Margulis is a surname that, like its variants, is derived from the

Ashkenazi Hebrew Ashkenazi Hebrew (, ) is the pronunciation system for Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew favored for Jewish liturgical use and Torah study by Ashkenazi Jewish practice. Features As it is used parallel with Modern Hebrew, its phonological differences a ...

pronunciation of the Hebrew word

Margalit Margalit (, ''lit''. pearl) is a Hebrew-language given name and surname. Before the First Aliyah it was mainly used in this form by Sephardic Jews, while its variant Margulis was more common among Ashkenazis. It may refer to: Surname * Avishai Mar ...

(, )), meaning 'pearl.' Notable people and characters with the name include: *

Berl Broder Berl Broder (1817–1868), born Berl Margulis, was a Ukraine, Ukrainian Jew born in Pidkamin, Podkamen,https://archive.org/details/nybc207372 Dray doyres̀: lider fun Berl Broder (Margulies), feliṭonen fun Yom Hatsyoni (Yitsḥaḳ Margulies), poe ...

(born Margulis; 1817–1868), Broder singer *

Dan Margulis Dan Margulis (born 21 December 1951) is an expert on color correction and reproduction of photographs, using Adobe Photoshop or similar software. His ''Professional Photoshop'' series (first edition 1994, currently in its fifth edition, 2006) is wi ...

(born 1951), author, expert on color correction and image retouching * ,

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both ...

Evgeny Margulis Evgeny Shulimovich Margulis (; (born 25 December 1955) is a Russian rock and blues musician. He was a member of the bands Mashina Vremeni (1975–1979, 1990–2012) and Voskreseniye (1979–1980, 1994–2003), but currently performs independentl ...

(born 1955), Russian musician *

Grigory Margulis Grigory Aleksandrovich Margulis (, first name often given as Gregory, Grigori or Gregori; born February 24, 1946) is a Russian-American mathematician known for his work on lattices in Lie groups, and the introduction of methods from ergodic the ...

(born 1946), Russian mathematician, known for the

Margulis lemma In differential geometry, the Margulis lemma (named after Grigory Margulis) is a result about discrete subgroups of isometries of a non-positively curved Riemannian manifold (e.g. the hyperbolic n-space). Roughly, it states that within a fixed r ...

Lynn Margulis Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander; March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary biologist, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiogenesis, symbiosis in evolution. In particular, Margulis tr ...

(1938–2011), American evolutionary biologist * Margulis, a villain from the game series ''Xenosaga''

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