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Mary McCormack
Mary Catherine McCormack, American actress born 1969 in Plainfield, New Jersey; known for Murder One, Private Parts, The West Wing's Kate Harper, In Plain Sight's Mary Shannon, Heels, and a 2008 Tony nomination.
Mary Mcdermott
Mary McDermott is an American physician-scientist at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, known for clinical research on peripheral artery disease and winner of the American Heart Association's 2023 Clinical Research Prize.
Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell (born 1952, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, two-time Oscar nominee for Dances with Wolves and Passion Fish, known as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica and Captain Sharon Raydor in The Closer and Major Crimes.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune, born Mary Jane McLeod (1875–1955), was an American educator, presidential advisor, and civil rights activist who founded Bethune-Cookman University and the National Council of Negro Women.
Mary Meeker
Mary Meeker is an American venture capitalist and former Morgan Stanley internet analyst known as the "Queen of the Internet" for her annual Internet Trends reports.
Mary Midgley
Mary Midgley (1919–2018), née Scrutton, English moral philosopher at Newcastle University, member of the Wartime Quartet with Anscombe, Foot, and Murdoch; author of Beast and Man and critic of Dawkins' selfish gene and reductionism.
Mary Millar
Mary Millar (Irene Mary Wetton, 1936-1998), English actress and singer; second Rose in Keeping Up Appearances (1991-95) and original London Madame Giry in Phantom of the Opera; distinct from actress Mary Miller.
Mary Miller (politician)
Mary Miller (born 1959, Oak Park, Illinois) is a Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois's 15th congressional district since 2021, a House Freedom Caucus member and farmer who ousted Rodney Davis in the Trump-endorsed 2022 primary and faces Jennifer Todd in 2026.
Mary Millington
Mary Millington (Mary Ruth Quilter, 1945-1979), also known as Mary Maxted, was an English glamour model and sex-film actress, star of Come Play with Me (1977), Britain's longest-running film, and The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.
Mary Mouser
Mary Matilyn Mouser, American actress born 1996 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas; plays Samantha LaRusso in Cobra Kai (2018–2025) and Lacey Fleming in Body of Proof; also voiced Eloise.
Mary Murphy (actress)
Mary Murphy was an American film and television actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best remembered as the sheriff's daughter opposite Marlon Brando in The Wild One (1953).
Mary Murphy (psychologist)
Mary C. Murphy is an American social and motivational psychologist, the Herman B. Wells Endowed Professor at Indiana University Bloomington who studies belonging, situational cues, and mindset cultures.
Mary Nightingale
Mary Louise Nightingale (born 1963, Scarborough) is a British journalist who has presented the ITV Evening News since January 2001, twice won TRIC Newscaster of the Year (2002, 2004), and was ITV's first female election presenter.
Mary Nilsson
Mary Nilsson, Swedish race walker (IFK Linköping), set the 10,000 m walk world best 52:01.9 at Sala in 1958 and six 5 km road bests; still winning internationally at age 40 in 1968.
Mary O. Mundinger
Mary O. Mundinger, also known as Mary O'Neil Mundinger, is an American nurse scientist and health policy scholar. She led a trial showing nurse practitioner outcomes were equivalent to physicians.
Mary of Bethany
Mary of Bethany, also known as Mary, sister of Lazarus, is a New Testament woman of Bethany who sat at Jesus' feet and anointed him with costly perfume.
Mary of Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy (Maria van Bourgondië, 1457–1482), Duchess of Burgundy and heiress of Charles the Bold, ruled the Low Countries from 1477, granted the Great Privilege, and married Maximilian of Austria, bringing the Netherlands under Habsburg rule.
Mary of Egypt
Mary of Egypt (Μαρία ἡ Αἰγυπτία) is a fifth-century saint commemorated in Orthodoxy and the West, a reformed prostitute who spent 47 years as a desert hermit.
Mary of Guise
Mary of Guise (Marie de Guise, Mary of Lorraine, 1515-1560), French noblewoman, second wife of James V, mother of Mary Queen of Scots, and regent of Scotland from April 1554 until her death in June 1560 during the Reformation crisis.
Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands)
Mary of Hungary (Maria van Hongarije, 1505-1558), Habsburg princess, widowed queen of Louis II at Mohács, and regent of the Netherlands 1531-1555 for Charles V; presided over the collateral councils in Brussels, secured the 1548 Augsburg convention, and patronized Titian and Leone Leoni.
Mary of Modena
Mary of Modena (Maria Beatrice d'Este, 1658–1718), last Catholic queen of England as wife of James II; her son's disputed 1688 birth sparked the warming pan myth and the Glorious Revolution.
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck (Queen Mary, 1867–1953) was queen consort and Empress of India to George V from 1910 to 1936. Fiancée of Albert Victor before marrying his brother, she led First World War charitable efforts and is namesake of Queen Mary's Dolls' House.
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver (Mary Jane Oliver, 1935–2019), American poet of Provincetown, Massachusetts; Pulitzer 1984 for American Primitive, National Book Award 1992; author of Wild Geese and more than 25 poetry collections.
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World is a 2026 American Masters documentary by Sasha Waters about poet Mary Oliver (1935–2019), premiering at True/False, broadcast on PBS August 25, 2026, distributed by Kino Lorber.
Mary Osborn
Mary Osborn, born 1940 in Darlington, England, is a British cell biologist at Max Planck Göttingen known for the Weber–Osborn method and cytoskeleton immunofluorescence, winning the 2002 L'Oréal/UNESCO Prize.
Mary Page Keller
Mary Page Keller (born 1961, Monterey Park, California) is an American actress, producer, and writer; starred as Laura Kelly on Duet and Open House, Sally Frame on Another World, and Sara Carver on Chasing Life.
Mary Parker (materials research engineer)
Mary E. Parker is an American materials research engineer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, known for marine corrosion research and a 2025 PECASE award.
Mary Peltola
Mary Peltola (born 1973), Yup'ik Alaska Native Democrat, served as Alaska's at-large U.S. representative 2022–2025, the first Alaska Native in Congress, now the 2026 Democratic Senate nominee against Dan Sullivan.
Mary Peters (athlete)
Mary Peters (born 6 July 1939, Halewood, Lancashire) is a Northern Ireland-based British pentathlete, 1972 Munich Olympic gold medallist with a 4,801-point world record, and founder of the Mary Peters Track and Trust.
Mary Philips
Mary Philips, an American stage, screen, and television actress, had a career centered on Broadway from 1918 to 1945, and is remembered as Humphrey Bogart's second wife.