Religious contexts

• New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
• Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Mary Magdalene, 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, mother of Zechariah and sister of Moses and Aaron; mostly known by the Hebrew name: Miriam
• Mary the Jewess one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus.
• Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's movement
• Maryam (surah) "Mary", 19th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an

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
• Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (born 1972), wife of Crown Prince Frederik
• Mary I of England (1516–1558), aka "Bloody Mary", Queen of England and Ireland
• Mary II of England (1662–1694), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
• Mary of Guelders (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 (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 (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

Others

• A pseudonym for Communist Party USA activist Williana Burroughs (1882–1945), used in the 1920s
• Mary (conjoined twin) (2000–2000), pseudonym of Rosie Attard, subject of a 2001 legal case
• Mary (slave) (died 1838), an American teenage slave executed for murder
• Miriai (c. first century CE), a woman in Mandaeism

Theater

• Mary (musical) (1920), by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel with music by Louis Hirsch

Film

• Mary (1931 film), an Alfred Hitchcock film
• Mary (1994 film), an Australian documentary
• Mary (2005 film), a film directed by Abel Ferrara about an actress playing Mary Magdalene
• Mary (2019 film), an American horror film

Television

• Mary (1978 TV series), a variety series
• Mary (1985 TV series), a sitcom

Fictional characters

• Mary, a character in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, a Canadian animated series
• Mary, a character played by Drew Barrymore in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie He's Just Not That Into You
• Mary Katherine Blackwood, main character in Shirley Jackson's 1962 novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle
• Mary Conner, a character in the American sitcom television series Roseanne
• Mary Dean, a character in the 1933 British romance movie Love's Old Sweet Song
• Mary Hartman, the title character on the soap opera satire Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
• Mary Hendon, a character in the 1919 British silent drama film A Sinless Sinner
• Mary Jensen, the main character played by Cameron Diaz in the 1998 American romantic comedy movie There's Something About Mary
• Mary Malone, a character in the His Dark Materials novel trilogy
• Mary Marvel, a superheroine character
• Mary Melody, a character in the Tiny Toon Adventures animated television series
• Mary Poppins, fictional nanny with magical powers
• Lady Mary Talbot (née Crawley), a character in Downton Abbey, played by Michelle Dockery
• Mary Test, the older twin sister of Susan Test in the American animated series Johnny Test

Music

Novels

• Mary, by Vladimir Nabokov
• Mary: A Fiction, a 1788 novel by Mary Wollstonecraft