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