Mary may refer to:

People

Mary (name) Mary is a Grammatical gender#Personal names, feminine given name, the English form of the name Maria (given name), Maria, which was in turn a Latin language, Latin form of the Greek name or , found in the Septuagint and New Testament. The latte ...

, a female given name (includes a list of people with the name)

Religion

* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below *

Mary, mother of Jesus Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity ...

, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary *

Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his cr ...

, devoted follower of Jesus * Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene * Mary, mother of James * Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus * Mary, mother of John Mark * Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents * Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman * Mary the Jewess, one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus.

Royalty

* Mary, Countess of Blois (1200–1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois * Mary of Burgundy (1457–1482), daughter of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy * Queen Mary of Denmark (born 1972), wife of Frederik X of Denmark * Mary I of England (1516–1558), aka "Bloody Mary", Queen of England and Ireland *

Mary II of England Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England, List of Scottish monarchs, Scotland, and Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. Sh ...

(1662–1694), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland *

Mary of Guelders Mary of Guelders (; c. 1434/1435 – 1 December 1463) was Queen of Scots by marriage to King James II. She ruled as regent of Scotland from 1460 to 1463. Background She was the daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders, and Catherine of Clev ...

(c. 1434–1463), daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders * Mary of Guise (1515–1560), Queen Consort of James V of Scotland and mother of Mary, Queen of Scots * Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371–1395), daughter of Louis I the Great of Hungary * Mary of Modena (1658–1718), Queen Consort of King James II of England and VII of Scotland *

Mary I of Portugal ''Dom (title), Dona'' Maria I (Maria Francisca Isabel Josefa Antónia Gertrudes Rita Joana; 17 December 1734 – 20 March 1816) also known as Maria the Pious in Portugal and Maria the Mad in Brazil, was Queen of Portugal from 24 February 1777 ...

(1734–1816), daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal * Mary II of Portugal (1819–1853), daughter of the future King Pedro IV *

Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was List of Scottish monarchs, Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legit ...

(1542–1587), mother of James I of England * Mary of Teck (1867–1953), Queen Consort of George V of the United Kingdom * Mary of Waltham (1344–1362), daughter of King Edward III of England * Mary of Woodstock (1278–1332), daughter of Edward I of England * Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897–1965), daughter of King George V and Mary of Teck * Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1857), daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Other people

Mary (slave) Mary (died August 11, 1838) was a teenaged girl enslaved in the United States, who was hanged for the murder of Vienna Brinker, a two-year-old girl she was babysitting. Mary's case was notable both for her youth and for the extended legal process ...

( – 1838), American slave executed for murder *

Rosie Attard ''Re A (conjoined twins)'' 0012 WLR 480 is a Court of Appeal (England and Wales) decision on the separation of conjoined twins. The case raised legal and ethical dilemmas. It was ruled it would be permissible to sever and thus kill in a palli ...

(2000–2000), British conjoined twin subject to legal case whose pseudonym was Mary * Parvati Melton (), American model also known as Mary

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Mary, a character in '' Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race'' * Mary Conner, a character in ''Roseanne'' * Mary Dean, a character in ''Love's Old Sweet Song'' * Mary Harris, a character in '' He's Just Not That Into You'' * Mary Hartman, the titular character of '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' * Mary Hendon, a character in '' A Sinless Sinner'' * Mary Jensen, the protagonist of '' There's Something About Mary'' * Mary Lennox, the protagonist of ''

The Secret Garden ''The Secret Garden'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English c ...

'' * Dr. Mary Malone, a character in the ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy *

Mary Marvel Mary Marvel (also known as Lady Shazam and Mary Shazam) is a fictional character and superheroine originally published by Fawcett Comics and now owned by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze, she first appeared in ''Captain Marvel (DC ...

, a superheroine and member of the Marvel Family * Mary Melody, a character in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' * Mary Poppins (character), a nanny with magical powers * Lady Mary Talbot, a character in ''Downton Abbey'' * Mary Test, a character in ''

Johnny Test ''Johnny Test'' is an animated television series created by Scott Fellows, originally produced in the United States by Warner Bros. Animation and later produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Group, Cookie Jar Entertainment. It premiered on Kids' WB ...

Film

* ''Mary'' (1931 film), a British-German thriller film * ''Mary'' (1994 film), an Australian documentary * ''Mary'' (2005 film), an Italian thriller film * ''Mary'' (2019 film), an American horror film * ''Mary'' (2024 film), an American-British biblical film

Music

Albums

* ''Mary'' (Mary Travers album), 1971 * ''Mary'' (Mary J. Blige album), 1999 * ''Mary'' (Sarkodie album), 2015

Songs

* "Mary", by Alexander Egorovich Varlamov (1801–1848) * " Mary (I'm in Love with You)", by J. Fred Coots and Ozzie Nelson, 1931 * "Mary", by Buffy Sainte-Marie from '' Illuminations'', 1969 * "Mary", by Robert Fripp from '' Exposure'', 1979 * "Mary", by Pete Townshend from '' Scoop'', 1983 * "Mary", by The 4 of Us from the album ''Songs for the Tempted'', 1989 * "Mary" (Tori Amos song), 1992 * "Mary", by Sarah McLachlan from '' Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'', 1993 * "Mary", by Oingo Boingo from '' Boingo'', 1994 * "Mary", by Sublime from '' Robbin' the Hood'', 1994 * "Mary" (Monique Brumby song), from the album ''Thylacine'', 1996 * "Mary" (Supergrass song), from their eponymous album, 1999 * "Mary" (Gemelli DiVersi song), from the album ''Fuego'', 2003 * "Mary" (Scissor Sisters song), from their eponymous album, 2004 * "Mary", by Sarah Slean from ''Day One'', 2004 * "Mary", by The Subways from '' Young for Eternity'', 2005 * "Mary", by Kings of Leon from '' Come Around Sundown'', 2010 * "Mary", by John Cale from '' Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood'', 2012 * "Mary", by Alex G from ''Trick'', 2012 * "Mary", by Big Thief from '' Capacity'', 2017 * "Mary", by Dune Rats from '' The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit'', 2017

Novels

* '' Mary: A Fiction'', a 1788 novel by Mary Wollstonecraft * ''Mary'' (Nabokov novel), 1926

Television

* ''Mary'' (1978 TV series), a variety show * ''Mary'' (1985 TV series), a sitcom

Theater

* ''Mary'' (musical), a 1920 comedy by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel

Places

* Mary River (disambiguation), various rivers * Mary, Saône-et-Loire, France * Mary Region, Turkmenistan ** Mary, Turkmenistan, capital of Mary Region ** Mary District, in Mary Region

Ships

* ''Mary'', a Hudson's Bay Company vessel in operation from 1737 to 1749 * , the proposed designation for a motorboat never acquired by the United States Navy

Other uses

* List of storms named Mary, various tropical cyclones * Mary (crater), an impact crater on the Moon * Mary (elephant), performed in the ''Sparks World Famous Shows'' circus * Mary (programming language)