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Maria A. Lanahan
Maria Ann Lanahan, born 1987, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in the Eastern District of Missouri since 2025, after serving as Missouri's deputy solicitor general.
Maria A. Rocca
Maria A. Rocca, also known as Maria Rocca, is an Italian neurologist and associate professor at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University who uses MRI to study multiple sclerosis.
Maria A. Schumacher
Maria A. Schumacher is a structural biologist who determines atomic structures of protein–DNA and protein–RNA regulatory complexes, especially in microbial pathogenesis, and is a Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University.
María Adelaida Puerta
María Adelaida Puerta (María Adelaida Puerta Restrepo), Colombian actress born 1982 in Medellín; first actress to play Catalina in Sin tetas no hay paraíso (2006) and La Perrys in El Capo; India Catalina winner 2007 and 2010.
Maria Adelborg
Maria Adelborg (Eleonora Amalia Maria Adelborg, 1849–1940) was a Swedish textile artist and handicrafts-movement pioneer, pattern-designer for Selma Giöbel and Handarbetets Vänner, known for the Gagnefmattan rug, Rome Brigittine chapel rugs, and Sofia church chasubles.
Maria al-Qibtiyya (مارية القبطية)
Maria al-Qibtiyya, also called Maria the Copt or Maria bint Shamʿūn, was an Egyptian woman sent to the Prophet Muhammad in 628, bearing his son Ibrahim.
Maria Alcina
Maria Alcina is a Brazilian singer of MPB, samba, and carnival music, born in 1949 in Cataguases, Minas Gerais, who became nationally famous by winning the 1972 Festival Internacional da Canção with "Fio Maravilha".
Maria Alexandrovna (Мария Александровна) (Marie of Hesse)
Empress Maria Alexandrovna (Мария Александровна), born Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1824–1880), consort of Alexander II and mother of Alexander III, patron of Mariinsky girls' gymnasiums and the Russian Red Cross.
Maria Altmann
Maria Altmann (1916–2011), born Maria Viktoria Bloch-Bauer in Vienna, was an American art collector and Bloch-Bauer heir whose Supreme Court case and 2006 arbitration recovered five Nazi-era Klimt paintings, including the gold Adele portrait.
Maria Andrade
Maria Isabel Andrade, born 1958 in Cape Verde, is an agricultural scientist who breeds vitamin A-rich sweetpotatoes in Mozambique and shared the 2016 World Food Prize.
Maria Angelicoussis (Μαρία Αγγελικούση)
Maria Angelicoussis (Μαρία Αγγελικούση) is a Greek shipping executive and Cambridge-trained physician who became chief executive and owner of the Angelicoussis Group, Greece's largest shipowner, in April 2021.
Maria Anna Mozart
Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart (1751–1829), Salzburg pianist, piano teacher, and sister of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart; child-prodigy touring pianist, teacher of Salzburg nobility's daughters, wife of Berchtold zu Sonnenburg, and first Mozart biographer.
Maria Anna of Spain
Maria Anna of Spain (María Ana de España, 1606–1646), Spanish infanta, daughter of Philip III, first wife of Emperor Ferdinand III, Holy Roman empress, mother of Leopold I, and Philip IV's agent in Vienna.
María Antonieta de las Nieves
María Antonieta de las Nieves, Mexican actress and voice actress famous as La Chilindrina in El Chavo del Ocho; won 2003 legal rights to the character, holds a 2021 Guinness record, retired from the role in 2025.
María Antonieta Mejía
María Antonieta Mejía (Mejía Sánchez, born 1981) is a Honduran National Party politician, deputy for Francisco Morazán 2022–2026, and first presidential designada (vice president) of Honduras since 27 January 2026 under President Nasry Asfura; elected with 163,500 votes. Distinct from the Univision journalist and the Ecuadorian military-law scholar of the same name.
Maria Antonietta De Matteis
Maria Antonietta De Matteis is an Italian cell biologist who studies how cells move and sort cargo through the Golgi complex and endolysosomal network, and how defects cause genetic disease.
María Asunción Aramburuzabala
María Asunción Aramburuzabala, born 1963 in Mexico City, is a Mexican businesswoman who inherited the Grupo Modelo beer fortune, helped negotiate its 2013 sale to AB InBev, and chairs Tresalia Capital.
Maria Bakalova
Maria Bakalova (Bulgarian actress, born 1996, Burgas) broke out as Tutar in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, earning 2021 Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and SAG nominations; later starred in Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Apprentice, and produced Triumph.
Maria Bamford
Maria Bamford, American stand-up comedian, actor, and voice performer born 1970, known for multi-voice character comedy about mental illness, the Netflix series Lady Dynamite, the memoir Sure, I'll Join Your Cult, and the 2026 documentary Paralyzed by Hope.
Maria Barna
Maria Barna is an American molecular and cell biologist, Associate Professor of Genetics at Stanford University, known for showing that ribosomes differ in composition and act as regulatory hubs controlling gene expression during development.
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo (Maria Sara Bartiromo), American financial broadcast journalist; first to report live daily from the NYSE floor (1995), CNBC's 'Money Honey' for 20 years, then Fox Business anchor of Mornings with Maria and Sunday Morning Futures until her 2026 departure.
Maria Bello
Maria Bello (Maria Elaina Bello), born 1967, is an American actress known for ER and films including The Cooler (2003) and A History of Violence (2005).
María Belón
María Belón (Madrid, 1966), Spanish physician and psychotherapist, survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Khao Lak, Thailand, with her family; her story inspired J. A. Bayona's film The Impossible.
Maria Bengtsson
Maria Bengtsson (born 1964, Malmö) is a Swedish badminton player, BMK Aura club, in women's doubles at the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympics (4th, =5, =17) and World Championship silver medalist in 1985 and 1991.
Maria Bonfanti
Maria Bonfanti, Italian sprinter of the 1920s with sister Luigia, held 1924 world records in the 4x55y and 4x75m relays; distinct from Olympic 400m runner Elena Maria Bonfanti (born 1988).
Maria Branyas
Maria Branyas Morera (1907–2024), American-born Catalan supercentenarian, world's oldest living person 2023 to August 2024, died at 117 years 168 days, eighth-oldest verified person; studied for longevity genes and daily yogurt diet.
Maria Brink
Maria Brink is an American singer from Schenectady, New York, co-founder and frontwoman of metal band In This Moment (formed 2005 with Chris Howorth), known for theatrical stage shows, the gold album Blood, Black Widow reaching Billboard number eight, and a 2021 Grammy nomination.
Maria Butina
Maria (Mariia) Butina, Russian gun-rights activist and founder of Right to Bear Arms, convicted in the U.S. of conspiring as an unregistered Kremlin agent under Alexander Torshin, infiltrating the NRA; 18-month sentence, 2019 deportation.
Maria C. Lehman
Maria C. Lehman is an American civil engineer who led transportation programs in New York State and served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2023.
Maria Callas
Maria Callas (Μαρία Κάλλας), born Maria Kalogeropoulos and once known as Maria Meneghini Callas, was an American-born Greek soprano celebrated as the twentieth century's greatest opera singer.