Margot (; ) is a feminine French given name, a variant of Marguerite. It is also occasionally a surname. Persons named Margot include the following:

People with the given name Margot

Margot Asquith Emma Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (' Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was a British socialite, author. She was married to H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1894 ...

, countess of Oxford and Asquith *

Marguerite de Valois Margaret of Valois (french: Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615), popularly known as La Reine Margot, was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became Queen of Navarre by marriage to Henry III of Navarre and then also Queen of France ...

, known as ''La Reine Margot'', queen of France and of Navarre *

Margot Arce de Vázquez Dr. Margot Arce de Vázquez (March 10, 1904 – November 14, 1990) was a writer, essayist and educator who founded the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language. Early years Arce de Vázquez was born and raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico, where ...

, Puerto Rican essayist and educator * Margot Bennett (1912–1980), Scottish screenwriter and crime author *

Margot Boer Margot Madelaine Boer (born 7 August 1985) is a Dutch former speed skater. She specialised in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m. Sports career After spending a few years at local teams in the South Holland area, Boer was seen as one of the Netherlands m ...

(born 1985), Dutch speed skater *

Margot Bryant Kathleen Mary Margaret Bryant (8 March 1897 – 1 January 1988), known professionally as Margot Bryant, was an English stage, teleivison and actress best known for playing Minnie Caldwell in the soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from its in ...

, British actress * Margot Eskens (born 1939), German singer *

Margot Fonteyn Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE (''née'' Hookham; 18 May 191921 February 1991), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells ...

, British ballerina * Margot Franssen (born 1952), Dutch-born Canadian entrepreneur and activist *

Margot Frank Margot Betti Frank (16 February 1926 – ) was the elder daughter of Otto Frank and Edith Frank and the elder sister of Anne Frank. Margot's deportation order from the Gestapo hastened the Frank family into hiding. According to the diary of he ...

(1926–1945), sister of German World War II diarist Anne Frank *

Margot van Geffen Margot van Geffen (born 23 November 1989) is a Dutch field hockey player. She took up field hockey aged six and since 2011 is a member of the Dutch national team. She won the 2014 World Cup and a gold and a silver medal at the 2012 and 2016 Olym ...

(born 1989), Dutch field hockey player *

Margot Heuman Margot Heuman (February 17, 1928 – May 11, 2022) was a German-born American Holocaust survivor. As a lesbian, she was the first queer Jewish woman known to have survived Nazi concentration camps. When Heuman was ten years old, she and her ...

(born 1928), German-born American Holocaust survivor *

Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher (29 September 1919 – 20 August 2017) was a German singer and film actress. She appeared in over fifty films between and 1939 and 1994. Hielscher was born in Berlin. In 1957, she was chosen to represent Germany at the Eurovis ...

(1919–2017), German singer and actress *

Margot Honecker Margot Honecker (née Feist; 17 April 1927 – 6 May 2016) was an East German politician who was an influential member of that country's Communist government until 1989. From 1963 until 1989, she was Minister of National Education (''Ministerin f ...

(1927–2016), German politician, former wife of Erich Honecker *

Margot Käßmann Margot Käßmann (; born 3 June 1958) is a Lutheran theologian, who was '' Landesbischöfin'' (bishop) of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover in Germany. On 28 October 2009, she was elected to lead the ''Evangelical Church in Germany'', a ...

(born 1958), German theologist and writer *

Margot Kidder Margaret Ruth Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018), known professionally as Margot Kidder, was a Canadian-American actress whose career spanned five decades. Her accolades include three Canadian Screen Awards and one Daytime Emmy A ...

, Canadian-American actress known for playing Lois Lane in ''Superman'' *

Margot Lander Margot Ella Florentz Lander (23 August 1910 – 18 July 1961), a prima ballerina with the Royal Danish Ballet, was the most important Danish ballerina of the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Oslo to Ella Florentz (1891-?), an opera sin ...

, Danish ballerina *

Margot Lumb Margot Lumb (1 July 1912 - 3 January 1998) was a left-handed English squash and tennis player. Margarita Evelyn Lumb was born in London in 1912 to Charles Fletcher Lumb and Margarita Johnson. Her father was a businessman and inventor; her mothe ...

, British squash player *

Margot Marsman Margot Marsman (9 February 1932 – 5 September 2018) was a Dutch freestyle swimmer. She was part of the 4×100 m relay team that won a silver medal at the 1947 EuropeanChampionships and a bronze at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer ...

(born 1932), Dutch swimmer *

Margot Osmeña Margarita "Margot" Lim Vargas Osmeña (born July 25, 1949) is a Filipino politician who served as a member of the Cebu City Council from 2010 to 2019. She is married to former mayor of Cebu City Tomas Osmeña. A member of the Vargas Clan of Pan ...

(born 1949), Filipino politician *

Margot Pardoe Margot Pardoe (8 August 1902 – 5 January 1996) was a British writer of children's fiction under the name M. Pardoe. Her career spanned over 20 years from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. She is known best for the Bunkle adventure series. Pa ...

(1902–1996), British children's writer *

Margot Rojas Mendoza Margot Rojas Mendoza (24 March 1903 – 1 November 1996) was a Cuban pianist and teacher of Cuban-Mexican origin. She performed as a concert pianist in New York, Mexico and Cuba for several years before turning to teaching. Several of her pupils b ...

(1903–1996), Cuban pianist and teacher *

Margot Robbie Margot Elise Robbie (; born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer. Known for her work in both blockbuster and independent films, she has received several accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four Golden Glob ...

(born 1990), Australian actress *

Margot Roosevelt Margot Roosevelt (born Margot Roosevelt Barmine; August 13, 1950) is an American journalist who covers economic and labor news for the ''Los Angeles Times''. She is a great-granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. Early life Roosevelt is ...

, American journalist * Małgorzata Szutowicz (born 1995), widely known as

Margot Margot (; ) is a feminine French given name, a variant of Marguerite. It is also occasionally a surname. Persons named Margot include the following: People with the given name Margot * Margot Asquith, countess of Oxford and Asquith * Marguerite ...

, Polish non-binary LGBTQIA activist and co-founder of the Stop Bzdurom collective *

Margot Taulé Margot Taulé (August 30, 1920 - 11 July 2008) was an architect-engineer and the first woman to become a registered professional engineer and architect in the Dominican Republic. Life and education Rose Marguerite Taulé Casso was born on 30 Au ...

, Dominican engineer and architect *

Margot Wallström Margot Elisabeth Wallström (; born 28 September 1954) is a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2019 and Minister for Nordic Coope ...

(born 1954), Swedish politician and government minister *

Margot Wells Margot Wells (née Wilkie, born 10 October 1952) is a Scottish elite sprint and fitness coach based in Guildford, Surrey and a former Scottish champion sprinter. Early career Wells started her coaching career by helping her husband Allan Well ...

, Scottish sprinter *

Margot Zemach Margot Zemach (November 30, 1931 – May 21, 1989) was an American illustrator of more than forty children's books, some of which she also wrote. Many were adaptations of folk tales from around the world, especially Yiddish and other Eastern Euro ...

, American illustrator

People with the surname Margot

Georges Margot Georges Marie Frederic Margot (30 May 1902 – 5 October 1998) was a French equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Gam ...

(born 1902), French equestrian *

Jean-Luc Margot Jean-Luc Margot (born 1969) is a Belgian-born astronomer and a UCLA professor who specializes in planetary sciences. Career Margot has discovered and studied several binary asteroids with radar and optical telescopes. His discoveries include ( ...

(born 1969), Belgian astronomer *

Manuel Margot Manuel Margot Gomez (born September 28, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball center fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the San Diego Padres. Minor league career Boston Red Sox The Bost ...

(born 1994), Dominican baseball player

In entertainment and culture

*''Margot'', 2009 film starring Anne-Marie Duff as ballerina Margot Fonteyn *''

Margot at the Wedding ''Margot at the Wedding'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach. It stars Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black, John Turturro, Ciarán Hinds and Halley Feiffer. The film is about the familial storm t ...

'', 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 movie ''

Legally Blonde ''Legally Blonde'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic in his feature-length directorial debut, and scripted by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith from Amanda Brown's 2001 novel of the same name. It stars Reese Wit ...

'' * Margot Tenenbaum, a character in the film ''

The Royal Tenenbaums ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson and co-written with Owen Wilson. It stars Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, and Owen W ...

'' *Margot, the protagonist of

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...

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All Summer in a Day "All Summer in a Day" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in the March 1954 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. Plot synopsis The story is about a class of students on Venus, whi ...

'' * Margot Mary Wendice, a character in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film ''

Dial M For Murder ''Dial M for Murder'' is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was b ...

'' * Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a character in Evelyn Waugh's novel ''

Decline and Fall ''Decline and Fall'' is a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928. It was Waugh's first published novel; an earlier attempt, titled '' The Temple at Thatch'', was destroyed by Waugh while still in manuscript form. '' ...

'' * Margot Lane, assistant to Lamont Cranston, a character in the 1940 American film serial ''

The Shadow The Shadow is a fictional character created by magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by writer Walter ...

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