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There’s a William & Mary university in Williamsburg, VA.
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Mary Crawley is the eldest child of Lord and Lady Grantham in the television series “Downton Abbey”.
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Mary Adelia McLeod (1938 – 2022) was an American bishop. She was the first woman diocesan bishop in the Episcopal Church. She was elected bishop of the Diocese of Vermont on June 5, 1993, at a special convention held at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington. Clergy and lay delegates selected her from among five nominees.
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Pantjiti Mary McLean is a Ngaatjajarra Aboriginal Australian artist.
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English actress Mary Millar (born Irene Mary Wetton) is a famous bearer. You may know her as "Rose" from Keeping Up Appearances. Sadly, she died of ovarian cancer in 1998 at the age of 62.
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Mary "May" Ingraham (1901 – 1982) was a Bahamian suffragist who, among other things, was the founding president of the Bahamas Women's Suffrage Movement. Mary Ingraham along with Mabel Walker, Georgianna Symonette, and Eugenia Lockhart started the Women's Suffrage Movement that campaigned for universal adult suffrage. In 2012 on the fiftieth anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, the Bahamian government created a series of postage stamps to honor these women. Ingraham appeared on a 15 cent stamp.
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Mary Read (c. 1685-1721) was an English pirate operating in the West Indies, living under the name Mark Read. She was active as a pirate from about 1708 to her capture and death in 1721. She also served in the British Army and was briefly a privateer. Most of what we know about her life comes from A General History of the Pyrates, the accuracy of which is highly debated, but we know she was imprisoned in Port Royal, Jamaica for piracy, and died of a fever in prison. She was buried in St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica.
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Mary Fitzgerald (born 1980) is a real estate agent for the Oppenheim Group who is notable for starring in the Netflix reality series Selling Sunset.
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One of my favorite bearers of this name is Mary Jo Kopechne, who tragically lost her life in the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969.
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Mary’s Song is a track from American artist Taylor Swift’s debut self-titled album. Her life is the subject of the song; a story of her and her husband through the years and how their love has continued to last.
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Mary Calvi is a reporter for CBS News This Morning and is also a co-anchor for "Inside Edition" which airs on the same channel.
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Mary Garlington is an American actress best known for her role of Lu-Lu Fishpaw in the 1981 movie Polyester.
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Mary Brian (1906-2002) was an American silent film actress, known for playing Wendy Darling in the 1924 silent film version of Peter Pan.
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“When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me... Speaking words of wisdom: Let it Be”
I’m surprised literally nobody mentioned this song. Let it Be is a song by The Beatles.
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I’m surprised literally nobody mentioned this song. Let it Be is a song by The Beatles.
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In the 1992 anime series 'Floral Magician Mary Bell', one of the main characters is named Mary Bell von Decasse (マリーベル・フォン・デカッセ).
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Mary Wollstonecraft, mother of Mary Shelley and regarded to be one of the first feminists. Incredible philosophical writer.
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Mary McCartney is a famous bearer. She is a photographer.
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Mary Test from the animated show Johnny Test.
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Mary Ann Singleton (Hawkins) was a character in Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series.
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Bloody Mary. If you chant “Bloody Mary” in the mirror 3 times in the dark she will appear.
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How about folk singer Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary?
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Mary Livingstone, actress and wife of Jack Benny.
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Mary Ingalls, Mary, Mary, quite contrary.
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Mary is a name of one of the Lisbon sisters from the film, "The Virgin Suicides".
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Another bearer of the name Mary is Queen Mary the first who was also known as Bloody Mary.
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Mary Moo Cow from Arthur, anyone?
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Mary is a nurse in the video game Trauma Center. She moves to another city and is replaced by Angie.
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Mary Vance is an orphan that the Meredith kids discover in Rainbow Valley. She eventually gets adopted by Cornelia.
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Mary Ball Washington was the mother of George Washington.
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Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, R.E. is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Frederik is the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark, which means that should Frederik inherit the throne, she will automatically become Queen consort of Denmark.
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Mary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress. Byrne made her screen debut in 1992 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll. In 2000, she played a leading role in the Australian film The Goddess of 1967, which brought her a Venice Film Festival award for Best Actress. From 2007 to 2012, she played Ellen Parsons in the cable television series Damages, which earned her two Golden Globe and two Emmy nominations. Along with co-star Glenn Close, she appeared in all of the show's fifty-nine episodes. Byrne has also starred in the films Troy, 28 Weeks Later, Knowing, Insidious, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Apocalypse, as well as the comedies Get Him to the Greek, Bridesmaids, Neighbors, its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and Spy.
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Mary Claire "Niña" José is a Filipino actress. She was a competitor in Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 1 in 2006. She is currently a contract actress for the ABS-CBN television network. She has appeared on the cover of FHM Philippines magazine. She mistakenly known as model Yassi Benitez.
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Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, and humanitarian. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words, and her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain. Other successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, Susan Slept Here, Bundle of Joy, The Catered Affair, and Tammy and the Bachelor, in which her performance of the song "Tammy" reached number one on the Billboard music charts. In 1959, she released her first pop music album, titled Debbie.
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Mary Louise Brooks, who worked professionally as Louise Brooks, was an American film actress and dancer noted as an iconic symbol of the flapper, and for popularizing the bobbed haircut.
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Mary-Jean Anaïs O'Doherty is an American-born coloratura soprano. She was the first prize winner in the 2013 Paris Opera Awards. O'Doherty was born in Houston, Texas, to an Australian father and an Armenian mother, Eliza Basmadjian, from Greece.
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Mary Uranta is a Nigerian film and television actress, producer, model, singer, [1] and businesswoman. Born and raised in Port Harcourt, she competed in beauty pageant Miss Niger Delta, where she achieved the rank of first runner-up.
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Mary Winstead is an American actress.
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Mary Quant, a Welsh fashion designer.
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Mary Church Terrell was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree.
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Mary, Mungo and Midge is a British animated children's TV series.
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Mary Winchester is a character on the television series "Supernatural." She is the mother of the show's main characters, Sam and Dean Winchester.
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Mary Pope Osborne (1949-) is the author of the Magic Tree House children's books.
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Mary Melody, a character in Tiny Toon Adventures.
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A rather infamous bearer of this name was British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse. She was quite the nasty old prude.
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Mary Amelia Ingalls was the blind, older sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House on the Prairie. She is often a main character in the books.
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Mary (1662-1694) was the daughter of King James II of Great Britain and his first wife Anne Hyde. She later became joined Ruler of the UK, together with her husband William of Orange.
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Mary (1605-1607) was the daughter of King James I of the UK and his wife Anne of Denmark. She was the first child to be born after her father became King.
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Henry (1594-1612) was the oldest son of King James I of the UK and his wife Anne of Denmark.
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Mary (1897-1965) was the only daughter of King George V of Great Britain and his wife Mary of Teck.
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Mary was also the name of another daughter of Queen Anne of Great Britain and her husband Prince George of Denmark. She was named after her older deceased sister.
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Mary (1685-1687) was the oldest daughter of Queen Anne of Great Britain and her husband Prince George of Denmark.
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Mary (1723-1772) was the daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his wife Caroline.
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Mary Debenham is one of the characters of Agatha Christie's famous novel "Murder on the Orient Express".
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Mary was the name of one of the daughters of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainaut.
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Mary was the name of the eighth daughter of King Edward I of England and his wife Eleanor of Castile.
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Mary was one of the daughters of King George III of the UK and his wife Charlotte.
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Mary (1496-1533) was the daughter of King VII of England and his wife Elizabeth. She was the younger sister of King Henry VIII of England.
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Mary (1467-1482) was the second daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. She was the younger sister of Elizabeth of York and aunt of Henry VIII of England.
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Mary was the daughter of King Stephen of England and his wife Matilda.
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Mary, Princess Royal (1631-1660), oldest daughter of Charles I of England and his wife Henriette Marie of France. She married William II, Prince of Orange. Her son William became King of England later.
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Mary Jane Blige is an American singer. She is professionally known as Mary J. Blige.
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Mary is one of the names of the new princess of Sweden, daughter of Crown princess Viktioria and Prince Daniel, born on 23 February 2012. Her full name is ESTELLE Silvia Ewa Mary.
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Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American painter and printmaker.
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Mary Beale (1633-1699) was an English portrait painter.
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Mary is a place in Turkmenistan.
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Mary is the name of the protagonist of "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan.
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Mary Jean Pearle was a famed victim of domestic violence. She was stalked and threatened by her ex-husband, John Battaglia, for years until he killed their two children (Liberty and Faith), and was sentenced to death.
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"Mary, Mary" a song by the Monkees is the reason I have become quite fond of the name.
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Mary Ann Britland (1847 - 1886) was the first woman executed by hanging Strangeways Prison, Manchester, England, after killing 3 people from March - May 1886.
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Mary Camden is a character from the popular TV show "7th Heaven" (1996-2007), played by Jessica Biel.
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Mary Miles Minter (April 1, 1902 – August 4, 1984) was an American film actress of the silent film era.
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Mary Seacole (1805-1881) was a Jamaican nurse who was involved in the Crimean War. She aided British soldiers through the use of herbal remedies.
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I can't believe no one has mentioned MARY AUSTIN! Mary Austin was Freddie Mercury's "love of his life" (that is who he wrote the song for.)
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Mary Ellen Walton was the daughter of John and Olivia Walton on the tv show the Waltons.
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The main character in Betty Smith's coming of age novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, is named Mary Frances but is called Francie throughout.
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The real name of the child known as "Boo" from the 2001 film 'Monsters, inc' is supposedly Mary, after her voice actress: Mary Gibbs.
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Mary is the name of a Scissor Sisters song.
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Mary Norris Allerton was the wife of Isaac Allerton, one of the most prominent Pilgrims to arrive at Plymouth Colony on "The Mayflower".
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Mary-Jane Watson from the Spiderman Comics!
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Famosu bearers:
Actress Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Špaček
Actress Mary-Louise Parker
Actress Mary Beth Pape
Actress Mary Anderson, 1859-1940
Actress Mary Anderson, born 1920
Skater Mary Anderson
Singer Mary Coughlan
And many more.
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Actress Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Špaček
Actress Mary-Louise Parker
Actress Mary Beth Pape
Actress Mary Anderson, 1859-1940
Actress Mary Anderson, born 1920
Skater Mary Anderson
Singer Mary Coughlan
And many more.
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On June 17, 1880, twin sisters Mildred Widman Philippi and Mary Widman Franzini are born in St. Louis, Missouri. Both live to be 104 years old with Mildred passing away first on May 4, 1985.
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Twin sisters, Mary (16 ounces) and Margaret (19 ounces), are born to Mrs. Florence Stimson of Old Fletton, Great Britain. They are listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as lightest twins.
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The Fischer quintuplets are born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the world's fourth surviving set of quints and the first in the United States. Jimmie, Cathy, Margie, Mary Ann and Maggie join five other siblings and are joined by a single baby sister, Cindy, born September 24, 1964.
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Famous bearer = Mary Robinson. She is Ireland's first president or first female president and she was in Irish Parliament.
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Mary Patricia McAleese is a famous bearer. She is Ireland's second female president and the world's first woman to succeed another woman as an elected head of state.
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Mary Ann Nichols (August 26, 1845 - August 31, 1888) was the first known victim of unidentified English serial killer Jack the Ripper. She was better known as Polly.
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Another famous bearer of this name is acclaimed stage actress Mary Martin (December 1, 1913-November 3, 1990). Among notable Broadway roles she originated included Maria in "The Sound of Music", Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific", and Peter Pan in "Peter Pan". She was recognized with Tony Awards for all 3 roles.
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Singer Mary J. Blige is a famous bearer.
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Mary Sue Milliken is a chef and is included in the new book: In Their Shoes by Deborah Reber.
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A famous bearer is fictional character Mary Callahan from the movie "Universal Signs". She is played by Sabrina Lloyd.
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A Mary Sue is an unrealistically perfect character in stories and fanfics who can do no wrong. This association has ruined this name for me.
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Famous bearer includes Mary Ingalls, the elder sister of famous author Laura Ingalls Wilder, and daughter of Charles & Caroline Ingalls.
Mary's character was in all of the 'Little House' books, portrayed by Melissa Sue Anderson in the famous '70's-'80's television series, and also in many miniseries and movies based off of the life of the Ingalls Family.
Mary Ingalls was born in 1865. She went blind as a teenager as a result from a case of scarlet fever she had had previously. She died in 1928.
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Mary's character was in all of the 'Little House' books, portrayed by Melissa Sue Anderson in the famous '70's-'80's television series, and also in many miniseries and movies based off of the life of the Ingalls Family.
Mary Ingalls was born in 1865. She went blind as a teenager as a result from a case of scarlet fever she had had previously. She died in 1928.
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Mary Read, one of the notorious female pirates on "Calico" Jack Rackham's ship during the Golden Age of Piracy.
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Canadian silent film actress Mary Pickford is a bearer of this name.
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Actress Mary Astor (1906-1987) is a famous bearer of this name. She was born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke.
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Famous bearer: Meryl Streep was technically born Mary Louise Streep.
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Also, Farrah Fawcett was technically born Mary Farrah Fawcett.
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Mary Katherine Gallagher is the name of Molly Shannon's character in Superstar. Also, Cameron Diaz's name is Mary in There's Something About Mary.
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"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is an English nursery rhyme.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And marigolds all in a row.
An alternate of the first line is "Mistress Mary, quite contrary," The last line is also alternated as "And pretty maids all in a row."
The rhyme is thought to have reference to Mary I of Scottland and Mary I of England.
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Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And marigolds all in a row.
An alternate of the first line is "Mistress Mary, quite contrary," The last line is also alternated as "And pretty maids all in a row."
The rhyme is thought to have reference to Mary I of Scottland and Mary I of England.
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Mary Boleyn, sister of Henry VIII's 2nd wife, was also known to be his mistress during his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
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This is actress Nicole Kidman's middle name.
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Mary-Sue Pleasant is a character in the games The Sims 2. In the game, her husband is cheating on her with the maid.
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Mary Kay Bergman was a voice actress who provided most of the female voices in the first 3 seasons of South Park and for the movie too. She commited suicide.
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Mary Cassatt was an American painter who lived in Paris and became part of the French Impressionist's movement. She painted and associtated with Degas, Renoir, and Monet among others. She was well known for her paintings of mothers and children.
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Mary is a character in the popular video game Devil May Cry 3. Throughout the game, the main character Dante calls her Lady. It's later revealed that her name is actually Mary.
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Mary McLeod Bethune was a black American woman born shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation. She started Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona, Florida, to give young black girls a classical, practical, and spiritual education.
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In the novels 'Witch Child' and 'Sorceress' by Celia Rees, Mary is the main character, who is later named Eyes of a Wolf by her new Native American 'family'.
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Bearer is author Mary Hoffman, mother of fellow author Rhiannon Lassiter. ;)
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Mary Poppins is a famous bearer!
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Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of president Abraham Lincoln, bore this name as well.
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"Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow..."
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There are authors named Mary Higgins Clark and Mary Jane Clark.
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In Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," Mary is the third of the five Bennet daughters.
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Mary is the name of the main character in The Secret Garden.
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A famous bearer is Jesus's mother, Mary.
Another is Mary Magdalene, one of the girls that saw that Jesus was risen and saw the angel.
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Another is Mary Magdalene, one of the girls that saw that Jesus was risen and saw the angel.
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Very unpopular, murderous queen {supposedly}, Mary Queen of Scots.
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Elle Fanning (actress) is actually named Mary Elle Fanning.
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Mary-Kate Olsen is an... actress?? lol.
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Mary Lou Retton was an Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics. Not only that but she has a great smile.
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Mary Tyler Moore is a famous actress and animal-rights activist.
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Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, was a famous bearer of this name.
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There is a ghost story about someone who is called Mary. She died and became Bloody Mary. Queen Elizabeth 1's sister was called Mary. Everyone called her Bloody Mary when she was queen, because she did many very bloody acts.
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A famous bearer of the name is Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
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Meryl Streep has a daughter named Mary Willa.
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