List of Famous people named Maria

Marie Alwine Ottilie Raschke was one of the leading lawyers in the German women's movement and also one of the first German women lawyers in general. Raschke was to fight against the standards created in the German society: women were not allowed to be actually involved in law by practice but they might pursue careers connected with law. Raschke was one of the first women who was a law student in Berlin in 1896 and the reason for her study was the fact that state might be in need of teachers, who knew the law.

María Belén Toimil Fernández is a Spanish athlete specialising in the shot put. She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final.

María Chacón is a Mexican actress, and singer.

Maria Veniaminovna Yudina was a Soviet pianist.

María Eugenia Bielsa Caldera is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, born in Rosario, Santa Fe. She was the vice-governor of Santa Fe, accompanying governor Jorge Obeid, from 2003 until 2007. As such, she also presides the provincial Senate. She is the sister of politician Rafael Bielsa and of football coach Marcelo Bielsa. From 2019 to 2020 she served as Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat in the cabinet of Alberto Fernández.

Maria Tam Wai-chu is a senior Hong Kong politician and lawyer. She is a member of the Committee for the Basic Law of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) since 1997 and the chairman of the Operations Review Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) since 2015.

Maria de Fátima de Bivar Velho da Costa was a Portuguese writer who was awarded the Camões Prize in 2002. She took part in the Portuguese Feminist Movement with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Teresa Horta.

Maria Deraismes was a French author, Freemason, and major pioneering force for women's rights.

Maria Friderike Radner was a German contralto who performed internationally in opera and in concerts.

Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily was the last Holy Roman Empress and the first Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. She was the eldest daughter of Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily (1751–1825) and Marie Caroline of Austria (1752–1814).