Maria Tavares

• Maria Tavares (artist), Portuguese artist and art teacher
• Maria Cristina Tavares, Brazilian electrical engineer
• Maria Odeth Tavares, Angolan handball goalkeeper
• Maria Leonor Tavares, French-born Portuguese pole vaulter
• Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida, Brazilian political scientist
• Maria da Conceição Tavares, Portuguese naturalized Brazilian economist