Margolin is a surname that, like its variants, is derived from the Hebrew word (margoliyot) whose meaning is "''pearls''",
Variants of the name are:
Margolis,
Margulis,
Margules,
Margolio(u)th,
Margoliut(h), Margo, Margolinski, Marliss, etc.
Names like Perlman,
Perelman, Perlstein, etc. have the same meaning.
The surname "''Margolin''" may refer to:
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Allison Margolin, American attorney
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Anna Margolin, pen name of Rosa Harning Lebensboym (1887–1952), American Yiddish language poet
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Arnold Margolin
Arnold Davydovych Margolin () (born: , Kyiv – died October 29, 1956, Washington DC) – was a Ukrainian diplomat, lawyer, active participant in Ukrainian and Jewish community and political affairs; attorney who became world-famous as the defe ...
(1877–1956), American television producer, screenwriter, and director
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Bessie Margolin (1909–1996), American attorney
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Bob Margolin
Bob Margolin (born May 9, 1949) is an American electric blues guitarist. His nickname is Steady Rollin'.
Biography
Margolin started playing guitar in 1964, and his first appearance on record was with Boston psychedelic band The Freeborne, and ...
(born 1949), American guitarist
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Bruce Margolin (born 1941), American criminal defense attorney
* Carol Margolin, American artist known as
Carol Heifetz Neiman
Carol Heifetz Neiman (1937 – 1990) was an American artist who was a member of the feminist art movement of the 1970s, known for her surrealist and xerox art. She also created etchings, and worked in pencil, pastels, and mixed media and was a ...
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Dansette
Dansette was a British brand of record players, radiograms, tape recorders, and radio sets, manufactured by the London firm of J & A Margolin Ltd.
Record player
The first Dansette record player was manufactured in 1952, by the London firm of J & ...
(J. & A. Margolin Ltd)
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Deb Margolin
Deb Margolin is an American performance artist and playwright. She came to prominence in the 1980s in the feminist political theatre troupe Split Britches, which she co-founded with Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw. Margolin has since created a string ...
, American performance artist and playwright
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Efraim Margolin, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist
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Eliezer Margolin (1875–1944), Russian-Australian businessman and military officer
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Gayla Margolin
Gayla Margolin is an American psychologist doing research on adolescence and the effect of domestic violence on children. She has also done research on coparenting and marital therapy. She is a professor of psychology and pediatrics at the Unive ...
, American psychologist
* Howie Margolin, member of
The Demensions
The Demensions are an American doo wop group from The Bronx, New York. They attended Christopher Columbus High School. Over the years, there have been a number of lineup changes. The group that sang on most of their earlier recordings includes Le ...
group
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Jamie Margolin, American climate activist
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Janet Margolin
Janet Natalie Margolin (July 25, 1943 – December 17, 1993) was an American theater, television and film actress.
Early life
Margolin was born in New York City to a Jewish family. Her father, Benjamin Margolin, was a Russian Jewish accountan ...
(1943–1993), American actress
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Jean-Louis Margolin
Jean-Louis Margolin (; born 1952) is a French academic specialising in the history of eastern Asia. His positions include coordinator and lecturer in history at the University of Provence, and for the Research Institute on Southeast Asia of CNRS. M ...
(born 1952), French historian
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Jody Margolin Hahn
Jody Margolin Hahn ( Margolin; born November 18, 1962) is an American television director.
She is best known for her work in comedies, having directed episodes for shows including ''Malcolm & Eddie'', ''Hannah Montana'', '' The Return of Jezebe ...
(1900–1971), American television director
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Julius Margolin Julius Margolin (, ; October 14, 1900 – January 21, 1971) was an Israeli writer and political activist. After spending five years in Soviet labor camps and being released, he authored ''A Journey to the Land Ze-Ka'' (Путешествие в с ...
(1900–1971), Israeli writer and political activist
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Malcolm Margolin
Malcolm Margolin (born October 27, 1940) is an author, publisher, and former executive director of Heyday Books, an independent nonprofit publisher and cultural institution in Berkeley, California. From his founding of Heyday in 1974 until his r ...
(born 1940), American publisher, author
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Mike Margolin, American tennis player
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Phillip Margolin
Phillip Margolin (born 1944) is an American writer of legal thrillers.
Biography
Margolin was born in New York City in 1944. After receiving a B.A. in Government in 1965, from American University in Washington, D.C., he worked as a Peace Corps v ...
(born 1944), American writer and lawyer
* Quintin Corinne Margolin (1944–2003), American actress known as
Quentin Dean
Quentin Dean (born Corinne Ida Margolin; July 27, 1944 – May 7, 2003) was an American actress in the late 1960s.
Career
Dean played 16-year-old temptress Delores Purdy in Norman Jewison's 1967 hit film '' In the Heat of the Night'', starring S ...
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Reuben Heyday Margolin, American artist and sculptor
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Stacy Margolin
Stacy Margolin (born April 5, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player in the WTA tour and the ITF world tour from 1979 to 1987 whose career-high world singles ranking is No. 18 (career-high end of season ranking of No. 25 in 197 ...
(born 1959), American tennis player
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Stuart Margolin
Stuart Margolin (January 31, 1940 – December 12, 2022) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of film and television. He was known for playing con artist Evelyn "Angel" Martin on the 1970s television series '' The Rockford Files'', ...
(1940–2022), American actor
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Veniamin Margolin (1922–2009), Russian trumpeter
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Victor Margolin
Victor Margolin (1941–2019) was an American design historian, researcher and educator. He was a Professor of design history at the University of Illinois, Chicago, where he taught from 1982 until 2006. Margolin published widely and was the foundi ...
(1941–2019), American design historian
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William (Bill) Margolin (Born 1956), American Actor and Trial Attorney
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Yaron Margolin (born 1954), Israeli dancer
See also
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Surnames of Jewish origin
Hebrew-language surnames