People
- Marietta Alboni (1823–1894), renowned Italian contralto opera singer
- Marietta Chrousala (born 1983), Greek fashion model and television presenter
- Marietta DePrima (born 1964), American TV actress
- Marietta Farrell (born 1951), Irish politician
- Marietta Giannakou (born 1951), Greek politician
- Marietta Gillman, American slalom canoer
- Marietta Marich, American actress, singer, writer, stage director and television host
- Marietta Martin (1902–1944), French writer, journalist and French Resistance worker
- Marietta Peabody Tree (1917–1991), American socialite and political supporter
- Marietta Piccolomini (1834–1899), Italian soprano
- Marietta Robusti (1560–1590), female Venetian painter of the Renaissance period
- Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), Soviet writer and public activist
- Marietta Stow (19th-century–1902), American suffragist
- Marietta de Patras (died 1503), Greek mistress of King John II of Cyprus and the mother of his illegitimate son King James II of Cyprus
- Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (born 1951), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party
- Marietta Žigalová (born 1968), former professional Slovak female fitness competitor
- Marietta Sadova
- Marietta Canty
- Marietta Brambilla
- Marietta Simpson
- Marietta Waters
- Marietta Johnson, educational reformer
- Marietta Blau (1894–1970), Austrian physicist
- Marietta Gazzaniga (1824–1884), Italian operatic soprano
- Marietta Holley (1836–1926), American humorist who used satire to comment on U.S. society
- Marietta Karamanli (born 1964), member of the National Assembly of France
- Marietta LeBreton (1936–2009), historian of Louisiana
- Marietta Marcolini (1780–19th-century), Italian operatic contralto
- Marietta Roberts (born 1943), former politician in Ontario, Canada
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