Namesakes
American First Ladies:
4 first ladies
Mary Todd Lincoln 1861-1865 
Mary McElroy 1881-1885
Mary McKee 1892-1893
Mamie Eisenhower 1953-1961
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:
2 prime ministers
Theresa May (middle name Mary) 2016-2019
Liz Truss (a.k.a. Mary) 2022
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:
3 queens
Queen Mary I Tudor 1553-1558
Queen Mary II 1689-1694
Queen Elizabeth II (middle name Mary) 1952-2022
Eurovision Song Contest Winners:
2 winners
Mike Nolan (middle name Mary) 1981 United Kingdom
Eimear Quinn (middle name Mary) 1996 Ireland
Fictional Characters from Books:
8 characters
Mary Bennet 1813 Pride and Prejudice
Mary Crawford 1814 Mansfield Park
Mary Musgrove 1818 Persuasion
Mary Barton 1848 Mary Barton
Mary Lennox 1910 The Secret Garden
Mary Poppins 1934 Marry Poppins
Mary Ann Singleton 1978 Tales of the City
Bloody Jack (a.k.a. Mary) 2002 Bloody Jack
Fictional Characters from Movies:
3 characters
Mary Poppins 1964 Marry Poppins
Mary Ellen Walton 1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Mary Jane Harper 1977 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals:
1 character
Mary Potts 1959 Little Mary Sunshine
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
29 characters
(character) Mary Phagan 1925 Little Mary Phagan
(character) Mary 1936 Mary from the Dairy
(character) Mary 1957 Mary's Boy Child
(character) Mary Lou 1961 Hello Mary Lou
(character) Mary 1966 Along Comes Mary
(character) Mary 1966 I Miss My Mary
(character) Mary 1967 Mary, Mary
(character) Mary 1967 The Wind Cries Mary
(character) Mary 1969 Proud Mary
(character) Mary 1971 Cross-Eyed Mary
(character) Mary Skeffington 1971 Mary Skeffington
(character) Mary Long 1972 Mary Long
(character) Mary 1975 Mother Mary
(character) Mary 1987 Mary's Prayer
(character) Mary Jane 1988 Mary Jane
(character) Mary Jane 1993 Mary Jane's Last Dance
(character) Mary Jane 1996 What's the New Mary Jane
(character) Mary 1998 Bloody Mary
(character) Mary 2004 Mary
(character) Mary 2005 Mary
(character) Mary 2006 Mary's Song (Oh My My My)
(character) Mary 2006 Typhoid Mary
(character) Mary 2008 Ave Mary A
(character) Mary 2008 Blind Mary
(character) Mary 2010 Mary
(character) Mary 2011 Bloody Mary
(character) Mary 2012 Hail Mary
(character) Mary Lee 2014 Mary Lee
(character) Mary 2014 Mary, Did You Know?
Fictional Characters from Television:
12 characters
Mary Richards 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mary Ellen Walton 1972 The Waltons
Mary Beth Lacey 1982 Cagney & Lacey
Madge Bishop (middle name Mary) 1985 Neighbours
Mary Anne Spencer 1986 Perfect Strangers
Mary Conner 1988; 2018 Roseanne; The Conners
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 Eunice McKee 2012 American Horror Story: Asylum
Mary Cooper 2007; 2017 The Big Bang Theory; Young Sheldon
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 (middle name Mary) 1966-1973; 1977-1979
(president) Mary Robinson 1990-1997
(president) Mary McAleese 1997-2011
New Zealand Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Jenny Shipley (middle name Mary) 1997-1999
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry
(chemistry) Dorothy Hodgkin (middle name Mary) 1964
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
72 actors, 2 actor/comedians, 2 comedian/actors, 2 presenters, 1 actor/model, 1 model/actor
May Robson (a.k.a. Mary) 1858-1942
May Whitty (a.k.a. Mary) 1865-1948
Maude Fealy (middle name Mary) 1883-1971
Billie Burke (a.k.a. Mary) 1884-1970
Maire O'Neill (a.k.a. Mary) 1886-1952
Edith Evans (middle name Mary) 1888-1976
Marjorie Main (a.k.a. Mary) 1890-1975
Peggy Wood (a.k.a. Mary) 1892-1978
Mary Pickford 1892-1979
Jackie "Moms" Mabley (middle name Mary) 1894-1975
Mae Marsh (a.k.a. Mary) 1894-1968
Nita Naldi (a.k.a. Mary) 1894-1961
Evelyn Brent (a.k.a. Mary) 1895-1975
Marie Prevost (a.k.a. Mary) 1896-1937
Grace Moore (a.k.a. Mary) 1898-1947
Mary Miles Minter 1902-1984
Mary Nolan 1902-1948
Mary Astor 1906-1987
Louise Brooks (a.k.a. Mary) 1906-1985
Mary Wickes 1910-1995
Geraldine Fitzgerald (middle name Mary) 1913-2005
Mary Martin 1913-1990
Mary Carlisle 1914-2018
Dorothy Lamour (a.k.a. Mary) 1914-1996
Olivia de Havilland (middle name Mary) 1916-2020
Margaret Lockwood (middle name Mary) 1916-1990
Lena Horne (middle name Mary) 1917-2010
Audrey Totter (middle name Mary) 1917-2013
Carole Landis (middle name Mary) 1919-1948
Joan Greenwood (middle name Mary) 1921-1987
Doris Day (middle name Mary) 1922-2019
Peggy Cass (a.k.a. Mary) 1924-1999
Dorothy Malone (a.k.a. Mary) 1925-2018
Olympia Dukakis (middle name Mary) 1931-2021
Janice Rule (a.k.a. Mary) 1931-2003
Diana Dors (middle name Mary) 1931-1984
Mala Powers (a.k.a. Mary) 1931-2007
Debbie Reynolds (a.k.a. Mary) 1932-2016
Mary Ure 1933-1975
Constance Towers (middle name Mary) 1933-
Gay Byrne (middle name Mary) 1934-2019
Mary Tyler Moore 1936-2017
Lynn Carlin (a.k.a. Mary) 1938-
Lauren Hutton (a.k.a. Mary) 1943-
Elizabeth Hartman (a.k.a. Mary) 1943-1987
Angharad Rees (middle name Mary) 1944-2012
Mary Kay Place 1947-
Mimi Kennedy (a.k.a. Mary) 1948-
Mary McDonnell 1952-
Mary Badham 1952-
Mary Steenburgen 1953-
Mel Harris (a.k.a. Mary) 1956-
Mary Stävin 1957-
Anissa Jones (a.k.a. Mary) 1958-1976
Marg Helgenberger (a.k.a. Mary) 1958-
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio 1958-
Mare Winningham 1959-
Sean Young (a.k.a. Mary) 1959-
Kathy Griffin (middle name Mary) 1960-
Mary Kay Adams 1962-
Caroline Aherne (middle name Mary) 1963-2016
Emma Chambers (middle name Mary) 1964-2018
Mary-Louise Parker 1964-
Mary Stuart Masterson 1966-
Tamsin Greig (middle name Mary) 1966-
Mary McCormack 1969-
Mary J. Blige 1971-
Mary Lynn Rajskub 1971-
Kirstie Allsopp (middle name Mary) 1971-
Jenna Elfman (middle name Mary) 1971-
Rosamund Pike (middle name Mary) 1979-
Rose Byrne (a.k.a. Mary) 1979-
Caitríona Balfe (middle name Mary) 1979-
Gaby Hoffmann (middle name Mary) 1982-
Mary Elizabeth Winstead 1984-
Teresa Palmer (middle name Mary) 1986-
Mary-Kate Olsen 1986-
Nicola Coughlan (middle name Mary) 1987-
Mary Mouser 1996-
Reneé Rapp (middle name Mary) 2000-
Notable Artists:
2 painters, 1 fashion designer, 1 painter/printmaker
Mary Cassatt 1844-1926
Anna Mary "Grandma" Moses 1860-1961
Mary Quant 1930-2023
Mary Pratt 1935-2018
Notable Athletes:
2 soccer, 1 tennis
(tennis) Mary Joe Fernández 1971-
(soccer) Abby Wambach (a.k.a. Mary) 1980-
(soccer) Dyanne Bito (middle name Mary) 1981-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Mary Kingsley 1862-1900
Notable Musicians:
10 singers, 1 composer/singer, 1 musician
Lena Horne (middle name Mary) 1917-2010
Doris Day (middle name Mary) 1922-2019
Leontyne Price (a.k.a. Mary) 1927-
Heather Harper (middle name Mary) 1930-2019
Diana Dors (middle name Mary) 1931-1984
Debbie Reynolds (a.k.a. Mary) 1932-2016
Dusty Springfield (a.k.a. Mary) 1939-1999
Debbi Peterson (middle name Mary) 1961-
Mary J. Blige 1971-
Dolores O'Riordan (middle name Mary) 1971-2018
Eimear Quinn (middle name Mary) 1972-
Beth Ditto (a.k.a. Mary) 1981-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 philosopher
Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-1797
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 chemist, 1 paleontologist
Mary Anning 1799-1847
Dorothy Hodgkin (middle name Mary) 1910-1994
Notable Writers:
16 authors, 1 poet
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 (middle name 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 (middle name Mary) 1912-2005
Barbara Pym (middle name Mary) 1913-1980
Patricia Highsmith (a.k.a. Mary) 1921-1995
Mary Higgins Clark 1927-2020
Mary Oliver 1935-2019
Pat Barker (middle name Mary) 1943-
Jancis Robinson (middle name Mary) 1950-
Olympic Medalists:
14 bronze, 8 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze/gold/silver, 2 gold/bronze/silver, 1 bronze/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 silver/gold
(bronze) Isabelle White (middle name Mary) 1912 diving - platform
(gold) Belle Moore (middle name Mary) 1912 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold) Noel Purcell (middle name Mary) 1920 water polo
(bronze) Mary Bedford 1928 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(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 (middle name 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 (middle name Mary) 1964 200 m
(bronze) Janet Simpson (middle name Mary) 1964 4x100 m relay
(gold) Mary Peters 1972 pentathlon
(bronze/gold/silver) Dianne Holum (middle name Mary) 1968; 1972 speed skating
(silver) Mary Anne O'Connor 1976 basketball
(gold/bronze/silver) Mary Wayte 1984; 1988 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Kamie Ethridge (a.k.a. Mary) 1988 basketball
(gold/bronze/silver) Mary T. Meagher 1984; 1988 swimming - 100 m butterfly; swimming - 200 m butterfly; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Lorraine Moller (middle name Mary) 1992 marathon
(bronze) Mary Ellen Clark 1992; 1996 diving - platform
(bronze) Mary Onyali-Omagbemi 1992; 1996 4x100 m relay; 200 m
(bronze) Fiona Robinson (middle name Mary) 1996 basketball
(bronze/gold) 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 (middle name Mary) 2006; 2010; 2014 ice hockey
(gold) Mary Wineberg 2008 4x400 m relay
(bronze/silver) Mary King 2004; 2008; 2012 equestrian
(silver/gold) Mary Whipple 2004; 2008; 2012 rowing
(bronze) Mary Kom 2012 boxing
(bronze) Alex Danson (middle name Mary) 2012 field hockey
(silver) Lizzie Armitstead (middle name Mary) 2012 cycling - road
Oscar Award Winners:
6 actresses
(actress) Mary Pickford 1930 Coquette
(actress) Mary Astor 1942 The Great Lie
(actress) Olivia de Havilland (middle name Mary) 1947; 1950 To Each His Own; The Heiress
(actress) Dorothy Malone (a.k.a. Mary) 1957 Written on the Wind
(actress) Mary Steenburgen 1981 Melvin and Howard
(actress) Olympia Dukakis (middle name Mary) 1988 Moonstruck
Other Royalty:
5 princesses, 2 queen consorts, 1 princess/empress consort/queen consort, 1 princess/queen consort, 1 royal consort
Alice of the United Kingdom (middle name Mary) 1843-1878 United Kingdom
Beatrice of the United Kingdom (middle name Mary) 1857-1944 United Kingdom
Victoria of the United Kingdom (middle name Mary) 1868-1935 United Kingdom
Alice, Countess of Athlone (middle name Mary) 1883-1981 United Kingdom
Victoria, Princess Royal (middle name Mary) 1840-1901; 1888 United Kingdom; German Empire; Prussia
Mary, Princess Royal 1897-1965 United Kingdom
Maud of Wales (middle name Mary) 1869-1938; 1905-1938 United Kingdom; Norway
Mary of Teck 1910-1936 United Kingdom
Lilian Baels (a.k.a. Mary) 1941-1951 Belgium
Mary, Queen of Denmark 2024- Denmark
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Mary Oliver 1984 American Primitive
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
2 musicians
Mary Wilson 1988 The Supremes
Dusty Springfield (a.k.a. Mary) 1999
Saints:
21 blessed, 17 saints
Saint Mary 0xx BC-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 Cerevellon 1230-1290
Saint Mary of Succor 1231-1281
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 (middle name 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
Blessed Marie-Geneviève Meunier (a.k.a. Mary) 1715-1794
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
Saint Marie-Euphrasie Pelletier (a.k.a. Mary) 1796-1868
Saint Antoni Maria Claret (middle name Mary) 1807-1870
Saint Mary Yi In-dok 1818-1840
Blessed Mary of the Passion 1839-1904
Saint Mary MacKillop 1842-1909
Saint Katharine Drexel (middle name Mary) 1858-1953
Blessed Maria Teresa Ledóchowska (a.k.a. Mary) 1863-1922
Blessed Maria Droste zu Vischering (a.k.a. Mary) 1863-1899
Saint John Mary Mzec ?-1887
Blessed Marija Petković (a.k.a. Mary) 1892-1956
Scottish Kings and Queens:
2 queens
Queen Mary I Queen of Scots 1542-1567
Queen Mary II 1689-1694