Mary Jo
Mary Jo, various spelled Mari Jo, Mary Joe and similar, is a feminine given name found mainly in the United States. It is often a contraction of Mary Josephine, Mary Joanna or similar.
Notable people with the name include:
- Mary Jo Arndt, American activist and civic leader
- Mary Jo Baedecker, American geochemist
- Mary Jo Bane, American political scientist
- Mary Jo Bang, American poet
- Mary Jo Bona, American literary scholar
- Mary Jo Bole, American artist
- Mari Jo Buhle, American historian
- Mary Jo Buttafuoco, American author and motivational speaker
- Mary Jo Catlett, American actress
- Mary Jo Chelette, American country singer
- Mary Jo Codey, American healthcare activist
- Maryjo Cohen, American business executive
- Mary Jo Daley, American politician
- Mary Jo Deschanel, American actress
- Mary Jo Duffy, American comic book editor and writer
- Mary Jo Estep, Shoshone massacre survivor
- Mary Jo Eustace, Canadian actress and chef
- Mary Joe Fernández, American tennis player
- Mary Jo Fisher, Australian politician
- Mary Jo Foley, American writer
- Mary Jo Freshley, American Korean dance instructor
- Mary Joe Frug, American legal scholar
- Mary Jo Haddad, Canadian nurse and health care executive
- Mary Jo Heath, American radio music host
- Mary Jo Keenen, American actress
- Mary Jo Kilroy, American attorney and politician
- Mary Jo Kopechne, American secretary
- Mary Jo Leddy,, Canadian writer and activist
- Mary Jo Markey, American television and film editor
- Mary Jo McGuire, American politician
- MariJo Moore, American writer
- Mary-Jo Morell, nom de plume of German writer Doris Gercke
- Mary Jo Nye, American historian of science
- Mary Jo Ondrechen, American chemist
- Mary Jo Pehl, American writer, actress, and comedian
- Mary Jo Peppler, American volleyball player and coach
- Mary Jo Perino, American television sports journalist
- Mary Jo Podgurski, American healthcare educator
- Mary Jo Putney, American author
- Mary Jo Randle, English actress
- Mari-Jo P. Ruiz, Filipina mathematician
- Mary Jo Salter, American poet
- Mary Jo Sanders, American boxer
- Mary Jo Shelly, American military administrator
- Mary Jo Slater, American casting director and producer
- Mary-Jo Starr, stage name of Australian actress, director, and singer Kaarin Fairfax
- Mary Jo Tarola, birth name of American model and actress Linda Douglas
- Mary Jo Taylor, American politician
- Mary Jo Tiampo, American freestyle skier
- Mary Jo Watson, Seminole art historian
- Mary Jo West, American news anchor
- Mary Jo White, American attorney and civil servant
- Mary Jo White , American state senator
- Mary Jo Wilhelm, American politician
- Mary Jo Wills, American diplomat
- Mary-Jo Wormell, birth name of British writer Mary Lyons
- Mary Jo Young, American contestant on American Idol season 19
Fictional characters
- Mari Jo Mason, in the US TV soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by Pamela Bach and Diana Barton
- Mary Jo Shively, in the US TV sitcom Designing Women, played by Annie Potts