Margarethe is a feminine given name, related to

Margaret Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...

. People bearing the name include: *

Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria Archduchess Margarethe Klementine Maria of Austria (in German: ''Margarethe Klementine Maria, Erzherzogin von Österreich''; in Hungarian: ''Habsburg–Toscanai Margit Klementina Mária főhercegnő''; 6 July 1870, Alcsút, Austria-Hungary– ...

(1870–1955), Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary and Tuscany *

Margarethe Arndt-Ober Margarethe Arndt-Ober (b. Berlin, April 15, 1885–d. Bad Sachsa, March 17, 1971) was a German opera singer who had an active international career during the first half of the twentieth century. A highly skilled contralto,''First Week's Opera Bil ...

(1885–1971), German operatic contralto *

Margarethe Cammermeyer Margarethe "Grethe" Cammermeyer (born March 24, 1942) is a Norwegian-American former military officer. She served as a colonel in the Washington National Guard and became a gay rights activist. Early life and education Born in Oslo, Norwa ...

(born 1942), Washington National Guard colonel honorably discharged for disclosing she was a lesbian * Maria Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800), German composer and soprano *

Margarethe Düren Margarete Düren or Margarethe Düren-Herrmann (24 September 1904 – c. 1988) was a German operatic soprano. She was based at the Staatsoper Stuttgart until 1939, where she appeared in the world premiere of Nico Dostal's operetta '' Monika'', in ...

(1904–1988), German operatic soprano *

Margarethe Faas-Hardegger Margarethe Hardegger (20 February 1882 – 23 September 1963) was a Swiss socialist feminist and trade union activist. A leading figure in the women's labour movement in Switzerland, she became the first women's secretary of the Swiss Trade U ...

(1882–1963), Swiss women's rights activist and trade unionist *

Margarethe von Oven Margarethe von Oven (11 March 1904, Berlin – 5 February 1991, Göttingen) was a secretary in the Bendlerblock and an accomplice in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. ...

(1904–1991), German accomplice in the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler *

Margarethe von der Saale Margarethe von der Saale (1522 – 6 July 1566) was a German noblewoman, lady-in-waiting and morganatic spouse by bigamy to Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. Marriage Born as daughter of Hans von der Saale and his wife, Anna von Miltitz. When she ca ...

(1522–1566), German morganatic spouse by bigamy to Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse *

Margarethe Schreinemakers Margarethe Schreinemakers (born 27 July 1958) is a German television presenter, talk show host and journalist. Life Schreinemakers was born in Krefeld and studied sociology at the University of Bonn. She works as television presenter and jour ...

(born 1958), German television presenter, talk show host and journalist *

Margarethe Lenore Selenka Margarethe Lenore Selenka ( Heinemann; 7 October 1860, Hamburg – 16 December 1922, Munich), also known as Margarethe Zelenka, was a German zoologist, anthropologist, feminist and pacifist. She researched apes and led scientific expedition ...

(1860–1922), German zoologist, anthropologist, feminist and pacifist *

Margarethe Siems Margarethe Siems (20 December 1879 – 13 April 1952) was a German operatic dramatic coloratura soprano and voice teacher. A Kammersängerin of the Dresden State Opera, between 1909 and 1912 Siems created leading roles in three operas by Ric ...

(1879–1952), German operatic soprano and voice teacher *

Margarethe Stockhausen Margarethe Stockhausen (29 March 1803 – 1877), born Margarethe Schmuck, was a soprano who had a distinguished career in Europe and Britain during the 1820s and 1830s. She was wife of the harpist Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, and mother of ...

(1803–1877), opera singer from Alsace *

Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942)Hans Helmut Prinzler, ''Chronik des deutschen Films, 1895–1994'' (Stuttgart and Weimar: Verlag J. B. Metzler, 1995), p. 149. is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been ref ...

(born 1942), German film director

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