Margo or Margó is a female given name, a form of Margaret. In Estonia, it is also a male given name. Notable people or characters named Margo include:

Given name

* Margo Barton, New Zealand fashion designer and milliner *

Margo Dydek Małgorzata Dydek (known as Margo Dydek in the United States, 28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011) was a Polish professional basketball player. Standing tall, she was famous for being the tallest professional female basketball player in the world. Sh ...

(1974–2011), Polish basketball player *

Margo Erlam Margo Claire Erlam (born June 18, 2002) is a Canadian diver in the springboard (1 and 3 metre) events. Erlam is currently based out of and trains at the Saskatoon Diving Club. Career Erlam made her national team debut at the 2017 FINA Grand Prix ...

(born 2002), Canadian diver * Margo Feiden (born 1944), American art dealer and author *

Margo Glantz Margo Glantz Shapiro (; born January 28, 1930) is a Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic. She has been a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua since 1995. She is a recipient of the FIL Award. Biography Margo Glantz's family ...

(born 1930), Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic *

Margo Guryan Margo Guryan (September 20, 1937 – November 8, 2021) was an American songwriter, singer, musician and lyricist. As a songwriter, her work was first recorded in 1958, although it was for her 1960s song " Sunday Mornin'", a hit for both Spanky a ...

(born 1937), American singer/songwriter *

Margo Harshman Margo Cathleen Harshman (born March 4, 1986) is an American actress known for the roles of series regular Tawny Dean on ''Even Stevens'', Sheldon Cooper's assistant Alex Jensen on ''The Big Bang Theory'', and Timothy McGee's wife Delilah Field ...

(born 1986), American actress *

Margo Hayes Margo Hayes (born February 11, 1998) is an American professional rock climber from Boulder, Colorado. In 2016, she won both the Bouldering and Lead Climbing events at the World Youth Championships in Guangzhou ( China). In 2017, she became the ...

(born 1998), American rock climber *

Margó Ingvardsson Margó Ingvardsson (born 16 February 1941) is a Swedish physiotherapist and retired politician. She was a Member of the Riksdag for the then Left Party Communists between 1983 and 1991. Family She is the grandmother of Member of Parliament Ma ...

(born 1941), Swedish politician * Margo Kõlar (born 1961), Estonian composer *

Margo Lion Margo Allison Lion (October 13, 1944 – January 24, 2020) was a producer for plays and musicals both on Broadway and off-Broadway, known for her role in producing the stage and screen hit '' Hairspray''. Combined, the works Lion produced won 20 ...

(1899–1989), French chanteuse, parodist, cabaret singer and actress *

Margo MacDonald Margo Symington MacDonald (''née'' Aitken; 19 April 1943 – 4 April 2014) was a Scottish people, Scottish politician, teacher and Television presenter, broadcaster. She was the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament (United Kingdo ...

(1943–2014), Scottish politician *

Margo Maeckelberghe Margo Maeckelberghe nee Margaret Oates Try (11 August 1932 – 10 January 2014) was a Cornish Bard and artist. Biography Maeckelberghe was born in Penzance, where she grew up and lived for most of her life. She studied at the Penzance School ...

(1932–2014), Cornish bard and artist *

Margo Martindale Margo Martindale (born July 18, 1951) is an American character actress who has appeared on television, film, and stage. In 2011, she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for her recurring role as Mags Bennett on '' ...

(born 1951), American actress *

Margo Price Margo Rae Price (born April 15, 1983) is an American country singer-songwriter and producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. ''The Fader'' has called her "country's next star." Her debut solo album '' Midwest Farmer's Daughter'' was released on T ...

(born 1983), American singer/songwriter *

Margo Reuten Margo Reuten ( Maasbracht, abt. 1966) is a Dutch head chef, known for her cooking in the Michelin starred restaurant Da Vinci. From 2009 till 2018, she was the only female head chef in the Netherlands holding two Michelin stars. Reuten descri ...

(born 1966), Dutch head chef *

Margo Scharten-Antink Margo Sybranda Everdina Scharten-Antink (September 7, 1868 – November 27, 1957) was a Dutch poet. She was born in Zutphen and died in Florence, Italy. In 1928 she and her husband Carel Scharten won a bronze medal in the art competitions o ...

(1868–1957), Dutch poet *

Margo Seltzer Margo Ilene Seltzer is a professor and researcher in computer systems. She is currently the Canada 150 Research Chair in Computer Systems and the Cheriton Family Chair in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. Previously, Seltzer ...

, American computer science professor * Margo Simms, known as Margeaux, Canadian entertainer *

Margo Smith Margo Smith (born Betty Lou Miller; April 9, 1942 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American country and Christian music singer–songwriter. She had several years of country success during the 1970s, which included two number one hits on the '' Billboard' ...

(born 1942), American country music singer *

Margo Taft Stever Margo Taft Stever is an American poet, whose poetry collections include ''The End of'' ''Horses'' (Broadstone Books, 2020), winner of the Pinnacle Achievement Award in Poetry, 2022; ''Cracked Piano'' (CavanKerry Press, 2019), shortlisted for Eric H ...

, American poet *

Margo Stilley Margo Stilley (born November 20, 1982) is an American actress. Early life Stilley was born in Conway, South Carolina, and grew up between there and Swansboro, North Carolina. She was raised in a strict Baptist household in America's Bible Belt ...

(born 1982), American actress and writer * Margo Vliegenthart (born 1958), Dutch politician

Nickname or stage name

* Margaret "Margo" Durrell (1920–2007), younger sister of novelist Lawrence Durrell, and elder sister of naturalist Gerald Durrell *

Margo (actress) Margo (born María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado Castilla y O'Donnell, May 10, 1917 – July 17, 1985) was a Mexican-American actress and dancer. She appeared in many American film, stage, and television productions, including ...

(1917–1985), Mexican-American actress, born María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado Castilla y O'Donnell *

Margo (magician) Margo is the screen and stage name of Margo Timon (née Tucker), a magic performer and actress who had a starring slot in the NBC network television special ''The World's Most Dangerous Magic II''. She worked with the duo The Pendragons. Life ...

, American television magic performer and daughter of Frances Willard *

Margo (singer) Margo (born Margaret Catherine O'Donnell; 6 February 1951) is an Irish singer. She rose to prominence during the 1960s in the Irish country music scene and has had a long career since. Background Margo was brought up in the small village of Ki ...

(born 1951), Margeret Catherine O'Donnell, Irish singer

Fictional characters

* Margo Masse, a character played by Alyssa Milano in the movie ''

Fear Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat. Fear ...

'' * Margo, a character played by Carmen Electra in ''

Meet The Spartans ''Meet the Spartans'' is a 2008 American parody film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film is mainly a parody of the 2006 film ''300'', although it also references many other films, TV shows, people and pop cultural ...

'' * Margo, an alternate name for

Fujiko Mine is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. She is a professional criminal who regularly uses her attractiveness to fool her targets. Unlike t ...

in the 1979 Toho/Frontier English dub of ''The Mystery of Mamo'' * Margo Sherman, a character in the American animated series ''

The Critic ''The Critic'' was an American primetime adult animated sitcom revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers a ...

'' *

Margo Leadbetter ''The Good Life'' is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television. It ran from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978 on BBC 1 and was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. Opening with the midlife crisis of Tom Good, a 40-year-old plastics designer ...

, a character in the British sitcom ''The Good Life'' * Margo Roth Spiegelman, a character in the book and movie (played by Cara Delevingne) ''

Paper Towns ''Paper Towns'' is a novel written by John Green, primarily for an audience of young adults, and was published on October 16, 2008, by Dutton Books. The novel is about the coming-of-age of the protagonist, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen and his search fo ...

'' by John Green * Margo Magee, a character in the soap opera comic ''

Apartment 3G An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are man ...

'' *

Margo Lane Margo Lane is a fictional character in ''The Shadow'' stories. Margo is a friend and companion to Lamont Cranston, and an agent for his alter ego, The Shadow, in the wealthy set. Her first appearance was in 1937 in ''The Shadow'' radio drama. ...

, a character from ''The Shadow'' stories, radio program, and film * Margo Gru, a character in the ''

Despicable Me ''Despicable Me'' is a computer-animated media franchise centering on Gru, a reformed super-villain (who later becomes a father, husband, and secret agent), and his yellow-colored Minions. It is produced by Illumination and distributed by ...

'' franchise * Margo Huntington, character on ''

The Edge of Night ''The Edge of Night'' is an American television mystery crime drama series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that networ ...

'' (1978-1980) * Margo Channing, a character played by Bette Davis in ''

All About Eve ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr, although Orr does ...

'' * Margo Hanson, a character in the TV show '' The Magicians'' * Margo, a character in '' Pokémon: The Power of Us''. * Margo Madison, a character in ''

For All Mankind (TV series) ''For All Mankind'' is an American science fiction drama television series created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi and produced for Apple TV+. The series dramatizes an alternate history depicting "what would have happened if t ...

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