List of Famous people named Marie
Marie Prouvensier
Marie Prouvensier is a French handball player for OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball and the French national team.
Marie Jaëll
Marie Jaëll was a French pianist, composer, and pedagogue. Marie Jaëll composed pieces for piano, concertos, quartets, and others, She dedicated her cello concerto to Jules Delsart, and was the first pianist to perform all the piano sonatas of Beethoven in Paris. She did scientific studies of hand techniques in piano playing and attempted to replace traditional drilling with systematic piano methods. Her students included Albert Schweitzer, who studied with her while also studying organ with Charles-Marie Widor in 1898-99. She died in Paris.
Marie of France, Countess of Champagne
Marie of France was a French princess and Countess consort of Champagne. She was regent of the county of Champagne in 1179–1181, and in 1190–1197.
Marie Marguerite Bihéron
Marie Marguerite Bihéron was a French anatomist, known for her medical illustrations and wax figure models.
Marie Schnür
Marie Schnür, or Marie Marc-Schnür, was a German painter, illustrator and silhouette maker. From 1907 to 1908, she was married to the painter Franz Marc.
Marie Pape-Carpantier
Marie Pape-Carpantier (1815–1878) was a French educator born on 11 September 1815 in Sarthe, France and died in Villiers-le-Bel (Val-d'Oise) on 31 July 1878. She grew to play a major part in revolutionizing education in French schools. She was a feminist who worked to fix poverty, social injustice, and to further the education of girls. She also wrote articles for the weekly French newspaper "The French Economist".
Marie France
Marie-France Garcia is a French singer and actress. She is transsexual and a Parisian pop icon of the 1970s.
Marie Dubas
Marie Dubas was a French music-hall singer, diseuse and comedian.
Marie Ellenrieder
Marie Ellenrieder was a German painter known for her portraits and religious paintings.
Marie Stritt
Marie Stritt (1855–1928) was a German feminist and a leading force in the international and German women suffrage movement. She worked towards woman's education and fought against state regulated prostitution. Marie Stritt worked for changes regarding divorce laws through the Woman's Legal Aid Society. She was a big supporter of birth control and abortion.