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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, twins born 1986 in Sherman Oaks, shared the role of Michelle Tanner on Full House, built the Dualstar merchandising empire, and founded the luxury label The Row in 2006, winning multiple CFDA awards.
Mary-Kate Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen (born 1986, Sherman Oaks, California) is an American designer and former child actress who shared Michelle Tanner on Full House with twin Ashley, built the Dualstar empire, and co-founded The Row.
Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker, born 1964 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, is an American actress and writer; two-time Tony winner (Proof, The Sound Inside), Emmy winner for Angels in America, Golden Globe winner for Weeds, also known for The West Wing.
Mary‐Claire King
Mary-Claire King, born in Chicago in 1946, is an American geneticist at the University of Washington who showed inherited breast cancer susceptibility and named the gene BRCA1.
Mary‐Jane Gething
Mary-Jane Gething, also known as Mary-Jane H. Gething, is an Australian biochemist at the University of Melbourne known for her work on protein folding in living cells.
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (Mary Elizabeth Donaldson; now Queen Mary), Tasmanian-born wife of King Frederik X. Married 2004, four children, founded the Mary Foundation, became Denmark's first Australian-born queen in 2024.
Mary, Did You Know?
Mary, Did You Know? is a 1991 Christmas song with lyrics by Mark Lowry (1984) and music by Buddy Greene, first recorded by Michael English, widely covered, and criticized for implying Mary did not know her son's destiny.
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary is a traditional English nursery rhyme first printed in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (1744). Theories linking it to Mary I or Mary, Queen of Scots lack evidence; it is likely a gardening song.
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary, also known as Saint Mary and Maryam, was a woman of Nazareth and the mother of Jesus, venerated in Christianity and honored in Islam.
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897–1965), born Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, was the only daughter of George V and Queen Mary. She ran the 1914 Christmas gift fund, married Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, led the Women's Land Army, and lived at Harewood House.
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631-1660), eldest daughter of Charles I and Henrietta Maria and first Princess Royal; married William II of Orange aged nine in 1641 and was mother of William III of England.
Mary, Queen of Hungary
Mary, also known as Maria of Anjou, was Queen of Hungary and Croatia from 1382 to 1395, crowned "king" as daughter of Louis the Great.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stewart, 1542–1587), also queen consort of France 1559–60; reigned Scotland 1542–1567, held 18–19 years by Elizabeth I, executed at Fotheringhay 1587; mother of James VI/I.
Mary, Turkmenistan
Mary, Turkmenistan (formerly Merv until 1937): city and capital of Mary velayat in the southeast, founded 1884 near ancient Merv on the Murgab River; major gas field, fertilizer plants, province holds 22.9% of the national population.
Maryada Ramanna (మర్యాద రామన్న)
Maryada Ramanna (మర్యాద రామన్న) is a 2010 Telugu action comedy directed by S.S. Rajamouli, starring Sunil and Saloni Aswani, inspired by Buster Keaton's Our Hospitality, remade as Son of Sardaar.
Maryam (name)
Maryam (مريم) is the Arabic form of the Hebrew name Miryam, the Quranic name of Mary mother of Jesus; the only woman named in the Quran, with Surah 19 titled for her; variants include Mariam, Meryem, Mariyam.
Maryam d'Abo
Maryam d'Abo (born 1960, London) is a British actress best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights (1987) with Timothy Dalton, and as writer-producer-host of the documentary Bond Girls Are Forever (2002).
Maryam Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal (مريم يوسف جمال), born Zenebech Tola, Ethiopian-born Bahraini 1500m runner; world champion 2007 and 2009, Olympic 2012 gold after doping disqualifications, Bahrain's first Olympic medalist.
Maryam Mirzakhani (مریم میرزاخانی)
Maryam Mirzakhani (مریم میرزاخانی), born 1977 in Tehran, was an Iranian mathematician at Stanford University who in 2014 became the first woman to receive the Fields Medal.
Maryam Nawaz
Maryam Nawaz Sharif, daughter of Nawaz Sharif, is Pakistan's first woman chief minister, leading Punjab since 26 February 2024 for the PML-N after an Avenfield conviction overturned in 2022.
Maryam Rajavi (مریم رجوی)
Maryam Rajavi (مریم رجوی), born 1953 in Tehran, is President-elect of the exiled National Council of Resistance of Iran since 1993 and former leader of the MEK/PMOI, known for her ten-point plan and her delisting campaigns.
Maryam Zakaria
Maryam Zakaria (مریم زکریا), Swedish-Iranian actress, dancer, and model born 1984 in Tehran; founded Sweden's first Bollywood dance school, broke through with 'Diyalo Diyala' in 100% Love, and acted in Agent Vinod, Grand Masti, and Firangi.
Maryan (மரியான்) (film)
Maryan (மரியான்), also known as Mariyaan, is a 2013 Indian Tamil survival romance film directed by Bharat Bala, starring Dhanush and Parvathy, with music by A. R. Rahman.
Maryann T. Phipps
Maryann T. Phipps is an American structural engineer, founding principal of Estructure, Inc. in Oakland, California, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022 for seismic engineering leadership.
Maryanne Trump Barry
Maryanne Trump Barry (1937-2023), American federal judge, sister of Donald Trump; Reagan-appointed District of New Jersey judge, Clinton-appointed Third Circuit judge, retired 2019 amid tax-scheme conduct investigation.
Maryannu
The maryannu (mariannu) were the noble class of the Late Bronze Age Levant and upper Mesopotamia, whose privilege was fighting from horse-drawn chariots, especially in the Mitanni empire.
Marybeth Tinning
Marybeth Tinning (born 1942), American murderer from Schenectady, New York; convicted 1987 of second-degree murder for smothering her 4-month-old daughter Tami Lynne; nine children died 1972-1985, one conviction, paroled 2018.
Marybeth Whitehead
Mary Beth Whitehead (Whitehead Gould), American surrogate mother in the Baby M case; signed a 1985 $10,000 contract with William Stern, refused to surrender the 1986 baby, and won restored parental rights and visitation in the 1988 New Jersey ruling.
Marye Anne Fox
Marye Anne Fox (1947–2021) was an American physical organic chemist known for pioneering organic photo-electrochemistry and serving as chancellor of NC State and UC San Diego.
MaryJane Shimsky
MaryJane Shimsky is an American Democratic politician, a member of the New York State Assembly's 92nd district since 2023 after serving on the Westchester County Board of Legislators from 2011 to 2022.