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, Megumi (Japanese), etc. It may refer to:

People

Meg (singer) Meg (Born Yorichika Keiko ''頼近恵子 October 3, 1980,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 Margaret J. Burton Cahill (born March 8, 1954) is an American Democratic politician. She has served as Arizona State Senator for District 17 until 2011. Earlier she was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2000 through 2006. ...

(born 1954), American politician and former Arizona state senator *

Meg Foster Margaret Foster is an American film and television actress. Some of her many roles were in the 1979 TV miniseries version of ''The Scarlet Letter'', and the films ''Ticket to Heaven'', ''The Osterman Weekend'', and '' They Live''. Early years F ...

(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 (born 1985), guitarist and back-up singer for the band Meg & Dia * Meg Hutchins (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 Meghann Moira Lanning (born 25 March 1992) is an Australian cricketer who currently captains the national women's team. She has been a member of six successful world championship campaigns, winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and four ICC ...

(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 Meg Mallon (born April 14, 1963) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1987 and won 18 LPGA Tour events, including four major championships, during her career. Mallon was inducted into the World Golf Hall o ...

(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 pos ...

(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 oper ...

(born 1961), American actress *

Meg Tilly Meg Tilly (born Margaret Elizabeth Chan on February 14, 1960) is an American-Canadian actress and writer. For her role in the 1985 film ''Agnes of God'', she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting A ...

, 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 Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is the US ambassador to Kenya, an American business executive and former gubernatorial candidate for California. She is a board member of Procter & Gamble and General Motors. Whitman was previously ...

(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 Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Brazil women's national football team. She represented Brazil at the FIFA Women's World Cup in 19 ...

, 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 American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''American Housewife'', and Addison in the 2018 Disney Channel Original Movie ''Zombies (2018 film), Z ...

(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 ...

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 St ...

, the titlular megalodon shark in the 2018 action movie ''The Meg'' * Meg Griffin, one of the main characters on the animated television show ''Family Guy'' *Margaret March, in Louisa May Alcott's novels '' Little Women'', ''

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, ...

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Meg Masters Meg Masters is a fictional character on The CW Television Network's drama and horror television series ''Supernatural''. Created by the series' writers to develop a story arc for the first season, Meg is an unnamed demon who assumes the name of t ...

, on the television show ''Supernatural'' *

Meg Murry The ''Time Quintet'' is a fantasy/science fiction series of five young adult novels written by Madeleine L'Engle. Publishing history The series originated with ''A Wrinkle in Time'', written from 1959 to 1960 and turned down by 26 publishers bef ...

, in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet novels *

Meg Snyder Margaret "Meg" Snyder (previously Reyes, Stricklyn, Montgomery, and Ryan) is a character on the CBS Daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns''. Meg is known as the grown daughter in the Snyder family, a central family in the fictional town of Oakda ...

, on the American soap opera ''As the World Turns'' *'' Meg!'', a comic strip * Megara (Disney) 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 ...

Rick Riordan Richard Russell Riordan Junior (; born June 5, 1964) is an American author, best known for writing the ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million co ...

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