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A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
* Mariya Abakumova (born 1986), Russian Olympic javelin thrower
* Mariya Agapova (born 1997), Kazakhstani mixed martial arts fighter
* Mariya Alyokhina (born 1988), Russian political activist
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Mariya Babanova
Maria Ivanovna Babanova (russian: Мария Ивановна Бабанова; 11 November 1900 – 20 March 1983) was a Soviet and Russian actress and pedagogue. She has been described as Vsevolod Meyerhold's greatest actress and was named a Peo ...
(1900–1983), Russian actress
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Mariya Baklakova
Mariya Valeryevna Baklakova (russian: Мария Валерьевна Баклакова; born 14 March 1997) is a Russian swimmer. She competed in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.Mariya Bayda (1922–2002), Russian scout
* Mariya Bespalova (born 1968), Russian hammer thrower
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Mariya Bolikova
Mariya Bolikova (born 23 May 1977 in Elista, russian: Мария Боликова) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
She finished fifth in the 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and fourth ...
Mariya Dimitrova
Mariya Dimitrova (born 7 August 1976) is a Bulgarian triple jumper.
She finished seventh at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the World Championships in 2003 and 2007 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without re ...
(born 1976), Bulgarian triple jumper
* Mariya Dolina (1922–2010), Soviet WWII dive bomber pilot and Heroine of the Soviet Union
* Mariya Fadeyeva (born 1958), Russian former rower
* Mariya Gabriel (born 1979), Bulgarian politician
* Mariya Grabovetskaya (born 1987), Kazakhstani weightlifter
* Mariya Grinberg (1908–1978), Russian pianist
* Mariya Gromova (born 1984), Russian synchronized swimmer
* Mariya Havrysh (1931–2001), Ukrainian swimmer
* Mariya Ise (born 1988), Japanese actress
* Mariya Karashka (born 1942), Bulgarian artistic gymnast
* Mariya Kartalova (born 1969), Bulgarian artistic gymnast
* Mariya Kichukova (born 1972), Bulgarian canoeist
* Mariya Kirova (born 1982), better known as simply Maria, Bulgarian singer
* Mariya Kiselyova (born 1974), Russian synchronized swimmer
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Mariya Kocheva
Mariya Zdravkova Kocheva ( bg, Мария Здравкова Кочева) (born February 26, 1974 in Silistra) is a retired backstroke swimmer from Bulgaria. She was the only female member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team (four men and one ...
(born 1974), Bulgarian swimmer
* Mariya Konovalova (a.k.a. Mariya Pantyukhova]; born 1974), Russian long-distance runner
* Mariya Koroleva (born 1990), American synchronized swimmer
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Mariya Koroteyeva
Mariya Mikhailovna Koroteyeva (russian: Мария Михайловна Коротеева; born 10 November 1981) is a Russian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.
Her personal best time is 12.60 seconds, achieved during the Olympic ...
(born 1981), Russian hurdler
* Mariya Koryttseva (born 1985), Ukrainian tennis player
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Mariya Kozhevnikova
Maria Aleksandrovna Kozhevnikova (russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Коже́вникова; born November 14, 1984) is a Russian actress and a politician.
Kozhevnikova was voted the hottest woman in Russia in November 2011. ...
(born 1984), Russian actress and politician
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Mariya Krivopolenova
Mariya Dmitriyevna Krivopolenova (russian: Мария Дмитриевна Кривополенова; née Mariya Kabalina; born 1843 —1924) was a Russian folklore performer and a storyteller.
Biography
Mariya Krivopolenova was born as Mar ...
(1843–1924), Russian folklore performer and storyteller
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Mariya Kuchina
Mariya Aleksandrovna Lasitskene (russian: Мария Александровна Ласицкене, ; ; born 14 January 1993) is a Russian Sport of athletics, athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Oly ...
(born 1993), Russian athlete
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Mariya Kuznetsova (singer)
Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova (25 April 1966) (russian: Мария Николаевна Кузнецова, also spelled Maria Kuznetsova-Benois) was a 20th century Russian opera singer and dancer.
Prior to the Revolution, Kuznetsova was one of ...
(1880–1966), Russian opera singer and dancer
* Mariya Kuznetsova (pilot) (1918–1990), Soviet fighter pilot
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Mariya Itkina
Maria (also "Mariya" and "Marina") Leontievna Itkina ( be, Марыя Лявонцеўна Іткіна; russian: Мария Леонтьевна Иткина; 3 May 19321 December 2020) was a Soviet runner who set multiple world records in vario ...
(1932–2020), Soviet runner
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Mariya Litoshenko
Mariya Penrivna Litoshenko ( ua, Марія Петрівна Літошенко, born September 24, 1949) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet/Ukrainian SSR, Ukrainian Team handball, handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. She wa ...
(born 1949), Soviet handball player
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Mariya Liver
Maria Liver ( uk, Марія Володимирівна Лівер; born 11 November 1990) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian swimming (sport), swimmer. She competed for Ukraine at the Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics.
(born 1990), Ukrainian swimmer
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Mariya Mazina
Maria Valeryevna Mazina (born 18 April 1964) is a Russian women's épée fencer. She is an Olympic champion, and a 5-time world women's épée champion.
Early and personal life
Mazina was born in Moscow, Russia, and is Jewish. She lives in Mos ...
(born 1964), Russian women's épée fencer
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Mariya Melentyeva Mariya Vladimirovna Melentyeva (; 24 January 1924 – 2 July 1943) was a Soviet partisan from Karelia who was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 25 September 1943 for her resistance activities.
Early life
Melentyeva was bo ...
(1924–1943), Soviet partisan
* Mariya Muzychuk (born 1992), Ukrainian chess player
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Mariya Netesova
Mariya Vyacheslavovna Netesova (russian: Мария Вячеславовна Нетесова (born 26 May 1983 in Yekaterinburg) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympic ...
(born 1983), Russian rhythmic gymnast
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Mariya Ocher
Mary Ocher (''"Oh-chur"'', born Mariya Ocheretianskaya on November 10, 1986. Legally changed to Ocher at age 18) is a recording artist, performer, poet, director and visual artist.
Music
Mary recorded her first song at age 14, produced by Idan ...
(a.k.a. Mariya Ocheretianskaya; born 1986), Russian musical artist
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Mariya Ohurtsova
Mariya Ohurtsova ( uk, Марія Огурцова; born 4 January 1983 in Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint butterfly events. She represented Ukraine, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also tra ...
(a.k.a. Mariya Ogurtsova; born 1983), Ukrainian swimmer
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Mariya Oktyabrskaya
Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya (russian: Мария Васильевна Октябрьская; 16 August 1905 – 15 March 1944) was a Soviet tank driver and mechanic who fought on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany during World War II. A ...
(1905–1944), Soviet war hero
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Mariya Onolbayeva
Mariya Onolbayeva (russian: Мария Асановна Онолбаева, born 25 December 1978 in Murmansk, Soviet Union) is a Russian female ice hockey player. She was part of the Russia women's national ice hockey team that participated in ...
(born 1978), Russian ice hockey player
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Mariya Orlyk
Mariya Andriivna Orlyk ( uk, Марія Андріївна Орлик; born 15 May 1930) is a Ukrainian teacher and Communist Party of the Soviet Union politician. She began teaching in the village called in the Ternopil Oblast following her grad ...
(born 1930), Ukrainian teacher and politician
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Mariya Ovechkina
Mariya Ovechkina (born 1990) is a beauty contest contestant who won the title of Miss Irkutsk in 2009 and participated in the Miss Russia 2010 contest.
Biography
Ovechkina was born in Severomorsk and . She won the 2009 Miss Irkutsk contest. At ...
(born 1991), Russian beauty-contest contestant
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Mariya Panfilova
Mariya Panfilova (née Mariya Sadilova) (born October 11, 1987) is a retired biathlete, represented Russia (2007–2012), Ukraine (2013–2014, 2017–2018), and Belarus (2015–2017).
Performances
(Rus) – representing Russia; (Ukr) – repres ...
(a.k.a. Mariya Sadilova; born 1987), Russian biathlete
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Mariya Payun
Mariya Vasilyevna Payun (russian: Мария Васильевна Паюн, born 17 July 1953) is a Soviet rower.
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Living people
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(born 1953), Soviet rower
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Mariya Petkova
Mariya Dimitrova Petkova ( bg, Мария Димитрова Петкова, née Vergova (); born 3 November 1950 in Plovdiv) is a retired Bulgarian discus thrower. In 1976 she won an Olympic silver medal behind Evelin Schlaak, a standing that ...
(née Mariya Vergova; born 1950), Bulgarian discus thrower
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Mariya Petrovykh
Maria Sergeyevna Petrovykh ( rus, Мария Сергеевна Петровых, p=mɐˈrʲijə sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvnə pʲɪtrɐˈvɨx; – 1 June 1979) was a Russian poet and translator.
Early life
Petrovykh was born in Norskii Posad, a vill ...
(1908—1979), Russian poet and translator
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Mariya Pinigina
Mariya Dzhumabaevna Pinigina (russian: Мария Джумабаевна Пинигина, née Kulchunova; born 9 February 1958 in Ivanovka, Kyrgyz SSR) is a former Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres, training at Spartak in K ...
(née Mariya Kulchunova; born 1958), Soviet sprinter
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Mariya Pisareva
Mariya Pisareva (russian: Мария Писарева; born 9 April 1934) is a retired Soviet Union athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. She trained at Zenit in Moscow
She competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Austr ...
(born 1934), Soviet high-jumper
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Mariya Ralcheva
Mariya Ralcheva (born 22 August 1978) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-2000s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville.
Ralcheva also fini ...
(born 1978), Ukrainian sprint canoer
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Mariya Rudnitskaya
Maria Leonidovna Rudnitskaya (russian: Мари́я Леони́довна Рудни́цкая; June 17, 1916 – January 1, 1983) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad. She was ...
(1916–1983), Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and art teacher
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Mariya Ryemyen
Mariya Ryemyen ( uk, Марія Рємєнь; born 2 August 1987, Makiivka) is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres. Ryemyen was part (with Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Olesya Povh and Yelizaveta Bryzhina) of the Ukrainian women ...
(born 1987), Ukrainian sprinter
* Mariya Sarapova (a.k.a. Mariya Sharapova; born 1987), Russian tennis player
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Mariya Savinova
Mariya Sergeyevna Savinova (russian: Мария Сергеевна Савинова; born 13 August 1985) is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 800-metres event. In 2017, she was found guilty of doping and was subsequently suspen ...
(born 1985), Russian middle-distance runner
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Mariya Shah
Mariya is a variation of the feminine given name Maria.
People
* Mariya Abakumova (born 1986), Russian Olympic javelin thrower
* Mariya Agapova (born 1997), Kazakhstani mixed martial arts fighter
* Mariya Alyokhina (born 1988), Russian politica ...
, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
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Mariya Shcherba
Mariya Vyachaslavauna Shcherba ( be, Марыя Вячаславаўна Шчэрба; born 14 April 1985) is a Belarusian swimmer. She competed in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but her team did not reach the finals.
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(born 1985), Belarusian swimmer
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Mariya Shcherbina
Mariya Vladimirovna Shcherbina ( uk, Марія Володимирівна Щербина, born December 11, 1958) is a Ukrainian mathematician and mathematical physicist who studies the theory of random matrices. She is a corresponding member of ...
(born 1958), Ukrainian mathematician
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Mariya Shekerova
Mariya Shekerova (russian: Мария Шекерова; born December 9, 1988) is an Uzbekistani-Russian judoka, who played for the heavyweight category. Shekerova represented Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed ...
(born 1988), Uzbekistani-Russian Olympic judoka
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Mariya Shorets
Mariya Sergeyevna Shorets (Russian Мария Сергеевна Шорец, born 9 August 1990, in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian professional triathlete, Russian U23 Champion of the year 2011, bronze medalist in the Elite ranking, and a me ...
(born 1990), Russian triathlete
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Mariya Shubina
Mariya Timofeyevna Shubina (russian: Мария Тимофеевна Шубина; born 12 May 1930) is a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. She won the K-2 500 m gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in ...
(a.k.a. Mariya Zhubina; born 1930), Soviet canoeist
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Mariya Sidorova
Mariya Igorevna Sidorova (russian: Мария Игоревна Сидорова; born 21 November 1979) is a Russian handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team. She won the gold medal with the Russian winning team in t ...
(born 1979), Russian handball player
* Mariya Smolyachkova (born 1985), Belarusian hammer thrower
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Mariya Sokova
Mariya Sokova (russian: Мария Сокова; born 2 September 1970) is a Russian-Uzbekistani triple jumper.
She originally represented Russia. She finished fifth at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. Her personal best jump was 14.50 metres, ...
(born 1979), Uzbekistani triple jumper
* Mariya Stadnik (born 1988), Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler
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Mariya Stoyanova
Mariya Stoyanova (Bulgarian: Мария Стоянова; born 19 July 1947) is a Bulgarian former basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, So ...
(born 1947), Bulgarian basketball player
* Mariya Suzuki (born 1991), Japanese singer and actress
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Mariya Svistunova
Mariya Alekseevna Svistunova, née Rzhevskaya (June 26, 1778, St Petersburg - September 1, 1866, Paris) was a lady-in-waiting at the Russian Court and a convert to Roman Catholicism. She was the daughter of writer Aleksei Andreevich Rzhevsky (173 ...
(1778–1866), Russian aristocrat
* Mariya Takeuchi (born 1955), Japanese singer-songwriter
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Mariya Vasilieva Mariya Vasilieva (russian: Мария Васильева; 2 January 1963) is a doctor of Juridical Science, Professor of the Department of Environmental and Land Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MS ...
(born 1963), Russian doctor of juridical Science
* Mariya Ivanovna Vassiliéva (1884–1957), Russian painter
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Mariya Voloshchenko
Mariya Viacheslavivna Voloshchenko ( uk, Марія Вячеславівна Волощенко, born 25 July 1989) is a Ukrainian diver.
She was born in Luhansk. She finished sixth with Hanna Pysmenska in the synchronized 3 metre springboard ev ...
(born 1989), Ukrainian diver
* Mariya Yakovenko (born 1982), Russian javelin thrower
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Mariya Yamada
is a Japanese actress and a gravure idol. She won the title of "Miss Young Magazine" in 1996.
Personal life
She has been married to actor Tōru Kusano since March 5, 2008.
(born 1980), Japanese actress
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Mariya Nazarivna Yaremchuk
Mariya Nazarivna Yaremchuk ( uk, Марія Назарівна Яремчук; born 2 March 1993), also transliterated as Maria Yaremchuk, is a Ukrainian singer and actress. Yaremchuk represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 hel ...
(born 1993), Ukrainian singer and actress
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Mariya Yakovlevna Zerova
Mariya Yakovlevna Zerova, alternately Marija Jakovlevna Zerova, (April 7, 1902 – July 21, 1994) was a Ukrainian biologist and taxonomist known for her work in mycology.
Her research included work on ectrotrophic mycorrhiza and fungal diseases ...
(1902–1994), Ukrainian mycologist
* Mariya Zhukova (1805–1855), Russian writer
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Mariya Zubova
Maria Voinovna Zubova (Russian: ''Мария Воиновна Зубова''), (1749?–1799) was a Russian poet, composer, and concert singer, known for her rendition of folksongs.
She was born in Saint Petersburg and was the daughter of Vi ...