Meg is a feminine given name, often a short form of

Megatron Megatron is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the ''Transformers'' media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. Megatron is the cruel and tyrannical leader of the Decepticons, ...

Megan Megan is a Welsh feminine given name, originally a diminutive form of Margaret. Margaret is from the Greek μαργαρίτης (''margarítēs''), Latin ''margarīta'', "pearl". Megan is one of the most popular Welsh-language names for women in ...

Megumi is a Japanese feminine given name. In Japanese, the word megumi means "blessing; grace." Possible writings While the word megumi means blessing and can be written using that kanji, it may also be spelled using other kanji, such as the kanji for ...

(Japanese), etc. It may refer to:

People

* Meg (singer), a Japanese singer *

Meg Cabot Meggin Patricia Cabot (born February 1, 1967) is an American novelist. She has written and published over 50 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series ''Princess Diaries'', which was later adapted by W ...

(born 1967), American author of romantic and paranormal fiction * Meg Burton Cahill (born 1954), American politician and former Arizona state senator * Meg Foster (born 1948), American actress *

Meg Greenfield Mary Ellen Greenfield (December 27, 1930 – May 13, 1999), known as Meg Greenfield, was an American editorial writer who worked for the ''Washington Post'' and ''Newsweek''. She was also a Washington, D.C. insider, known for her wit. Greenfield ...

(1930-1999), American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer and columnist *

Meg Frampton Meg & Dia is an American rock band formed in 2004. It was founded by sisters Meg and Dia Frampton before becoming a five-piece act (renamed Cowards Courage and released the CD ''Straight Out of a Story Book in Las Vegas'') where they started, w ...

(born 1985), guitarist and back-up singer for the band Meg & Dia *

Meg Hutchins Meg Hutchins (born 3 February 1982) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life and state football In her early teens, she reverted to other sports when football was no l ...

(born 1982), Australian rules footballer *

Meg Kelly Marguerite "Meg" Kelly Rizzoli is an American television soap opera screenwriter who has received three Daytime Emmy Awards. Biography Kelly was born as one of four children to journalists Thomas and Marguerite Kelly. Her brother was Michael K ...

, American television soap opera screenwriter * Meg Lanning (born 1992), Australian cricketer *

Meg Lee Chin Meg Lee Chin is a Taiwanese-Irish singer, songwriter, audio and video producer, writer and art activist who lives in London, England. She is known as an early pioneer of the home studio revolution and female-produced music. As an early adopter ...

, Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the group Pigface *

Meg LeFauve Meg LeFauve is an American screenwriter and film producer. Early life LeFauve was raised in Warren, Ohio, and attended Syracuse University. Career LeFauve began her film career as a producer and President of Egg Pictures, Jodie Foster's fi ...

, American screenwriter (co-nominated for the Academy Award for ''Inside Out'') and producer *

Meg Lees Meg Heather Lees (née Francis, born 19 October 1948) is a former member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 2005, representing the state of South Australia. She represented the Australian Democrats from 1990 to 2002, and was her party's le ...

(born 1948), Australian politician * Meg Mallon (born 1963), American LPGA golfer *

Meg Morris Meagan Alexandra Morris (born May 11, 1992) is an American soccer player from Montclair, New Jersey who played for Portland Thorns FC of the NWSL. Morris was a member of the United States under-20 women's national soccer team, and plays the posit ...

(born 1992), American National Women's Soccer League player *

Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; November 19, 1961) is an American actress. She began her acting career in 1981 when she made her acting debut in the drama film ''Rich and Famous''. She later joined the cast of the CBS soap opera ...

(born 1961), American actress * Meg Tilly, Canadian-American actress born Margaret Elizabeth Chan in 1960 *

Meg Turney Megan LeeAnn Turney (born March 12, 1987) is an American streamer, internet personality, cosplayer, glamour model, and vlogger. She became an internet personality through her hosting work, formerly with ''SourceFed'' and Rooster Teeth's '' The Kno ...

, American YouTube personality *

Meg White Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974) is an American former musician and singer who was the drummer of Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. Her music career began when, on a whim, she played on her future White Stripes bandmate Jack White' ...

(born 1974), American drummer, half of the rock duo The White Stripes (with former husband Jack White) * Meg Whitman (born 1956), former CEO of eBay and California gubernatorial candidate *

Meg Wolitzer Meg Wolitzer (born May 28, 1959) is an American novelist, known for '' The Wife'', ''The Ten-Year Nap'', ''The Uncoupling,'' ''The Interestings'', and ''The Female Persuasion.'' She works as an instructor in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southa ...

(born 1959), American author *

Meg Wyllie Margaret Gillespie Wyllie (February 15, 1917 – January 1, 2002) was an American actress who appeared primarily on television. Best known as Mrs. Kissel in '' The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (1963-1964). Early years Born in Honolulu, H ...

(1917–2002), American actress *

Long Meg of Westminster Margaret Barnes, known in history under her sobriquet Long Meg of Westminster ( fl. 1553), was an English innkeeper. She is an historic person, but the subject of a number of legends and fictional or unconfirmed stories and anecdotes.Carole Levin, ...

(16th-century) English tavern keeper *

Margarete Pioresan Margarete Maria Pioresan (born 1 January 1956), commonly known as Meg, is a former Football in Brazil, Brazilian footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for the Brazil women's national football team. She r ...

, known as ''Meg'' (born 1956), Brazilian football goalkeeper *

Meg Donnelly Meg Elizabeth Donnelly (born July 25, 2000) is an American actress. She portrayed Taylor Otto in the ABC sitcom ''American Housewife'', and Addison in the 2018 Disney Channel Original Movie ''Zombies'' and its sequels, '' Zombies 2'' (2020) and ...

(born 2000), American actress mostly known for her work with Disney Channel *Meg (Maria Di Donna), an Italian singer and former member of band

99 Posse 99 Posse is an Italian hip hop/reggae group from Naples. It raps both in Italian and in the local Neapolitan language. Most of 99 Posse's songs deal with political or social issues, and the group members are considered left-wing hardliners. As a ...

and duo Nous

Fictional characters

The Meg ''The Meg'' is a 2018 science fiction action film directed by Jon Turteltaub with screenplay by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber, loosely based on the 1997 book '' Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror'' by Steve Alten. The film stars Jason Sta ...

, the titlular megalodon shark in the 2018 action movie ''The Meg'' *

Meg Griffin Meg Griffin is a fictional character in the animated television series ''Family Guy''. Meg is the eldest child of Peter Griffin, Peter and Lois Griffin and older sister of Stewie Griffin, Stewie and Chris Griffin, Chris, but is also the family ...

, one of the main characters on the animated television show ''Family Guy'' *Margaret March, in Louisa May Alcott's novels ''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...

'', ''

Little Men ''Little Men,'' or ''Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys,'' is a children's novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was first published in 1871 by Roberts Brothers. The book reprises characters from her 1868–69 two-volume ...

'' and ''

Jo's Boys ''Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men"'' is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1886. The novel is the final book in the unofficial ''Little Women'' series. In it, Jo's children, now grown, ar ...

'' * Meg Masters, on the television show ''Supernatural'' * Meg Murry, in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet novels * Meg Snyder, on the American soap opera ''As the World Turns'' *''

Meg! Meg! (with the exclamation mark) is a comic strip by Greg Curfman and distributed by United Feature Syndicate. The main characters are Meg, an elementary-age soccer player, her little brother Mike (victim of Meg's pranks), their parents, and Meg' ...

'', a comic strip *

Megara (Disney) Megara, also known as Meg, is a fictional character who appears in the Walt Disney Pictures 35th animated film ''Hercules'' (1997). Voiced by actress Susan Egan, Meg is introduced as a cynical young woman enslaved by Hades, god of the underworl ...

in Disney's 1997 film ''Hercules'' *Meg, a minor character in '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' *Meg, a supporting character in

the Trials of Apollo ''The Trials of Apollo'' is a pentalogy of fantasy adventure and mythological fiction novels written by American author Rick Riordan that collectively form a sequel to the ''Heroes of Olympus'' series. It is set in the same world as the Riordan ...

by Rick Riordan *, a character from the ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese science fiction comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicate ...

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