Maria Elena or María Elena is the name of:
People
*
María Elena Álvarez Bernal, Mexican politician
*
María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces, Mexican scientist
*
María Elena Arpón
María Elena Arpón (born 1948) is a Spanish actress.
She played Virginia in the Spanish horror film '' La noche del terror ciego'' (1972), directed by Amando de Ossorio
Amando de Ossorio (6 April 1918 – 13 January 2001) was one of the for ...
, Spanish actress
*
María Elena Avila, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and civic leader
*
María Elena Barrera, Mexican politician
*
María Elena Batista
María Elena ("Mari") Batista is a former sports administrator in Puerto Rico. As the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico's longest-serving Director of Sports and Recreation from January 2001, to January 2012, she helped revive the previously underuse ...
, Puerto Rican sports area administrator
*
Maria Elena Berini
Sister Maria Elena Berini (born 9 December 1944) is an Italian Catholic nun, and mission worker.
She won an International Women of Courage Award in 2018.
Life
She entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Jeanne-Antide Thouret.
From 1963 to 19 ...
, Roman Catholic missionary
*
Maria Elena Boschi
Maria Elena Boschi, (; born 24 January 1981) is an Italian lawyer and politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2013.
As a member of the Democratic Party, Boschi has served as Minister for Constitutional Reforms and Relations with th ...
, Italian politician
*
Maria Elena Bottazzi
Maria Elena Bottazzi (born 1966 in Genoa) is a Honduran and Italian-born naturalized American microbiologist, currently Associate Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as Distinguished Professor ...
, Honduran microbiologist
*
Maria E. Brewer, American diplomat
*
María Elena Calle, Ecuadorian marathon runner
*
Maria Elena Camerin, Italian tennis player
*
María Elena Cano Ayala, Mexican politician
*
María Elena Carballo
María Elena Carballo (born 1958) is a Costa Rican politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that ...
, Costa Rican politician and government minister
*
María Elena Carrera
María Elena Carrera Villavicencio (born 2 January 1929) is a Chilean physician and politician who served as a member of the Senate of Chile
The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress, as ...
, Chilean politician
*
María Elena Caso
María Elena Caso (18 December 1915 - 6 November 1991, Mexico) was a Mexican biologist who pioneered the study of starfish and other echinoderms in Mexico. She started the ''National Collection of Equinoderms'' in Mexico, the most important one in ...
, Mexican marine biologist
*
María Elena Casuccio, Argentine politician
*
María Elena Chapa, Mexican politician
*
María Elena Chávez Palacios, Mexican politician
*
María Elena Delgado, Mexican sculptor
*
María Elena Durazo
María Elena Durazo (born March 20, 1953) is an American politician serving in the California State Senate. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, she represents the California's 24th State Senate district, 24th State Senate district, which ...
, American politician
*
María Elena Espeso, Spanish marathon runner
*
Maria Elena Foronda Farro, Peruvian sociologist and environmentalist
*
María Elena Galiano, Argentine arachnologist
*
María Elena Giusti, Venezuelan synchronised swimmer
*
María Elena González
María Elena González (born 1957) is a Cuban-American sculptor based in Brooklyn and the Bay Area.Cascone, Sarah"María Elena González Talks to the Trees at Hirschl & Adler Modern,"''Artnet News'', February 10, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2023 ...
, American artist
*
María Elena González Mederos, Cuban-American government statistician, poetry translator and human rights activist
*
María Elena Gutiérrez, Peruvian footballer
*
María Elena Holly
María Elena Holly (née Santiago; born December 20, 1932) is the widow of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. As a receptionist at Peermusic, she met with Holly and his band the Crickets on June 19, 1958, and Holly proposed to her after ...
, Puerto Rican businesswoman; widow of Buddy Holly
*
Maria Elena Kyriakou, Cypriot singer
*
Maria-Elena Laas
Maria-Elena Laas is an American actress of Puerto Rican descent.
Early life
Maria-Elena Laas was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and raised in Saudi Arabia and Japan. , American actress of Puerto Rican descent
*
Maria Elena Lagomasino
Maria Elena Lagomasino is a businesswoman who has been an executive at such companies as Coca-Cola and JP Morgan Chase. In 2007, she was named Hispanic Business Woman of the Year by ''Hispanic Business magazine''.
Biography
Lagomasino received her ...
, American businesswoman
*
Maria Elena Lorenzo, owner of Afro-Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles
*
María Elena Lucas, Chicana activist
*
María Elena Marqués, Mexican actress and singer
*
Maria Elena Martinez, historian of colonial Mexico
*
María Elena Maseras
María Elena Maseras Ribera (25 May 1853 – 4 December 1905), also known as Elena Maseras, was a Spanish woman who was allowed to enlist as a university student with special dispensation from King Amadeo I in 1872; having been formally admitted t ...
, Spanish politician
*
María Elena Medina-Mora Icaza
María Elena Medina-Mora Icaza (born 3 October 1951) is a Mexican researcher and psychologist. Medina-Mora Icaza was inducted into El Colegio Nacional on 6 March 2006.[María Elena Moyano
María Elena Moyano Delgado (November 29, 1958 – February 15, 1992) was an Afro-Peruvian community organizer and feminist who was assassinated by the Shining Path. She grew up in poverty in the Villa El Salvador pueblo joven, then became invol ...]
, Peruvian activist
*
María Elena Noriega Blanco, Mexican politician
*
María Elena Oddone
María Elena Oddone is an Argentine women's rights activist and writer. A prominent figure of second-wave feminism in her country, she was the founder of one of its first feminist organizations, the Women's Liberation Movement (MLF), as well as t ...
, Argentine women’s rights activist
*
María Elena Orantes López, Mexican politician
*
Maria-Elena Papasotiriou, American figure skater
*
María Elena Pérez de Tejada, Mexican politician
*
María Elena Ramírez, Mexican gymnast
*
María Elena Romero, Mexican diver
*
María Elena Salinas
María Elena Salinas (born December 30, 1954), is an American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author. Called the "Voice of Hispanic America" by ''The New York Times'', Salinas is one of the most recognized Hispanic female journalists in th ...
, American journalist
*
María Elena Sarría, Cuban athlete
*
María Elena Swett, Chilean actress
*
María Elena Torres Baltazar
María Elena Torres Baltazar (born 23 October 1961) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution. As of 2014 she served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the Federal District
...
, Mexican politician
*
Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, biologist
*
Maria Elena Ubina
Maria Elena Ubina, (born January 13, 1995 in New York) is a professional squash player who represents the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a count ...
, American squash player
*
María Elena Velasco
María Elena Velasco Fragoso (17 December 1940 – 1 May 2015) was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer. She is best known for creating and portraying La India María, a comical character based on indigenous Mexican women.
Ea ...
, Mexican actress, singer, and director
*
María Elena Walsh
María Elena Walsh (1 February 1930 – 10 January 2011) was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, writer and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children. Her work includes many of the most popular children's boo ...
, Argentine author and songwriter
*
María Elena Zamora, Mexican politician
*
Maria Elena Zavala
Maria Elena Zavala (born 1950) is an American plant biologist. She was the first Mexican-American woman to earn a PhD in botany in the United States. She is currently a full professor of biology at the California State University-Northridge, study ...
, American plant biologist
Geography
*
María Elena, Chile
María Elena is a Chilean town and commune in Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region. According to the 2012 census, the commune population was 4,593 and has an area of .
History
Maria Elena is named after Mary Ellen Comdon, the wife of the firs ...
, town in Chile
**
María Elena Solar Power Plant
**
María Elena Airport, former airstrip
Other
*
"María Elena" (song), a Spanish-language song
*
''María Elena'' (film), a 1936 Mexican film
*
Maria Elena (character), in ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona''
{{disambig