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Marie Alfred Cornu
Marie Alfred Cornu (1841–1902) was a French physicist, professor at the École Polytechnique, remembered for the Cornu spiral and precision measurements of the speed of light.
Marie Alvarado-Gil
Marie Alvarado-Gil is an American politician who represents California's 4th State Senate district, a 13-county area she was elected to in 2022 as a Democrat and now represents as a Republican.
Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle
Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux (1717–1744), fourth daughter of the marquis de Nesle, was mistress of Louis XV from 1742 after her sisters Mailly and Vintimille, directed by Richelieu, and was disgraced at Metz in 1744.
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Austrian-born Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI, executed in 1793. Known for the apocryphal 'Let them eat cake' quote, the Diamond Necklace Affair, and the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette (2006 film)
Marie Antoinette (2006) is Sofia Coppola's Versailles-set drama starring Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman, based on Antonia Fraser's The Journey; booed at Cannes, a box-office disappointment, but winner of Milena Canonero's third Oscar for costumes.
Marie Antoinette (TV series)
Marie Antoinette (Marie-Antoinette) is a 2022 French-British Canal+/BBC historical drama by Deborah Davis starring Emilia Schüle; premiered 31 October 2022 on Canal+, aired on BBC Two and PBS, renewed for season 2, controversial in France for its feminist take.
Marie Antoinette Gottesman
Marie Antoinette Gottesman (1882–1948), Hungarian opera singer, second wife of Umrao Singh Sher-Gil and mother of painter Amrita Sher-Gil; married 1911 in Punjab, daughters born in Hungary, family returned to Shimla in 1921.
Marie Avgeropoulos
Marie Avgeropoulos (born 1986) is a Greek-Canadian actress from Thunder Bay, Ontario, known for Octavia Blake in The 100 (2014-2020, 100 episodes, all her own stunts), and films including Tracers, Jiu Jitsu, and Queen of the Ring.
Marie Bach Hansen
Marie Bach Hansen, Danish actress born 1985 in Borum, trained at Statens Teaterskole; known as Signe Larsen in Arvingerne, Tulle Fiil in Hvidstengruppen, and Cecilie in Netflix's 2025 series Reservatet.
Marie Baron
Marie Baron (Mietje Baron, later du Puy; 1908–1948), Dutch swimmer and diver of ODZ Rotterdam. 1928 Olympic 200 m breaststroke silver behind Hilde Schrader; disqualified in 1924 despite the fastest time; held 200 m and 400 m breaststroke world records.
Marie Berry
Marie E. Berry is an American political sociologist and associate professor at the University of Denver, known for research on gender, mass violence, and women's political mobilization after war.
Marie biscuit
Marie (bolacha Maria) biscuit: thin, crisp, mildly sweet semi-sweet biscuit created by Peek Freans in London in 1874 for the marriage of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna and the Duke of Edinburgh; a global tea-time staple and dessert base.
Marie Boas Hall
Marie Boas Hall (1919–2009) was an American historian of science, a pioneer of the study of the Scientific Revolution whose The Scientific Renaissance, 1450–1630 (1962) remains a landmark survey.
Marie Braun
Marie Braun, nicknamed Zus, was a Dutch swimmer who won gold in the 100 meters backstroke at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, the first Dutchwoman to win an individual Olympic event.
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land, the largest unclaimed territory on Earth (terra nullius), is a West Antarctic region between 90°W and 150°W, named for Richard E. Byrd's wife, unclaimed under Antarctic Treaty Article IV, with a major alkaline volcanic province beneath the ice sheet.
Marie Carandini
Marie Carandini, aka Madame Carandini, born Maria Burgess (1826–1894), English-born colonial Australian soprano and prima donna; married an exiled Italian marquis, toured Australasia, India, and America, and sang in New Zealand's first professional opera.
Marie Celeste Simon
Marie Celeste Simon, usually published as M. Celeste Simon, is an American cancer biologist at the University of Pennsylvania known for research on hypoxia-inducible factors and tumor growth.
Marie Claire
Marie Claire: international women's magazine founded in Paris, October 1937, by Jean Prouvost with editor Marcelle Auclair; relaunched 1954 as a monthly; Evelyne Prouvost built Groupe Marie Claire from 1976 into editions across roughly 30 markets.
Marie Claire Restoux
Marie-Claire Restoux (Restoux-Gasset), French judoka born 1968 in La Rochefoucauld, -52 kg specialist. Olympic champion Atlanta 1996 and double world champion (Chiba 1995, Paris 1997), bronze at Birmingham 1999.
Marie Colvin
Marie Colvin (1956-2012) was an American war correspondent for The Sunday Times of London, known for her black eye patch from a 2001 Sri Lanka injury, East Timor and Chechnya reporting, and her killing in Homs, Syria, in 2012.
Marie Coppola
Marie Coppola is an American developmental psychologist and linguist at the University of Connecticut who studies homesign gesture systems created by deaf Nicaraguans with no conventional language.
Marie Corridon
Marie Corridon (Marie Louise Corridon-Mortell, 1930–2010), American swimmer of the Women's Swimming Association of New York; 1948 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and ninth-place finisher in the 100 m freestyle.
Marie Curie
Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska, was a Polish-born physicist and chemist who pioneered radioactivity, discovered polonium and radium, and won Nobel Prizes in 1903 and 1911.
Marie Currie
Marie Currie, American singer, identical twin of Runaways frontwoman Cherie Currie; declined the Runaways offer, sang on Beauty's Only Skin Deep, and recorded Messin' With the Boys (1979) as Cherie & Marie Currie.
Marie de France
Marie de France, writing in Anglo-Norman French in the late 12th century, is regarded as the first woman to compose literary texts in French, best known for her twelve Lais.
Marie de' Medici
Marie de' Medici (Maria de' Medici, 1573–1642), queen of France as Henry IV's second wife and regent for Louis XIII 1610–1617; builder of the Luxembourg Palace and patron of Rubens's Medici Cycle, exiled after conflict with her son.
Marie Dollinger
Marie Dollinger (Maria Dollinger-Hendrix, 1910-1994), German sprinter and 800m runner; only pre-WWII German track athlete at three Olympics (1928-36); 800m world record 2:16.8 (1931), 4x100m relay world record 46.4 (1936), twice fourth in the Olympic 100m.
Marie Dorin Habert
Marie Dorin Habert (born 1986, Lyon) is a retired French biathlete, 2018 Olympic mixed relay champion, with 4 Olympic medals, 5 world titles, and 7 World Cup wins; retired March 2018.
Marie Dressler
Marie Dressler (Leila Marie Koerber, 1868–1934), Canadian-born stage and film comedian; Oscar for Min and Bill (1930), MGM's top Depression-era draw, first film actress on Time's cover.
Marie Fredriksson
Marie Fredriksson (Gun-Marie Fredriksson, 1958–2019), Swedish singer of Roxette and solo artist; four US number-one hits, 75–80 million records sold, Litteris et Artibus medal, brain tumour in 2002.