Namesakes
Elizabeth II
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1926-2022 
English and British Kings and Queens 1952-2022
Mary
(f) 0xx BC-0xx
Biblical Characters Matt. 2:11
Saints
Mary Shelley
(f) 1797-1851
Notable Writers
Mary Wollstonecraft
(f) 1759-1797
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Mary I Queen of Scots
(f) 1542-1587
Scottish Kings and Queens 1542-1567
Mary Magdalene
(f) ?-77
Biblical Characters Matt. 27:56
Saints
Mary I Tudor
(f) 1516-1558
English and British Kings and Queens 1553-1558
Theresa May
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1956-
British Prime Ministers 2016-2019
Mary Pickford
(f) 1892-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1930 Coquette (actress)
George Eliot
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1819-1880
Notable Writers
Dorothy Hodgkin
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1910-1994
Nobel Prize Winners 1964 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Liz Truss
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1975-
British Prime Ministers 2022
Doris Day
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1922-2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Enid Blyton
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1897-1968
Notable Writers
Mary II
(f) 1662-1694
English and British Kings and Queens 1689-1694
Scottish Kings and Queens 1689-1694
Mary Cassatt
(f) 1844-1926
Notable Artists
Olivia de Havilland
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1916-2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1947; 1950 To Each His Own; The Heiress (actress)
Debbie Reynolds
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1932-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Mary Robinson
(f) 1944-
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1990-1997 (president)
Mary Anning
(f) 1799-1847
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Dolores O'Riordan
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1971-2018
Notable Musicians
Mary Tyler Moore
(f) 1936-2017
Emmy Award Winners 1964; 1966; 1973; 1974; 1976 The Dick Van Dyke Show; The Mary Tyler Moore Show (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mária
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1371-1395
Hungarian Kings and Queens 1382-1395
Rosamund Pike
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mamie Eisenhower
(f) 1896-1979
American First Ladies 1953-1961
Mary McAleese
(f) 1951-
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1997-2011 (president)
Mary Astor
(f) 1906-1987
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1942 The Great Lie (actress)
Mary Todd Lincoln
(f) 1818-1882
American First Ladies 1861-1865
Victoria, Princess Royal
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1840-1901
Other Royalty 1840-1901; 1888 United Kingdom; German Empire; Prussia (princess/empress consort/queen consort)
Dorothy Malone
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1925-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1957 Written on the Wind (actress)
Olympia Dukakis
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1931-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1988 Moonstruck (actress)
Patricia Highsmith
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1921-1995
Notable Writers
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
(f) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dusty Springfield
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1939-1999
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1999
Rose Byrne
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Cartland
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1901-2000
Notable Writers
Mary Higgins Clark
(f) 1927-2020
Notable Writers
Mary-Louise Parker
(f) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Steenburgen
(f) 1953-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1981 Melvin and Howard (actress)
Mary J. Blige
(f) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Billie Burke
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1884-1970
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise Brooks
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1906-1985
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary, Queen of Denmark
(f) 1972-
Other Royalty 2024- Denmark (queen consort)
Mary Quant
(f) 1930-2023
Notable Artists
Marguerite Marie Alacoque
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1647-1690
Saints
Mary McDonnell
(f) 1952-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Kingsley
(f) 1862-1900
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Teresa Palmer
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1986-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jenny Shipley
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1952-
New Zealand Prime Ministers 1997-1999
Sean Young
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Kom
(f) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2012 boxing (bronze)
Abby Wambach
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1980-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Olympic Medalists 2004; 2012 football (gold)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
(f) 1958-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Geraldine Fitzgerald
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1913-2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary
(f) ?-0xx
Biblical Characters John 19:25
Saints (Mary of Clopas)
Marg Helgenberger
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1958-
Emmy Award Winners 1990 China Beach (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary-Kate Olsen
(f) 1986-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Anna Mary "Grandma" Moses
(f) 1860-1961
Notable Artists
Caitríona Balfe
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Carole Landis
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1919-1948
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary MacKillop
(f) 1842-1909
Saints
Elizabeth Hartman
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1943-1987
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Eimear Quinn
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1972-
Eurovision Song Contest Winners 1996 Ireland
Notable Musicians
Jenna Elfman
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Carlisle
(f) 1914-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Renault
(f) 1905-1983
Notable Writers
Beth Ditto
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1981-
Notable Musicians
Mary Joe Fernández
(f) 1971-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 tennis (bronze/gold)
Antoni Maria Claret
(a.k.a. Mary) (m) 1807-1870
Saints
Mary McElroy
(f) 1841-1917
American First Ladies 1881-1885
Jack Lynch
(a.k.a. Mary) (m) 1917-1999
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1966-1973; 1977-1979 (prime minister)
Mary
(f)
Biblical Characters John 11:20
Mary McKee
(f) 1858-1930
American First Ladies 1892-1893
Mary Oliver
(f) 1935-2019
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1984 American Primitive
Mary Peters
(f) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1972 pentathlon (gold)
Mare Winningham
(f) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Pat Barker
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1943-
Notable Writers
Mary Rand
(f) 1940-
Olympic Medalists 1964 4x100 m relay; long jump; pentathlon (bronze/gold/silver)
Lizzie Armitstead
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1988-
Olympic Medalists 2012 cycling - road (silver)
Mary Wilson
(f) 1944-2021
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1988 The Supremes
Andre Norton
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1912-2005
Notable Writers
Mary Ure
(f) 1933-1975
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Mouser
(f) 1996-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Emma Chambers
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1964-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Gaby Hoffmann
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1982-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Kay Place
(f) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(f) 1835-1915
Notable Writers
Mary McCormack
(f) 1969-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Stävin
(f) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Barbara Pym
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1913-1980
Notable Writers
Mary Carew
(f) 1913-2002
Olympic Medalists 1932 4x100 m relay (gold)
Mary Wickes
(f) 1910-1995
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Katharine Drexel
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1858-1953
Saints
Belle Moore
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1894-1975
Olympic Medalists 1912 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (gold)
Mary T. Meagher
(f) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1984; 1988 swimming - 100 m butterfly; swimming - 200 m butterfly; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (gold/bronze/silver)
Mary Wineberg
(f) 1980-
Olympic Medalists 2008 4x400 m relay (gold)
Heather Harper
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1930-2019
Notable Musicians
Janet Simpson
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1944-2010
Olympic Medalists 1964 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Joan Greenwood
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1921-1987
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Poppins
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1934 Marry Poppins
Fictional Characters from Movies 1964 Marry Poppins
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
(f) 1968-
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 4x100 m relay; 200 m (bronze)
Marie-Euphrasie Pelletier
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1796-1868
Saints
Noel Streatfeild
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1895-1986
Notable Writers
Debbi Peterson
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1961-
Notable Musicians
Nicola Coughlan
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Roberts Rinehart
(f) 1876-1958
Notable Writers
Mary Webb
(f) 1881-1927
Notable Writers
Marilyn Black
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1944-
Olympic Medalists 1964 200 m (bronze)
Mary Frizzell
(f) 1913-1972
Olympic Medalists 1932 4x100 m relay (silver)
Mary Washburn
(f) 1907-1994
Olympic Medalists 1928 4x100 m relay (silver)
Michele Brown
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1964 high jump (silver)
Dianne Holum
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1968; 1972 speed skating (bronze/gold/silver)
Mary Whipple
(f) 1980-
Olympic Medalists 2004; 2008; 2012 rowing (silver/gold)
Marija Petković
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1892-1956
Saints
Alex Danson
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1985-
Olympic Medalists 2012 field hockey (bronze)
Lorraine Moller
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1992 marathon (bronze)
Mary Wayte
(f) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1984; 1988 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (gold/bronze/silver)
Marie of Oignies
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1180-1213
Saints
Isabelle White
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1894-1972
Olympic Medalists 1912 diving - platform (bronze)
Maria Droste zu Vischering
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1863-1899
Saints
Mary Bedford
(f) 1907-1997
Olympic Medalists 1928 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Maria Teresa Ledóchowska
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1863-1922
Saints
Mary of Cerevellon
(f) 1230-1290
Saints
Gillian Apps
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2006; 2010; 2014 ice hockey (gold)
Kamie Ethridge
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1988 basketball (gold)
Mary King
(f) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 2004; 2008; 2012 equestrian (bronze/silver)
Mary Sears
(f) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1956 swimming - 100 m butterfly (bronze)
Olive McKean
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1915-2006
Olympic Medalists 1936 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Jackie "Moms" Mabley
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1894-1975
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Noel Purcell
(a.k.a. Mary) (m) 1891-1962
Olympic Medalists 1920 water polo (gold)
Jancis Robinson
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1950-
Notable Writers
Patsy Willard
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1941-
Olympic Medalists 1964 diving - springboard (bronze)
Mary of the Passion
(f) 1839-1904
Saints
Mary Ellen Clark
(f) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 diving - platform (bronze)
Mary Alice Young
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Desperate Housewives
Angharad Rees
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1944-2012
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Gay Byrne
(a.k.a. Mary) (m) 1934-2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Caroline Aherne
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1963-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Elise Ray
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1982-
Olympic Medalists 2000 artistic gymnastics (bronze)
Mary Pratt
(f) 1935-2018
Notable Artists
Dyanne Bito
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1981-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Mary Anne O'Connor
(f) 1953-
Olympic Medalists 1976 basketball (silver)
Maire O'Neill
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1886-1952
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Reneé Rapp
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 2000-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Yi In-dok
(f) 1818-1840
Saints
Kirstie Allsopp
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Molly Keane
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1904-1996
Notable Writers
Mary
(f)
Biblical Characters Rom. 16:6
Mike Nolan
(a.k.a. Mary) (m) 1954-
Eurovision Song Contest Winners 1981 United Kingdom
Madge Bishop
(a.k.a. Mary) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1985 Neighbours
Mary Crawford
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1814 Mansfield Park
Mary Albright
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun
Mary Richards
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mary Cooper
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2007; 2017 The Big Bang Theory; Young Sheldon
Mary Bennet
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1813 Pride and Prejudice
Mary Musgrove
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1818 Persuasion
Mary Lennox
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1910 The Secret Garden
Mary Camden
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 7th Heaven
Mary Conner
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1988; 2018 Roseanne; The Conners
Mary Eunice McKee
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2012 American Horror Story: Asylum
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1969 Proud Mary
Mary Ellen Walton
(f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Fictional Characters from Television 1972 The Waltons
Mary Anne Spencer
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1986 Perfect Strangers
Mary Beth Lacey
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1982 Cagney & Lacey
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1967 The Wind Cries Mary
Mary Ann Mitchell
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 The District
Mary Barton
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1848 Mary Barton
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1957 Mary's Boy Child
Mary Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1996 What's the New Mary Jane
Mary Lou
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1961 Hello Mary Lou
Mary Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1993 Mary Jane's Last Dance
Mary Ann Singleton
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1978 Tales of the City
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1966 Along Comes Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1987 Mary's Prayer
Bloody Jack
(a.k.a. Mary) (f)
Fictional Characters from Books 2002 Bloody Jack
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1967 Mary, Mary
Mary Jane Harper
(f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1977 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Mary Potts
(f)
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals 1959 Little Mary Sunshine
John Mary Mzec
(m) ?-1887
Saints
Maria Magdalena de Pazzi
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1566-1607
Saints
Maria Lopez of Jesus
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1560-1640
Saints
Maria of Turin
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1661-1717
Saints
Maria Maddalena Martinengo da Barco
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1687-1737
Saints
Maria Francesca of the Five Wounds of Jesus
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1715-1791
Saints
Maria Angela Astorch
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1592-1665
Saints
Maria Bartolomea Bagnesi
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1514-1577
Saints
Maria Mancini of Pisa
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1350-1431
Saints
Maria Rafols
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1781-1853
Saints
Marie Haze
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1782-1876
Saints
Marie-Geneviève Meunier
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1715-1794
Saints
Marie Madeline Postel
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1756-1846
Saints
Marie Rivier
(a.k.a. Mary) (f) 1768-1838
Saints
Mary the Slave of Rome
(f) ?-300
Saints
Mary
(f) ?-851
Saints
Mary of Succor
(f) 1231-1281
Saints
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1936 Mary From The Dairy
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1966 I Miss My Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1971 Cross-Eyed Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1975 Mother Mary
Mary Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1988 Mary Jane
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1998 Bloody Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2004 Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2005 Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2006 Mary's Song (Oh My My My)
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2006 Typhoid Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2008 Ave Mary A
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2008 Blind Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2010 Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2011 Bloody Mary
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2012 Hail Mary
Mary Lee
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2014 Mary Lee
Mary
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2014 Mary, Did You Know?
Mary Cattermole
(f)
Harry Potter Characters
Mary Choun
(f) ?-1619
Saints
Mary Guengoro
(f) ?-1620
Saints
Mary Magdalen Kiota
(f) ?-1620
Saints
Mary Long
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1972 Mary Long
Mary Phagan
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1925 Little Mary Phagan
Mary Riddle
(f)
Harry Potter Characters
Mary Skeffington
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1971 Mary Skeffington
Mary Tanaura
(f) ?-1622
Saints
Mary Tokuan
(f) ?-1619
Saints
Mary Vaz
(f) ?-1627
Saints