Marina Pavlovna Chechneva was a Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 pilot and squadron commander in the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment in World War II. She received the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on 15 August 1946, after having completed 810 sorties during the war. Chechneva authored five books about her experiences during the war.

Marina Colasanti is an Italian writer, translator and journalist. She lived in Libya during her infancy, and then she moved to Italy, where she lived for eleven years. Her family moved to Brazil in 1948 due to the difficult conditions in Europe after World War II.

Marina Antonovna Denikina was a Russian-born French writer and journalist.

Marina Iosifovna Gershenovich is a Russian poet and translator born in the city of Novosibirsk, Soviet Union, who resides in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Marina Valeryevna Karaseva is a Russian musicologist, Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Federation, Professor of Moscow Conservatory, Department of Music Theory, Grand Doctor in Art, Ph.D. in Musicology, Member of Russian Composers Union, Fulbright Scholar, Advisor to the Rector.

Marina Karyagina is a Chuvash poet, novelist and playwright, TV journalist, documentary director, and editor.

Marina Arnoldovna Khlebnikova is a Russian singer and actress, winner of a Jurmala Young Pop Singer Competition (1991), Golden Gramophone Award, Pesnya goda, and Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2004).

Marina Lesko, also known as M. Lesko is a Russian journalist, author, and cultural commentator.

Marina Lewycka is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin.

Marina Orlova is a Russian actress. To her credit she has 40 film and television roles. Orlova currently resides in Los Angeles.