

Margaret Barnard (1898–1992), British painter and linocut maker.Margaret Avison (1918–2007), Canadian poet.Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canadian novelist and poet.Margaret Ashmore Sudduth (1859–1957), American educator, editor, temperance advocate.Maisie Williams (born 1997), English actress.Maggie Smith (born 1934), British actress.Margaret also known as Margaret of Antioch ( c. Saint Margaret the Virgin – the oldest and most prominent St.Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690).Margaret Sampson (1906–1988), English nun.Margaret Brennan (1831–1887), Canadian nun.Margaret of Scotland (Maid of Norway) (1282–1290).Margaret of Hungary (1175–1223), wife of Isaac II Angelos Byzantine Emperor.Margaret of France, Duchess of Brabant (1254–1271).Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930–2002), only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882–1920), elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught.Margaret Tudor (1489–1541), elder sister of Henry VIII of England and great-grandmother of James I of England.Margaret Pole, born Princess Margaret of York and Clarence (1473–1541), Countess of Salisbury.Margaret of Anjou (1430–1482), wife of King Henry VI of England.Margaret Douglas (1515–1578), daughter of Margaret Tudor.Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, (1443–1509), mother of Henry VII of England and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England.Lady Margaret Fortescue (1923–2013), one of the UK's largest private landowners.Margaret of York (1446–1503), Duchess of Burgundy and wife of Charles the Bold, Regent of France.Margaret of Parma (1522–1586), illegitimate daughter of Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst.Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480–1530), Princess of Asturias and Duchess of Savoy by her two marriages.Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (1318–1369).Margaret has many diminutive forms in many different languages, including Maggie, Máiréad, Madge, Daisy, Margarete, Marge, Margo, Margie, Marjorie, Meg, Megan, Rita, Gretchen, and Peggy. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census. It became less popular between the 16th century and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. Margaret is a female first name, derived via French ( Marguerite) and Latin ( Margarita) from Ancient Greek: μαργαρίτης ( margarítēs) meaning " pearl". Maggie, Máiréad, Madge, Marguerite, Margarita, Margareta, Margarida, Margarete, Marge, Margherita, Margo, Margot, Margie, Daisy, Margit, Meg, Megan, Maisie, Rita, Gretchen, Gretel, Greta, Peggy Margaret the Virgin is one of many saints named Margaret
