Marthe is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Marthe Armitage Marthe Armitage is a British wallpaper designer whose work is characterized by unique hand-drawn designs that are hand printed from lino blocks, varying in size. She makes designs for wallpapers, and curtains. Early life After World War II, A ...

, British wallpaper designer *

Marthe Bibesco Princess Martha Bibescu (Martha Lucia; ''née'' Lahovary; 28 January 1886 – 28 November 1973) also known outside of Romania as Marthe Bibesco, was a celebrated Romanian-French writer, socialite, style icon and political hostess. She spent her ...

(1886–1973), Romanian-French writer and socialite *

Marthe Bigot Marthe Bigot (1878–1962) was a French primary schoolteacher, feminist, pacifist and communist. Early years Marthe Bigot was born in 1878, the daughter of a baker. She became a primary schoolteacher in Paris. In 1907 the International Socialist ...

(1878–1962), French schoolteacher and activist *

Marthe Boyer-Breton Marthe Marie Louise Boyer-Breton (1879-1926) was a French artist. Biography Boyer-Breton née Breton was born in 1879 in Paris. Her teachers included Léon Bonnat Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French pa ...

(1879-1926), French artist *

Marthe Bretelle Marthe Bretelle (9 June 1936 at Gdańsk, Dantzig, in Poland – 12 December 1995) was a French Sport of athletics, athlete who specialised in the discus throw and the shot put. Selected 37 times for France national teams, she won 13 national t ...

(1936–1995), French athlete *

Marthe Chenal Marthe Chenal (24 August 1881 – 28 January 1947) was a French operatic soprano who had an active singing career between 1905 and 1923. Although she made a number of appearances with opera companies throughout the French provinces and on the in ...

(1881–1947), French opera singer *

Marthe Cohn Marthe Hoffnung Cohn (born 13 April 1920) is a French author, nurse, former spy and Holocaust survivor. She wrote about her experiences as a spy during the Holocaust in the book '' Behind Enemy Lines''. Early life On 13 April 1920, Marthe Cohn ...

(born 1920), French resistance member and writer *

Marthe Cnockaert Marthe Mathilde Cnockaert (28 October 1892 – 8 January 1966), later Marthe McKenna, was a Belgian spy for the United Kingdom and its allies during the First World War. She later became a novelist, and is credited with writing over a dozen sp ...

(1892–1966), Belgian spy and writer * Marthe Cosnard, 17th-century French playwright *

Marthe de Kerchove de Denterghem Marthe Boël (; Ghent, 3 July 1877 – 18 January 1956) was a Belgian feminist. She was the third daughter of the liberal senator Count Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem and Maria Lippens, daughter of August Lippens. Biography She studied in ...

(1877–1956), Belgian feminist *

Marthe Distel Marthe Distel () was a French journalist. Career Marthe Distel started the culinary magazine ''La Cuisinière Cordon Bleu''. To prompt readership, Distel offered subscribers cooking lessons with professional chefs. The first class was held in Janu ...

, French journalist *

Marthe Djian Martha Djian (born Lambert on 6 March 1936 at Paris) is a former French athlete, who specialized in the Long jump and 80m hurdles. Biography She won five French championship athletic championships: two in the Long jump in 1956 and 1958, t ...

(born 1936), French athlete *

Marthe Donas Marthe Donas (26 October 1885 – 31 January 1967) was a Belgian abstract and cubist painter and is recognized as one of the leading figures of Modernism. Donas worked under the androgynous pseudonyms Tour d'Onasky, Tour Donas and M. Donas. Bio ...

(1885–1967), Belgian artist *

Marthe Dupont Marthe Dupont-Trasenster (née Trasenster; 30 March 1892 – 15 November 1979) was a Belgian tennis player. Career She represented Belgium in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. She was also a Belgian national tennis ch ...

(1892–1979), Belgian tennis player *

Marthe Duvivier Marthe Louise Ernestine Duvivier (27 April 1850, Paris – 28 May 1933, Paris)Marthe Duvivier
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, 19th-century French opera singer * Marthe Enger Eide (born 1989), Norwegian sailor * Marthe Ekemeyong Moumié (1931–2009), Cameroonian writer and activist * Marthe Flandrin (1904–1987), French artist *

Marthe de Florian Marthe de Florian (born Mathilde Héloïse Beaugiron; 9 September 1864 – 29 August 1939) was a French demi-mondaine and socialite during the Belle Époque. She was known for having famous lovers including Georges Clemenceau, Pierre Waldeck-R ...

(1864–1939), French courtesan *

Marthe Gautier Marthe Gautier (; 10 September 1925 – 30 April 2022) was a French medical doctor and researcher, best known for her role in discovering the link of diseases to chromosome abnormalities. Education Marthe Gautier discovered a vocation for pe ...

(born 1925), French pediatrician *

Marthe Gosteli Marthe Gosteli (22 December 1917 – 7 April 2017) was a Swiss suffrage activist and archivist. For thirty years, she led the fight for women's right to vote in Switzerland and then focused her attention on preserving the history of Swiss women. C ...

(1917–2017), Swiss suffragist and archivist *

Marthe Hanau Marthe Hanau (1890 – 19 July 1935) was a Frenchwoman who successfully defrauded French financial markets in the 1920s and the 1930s. Early life Marthe Hanau was born in Lille to the family of a Jewish industrialist. She married and later ...

(1890–1935), French fraudster *

Marthe Keller Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945) is a Swiss actress and opera director. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film '' Marathon Man'' (1976), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Career Early years Keller studied ba ...

(born 1945), Swiss actress and opera director *

Marthe Koala Marthe Koala (born 8 March 1994) is a Burkinabe athlete competing in the 100 metres hurdles and heptathlon. At the 2012 and the 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles. She also competed in the women's heptathlon a ...

(born 1994), Burkinabé athlete *

Marthe Kristoffersen Marthe Kristoffersen (born 11 August 1989 in Vannøya, Troms) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2006. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 21st in the 30 km and 49th in the 10 km event. At the 2009 World Ch ...

(born 1989), Norwegian cross-country skier *

Marthe Mellot Marthe Mellot (16 February 1870 - 13 August 1947) was a French film actress. Marthe Mellot was born in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France, and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1925) * '' The Red Robe'' (1933) * ...

(1870–1947), French actress *

Marthe Mercadier Marthe Mercadier (23 October 1928 – 15 September 2021) was a French actress. Filmography Awards * In 1974, she was named Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. * In 1989, she won the ''Molière Award'' of the Best Comic Show. * In 2007, she was n ...

(born 1928), French actress *

Marthe Munsterman Marthe-Emilie Munsterman (born 19 February 1993) is a Dutch football midfielder, who plays for Women's Eredivisie club Ajax and has twice played for the Netherlands women's national football team. Playing career Club FC Twente Munsterman joined ...

(born 1993), Dutch women's footballer *

Marthe Niel Marthe Niel (29 December 1878 – 18 November 1928) was a French aviator, becoming the second woman in the world to earn an aeroplane pilot's licence on 19 September 1910. Early life Niel was born Marie-Ange Denieul in Le Cannée, a hamlet in t ...

(1878–1928), French aviator * Marthe Rakine (1904–1996), Canadian painter *

Marthe Richard Marthe Richard, née ''Betenfeld'' (15 August 1889, in Blâmont – 9 February 1982,) was a French politician and spy. She worked towards the closing of brothels in France in 1946. Early life In Nancy, she became an apprentice to a tailor a ...

(1889–1982), French prostitute, spy and politician * Marthe Robert (1914–1996), French writer and translator *

Marthe Robin Marthe Robin (13 March 1902 in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, Drôme, France – 6 February 1981 in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure) was a French Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist and foundress of the Foyers de charité ("Charity homes") association. S ...

(1902–1981), French Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist *

Marthe de Roucoulle Marthe de Roucoulle or ''de Rocoulle'' (1659–1741) was a French Huguenot educator and ''salonnaire'' active in Prussia. She was the governess first of Frederick William I of Prussia and later of his son Frederick the Great. Life Marthe de Rouco ...

(1659–1741), French Huguenot educator and salon holder * Marthe Servine (died 1972), French-American classical composer and pianist *

Marthe Valle Marthe Valle (born 29 November 1982 in Harstad, Norway), is a singer and songwriter, living in Bergen. Career Valle released her first solo album, ''It's A Bag of Candy'' (2005), awarded the Spellemannprisen as best newcomer. In addition, sh ...

(born 1982), Norwegian singer-songwriter *

Marthe Villalonga Marthe Villalonga (born 20 March 1932) is a French actress. She was born in Fort-de-l'Eau, Algeria. Theatre Filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villalonga, Marthe 1932 births Living people French film actresses People from ...

(born 1932), French actress *

Marthe Vinot Marthe Vinot (née Lagrange; 8 December 1894 – 13 July 1974) was a French actress whose film career began in the early years of silent film and lasted until the early 1920s. Life and career Marthe Vinot was born Marthe Lagrange in Paris. She w ...

(1894–1974), French actress *

Marthe Voegeli Marthe Voegeli was a Swiss physician and pioneer in the field of male contraceptive research. Between 1930 and 1950, Voegeli practiced medicine in India at her own private hospital. During this time, with the assistance of 9 volunteers, sh ...

, Swiss physician *

Marthe Vogt Marthe Louise Vogt (September 8, 1903 – September 9, 2003) was a German scientist recognized as one of the leading neuroscientists of the twentieth century. She is mainly remembered for her important contributions to the understanding of ...

(1903–2003), German neuroscientist * Marthe Wéry (1930–2005), Belgian painter *

Marthe Yankurije Marthe Yankurije (born 5 July 1994) is a Rwandan long-distance runner. In 2018, she won her country's 10,000 metres and Cross-Country Championships. She also won the half marathon race at the 2021 Kigali International Peace Marathon, and compe ...

(born 1994), Rwandan long distance runner

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