Namesakes
Belgian Prime Ministers:
17 prime ministers
Henri de Brouckère (middle name Marie) 1852-1855 
Auguste Marie François Beernaert 1884-1894
Jules de Burlet (middle name Marie) 1894-1896
Jules de Trooz (middle name Marie) 1907
Frans Schollaert (middle name Marie) 1908-1911
Gérard Cooreman (middle name Marie) 1918
Henri Carton de Wiart (middle name Marie) 1920-1921
Prosper Poullet (middle name Marie) 1925-1926
Charles de Broqueville (middle name Marie) 1911-1918; 1932-1934
Hubert Pierlot (middle name Marie) 1939-1945
Joseph Pholien (middle name Marie) 1950-1952
Jean Van Houtte (middle name Marie) 1952-1954
Théo Lefèvre (middle name Marie) 1961-1965
Pierre Harmel (middle name Marie) 1965-1966
Gaston Eyskens (middle name Marie) 1949-1950; 1958-1961; 1968-1973
Jean-Luc Dehaene (middle name Marie) 1992-1999
Guy Verhofstadt (middle name Marie) 1999-2008
Bohemian Kings:
1 queen
Queen Marie Terezie 1740-1741; 1743-1780
Dutch Prime Ministers:
3 prime ministers
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (middle name Marie) 1918-1925; 1929-1933
Victor Marijnen (middle name Marie) 1963-1965
Ruud Lubbers (middle name Marie) 1982-1994
Eurovision Song Contest Winners:
6 winners
France Gall (middle name Marie) 1965 Luxembourg
Lulu (a.k.a. Marie) 1969 United Kingdom
Anne-Marie David 1973 Luxembourg
Marie Myriam 1977 France
Céline Dion (middle name Marie) 1988 Switzerland
Marie N 2002 Latvia
Fictional Characters from Movies:
2 characters
Marie Galante 1934 Marie Galante
Marie Ragghianti 1985 Marie
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals:
1 character, 1 hero
Rose-Marie La Flemme 1924 Rose-Marie
Marie Christine 1999 Marie Christine
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
6 characters
(character) Marie 1907 Marie From Sunny Italy
(character) Rose Marie 1954 Rose Marie
(character) Marie Laveau 1973 Marie Laveau
(character) Marie 2006 Wings for Marie, Pt. 1
(character) Marie 2008 Marie Cherie
(character) Marie 2013 Dear Marie
Fictional Characters from Television:
16 characters
Marie Horton 1965 Days of Our Lives
Marie Waggedorn 1968 Julia
Kristin Shepard (middle name Marie) 1978 Dallas
Blanche Devereaux (middle name Marie) 1985; 1992 The Golden Girls; The Golden Palace
Lisa Turtle (middle name Marie) 1987; 1989 Good Morning, Miss Bliss; Saved by the Bell
Donna Martin (middle name Marie) 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210
Marie Barone 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Ally McBeal (middle name Marie) 1997 Ally McBeal
Liane Cartman (middle name Marie) 1997 South Park
Donna Pinciotti (middle name Marie) 1998 That '70s Show
Midge Pinciotti (middle name Marie) 1998 That '70s Show
Marie DuBois 2005 Medium
Marie Schrader 2008 Breaking Bad
Carrie Bradshaw (middle name Marie) 1998; 2013; 2021 Sex and the City; The Carrie Diaries; And Just Like That...
Delphine LaLaurie (a.k.a. Marie) 2013 American Horror Story: Coven
Diane Johnson (middle name Marie) 2014; 2019 Black-ish; Mixed-ish
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
8 prime ministers, 5 presidents, 2 prime minister/presidents
(prime minister) Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (middle name Marie) 1870
(prime minister/president) Adolphe Thiers (a.k.a. Marie) 1836; 1840; 1871-1873
(president) Patrice de Mac-Mahon (a.k.a. Marie) 1873-1879
(president) Marie François Sadi Carnot 1887-1894
(prime minister) Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (middle name Marie) 1899-1902
(prime minister) Ferdinand Sarrien (middle name Marie) 1906
(prime minister) Joseph Caillaux (middle name Marie) 1911-1912
(prime minister) Édouard Herriot (middle name Marie) 1924-1925; 1926; 1932
(prime minister) Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (middle name Marie) 1957
(prime minister/president) Charles de Gaulle (middle name Marie) 1958-1959; 1959-1969
(president) Alain Poher (middle name Marie) 1969; 1974
(president) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (middle name Marie) 1974-1981
(president) François Mitterrand (middle name Marie) 1981-1995
(prime minister) Alain Juppé (middle name Marie) 1995-1997
(prime minister) Dominique de Villepin (middle name Marie) 2005-2007
Grammy Award Winners:
1 album of the year/record of the year
(album of the year/record of the year) Céline Dion (middle name Marie) 1997; 1999 Falling into You; My Heart Will Go On
Hall-of-Famers:
5 basketball
(basketball) Denise Curry (middle name Marie) 1997
(basketball) Tina Thompson (middle name Marie) 2018
(basketball) Theresa Grentz (middle name Marie) 2022
(basketball) Swin Cash (middle name Marie) 2022
(basketball) Lindsay Whalen (middle name Marie) 2022
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry, 1 literature, 1 peace, 1 physics/chemistry
(physics/chemistry) Marie Curie 1903; 1911
(peace) Auguste Marie François Beernaert 1909
(chemistry) Jean-Marie Lehn 1987
(literature) J. M. G. Le Clézio (middle name Marie) 2008
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
64 actors, 3 presenters, 1 actor/dancer, 1 actor/model, 1 model, 1 reality star
Loie Fuller (a.k.a. Marie) 1862-1928
Marie Dressler 1868-1934
Marie Doro 1882-1956
Norma Talmadge (middle name Marie) 1894-1957
Blossom Rock (a.k.a. Marie) 1895-1978
Marie Prevost 1896-1937
Irene Dunne (middle name Marie) 1898-1990
Elissa Landi (middle name Marie) 1904-1948
Helen Twelvetrees (middle name Marie) 1908-1958
Lilli Palmer (middle name Marie) 1914-1986
Audra Lindley (middle name Marie) 1918-1997
Lucille Dumont (a.k.a. Marie) 1919-2016
Marie Windsor 1919-2000
Ellen Vogel (middle name Marie) 1922-2015
Veronica Lake (middle name Marie) 1922-1973
Rose Marie 1923-2017
Priscilla Pointer (middle name Marie) 1924-
Faith Domergue (middle name Marie) 1924-1999
Eva Marie Saint 1924-
Diana Lynn (middle name Marie) 1926-1971
Ann Blyth (middle name Marie) 1928-
Katherine Helmond (middle name Marie) 1929-2019
Mylène Demongeot (a.k.a. Marie) 1935-2022
Diane Varsi (middle name Marie) 1938-1992
Samantha Eggar (middle name Marie) 1939-
René Auberjonois (middle name Marie) 1940-2019
Marie-Christine Barrault 1944-
Jane Lapotaire (middle name Marie) 1944-
Patty Duke (middle name Marie) 1946-2016
Tantoo Cardinal (middle name Marie) 1950-
Amy Madigan (middle name Marie) 1950-
Rene Russo (middle name Marie) 1954-
Vanna White (middle name Marie) 1957-
Inès de La Fressange (middle name Marie) 1957-
Anne-Marie Martin 1957-
Madeleine Stowe (middle name Marie) 1958-
Lucinda Dickey (middle name Marie) 1960-
Jane Lynch (middle name Marie) 1960-
Erin Moran (middle name Marie) 1960-2017
Amy Yasbeck (middle name Marie) 1962-
Jeanne Tripplehorn (middle name Marie) 1963-
Constance Marie (middle name Marie) 1965-
Leah Remini (middle name Marie) 1970-
Joelle Carter (middle name Marie) 1972-
Holly Marie Combs 1973-
Jenna Fischer (middle name Marie) 1974-
Kathryn Hahn (middle name Marie) 1974-
Annie Parisse (middle name Marie) 1975-
Mireille Enos (a.k.a. Marie) 1975-
Nicholle Tom (middle name Marie) 1978-
Katherine Heigl (middle name Marie) 1978-
Jennifer Morrison (middle name Marie) 1979-
Collette Wolfe (middle name Marie) 1980-
Holly Willoughby (middle name Marie) 1981-
Jessica Alba (middle name Marie) 1981-
Christina Milian (middle name Marie) 1981-
Heather Matarazzo (middle name Marie) 1982-
Gia Allemand (middle name Marie) 1983-2013
Rachel Skarsten (middle name Marie) 1985-
Elyse Levesque (middle name Marie) 1985-
Naya Rivera (middle name Marie) 1987-2020
Callie Hernandez (middle name Marie) 1988-
Leah Pipes (middle name Marie) 1988-
Melissa Benoist (middle name Marie) 1988-
Kelly Marie Tran 1989-
Jana Duggar (middle name Marie) 1990-
Christian Serratos (middle name Marie) 1990-
Jamie Lynn Spears (middle name Marie) 1991-
Danielle Campbell (middle name Marie) 1995-
Anya Taylor-Joy (middle name Marie) 1996-
Jenna Ortega (middle name Marie) 2002-
Notable Artists:
1 etcher/painter, 1 painter, 1 sculptor, 1 sculptor/painter
Marie Tussaud 1761-1850
Marius Bauer (a.k.a. Marie) 1867-1932
Marie "Toyen" Čermínová 1902-1980
Niki de Saint Phalle (middle name Marie) 1930-2002
Notable Athletes:
5 basketball, 3 soccer, 1 skiing
(soccer) Jean-Marie Pfaff 1953-
(basketball) Denise Curry (middle name Marie) 1959-
(basketball) Tina Thompson (middle name Marie) 1975-
(soccer) Mickaël Landreau (middle name Marie) 1979-
(basketball) Swin Cash (middle name Marie) 1979-
(basketball) Lindsay Whalen (middle name Marie) 1982-
(basketball) Cappie Pondexter (middle name Marie) 1983-
(skiing) Julia Mancuso (middle name Marie) 1984-
(soccer) Jean Marie Dongou 1995-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Charles Marie de La Condamine 1701-1774
Notable Military Figures:
1 general
Charles de Gaulle (middle name Marie) 1890-1970
Notable Musicians:
22 singers, 1 musician
Lucille Dumont (a.k.a. Marie) 1919-2016
Rose Marie 1923-2017
Lucille Starr (middle name Marie) 1938-2020
France Gall (middle name Marie) 1947-2018
Anita Pointer (middle name Marie) 1948-2022
Lulu (a.k.a. Marie) 1948-
Anne-Marie David 1952-
Chaka Khan (middle name Marie) 1953-
Marie Myriam 1957-
Marie Fredriksson 1958-2019
Joan Jett (middle name Marie) 1958-
Eva Cassidy (middle name Marie) 1963-1996
CeCe Winans (middle name Marie) 1964-
Sinéad O'Connor (middle name Marie) 1966-2023
Lisa Marie Presley 1968-2023
Céline Dion (middle name Marie) 1968-
Marie N 1973-
Nicole Appleton (middle name Marie) 1974-
Shaznay Lewis (middle name Marie) 1975-
Mýa (middle name Marie) 1979-
Christina Milian (middle name Marie) 1981-
Naya Rivera (middle name Marie) 1987-2020
Becky G. (middle name Marie) 1997-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 philosopher
François-Marie Arouet "Voltaire" 1694-1778
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
3 politicians
Maan Sassen (middle name Marie) 1911-1995
Jean-Marie Le Pen 1928-
Michele Bachmann (middle name Marie) 1956-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 physicists, 1 geologist, 1 inventor
Joseph Marie Jacquard 1752-1834
André-Marie Ampère 1775-1836
Marie Curie 1867-1934
Marie Tharp 1920-2006
Notable Writers:
9 authors, 1 author/poet, 1 poet
Marie de France 11xx-c. 1215
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal 1626-1696
Madame de La Fayette (a.k.a. Marie) 1634-1693
François-Marie Arouet "Voltaire" 1694-1778
Stendhal (a.k.a. Marie) 1783-1842
Joris-Karl Huysmans (middle name Marie) 1848-1907
Marguerite Duras (middle name Marie) 1914-1996
Anne Frank (middle name Marie) 1929-1945
Paula Gunn Allen (middle name Marie) 1939-2008
J. M. G. Le Clézio (middle name Marie) 1940-
Nora Roberts (middle name Marie) 1950-
Olympic Medalists:
14 bronze, 14 gold, 3 silver, 3 silver/gold, 2 bronze/gold, 2 bronze/silver, 2 gold/silver, 1 gold/silver/bronze, 1 silver/bronze
(bronze) Louis Bonniot de Fleurac (middle name Marie) 1908 3 mile team
(bronze) Mary Bedford (a.k.a. Marie) 1928 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(silver/gold) Marie Braun 1928 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 100 m backstroke
(gold) Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (middle name Marie) 1948 4x100 m relay
(gold) Alice Coachman (middle name Marie) 1948 high jump
(bronze) Lily Carlstedt (middle name Marie) 1948 javelin throw
(bronze/silver) Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen 1948; 1952 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold) Marie Corridon 1948 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Marilee Stepan (a.k.a. Marie) 1952 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold/silver) Edith McGuire (middle name Marie) 1964 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(silver/gold) Sharon Stouder (middle name Marie) 1964 swimming - 100 m butterfly; swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze/gold) Kaye Hall (middle name Marie) 1968 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Susan Shields (middle name Marie) 1968 swimming - 100 m butterfly
(silver/bronze) Lynn Vidali (middle name Marie) 1968; 1972 swimming - 400 m medley; swimming - 200 m medley
(bronze) Donna-Marie Gurr 1972 swimming - 200 m backstroke
(gold) Luann Ryon (middle name Marie) 1976 archery - individual
(silver) Susan Rojcewicz (middle name Marie) 1976 basketball
(gold) Kim Peyton (middle name Marie) 1976 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Robin Corsiglia (middle name Marie) 1976 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Donna Hartley (middle name Marie) 1980 4x400 m relay
(gold) Denise Curry (middle name Marie) 1984 basketball
(bronze) Lisanne Lejeune (middle name Marie) 1988 field hockey
(silver) Sandra Farmer-Patrick (middle name Marie) 1992 400 m hurdles
(bronze) Caren Kemner (middle name Marie) 1992 volleyball
(bronze) Sandra Douglas (middle name Marie) 1992 4x400 m relay
(gold) Marie-José Pérec 1992; 1996 200 m; 400 m
(bronze/gold) Michelle Smith (middle name Marie) 1996 swimming - 200 m butterfly; swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m medley
(gold/silver) Deon Hemmings (middle name Marie) 1996; 2000 400 m hurdles; 4x400 m relay
(gold) Tina Thompson (middle name Marie) 2004; 2008 basketball
(gold) Kara Lawson (middle name Marie) 2008 basketball
(gold) Cappie Pondexter (middle name Marie) 2008 basketball
(gold/silver/bronze) Julia Mancuso (middle name Marie) 2006; 2010; 2014 alpine skiing
(gold) Swin Cash (middle name Marie) 2004; 2012 basketball
(bronze) Marie-Ève Nault 2012 football
(bronze) Desiree Scott (middle name Marie) 2012 football
(bronze/silver) Marie-Ève Drolet 2002; 2014 speed skating
(silver) Marie Martinod 2014 freestyle skiing
(gold) Marie-Philip Poulin 2010; 2014 ice hockey
(gold) Lindsay Whalen (middle name Marie) 2012; 2016 basketball
(silver/gold) Jocelyne Larocque (middle name Marie) 2014; 2018; 2022 ice hockey
(bronze) Dearica Hamby (middle name Marie) 2024 3x3 basketball
(gold) Marie Reichert 2024 3x3 basketball
Oscar Award Winners:
3 actresses
(actress) Marie Dressler 1932 Min and Bill
(actress) Eva Marie Saint 1955 On the Waterfront
(actress) Patty Duke (middle name Marie) 1963 The Miracle Worker
Other Leaders:
1 president, 1 prime minister
Prime Minister Raymond Le Bourdon (middle name Marie) 1919-1923 Monaco
President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca 2014- Malta
Other Royalty:
23 princesses, 6 princes, 4 archduchesses, 4 grand dukes, 4 queen consorts, 3 princess consorts, 2 kings, 1 princess/queen consort, 1 queen
Sophie Dorothea of Prussia (middle name Marie) 1719-1765 Prussia
Victoire of France (middle name Marie) 1733-1792 France
Marie Antoinette 1774-1792 France
Alexandrine of Prussia (middle name Marie) 1803-1892 Prussia
Elisabeth of Prussia (a.k.a. Marie) 1815-1885 Prussia
Sophie of the Netherlands (middle name Marie) 1824-1897 Netherlands
Marie of Prussia 1825-1889 Prussia
Luise of Prussia (a.k.a. Marie) 1829-1901 Prussia
Anna of Prussia (a.k.a. Marie) 1836-1918 Prussia
Luise of Prussia (middle name Marie) 1838-1923 Prussia
Marie of Prussia 1855-1888 Prussia
Gisela of Austria (middle name Marie) 1856-1919 Austria-Hungary
Maria Sophie of Bavaria (a.k.a. Marie) 1859-1861 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Marie Valerie of Austria 1868-1919 Austria-Hungary
Margarete Sophie of Austria (middle name Marie) 1870-1902 Austria-Hungary
Marie of Romania 1875-1893; 1914-1927 United Kingdom; Romania
Elisabeth Marie of Austria 1883-1919 Austria-Hungary
Viktoria Margarete of Prussia (middle name Marie) 1890-1923 Prussia
Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (middle name Marie) 1905-1918 German Empire; Prussia
Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg 1912-1919 Luxembourg
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (middle name Marie) 1919-1964 Luxembourg
Georgina, Princess of Liechtenstein (middle name Marie) 1943-1989 Liechtenstein
Juliana of the Netherlands (middle name Marie) 1948-1980 Netherlands
Louise of Sweden (middle name Marie) 1950-1965 Sweden
Baudouin of Belgium (middle name Marie) 1951-1993 Belgium
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (middle name Marie) 1964-2000 Luxembourg
Prince Henrik of Denmark (middle name Marie) 1967-2018 Denmark
Leopold of Liechtenstein (middle name Marie) 1984 Liechtenstein
Marie Astrid of Liechtenstein 1987- Liechtenstein
Josef Emanuel of Liechtenstein (middle name Marie) 1989- Liechtenstein
Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein 1989-2021 Liechtenstein
Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein (middle name Marie) 1993- Liechtenstein
Carlos of Bourbon-Parma (middle name Marie) 1996- Netherlands
Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein 1996- Liechtenstein
Marilène of Orange-Nassau (a.k.a. Marie) 1998- Netherlands
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (middle name Marie) 2000- Luxembourg
Élisabeth, Duchess of Brabant (middle name Marie) 2001- Belgium
Gabriel of Belgium (middle name Marie) 2003- Belgium
Theodora of Liechtenstein (middle name Marie) 2004- Liechtenstein
Emmanuel of Belgium (middle name Marie) 2005- Belgium
Aimée of Orange-Nassau (middle name Marie) 2005- Netherlands
Eléonore of Belgium (middle name Marie) 2008- Belgium
Marie of Denmark 2008- Denmark
Athena of Denmark (middle name Marie) 2012-2023 Denmark
Philippe (middle name Marie) 2013- Belgium
Mathilde of Belgium (middle name Marie) 2013- Belgium
Gabriella of Monaco (middle name Marie) 2014- Monaco
Delphine of Belgium (middle name Marie) 2020- Belgium
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
1 musician
Joan Jett (middle name Marie) 2015 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Saints:
26 blessed, 10 saints
Blessed Marie of Oignies 1180-1213
Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque 1647-1690
Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort 1673-1716
Saint Marguerite d'Youville (a.k.a. Marie) 1701-1771
Blessed Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret 1715-1794
Blessed Marie-Anne Piedcourt 1715-1794
Blessed Marie-Geneviève Meunier 1715-1794
Blessed Jean-Marie du Lau 1738-1792
Blessed Marie-Antoinette Hanisset 1742-1794
Blessed Marie-Gabrielle Trézel 1743-1794
Blessed Marie-Anne-Françoise Brideau 1751-1794
Blessed Marie-Madeleine-Claudine Lidoine 1752-1794
Saint Marie Madeline Postel 1756-1846
Blessed Marie-Anne Pelras 1760-1794
Blessed Marie Rivier 1768-1838
Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey 1779-1851
Blessed Marie Haze 1782-1876
Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney 1786-1859
Blessed Marie-Françoise de Croissy ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Claude Cyprienne Brard ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Rose Deloye ?-1794
Blessed Marie Dufour ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Madeleine Fontaine ?-1794
Blessed Marie-Françoise Lanel ?-1794
Saint Marie-Euphrasie Pelletier 1796-1868
Blessed Marie Anne Blondin 1809-1890
Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher 1811-1849
Saint Marie-Eugénie of Jesus 1817-1898
Saint Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy 1818-1866
Blessed Marie-Thérèse de Soubiran 1834-1889
Blessed Mary of the Passion (middle name Marie) 1839-1904
Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux 1841-1917
Blessed Marie de Jesus Deluil-Martiny 1841-1884
Saint Thérèse de Lisieux (a.k.a. Marie) 1873-1897
Blessed Joseph-Marie Cassant 1878-1903
Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta 1939-1964
Swiss Presidents:
2 presidents
Jean-Marie Musy 1925; 1930
Micheline Calmy-Rey (middle name Marie) 2007; 2011