Mae (given name)

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Mae is an English feminine given name. It is a variant of May, and derives from the month of May, which is named after the Roman goddess Maia. In Portuguese Mãe means mother. Mae may refer to:

In music:

In acting:

  • Mae Bramhall (c. 1861 – 1897), American actress and writer
  • Mae Busch (1891–1946), Australian actress
  • Mae Clarke (1910-1992), American actress
  • Mae Marsh (1894–1968), American movie actress
  • Mae Martin (born 1987), Canadian comedian and actor
  • Mae Murray (1885–1965), American silent film actress
  • Mae Questel (1908–1998), American actress
  • Mae West (1893–1980), American actress (after whom are named a variety of otherwise unrelated items)
  • Mae Whitman (born 1988), American actress

In other fields:

  • Mae Brussell (1922–1988), American radio personality
  • Mae Jemison (born 1956), the first African-American woman to travel to space
  • Mae Schmidle (1927–2019), American politician
  • Mae Schunk (born 1934), the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
  • Mae Tischer (1928–2018), American politician

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