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Maria Thayer Maria Thayer (born October 30, 1975 in Boring, Oregon) is an actress best known for her roles as Rory in Accepted and Tammi Littlenut in Strangers with Candy. She also played Grace and Leo's daughter, Laila (at age 18), in the series finale of Will & Grace (May 2006).
Maria Theodor Ratisbonne Maria Theodor Ratisbonne (Strasbourg, 1802–1884, Paris) was a Catholic priest, preacher, and writer and the brother of Maria Alphonse Ratisbonne. Converted from Judaism, he embraced Catholicism in 1826, and was ordained in 1830.
Maria Theresa thaler The Maria Theresa thaler (MTT) is a silver bullion coin that has been used in world trade continuously since it was first minted as a thaler in 1741. It was named after Empress Maria Theresa, who ruled Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia from 1740 to 1780.
Maria Theresa von Paradis Maria Theresa von Paradis (also von Paradies) (1759–1824) was an Austrian performer and composer who lost her sight at an early age, and for whom Mozart may have written his Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major.
Maria Theresia of Austria-Este Maria Theresia Henriette Dorothee von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduchess of Austria-Este (July 2, 1849 - February 3, 1919) was an Austrian princess, the daughter and only child of Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria-Este and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria.
Maria von Trapp Maria Augusta von Trapp (née Kutschera; January 26 1905–March 28 1987) was the matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Her story and that of her family's escape from the Nazis after the Anschluss was the inspiration for the musical The Sound of Music.
Maria Vamvakinou Maria Vamvakinou (born 4 April 1959, Lefkada, Greece), is an Australian politician. She has been member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001, representing the Division of Calwell, Victoria for the Australian Labor Party.
Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, (Mariya Vladimirovna Romanova, Cyrillic: Мари́я Влади́мировна Рома́нова) (born December 23, 1953) is regarded by some nobiliary genealogists and Russian monarchists as the Head of the Imperial Family of Russia and Titular Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias since 1992. Throughout her life she has used the title and style of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia.
Maria Weston Chapman Maria Weston or Maria Weston Chapman (July 24, 1806–1885) was an American abolitionist. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and from 1839 until 1842, she served as editor of the anti-slavery journal, Non-Resistant.
Maria Yamamoto Maria Yamamoto (山本麻里安 Yamamoto Maria) is a Japanese seiyū (voice actress) and singer who has lent her talents to bring to life many memorable anime characters. She was born on September 11 1981 in Tokyo, Japan.
Maria Yermolova Maria Nikolayevna Yermolova (; in Moscow — March 12, 1928, id.) was said to be the greatest actress in the history of the Maly Theatre in Moscow and the first person to be proclaimed the "People's Artist of the Republic" (1921).
Maria Zbyrowska Maria Zbyrowska (born November 02, 1956 in JaĹşwiny) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 12171 votes in 23 RzeszĂłw district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.
Maria Zemankova Maria Zemankova is a Computer Scientist who is known for the theory and implementation of the first Fuzzy Relational Database System. This research has become important for the handling of approximate queries in databases.
Maria's Wedding Maria's Wedding is a graphic novel published by Oni Press, written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, with art by Jose Garibaldi. Maria's Wedding is a comedy-drama about a wedding at a large Italian family, the first traditional wedding since the family was split into bickering sides over a gay wedding.
Maria-Theresien-Platz The Maria-Theresien-Platz of Vienna is a large square (Platz) joining the RingstraĂźe (Vienna's giant, round, central street) with the Museumsquartier, a museum of modern arts located in the former Imperial Stables. Facing each other from the sides of the square are two identical buildings, the Naturhistoriches Museum - Natural History Museum, and the Kunsthistoriches Museum - the Art History Museum.
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh Maria Walpole (1736–22 August, 1807), the Countess Waldegrave and Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Her marriage to the Duke without the knowledge of King George III led to the passing of the Royal Marriages Act 1772.
Mariager municipality Mariager municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 201 km², and has a total population of 8,300 (2005).
Mariagerfjord municipality As of January 1, 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), come into existence as a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark. It will consist of the (what are currently existing, but on January 1 2007) former municipalities of Arden, Hadsund and Hobro, and part of Mariager municipality.
Mariachi Mariachi is a type of musical group, originally from Mexico. Usually a mariachi group consists of at least two violins, two trumpets, one Spanish guitar, one vihuela (a high-pitched, five-string guitar) and one guitarrĂłn (a small-scaled acoustic bass), but sometimes featuring more than twenty musicians.
Mariachi Rosas Divinas Mariachi Rosas Divinas is an all-female mariachi group from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. As one of the few all-female mariachi groups in the almost exclusively male world of mariachi, Rosas Divinas are continuing on the path commenced in the late 1990s by Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles.
Mariam Appeal The Mariam Appeal ("the Appeal") was a political campaign in the United Kingdom (UK) established in 1998. The objects of the Appeal as stated in its constitution were: "to provide medicines, medical equipment and medical assistance to the people of Iraq; to highlight the causes and results of the cancer epidemic in Iraq and to arrange for the Peter Bridie medical treatment of a number of Iraqi children outside Iraq".
Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music The Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music is part of Appalachian State University and is one of the premier public music schools in the eastern United States. A fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music, the Hayes School of Music offers undergraduate programs in music education, music performance, theory/composition, sacred music performance, music therapy, and music industry studies as well as Master of Music degrees in performance, music education, and music therapy.
Mariam of Georgia Mariam (), also known as Maria in European sources, (April 9, 1768 – March 30, 1850) was the Queen of Georgia as the second wife and consort of the last King George XII of Georgia (reigned from 1798 to 1800).
Mariam Omar Mariam Omar is a Zanzibari politician and member of the Sauti ya Umma (SAU) party. Running as the SAU candidate in the 30 October 2005 Zanzibar presidential election, Omar finished last out of six candidates, receiving 0.
Mariama Ba Mariama Bâ (1929-1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, who wrote in French. Born in Dakar, she was raised a Muslim, but at an early age came to criticise what she perceived as inequalities between the sexes resulting from African and Islamic traditions.
Mariamman Mariamman () also Maariamma () or simply Amman () or mother is the rural South Indian mother goddess predominant in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. She is closely associated with goddess Parvathi and Durga, though her origin is believed to be Proto-Dravidian.
Mariamman Temple, Pretoria The Mariamman Temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Pretoria, South Africa and was built in 1905. The temple is dedicated to Mariamman, the goddess who followers of Hinduism believe controls smallpox and other infectious diseases.
Mariamne The second and third wives of king Herod the Great of Judea were both named Mariamne. The name in Greek is spelled Μαριάμη (Mariame) by Josephus; in some editions of his work the second m is doubled (Mariamme).
Marian and Holy Trinity columns Erecting religious monuments in the form of a column surmounted by a figure or a Christian symbol was a gesture of public faith that flourished in the Catholic countries of Europe especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thus they became one of the most visible features of Baroque architecture.
Marian antiphon Marian antiphons are a group of sacred devotional songs in the Gregorian chant repertory of the Roman Catholic Church sung in honor of the Virgin Mary. Marian antiphons are not true antiphons, in that they are not associated and chanted with a Psalm verse.
Marian apparition A Marian apparition is an event in which the Virgin Mary is purported to have supernaturally appeared to one or more persons, typically Catholics, in various settings. They are often given names based on the town in which they were reported, or on the sobriquet which was given to Mary on the occasion of the apparition.
Marian Albertovich Kowalski Marian Albertovich Kowalski (Russian: Мариан Альбертович Ковальский) (August 15 1821 or October 15 1821 – May 28 1884 or July 9 1884) was a Polish-Russian astronomer. Sometimes his last name is given as Kovalsky or Koval'sky or Koval'skiy.
Marian Anderson Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897Some sources give her birthdate as February 17, 1902 – April 8,1993) was an African American contralto (same range as alto), best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert is a 1939 documentary film which documents a concert performance by African American opera singer Marian Anderson after the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) had her barred from singing in Washington D.C.
Marian Babson Marian Babson is a British mystery author with a large body of work that rotates in and out of print. Her books are short— usually under two hundred pages— and revolve around mysterious deaths for the most part, though some of her books are more in the line of gentle thrillers than actual mysteries.
Marian Bayoff Ilitch Marian Ilitch (née Bayoff) was born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, the daughter of Macedonian immigrants. She met her future husband Mike Ilitch in 1954 when the two went on a blind date arranged by his father.
Marian Central Catholic High School Marian Central Catholic is located in Woodstock, Illinois. According to the school's mission, Marian shares with parents and the parishes of the McHenry Deanery in the teaching mission of the Church, and preparing students for a life of intellectual pursuit.
Marian dogmas In Roman Catholicism, there are currently four dogmas about the Blessed Virgin Mary: that of her being the Mother of God, that of her Perpetual Virginity, that of her Immaculate Conception, and that of her Assumption. The Fifth Marian Dogma, that of her status as Co-Redemptrix, has not yet been dogmatically defined.
Marian Days The Marian Days (Vietnamese: Đại Hội Thánh Mẫu, officially Ngày Thánh Mẫu) is the main festival and pilgrimage for Vietnamese American Roman Catholics, celebrated since 1978 on the 28-acre campus of the Congregation of the Mother Coredemptrix in Carthage, Missouri. Vietnamese Americans from many parts of the United States, as well as non-Vietnamese locals and some visitors from Vietnam, attend the event.
Marian Drăgulescu Marian Drăgulescu (born December 18, 1980 in Bucharest) is a Romanian gymnast. He won four gold medals at the 2004 European championships, making him one of the favourites for medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Marian exiles During the reign of Mary I, John Strype says more than 800 English protestants fled to the continent (predominantly the Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland, and France) and joined with reformed churches there or formed their own congregations. (A few exceptions are exiles who went to Scotland, Denmark, and other Scandinavian countries.
Marian Green Marian Green is an author who has been working in the field of ceremonial and folk magic since the early 1960s. She has also organised a conference in London every March since 1968 to bring together writers and their readers, the Quest Conference.
Marian Harkin Marian Harkin (born November 26, 1953 in Ballintogher, County Sligo) is an Irish politician. She was elected as an independent TD to Dáil Éireann in the 2002 general election for the Sligo-Leitrim constituency, receiving the highest number of first preference votes in that election.
Marian Ivan Marian Ivan (born 1 June, 1969 in Bucharest) is a Romanian footballer who played as a striker. His clubs included FCM Progresul Brăila, FC Braşov, Dinamo Bucureşti, Evagoras Paphos, Panionios NFC, Sportul Studenţesc and Bucovina Suceava.
Marian Krzaklewski Marian Krzaklewski is a Polish politician. A member of Solidarity since the 1980s, he was one of the most known and influential Polish politicians in the late 1990s, when he created the Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność political party.
Marian martyr The Marian martyrs were Protestants executed for their beliefs during the reign of Mary I of England. Mary was keen to return England to Roman Catholicism, but many Protestants would rather die than change their beliefs.
Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum The Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum is a college club at Claremont McKenna College. The Athenaeum (or "Ath" as it is called informally) hosts dinner and lecture events four times each week during the academic year, frequently featuring distinguished guest speakers including ambassadors, heads of state, poet laureates, musicians, and great intellectuals.
Marian Movement of Priests In Catholicism, the Marian Movement of Priests (MMP) is a movement founded by Fr. Gobbi, when he received locutions from the Virgin Mary in the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima after learning about a group of priests who were going to leave the Catholic Church.
Marian Parker Marian Parker (1915 - December 17, 1927) was a 12-year-old American child who was murdered and dismembered by Edward Hickman, who called himself "The Fox." She was the daughter of Perry Parker, who was a prominent banker in Los Angeles, California at that time.
Marian Peretyatkovich Marian Marianovich Peretyatkovich (; 23 August, 1872 — 22 May, 1916) was a Ukrainian-born Russian architect who practised a more rational variety of Art Nouveau architecture than that prevalent in Europe at that time. He is sometimes compared with Louis Sullivan on account of his insistence on functionality of office buildings.
Marian Persecutions Marian Persecutions refers to the persecutions of Protestants and dissenters under the Queen Mary I of England. This issue is of some controversy as numerically, she does not appear to have killed any more for religious dissent than other Tudors.
Marian Pisarek Marian Pisarek (3 January 1912 - 29 April 1942), was a Polish fighter pilot, a flying ace of the World War II (11 planes shot down with additional 3 probable). He served with distinction in a variety of air units, including the famous No.
Marian Porwit Marian Porwit (1895-1988) was a Polish military officer, a Colonel of the Polish Army and a noted military historian. A commander of one of the sections of the Polish front during the Siege of Warsaw of 1939, after the war he became one of the most renown historians documenting the history of the Polish Defensive War.
Marian Priests Marian Priests is a term is applied to those English Roman Catholic priests who, being ordained in or before the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary I Tudor (1553-1558), survived into the reign of her Anglican successor, Elizabeth I.
Marian Records Marian Records is a Nashville-based record label specializing in pop music with an initial emphasis in electronic and dance music including commercial crossover, house, trance and progressive styles. Formed in 2005, Marian Records' exclusive distributor is RED Distribution.
Marian Rejewski Marian Adam Rejewski (; 16 August 1905 – 13 February 1980) was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who, in 1932, solved the Enigma machine, the main cipher device used by Germany. The success of Rejewski and his colleagues jump-started British reading of Enigma in World War II, and the intelligence so gained, code-named "Ultra", contributed, perhaps decisively, to the defeat of Nazi Germany(Note 1).
Marian Seldes Marian Seldes (born August 23, 1928 in New York City) is an award-winning American stage, film, radio, and television actress whose career has spanned five decades and who was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
Marian Simion Marian Simion (born September 14, 1975) is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He repeated that feat one year later, at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast after having won the world title at the previous tournament in Houston, Texas.
Marian Spychalski Marian Spychalski (1906-1980) was a Polish soldier and communist politician. During World War II he was active in the communist resistance in Poland and was one of the leaders of the People's Guard and then People's Army movements.
Marian Tomasz Goliński Marian Tomasz Goliński (born July 16, 1949 in Radom) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5408 votes in 40 Koszalin district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Marian Walsh Marian Walsh was born in Roslindale, Massachusetts. She has served as a State Senator for the Suffolk and Norfolk Districts for six terms in the Massachusetts State Senate and was promoted to the position of Assistant Majority Leader in early 2003.
Marian Zacharski Marian Zacharski was a Polish Intelligence officer arrested in 1981 and convicted of espionage against the United States. After four years in prison, he was exchanged for American agents on Berlin's Glienicke Bridge.
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign In the Pacific theater of World War II, the American Marianas Campaign, known as Operation Forager, pushed westward from the Marshall Islands in the summer of 1944 to capture the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. Another battle of the Marianas campaign was the naval Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Mariana Alcoforado Marianna Alcoforado (2 April 1640 in Beja/Alentejo - (28 July 1723)? in Beja/Alentejo[[]) was was a Portuguese nun, living in the convent of the Poor Ladies (Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceição) in [[Beja, Portugal.
Mariana Brochado Mariana Nery Brochado (born December 18, 1984 in Rio de Janeiro) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the women's 200m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Mariana Frenk-Westheim Mariana Frenk-Westheim (June 4, 1898 in Hamburg - d. June 24, 2004 in Mexico City) was a writer of Spanish-Mexican prose, hispanist, lecturer of literature, museum expert and one of the most important Mexican translators.
Mariana Fruit-dove The Mariana Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus roseicapilla also known locally as Mwee’mwe in the Carolinian language, Totot on Guam or Paluman Totut in Northern Mariana Islands is a small, up to 24cm long, green fruit dove native and endemic to Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands in the Pacific. It has a red forehead, greyish head, back and breast, and yellow belly patch and undertail coverts.
Mariana Islands The Mariana Islands (also the Marianas; up to the early 20th century sometimes called Ladrone Islands, from Spanish Islas de los Ladrones meaning "Islands of Thieves") are an archipelago made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the north-western Pacific Ocean, in about 12 to 21 N. and 145 E.
Mariana Levy Mariana Levy Fernández (April 22, 1966 – April 29, 2005) was a Mexican telenovela actress, singer and television show host. She was the daughter of Talina Fernández, who is considered by many to have been the pioneer of television shows like the ones that Silvia Pinal currently does on Mexican television.
Mariana Starke Mariana Starke (1761/2-1838) was an English author. She wrote plays and poetry, mainly early in her career, and while her plays had decent runs, the reviews were mixed, and her later travel writing brought her considerably more success.
Mariana UFO Incident The Mariana UFO Incident occurred over the Summer of 1950 in Great Falls, Montana. The event garnered national media attention, as the concept of UFOs and alien invasion was extremely popular amongst Americans at the time.
Mariana Victoria of Spain Marianne Victoria of Bourbon (March 31, 1718 – January 15, 1781) (in Portuguese Mariana Vitória, in Spanish Mariana Victoria) was the eldest daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth Farnese. She was Queen Consort of Portugal and Algarves.
Marianao Marianao is a town and municipality in the province of the city of Havana, Cuba, 6 miles southwest of the city of Havana, with which it is connected by the Marianao railway. As of 1989, the municipality had a population of 133,016.
Marianapolis Preparatory School Marianapolis Preparatory School is a co-educational preparatory school located in Thompson, Connecticut, founded in 1926. Although Marianapolis was empowered by the State of Connecticut in 1936 to confer college degrees, during World War II the decision was made to become exclusively a preparatory school, one of excellence and distinction.
Mariane Pearl Mariane Pearl (born Mariane van Neyenhoff on July 23, 1967 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France) is the widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002.
Mariangelo Foggiato Mariangelo Foggiato is a Venetist politician. After being elected member of the Veneto Regional Council for the Liga Veneta-Lega Nord in 1995, he founded with Fabrizio Comencini the new Liga Veneta Repubblica, of which he was national president from 1998 to 1999.
Marianist Family The Marianist Family is a group of four Roman Catholic organizations which trace their origins to Blessed William Joseph Chaminade and Mother Adèle de Batz de Tranquelleon. The Family's four branches are the Society of Mary (Marianists), an order of priests and brothers; the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (FMI), an order of nuns; the Alliance Mariale (AM), an historically all-female secular institute, comprised of laypeople who "dedicate their lives to God by taking vows while living in the world"; and Marianist Lay Communities (MLC), a private association of the faithful, including both men and women.
Marianites of Holy Cross The Marianites of Holy Cross (MSC) are a Catholic congregation of religious sisters founded in Le Mans, France in 1841 by the Venerable Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC. Originally founded as a third distinct society within the Congregation of Holy Cross (that is, the congregation of the priests and brothers of Holy Cross), the Marianites of Holy Cross are now an independent congregation.
Mariann Aalda A graduate of Southern Illinois University and the Negro Ensemble Company theater training program -- with Robert Townsend and Laurence Fishburne as classmates -- Mariann made her New York stage debut with Ruby Dee and the late Ossie Davis in The New Federal Theatre production of Take It from the Top. From there she segued into improv and sketch comedy with The Proposition and Off-Center Theatre.
Mariann Fischer Boel Mariann Fischer Boel (born 15 April 1943, Ă…sum) is a Danish politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development. A member of the party Venstre, she had previously been minister of agriculture and foods since 2002, in the government of Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Marianna Krystew Marianna Krystew first Polish size-plus model, she appeared among others in commercials for MTV and VH1, fashion shows for Olsen, as well in popular women's magaznes and TVN Style (popular women's tv channel).She won 2006 Makeupstudio Cosmetics Model Search [http://www.
Marianne Aasen Agdestein Marianne Aasen Agdestein (born 21 February, 1967 in Bergen) is a Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party. She is currently a representative of Akershus in the Storting, she was first elected in 2005.
Marianne Brandt Marianne Brandt (October 1, 1893 – June 18 1983) was a German designer involved with the Bauhaus, where her designs formed an important part of the repertoire. Many of these designs remain in production today.
Marianne Cerilli Marianne Cerilli is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She served as a New Democratic member of the Manitoba legislature from 1990 until 2003, though she was not called to cabinet when the party formed government in 1999.
Marianne Dahlmo Marianne Dahlmo (born January 5, 1965) is a former Norwegian cross country skier who competed from 1985 to 1994. She won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and also finished 8th in the 20km event in those same games.
Marianne Davies Marianne Davies was the first person to publically perform on the glass harmonica (also known as the armonica), an instrument consisting of variously sized and tuned glass bowls that rotate on a common shaft, played by touching the spinning glass with wet fingers.
Marianne Hainisch Marianne Hainisch (born Perger) (March 25, 1839 in Baden bei Wien - May 5, 1936 in Vienna) was the founder and leader of the Austrian women's movement. She was also the mother of Michael Hainisch, the first President of Austria (1920 - 1928).
Marianne Heemskerk Marianne Yvonne Heemskerk (born August 28, 1944 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a former butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Heemskerk broke the world record in the women's 200m butterfly on June 12, 1960 in Leipzig, East Germany.
Marianne Heiberg Dr. Marianne Heiberg (December 7, 1945 - December 26, 2004) was born in Oslo, Norway, and received her education in the United States and Great Britain as well as at the University of Oslo, where she graduated in 1971 with a degree in social sciences.
Marianne Hold Marianne Hold (May 15, 1933 — September 11, 1994) was a German movie actress who became popular in the 1950s and 1960s for her numerous roles in romantic comedy films set in rural, especially Alpine, areas (Heimatfilme).
Marianne Limpert Marianne Louise Limpert (born October 10, 1972 in Matagami, Quebec) is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992. She won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and was Canada's flagbearer at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia.
Marianne Merchez Marianne Merchez (b. November 25, 1960 in Uccle) is a former Belgian European Space Agency astronaut who has the dubious honour to be the only ESA astronaut to have retired from the program without having flown in space.
Marianne Muis Marianne Muis (born July 28, 1968 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team, behind East Germany.
Marianne Timmer Maria Aaltje ("Marianne") Timmer (born October 3, 1974 in Sappemeer) is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the so-called middle distances (1,000 and 1,500 metres). At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.
Marianne von Werefkin Marianne von Werefkin (Russian Мариамна/Марианна Владимировна Веревкина; * in Tula, Russia; † 6 February 1938 in Ascona, Switzerland) was a Russian-Swiss painter in the Expressionist era.
Marianne Vermaat Marianne Vermaat (born May 2, 1955 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland) is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100m Backstroke, clocking 1:09.
Marianne Wilkinson Marianne Wilkinson (born Marianne Berton in Ottawa, Ontario) is the Councillor of Kanata North (Ward 4) in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a long-time resident of Kanata and a veteran public servant in that former city.
Mariano Altuna Mariano Altuna (born March 4, 1982) is a race car driver born in Lobeira, Argentina. He started his formula career in 1999 in Argentinian Formula Renault, moving on to South American Supertouring Cars and South American Formula Three in 2000.
Mariano Azuela Mariano Azuela González (January 1, 1873 – March 1, 1952) was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He wrote novels, works for theatre and literary criticism.
Mariano Bainotti Mariano Bainotti, (born February 26, 1979) is a Formula One race car driver born in San Basilio, Argentina. He was the 2000 Argentine Formula Renault Champion and Bainotti has since raced in the Argentine Touring Car Championship for the Chevrolet team in 2001, the Mitsubishi team in 2002, and the Honda team since 2003.

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