Marie Louise or Marie-Louise is a French feminine compound given name. In other languages, it may take one of several alternate forms: * Maria Luiza (Bulgarian, Portuguese) * Maria Luisa (Italian, Spanish) * Maria Luise (German) * Maria Louisa, Mary Louise or Mary Lou (English). Notable people with the name include:

Literature

Marie Louise Andrews Marie Louise Andrews (, Newland; October 31, 1849 – February 7, 1891) was an American author and editor from Indiana. She was a founder of the Western Association of Writers, and served as its secretary from its founding until June 1888, when sh ...

(1849–1891), American writer * Marie-Louise Belarbi (1928–2020), French-Moroccan writer * Marie-Louise Boudât (1916–1968), French letterist and author * Marie Louise Burgess-Ware (1870–?), American writer * Marie-Louise Colomb (1892–1965), Swiss writer * Marie-Louise Dreier (born 1936), Belgian poet * Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (born 1962), Irish children's author and illustrator * Marie-Louise af Forsell (1823–1852), Swedish diarist * Marie Louise von François (1817– 1893), German writer * Marie-Louise Gagneur (1832–1902), French feminist writer *

Marie-Louise Gay Marie-Louise Gay (born June 17, 1952) is a Canadian children's writer and illustrator. She has received numerous awards for her written and illustrated works in both French and English, including the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, multiple Governor ...

(born 1952), Canadian children's writer and illustrator * Marie-Louise Haumont (1919–2012), Belgian writer * Marie-Louise Jensen (born 1964), English children's author * Marie Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin (1902–1969), French novelist and poet *

Marie Louise Hamilton Mack Marie Louise Hamilton Mack (10 October 1870 – 23 November 1935) was an Australian poet, journalist and novelist. She is most known for her writings and her involvement in World War I in 1914 as the first woman war correspondent in Belgium. Bi ...

(1870–1935), Australian poet *

Marie-Louise Marmette Marie-Louise Marmette (1870–1928) (baptized as Marie-Louise-Joséphine-Esther-Eliza), known as Louyse de Bienville (Brodeur), was a French-Canadian author and lecturer. She often used the pseudonym Domino Noir. Youth Marie-Louise Marmette wa ...

(1870–1928), Canadian author *

Marie Louise Mignot Marie Louise Mignot (February 12, 1712 – August 10, 1790) was a French literary figure. She was the daughter of Voltaire's sister, Catherine Arouet (1686–1726) and her husband Pierre-François Mignot (d. 1737). After the death of her widowed ...

(1712–1790), French literary figure *

Marie-Louise Mumbu Marie-Louise Mumbu (born 15 September 1975), also called Bibish, is a Congolese journalist. Mumbu works for '' Africultures'', '' Le Potentiel'', ''L'Observateur'', and ''The Post''. She lives in Kinshasa and Montreal Montreal is the Li ...

(born 1975), Congolese journalist *

Marie Louise de la Ramee Maria Louise Ramé (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), going by the name Marie Louise de la Ramée and known by the pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which dif ...

(1839–1908), English novelist * Marie Louise Shedlock (1854–1935), French storyteller *

Marie Louise Victoire, La Rochejacquelein Marie Louise Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein née ''marquise de Lescure'' (; 25 October 1772 - 15 February 1857), was a French memoirist. She is known for her memoirs, depicting her misfortunes and her part in the Vendée wars. Life ...

(1772–1857), French memoirist

Music

Marie-Louise-Taos Amrouche Marie-Louise-Taos Amrouche (March 1913 – 2 April 1976) was an Algerian writer and singer. In 1947, she became the first Algerian woman to publish a novel. Biography She was born in Tunis, Tunisia, into a family of Kabyle Roman Catholic ...

(1913–1976), Algerian singer and writer * Marie-Louise Cantotti (1910–1999), American opera singer * Marie-Louise Cébron-Norbens (1888–1958), French opera singer * Marie-Louise Dähler, Swiss harpsichordist *

Marie-Louise Damien Marie-Louise Damien (born Louise Marie Damien; 5 December 1889 – 30 January 1978), better known by the stage name Damia, was a French singer and actress. Early life Louise Marie Damien was born on 5 December 1889 to Marie Joséphine Louise (n ...

(1889–1978), French singer and actress *

Marie-Louise Desmatins Marie-Louise Desmatins (fl. 1682–1708) was a French soprano and creator of many roles in French Baroque opera. She performed in Jean Baptiste Lully's '' Persée'' (1682), '' Armide'' (1686 and 1703 revival), '' Achille et Polyxène'' (1687), ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1682–1708), French opera singer * Marie-Louise Gilles (born 1937), French opera singer * Marie-Louise Girod (1915–2014), French organist and composer * Marie-Louise Emma Cécile Lajeunesse (1847–1930), Canadian-British opera singer *

Marie Louise Marcadet Marie Louise Marcadet née ''Baptiste'' (3 December 1758 – 28 February 1804) was a Sweden, Swedish opera singer and a dramatic stage actress of French origin. She was active in the Royal Swedish Opera as a singer, and in the Royal Dramatic T ...

(1758–1804), Swedish opera singer and a dramatic stage actress

Nobility and royalty

* Princess Marie Louise of Orleans (disambiguation), various princesses * Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611–1667), Princess of Gonzague-Nevers; daughter of Charles I, Duke of Mantua and Catherine of Guise *

Marie Louise d'Aspremont Marie Louise, Countess of Aspremont-Lynden (1651 or 1652 – Madrid, 23 October 1692), was a Duchess consort of Lorraine. Early life She was the daughter of Charles II, Count of Aspremont-Lynden (1590-1671) and his wife, Marie Françoise de ...

(1652/1652–1692), daughter of Charles II, Count d’Aspremont; wife of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine * Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688–1765), daughter of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel; wife of John William Friso, Prince of Orange * Marie Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698–1743), daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans * Marie Louise de Rohan (1720–1803), daughter of Jules de Rohan, Prince of Soubise; wife of Gaston, Count of Marsan *

Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (Marie Louise Henriette Jeanne; 15 August 1725 – 1793) was a French noblewoman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the Princess of Guéméné by marriage. Biography Early life and fami ...

(1725–1793), daughter of Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne; wife of Jules, Prince of Guéméné * Marie Louise Élisabeth of France (1727–1759), daughter of King Louis XV of France; wife of Philip, Duke of Parma * Marie Louise of France (1728–1733), daughter of Louis XV of France * Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1729–1818), daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg; wife of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt *

Princess Marie Louise of Savoy Princess is a title used by a female member of a regnant monarch's family or by a female ruler of a principality. The male equivalent is a prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for t ...

(1749–1792), daughter of Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano; wife of Louis Alexandre, Prince de Lamballe *

Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma (Marie Louise Pia Theresa Anna Ferdinanda Francisca Antoinette Margaret Josepha Carolina Blanche Lucia Apollonia; 17 January 1870 – 31 January 1899) was the eldest daughter of Robert I, Duke of Parma, Ro ...

(1751–1819), daughter of Philip, Duke of Parma; queen consort of Charles IV of Spain * Marie-Louise Coidavid (1778–1851), Queen of the Kingdom of Haiti *

Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma Marie Louise (Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Theresia Josepha Lucia; 12 December 1791 – 17 December 1847) was Duchess of Parma from 11 April 1814 until her death in 1847. She was Napoleon's second wife and as such Empress of the French a ...

(1791–1847), the second wife of Napoléon Bonaparte and Empress of the French * Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803–1862), daughter of Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; wife of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg *

Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (9 May 1814 – 28 July 1895) was a member of the Electorate of Hesse, House of Hesse-Kassel by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, she became a princess of An ...

(1814–1895), daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel; wife of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau * Countess Marie Louise Larisch von Moennich (1858–1940), illegitimate daughter of Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria * Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870–1899), daughter of Robert I, Duke of Parma; Princess Consort of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria * Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872–1956), daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Helena of the United Kingdom; wife of Prince Aribert of Anhalt * Princess Marie Louise of Hanover (1879–1948), daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover; wife of Prince Maximilian of Baden * Princess Marie-Louise of Madagascar (1897–1948), last heir apparent and pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Madagascar *

Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria (; born 13 January 1933) also known as Marie Louise Borisova Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, is the daughter of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria, Boris III and Tsaritsa Giovanna of Italy, Ioanna and the older sister of Simeon II ...

(born 1933), daughter of Boris III of Bulgaria, wife of Prince Karl of Leiningen

Politics

* Marie Louise Berneri (1918–1949), Italian activist and author * Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (1863-1952), Native American rights activist * Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (born 1958), former President of Malta * Marie-Louise Correa (born 1943), Senegalese politician *

Marie-Louise Fort Marie-Louise Fort (3 December 1950 – 24 September 2022)Marie-Louise Kehoe (born 1928), American politician * Marie-Louise Loubet (1843–1925), wife of the President of France Émile Loubet * Marie-Louise Mwange (born 1961), Congolese politician * Marie-Rose Morel (1972–2011), Flemish-Belgian politician * Marie Louise Nignan-Bassolet, Burkinabe politician * Marie-Louise O'Donnell (born 1952), Irish politician * Marie-Louise Puech-Milhau (1876–1966), French pacifist * Marie-Louise Potter (born 1959), member of the National Assembly of Seychelles * Marie-Louise Rochebillard (1860–1936), French trade unionist * Marie-Louise Sibazuri (born 1960), Burundian activist * Marie-Louise Tardif, Canadian politician * Marie Louise Yovanovitch (born 1958), American diplomat

Religion

* Marie Louise Burke (1912–2004), American Hindu religious writer * Marie Louise Clinton (1871–1934), American church leader * Marie Louise De Meester (1857–1928), French missionary * Marie Louise Habets (1905–1986), Belgian nurse and religious sister * Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Molé de Champlâtreux (1763–1825), French Catholic saint *

Marie Louise Trichet Marie Louise Trichet, also known as ''Marie-Louise de Jésus'' (1684–1759), was a French Catholic figure who, with Louis de Montfort, founded the Congregation of religious women called Daughters of Wisdom and since the age of seventeen devot ...

(1684–1759), French Catholic saint * Marie-Louise Valade (1808–1861), Canadian Catholic nun *Marie-Louise Martin (1860-1940), one of the daughters of

Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Azélie-Marie "Zélie" Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were a French Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite canonized b ...

who became a Carmelite nun

Science and engineering

Marie-Louise Bauchot Marie-Louise Bauchot (born 1928) is a French ichthyologist and assistant manager of the National Museum of Natural History, France. Taxon described by her *See :Taxa named by Marie-Louise Bauchot Selected publications Status of Abudefduf sexfasc ...

(born 1928), French ichthyologist * Marie-Louise de Beauvoir (1776–1855), Belgian educator * Marie Louise Marguerite Belèze (1851-1913), French botanist * Marie Louise Compernolle (1909–2005), Flemish chemical engineer * Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin (1905–1972), French mathematician * Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998), Swiss psychologist * Marie Louise Killick (1914–1964), English audio engineer * Marie-Louise Michelsohn (born 1941), American mathematician *

Marie-Louise Nosch Marie-Louise Bech Nosch (January 1970 -; née Gregersen) is a Professor in the University of Copenhagen and an expert in the interdisciplinary study of prehistoric textiles. Her main research focus is on the evidence for textile production in Myc ...

(born 1970), French archaeologist * Marie-Louise Paris (1889–1969), French engineer * Marie-Louise Saboungi (born 1948), American physicist *

Marie Louise Stig Sørensen Marie Louise Stig Sørensen (born 1954) is a Danish archaeologist and academic. She is Emeritus Professor of European Prehistory and Heritage Studies at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Bronze Age Archaeology at the University of Leid ...

(born 1954), Danish archaeologist * Marie-Louise Sjoestedt (1900–1940), French linguist and literary scholar * Marie Louise Uhr (1923–2001), Australian biochemist

Sports

* Marie-Louise Bévis (born 1972), French sprinter * Marie-Louise Castenskiold (born 1960), Danish equestrian *

Marie-Louise Dräger Marie-Louise Dräger (born 11 April 1981) is a German national representative rower who has represented over a twenty-year period from 1999 to 2019. She is a five-time world champion lightweight sculler who has won world championships titles in ...

(born 1981), German Olympic rower *

Marie-Louise Eta Marie-Louise Eta (; born 7 July 1991) is a German former women's association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen (women), Werder Bremen, among others. In 2023, after being appointed assista ...

(born 1991), German footballer * Marie-Louise Hamrin (born 1957), Swedish long-distance runner *

Marie-Louise Horn Marie-Luise "Marlies" Horn (15 March 1912 – 26 July 1991) was a German tennis player who was active in the 1930s. Personal Horn was born at Wiesbaden on 15 March 1912.Der Tennissport, November 1938 She married businessman Joachim Hinrich (190 ...

(1912–1991), German tennis player * Marie-Louise Hosdey (born 1945), Belgian sports shooter * Marie Louise Kirkland (1899–1999), American sports commentator *

Marie-Louise Ledru Marie-Louise Ledru was a French athlete who has been credited as the first woman to race the now-defined marathon distance of 42.195 km. On 29 September 1918 Ledru reportedly completed the Tour de Paris Marathon in a time of 5 hours and 40 min ...

, French long-distance runner * Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen (1928–1993), Dutch freestyle swimmer * Marie-Louise Perrenoud (born 1947), French speed skater * Marie-Louise Pierre (born 1955), Haitian sprinter * Marie Louise Reilly (born 1980), Irish rugby union player *

Marie Sirois Marie Sirois (Septembre 2, 1865 – January 18, 1920), erroneously known as Marie-Louise,Martin, Gabriel, « Marie Sirois (1865-1920), femme la plus forte du monde », Montréal, Histoire Québec, 21 mars 2017, vol. 22, no 4, p. 21-25. was a Fren ...

(1865–1920), erroniously known as Marie Louise Sirois, French-Canadian strongwoman * Marie Louise Steffensen (born 1996), Danish badminton player

Visual arts

* Marie Louise Amiet (1879–1944), French painter and illustrator *

Marie Louise Asseu Marie Louise Asseu (November 21, 1966 – December 7, 2016) was an Ivorian actress, director and film producer, better known by her nickname Malou. In addition, she was also the founder of the Limale Festival of Cote d' Ivore. Asseu also released ...

(1966–2016), Ivorian actress, director and film producer * Marie Louise Anna Beaudet (1859–1947), Canadian actress and dancer * Marie-Louise Bousquet (1885–1975), French fashion journalist * Maria Luise Katharina Breslau (1856–1927), Swiss painter * Marie Louise Brimberg (born 1948), Danish photographer * Marie-Louise Bruyère (1884–1959?), French fashion designer * Marie-Louise Carven (1909–2015), French fashion designer * Marie-Louise Ekman (born 1944), Swedish painter and filmmaker * Marie Louise Fuller (1862–1928), American actress and dancer * Marie-Louise Hairs (1912–1998), Belgian art historian * Marie Louise Kold (born 1974), Danish artist * Marie-Louise Laleyan (1935–2014), American architect *

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (24 October 1906 – 10 June 1996) was an Austrian-born British painting, painter. She lived in Britain from 1939 onwards, and became a naturalised subject in 1948. Early life Marie-Louise von Motesiczky was bo ...

(1906–1996), Austrian painter * Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer (1920–1967), French film actress * Marie-Louise Pichot (1885–1947), French painter * Marie Louise Thomsen (1823–1907), Danish photographer * Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun (1755–1842), French painter

Other

* Marie-Louise Arconati-Visconti (1840–1923), French philanthropist, salonnière and art collector * Marie-Louise Ayres (born 1963), Australian librarian * Marie-Louise Bertschinger (1910/1911–1970), Swiss humanitarian * Marie-Louise Bouglé (1883-1936), French feminist, librarian, and archivist * Marie-Louise Charles (1765–after 1807), French businesswoman and former slave * Marie-Louise Charpentier (1905-1998), French Resistance member * Marie-Louise Cloarec (1917–1945), French Resistance member * Marie-Louise Dissard (1881–1957), French Resistance member * Marie-Louise Driancourt (1887–1914), French pilot * Marie Louise Garibaldi (1934–2016), American jurist. * Marie-Louise Giraud (1903–1943), French abortionist * Marie-Louise Jaÿ (1838–1925), French businesswoman * Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769–1821), French midwife * Marie-Louise Lacoste (1849–1919), Canadian philanthropist * Marie-Louise Marchand-Thébault (died 2007), French historian and archivist * Marie Louise Madeleine Victoire d'Argenton (1684-1749), royal mistress of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans *

Marie-Louise Meilland Marie-Louise ("Louisette") Paolino Meilland (1920–1987) was a French rose breeder and co-owner of Meilland International in France. She was married to renowned rose breeder, Francis Meilland, who bred the world famous 'Peace' rose in the 1930 ...

(1920–1987), French rose breeder and business owner * Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880–1998), the oldest validated Canadian ever * Marie Louise Scudder Myrick (1854–1934), American newspaper owner * Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737–1814), mistress of King Louis XV of France *

Marie-Louise Theile Marie-Louise Theile (born 1966) is a former Australian news presenter. She presented '' Ten News at Five'' in Brisbane and Melbourne. She is currently the Director of New Initiative - a niche branding, marketing and place making creative agency ...

(born 1966), Australian news presenter * Marie Louise Angélique Aimée Caroillon des Tillières (1797–1853), French heiress * Marie-Louise Tromel (1717–1755), French Breton bandit * Marie-Louise Victoire Girardin (1754–1794), French explorer