Historical Persons or Events
- Maya (given name) for persons with this name
- Battle of Maya, a 1813 battle of the Peninsular War, between British and French forces
- Maya (Egyptian) (13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaoh Tutankhamun of Egypt
- Maya (Korean singer) (born 1979), K-Pop singer
- Maya (musician) (born 1979), vocalist of Japanese visual kei band LM.C
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