List of Famous people named Maria
Maria Thayer
Maria Christina Thayer is an American actress and comedian. She first earned public recognition for her portrayal of Tammi Littlenut on the cult series Strangers with Candy in 1999. Thayer has also had supporting roles in the comedy films Hitch (2005), Accepted (2006), and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008).
Maria Chatfield
Maria Turner
Maria Linden
Maria Linden was a German bacteriologist and zoologist. Linden had to struggle to gain a university place, a degree and a doctorate because of her gender. In name only, she became one of Germany's first professors. She patented a type of bandage and won a prize for her investigations of butterfly wings. She was driven from office as a result of the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany.
María Bolívar
María Josefina Bolívar is a Venezuelan lawyer, businesswoman and politician. She was presidential candidate twice for the United Democratic Party for Peace and Freedom (PDUPL) in the presidential elections of 2012 and 2013. She also ran for the same party in the regional elections of 2012 and was candidate for the mayoralty of Maracaibo in the municipal elections of 2013. In 2015 she was nominated as candidate for the 4th circuit of Zulia State in the parliamentary elections, and in 2017 she stood as candidate for the Constituent National Assembly.
Maria Susan Tilson
Maria Homfray
María Asunción Quiñones
María Asunción Quiñones Goikoetxea is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primera División side Athletic Club and the Spain women's national team.
Prince Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen
Prince Maria Emanuel of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen was the head of the Royal House of Saxony.
Maria de Lourdes Sá Teixeira
Maria de Lourdes Braga de Sá Teixeira was a Portuguese aviator, being the first woman to obtain a pilot’s licence in Portugal, at the age of twenty-one.