Marguerite is the French form of a female given name (English Margaret, Spanish Margarita) which derives from the Greek Μαργαρίτης meaning "pearl"). See also Margaret (name) and Peggy. Those with the name include:
In chronological order
Margaret, Countess of Anjou or Marguerite d'Angou (1273–1299), Countess of Anjou and Maine in her own right and Countess of Valois, Alençon, Chartres and Perche by marriage
Marguerite, bâtarde de France (1407–1458), illegitimate daughter of King Charles the Mad and his beloved mistress Odette de Champdivers, later legitimized by her half-brother Charles VII
Margaret of Bourbon (1438–1483) or Marguerite de Bourbon, Princess of Savoy by marriage
Marguerite III de Neufchâtel (1480–1544), German-Roman monarch as Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France
Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), princess of France, Queen of Navarre and Duchess of Alençon and Berry
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry or Marguerite de Valois (1523–1574), daughter of King Francis I of France
Margaret of France (1553–1615) or Marguerite de Valois, wife of Henry IV of France and Navarre
Marguerite of Lorraine (1615–1672), princess of Lorraine and Duchess of Orléans by marriage
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645–1721), Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage
Princess Marguerite Adélaïde of Orléans (1846–1893), princess of France and, by marriage, princess of the House of Czartoryski
Alphabetically by last name
Marguerite Bériza (1880–after 1930), French opera soprano
Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700), saint and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada
Maya Angelou (1928–2014), American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer born Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Broquedis (1893–1983), French tennis player
Marguerite Carré (1880–1947), French opera soprano
Marguerite Davis (1887–1967), American chemist, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B
Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987), American writer and illustrator of children's books
Marguerite De La Motte (1902–1950), American film actress
Marguerite Derricks (born 1961), American choreographer
Marguerite Duras (1914–1996), French writer and film director
Marguerite Frank (born 1927), American−French mathematician
Marguerite Georges (1787–1867), noted French actress who had an affair with Napoleon
Marguerite Henry (1902–1997), American writer of children's books
Marguerite Long (1874–1966), French pianist and teacher
Peg Luksik (born 1955), Pennsylvania politician
Marguerite Moreau (born 1977), American actress
Marguerite Norris (1927–1994), Detroit Red Wings team president, first female NHL team executive, first woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup
Marguerite Perey (1909–1975), French physicist
Marguerite Pindling (born 1932), Governor-General of the Bahamas beginning 2014
Marguerite Quinn, American politician elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2006
Marguerite de la Sablière (c. 1640–1693), French salonist and polymath
Marguerite Scypion (c. 1770s–after 1836), African-Natchez slave who filed the first "freedom suit" and ended Indian slavery in the state of Missouri in 1836
Marguerite L. Smith (1894–1985), New York assemblywoman 1920–1921
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), Belgian-born French novelist and essayist, first woman elected to the Académie française
Marguerite Zorach (1887–1968), American painter, textile artist and graphic designer
Marguerite, the heroine of Gounod's opera Faust
Marguerite Gautier, the heroine in the Alexandre Dumas fils novel La Dame aux Camelias
Marguerite St. Just, wife of the Scarlet Pimpernel in the novel by the same name
Tomoe Marguerite, in the anime and manga My-Otome
Marguerite Volant, main character of the 1996 Canadian mini-series by the same name
Marguerite Caine, main protagonist and heroine of Claudia Gray's "Firebird Series" beginning with "A Thousand Pieces of You"
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