María Vargas

• María Cecilia Vargas, Mexican Olympic swimmer
• María Paula Vargas, Spanish artistic gymnast
• María José Vargas, Bolivian-born Argentine racquetball player
• María Villaseñor Vargas, Mexican politician
• María Margarita Vargas Santaella, Duchess of Anjou
• The heroine, played by Ava Gardner, of the 1954 film ''The Barefoot Contessa''