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Mara Yokohama, known professionally as Mara Lopez, is a Filipino-American actress and surfer.

Mara Hobel (born 1971) is an American former child actress, best known for playing young Christina Crawford in the 1981 movie Mommie Dearest.

Mara is the title of a 2020 Italian book written by journalist Ritanna Armeni. The full title is 'Mara. Una donna del Novecento' and was published by Ponte Alle Grazie editor. Mara is the main character's name: a fictional woman born in Rome in 1920 who grows up during Fascism and the Second World War.

Mara Mytonbred, a character in the Ace Attorney anime.

Mara des Bois is a strawberry cultivar that is very popular in France.

In Buddhism, “Mara” is the name of a demon and a source of great evil...

Famous Bearer: Mara Wilson (born Mara Elizabeth Wilson, July 24, 1987) is an American writer and former child actress. Her best known roles include Natalie Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Susan Walker in Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996), and Lily Stone in Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000). Since retiring from film acting, Wilson has focused on writing, penning the play Sheeple which was produced for the New York International Fringe Festival in 2013 as well as publishing a memoir, Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame (2016).

In the book Mara Daughter of the Nile, the meaning of the name in Egyptian is claimed to be "Truth of Ra".

In modern day, probably the most famous bearer of this name is Star Wars character Mara Jade Skywalker, a Jedi Master and the wife of Luke Skywalker. Timothy Zahn actually used the name because it meant bitter, as Mara Jade was very bitter when she was first introduced.

I'm not sure if this would count as a 'famous bearer', but in the Elder Scrolls video game series, Mara is the goddess of love and compassion.

MARA is the name of the spider-like repair and maintenance robots from the tv series Warehouse 13, episode '13.1'. It stands for Maintenance And Repair Automaton.

Mara Valentine is the main character in the book Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler.

Song "Mara" by Country Joe and the Fish.

Though not particularly famous, Mara is the name of the main character in the book "Exodus" by Julie Bertagna.

In the Redwall books by Brian Jacques (specifically the book Salamandastron), there is a badger named Mara. She is the adoptive daughter of Lord Urthstripe, and the friend of Pikkle the hare. They run away from home together because Mara feels restricted by Urthstripe's rules. She went on many adventures and then became the Badger Mother of Redwall Abbey.

Mara is a young slave girl living in ancient Egypt during the rule of Hatsheptsut in the book "Mara Daughter of the Nile".

Mara Wilson is the girl who played Matilda in the movie "Matilda".

Not famous maybe, but the main character in Daughter of the Empire, etc. Very good books. Oh, and it also was my next door neighbour's daughter when I was 4 or 5.

Mara Jade, wife of Luke Skywalker.