Mariela is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Mariela Antoniska (born 1975), Argentine field hockey goalkeeper in the national women's team (won Olympic medals in 2000 & 2004)
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Mariela Castro (born 1962), the director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education in Havana and an activist for LGBT rights in Cuba
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Mariela González
Mariela González Torres (born 5 April 1974) is a female marathon runner from Cuba, who won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2007 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece ...
(born 1974), Cuban athlete
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Mariela Griffor (born 1961), Chilean journalist and poet
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Mariela Muñoz
Mariela Muñoz (24 December 19435 May 2017) was an Argentine transgender rights activist and politician. She raised twenty-three children over the course of her life. In 1997, she became the first trans woman to be officially recognized by the ...
(1943–2017), Argentine transsexual activist
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Mariela Ortiz
Mariela Ortiz (born August 5, 1976) is an American voice actress, who previously worked for ADV Films and currently for Funimation. She's also an accomplished stage performer who has appeared in productions in both Texas and New York, including T ...
(born 1976), American voice actress, DVD coordinator, production assistant who works for ADV Films
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Mariela Pérez
María Elena ‘Mariela’ Pérez Branger (born February 14, 1946) is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 1967 and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1967 pageant held in Miami B ...
(born 1946), Venezuelan pageant titleholder
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