List of Famous people named Maria

Name Maria is among the most common names in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Argentina, USA, Germany, Russia, Austria, France, England, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Portugal. Similar names: Mary, Mario, Marie, Mari, Mariya, Mira, Meir, Mara, Meera, Meyer, Mariah, Myra, Mare, Mirai, Mir, Maro, Miro, Mairi, Marya, Mar, Maiara, Myer, Mere, Merry, Mero, Mireia, Meri, Meira, Miria, Maire, Mireya, Mirrah, Mariia, Mayra, Myrrha, Miri, Mareo, Marah, Mair, Maree. Here are some famous Marias:

Maria Alberta Menéres

First Name Maria

Last Name Menéres

Died on April 15, 2019 (aged 49)

Maria Alberta Menéres was a Portuguese author, children's writer, journalist and poet. She authored more than 100 books for children and young people when she began her professional writing career in 1952. Menéres also worked as a teacher, newspaper and magazine journalist as well as for Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. She received the International Poetry Contest Giacomo Leopardi in 1960, the Gulbenkian Grand Prize for Literature for Children and Youth in 1986 and was appointed Commander of the Order of Merit in 2010.

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Maria Benedita de Castro Canto e Melo

First Name Maria

Last Name Melo

Born on December 18, 1792

Died on March 5, 1857 (aged 64)

Born in Brazil, São Paulo

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Maria Clara Groppler

First Name Maria

Last Name Groppler

Born on March 3, 1999 (age 27)

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Maria Isabel de Lizandra

First Name Maria

Last Name Lizandra

Died on March 14, 2019 (aged 49)

Born in Brazil, São Paulo

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Maria Lucimar Pereira

First Name Maria

Last Name Pereira

Born on January 1, 1890 (age 136)

Born in Brazil

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Maria de Araújo

First Name Maria

Last Name Araújo

Born on May 23, 1862

Died on January 17, 1914 (aged 51)

Born in Brazil, Ceará

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Maria Pevchikh

First Name Maria

Last Name Pevchikh

Born on November 30, 1986 (age 39)

Born in Russia, Moscow

Maria Konstantinovna Pevchikh is a Russian investigative journalist and anti-corruption activist serving as the chairwoman of the board of directors of the Anti-Corruption Foundation since March 2023. Pevchikh is known for exposing high-level corruption in Russia.

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Maria Krahn

First Name Maria

Last Name Krahn

Born on October 7, 1896

Died on December 19, 1977 (aged 81)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

Maria Krahn (1896–1977) was a German actress.

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Maria Lorenza Longo

First Name Maria

Last Name Longo

Born on November 30, 1462

Died on December 21, 1542 (aged 80)

Born in Spain, Catalonia

Maria Llorença Llong was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Capuchin Poor Clares. Llong founded the hospital of "Santa Maria del Popolo" in Naples where she relocated to and which received numerous papal privileges from Pope Leo X and Pope Adrian VI.

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Maria Hone

First Name Maria

Last Name Hone

Born on August 20, 1821

Died on March 18, 1862 (aged 40)

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