Marie Under was an Estonian poet. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 12 separate years.

Marie Louise Van Vorst was an American writer, researcher, painter, and volunteer nurse during World War I.

Princess Marie Illarionovna Vassiltchikov was a Russian princess who wrote Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945, which described the effects of the bombing of Berlin and events leading to the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler in the 20 July Plot.

Countess Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach was an Austrian writer. Noted for her psychological novels, she is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century.

Maria Bronislavovna Vorobyeva-Stebelska, also known as "Marie Vorobieff" or Marevna, was a 20th-century, Russian-born painter known for her work with Cubism and pointillism.

Marie-Aude Murail is a French writer. She is best known for her numerous children and teen novels that go over a wide range of subjects including homosexuality and serious illnesses.

Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire was a Belgian writer and activist. She was known as the "mother of the Flemish Movement".

Marie-Félicité Brosset was a French orientalist who specialized in Georgian and Armenian studies. He worked mostly in Russia.

Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles was a French judge, freemason and politician who took part in the French Revolution.

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld is a Dutch writer. Rijneveld won the 2020 International Booker Prize together with his translator Michele Hutchison for the debut novel The Discomfort of Evening. Rijneveld is the first Dutch author to win the prize, the first non-binary person to do so and only the third Dutch author to be nominated.