Maria

Grand duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanov

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I’m sure there’s plenty, but she’s one of the historical ones to come to mind.

Maria Krüger (b. September 6th 1904, d. August 13th 1999, Warsaw) was a Polish writer of children’s literature.

Maria Kownacka (b. September 11th 1894, Słup, d. February 27th 1982, Warsaw) was a Polish writer, an author of children's magazines, performing arts, radio plays and books aimed for children.

Maria Konopnicka (b. May 23rd 1842, Suwałki, d. October 8th 1910, Lviv) was a Polish poet and novelist. She was one of the greatest writers in Polish literature’s history.

Maryla Rodowicz, actually Maria Antonina Rodowicz (b. December 8th 1945, Zielona Góra) is a Polish pop singer, one of the most famous singers in Polish light music’s history, an icon of aforementioned music and the biggest star of Polish show business.

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower is a character and boss from the game Bloodborne.

Maria Chaykovskaya (also spelt Mariya Tchaikovskaya) is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter. She is known for her hit, which also went viral on TikTok, Целуй Меня (Romanized - Tseluy Menya/Kiss Me) and the other pop styled version of the same song, В комнате цветых пелерин (Romanized - V komnate tsvetyh pelerin/In a room of colored pelerines).

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, third child of Nicholas II, last Tsar of the Russian Empire.

Maria is a character in the game Phantasy Star Online 2. She is a CAST, which is basically like an android.

Maria is a Spanish idol from the game Love Live! School Idol Festival. Her name is written in katakana (マリア). She is in her first year in high school, her birthday is August 6th and her attribute is cool. She is unvoiced, doesn't have a voice actress.

This is the middle name of the Czech artist, Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939). He had an important influence on the Art Nouveau movement.

H.I. H Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia (1899-1918) was the third daughter of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Fedorovna of Russia.

Gianni Versace's middle name was Maria.

Maria Haukaas Storeng is an Norwegian singer who represented her country in the 2008 Eurovision with the song "Hold On, Be Strong". She qualified from the semi final and cracked the top 10.

Maria Skłodowska-Curie, more commonly known as Marie Curie, was a Polish physicist and chemist who won the Nobel prize twice.

Maria Reynolds was Alexander Hamilton’s mistress between 1791 and 1792. She married James Reynolds at fifteen and had two other marriages to men whose names I do not remember. She is a minor character in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical Hamilton.
EDIT: Maria, in this case, is pronounced ma-RYE-ah.

Maria (1899-1918) is the third oldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas the 2nd and Tsarina Alexandra.

The name of a character in the light novel series "The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria". A very pretty name.

Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854-1920) was married to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia.

Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (1907–1951) was the daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna.

Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (1953) is the head of the current Romanov family.

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958), also known as Maria Pavlovna the Younger, was married to the Swedish Prince Wilhelm.

Empress Dowager Maria Feodorovna was the mother of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II.

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853-1920) was the daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and the wife of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.

Maria Thins (1593-1680) was the mother-in-law of Johannes Vermeer.

Maria is a character from the anime Hamtaro. She is Bijou's owner and she is originally from France.

Another bearer is anarchist-feminist Maria Lacerda de Moura.

Maria Torres is a paramedic in the game Trauma Team.

Maria Minchin, a character in The Little Princess. She is the principal of the school.

Maria Alexandrovna Spiridonova, aka Maria Spridovna. Really cool association to have with your daughter's name.

Maria Sjoholm was in the all female rock band DRAIN Sth (Stockholm).

Maria Owings Shriver is an American journalist, activist, author of six best-selling books, former First Lady of California, and the estranged wife of former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. She has received a Peabody Award and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of The Alzheimer's Project, Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for developing a "television show with a conscience". She is a member of the Kennedy family. Shriver is currently a special anchor and correspondent for NBC News.

Maria Odete Brito de Miranda, known as Gretchen; born May 29, 1959 in Rio de Janeiro is a Brazilian singer, reality television personality, actress, and businessman. She achieved popularity by the movie Night of the Living Dead, Gretchen, that tells the story of a German Brazilian transgender ladyman. Gretchen is known for reinventing both her music and representation, and for maintaining her autonomy within the recording industry. She has a vast musical repertory, and has been a source of some controversy throughout her career. Referred to as the Rainha do Bumbum, Gretchen is often cited as an influence by other artists.

Maria Menounos is an American actress, journalist, television host, and occasional professional wrestler of Greek descent. She is known in the United States for her appearances as a TV correspondent for Today, Access Hollywood, Extra, and abroad for co-hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.

Maria Eliane Jesus Mascarenhas, an orphaned girl adopted by rural farm workers after her mother died in childbirth, gave birth by cesarean section to a 7 lb (3.2 kg) girl named Diane in Jequié.

Maria Ilinca Băcilă, also known as simply Ilinca, is a Romanian singer and yodeler. Along with Alex Florea, she will represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Yodel It!". She also participated in the season 4 of Vocea Romaniei, for the second season of Românii au talent and for the third season of X Factor with Trupa Quattro. She is well known for her unique yodel.

Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko-Stepanova is a Russian tennis player. Kirilenko won the 2002 U.S. Open Girls' Singles and won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. She has reached three Grand Slam singles quarterfinals, at the 2010 Australian Open the 2012 Wimbledon Championships and the 2013 French Open. In doubles, she has reached two Grand Slam doubles finals, at the 2011 Australian Open and the 2012 French Open, won the 2012 WTA Tour Championships and was a bronze medalist at the 2012 London Olympics. In June 2013, Kirilenko reached her career high ranking of World No. 10.

Maria Odete Brito de Miranda, known as Gretchen is a Brazilian singer and actress. She became notorious as the Rainha do Bumbum in the late 1970s. Her stage name was taken from 1976 film Aleluia, Gretchen that tells the story of a German Brazilian immigrant family.

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player. A United States resident since 1994, Sharapova has competed on the WTA tour since 2001. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having earned silver for Russia in women's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Maria Menounos is an American actress, journalist, television host, and occasional professional wrestler of Greek descent. She is known in the United States for her appearances as a TV correspondent for Today, Access Hollywood, Extra, and abroad for co-hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.

Maria Thayer is an American actress and comedian. She first earned public recognition for her portrayal of Tammi Littlenut on the cult series Strangers With Candy in 1999. Thayer has also had supporting roles in the comedy films Hitch (2005), Accepted (2006), and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008).

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She has appeared in numerous television series, including a recurring role on the Adult Swim series Eaglehart (2011–14), and a lead role as Abbey Logan on the comedy series Those Who Can't.

Maria da Graça Meneghel commonly known as Xuxa is a Brazilian television presenter, film actress, singer, and businesswoman. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, English, and Spanish worldwide. She is a two-time winner of the Latin Grammy award for Best Children's Album, and is also known for her epithet, "Queen of the Shorties".

Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont was an American actress. She was of French Jewish and Dominican descent, born in Hollywood to actors Jean-Pierre Aumont and Maria Montez. She married actor and film director Christian Marquand in 1963, at the age of 17.

Maria Elena Kyriakou is a Greek Cypriot singer best known for winning the first season of The Voice of Greece under the mentorship of Despina Vandi. She represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with her song "One Last Breath".

Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-99), was an Italian linguist, mathematician, and philosopher. Agnesi is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus. Maria could speak both French and Italian at the age of 5. By age 13, she had acquired Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, German, Latin. At age 9, she composed and delivered, in Latin, women's right to be educated, an hour-long speech to an academic gathering. At age 15, her father Pietro, a mathematics professor, regularly gathered a circle of the most learned men in Bologna, before whom she read and maintained a series of theses on the most abstruse philosophical questions. By age 20, it is said she had a strong desire to enter a convent. Her wish was not granted and she lived from that time on in an almost conventual semi-retirement, avoiding all interactions with society and devoting herself entirely to the study of mathematics.

Maria Jackson (played by Yasmin Paige) is a main character on the Doctor Who spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures. The character departs at the beginning of the second season.

Maria Anna Mozart was the older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like her brother, she was also a talented musician. Their father showed off their talent as children by having them perform around Europe as child prodigies.

Maria Antonia Ender (1912-1986) was the mother of "Venus" singer Mariska Veres of Shocking Blue, and incidentally, she was German, not Hispanic. Mariska's given name was also Maria, but she went by the Hungarian diminutive form of her name as her father was from Hungary.

Maria Brink, (Born December 18, 1977, in Schenectady, New York, United States) singer of American metal band In This Moment.

Maria Arkhipova, (Russian: Мари́я Архипова) (Born January 9, 1983, in Moscow, Russia) singer of Russian metal band Arkona, she is known by her stage name Masha Scream.

Maria al-Qibtiyya was one of the wives of prophet Muhammad.

Maria Edgeworth (Born: January 1, 1768, Died: May 22, 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature.

Maria (1313-1357) was the daughter of King Afonso IV of Portugal and his wife Beatrice.

Maria (1603-1603) was the daughter of King Philip III of Spain and his wife Margarete of Austria.

Maria (1580-1583) was the only daughter of King Philip II of Spain and his fourth wife Anna.

Maria (1432-1432) was the daughter of King Duarte of Portugal and his wife Eleonora.

Maria (1342-1467) was the daughter of King Pedro I of Portugal and his first wife Constance.

Maria is a character from the survival horror video game Silent Hill 2.

Maria (1872-1954) was the daughter of King Ludwig III of Bavaria and his wife Maria Theresia.

Maria (1599-1655) was the daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Anna.

Maria (1819-1853) was the daughter of King Pedro IV of Portugal and his wife Maria Leopoldine of Austria. She later became the Queen of Portugal.

Maria (1851-1851) was the daughter of Queen Maria II of Portugal and her husband Ferdinand.

Maria (1840-1840) was the daughter of Queen Maria II of Portugal and her husband Ferdinand.

Maria (1628-1628) was the daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and his second wife Kirsten.

Maria (1734-1816) was the oldest daughter of King Jose I of Portugal and his wife Mariana. She later became Queen Maria I of Portugal.

Maria (1528-1603) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his wife Isabel of Portugal. She later married Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II.

Maria (1660-1723) was the daughter of Tsar Alexei I of Russia and his wife Maria.

Maria (1689-1692) was the daughter of Tsar Ivan V of Russia and his wife Praskovia.

Maria (1713-1715) was the daughter of Tsar Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) and his second wife Ekaterina.

Maria (1786-1859) was the daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and his wife Sophie.

Maria (1564-1564) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and his wife Maria of Spain.

Maria (1555-1556) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and his wife Maria of Spain.

Maria (1646-1646) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna of Spain.

Maria (1515-1583) was the daughter of John, Elector of Saxony and his second wife Margarete.

Maria (1264-1304) was the daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal and his second wife Beatrice.

Maria (1562-1566) was the daughter of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and his wife Anna of Denmark.

Maria (1513-1513) was the daughter of King Manoel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria.

Maria was the oldest daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna. She married into the de Beauharnais family.

Maria (1799-1800) was the oldest daughter of Emperor Alexander I of Russia and his wife Luise of Baden.

Maria (1853-1920) was the daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his wife Maria. She was married to Alfred, the son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Her oldest daughter Marie was the Queen of Romania.

Maria of Austria (1531-1581), third daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. She later married the Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

Maria Ross is a fictional character in Fullmetal Alchemist.

"Dear Maria, Count Me In" is a song by All Time Low.

Maria Callas -one of the greatest singers of all time! Born in the U.S. but of Greek parentage.

Taro Maria Sekiutsu is the illegal immigrant girl in Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.

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Also, I would like to point out to carenmuffin and Emilie007 that Maria Teresa was Marie Antoinette's mother, but she had a child named Marie Therese to honor her.

Maria Sue Chapman (2003-2008), the youngest adopted daughter of Christian singer and songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman. The special needs orphan facility the Chapmans recently opened in China is called Maria's Big House of Hope. Maria was a special needs orphan born in China, and the facility will serve 120 children like her every month.

Maria (pronounced "Ma-rie-a") is the name of a character in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. As was often the case with variants of names in Shakespeare's day (and before and for sometime afterwards), this was evidently regarded as interchangeable with Mary. (At one point, Maria says, "My name is Mary, sir.")

Maria al-Qibtiyya was a Coptic Christian who became the last wife (or possibly concubine) of the prophet Muhammad.

A famous bearer is French actress Maria Schneider (born March 27, 1952). She is best known for appearing as Jeanne in the 1972 film "Last Tango in Paris", opposite Marlon Brando.

Scientist Maria Curie-Skłodowska, born 7. November, 1867 Warszava – 4. July 1934 Sancellemoz, France.

Maria Robotnik from Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog.

The world's second set of surviving quintuplets (after the Dionne sisters) are born in Buones Ares, Argentina, on July 15, 1943. The five babies are three girls, Maria Ester, Maria Fernanda, and Maria Christina, and two boys Carlos Alberto and Franco.

Maria Ouspenskaya (Ìàðèÿ Óñïåíñêàÿ, July 29, 1876 – December 3, 1949) was a Russian actress. She achieved success in Russian theater as a young woman. As she aged, she began performing in Hollywood films, particularly her Academy Award-nominated roles in 'Dodsworth' (1936) and 'Love Affair' (1939).

Marie Antoinette's daughter was named Maria Teresa.

In reality, Maria Teresia was Marie Antoinette´s mother.

María Esther de Capovilla was the oldest living person, she was the last remaining documented person born in the 1880's. She died on August 27, 2006. She was 116 years, 347 days old.

In Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park, Sir Thomas Bertram's eldest daughter Maria marries Mr. Rushworth and then elopes with Henry Crawford. (Her name is pronounced ma-RYE-a)

In Jane Austen's novel Pride & Prejudice, Charlotte Lucas' younger sister is named Maria. (Her name is pronounced ma-RYE-a)

Maria Sharapova and Maria Kirilenko are Russian tennis players in the top 100!

Maria Ann-Christin Persson (b. In june 1959) played Pippi's friend Annika in "Pippi Longstocking" (the series from 1969-1970).

Maria was also the third daughter of the last czar, Nicholas II.

The Grand Duchess Maria may have possibly escaped the Romanov's masssacre instead of Anastasia. Scientists disagree on which grand duchesses's body is missing.

The missing bodies of Alexei and Marie/Anastasia Romanov were found not too long ago. Sadly, none of the family escaped that night.

Maria was the name of one of the last grand duchesses of Russia. But her nickname was Mashka.

The fine Los Lobos's rumba song "Beautiful Maria Of My Soul"!

This is the name of two members of the famous von Trapp family, whose story was immortalised in the musical "The Sound of Music". As well as the name of the main character, Maria von Trapp, it was also the name of one of the children. Maria F. von Trapp (born 1914), nicknamed "Mitzi" by her family, was the second daughter of the family and is represented in the movie by the character Louisa.

A famous bearer of this name is Grand Duchess Maria Theresa of Luxembourg.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova bears this name.

One of the children of Agathe Whitehead von Trapp & George von Trapp. Also one of the original Trapp family singers founded in 1936.

In "The Sound of Music," Maria was the name of the governess played by Julie Andrews. The nuns sang a cute song "How do you Solve a Problem Called Maria?"

A famous bearer is Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Parma. She's the daughter of prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Irene of Lippe-Biesterfeld (sister of queen Beatrix of the Netherlands).

The heroine of the musical West Side Story bears this name, and the show includes a beautiful song called "Maria" dedicated to her.