List of Famous people named Maria

María Vicente García is a Spanish athlete specialising in combined events and triple jump. She is the holder of the U18 World Best in pentathlon, as well as the senior Spanish national record in pentathlon and heptathlon.

Lorena Telpuk, formerly María del Luján Telpuk or the Suitcase Girl, is a former airport police officer at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, who noticed a suitcase with US$800,000 as it went through an X-ray machine in August 2007, initiating a very public international election scandal, known as Maletinazo.

María Gabriela de Faría Chacón is a Venezuelan-Portuguese actress, singer, model, and dancer known for appearing in television series across Latin America. She has starred as Isabela "Isa" Pasquali in Nickelodeon's Isa TKM, as Mia Novoa in Nickelodeon's Grachi, and as Franky Andrade in Nickelodeon's Yo soy Franky. In 2019 she starred in Deadly Class as Maria Salazar, and in "A Very Moody Christmas" as Cora.

María Elena Moyano Delgado was a Peruvian community organizer, feminist and Afro-Peruvian activist who was assassinated by the Maoist Shining Path terrorist group. Although only one of many atrocities committed during the most violent period of Peru's modern history, her death resulted in a public outcry.

Maria Grazia Chiuri is an Italian fashion designer. After Fendi, she spent seventeen years at Valentino before being named creative director at Dior.

Maria Canals-Barrera is an American actress. Over the course of her acting career, Canals-Barrera co-starred in a number of sitcoms and has appeared in several films.

María Elena Holly is the widow of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. She owns the rights to his name, image, trademarks, and other intellectual property. In 2010, Santiago-Holly co-founded, with Peter Bradley, "The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation" also known as TBHEF.

Maria Viktorovna Butyrskaya is a Russian retired figure skater. She is the 1999 World champion and a three-time European champion — becoming the oldest skater and the first Russian to win the World ladies' title and the oldest skater to win the European ladies' title. Butyrskaya placed fourth at the 1998 Winter Olympics and sixth at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She won the Russian national title six times.

María Fernanda Yépes Alzate is a Colombian actress and model. She is mostly known for playing Yesica, in the hit Telemundo soap opera Sin Senos no hay Paraíso. She also played the title role in the Colombian television series Rosario Tijeras.

Maria Temryukovna was a Circassian Tsaritsa of the Tsardom of Russia and second spouse to Ivan the Terrible.