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Marguerite (given name)

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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:

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Nobility

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

    • Other

    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

    • Fictional characters

  • 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"

    • References

    Marguerite (given name) Wikipedia
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