List of Famous people named Martha

Martha Bißmann is an Austrian politician. She served in the National Council from 2017 to 2019, entering as a member of the Peter Pilz List after its leader Peter Pilz withdrew. She was expelled from the party in July 2018, and thereafter served as an independent deputy. She did not seek re-election in the 2019 election. Prior to this, she was campaign manager for independent candidate Irmgard Griss during her 2016 presidential bid.

Martha Goldstein was an American harpsichordist and pianist, who gave concerts in the United States, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. She performed works by George Frideric Handel, Frédéric Chopin, Georg Philipp Telemann, Franz Liszt, Ferruccio Busoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, and others.

Martha Ross was a British actress and radio presenter.

Martha Tenorio Pancar is an Ecuadorian retired female long-distance runner. She competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Tenorio carried the flag for Ecuador at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Martha Ortiz is a Mexican chef and owner of the restaurants Dulce Patria in the Las Alcobas hotel in Mexico City and Ella Canta within the InterContinental London Park Lane in London, England.

Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos, is a Brazilian beauty queen who became her country's second Miss Universe winner, after Ieda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's Norma Nolan in 1962. Vasconcellos is a native of the state of Bahia.

Martha Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud, known as Kung Märta, was a politically active Swedish noble. She was the sister of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud and sister-in-law of King Gustav I of Sweden: she was also the maternal aunt of Queen Catherine Stenbock and the daughter-in-law of the regent Christina Gyllenstierna. In 1568, she financed the deposition of King Eric XIV of Sweden, which placed her nephew John III of Sweden on the throne.

Martha Kyrle was an Austrian physician and philanthropist.

Martha Wallner was an Austrian stage actress. She also appeared in films and television. She was awarded the Kammerschauspielerin. Married to the actor Erich Auer, she died a week before her 91st birthday.

Martha Lorena Fierro Baquero is an Ecuadorian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster, and International Organizer. She won the American Continental Women's Chess Championship in 2009.