Margulies (occasionally Margolyes) is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the

Ashkenazi Hebrew Ashkenazi Hebrew ( he, הגייה אשכנזית, Hagiyya Ashkenazit, yi, אַשכּנזישע הבֿרה, Ashkenazishe Havara) is the pronunciation system for Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew favored for Jewish liturgical use and Torah study by Ashk ...

pronunciation of the Hebrew word (

Israeli Hebrew Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (b ...

), meaning 'pearls,' and may refer to: *

Ben Margulies Ben Margulies is an American Grammy-nominated songwriter and an RIAA nine-time platinum-certified record producer, as well as a drummer, guitarist, pianist, and singer. He is best known for co-writing seven of the eleven songs on Mariah Carey's ...

, songwriter and record producer *

David Margulies David Joseph Margulies (February 19, 1937 – January 11, 2016) was an American actor. Early life Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Runya ('' née'' Zeltzer), a nurse and museum employee, and Harry David Margulies, a l ...

(1937–2016), American actor *

Donald Margulies Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954) is an American playwright and academic. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play ''Dinner with Friends''. Background and education Margulies attended John Dewey High School in Brookly ...

, American playwright * Jimmy Margulies, award-winning editorial cartoonist *

Joseph Margulies (artist) Joseph Margulies (1896–1984) was a Vienna-born American painter and printmaker. Biography Joseph Margulies was born in Vienna, Austria in 1896. He immigrated to the United States at an early age. Margulies studied at the Art Students Leagu ...

(1896–1984), a Vienna-born American painter and printmaker *

Joseph Margulies (lawyer) Joseph Margulies is an American attorney with the MacArthur Justice Center and a professor of law and government at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Education Margulies earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a Juris ...

, American attorney and law professor *

Julianna Margulies Julianna Margulies (; born June 8, 1966) is an American actress. After several small television roles, Margulies achieved wide recognition for her starring role as Carol Hathaway on NBC's long-running medical drama series '' ER'' (1994–2009), ...

, (born 1966), American actress *

Lazar C. Margulies Lazar C. Margulies (1895-1982) was a physician who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology. He is best known for developing a type of safe Intrauterine device (IUD) made of plastic. Biography Margulies was born in Galicia, which later became ...

(1895–1982), physician and inventor of a type of

Intrauterine device An intrauterine device (IUD), also known as intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD or ICD) or coil, is a small, often T-shaped birth control device that is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy. IUDs are one form of long-acting rever ...

Leo Margulies Leo Margulies (June 22, 1900 – December 26, 1975) was an American editor and publisher of science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines and paperback books. Biography Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, but was raised in ...

, American editor and publisher * Martin Margulies (born 1948), American musician/film producer better known as

Johnny Legend Johnny Legend is an American rockabilly musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.von Busack, Richard (June 20, 2012"He's a Legend,"''East Bay Express''. Oakland/Berkeley. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.Whiteside, Johnny (August 28, 2003 ...

Martin Margulies Martin Z. Margulies is a real-estate developer and collector of contemporary art and photography. Margulies Collection For many years, Margulies maintained a publicly accessible sculpture garden on Grove Isle, a small, private island with condom ...

, real-estate developer and collector of contemporary art and photography *

Roni Margulies Roni Margulies (May 5, 1955 – July 19, 2023) was a Turkish poet, author, translator and political activist resident in London. Early life Margulies was born in Istanbul to a Jewish family. His maternal grandparents were Sephardic Jews from İz ...

(born 1955), Turkish poet and activist *

Samuel Hirsch Margulies Samuel Hirsch Margulies (1858 – March 12, 1922) was an Orthodox rabbi and scholar. He was born in Berezhany, western Ukraine (then mainly Polish speaking town with mixed Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish population in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lod ...

(1858–1922), rabbi and Jewish scholar *

Susan Margulies Susan Margulies is an American engineer and assistant director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, heading the Directorate for Engineering. She is also the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics and Professor in the ...

, American engineer and professor *

Miriam Margolyes Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The Tora ...

(born 1941), British-Australian actress

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