People
- Maru (surname), a surname of Indic origin
- Maru Daba (born 1980), an Ethiopian runner
- Maru Sira (died 1975), a Sri Lankan criminal who was executed
- Hakudo Maru, a spirit in Japanese mythology who taught humans how to make ships
- Maru (mythology), a Māori war god
- Ngāti Maru (disambiguation), several Māori tribes of New Zealand
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