Maruja is a Spanish given name, a diminutive form of the baptismal name María.
People with the name Maruja Bustamante (born 1978), Argentine actress and playwright Maruja Callaved (1928–2018), Spanish television director Maruja Carrasco (1944–2018), Spanish botanist and academic Maruja Chacón Pacheco, Costa Rican politician Maruja Clavier (1934–2015), Venezuelan nuclear oncologist Maruja Fuentes (1978–2010), Puerto Rican architect and designer Maruja Grifell (1907–1968), Mexican actress Maruja Hinestrosa (1914–2002), Colombian pianist and composer Maruja Lara (1917–2003), Spanish anarcha-feminist and syndicalist Maruja Mallo (1902–1995), Spanish painter Maruja Montes (1930–1993), Brazilian-Argentine actress and vedette Maruja Pachón Castro (born 1948), Colombian kidnapping victim and Minister for Education Maruja Pereyra (1906–?), Afro-Uruguayan journalist and feminist activist Maruja Pibernat (fl. 1934–2004), Spanish-Argentine film and radio actress Maruja Torres (born 1943), Spanish writer and journalist Maruja Troncoso Ortega (born 1937), Spanish singer and professor
Fictional characters Maruja, a Filipino comic book character created by Mars Ravelo Tola y Maruja, a Colombian cross-dressing comedy duo
See also Maruja (band) Maruxa
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