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Martha Lane Fox
Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, is a British internet entrepreneur who co-founded lastminute.com in 1998, became the UK's Digital Champion, and joined the House of Lords in 2013.
Martha Lillard
Martha Ann Lillard (1948–2026), Oklahoma polio survivor, was the last known American using an iron lung, from 1953 until her death on June 26, 2026, in Shawnee, aged 78, after long-haul COVID-19.
Martha M. Eibl
Martha M. Eibl (1931–2023) was an Austrian physician and immunologist specializing in immune deficiency diseases, who led the Immunological Day Clinic in Vienna from 1986.
Martha M. Pacold
Martha M. Pacold, also known as Martha Maria Pacold, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in the Northern District of Illinois since 2019.
Martha MacCallum
Martha MacCallum (born 1964) is an American Fox News anchor and executive editor of The Story (3 PM/ET), former CNBC and Wall Street Journal Television anchor, co-anchor of Fox election coverage with Bret Baier, and author of Unknown Valor.
Martha MacIsaac
Martha MacIsaac (born 1984, Charlottetown, PEI) is a Canadian actress known for Becca in Superbad (2007), Becca Gilchrist in 1600 Penn, Emily of New Moon, The Last House on the Left, and The Thaw.
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) is Sean Durkin's debut psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as a woman fleeing a cult led by John Hawkes' Patrick, released by Fox Searchlight, a Cannes Un Certain Regard and Sundance award-winning film.
Martha Marx
Martha Marx is an American Democratic politician who has represented Connecticut's 20th Senate district since 2022, serving as Deputy Majority Leader and Senate Chair of the Housing Committee.
Martha McSally
Martha McSally (born 1966), Republican politician and retired Air Force colonel; first American woman to fly combat in the A-10 (1995); Arizona representative 2015-2019, appointed U.S. senator 2019-2020, lost 2020 special election to Mark Kelly.
Martha Minow
Martha Minow is an American legal scholar, dean of Harvard Law School from 2009 to 2017, known for Making All the Difference (1990) and Between Vengeance and Forgiveness (1998).
Martha Mitchell
Martha Mitchell (1918–1976), born Martha Elizabeth Beall, was the outspoken wife of Nixon attorney general John Mitchell; her Watergate warnings were dismissed until vindicated, inspiring the Martha Mitchell effect.
Martha Norelius
Martha Norelius was a Swedish-born American swimmer who won three Olympic golds, defending the 400 meter freestyle title in 1924 and 1928 and adding relay gold.
Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum (born 1947) is an American philosopher at the University of Chicago, known for her capability theory of justice with ten central capabilities, her work on emotions, and books like Creating Capabilities.
Martha P. Haynes
Martha P. Haynes is an American radio astronomer and Cornell professor known for mapping galaxy distribution via neutral hydrogen, co-leading the ALFALFA survey, and winning the 1989 Henry Draper Medal.
Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton (born 1970, New York City; born Martha Campbell Carradine) is an American actress of film, TV, and stage: The Goonies, Raising Hope, Steppenwolf member, 2012 Emmy winner, abortion-rights activist.
Martha Quinn
Martha Quinn (born 1959) is an American radio and TV personality, one of MTV's five original VJs from the August 1, 1981 launch, voted MTV's Best-Ever VJ by Rolling Stone, later a SiriusXM and iHeartRadio host and 2025 Radio Hall of Fame inductee.
Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz, born in 1953, is an American television journalist who serves as ABC News' chief global affairs correspondent and co-anchors This Week.
Martha Randall
Martha Randall (Martha Irene Randall, later Martin), American swimmer born 1948 in Chicago; 1964 Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist in the 400 m individual medley and two-time 400 m freestyle world record holder.
Martha Raye
Martha Raye (Margaret Theresa Yvonne Reed, 1916-1994), American comic actress and singer nicknamed "The Big Mouth" and "Colonel Maggie"; Paramount comedies, Monsieur Verdoux, The Martha Raye Show, and USO troop service across three wars.
Martha Reeves
Martha Reeves, born 1941 in Eufaula, Alabama, is the Motown lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas ('Dancing in the Street', 'Heat Wave'), a 1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, former Detroit city council member (2005-2009), and 2026 album Searching.
Martha Rosler
Martha Rosler (born 1943) is an American feminist artist known for the antiwar photomontage series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home and the video Semiotics of the Kitchen.
Martha S. Linet
Martha S. Linet is an American physician epidemiologist who led the National Cancer Institute's Radiation Epidemiology Branch from 2002 to 2014, known for research on leukemia and radiation health effects.
Martha Scott
Martha Scott (1914-2003), American actress and producer, originated Emily Webb in Our Town on Broadway (1938) and in the 1940 film, earning a Best Actress Oscar nomination; also known for Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments.
Martha Sitwell
Martha Sitwell (Martha, Lady Sitwell, née de Blank, born 1979) is a British socialite, former Vivienne Westwood model, equestrian designer of Sitwell and Whippet, and 2026 Ladies of London cast member, ex-wife of the 8th Sitwell baronet.
Martha Speaks (TV series)
Martha Speaks is an American-Canadian animated PBS KIDS series (2008–2015) based on Susan Meddaugh's books, in which a dog gains speech from alphabet soup; it teaches oral vocabulary to ages 4–7, produced by WGBH and Studio B.
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart, born Martha Helen Kostyra, is an American lifestyle entrepreneur who built Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia into a media and merchandising empire, becoming a billionaire in 1999.
Martha Stoppanie de Lindley
Martha Stoppanie de Lindley was a Lima drinks maker of Italian descent who, with her husband José Robinson Lindley, built the family bottling business behind Inca Kola.
Martha Vaughan
Martha Vaughan (1926–2018) was an American physician-biochemist who spent 60 years at the National Institutes of Health, first characterizing hormone-sensitive lipase and studying G proteins and insulin signaling.
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers (Martha MacVicar, 1925–1971), American model and actress, best known as Carmen Sternwood in The Big Sleep (1946); Chandler said she outshone Bacall; married Mickey Rooney 1949–1952; retired at 35, died of esophageal cancer.
Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright (born 1976, Montreal) is a Canadian-American folk singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, sister of Rufus; known for her 2005 debut album and 2022 memoir.