Margot

Margot (/ˈmɑːrɡoʊ, ˈmɑːrɡət/ MAR-goh, MAR-gət, French: [maʁɡo]) is a feminine given name, a diminutive of Marguerite. It is also occasionally a surname. Persons named Margot include the following:

• Marguerite de Valois (1553–1615), known as La Reine Margot, queen of France and of Navarre
• Margot Abad, Argentine film actress
• Margot Adler (1946–2014), American journalist
• Margot Anand, French author, teacher, seminar leader and public speaker
• Margot Arce de Vázquez (1904–1990), Puerto Rican essayist and educator
• Margot Arnold (1925–2016), British-born American novelist
• Margot Asquith (1864–1945), countess of Oxford and Asquith
• Margot Austin (1907–1990), American children’s book illustrator
• Margot Badran (born 1936), scholar of Middle Eastern history and women's studies
• Margot Bailet (born 1990), French alpine skier
• Margot Bærentzen (1907–1983), Danish fencer
• Margot Becke-Goehring (1914–2009), German chemist
• Margot Benacerraf (1926–2024), Venezuelan film director
• Margot Bengtsson, Swedish psychologist
• Margot Bennett, several people
• Margot von Beroldingen (1878–1968), American heiress
• Margot Bettauer Dembo (1928–2019), German-born American translator
• Margot Béziat (born 2001), French canoeist
• Margot Bingham (born 1987), American actress and singer-songwriter
• Margot Blakely (born 1950), New Zealand alpine skier
• Margot Blanche (born 1983), French/Filipino singer and songwriter
• Margot Boer (born 1985), Dutch speed skater
• Margot Bogert, American Scouting leader
• Margot Botsford (born 1947), American judge
• Margot Boulet (born 1990), French rower
• Margot Boyd (1913–2008), English actress
• Margot Bryant (1897–1988), British actress
• Margot Chevrier (born 1999), French pole vaulter
• Margot Ciccarelli, Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner from Italy
• Margot Clyne (born 1995), American cyclist
• Margot Comstock, American computer magazine editor
• Margot Cottens (1922–1999), Uruguayan actress
• Margot Dalton, American novelist
• Margot Day, American singer-songwriter
• Margot Debén (1922–2010), Nicaraguan-Puerto Rican actress, singer, musician, show host and magician
• Margot Desvignes (born 2000), French ice hockey player
• Margot Dittmeyer (born 1935), German tennis player
• Margot Donald, Australian photographer
• Margot Dorenfeldt, Norwegian chemist
• Margot Douaihy, American writer
• Margot Drake (1899–1948), English actress
• Margot Dreschel, nazi concentration camp guard
• Margot Duhalde (1920–2018), Chilean aviator
• Margot Eates (1913–1994), British art historian and curator
• Margot Eskens (1936–2022), German singer
• Margot Fassler, American historian
• Margot Finn, British historian and academic
• Margot Flemming, Canadian curler
• Margot Fonteyn (1919–1991), British ballerina
• Margot Forde (1935–1992), New Zealand botanist
• Margot Foster (born 1958), Australian rower
• Margot Franssen (born 1952), Dutch-born Canadian entrepreneur and activist
• Margot Frank (1926–1945), sister of German World War II diarist Anne Frank
• Margot Friedländer (born 1921), German holocaust survivor
• Margot Garabedian, Cambodian triathlete
• Margot Gayle (1908–2008), American historian preservationist
• Margot van Geffen (born 1989), Dutch field hockey player
• Margot Glockshuber (born 1949), German pair skater
• Margot Gore (1913–1993), British aviator and osteopath
• Margot Grahame (1911–1982), British actress
• Margot Guilleaume (1910–2004), German operatic soprano
• Margot Hartman (1933–2020), American actress
• Margot Hellwig (born 1941), German volksmusik singer
• Margot Heuman (1928–2022), German-born American Holocaust survivor
• Margot Hielscher (1919–2017), German singer and actress
• Margot Hilton (born 1947), British-born Australian author
• Margot Honecker (1927–2016), German politician, former wife of Erich Honecker
• Margot Horspool, British jurist
• Margot Hutcheson (born 1952), Australian artist
• Margot Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading (1919–2015), British aristocrat and campaigner
• Margot James (born 1957), British Conservative politician
• Margot Janse (born 1969), Dutch chef
• Margot Jefferys, British sociologist and professor
• Margot Kalinke (1909–1981), German politician
• Margot Kaminski, American AI and privacy professor
• Margot Käßmann (born 1958), German theologist and writer
• Margot Kelly (1894–1983), Australian hotel manager and restaurateur
• Margot Kidder (1948–2018), Canadian-American actress known for playing Lois Lane in Superman
• Margot Klestil-Löffler (born 1954), Austrian diplomat
• Margot Knight, Australian actress
• Margot Kober (born 1965), Austrian cross-country skier
• Margot Kraneveldt (born 1967), Dutch politician
• Margot Lambert (born 1999), French badminton player
• Margot Lander (1910–1961), Danish ballerina
• Margot Leicester (born 1949), British actress
• Margot Lemire (1946–2024), Canadian poet and playwright
• Margot Leverett, American clarinet player
• Margot Livesey, Scottish-born writer
• Margot Llobera (born 1996), Andorran footballer
• Margot Lovejoy (1930–2019), American artist and art historian
• Margot Lumb (1912–1998), British squash player
• Margot MacGibbon, Australian violinist and teacher
• Margot Machol, American writer and government official
• Margot Mahler (1948–1997), German actress
• Margot Marshall, British soldier
• Margot Marsman (1932–2018), Dutch swimmer
• Margot Mayo (1910–1974), American dance instructor
• Margot Moe (1899–1988), Norwegian figure skater
• Margot Moles (1913–1987), Spanish alpine skier
• Margot Neville, pseudonym of Margot Goyder and Ann Goyder
• Margot O'Neill (born 1958), Australian journalist, writer and producer
• Margot Osmeña (born 1949), Filipino politician
• Margot Pardoe (1902–1996), British children's writer
• Margot Parker (born 1943), British politician
• Margot Peet (1903–1995), American painter
• Margot Perryman, British artist
• Margot Peters (1933–2022), American novelist and biographer
• Margot Pfannstiel (1926–1993), German journalist
• Margot Philips (1902–1988), New Zealand painter
• Margot Pilz, Austrian visual artist
• Margot Prior (1937–2020), Australian psychologist and autism researcher
• Margot von Renesse (1940–2022), German politician
• Margot Rhys (1914–1996), Australian actress
• Margot Rojas Mendoza (1903–1996), Cuban pianist and teacher
• Margot Robbie (born 1990), Australian actress
• Margot Robinne (born 1991), French footballer
• Margot Römer (1938–2005), Venezuelan artist
• Margot Roosevelt (born 1950), American journalist
• Margot Rose (born 1956), American actress
• Margot Ruddock (1907–1951), English actress, poet and singer
• Margot Sanger-Katz, American journalist
• Margot von Schlieffen (1921–2014), German film editor
• Margot Lee Shetterly (born 1969), American nonfiction writer
• Margot Shiner (1923–1998), German-British gastroenterologist
• Margot Shumway (born 1979), American rower
• Margot Siegel (1923–2015), American journalist
• Margot Sikabonyi (born 1982), Italian actress
• Margot Singer, American short story writer and novelist
• Margot Smith (1966–2011), Australian musical artist
• Margot Sponer (1898–1945), German philologist and resistant fighter
• Margot Stern Strom (1941–2023), American educator
• Margot Stevenson (1912–2011), American actress
• Margot Sunderland, British psychologist
• Małgorzata Szutowicz (born 1995), widely known as Margot, Polish non-binary LGBTQIA activist and co-founder of the Stop Bzdurom collective
• Margot Taulé (1920–2008), Dominican engineer and architect
• Margot Thien (born 1971), American synchronized swimmer
• Margot Tomes (1917–1991), American artist and illustrator
• Margot Trooger (1923–1994), German actress
• Margot Turner (1910–1993), British nurse
• Margot Vanpachtenbeke (born 1999), Belgian cyclist
• Margot Vella, Australian dual-code rugby player
• Margot Walle (1921–1990), Norwegian figure skater
• Margot Wallström (born 1954), Swedish politician
• Margot Walter (1903–1994), German actress
• Margot Wells (born 1952), British athlete
• Margot Werner (1937–2012), Austrian ballet dancer, singer and actress
• Margot Wicki-Schwarzschild (1931–2020), German Holocaust witness
• Margot Wikström (1936–2010) Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party
• Margot Williams, American botanist
• Margot Yerolymos (born 1997), French tennis player
• Margot Zemach (1931–1989), American illustrator
• Margot Zuidhof (born 1992), Dutch field hockey player

• Georges Margot (1902–1998), French equestrian
• Jean-Luc Margot (born 1969), Belgian astronomer
• Manuel Margot (born 1994), Dominican baseball player

• Margot, 2009 film starring Anne-Marie Duff as ballerina Margot Fonteyn
• Margot at the Wedding, 2007 American film by Noah Baumbach
• La Reine Margot, 1845 novel by Alexandre Dumas
• La Reine Margot (1994 film), 1994 film based on the Dumas novel starring Isabelle Adjani
• Margot, a character in the film Legally Blonde
• Margot, a character in the comic book Nemesis Reloaded
• Margot Tenenbaum, a character in the film The Royal Tenenbaums
• Margot, the protagonist of Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day
• Margot Mary Wendice, a character in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M For Murder
• Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a character in Evelyn Waugh's novel Decline and Fall
• Margot Lane, assistant to Lamont Cranston, a character in the 1940 American film serial The Shadow

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