Marie-Claire is a

given name 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 f ...

. It is a combination of the names

Marie Marie may refer to the following. People Given name * Marie (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** List of people named Marie * Marie (Japanese given name) Surname * Jean Gabriel-Marie, French compo ...

and Claire, which are both of French origin. It may refer to: *

Marie-Claire Alain Marie-Claire Geneviève Alain-Gommier (10 August 1926 – 26 February 2013) was a French organist, scholar and teacher best known for her prolific recording career, with 260 recordings, making her the most-recorded classical organist in the worl ...

(1926–2013), organist and organ teacher * Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954), contemporary artist *

Marie-Claire Bancquart Marie-Claire Bancquart (21 July 1932 – 19 February 2019) was a French poet, essayist, professor emerita and literary critic. She was the recipient of the Grand prix de la Critique littéraire of the Académie Française, the premier authority ...

(1932–2019), French poet, novelist and literary critic * Marie Claire Barikukiye, Burundian politician * Marie Claire de Bauffremont, French courtier *

Marie-Claire Blais Marie-Claire Blais (5 October 1939 – 30 November 2021) was a Canadian writer, novelist, poet, and playwright from the province of Quebec. In a career spanning seventy years, she wrote novels, plays, collections of poetry and fiction, newspa ...

(1939–2021), author and playwright * Marie-Claire Caron-Harant, French footballer * Marie-Claire Chevalier (1955–2022), French abortion activist * Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, British lawyer and politician * Marie-Claire Daveluy (1880–1968), Canadian librarian, historian and writer *

Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo Marie Claire D'Ubaldo (born January 17, 1961) is an Argentine singer/musician and a prolific songwriter; she has appeared as a guest vocalist on many albums. She had her biggest success with her 1994 European hit single "The Rhythm Is Magic" as ...

, singer * Marie-Claire Faray, women’s activist * Marie-Claire Foblets, Belgian lawyer and anthropologist *

Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Empress Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Empress of Haiti (8 May 1758 – 8 August 1858) was the Empress of Haiti (1804–1806) as the wife of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Background She was born in Léogâne to a poor but free fa ...

(1758–1858), Empress of Haiti * Marie-Claire Houart, Belgian civil servant *

Marie-Claire Jamet Marie-Claire Jamet (born 27 November 1933 in Reims) is a French classical harpist. Biography Marie-Claire Jamet is the daughter of Pierre Jamet, also a harpist. After winning the 1st prize of harp and the 1st prize of chamber music at the Cons ...

(born 1933), French classical harpist *

Marie-Claire Kirkland Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, (September 8, 1924 – March 24, 2016) was a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, the first woman appointed a Cabinet minister in Quebec, t ...

(1924–2016), judge and politician *

Marie-Claire Matip Marie-Claire-Eléonore-Débochère Matip (born 1938) is a Cameroonian writer living in Paris. Her autobiographical novel ''Ngonda'', published in 1958, is one of the first French-language texts to be published by a sub-Saharan African woman. E ...

, Cameroonian writer *

Marie Claire Mukasine Marie Claire Mukasine (born in 1959) is a Rwandan lawyer, politician and civil servant. From 2011 to 2019 she was a member of the Senate of Rwanda, and has served as a permanent secretary in Rwanda's Ministry of Infrastructure. From 2020 to 2023 s ...

, Rwandan politician *

Marie-Claire Mvumbi Marie-Claire Mvumbi (born 1978) is a Congo-born Belgian politician from Les Engagés. She is a member of the Belgian senate The Senate ( ; ; ) is one of the two chambers of the Bicameralism, bicameral Belgian Federal Parliament, Federal Parl ...

(born 1978), Congo-born Belgian politician *

Marie-Claire Pauwels Marie-Claire Pauwels (3 September 1945, 15th arrondissement of Paris – 22 May 2011) was a French journalist, the daughter of Suzanne Brégeon and Louis Pauwels. In April 1980, she launched the magazine '' Madame Figaro'' of which she became the ...

(1945–2011), French journalist *

Marie-Claire Restoux Marie-Claire Restoux (born 9 April 1968 in La Rochefoucauld, Charente) is a French judoka, world champion and Olympic champion. She won the gold medal in the half lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

(born 1968), judoka *

Marie Claire Ross Marie Claire Ross (born 1975 or 1976) is a Canadian B3 classified para-swimmer who has a visual impairment and competed in the Paralympic Games and the IPC World Swimming Championships. She began swimming at the age of 14 and joined a swimming c ...

(born 1975/1976), Canadian para-swimmer *

Marie-Claire Schanne-Klein Marie-Claire Schanne-Klein is a French physicist who is a professor at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. She is based in the Laboratory for Optics and Biosciences, where she studies the nonlinear optics of chiral molecules. E ...

, French physicist *

Marie Claire van Stevens Marie-Claire van Stevens (born 22 May 1948 in Vilvoorde) is a Belgian archer. Archery Van Stevens competed in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. She came 22nd with 2431 points in the women's individual event. She took part in the World Archery C ...

(born 1948), Belgian archer *

Marie Claire Uwumuremyi Marie Claire Uwumuremyi (born 1979) is a Rwandan politician. Since 2018, she has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies.Marie Claire Villeval Marie Claire Odile Villeval (born 26 June 1957) is a French economist and research professor in economics at the National Center for Scientific Research. Education Marie Claire Villeval obtained her PhD in economics from the Paris-Nanterre ...

(born 1957), French economist * Marie-Claire Zimmermann (born 1975), Austrian journalist and television presenter

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