Maria Tavares may refer to:
Maria Tavares (artist) (born 1965), Portuguese artist and art teacher Maria Cristina Tavares, Brazilian electrical engineer Maria Odeth Tavares (born 1976), Angolan handball goalkeeper Maria Leonor Tavares (born 1985), French-born Portuguese pole vaulter Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida, Brazilian political scientist Maria da Conceição Tavares, Portuguese naturalized Brazilian economist