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Marie Curie

Name at birth: Maria SklodowskaA towering figure in the history of chemistry and physics, Marie Curie is most famous for the discovery of the elements polonium and radium. Prohibited from higher…

Marie Antoinette

Name at birth: Maria AntoniaMarie Antoinette was the Queen of France during the French Revolution. Resented by the French citizenry for her foreign birth and extravagant lifestyle, Marie has gone…

Marie Trintignant

French movie actress and murder victim Marie Trintignant was nominated five times for the César award, but she was just as famous as the daughter of director Nadine Trintignant and actor Jean-Jacques…

Marie Osmond

Name at birth: Olive Marie OsmondMarie Osmond wasn't yet born when her older brothers began singing on radio and TV as The Osmond Brothers; she made her debut with her brothers at age 3 on The Andy…

Marie Gillain

Marie Gillain was only 16 when she made a splash in film as a precocious teenager in the French hit My Father the Hero (1991, with Gerard Depardieu). American art-house audiences know her mainly as…

Mary Daly

Feminist philosopher Mary Daly fought repeatedly with Boston College from 1966 to 2001 over her controversial books, her status as a professor and her freedom to reserve some classes for women only.…

Mary Crosby

The only daughter of popular crooner Bing Crosby, Mary Crosby is even more famous for portraying the nefarious Texas girl Kristin Shepard on the 1980s television soap opera Dallas. Mary Crosby was…

Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was an American painter of the late 19th century, known for bold composition and fine detail in scenes of mother and child domesticity. From a well-to-do family in Pennsylvania, she…

Mary Schmich

Mary Schmich won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for commentary for her work as a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Mary Schmich got her bachelor's degree in 1975 from Pomona College (where she co-edited…

Mary Martin

Name at birth: Mary Virginia MartinMary Martin was a Broadway superstar in the 1950s, when she played spunky characters like Peter Pan and Maria von Trapp and won four Tony Awards over 13 years. Mary…