaria de Villegas de Saint-Pierre (1871–1941), Belgian writerMaria Sajdak (born 1991), Polish rowerMaria Sakellaridou (born 1981), Greek rowerMaria Sakkari (born 1995), Greek professional tennis playerMaría Salas (several people)María Salazar (several people)María Emilia Salerni (born 1983), Argentine tennis playerMaría Salerno (born 1948), Spanish actressMaria Léa Salgado-Labouriau (1931–2013), Brazilian scientistMaría Isabel Salinas (born 1966), Spanish politicianMaria Antònia Salvà i Ripoll (1869–1958), Mallorcan poet and translatorMaría Isabel Salvador (born 1962), Ecuadorian diplomatMaria Vittoria Salvetti , Italian aerospace engineerMaria Salviati (1499–1543), Florentine noblewomanMaria Samarova (1852–1919), Soviet-Russian actressMaria Samoroukova (born 1971), Greek basketball playerMaria Samson (born 1983), Canadian rugby playerMaria Samuela , New Zealand writerMaria Samungi (born 1950), Romanian sprinterMaria San Filippo , American author and educatorMaría San Gil (born 1965), Spanish politicianMaria Sanchez (several people)María Josefa Sancho de Guerra (1842–1912), Spanish Roman Catholic nunMaria Sandel (1870–1927), Swedish textile worker, writer, feminist and social criticMaria Sander (1924–1999), German sprinterMaría Cristina Sangri Aguilar (1941–2022), Mexican politicianMaria Sansaridou (born 1977), Greek rhythmic gymnastMaria Sansone (born 1981), American television personalityMaría Santana , Cuban softball playerMaría Jesús Santolaria , Spanish taekwondo practitionerMaria Santos (several people)Maria Ulfah Santoso (1911–1988), Indonesian politician and activistMaria Sanudo , lady of the island of Andros in the Duchy of the ArchipelagoMaria Olga de Moraes Sarmento da Silveira , Portuguese writer and feministMaria Sarungi Tsehai , Tanzanian activistMaria Sashide (born 1998), Japanese voice actressMaria Sastre , American businesswomanMaria Rita Saulle (1935–2011), Italian judgeMaria Sava , Romanian rowerMaria Savchenko (1913–2005), Soviet agrarian and politicianMaria Savenkov (born 1988), Israeli rhythmic gymnastMaria Savitskaya (born 1991), Russian cyclistMaria Domenica Scanferla (1726–1763), Italian artistMaria-Elisabeth Schaeffler (born 1941), German businesswoman, heiress and billionaireMaria Schalcken (1645–1699), Dutch artistMaria Schandorff (1784–1848), Norwegian philanthropist and social educatorMaria Scheepers , Belgian pianistMaria Scheffold , German chess playerMaria Schell (1926–2005), Austrian-Swiss actressMaria Sophia Schellhammer (1647–1719), German writer and cookMaria Katherina Scherer (1825–1888), Beautified Swiss nunMaria Schicklgruber (1795–1847), Adolf Hitler's paternal grandmotherMaria Schilder (1898–1975), German malacologist and chemistMaria Schininà (1844–1910), Italian Roman Catholic nunMária Schmidt (born 1953), Hungarian historian and university lecturerMaria Schmitz (1875–1962), German teacherMaria Schneider (several people)Maria E. Schonbek , Argentine-American mathematicianMaria Schrader (born 1965), German actress, screenwriter and directorMaria Roberta Schranz , Italian alpine skierMaría Fernanda Schroeder (born 1958), Mexican politicianMaria Schüppel (1923–2011), German music therapist and composerMaria Schutzmeier (born 1999), Nicaraguan swimmerMaria Schwarz (1921–2018), German architectMaria Adeline Alice Schweistal (1864–1950), Belgium-born Dutch artistMaría Cristina Schweizer (1940–1994), Argentine alpine skierMaria Schylander (born 1973), Swedish biathleteMaria Scicolone (born 1938), Italian television personality, columnist and singerMaria Scrilli (1825–1889), Italian religious sisterMaria Scutti (1928–2005), Italian Paralympic athleteMaria Sebaldt (1930–2023), German actressMaría Sefidari , Spanish specialist in digital culture, Chair of Wikimedia Foundation BoardMaría Seguí Gómez (born 1967), Spanish physician and Public Health expertMaria Seifert (born 1991), German Paralympic athleteMaria Doroteia Joaquina de Seixas Brandão (1767–1853), Brazilian heroineMaria Selena (born 1990), Indonesian beauty pageant titleholder who won Puteri Indonesia 2011Maria Selmaier (born 1991), German freestyle wrestlerMaria Selvaggia Borghini (1656–1731), Italian poet and translatorMaria Semczyszak (born 1933), Polish lugerMaria Helena Semedo (born 1959), Cape Verde economist and politicianMaria Semple (born 1964), American novelist and screenwriterMaría Seoane (1948–2023), Argentinian writer and journalistMaria Serebriakova (born 1965), Russian artistMaria Serenius , Finnish diplomatMaria Lourdes Sereno (born 1960), de facto Chief Justice of the Philippines (2012–2018)Maria Sergeeva (born 2001), Russian individual rhythmic gymnastMaria Sergejeva (born 1992), Estonian figure skater and modelMaria Sergeyeva (born 1985), Russian political activistMaria Serna , Spanish computer scientistMaría Martha Serra Lima (1942–2017), Argentine singerMaría Serrano Serrano (born 1957), Mexican politicianMaria-Frances Serrant (born 2002), Trinidad and Tobago footballerMaria Servedio , Canadian-American professorMaría Romilda Servini (born 1936), Argentine lawyer and judgeMaría Fernanda Sesto (born 1976), Argentine sailorMaria Seton , Australian geologistMaria Severa Onofriana (1820–1846), Portuguese singerMaria Severina (born 1995), Russian chess playerMaria Seweryn (born 1975), Polish actressMaria Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of Hertford (1771–1856), London society hostessMaria Sharapova (born 1987), Russian professional tennis playerMaría Shaw (born 1939), Spanish fencerMaria Shegurova (born 1993), Russian badminton playerMaria Shkanova (born 1989), Belarusian alpine skierMaria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), Russian and Soviet writerMaria Shriver (born 1955), American journalist and activistMaria Shukshina (born 1967), Russian actressMaria Shurochkina (born 1995), Russian synchronized swimmerMaria Sid (born 1968), Finnish actressMaria Sidónio (1920–2007), Portuguese actress, singer and ceramicistMaria Siemionow (born 1950), Polish surgeonMaría Isabel Siewers (born 1950), Argentine guitaristMaria Signorelli (1908–1992), Italian puppet masterMaria Silbert (1866–1936), Austrian spiritualist mediumMaria Silva (several people)Maria Sílvia (1944–2009), Brazilian actressMaría Belén Simari Birkner (born 1982), Argentine alpine skierMaria Elizabeth Simbrão de Carvalho , Angolan ambassadorMaria Simointytär , Finnish poetMaria Simon (several people)Maria Simonds-Gooding (born 1939), Indian-born Anglo-Irish artistMaria Simonova (born 1996), Russian ice dancerMaria Filomena Singh (born 1966), Filipino judgeMaría Alicia Sinigaglia (born 1964), Argentine fencerMaria Sinyavskaya (1762–1829), Russian stage actressMaria Sittel (born 1975), Russian journalist, television presenter and radio hostMaria Antónia Siza (1940–1973), Portuguese artistMaria Skalińska (1890–1977), Polish botanistMaria Skobeleva , filmmakerMaria Skobtsova (1891–1945), Russian noblewoman and resistance fighterMaria Skuratova-Belskaya (1552–1605), Tsaritsa of RussiaMaria Skyllas-Kazacos (born 1951), Australian chemical engineerMaria Skytte (died 1703), Swedish nobleMaria Slavona (1865–1931), German painterMaria Sławek (born 1988), Polish classical violinistMaria Śliwka (1935–1997), Polish volleyball playerMaría Thelma Smáradóttir (born 1993), Icelandic stage and film actressMaria Smirnova , Azerbaijani artistic gymnastMaria Smith (several people)Maria Smolnikova (born 1987), Russian actressMaria Geertruida Snabilie (1776–1838), Dutch painterMaria Rita Soares de Andrade (1904–1998), Brazilian judgeMaria Aparecida Soares Ruas (born 1948), Brazilian mathematicianMaria Clementina Sobieska (1702–1735), consort of the Jacobite pretenderMaria Karolina Sobieska (1697–1740), Duchess of BouillonMaría Socas (born 1959), Argentine actressMaria Soccor , American actorMaria Sødahl (born 1965), Norwegian film directorMaría Soengas , Spanish immunologist and academicMária Šofranko , Slovak educator and politicianMaria Sohlberg , Swedish composerMaria Sokil (1902–?), Ukrainian opera singerMaria Solares (1842–1923), Chumash ancestorMaria Solheim (born 1982), Norwegian singer-songwriterMaria Alma Solis (born 1956), American entomologistMaria Solomou (born 1974), Greek actressMaria Sołtan (1921–2001), Polish fencerMaria Sora (born 1994), Greek water polo playerMaria Sorokina (born 1995), Russian ice hockey playerMaria Sorolis , American politicianMaría Sorté (born 1955), Mexican actress and singerMaria Sorvillo (born 1982), Italian footballerMaría Soto (born 1978), Venezuelan softball playerMaría Sotolano , Argentine politicianMaria Sotskova (born 2000), Russian figure skaterMaria Helena Souza Patto , Brazilian psychologistMaria Sowina , Polish politicianMaria Spacagna , American sopranoMaria Enrica Spacca (born 1986), Italian sprinterMaria Edera Spadoni (born 1979), Italian politicianMaria Spanò (1843–1880), Italian painterMaria Francesca Spatolisano , Italian diplomatMaria Spelterini (1853–1912), Italian tightrope walkerMaria Spencer , petroleum geologistMaria Vittoria Sperotto (born 1996), Italian cyclistMaria Spezia-Aldighieri (1828–1907), Italian operatic sopranoMaria Spilsbury (1776–1820), British artistMaria Spinola , Italian poisonerMaria Spînu (born 1985), Moldovan footballerMaria Chiara Spinucci (1741–1792), Italian aristocratMaria Spirescu (born 1980), Romanian bobsledderMaria Spiridaki (born 1984), Greek modelMaria Spiridonova (1884–1941), Russian revolutionaryMaria Spiropulu , Greek physicistMária Spoločníková , Slovak art renovator and painterMaria Floriani Squarciapino (1917–2003), Italian classical archaeologistMaria Stader (1911–1999), Hungarian-born Swiss opera sopranoMaria Stadnicka (born 1951), Polish rowerMaria Brewster Brooks Stafford (1809–1896), American educatorMaría Stagnero de Munar (1856–1922), Uruguayan educator and feministMaria Stamate (born 1999), Romanian footballerMaria Stamatopoulou , Greek archaeologistMaria Stamatoula (born 1972), Greek Paralympic athleteMaria Staniszkis (1911–2004), Polish lawyerMaria Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley (1771–1863), British letter writer and liberal advocateMaria Start , British automata maker and restorerMaria Stavitskaia (born 1997), Russian figure skaterMaria Steen , Irish conservative campaignerMaria Steensma , Dutch field hockey playerMaria Sten (born 1990), Danish actress and filmmakerMaria Stenberg , Swedish politicianMaria Stencel (1900–1985), Polish nurseMaria Stenkula (1842–1932), Swedish women's education reformerMaria Stenzel (born 1998), Polish volleyball playerMaria Stepanova (born 1979), Russian basketball playerMaria Stepanova (poet) (born 1972), Russian poet, novelist and journalistMaria Stephan , American political scientistMaria Sterk (born 1979), Dutch marathon speed skaterMaria Stern (poker player) , Costa Rican poker playerMaria Stern (singer-songwriter) (born 1972), Austrian singer-songwriter and politicianMaria Stevens (died after 1707), English womanMaria W. Stewart (1803–1879), American teacher, journalist and activistMaria Stocker (1885–1969), Austrian Righteous Among the Nations recipientMaria Stokholm (born 1990), Danish handball playerMaria Stolbova (born 1984), Russian group rhythmic gymnastMaria Arkadyevna Stolypina , Russian courtierMaria Strandlund (born 1969), Swedish tennis playerMaría Laura Stratta (born 1976), Argentine politicianMaria Straub (1838–1897), American temperance workerMaria Strick (1577–1631), Dutch calligrapherMaria Christina Strömberg (1777–1853), Swedish actressMaria Stromberger (1898–1957), Austrian nurseMaria Strömkvist (born 1964), Swedish politicianMaria Strømme (born 1970), Norwegian physicistMaria Strong (several people)Maria Strumolo (born 1949), Italian swimmerMaría Eugenia Suárez (born 1992), Argentine actress, singer and modelMaría Suárez Toro (born 1948), Puerto Rican journalistMaria Subbotina (1854–1878), Russian revolutionaryMaria Sukhareva (born 1952), Russian chess playerMaria Lucia Ratna Sulistya (born 1975), Indonesian chess playerMaria Sullivan , Australian nunMária Sulyok (1908–1987), Hungarian actressMaria Sund , Swedish ParalympianMaria Sundbom (born 1975), Swedish actressMaria Suppioti Ceroni (1730–?), Italian artistMaria Sur (born 2004), Ukrainian singerMaria Paula Survilla (1964–2020), American professor of ethnomusicology and ethnocultural activistMaria Svarbova (born 1988), Slovak photographerMaria Swanenburg (1839–1915), Dutch serial killerMaria Sykora (born 1946), Austrian sprinterMaria Syms (born 1968), American politicianMaria Machteld van Sypesteyn (1724–1774), Dutch artistMaria Szécsi (1914–1984), Austrian economistMaria Szeliga (born 1952), Polish archerMária Szepes (1908–2007), Hungarian authorMaria Szkeli (born 1941), Romanian canoeistMária Szolnoki (born 1947), Hungarian fencerMaria Szraiber , Polish pianist and music educatorMaria Szymanowska (1789–1831), Polish composer and pianistMaria Szyszkowska (born 1937), Polish politicianMaria Taipaleenmäki (born 1996), Swedish model and beauty pageant winnerMaria Helena Taipo (born 1961), Mozambican politicianMaria Takagi (born 1978), Japanese pornographic actressMaria Takolander , Australian poet and literary criticMaria Talal , Pakistani politicianMaria Tallant Owen (1825–1913), American botanistMaria Tallchief (1925–2013), American ballerinaMaria Tam (born 1945), Hong Kong politicianMaria C. Tamargo , Cuban-American scientistMaria Tănase (1913–1963), Romanian singer and actressMaria Taniguchi , artist based in PhilippinesMária Tarnai (born 1941), Hungarian cross-country skierMaria Tash , American jewelry designer and body piercerMaria von Tasnady (1911–2001), Hungarian actressMaria Tassaert , Flemish painterMaria Tatar (born 1945), American academicMaria Tatsi (born 1971), Greek weightlifterMaria Tauberová (1911–2003), Czech opera singerMaria Tavares (several people)Maria Cristina Tavera , Latina artist, curator and activistMaria Taylor (several people)Maria Te Huia , New Zealand footballerMaria Tebús (born 1958), São Toméan politicianMaria Tedeschi (born 1927), Italian writerMaría Urbelina Tejada (1922–2015), Argentine politicianMaría Celia Tejerina (born 1994), Argentine windsurferMária Telkes (1900–1995), Hungarian-American scientist and inventorMaría Nestora Téllez (1828–1890), Mexican writerMária Temesi (born 1957), Hungarian operatic soprano and university professorMaria Temnikova (born 1995), Russian swimmerMaria Temnitschka (born 1961), Austrian artistMaria Temryukovna , Tsaritsa of Russia (1561–1569)Maria Tenazi (1903–1930), Soviet Armenian silent film actressMaria Teohari (1885–1975), Romanian astronomerMaría Esther Terán Velázquez (born 1952), Mexican politicianMaria Terrone , American poet and writerMaria Tescanu Rosetti (1879–1968), Romanian princessMaria Tesch (1850–1936), Swedish photographerMaria Teschler-Nicola (born 1950), Austrian human biologist, anthropologist and ethnologistMaria Tesselschade Visscher (1594–1649), Dutch artistMaria Testa (1956–2009), Italian archerMaria Thattil , Australian author, media personality and beauty pageant titleholderMaria Thayer (born 1975), American actressMaria Theodorakis , Australian actressMaria Theofili , Greek diplomat and ministerial officialMaria Theresa (several people)Maria Theurl (born 1966), Austrian cross-country skierMaria Thins (c. 1593–1680), mother-in-law of painter Johannes VermeerMaria Thomas , American writerMaria Thompson Daviess (1872–1924), American novelistMaria Thompson , American scientist and academic administratorMaria Thomsen (born 1995), Faroese footballerMaria Thomson , New Zealand businesswomanMaria Thorisdottir (born 1993), Norwegian footballerMaria Felice Tibaldi (1707–1770), Italian artistMaria Tietze (born 1989), German Paralympic athleteMaria Timofeeva (born 2003), Russian tennis playerMaria Timpanaro Cardini (1890–1978), Italian classical philologistMaria Tipo (born 1931), Italian pianistMaria Tippett , Canadian historianMaria Virginia Tiraboschi (born 1965), Italian politicianMaria Titarenko (1917–2002), Azerbaijani Soviet opera singerMaria Palmira Tito de Morais , Portuguese nurse, nursing teacher and activistMaria Titova (born 1997), Russian rhythmic gymnastMaria Tivodariu (born 1999), Romanian rowerMaria Todorova (born 1949), Bulgarian historianMaria Tolkacheva (born 1997), Russian rhythmic gymnastMaria Tolppanen (born 1952), Finnish politicianMaria Tonelli-Rondelli , Italian biologistMaria Valentina Tonelli (1939–2016), Italian pharmacist, essayist and authorMaria Toorpakai Wazir (born 1990), Pakistani squash playerMaria Tore Barbina (1940–2007), Italian poet and translatorMaria Török-Duca (born 1959), Romanian handball playerMária Török (1925–1998), French-Hungarian psychoanalystMaría Torre Canales (born 1974), Mexican politicianMaría Torres (born 1997), Spanish karatekaMaria Torres (golfer) , Puerto Rican professional golferMaría Torres Frías , Argentine poetMaria Torres-Springer (born 1977), American government official and nonprofit executiveMaría Amelia Torres (1934–2011), Argentine botanistMaria Soledad Torres y Acosta (1826–1887), Spanish Roman Catholic professed religiousMaria Torribia (died 1175), Spanish farmer and saintMaría Tost (born 1994), Spanish field hockey playerMaria Tran (born 1985), Vietnamese-Australian actressMaria Tranchina (born 1968), Italian athletics competitorMaria von Trapp (1905–1987), Austrian-born American singerMaria Franziska von Trapp (1914–2014), member of Trapp family singersMaria Thaddäus von Trautmannsdorff (1761–1819), Austrian cardinalMaria Trebunia (born 1956), Polish cross-country skierMaria Tregubova (born 1984), Moldovan swimmerMária Tressel (born 1946), Hungarian gymnastMaría Cristina Trigo (1935–2014), Bolivian writer and human rights activistMaria Vittoria Trio (born 1947), Italian long jumperMária Trošková , former Slovak model and businesswomanMaria de Jesus Trovoada (born 1961), São Toméan biologist and politicianMaria Trubnikova (1835–1897), Russian philanthropist and feministMaría Antonia Trujillo (born 1960), Spanish politicianMaria Trumbull (1785–1805), American published letter writerMaria Tsaptsinos (born 1997), English table tennis playerMaria Tsarenko (born 1976), Azerbaijani volleyball playerMaria Tschetschulin (1852–1917), first female university student in FinlandMaria Tselaridou (born 1981), Greek judokaMaria Tsiartsiani (born 1980), Greek beach volleyball playerMaria Tsien (1925–2020), American actressMaria Tsoni (born 1963), Greek sprinterMaria Tsouri (born 1986), Greek water polo playerMaria Tucci (born 1941), American actressMaria Tumarkin , Australian cultural historian and writerMaria Giustina Turcotti , 18th-century Italian opera singerMaria Paola Turcutto (born 1965), Italian cyclistMaría Turgenova (1900–1972), Spanish actress, singer and vedetteMaria Turtschaninoff (born 1977), Finnish authorMaria Tusch (1868–1939), Austrian politicianMaria Gustavna Tutelberg , maid in the Russian Imperial HouseholdMaria Elise Turner Lauder (1833–1922), Canadian authorMaria Therese Tviberg (born 1994), Norwegian alpine ski racerMaria Ubach i Font (born 1973), Andorran diplomat and politicianMaría Cecilia Ubilla , Chilean lawyerMaría Udaeta (born 1964), Bolivian politicianMaria Udrea (born 1990), Romanian fencerMaria Ugolkova (born 1989), Swiss swimmerMaria Uhden (1892–1918), German artistMaria Ulfah (born 1955), Indonesian Quran reciterMaria Ulrich , Portuguese educationalistMaria Ulyanova (several people)Maria Urban , West German archerMária Urbanik (born 1967), Hungarian race walkerMaría Urbina (born 1968), Mexican swimmerMaria Uriarte , ecologistMaría Uribe (1908–1992), Mexican javelin throwerMaría Bibiana Uribe , Mexican beauty pageant winnerMaría Cristina Uribe , Colombian journalist and news presenterMaría Uriz (born 1946), Spanish sopranoMaria Jesús Uriz Lespe , Spanish marine biologistMaría Urquides (1908–1994), American educatorMaría Urrutia (several people)María Urzua (several people) Maria Usifo (born 1964), Nigerian hurdlerMaria Vacratsis (born 1955), Canadian actressMária Vadász (1950–2009), Hungarian handball playerMaria Vadeeva (born 1998), Russian basketball playerMaría Valdés (several people)Maria Rita Valdez , Afro-Latina rancher and farmerMaría Valenzuela (born 1956), Argentine actressMaria Valero (born 1991), Venezuelan volleyball playerMaría Cámara Vales , Mexican educatorMaría Inés Valla (born 1956), Argentine engineerMaría Valle , Spanish footballerMaría Vallejo-Nágera (born 1964), Spanish novelistMaria Valtorta (1897–1961), Italian Catholic writer and mysticMaría Valverde (born 1987), Spanish actressMaria Vamvakinou (born 1959), Australian politicianMaria Van Bommel , Canadian politicianMaria Van Den Brand (born 1924), Belgian swimmerMaria Van Kerkhove (born 1977), American infectious disease epidemiologistMaria Van Rysselberghe (1866–1959), Belgian writerMaría Vaner (1935–2008), Argentine actressMaria Varela (born 1940), American photographer and teacherMaria Eulália Vares , Brazilian mathematical statistician and probability theoristMaría Vargas (several people)María Vasco (born 1975), Spanish race walkerMaria Vasilevich , Belarusian model and politicianMaria Vasilkova (born 1978), Russian politicianMaria Vassilakou (born 1969), Austrian politicianMaría Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924), Uruguayan teacher and poetMaría Vázquez (born 1979), Spanish actressMaría Araceli Vázquez Camacho (born 1948), Mexican politicianMaría Esther Vázquez (1937–2017), Argentine writerMaría Oralia Vega Ortiz (born 1963), Mexican politicianMaría Paulina Vega (born 1984), Chilean table tennis playerMaría Vega Pagán (born 1977), Puerto Rican politicianMaria Veitola (born 1973), Finnish politicianMaría Vela y Cueto (1561–1617), Spanish Cistercian nunMaría de Jesús Velarde (1925–2021), Spanish nunMaría Daniela Velasco (born 1993), Venezuelan model, anthropologist and beauty pageant titleholderMaría Guadalupe Velázquez Díaz (born 1985), Mexican politicianMaría Elisa Velázquez Gutiérrez , Mexican anthropologistMaria Velcheva (born 1976), Bulgarian chess playerMaria Veleda (1871–1955), Portuguese educator, journalist and activistMaría Milagros Véliz (born 1983), Venezuelan beauty pageant winnerMaria Velotti (1826–1886), Italian religious sisterMaria Velten (1916–2008), German serial killerMaria Venegas , American writerMaría Vento-Kabchi (born 1974), Venezuelan tennis playerMaria Ventura (1888–1954), Romanian-French actress and theatre directorMaria Venturi (1933–2024), Italian writerMaria Venuti (born 1941), Australian actress, entertainer and authorMaria Verchenova (born 1986), Russian professional golferMaria Verelst (1680–1744), British artistMaria Veretenina , Estonian opera singerMaria Alice Vergueiro (1935–2020), Brazilian actressMaria Vérone (1874–1938), French feminist and suffragistMaria Verschoor (born 1994), Dutch field hockey playerMaria Versfelt (1776–1845), Dutch author and stage actressMaria Mose Vestergaard (born 1995), Danish handball playerMaría Vicente (born 2001), Spanish athletics competitorMaria Vicol (1935–2015), Romanian fencerMaría Victoria (born 1927), Mexican singer, actress and comedianMaria Vidal (born 1960), American singerMaría-Esther Vidal , Venezuelan professorMaría Eugenia Vidal (born 1973), Argentine politicianMaria Chantal Videla (born 2002), Filipino-Argentine actress, model and singer of K-pop girl group Lapillus Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), Portuguese-French artistMaria Vierdag (1905–2005), Dutch swimmerMaria Vigalova (born 1999), Russian pair skaterMaria Viganò , Austrian ballet dancerMaria Vigeland (1903–1983), Norwegian painter and sculptorMaría Vijande (born 1995), Spanish badminton player and pharmacistMaria Viktorovna (born 1986), YouTuber and ASMR artistMaría Cristina Vilanova (1915–2009), First Lady of GuatemalaMaría Vilas (born 1996), Spanish swimmerMaria Cristina Villalobos , American applied mathematicianMaría Villalón (born 1989), Spanish musical artistMaría Eugenia Villamizar (born 1970), Colombian hammer throwerMaría Villapol (born 1967), Venezuelan judokaMaría Villar Buceta (1899–1977), Cuban poet, journalist and activistMaria Villarroel (born 1978), Venezuelan basketball playerMaria Eugênia Villarta (born 1958), Brazilian plastic artist and former modelMaria Vincent (1929–2006), French actress and singerMaria Vindevoghel (born 1957), Belgian politicianMaria Vinogradova (1922–1995), Russian actressMaría Vinyals (1875–1942), Spanish publicist and essayistMaria Andrea Virgilio (born 1996), Italian Paralympic archerMaria Fortunata Viti (1826–1922), Beautified Italian nunMaría Argelia Vizcaíno , Cuban activist and writerMaria Vlachou (born 1973), Greek sailorMaria Vlier (1828–1908), Dutch Surinamese teacher and history textbook authorMaria Voce (born 1937), Italian lawyerMaria Elisabeth Vogel (1746–1810), German painterMaria Voichița (1457–1511), Moldovan princessMaria Volchkova (born 1978), Azerbaijani volleyball playerMaria Voronina (born 2000), Russian beach volleyball playerMaria Vorontsova (several people)Maria Vos (1824–1906), Dutch painterMaria Vryoni (born 1982), Greek freestyle wrestlerMaria Wachter (1910–2010), political activist against NazismMaria Dorothea Wagner (1719–1792), German painterMaria Walliser (born 1963), Swiss alpine skierMaria Walpole (1736–1807), Duchess of Gloucester and EdinburghMaria Walsh (several people)Maria Walter (1895–1988), German politicianMaria Wasiak (born 1960), Polish businessman and politicianMaria Wasti (born 1980), Pakistani actress and modelMaria Watkins (1918–2010) defense electronics engineer, lecturer and President of the Women's Engineering SocietyMaria Wavinya (born 2001), Kenyan model and beauty queenMaria von Wedemeyer Weller (1924–1977), American computer scientistMaria Weenix (1697–1774), Dutch artistMaria Weigert Brendel (1902–1994), German classical art expertMaria Weiss (several people)Maria Weiterer (1899–1976), German politicianMaria Wennerström (born 1985), Swedish curlerMaria Riccarda Wesseling (born 1969), Swiss-Dutch operatic mezzo-sopranoMaria Westberg (1853–1893), Swedish ballerinaMaria Weston Chapman (1806–1885), American abolitionistMaria Wetterstrand (born 1973), Swedish politicianMaria Whang (1865–1937), Korean-American educator and community organizerMaria White Lowell (1821–1853), American poet and abolitionistMaria Whittaker (born 1968), English former glamour model and singerMaria Williams (several people)Maria Torrence Wishart (1893–1982), Canadian medical illustrator and the founder of the University of Toronto's Art as Applied to Medicine programMaria Isabel Wittenhall van Zeller (1749–1819), Portuguese vaccination pioneerMaria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), Dutch poetMaria Woodworth-Etter (1844–1924), American Evangelist and Faith HealerMaria Therese von Wüllenweber (1833–1907), German religious sisterMaría Jacinta Xón Riquiac , Maya Kʼicheʼ anthropologist and indigenous rights activistMaría Flora Yáñez (1898–1982), Chilean writerMaria Lucia Yanguas , American economistMaría Begoña Yarza (born 1964), Chilean politicianMaría Fernanda Yepes (born 1980), Colombian actress and modelMaria Kristin Yulianti (born 1985), Indonesian badminton playerMaria Yusuf , Ethiopian activistMaria Zaharescu (born 1938), Romanian chemistMaria Julia Zaleska (1831–1889), Polish writer, prosaist and publicistMaria Zandbang (1886–1972), Polish equestrianMaria Idalia Zapata , Colombian chess playerMaria Paola Zavagli (born 1977), Italian tennis playerMaria Semyonovna Zavalishina , Russian composerMaria Gabriella Zen (born 1957), Italian composerMaria Fjodorovna Zibold (1849–1939), Russian empire and Serbian physicianMaria Elisabeth Ziesenis (1744–1796), German artistMaría Fernanda Zúñiga (born 1997), Chilean footballerMaría Esther Zuno (1924–1999), First Lady of Mexico (1970–1976)Maria Judith Zuzarte Cortesão (1914–2007), Portuguese writer
Fictional characters Maria , a fictional character played by Laura Nicole in the British web series Corner Shop Show Maria, a villain character in the tokusatsu Chōjin Sentai Jetman Maria, a character from the American television series Sesame Street Maria (West Side Story ) , the main female protagonist from the musical West Side Story Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower , a boss character from The Old Hunters DLC for the video game Bloodborne Maria Calavera, a supporting character in the animated web series RWBY María Clara , a character from the novel Noli Me Tángere by Filipino writer and activist José Rizal Grace Maria Fleed, a character from the anime Grendizer Maria Fritz, the daughter of Ymir Fritz, namesake of Wall Maria and a minor character in the anime and manga Attack on Titan Maria Hojo, a supporting character from Suite PreCure Maria Jackson , a character from The Sarah Jane Adventures Maria Kasugano, a minor character from Yes! PreCure 5 Maria Renard , a character in the Castlevania video game seriesMaria Tobari, one of protagonists from Psycho Dream Maria Robotnik , a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game seriesMaria Saotome, a minor character from Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure Maria von Trapp , the main female protagonist of the musical The Sound of Music Maria Wong, a character from the Canadian animated television series Braceface
See also
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