•
Mavis Adjei, Ghanaian actress •
Mavis Akoto, Ghanaian sprinter •
Mavis Batey,
MBE (1921-2013), English code-breaker during World War II •
Mavis Biesanz (1919–2008), Finnish-American writer and sociologist •
Mavis B. Carroll (1917–2009), American statistician •
Mavis Cheek (1948–2023), English novelist and feminist •
Mavis Chirandu (b. 1995), Zimbabwean footballer •
Mavis Thorpe Clark,
AM (1909-1999), Australian novelist and children's writer •
Mavis Danso (b. 1984), Ghanaian footballer •
Mavis Doering (1929–2007),
Cherokee Nation basketmaker from Oklahoma •
Mavis Dgajmah (b. 1973), Ghanaian footballer •
Mavis Ehlert (1922–2007), British-Canadian sculptor •
Mavis Fan (b. 1977), Taiwanese singer •
Mavis Freeman (1918–1988), American swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics •
Mavis Gallant (1922–2014), Canadian writer •
Mavis Gibson, Zimbabwean lawyer, first black woman judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe, and first woman judge of the High Court of Namibia •
Mavis Gray née Beckett (b. 1944), Australian field hockey player •
Mavis Doriel Hay (1894–1979), British author •
Mavis Hee (b. 1974), Singaporean singer •
Mavis Hinds (1929–2009), English meteorologist •
Mavis Hutchinson (1924-2022), first woman to run across the United States •
Mavis Jones (1922–1990), Australian cricket player •
Mavis Jukes (b. 1947), American children's author •
Mavis Kelsey (1912–2013), American internist and one of the founders of the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic •
Mavis Hawa Koomson (b. 1966), Ghanaian politician and educationist •
Mavis Le Marquand,
Jersey lawn bowler •
Mavis Leno (b. 1946), American feminist and wife of
Jay Leno •
Mavis Maclean,
MBE,
FRSA (b. 1943), socio-legal researcher at the
University of Oxford and founder of the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy (OXFLAP) •
Mavis Meadowcroft (1926–2008), Australian
lawn bowler •
Mavis Moyo (b. 1929), Radio Zimbabwe broadcaster and founding member of the Federation of African Media Women Zimbabwe (FAMWZ) •
Mavis Mullins, New Zealand businesswoman •
Mavis Nicholson (1930–2022), Welsh broadcaster •
Mavis Ogun (b. 1973), Nigerian footballer who played in three
FIFA Women's World Cups •
Mavis Pugh (1914–2006), English actress and comedian •
Mavis Rivers (1929–1992), Samoan and New Zealand jazz singer •
Mavis Smitheman, local body councillor for Ardwick, Manchester •
Mavis Staines (b. 1954), Canadian ballet dancer •
Mavis Staples (b. 1939), American rhythm and blues singer •
Mavis Steele MBE (1928–1998), British
lawn bowler •
Mavis Sweeney (1909–1986), Australian hospital pharmacist who was awarded The Evans Medal for Merit in 1968 •
Mavis Taillieu (b. 1952), Canadian politician •
Mavis Tate (1893–1947), British Conservative Party politician and feminist, born Maybird Hogg •
Mavis Taylor (1915–2007), Australian humanitarian •
Mavis Tchibota (b. 1996), Congolese footballer •
Mavis Villiers (1911–1976), British actress •
Mavis Wilson (
fl. 1980–90s), Canadian politician == Fictional characters ==