Margot (; ) is a feminine

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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, 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 inc ...

, British actress *

Margot Eskens Margot Eskens (12 August 1936 – 29 July 2022) was a German Schlager singer, most popular in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1956 and 1957 she had two #1 hits, "Tiritomba" (which sold over 800,000 copies) and "Cindy, oh Cindy", which was her biggest ...

(born 1939), German singer * Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina *

Margot Franssen Margot Franssen, (born March 21, 1952) is a philanthropist, activist and former Canadian entrepreneur, the founder, partner and president of The Body Shop Canada. During the years that she ran and co-owned the Body Shop with her husband Hall "Qu ...

(born 1952), Dutch-born Canadian entrepreneur and activist * Margot Frank (1926–1945), sister of German World War II diarist Anne Frank * Margot van Geffen (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 y ...

(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 (1927–2016), German politician, former wife of Erich Honecker * Margot Käßmann (born 1958), German theologist and writer * Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress known for playing Lois Lane in ''Superman'' * Margot Lander, 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 (born 1932), Dutch swimmer * Margot Osmeña (born 1949), Filipino politician * Margot Pardoe (1902–1996), British children's writer * Margot Rojas Mendoza (1903–1996), Cuban pianist and teacher * Margot Robbie (born 1990), Australian actress * Margot Roosevelt, 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, Dominican engineer and architect * Margot Wallström (born 1954), Swedish politician and government minister * Margot Wells, Scottish sprinter * Margot Zemach, 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 (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 Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an Irish actress and narrator. She is an accomplished theatre actress and has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. She has also received acclaim and awards for her television and film work. After ...

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 th ...

'', 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'' * 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 Wilson. ...

'' *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, and r ...

's '' All Summer in a Day'' * Margot Mary Wendice, a character in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film '' Dial M For Murder'' * Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a character in Evelyn Waugh's novel '' Decline and Fall'' * Margot Lane, assistant to Lamont Cranston, a character in the 1940 American film serial '' The Shadow'' French feminine given names Feminine given names Surnames {{given name