List of Famous people named Mariya

Mariya Olehivna Muzychuk is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from April 2015 to March 2016. She is also a twice women's champion of Ukraine, World Team and European Team champion with Ukraine in 2013 and bronze medal winner of the 2012 and 2014 Chess Olympiad with Ukraine.

Mariya Ise is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Kanagawa Prefecture. She is affiliated with Across Entertainment. She is popularly known as the voice actress of Urara Kasugano/Cure Lemonade in Yes! PreCure 5 and its sequel GoGo!, Killua Zoldyck in Hunter × Hunter (2011), Reg in Made in Abyss, Eureka in Pokémon XY, and Levy McGarden in Fairy Tail.

Mariya Aleksandrovna Shalayeva is a Russian actress. Her film credits include I will be near (2012), Mermaid (2007) and Nirvana (2008).

Mariya Yamada is a Japanese actress and a gravure idol. She won the title of "Miss Young Magazine" in 1996.

Mariya Nagao is a Japanese tarento and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. Nagao is represented by Irving.

Maria Vladimirovna Shurochkina is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming.

Mariya Nikitichna Tsukanova was a medical orderly in the 355th Independent Guards Naval Infantry Battalion of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. After she was killed in action in August 1945 she was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 14 September 1945, becoming the only woman who fought in the Soviet–Japanese War to be awarded the title.

Mariya Agapova is a Kazakhstani mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Mariya Stadnik is a Ukrainian and Azerbaijani female wrestler. She is a three-time Olympic medalist.

Mariya Aleksandrovna Fomina is a Russian theater and film actress.