Namesakes
American First Ladies:
3 first ladies
Mary Todd Lincoln 1861-1865 
Mary Arthur McElroy 1881-1885
Mary Harrison McKee 1892-1893
Biblical Characters:
5 characters
Mary (f) John 11:20
Mary (f) Rom. 16:6
Mary (f) Matt. 2:11
Mary (f) John 19:25
Mary Magdalene (f) Matt. 27:56
British Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Theresa May (a.k.a. Mary) 2016-2019
Emmy Award Winners:
2 actresses
(actress) Mary Tyler Moore 1964; 1966; 1973; 1974; 1976 The Dick Van Dyke Show; The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(actress) Marg Helgenberger (a.k.a. Mary) 1990 China Beach
English and British Kings and Queens:
2 queens
Queen Mary I Tudor 1553-1558
Queen Mary II 1689-1694
Fictional Characters from Books:
7 characters
Mary Bennet 1813 Pride and Prejudice
Mary Crawford 1814 Mansfield Park
Mary Musgrove 1818 Persuasion
Princess Mariya Bolkonskaya (a.k.a. Mary) 1869 War and Peace
Mary Lennox 1910 The Secret Garden
Mary Poppins 1934 Marry Poppins
Mary Allen 1967 Christy
Fictional Characters from Movies:
2 characters
Mary Poppins 1964 Marry Poppins
Mary Ellen Walton 1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Fictional Characters from Television:
12 characters
Mary Ellen Walton 1972 The Waltons
Mary Beth Lacey 1982 Cagney & Lacey
Madge Bishop (a.k.a. Mary) 1985 Neighbours
Mary Anne Spencer 1986 Perfect Strangers
Mary Allen 1994 Christy
Mary Albright 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun
Mary Camden 1996 7th Heaven
Mary Ann Mitchell 2000 The District
Mary Alice Young 2004 Desperate Housewives
Mary Cooper 2007; 2017 The Big Bang Theory; Young Sheldon
Mary Eunice McKee 2011 American Horror Story
Mary Conner 1988; 2018 Roseanne; The Conners
Harry Potter Characters:
2 characters
Mary Cattermole
Mary Riddle
Hungarian Kings and Queens:
1 queen
Queen Mária (a.k.a. Mary) 1382-1395
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers:
2 presidents, 1 prime minister
(prime minister) Jack Lynch (a.k.a. Mary) 1966-1973; 1977-1979
(president) Mary Robinson 1990-1997
(president) Mary McAleese 1997-2011
New Zealand Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Jenny Shipley (a.k.a. Mary) 1997-1999
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry
(chemistry) Dorothy Hodgkin (a.k.a. Mary) 1964
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Mary Brave Bird 1954-2013
Notable Actors and Actresses:
25 actresses, 1 actress/comedian, 1 model/actress
Billie Burke (a.k.a. Mary) 1884-1970
Maire O'Neill (a.k.a. Mary) 1886-1952
Mary Pickford 1892-1979
Mary Astor 1906-1987
Mary Carlisle 1914-2018
Olivia de Havilland (a.k.a. Mary) 1916-2020
Doris Day (a.k.a. Mary) 1922-2019
Dorothy Malone (a.k.a. Mary) 1925-2018
Olympia Dukakis (a.k.a. Mary) 1931-2021
Debbie Reynolds (a.k.a. Mary) 1932-2016
Mary Tyler Moore 1936-2017
Angharad Rees (a.k.a. Mary) 1944-2012
Mary Kay Place 1947-
Mary McDonnell 1952-
Mary Steenburgen 1953-
Mary Stävin 1957-
Marg Helgenberger (a.k.a. Mary) 1958-
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio 1958-
Mare Winningham (a.k.a. Mary) 1959-
Caroline Aherne (a.k.a. Mary) 1963-2016
Emma Chambers (a.k.a. Mary) 1964-2018
Mary-Louise Parker 1964-
Mary McCormack 1969-
Mary J. Blige 1971-
Mary Elizabeth Winstead 1984-
Mary-Kate Olsen 1986-
Mary Mouser 1996-
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Mary Pratt 1935-2018
Notable Athletes:
1 gymnastics, 1 tennis
(tennis) Mary Joe Fernández 1971-
(gymnastics) Maggie Nichols (a.k.a. Mary) 1997-
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
1 radio, 1 television
(television) Gay Byrne (a.k.a. Mary) 1934-
(radio) Libby Purves (a.k.a. Mary) 1950-
Notable Journalists:
2 print
(print) Libby Purves (a.k.a. Mary) 1950-
(print) Jancis Robinson (a.k.a. Mary) 1950-
Notable Musicians:
5 singers
Doris Day (a.k.a. Mary) 1922-2019
Heather Harper (a.k.a. Mary) 1930-2019 opera
Debbie Reynolds (a.k.a. Mary) 1932-2016
Mary J. Blige 1971- R&B, hip hop, soul
Dolores O'Riordan (a.k.a. Mary) 1971-2018
Notable Writers:
17 authors
Mary Shelley 1797-1851
George Eliot (a.k.a. Mary) 1819-1880
Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1835-1915
Mary Roberts Rinehart 1876-1958
Mary Webb 1881-1927
Noel Streatfeild (a.k.a. Mary) 1895-1986
Enid Blyton (a.k.a. Mary) 1897-1968
Barbara Cartland (a.k.a. Mary) 1901-2000
Molly Keane (a.k.a. Mary) 1904-1996
Mary Renault 1905-1983
Andre Norton (a.k.a. Mary) 1912-2005
Barbara Pym (a.k.a. Mary) 1913-1980
Patricia Highsmith (a.k.a. Mary) 1921-1995
Mary Higgins Clark 1927-2020
Pat Barker (a.k.a. Mary) 1943-
Jancis Robinson (a.k.a. Mary) 1950-
Mary Brave Bird 1954-2013
Olympic Medalists:
12 bronze, 8 gold, 5 silver, 2 gold/bronze/silver, 1 bronze/gold/silver, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold/bronze, 1 silver/bronze/gold, 1 silver/gold
(bronze) Isabelle White (a.k.a. Mary) 1912 diving - platform
(gold) Isabella Moore (a.k.a. Mary) 1912 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold) Noel Purcell (a.k.a. Mary) 1920 water polo
(silver) Mary Washburn 1928 4x100 m relay
(silver) Mary Frizzell 1932 4x100 m relay
(gold) Mary Carew 1932 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Olive McKean (a.k.a. Mary) 1936 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Mary Sears 1956 swimming - 100 m butterfly
(silver) Michele Brown (a.k.a. Mary) 1964 high jump
(bronze/gold/silver) Mary Rand 1964 4x100 m relay; long jump; pentathlon
(bronze) Patsy Willard (a.k.a. Mary) 1964 diving - springboard
(bronze) Marilyn Black (a.k.a. Mary) 1964 200 m
(bronze) Janet Simpson (a.k.a. Mary) 1964 4x100 m relay
(gold) Mary Peters 1972 pentathlon
(silver/bronze/gold) Dianne Holum (a.k.a. Mary) 1968; 1972 speed skating
(silver) Mary Anne O'Connor 1976 basketball
(gold/bronze/silver) Mary T. Meagher 1984; 1988 swimming - 100 m butterfly; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 200 m butterfly
(gold) Kamie Ethridge (a.k.a. Mary) 1988 basketball
(gold/bronze/silver) Mary Wayte 1984; 1988 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Lorraine Moller (a.k.a. Mary) 1992 marathon
(bronze) Mary Ellen Clark 1992; 1996 diving - platform
(bronze) Mary Onyali-Omagbemi 1992; 1996 4x100 m relay; 200 m
(gold/bronze) Mary Joe Fernández 1992; 1996 tennis
(bronze) Elise Ray (a.k.a. Mary) 2000 artistic gymnastics
(gold) Abby Wambach (a.k.a. Mary) 2004; 2012 football
(gold) Gillian Apps (a.k.a. Mary) 2006; 2010; 2014 ice hockey
(bronze/silver) Mary King 2004; 2008; 2012 equestrian
(gold) Mary Wineberg 2008 4x400 m relay
(silver/gold) Mary Whipple 2004; 2008; 2012 rowing
(bronze) Mary Kom 2012 boxing
(bronze) Alex Danson (a.k.a. Mary) 2012 field hockey
(silver) Lizzie Armitstead (a.k.a. Mary) 2012 cycling - road
Oscar Award Winners:
6 actresses
(actress) Mary Pickford 1929 Coquette
(actress) Mary Astor 1941 The Great Lie
(actress) Olivia de Havilland (a.k.a. Mary) 1946; 1949 To Each His Own; The Heiress
(actress) Dorothy Malone (a.k.a. Mary) 1956 Written on the Wind
(actress) Mary Steenburgen 1980 Melvin and Howard
(actress) Olympia Dukakis (a.k.a. Mary) 1987 Moonstruck
Other Royalty:
1 princess
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark 2004- Denmark
Portuguese Kings and Queens:
2 queens
Queen Maria I (a.k.a. Mary) 1777-1816
Queen Maria II (a.k.a. Mary) 1826-1828; 1834-1853
Saints:
87 blessed, 25 saints
Saint Mary ?-0xx
Saint Mary of Clopas ?-0xx
Saint Mary Magdalene ?-77
Saint Mary the Slave of Rome ?-300
Saint Mary ?-851
Blessed Marie of Oignies (a.k.a. Mary) 1180-1213
Saint Mary of Succor 1231-1281
Saint Mary of Cerevellon ?-1290
Blessed Maria Mancini of Pisa (a.k.a. Mary) 1350-1431
Blessed Maria Bartolomea Bagnesi (a.k.a. Mary) 1514-1577
Blessed Maria Lopez of Jesus (a.k.a. Mary) 1560-1640
Saint Maria Magdalena de Pazzi (a.k.a. Mary) 1566-1607
Blessed Maria Angela Astorch (a.k.a. Mary) 1592-1665
Blessed Mary Choun ?-1619
Blessed Mary Tokuan ?-1619
Blessed Mary Guengoro ?-1620
Blessed Mary Magdalen Kiota ?-1620
Blessed Mary Tanaura ?-1622
Blessed Mary Vaz ?-1627
Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque (a.k.a. Mary) 1647-1690
Blessed Maria of Turin (a.k.a. Mary) 1661-1717
Blessed Maria Maddalena Martinengo da Barco (a.k.a. Mary) 1687-1737
Saint Maria Francesca of the Five Wounds of Jesus (a.k.a. Mary) 1715-1791
Saint Marie Madeline Postel (a.k.a. Mary) 1756-1846
Blessed Marie Rivier (a.k.a. Mary) 1768-1838
Blessed Maria Rafols (a.k.a. Mary) 1781-1853
Blessed Marie Haze (a.k.a. Mary) 1782-1876
Blessed Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini (a.k.a. Mary) 1789-1868
Blessed Marie-Françoise de Croissy (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Claude Cyprienne Brard (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Anne Brideau (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Rose Deloye (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie Dufour (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Madeleine Fontaine (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Antoinette Hanisset (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Françoise Lanel (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Geneviève Meunier (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Anne Piedcourt (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Gabrielle Trézel (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1794
Blessed Marie Sainte-Euphrasie Pelletier (a.k.a. Mary) 1796-1868
Blessed Maria Theresia of Jesus Gerhardinger (a.k.a. Mary) 1797-1879
Saint Maria de Mattias (a.k.a. Mary) 1805-1866
Blessed Maria Repetto (a.k.a. Mary) 1807-1890
Saint Maria Michaela Desmaisieres (a.k.a. Mary) 1809-1865
Blessed Marie Anne Blondin (a.k.a. Mary) 1809-1890
Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher (a.k.a. Mary) 1811-1849
Saint Maria Giuseppe Rosello (a.k.a. Mary) 1811-1886
Saint Maria Crocifissa di Rosa (a.k.a. Mary) 1813-1885
Blessed Maria Caterina of Saint Rose (a.k.a. Mary) 1813-1887
Saint María Rosa Molas y Vallve (a.k.a. Mary) 1815-1876
Saint Marie-Eugénie of Jesus (a.k.a. Mary) 1817-1898
Saint Mary Yi In-dok 1818-1840
Saint Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (a.k.a. Mary) 1818-1866
Blessed Maria Encarnacion Rosal (a.k.a. Mary) 1820-1886
Blessed María del Tránsito Cabanillas (a.k.a. Mary) 1821-1885
Blessed Maria Theresia Scherer (a.k.a. Mary) 1825-1888
Saint Maria Soledad (a.k.a. Mary) 1826-1887
Blessed Maria Marcellina Darowska (a.k.a. Mary) 1827-1911
Blessed Maria Fortunata Viti (a.k.a. Mary) 1827-1922
Blessed Marie-Thérèse de Soubiran (a.k.a. Mary) 1835-1889
Blessed Maria Dominic Mazzarello (a.k.a. Mary) 1837-1881
Blessed Marie of the Passion (a.k.a. Mary) 1839-1904
Blessed Marie de Jesus Deluil-Martiny (a.k.a. Mary) 1841-1884
Blessed Maria of Jesus Siedliska (a.k.a. Mary) 1842-1902
Saint Mary MacKillop 1842-1909
Blessed María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus Sancho de Guerra (a.k.a. Mary) 1842-1912
Blessed Maria Schininà (a.k.a. Mary) 1844-1910
Blessed María del Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (a.k.a. Mary) 1848-1911
Saint Maria Bernarda Bütler (a.k.a. Mary) 1848-1924
Blessed Marie Helene Stollenwerk (a.k.a. Mary) 1852-1900
Blessed Maria Christina Brando (a.k.a. Mary) 1856-1906
Blessed Maria Raffaella Cimatti (a.k.a. Mary) 1861-1945
Blessed Maria Domenica Mantovani (a.k.a. Mary) 1862-1934
Blessed Maria Droste zu Vischering (a.k.a. Mary) 1863-1899
Blessed Maria Anna Caiani (a.k.a. Mary) 1863-1921
Blessed Maria Theresa Ledóchowska (a.k.a. Mary) 1863-1922
Blessed Maria Karlowska (a.k.a. Mary) 1865-1935
Saint María Vicenta of Saint Dorothy Chavez Orozco (a.k.a. Mary) 1867-1949
Blessed María de Jesús Sacramentado Venegas (a.k.a. Mary) 1868-1959
Blessed María Alvarado Cardozo (a.k.a. Mary) 1875-1967
Blessed Maria Crocifissa Curcio (a.k.a. Mary) 1877-1957
Blessed Maria Bernardina Jablonska (a.k.a. Mary) 1878-1940
Blessed María Guadalupe García Zavala (a.k.a. Mary) 1878-1963
Blessed Maria Ludovica de Angelis (a.k.a. Mary) 1880-1962
Blessed María Sagrario (a.k.a. Mary) 1881-1936
Blessed Maria Teresa Fasce (a.k.a. Mary) 1881-1947
Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist (a.k.a. Mary) 1884-1949
Blessed Maria Corsini Beltrame Quattrocchi (a.k.a. Mary) 1884-1965
Saint John Mary Mzec ?-1887
Saint Maria Goretti (a.k.a. Mary) 1890-1902
Blessed María Maravillas de Jesús (a.k.a. Mary) 1891-1974
Blessed Marija Petković (a.k.a. Mary) 1892-1956
Blessed María Ginard Marti (a.k.a. Mary) 1894-1936
Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka (a.k.a. Mary) 1894-1943
Blessed María Antonia Bandrés y Elósegui (a.k.a. Mary) 1898-1919
Blessed María Romero Meneses (a.k.a. Mary) 1902-1977
Blessed María Pilar Izquierdo Albero (a.k.a. Mary) 1906-1945
Blessed Maria Euthymia Uffing (a.k.a. Mary) 1914-1955
Blessed María del Calvario Romero Clariana (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María Gabriela de Hinojosa Naveros (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María Josefa del Río Messa (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María del Carmen Moreno Benítez (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María Baldillou Bullit (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María Amparo Carbonell Muñoz (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María Teresa Ferragud Roig (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María Jesús Masiá Ferragud (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María Verónica Masiá Ferragud (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María Felicidad Masiá Ferragud (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María Pilar Martinez (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed María de la Purificación Ximénez y Ximénez (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1936
Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta (a.k.a. Mary) 1939-1964
Blessed Maria Stella Mardosewicz (a.k.a. Mary) ?-1943
Scottish Kings and Queens:
2 queens
Queen Mary I Queen of Scots 1542-1567
Queen Mary II 1689-1694
Title Characters:
29 songs, 6 books, 1 musical
(book) Mary Barton 1848 Mary Barton
(song) Mary Phagan 1925 Little Mary Phagan
(song) Mary 1936 Mary From The Dairy
(book) Mary Poppins 1934; 1953 Mary Poppins; Mary Poppins Comes Back
(song) Mary 1957 Mary's Boy Child
(musical) Mary 1959 Little Mary Sunshine
(song) Mary 1966 Along Comes Mary
(song) Mary 1966 I Miss My Mary
(song) Mary 1967 Mary Mary
(song) Mary 1967 The Wind Cries Mary
(song) Mary 1969 Proud Mary
(song) Mary 1971 Cross-Eyed Mary
(song) Mary Skeffington 1971 Mary Skeffington
(song) Mary Long 1972 Mary Long
(song) Mary 1975 Mother Mary
(book) Mary Jane Harper 1978 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
(song) Mary 1987 Mary's Prayer
(song) Mary Jane 1988 Mary Jane
(song) Mary Jane 1993 Mary Jane's Last Dance
(song) Mary Jane 1996 What's The New Mary Jane
(song) Mary 1998 Bloody Mary
(book) Mary I Tudor 1999 Mary, Bloody Mary
(song) Mary 2004 Mary
(song) Mary 2005 Mary
(song) Mary 2006 Mary's Song (Oh My My My)
(song) Mary 2006 Typhoid Mary
(song) Mary Pickford 2007 Mary Pickford (Used To Eat Roses)
(song) Mary 2008 Ave Mary A
(song) Mary 2008 Blind Mary
(song) Mary 2010 Mary
(book) Mary Ann 2010 Mary Ann in Autumn
(song) Mary 2011 Bloody Mary
(song) Mary 2012 Hail Mary
(song) Mary Lee 2014 Mary Lee
(song) Mary 2014 Mary, Did You Know?
(book) Mary Celeste 2014 The Ghost of the Mary Celeste