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 (1933–2011), American activist and civic leader
 * Mary Jo Baedecker (born 1941), American geochemist
 * Mary Jo Bane, American political scientist
 * Mary Jo Bang (born 1946), American poet
 * Mary Jo Bona, American literary scholar
 * Mary Jo Bole (born 1956), American artist
 * Mari Jo Buhle (born 1943), American historian
 * Mary Jo Buttafuoco (born 1955), American author and motivational speaker
 * Mary Jo Catlett (born 1938), American actress
 * Mary Jo Chelette (1939–1984), American country singer
 * Mary Jo Codey (born 1955), American healthcare activist
 * Maryjo Cohen (born 1952), American business executive
 * Mary Jo Daley (born 1949), American politician
 * Mary Jo Deschanel (born 1945), American actress
 * Mary Jo Duffy (born 1954), American comic book editor and writer
 * Mary Jo Estep (1909 or 1910—1992), Shoshone massacre survivor
 * Mary Jo Eustace (born 1962), Canadian actress and chef
 * Mary Joe Fernández (born 1971), American tennis player
 * Mary Jo Fisher (born 1962), Australian politician
 * Mary Jo Foley, American writer
 * Mary Jo Freshley (born 1934), American Korean dance instructor
 * Mary Joe Frug (1941–1991), American legal scholar
 * Mary Jo Haddad, Canadian nurse and health care executive
 * Mary Jo Heath (born 1954), American radio music host
 * Mary Jo Keenen (born 1961), American actress
 * Mary Jo Kilroy (born 1949), American attorney and politician
 * Mary Jo Kopechne (1940–1969), American secretary
 * Mary Jo Leddy, (born 1946), Canadian writer and activist
 * Mary Jo Markey, American television and film editor
 * Mary Jo McGuire (born 1956), American politician
 * MariJo Moore, American writer
 * Mary-Jo Morell (born 1937), nom de plume of German writer Doris Gercke
 * Mary Jo Nye (born 1944), American historian of science
 * Mary Jo Ondrechen (born 1953), American chemist
 * Mary Jo Pehl (born 1960), American writer, actress, and comedian
 * Mary Jo Peppler (born 1944), 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 (born 1954), English actress
 * Mari-Jo P. Ruiz, Filipina mathematician
 * Mary Jo Salter (born 1954), American poet
 * Mary Jo Sanders (born 1974), American boxer
 * Mary Jo Shelly (1902–1976), American military administrator
 * Mary Jo Slater (born 1946), American casting director and producer
 * Mary-Jo Starr (born 1959), stage name of Australian actress, director, and singer Kaarin Fairfax
 * Mary Jo Tarola (1928–2017), birth name of American model and actress Linda Douglas
 * Mary Jo Taylor (born 1953), American politician
 * Mary Jo Tiampo (born 1962), American freestyle skier
 * Mary Jo Watson, Seminole art historian
 * Mary Jo White (born 1947), American attorney and civil servant
 * Mary Jo White (Pennsylvania politician) (born 1941), American state senator
 * Mary Jo Wilhelm (born 1955), American politician
 * Mary Jo Wills (born 1951), American diplomat
 * Mary-Jo Wormell (born 1947), 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