Marie Louise

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).

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

For other uses, see Marie Louise (disambiguation).

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
• Marie-Louise Martin (1860-1940), one of the daughters of Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin who became a Carmelite 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'