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Marion Laboratories
Marion Laboratories was a pharmaceutical company founded by Ewing Marion Kauffman in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1950, which grew into a Fortune 500 drug maker.
Marion Lay
Marion Beverly Lay (born 1948, Vancouver) is a Canadian swimmer, 1964 and 1968 Olympian, bronze medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Mexico City 1968, and later a leading advocate for women in sport.
Marion Lorne
Marion Lorne (Marion Lorne MacDougall, 1883–1968), American character actress and stage comedienne, best known as Aunt Clara on Bewitched (1964–1968); won a posthumous 1968 Emmy, accepted by Elizabeth Montgomery.
Marion Maréchal
Marion Maréchal (born 1989), also known as Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen: French politician, Vaucluse deputy 2012-2017, ISSEP founder, Reconquête! 2024 European list leader, MEP.
Marion Marshall
Marion Marshall (Marian Le Priel Tanner, 1929–2018) was an American character actress of Hollywood's late-1940s to 1960s studio era, known for I Was a Male War Bride, three Martin and Lewis comedies, and marriages to Stanley Donen and Robert Wagner; not the actress Marian Marsh.
Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle, NYU Paulette Goddard Professor Emerita of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, authored Food Politics (2002) and Unsavory Truth (2018) on food industry influence on nutrition science and policy.
Marion Oberhofer
Marion Oberhofer (born 2000, San Candido, Italy) is an Italian luger who with Andrea Vötter won the first Olympic women's doubles gold at Milano Cortina 2026, plus relay bronze, two World Cup titles, and the 2023 European title.
Marion Pepper
Marion Pepper is an American immunologist and chair of Immunology at the University of Washington who studies how T cells and B cells form immune memory.
Marion Ramsey
Marion Ramsey (1947-2021), American actress and singer from Philadelphia, played Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy films; Broadway credits include Hello, Dolly!, and Eubie!.
Marion Raven
Marion Raven, stage name of Marion Elise Ravn (born 1984, Lørenskog, Norway), is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, formerly of pop duo M2M with Marit Larsen, later a solo artist with seven albums including Here I Am and the Norwegian-language Mellom disse 4 vegger.
Marion Ravenwood
Marion Ravenwood is the Indiana Jones franchise character played by Karen Allen, first in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): Abner Ravenwood's daughter, Indy's love interest, later wife and mother of Mutt.
Marion Rodewald
Marion Rodewald, born 1976 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, German field hockey defender and captain; Olympic gold 2004 Athens, 282 caps, later LSB NRW vice president and FIH board candidate.
Marion Ross
Marion Ross, born Marian Ellen Ross in 1928, is an American retired actress best known as Marion Cunningham, the mother on ABC's Happy Days, 1974 to 1984.
Marion Stein
Marion Stein, later Marion Thorpe (1926–2014), Austrian-born British concert pianist, co-founder with Fanny Waterman of the Leeds International Piano Competition, wife of the 7th Earl of Harewood and then of Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe.
Marion Wiesel
Marion Wiesel (Mary Renate Erster, 1931–2025), Austrian-born Holocaust survivor and translator; translated fourteen of Elie Wiesel's books including the 2006 Night, co-founded his Foundation, received the Legion of Honor.
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999), American science fiction and fantasy author of the Darkover series and The Mists of Avalon; also editor of Sword and Sorceress; reputation later damaged by abuse allegations.
Marionberry
Marionberry is the market name for 'Marion', a trailing blackberry cultivar crossed from 'Chehalem' and 'Olallie', released in 1956 by USDA-ARS and Oregon State, named for Marion County, Oregon, and grown mostly in the Willamette Valley for processing.
Marionette
Marionette (French marionnette): a string puppet suspended from a hand-held control and operated from above, unlike glove or rod puppets. Key facts: six to seven string minimum stringing, aeroplane and upright controls, Virgin Mary etymology, Renaissance revival, UNESCO-listed Czech tradition.
Marioo
Marioo, born Omary Ally Mwanga in 1995, is a Tanzanian bongo flava singer and songwriter whose 2018 debut single "Dar Kugumu" reached number one on nearly all Tanzanian radio.
Marios Iliopoulos (Μάριος Ηλιόπουλος) (Greek businessman)
Marios Iliopoulos (Μάριος Ηλιόπουλος) is a Greek businessman who owns the ferry and cruise operator Seajets and, since June 2024, the football club AEK Athens.
Mariposa (botnet)
Mariposa, Spanish for "butterfly," was a botnet run by three Spaniards from about 2008 to December 2009, infecting an estimated 12.7 million computers in more than 190 countries.
Mariposa Grove
Mariposa Grove, near Wawona in Yosemite National Park, is the park's largest giant sequoia grove with about 500 mature trees, protected since the 1864 Yosemite Grant and restored in a $40 million project completed in 2018.
Māris Kučinskis
Māris Kučinskis is a Latvian politician of the party Apvienotais saraksts who served as Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019 and became Minister for Finance in 2026.
Maris Otter
Maris Otter is a two-row winter malting barley bred by G. D. H. Bell at the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge (Proctor x Pioneer cross, 1965/1966), prized for low-nitrogen, malty cask-ale malt and still grown under contract in England.
Maris Piper
Maris Piper is a British maincrop potato cultivar bred at the Plant Breeding Institute in Cambridge and released in 1966, prized above all for chips and roast potatoes.
Maris Racal
Maris Racal (Mariestella Cañedo Racal, born 1997) is a Filipino actress-singer and 2014 Pinoy Big Brother: All In runner-up, known for Irene Tiu in Can't Buy Me Love, her albums Stellar and Ate Sandali, and the 2025 film Sunshine.
Maris Strombergs
Māris Štrombergs, "The Machine", Latvian BMX racer born 1987 in Valmiera; two-time Olympic BMX racing gold medalist (Beijing 2008, London 2012), the only man with two, plus two UCI world titles; retired 2018.
Maris Tetsmann
Maris Tetsmann (born 1998) is an Estonian compound archer of Tyri Archery School; former recurve archer, European team record holder (238, 2022), two-time European Championship team bronze medalist (2024, 2026).
Māris Verpakovskis
Māris Verpakovskis, born 1979 in Liepāja, is a Latvian former striker, all-time top scorer of Latvia (29 goals, 104 caps), Euro 2004 hero, ex-Dynamo Kyiv forward, now RFS general director.
Marisa Abela
Marisa Abela (born 1996, Brighton) is a British actress and RADA graduate known for Yasmin Kara-Hanani in HBO/BBC's Industry, Amy Winehouse in Back to Black (2024), and the 2025 BAFTA TV Leading Actress award.