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Marilyn Agliotti

Marilyn Agliotti, born 1979 in Boksburg, South Africa, is a Dutch field hockey forward who played for South Africa at Sydney 2000, then won Olympic gold with the Netherlands at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, plus the 2009 European title.

Marilyn Bergner

Marilyn Bergner was an American health services researcher at Johns Hopkins, best known as a developer of the Sickness Impact Profile questionnaire measuring illness's effect on daily functioning.

Marilyn Burns

Marilyn Burns (Mary Lynn Ann Burns, 1949-2014) was an American actress and scream queen, famed as Sally Hardesty, the final girl of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), later in Helter Skelter and Eaten Alive.

Marilyn Chambers

Marilyn Chambers (Marilyn Ann Briggs, 1952–2009), American adult film star of Behind the Green Door (1972) and Ivory Snow detergent box model, whose 1973 exposure made her a national scandal figure; also starred in Cronenberg's Rabid.

Marilyn Chambers (Home and Away)

Marilyn Chambers (also Bryant, Fisher, Palmer) is a fictional Home and Away hairdresser played by Emily Symons since 18 May 1989, across stints 1989–1992, 1995–1999, 2001, and 2010 onward, married to Phil Bryant, Donald Fisher, and John Palmer.

Marilyn D. Resh

Marilyn D. Resh is an American cell biologist and biochemist, emeritus at Memorial Sloan Kettering, known for how fatty acids attached to proteins regulate their structure and function.

Marilyn Diaz

Marilyn Diaz is an American immunologist known for research on antibody diversification and lupus autoreactivity, a Principal Investigator at NIH's NIEHS in Durham, North Carolina, from 2002 to 2015.

Marilyn Diptych

Marilyn Diptych, Andy Warhol, 1962: two-panel silkscreen painting of Marilyn Monroe printed fifty times, color left and fading black-and-white right, from a Niagara publicity still, made weeks after her death, Tate London since 1980.

Marilyn Dondero Loop

Marilyn Dondero Loop is an American Democratic politician who represents District 8 in Las Vegas in the Nevada Senate, chairs its Finance Committee, and serves as President pro tempore.

Marilyn G. Farquhar

Marilyn G. Farquhar, also known as Marilyn Gist Farquhar, was an American cell biologist and electron microscopist who defined intercellular junctions and the kidney's filtration barrier.

Marilyn Gladu

Marilyn Gladu, MP for Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong since 2015, is a professional engineer and former Conservative health critic who crossed the floor to Mark Carney's Liberals on April 8, 2026.

Marilyn J. Horan

Marilyn J. Horan, born in 1954 in Butler, Pennsylvania, is a United States district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2018.

Marilyn John

Marilyn John is an American politician serving as Majority Floor Leader in the Ohio House of Representatives, where she has represented the 76th District as a Republican since 2021.

Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati

Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati is an American archaeologist and Hurrian specialist who co-directs the excavations at Tell Mozan, Syria, identified as ancient Urkesh, and won the 2021 Balzan Prize.

Marilyn Kozak

Marilyn Kozak is a biochemist and molecular biologist known for the scanning model of translation initiation and the Kozak consensus sequence, defined by her 1986 Cell paper.

Marilyn L. Fogel

Marilyn L. Fogel (1952–2022) was an American isotope geochemist who pioneered stable-isotope biogeochemistry, spent 33 years at the Carnegie Institution, and was called the "isotope queen."

Marilyn L. Huff

Marilyn L. Huff is an American jurist serving as a senior US district judge for the Southern District of California, appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1991.

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson is the stage name of Brian Hugh Warner (born 1969, Canton, Ohio), American shock-rock singer blending Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson's names; frontman of the band Marilyn Manson, known for Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals.

Marilyn Manson (band)

American rock band formed in 1989 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, fronted by singer Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner); also Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids. Known for Antichrist Superstar (1996), the Columbine moral panic, and abuse allegations from 2021.

Marilyn Manson discography

Marilyn Manson discography: 13 studio albums from Portrait of an American Family (1994) to One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 (2026), plus EPs, a live album, and Lest We Forget; over 50 million records sold, two US number-one debuts.

Marilyn Martin

Marilyn Martin, born 1954 in Tennessee, is an American pop/rock singer known for "Separate Lives," her 1985 number-one duet with Phil Collins from White Nights, and for Atlantic albums Marilyn Martin (1986) and This Is Serious (1988).

Marilyn Maxwell

Marilyn Maxwell (Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, 1920s Clarinda, Iowa birth, died 1972) was an American actress and singer, the "other Marilyn" of 1940s–50s Hollywood: MGM films like Champion and The Lemon Drop Kid, radio, and Bob Hope's USO tours.

Marilyn McCoo

Marilyn McCoo (born 1943, Jersey City, NJ) is an American singer and TV host, founding member and lead female vocalist of the 5th Dimension, later a Grammy-winning duo with husband Billy Davis Jr., and host of Solid Gold.

Marilyn Miglin

Marilyn Miglin, born Marilyn Klecka, was a Chicago cosmetics entrepreneur who founded her company in 1963, created the fragrance Pheromone in 1979, and sold products on the Home Shopping Network.

Marilyn Milian

Marilyn Milian, born 1961 in Queens, New York, is a retired Florida judge and TV arbitrator, the first Latina to host a nationally syndicated court show, presiding 22 seasons over The People's Court and now Justice for the People with Judge Milian.

Marilyn Monk

Marilyn Monk is a molecular embryologist and geneticist, Emerita Professor of Molecular Embryology at University College London, known for pioneering preimplantation genetic diagnosis and establishing DNA methylation as an epigenetic mechanism.

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson in 1926, was an American actress and model who became a top Hollywood star of the 1950s and a lasting American icon.

Marilyn Moon

Marilyn Moon is an American health economist specializing in Medicare, aging, and health care financing, who served as public trustee of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds from 1995 to 2000.

Marilyn Mosby

Marilyn Mosby, two-term Baltimore State's Attorney (2015–2023), charged officers in Freddie Gray's death, lost 2022 re-election, and was convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud; the Fourth Circuit vacated the fraud conviction in 2025.

Marilyn Quayle

Marilyn Tucker Quayle (born 1949), American lawyer and Second Lady of the United States 1989-1993 as Dan Quayle's wife; Purdue and Indiana University law graduate, FEMA board member, breast cancer advocate, novelist with sister Nancy Northcott.