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Marjoram
Marjoram (Origanum majorana, sweet marjoram) is a Lamiaceae culinary herb from Cyprus and southern Turkey, milder and sweeter than oregano, with terpinen-4-ol/sabinene hydrate essential oil studied as a natural pesticide.
Marjorie A. Bowman
Marjorie A. Bowman is an American family physician and researcher elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1993 and editor of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine from 2003 to 2026.
Marjorie Anne Newell
Marjorie Anne Newell (Marjorie Newell Robb), 1889–1992, American first-class Titanic survivor from Lexington, Massachusetts; rescued in a lifeboat after her father died in the sinking, later a founder of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and the last surviving first-class Titanic passenger.
Marjorie Bruce
Marjorie Bruce (c. 1296-1316), also Marjory or Margaret Bruce, Scottish princess, only child of Robert I by Isabella of Mar; captured 1306, married Walter Stewart 1315, died in a riding fall near Paisley; mother of Robert II, first Stewart king.
Marjorie Cameron
Marjorie Cameron, also known as Cameron Parsons, was an American artist, poet, actress, and occultist who played a central role in Jack Parsons' 1946 Babalon Working.
Marjorie Clark
Marjorie Rees Clark (1909-1993), South African sprinter, hurdler and high jumper; first South African woman in Olympic track and field, 1932 Olympic 80m hurdles bronze medallist and 1934 Empire Games double gold winner.
Marjorie de Sousa
Marjorie de Sousa (Marjorie Lissette de Sousa Rivas, born 1980, Caracas) is a Venezuelan actress, model, and singer known for villain roles in telenovelas such as Gata salvaje, Amores verdaderos (TVyNovelas winner 2014), and La desalmada.
Marjorie Eaton
Marjorie Lee Eaton (1901–1986) was an American painter, photographer, and character actress of the Taos and California modernist circles, known for modernist portraits of Juan Mirabal, her work with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and playing the costumed Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back.
Marjorie Finlay
Marjorie Finlay (1928–2003), American opera singer and TV personality, Taylor Swift's maternal grandmother; won ABC's Music With the Girls contest in 1950, hosted El Show Pan-Americano in Puerto Rico, featured on Swift's 2020 song "Marjorie".
Marjorie Gestring
Marjorie Gestring (1922-1992), American diver, youngest woman Olympic champion: won 1936 Berlin 3m springboard gold at 13 years 267-268 days with 89.27 points; eight AAU titles; 1948 comeback failed.
Marjorie Jackson
Marjorie Jackson (Marjorie Jackson-Nelson), born 13 September 1931, Australian sprinter nicknamed the Lithgow Flash; won 100m and 200m gold at Helsinki 1952, seven Commonwealth golds, later Governor of South Australia.
Marjorie Lord
Marjorie Lord (Marjorie Wollenberg, 1918–2015), American actress; Kathy Williams, Danny Thomas's TV wife on Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show 1957–64; mother of Anne Archer; later L.A. arts philanthropist and Scripter Award co-founder.
Marjorie Main
Marjorie Main (Mary Tomlinson Krebs, 1890-1975), American character actress, MGM contract player, Oscar-nominated as Ma Kettle in The Egg and I and the Ma and Pa Kettle series.
Marjorie Merriweather Post
Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887–1973), American businesswoman and philanthropist, heir to Postum Cereal who built General Foods, and collector whose Hillwood Estate houses the largest Imperial Russian art collection outside Russia.
Marjorie Mestayer
Marjorie Katherine Mestayer (1880–1955) was a New Zealand conchologist and museum curator, the only woman conchological expert in the Dominion, who worked at Wellington's Dominion Museum and published 18 papers on molluscs.
Marjorie Michel
Marjorie Michel, Haitian-born Canadian Liberal politician, MP for Papineau since April 2025 and Canada's Minister of Health since May 13, 2025, appointed by Mark Carney; formerly Trudeau's deputy chief of staff.
Marjorie O. Rendell
Marjorie O. Rendell, born 1947, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the Third Circuit, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
Marjorie Prime (play)
Marjorie Prime is a play by Jordan Harrison in which an 85-year-old woman with failing memory talks with an AI recreation of her dead husband.
Marjorie Reynolds
Marjorie Reynolds (Marjorie Goodspeed, also billed as Marjorie Moore), American actress (1917-1997); starred in Holiday Inn (1942) with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire and as Peg Riley on The Life of Riley (1953-58); about 35 B westerns; Walk of Fame TV star.
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th district (2021 to January 5, 2026), former Taylor Commercial construction executive; stripped of committees in 2021, broke with Trump, resigned in 2025.
Marjorie Wallace
Marjorie "Marji" Wallace (born 1954, Indianapolis), American model and TV host, Miss World 1973, first US winner; dethroned after 104 days in March 1974; later original Entertainment Tonight co-host.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890–1998), American journalist and author of The Everglades: River of Grass (1947); founder of Friends of the Everglades (1969) and recipient of the 1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is a Broward County public high school in Parkland, Florida, site of the February 14, 2018 shooting in which Nikolas Cruz killed 17 and injured 17, prompting Florida's Public Safety Act and Commission.
Marjum Formation
Marjum Formation: Middle Cambrian (Drumian) limestone-shale unit in Utah's House Range, overlying the Wheeler Shale; a Konservat-Lagerstätte with about 145 fossil species including soft-bodied vertebrates, comb jellies, and radiodonts.
Marjut Rolig Lukkarinen
Marjut Rolig Lukkarinen (Anne Marjut Astrid Rolig-Lukkarinen, born 1966, Lohja) is a Finnish cross-country skier, 1992 Albertville Olympic gold medalist in the 5 km classical and silver medalist in the 15 km, 1993 World bronze medalist, the most recent Finnish woman to win Winter Olympic gold.
Mark 'Oh
Mark 'Oh is the stage name of German DJ and electronic producer Marko Albrecht, whose 1994 hit "Tears Don't Lie" topped the German and Swedish charts.
Mark "Chopper" Read
Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (1954–2013), Australian criminal, stand-over man and bestselling author of Chopper, From the Inside; never convicted of murder, subject of the 2000 film Chopper starring Eric Bana.
Mark (2025 film)
Mark (ಮಾರ್ಕ್) is a 2025 Kannada action thriller directed by Vijay Kartikeyaa, starring Kichcha Sudeepa as suspended SP Ajay Markandaya. Released 25 December 2025; streamed on JioHotstar from 23 January 2026 in five languages.
Mark (pope)
Mark, also known as Marcus, a Roman son of Priscus, was pope from January to October 336, between Sylvester I and Julius I, and built two basilicas in Rome.
Mark 48 torpedo
The Mark 48 (MK-48) is a submarine-launched heavyweight torpedo used by all classes of U.S. Navy submarines, first fielded in 1972 and also operated by Australia.