Namesakes
Margaret
(f) 
Shakespearian Characters Much Ado About Nothing
Mistress Margaret Page
(f)
Shakespearian Characters The Merry Wives of Windsor
Margaret of Antioch
(f) c. 289-304
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Margaret of Scotland
(f) 1045-1093
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Margaret of Louvain
(f) 1207-1225
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Margaret of Hungary
(f) 1242-1270
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Margaret of Cortona
(f) 1247-1297
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Margaret the Maid of Norway
(f) 1283-1290
Scottish Kings and Queens 1286-1290
Margaret Colonna
(f) ?-1284
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Margherita of Castello
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1287-1320
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Margareta Ebner
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1291-1351
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Margherita the Barefooted
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1350-1395
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Margareta
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1353-1412
Swedish Kings and Queens 1389-1412
Danish Kings and Queens (Margrete I) 1387-1412
Norwegian Kings and Queens (Margrete) 1388-1412
Margherita of Savoy
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1390-1464
Saints
Margareta Kratz
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1430-1532
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Margaret of Anjou
(f) 1430-1482
Other Royalty 1445-1461; 1470-1471 England (queen consort)
Shakespearian Characters (Margaret of Anjou; Queen Margaret) Henry VI (1); Henry VI (2); Henry VI (3); Richard III
Margherita Fontana
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1440-1513
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Margherita of Ravenna
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1442-1505
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Marguerite of Lorraine
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1463-1521
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Margaret Pole
(f) 1473-1541
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Margaret Ball
(f) 1515-1584
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Margaret Clitherow
(f) 1555-1586
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Margaret Ward
(f) ?-1588
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Marguerite Bourgeoys
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1620-1700
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Marguerite Marie Alacoque
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1647-1690
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Marguerite d'Youville
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1701-1771
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Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart
(f) 1747-1770
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Margaret Taylor
(f) 1788-1852
American First Ladies 1849-1850
Margaret Dashwood
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1811 Sense and Sensibility
Julia Margaret Cameron
(f) 1815-1879
Notable Artists
Luise Margarete of Prussia
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1860-1917
Other Royalty 1860-1917 Prussia (princess)
Molly Brown
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1867-1932
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals 1960 The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Meg March
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1868 Little Women
Margarethe of Prussia
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1872-1954
Other Royalty 1872-1954 Prussia (princess)
Margaret Wycherly
(f) 1881-1956
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret of Connaught
(f) 1882-1920
Other Royalty 1882-1905; 1907-1920 United Kingdom; Sweden (princess)
Margaret Wilson
(f) 1882-1973
Pulitzer Award Winners 1924 The Able McLaughlins
Red Wing
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1883-1974
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Widdemer
(f) 1884-1978
Pulitzer Award Winners 1919 The Old Road to Paradise
Margaret Ayer Barnes
(f) 1886-1967
Pulitzer Award Winners 1931 Years of Grace
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
(f) 1886-1944
American First Ladies 1914-1915
Peggy Wood
(f) 1892-1978
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Rutherford
(f) 1892-1972
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1964 The V.I.P.s (actress)
Margrethe of Denmark
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1895-1992
Other Royalty 1895-1992 Denmark (princess)
Judith Anderson
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1897-1992
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Mitchell
(f) 1900-1949
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1937 Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mead
(f) 1901-1978
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Margaret Woodbridge
(f) 1902-1995
Olympic Medalists 1920 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (silver/gold)
Margaret Hamilton
(f) 1902-1985
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Bourke-White
(f) 1904-1971
Notable Journalists
Rumer Godden
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1907-1998
Notable Writers
Peggy Ashcroft
(f) 1907-1991
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1985 A Passage to India (actress)
Joyce Cooper
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1909-2002
Olympic Medalists 1928; 1932 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (silver/bronze)
Margaret Sullavan
(f) 1909-1960
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Lindsay
(f) 1910-1981
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Gail Patrick
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1911-1980
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Walker
(f) 1915-1998
Notable Writers
Margaret Lockwood
(f) 1916-1990
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Faye Emerson
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1917-1983
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peg Phillips
(f) 1918-2002
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kay Medford
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1919-1980
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Alexis Smith
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1921-1993
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Leighton
(f) 1922-1976
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Yvonne De Carlo
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1922-2007
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Alice Ghostley
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1923-2007
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Glynis Johns
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1923-2024
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peggy Cass
(f) 1924-1999
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Thatcher
(f) 1925-2013
British Prime Ministers 1979-1990
Peggy Cummins
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1925-2017
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret John
(f) 1926-2011
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peggy McCay
(f) 1927-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dovima
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1927-1990
Notable Actors and Entertainers (model)
Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
(f) 1930-2002
Other Royalty 1930-2002 United Kingdom (princess)
Irene MacDonald
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1931-2002
Olympic Medalists 1956 diving - springboard (bronze)
Prunella Scales
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1932-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Penelope Lively
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1933-
Notable Writers
Maggie Smith
(f) 1934-2024
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1970; 1979 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; California Suite (actress)
Margaret Matthews
(f) 1935-
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Margaret Hamilton
(f) 1936-
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Marlo Thomas
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1937-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sofía of Spain
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1938-
Other Royalty 1938-1962; 1975-2014 Denmark; Greece; Spain (princess/queen consort)
Margaret Edwards
(f) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1956 swimming - 100 m backstroke (bronze)
Margaret Atwood
(f) 1939-
Notable Writers
Margaret Ray
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1940 Betsy-Tacy
Margrethe II
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1940-
Danish Kings and Queens 1972-2024
Margaret Court
(f) 1942-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Ruth Madoc
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1943-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Avery
(f) 1944-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peggy Lipton
(f) 1946-2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Weis
(f) 1948-
Notable Writers
Margot Kidder
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1948-2018
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
JoBeth Williams
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Whitton
(f) 1949-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Heather Menzies
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1949-2017
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Bailes
(f) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1968 4x100 m relay (gold)
Peta Toppano
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Julia Duffy
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Angela Cartwright
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1952-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Meg Whitman
(f) 1956-
Notable Businesspeople
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Margaret Kelly-Hohmann
(f) 1956-
Olympic Medalists 1980 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver)
Margaret Colin
(f) 1958-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Meg Tilly
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Maggie Wheeler
(f) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Meg Ryan
(f) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Michele Timms
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000 basketball (bronze/silver)
Alison Goldfrapp
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1966-
Notable Musicians
Tamsin Greig
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Cho
(f) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Margaret Simon
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1970 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Maggie Q
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1980 Stand Down Margaret
Margaret Dingeldein
(f) 1980-
Olympic Medalists 2004 water polo (bronze)
Maggie Lawson
(f) 1980-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Hoelzer
(f) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2008 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (bronze/silver)
Maggie Grace
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Madge Bishop
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1985 Neighbours
Maggie Seaver
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1985 Growing Pains
Jerri Stone
(middle name Margaret) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1986 Matlock
Peggy Bundy
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987 Married... with Children
D. J. Tanner
(middle name Margaret) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987; 2016 Full House; Fuller House
Margaret
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1988 Margaret on the Guillotine
Edina Monsoon
(middle name Margaret) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1992 Absolutely Fabulous
Maggie Sheffield
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1993 The Nanny
Maggie Steffens
(f) 1993-
Olympic Medalists 2012 water polo (gold)
Meg Thatcher
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 Due South
Maggie Rogers
(f) 1994-
Notable Musicians
Margaret Qualley
(f) 1994-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Wambui
(f) 1995-
Olympic Medalists 2016 800 m (bronze)
Mary Albright
(middle name Margaret) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun
Emma Mackey
(middle name Margaret) (f) 1996-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peggy Hill
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1997 King of the Hill
Maisie Williams
(a.k.a. Margaret) (f) 1997-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Olivia Benson
(middle name Margaret) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jodi Fountain McLeod
(middle name Margaret) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 McLeod's Daughters
Margaret Chenowith
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 Six Feet Under
Meg Fountain
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 McLeod's Daughters
Maggie Pierce
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Grey's Anatomy
Cynthia Margaret
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2007 Cynthia Margaret
Peggy Olson
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2007 Mad Men