List of Famous people named Maria
Maria Creveling
Maria Creveling, better known as Remilia, was an American professional League of Legends player. She was the first woman and transgender person to compete in the NA LCS, debuting in the 2016 Spring Split as the support for Renegades. However, she took a sudden hiatus from professional play a few weeks into her debut season due to on-stage pressure and online harassment. During her career she was particularly known for her mastery of the champion Thresh, which earned her the nicknames "Madwife" and "Thresh Queen".
Maria Cantemir
Maria Cantemir was a Romanian noblewoman, Princess of Moldavia, a lady in waiting and salonist, and a mistress of Peter the Great, the Emperor of Russia.
María Ángela Holguín
María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia from August 7, 2010, to August 6, 2018. She has also served as the 25th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, and as Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela.
María Conchita Alonso
María Concepción Alonso Bustillo, better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress, singer, songwriter, former beauty queen, and philanthropist.
María Teresa del Toro y Alayza
María Teresa Josefa Antonia Joaquina Rodríguez del Toro Alayza, was the Spanish-born wife of Simón Bolívar. After only two years of engagement and eight months of marriage, she died after contracting yellow fever at 21 years of age. Bolívar swore and kept his promise to never remarry. According to historians, and to Bolívar himself, her death was a turning point in his life that put him in the path to become the liberator of six Latin American nations and the forefather of the Latin American integration process.
María Dolores Pradera
María Dolores Fernández Pradera OAXS was a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most famous voices in Spain and Latin America.
Maria Bamford
Maria Elizabeth Sheldon Bamford is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and voice actress. She is best known for her portrayal of her dysfunctional family and self-deprecating comedy involving jokes about depression and anxiety.
Maria Goretti
Maria Teresa Goretti is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and they had to share a house with another family, the Serenellis. Maria took over household duties while her mother, brothers, and sister worked in the fields.
Maria Júlia Coutinho
Maria Júlia Coutinho, commonly known as Maju Coutinho, is a Brazilian journalist, television presenter and commentator.
Maria Feodorovna
Maria Feodorovna was Empress consort of Russia as the second wife of Tsar Paul I. She was the founder of the Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria.