Marie Louise

Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, second wife of Napoleon, wearing the Marie Louise Diadem

For other uses, see Marie Louise (disambiguation).

Marie Louise or Marie-Louise is a French feminine compound given name. In other languages, it may take one of several alternate forms:

• Maria Luiza (Bulgarian, Portuguese)
• Maria Luisa (Italian, Spanish)
• Maria Luise (German)
• Maria Louisa, Mary Louise or Mary Lou (English).

Notable people with the name include:

Literature

• Marie Louise Andrews (1849–1891), American writer
• Marie-Louise Belarbi (1928–2020), French-Moroccan writer
• Marie-Louise Boudât (1916–1968), French letterist and author
• Marie Louise Burgess-Ware (1870–?), American writer
• Marie-Louise Colomb (1892–1965), Swiss writer
• Marie-Louise Dreier (born 1936), Belgian poet
• Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (born 1962), Irish children's author and illustrator
• Marie-Louise af Forsell (1823–1852), Swedish diarist
• Marie Louise von François (1817– 1893), German writer
• Marie-Louise Gagneur (1832–1902), French feminist writer
• Marie-Louise Gay (born 1952), Canadian children's writer and illustrator
• Marie-Louise Haumont (1919–2012), Belgian writer
• Marie-Louise Jensen (born 1964), English children's author
• Marie Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin (1902–1969), French novelist and poet
• Marie Louise Hamilton Mack (1870–1935), Australian poet
• Marie-Louise Marmette (1870–1928), Canadian author
• Marie Louise Mignot (1712–1790), French literary figure
• Marie-Louise Mumbu (born 1975), Congolese journalist
• Marie Louise de la Ramee (1839–1908), English novelist
• Marie Louise Shedlock (1854–1935), French storyteller
• Marie Louise Victoire, La Rochejacquelein (1772–1857), French memoirist

Music

Marie-Louise Damien, better known as "Damia", had a forty-year career as a French actress in the early 20th century

• Marie-Louise-Taos Amrouche (1913–1976), Algerian singer and writer
• Marie-Louise Cantotti (1910–1999), American opera singer
• Marie-Louise Cébron-Norbens (1888–1958), French opera singer
• Marie-Louise Dähler, Swiss harpsichordist
• Marie-Louise Damien (1889–1978), French singer and actress
• Marie-Louise Desmatins (fl. 1682–1708), French opera singer
• Marie-Louise Gilles (born 1937), French opera singer
• Marie-Louise Girod (1915–2014), French organist and composer
• Marie-Louise Emma Cécile Lajeunesse (1847–1930), Canadian-British opera singer
• Marie Louise Marcadet (1758–1804), Swedish opera singer and a dramatic stage actress

Nobility and royalty

• Princess Marie Louise of Orleans (disambiguation), various princesses
• Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611–1667), Princess of Gonzague-Nevers; daughter of Charles I, Duke of Mantua and Catherine of Guise
• Marie Louise d'Aspremont (1652/1652–1692), daughter of Charles II, Count d’Aspremont; wife of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
• Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688–1765), daughter of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel; wife of John William Friso, Prince of Orange
• Marie Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698–1743), daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
• Marie Louise de Rohan (1720–1803), daughter of Jules de Rohan, Prince of Soubise; wife of Gaston, Count of Marsan
• Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1725–1793), daughter of Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne; wife of Jules, Prince of Guéméné
• Marie Louise Élisabeth of France (1727–1759), daughter of King Louis XV of France; wife of Philip, Duke of Parma
• Marie Louise of France (1728–1733), daughter of Louis XV of France
• Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1729–1818), daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg; wife of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
• Princess Marie Louise of Savoy (1749–1792), daughter of Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano; wife of Louis Alexandre, Prince de Lamballe
• Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1751–1819), daughter of Philip, Duke of Parma; queen consort of Charles IV of Spain
• Marie-Louise Coidavid (1778–1851), Queen of the Kingdom of Haiti
• Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791–1847), the second wife of Napoléon Bonaparte and Empress of the French
• Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803–1862), daughter of Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; wife of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814–1895), daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel; wife of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau
• Countess Marie Louise Larisch von Moennich (1858–1940), illegitimate daughter of Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria
• Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870–1899), daughter of Robert I, Duke of Parma; Princess Consort of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
• Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872–1956), daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Helena of the United Kingdom; wife of Prince Aribert of Anhalt
• Princess Marie Louise of Hanover (1879–1948), daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover; wife of Prince Maximilian of Baden
• Princess Marie-Louise of Madagascar (1897–1948), last heir apparent and pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Madagascar
• Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria (born 1933), daughter of Boris III of Bulgaria, wife of Prince Karl of Leiningen

Politics

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was President of Malta from 2014 to 2019.

• Marie Louise Berneri (1918–1949), Italian activist and author
• Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (1863-1952), Native American rights activist
• Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (born 1958), former President of Malta
• Marie-Louise Correa (born 1943), Senegalese politician
• Marie-Louise Fort (1950–2022), member of the National Assembly of France
• Marie-Louise Kehoe (born 1928), American politician
• Marie-Louise Loubet (1843–1925), wife of the President of France Émile Loubet
• Marie-Louise Mwange (born 1961), Congolese politician
• Marie-Rose Morel (1972–2011), Flemish-Belgian politician
• Marie Louise Nignan-Bassolet, Burkinabe politician
• Marie-Louise O'Donnell (born 1952), Irish politician
• Marie-Louise Puech-Milhau (1876–1966), French pacifist
• Marie-Louise Potter (born 1959), member of the National Assembly of Seychelles
• Marie-Louise Rochebillard (1860–1936), French trade unionist
• Marie-Louise Sibazuri (born 1960), Burundian activist
• Marie-Louise Tardif, Canadian politician
• Marie Louise Yovanovitch (born 1958), American diplomat

Religion

• Marie Louise Burke (1912–2004), American Hindu religious writer
• Marie Louise Clinton (1871–1934), American church leader
• Marie Louise De Meester (1857–1928), French missionary
• Marie Louise Habets (1905–1986), Belgian nurse and religious sister
• Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Molé de Champlâtreux (1763–1825), French Catholic saint
• Marie Louise Trichet (1684–1759), French Catholic saint
• Marie-Louise Valade (1808–1861), Canadian Catholic nun

Science and engineering

• Marie-Louise Bauchot (born 1928), French ichthyologist
• Marie-Louise de Beauvoir (1776–1855), Belgian educator
• Marie Louise Marguerite Belèze (1851-1913), French botanist
• Marie Louise Compernolle (1909–2005), Flemish chemical engineer
• Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin (1905–1972), French mathematician
• Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998), Swiss psychologist
• Marie Louise Killick (1914–1964), English audio engineer
• Marie-Louise Michelsohn (born 1941), American mathematician
• Marie-Louise Nosch (born 1970), French archaeologist
• Marie-Louise Paris (1889–1969), French engineer
• Marie-Louise Saboungi (born 1948), American physicist
• Marie Louise Stig Sørensen (born 1954), Danish archaeologist
• Marie-Louise Sjoestedt (1900–1940), French linguist and literary scholar
• Marie Louise Uhr (1923–2001), Australian biochemist

Sports

Marie-Louise Eta, a German footballer, playing for Turbine Potsdam in 2009

• Marie-Louise Bévis (born 1972), French sprinter
• Marie-Louise Castenskiold (born 1960), Danish equestrian
• Marie-Louise Dräger (born 1981), German Olympic rower
• Marie-Louise Eta (born 1991), German footballer
• Marie-Louise Hamrin (born 1957), Swedish long-distance runner
• Marie-Louise Horn (1912–1991), German tennis player
• Marie-Louise Hosdey (born 1945), Belgian sports shooter
• Marie Louise Kirkland (1899–1999), American sports commentator
• Marie-Louise Ledru, French long-distance runner
• Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen (1928–1993), Dutch freestyle swimmer
• Marie-Louise Perrenoud (born 1947), French speed skater
• Marie-Louise Pierre (born 1955), Haitian sprinter
• Marie Louise Reilly (born 1980), Irish rugby union player
• Marie Sirois (1865–1920), erroniously known as Marie Louise Sirois, French-Canadian strongwoman
• Marie Louise Steffensen (born 1996), Danish badminton player

Visual arts

• Marie Louise Amiet (1879–1944), French painter and illustrator
• Marie Louise Asseu (1966–2016), Ivorian actress, director and film producer
• Marie Louise Anna Beaudet (1859–1947), Canadian actress and dancer
• Marie-Louise Bousquet (1885–1975), French fashion journalist
• Maria Luise Katharina Breslau (1856–1927), Swiss painter
• Marie Louise Brimberg (born 1948), Danish photographer
• Marie-Louise Bruyère (1884–1959?), French fashion designer
• Marie-Louise Carven (1909–2015), French fashion designer
• Marie-Louise Ekman (born 1944), Swedish painter and filmmaker
• Marie Louise Fuller (1862–1928), American actress and dancer
• Marie-Louise Hairs (1912–1998), Belgian art historian
• Marie Louise Kold (born 1974), Danish artist
• Marie-Louise Laleyan (1935–2014), American architect
• Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (1906–1996), Austrian painter
• Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer (1920–1967), French film actress
• Marie-Louise Pichot (1885–1947), French painter
• Marie Louise Thomsen (1823–1907), Danish photographer
• Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun (1755–1842), French painter

Other

• Marie-Louise Arconati-Visconti (1840–1923), French philanthropist, salonnière and art collector
• Marie-Louise Ayres (born 1963), Australian librarian
• Marie-Louise Bertschinger (1910/1911–1970), Swiss humanitarian
• Marie-Louise Bouglé (1883-1936), French feminist, librarian, and archivist
• Marie-Louise Charles (1765–after 1807), French businesswoman and former slave
• Marie-Louise Charpentier (1905-1998), French Resistance member
• Marie-Louise Cloarec (1917–1945), French Resistance member
• Marie-Louise Dissard (1881–1957), French Resistance member
• Marie-Louise Driancourt (1887–1914), French pilot
• Marie Louise Garibaldi (1934–2016), American jurist.
• Marie-Louise Giraud (1903–1943), French abortionist
• Marie-Louise Jaÿ (1838–1925), French businesswoman
• Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769–1821), French midwife
• Marie-Louise Lacoste (1849–1919), Canadian philanthropist
• Marie-Louise Marchand-Thébault (died 2007), French historian and archivist
• Marie Louise Madeleine Victoire d'Argenton (1684-1749), royal mistress of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
• Marie-Louise Meilland (1920–1987), French rose breeder and business owner
• Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880–1998), the oldest validated Canadian ever
• Marie Louise Scudder Myrick (1854–1934), American newspaper owner
• Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737–1814), mistress of King Louis XV of France
• Marie-Louise Theile (born 1966), Australian news presenter
• Marie Louise Angélique Aimée Caroillon des Tillières (1797–1853), French heiress
• Marie-Louise Tromel (1717–1755), French Breton bandit
• Marie-Louise Victoire Girardin (1754–1794), French explorer

See also

• Anne Marie Louise (disambiguation)
• Louise-Marie
• Maria Luisa
• Joseph-Guillaume Barthe (1816–1893), Canadian writer who used the pseudonym 'Marie Louise'