Maya Angelou (b. 1928), African-American author and poet

Maya civilization, their historical pre-Columbian civilization

Maya Deren (1917-1961), American avant-garde filmmaker

Mayan languages, the family of languages spoken by the Maya

Maya, a 1999 book by Jostein Gaarder

Maya Lin (b. 1959), American architect and sculptor, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Maya (software), a computer program for creating 3D graphics

Maya (illusion), the word for "illusion" in Sanskrit and a concept in Hindu and Dharmic philosophy

Maya Do'Urden, a sister of Drizzt Do'Urden in Forgotten Realms

The Maya peoples, Native American peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America

Maya Santos, a character from maya & miguel

Maya Plisetskaya (b. 1925), Russian ballerina

Japanese cruiser Maya of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Maya, the Filipino name for the Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Yucatec Maya language, specific and most widespread Mayan language, frequently referred to simply as Maya

Maya Rudolph (b. 1972), American actress and Saturday Night Live cast member

Maya Herrera, a character in the NBC drama series, Heroes

Maya, the NATO reporting name for Aero L-29 Delfin, a Czech military jet trainer aircraft

Maya the Bee, a character in a popular German children's book and television series

Queen Maya, the mother of the historical Buddha

Maya (Space: 1999), an alien character on the television series Space: 1999

Maya Gallo, a character in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me

Maya Bond (b. 2000), Japanese American singer

Mount Maya, a mountain in Kobe, Japan and the namesake of the Navy cruiser

Mayasura, a Hindu demon often known by the name Maya

Maya, a song by the Incredible String Band from the 1968 album Wee Tam and the Big Huge

Maya Memsaab, a 1992 Bollywood movie directed by Ketan Mehta

Majo/Maja

Maya with Doll, a 1938 painting by Pablo Picasso of his daughter Maya

Maya (Egyptian) (13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaoh Tutankhamun of Egypt

Maya Gold (b. 1981), stage name of a Hungarian pornographic actress

Maya (Korean singer) (b. 1979), K-Pop singer

Maya (film), a 2001 film by Digvijay Singh

Maya Jobarteh (b. 1983), West African kora player

Maya (Battlestar Galactica), a character in Battlestar Galactica

Tamperer featuring Maya, a British pop group

Maya Biosphere Reserve, a nature reservation in northern Guatemala

Maya Mishalska (b. 1974), Mexican actress

Maya Gold (candy), organic chocolate produced by Green & Black's

Maya Chinn, a character from the American daytime soap opera Passions

Maya (TV series), a U.S. television adventure series that ran from 1967 to 1968 and was a follow-up to the 1966 film

Maya Bouskilla (b. 1977), Israeli singer

Maya Bond (actress) (b. 1931), Canadian actress

Maya Signature Series, six-string electric guitars created by Washburn Guitars

Badimaya language, an Aboriginal language of Australia, also known as "Parti-Maya"

Maya Ritter (b. 1993), Canadian actress

Maya River, a river in the region of Sakha, Russia

Maya Mountains, a range in Guatemala and Belize

Maya (album), by Zubeen Garg, Assam

Maya Karimata, an island in West Borneo, Indonesia

Maya language (Brazil), an unclassified language that may be related to the Panoan languages

Maya Fey, a character from the Ace Attorney videogame series

Maya (1966 film), a 1966 American film starring Sajid Khan and Jay North.