# 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 West (born 1948), American news anchor
* 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