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Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025), Peruvian-Spanish novelist of the Latin American Boom, Nobel laureate 2010, author of La ciudad y los perros and La fiesta del Chivo, and 1990 Peruvian presidential candidate.
Mario von Appen
Mario von Appen (born 1965, Hamburg) is a German flatwater canoeist, Olympic gold medalist in the men's K4 1000 m at Barcelona 1992 (2:54.18, beating Hungary by 0.64 s), with six K4 World Championship medals; later an IT manager in Australia.
Mario Williams
Mario Williams (born 1985), Richlands NC native and NC State defensive end, was the Houston Texans' surprise No. 1 overall pick in 2006 over Reggie Bush and Vince Young; 97.5 career sacks, 4 Pro Bowls, 2014 All-Pro.
Mario Winans
Mario Winans (Mario Mendell Winans, born Mario Mendell Brown, 1974) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer of the Winans gospel family, known for "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004) and Bad Boy Hitmen production work.
Mário Zagallo
Mário Zagallo (Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo), Brazilian footballer and coach, 1931-2024; first person to win the FIFA World Cup as player (1958, 1962) and coach (1970), plus 1994 assistant, four titles total.
Mario Zanin
Mario Zanin (born 3 July 1940, Santa Lucia di Piave, Treviso) is an Italian cyclist who won surprise gold in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic road race, Italy's 100th Olympic gold, beating Rodian and Godefroot in a mass sprint.
Marioara Popescu Ciobanu
Marioara Popescu Ciobanu (Mărioara Popescu-Ciobanu, also Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu), born 1962 in Corlățeni, Botoșani, is a Romanian rower and double Olympic champion: women's double sculls 1984 and women's eight 1996, plus world titles in 1990 and 1999.
Marion (Cyprus)
Marion was an ancient city-kingdom on the northwest coast of Cyprus, beneath modern Polis Chrysochous, that grew wealthy from copper mines and trade with Athens until Ptolemy I destroyed it in 312 BC.
Marion Bailey
Marion Bailey (born 1951) is an English actress, Mike Leigh's partner and frequent collaborator, known for Meantime, Mr. Turner's Sophia Booth, The Crown's Queen Mother, and Birdie in Tender Loving Care.
Marion Barber III
Marion Barber III (Marion the Barbarian), NFL running back for the Dallas Cowboys 2005-2010 and Chicago Bears 2011; 4,780 rushing yards, 53 touchdowns, 2007 Pro Bowl; died June 1, 2022 of heat stroke, ruled accidental.
Marion Barry
Marion Barry Jr. (1936–2014), civil rights activist, first SNCC chairman, and four-term "Mayor for Life" of Washington, D.C.; his legacy spans the Summer Youth Employment Program and the 1990 Vista Hotel crack arrest and comeback.
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli, French tennis player, 2013 Wimbledon singles champion and former world No. 7, known for her rare two-handed forehand and backhand; retired 2013, later coach of Jelena Ostapenko and broadcaster.
Marion Campbell
Marion K. Campbell is a British medical statistician and clinical trialist, Professor of Health Services Research at the University of Aberdeen, known for surgical trial design.
Marion Chesney
Marion Chesney (Marion McChesney, 1936-2019), also M.C. Beaton, Scottish novelist of over 100 Regency romances under multiple pseudonyms and creator of the Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin mystery series.
Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard (born 1975, Paris) is a French actress and singer; Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and César winner for playing Édith Piaf in La Môme/La Vie en rose, the first Oscar for a French-language performance.
Marion Cotillard on screen and stage
Marion Cotillard (born 1975, Paris) is a French actress and Oscar winner for La Vie en Rose as Édith Piaf, known for Inception, Rust and Bone, Two Days One Night, and 2026 Cannes films Karma and Roma Elastica.
Marion County Courthouse
The Marion County Courthouse is the courthouse of Marion County, Florida, housed since 1965 in the Judicial Center in Ocala, where courthouses stood from 1851.
Marion County, Florida
Marion County, Florida: north central Florida county with county seat Ocala, established 1844 and named for Francis Marion. Known for Silver Springs, the Ocala National Forest, and the Ocala-Marion County Thoroughbred horse industry; population about 376,000 in 2020 and growing fast.
Marion County, Indiana, United States
Marion County, Indiana, home to Indianapolis, the state capital; consolidated with the city as Unigov since January 1, 1970. Created 1821, named for Francis Marion; 2020 population 977,203, Indiana's most populous county.
Marion County, Oregon, United States
Marion County, Oregon (FIPS 41047), a Willamette Valley county with county seat Salem, the state capital; created 1843 as Champooick District, renamed 1849 for Francis Marion; 345,920 residents in 2020, 355,777 in 2025.
Marion Crane
Marion Crane, called Mary Crane in Robert Bloch's 1959 novel, is the Phoenix secretary played by Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960) who steals $40,000 and is murdered in the Bates Motel shower about 45 minutes in, film history's defining false protagonist.
Marion Davies
Marion Davies (Marion Cecilia Douras, 1897-1961), American silent-film star, comedienne, producer, and William Randolph Hearst's longtime companion; star of The Patsy and Show People, later misremembered via Citizen Kane's Susan Alexander.
Marion Fawkes
Marion Fawkes (Adamson), born 1948, British race walker for North Shields Poly; won the 1979 Race Walking World Cup 5 km in 22:51 and set 10,000 m walk world bests of 48:37.6 and 48:11.4 in 1979.
Marion Grant
Marion Hepburn Grant (1918-1986), Connecticut local historian and civic activist, sister of Katharine Hepburn; author of seven books on Connecticut history including The Fenwick story, co-founder of the Greater Hartford Urban League.
Marion Hutton
Marion Hutton (Marion Thornburg, 1919-1987), American big band vocalist, Glenn Miller Orchestra's featured female singer 1938-1942, sister of Betty Hutton; sang "Kalamazoo" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," later founded Residence XII alcohol treatment center.
Marion Jokl Ball
Marion Jokl Ball is a South African-born American scientist in biomedical and health informatics, holding the Raj and Indra Nooyi Endowed Distinguished Chair in Bioengineering at UT Arlington.
Marion Jola
Marion Jola is an Indonesian pop singer and songwriter from Kupang, born in 2000, who rose to fame in 2018 with her debut single "Jangan".
Marion Jones
Marion Jones (Marion Lois Jones), American sprinter and long jumper born 1975, won three gold and two bronze medals at Sydney 2000, then admitted steroid use, pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents, and was stripped of all five Olympic medals.
Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans is a Dutch public health virologist at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, known for her work on noroviruses, avian influenza outbreaks, and SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and origins research.
Marion L. Jackson
Marion LeRoy Jackson (1914–2002) was an American soil scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose work in soil chemistry and clay mineralogy shaped how soils and clays are analyzed worldwide.