Moya is an Irish female given name.
Notable people with the name include:
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Moya Bailey
Moya Bailey is an African Americans, African-American feminist scholar, writer, and activist. She is noted for coining the term ''misogynoir'', which denotes what Bailey describes as the unique combination of misogyny and anti-black racism experi ...
, African-American feminist scholar, writer, and activist
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Moya Bowler (born 1940), English shoe designer
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Moya Brady
Moya Brady (born 8 September 1962) is an English actress. Her roles include Breda McQueen on the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2018 to 2020.
Brady grew up in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. She has appeared in a ...
(born 1962), British actress
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Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin on 4 August 1952), also known as Máire Brennan, is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She is the sister of the musical artist known as Enya. She began performing pr ...
(born 1952), Celtic folk singer
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Moya Cannon
Moya Cannon (born 1956) is an Irish writer and poet with seven published collections, the most recent being ''Collected Poems'' (Carcanet Press, Manchester, 2021).
Life
Born in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, Ireland, Moya Cannon studied history a ...
(born 1956), Irish author
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Moya Cole
Mary Patricia "Moya" Cole (31 August 1918 – 16 May 2004) was a Northern Ireland, Northern Irish medical doctor, oncological researcher, consultant, and writer.
Early life and education
Moya Cole was born in County Cavan. She attended primary ...
(1918–2004), Northern Irish medical doctor and oncological researcher
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Moya Dodd
Moya Dodd (born 30 April 1965) is an Australian soccer official, a lawyer and former national team player. She is a former executive committee member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and a former member of the FIFA Council.
Football ...
(born 1965), Australian soccer official, lawyer and soccer player
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Moya Doherty
Moya Doherty (born 1957, in Pettigo, County Donegal, Ireland) is a Dublin-raised Irish entrepreneur and the producer and co-founder of ''Riverdance''.
Early life
Doherty was born in Pettigo, a village in the south-east of County Donegal in Ul ...
(born 1957), Irish entrepreneur
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Moya Dyring
Moya Dyring (10 February 1909 – 4 January 1967) was an Australian artist. She was one of the first women artists to embrace Modernism and exhibit cubist paintings in Melbourne. For several years she was a member of the modern art community ...
(1909–1967), Australian artist
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Moya Greene
Dame Moya Marguerite Greene (born 10 June 1954) is a Canadian businesswoman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Mail from 2010 until 2018, having previously been the CEO of Canada Post.
Early life and education
Moya Margueri ...
(born 1954), Canadian civil servant, President and CEO of Canada Post
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Moya Henderson
Moya Patricia Henderson (born 2 August 1941 in Quirindi, New South Wales) is an Australian composer.
A graduate of the University of Queensland, Henderson was Resident Composer at Opera Australia during their first season at the Sydney Opera ...
(born 1941), Australian music composer
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Moya Lear
Moya Marie Olsen Lear (March 27, 1915 – December 5, 2001) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist who was the wife of aviation pioneer Bill Lear.
Early life and education
Moya Marie Olsen was born in Chicago, the daughter of Lillia ...
(1915–2001), American businesswoman and wife of aviation pioneer Bill Lear
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Moya Llewelyn Davies
Moya Llewelyn Davies, born Mary Elizabeth O'Connor, (25 March 1881 – 28 September 1943) was an Irish Republican activist during the Irish War of Independence and a Gaelic scholar.
Childhood
Davies was one of five children of Irish Republican Br ...
(1881–1943), Irish Republican activist and Gaelic scholar
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Moya Nugent
Moya Nugent (27 March 1901 – 26 January 1954) was a British actress and singer. She made a few broadcasts and three silent films but was chiefly known as a stage performer, and was particularly associated with the works of Noël Coward, appeari ...
(1901–1954), British actress and singer
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Moya O'Sullivan
Moya O'Sullivan Macarthur (8 June 1926 – 16 January 2018) was an Australian-born actress who worked both locally and briefly in the United Kingdom.
She was best known for her long-running role as the popular character Marlene Kratz in the s ...
(1926–2018), Australian-born actress
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Irish feminine given names