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Margaret Bourdeaux
Margaret Bourdeaux is an American physician and health-security researcher who leads Harvard Medical School's Program in Global Public Policy and studies health systems in conflict-affected states.
Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), American documentary photographer and photojournalist, one of Life magazine's four original staff photographers, first Western photographer allowed into the USSR, first woman accredited war correspondent, and chronicler of Gandhi, the Depression, and apartheid.
Margaret Brennan
Margaret Brennan is an American journalist who has moderated Face the Nation on CBS since 2018 and serves as the network's chief foreign affairs correspondent in Washington, D.C.
Margaret Brimble
Margaret Brimble is a New Zealand synthetic medicinal chemist and Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland, known for the Rett syndrome drug trofinetide, approved in 2023.
Margaret Brown
Margaret Tobin Brown (1867–1932), Denver philanthropist and reformer mythologized as "Molly Brown" after the Titanic; juvenile justice, Ludlow relief, suffrage, Devastated France; not actually named Molly.
Margaret Brownson Usen
Margaret Brownson Usen, also known as Margaret Brownson Obi, is a Nigerian philanthropist who was First Lady of Anambra State as the wife of Governor Peter Obi.
Margaret Bryan Davis
Margaret Bryan Davis (1931–2024) was an American paleoecologist who used fossil pollen in lake sediments to show tree species migrated northward individually after the ice age.
Margaret Buckingham
Margaret Buckingham (Margaret E. Buckingham, born 1945) is a developmental biologist at the CNRS and Institut Pasteur in Paris, known for skeletal muscle genetics and the second heart field.
Margaret Burbidge
Margaret Burbidge, née Peachey (1919–2020), was a British-American observational astronomer at UC San Diego, known for the 1957 B²FH paper on stellar element synthesis and pioneering quasar spectroscopy.
Margaret Burvill
Margaret Burvill (Margaret Ann Burvill, later Edwards), "The Como Comet", Australian sprinter from Perth; 1964 Tokyo Olympian, 1962 Commonwealth Games 220 yards bronze medallist, and 220 yards world record holder (23.2 in 1963, 22.9 in 1964).
Margaret Busby
Margaret Busby, also known as Nana Akua Ackon, is a Ghanaian-born British publisher who co-founded Allison & Busby in 1967, becoming Britain's youngest and first Black woman publisher.
Margaret C. Heagarty
Margaret Caroline Heagarty (1934-2022) was an American pediatrician and Columbia University professor who directed pediatrics at Harlem Hospital Center for 22 years, studied prenatal cocaine exposure, and joined the National Academy of Medicine.
Margaret C. Rodgers
Margaret C. Rodgers, born 1964, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Florida since 2003, appointed by President George W. Bush.
Margaret Calvert
Margaret Calvert (born 1936) is a British graphic designer and typographer who with Jock Kinneir created Britain's road signs, including the Transport typeface and pictograms still in use.
Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll
Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (Ethel Margaret Whigham, 1912–1993), Scottish socialite and heiress whose 1963 divorce from the 11th Duke of Argyll, with 'headless man' Polaroids and 88 alleged lovers, made her the 'Dirty Duchess'.
Margaret Carnegie Miller
Margaret Carnegie Miller (1897–1990), only child of Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield Carnegie, nicknamed "Baba"; married Roswell Miller Jr. in 1919, had four children, and served as a Carnegie Corporation trustee 1934–1973.
Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995), Maine Republican, first woman in both houses of Congress and first woman nominated for president by a major party; famous for the 1950 Declaration of Conscience against McCarthy.
Margaret Chelimo
Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi, Kenyan long-distance runner born 1993; 2019 World 5000m silver, 2022 World 10,000m bronze, 2023 road half marathon silver, 10,000m PB 29:27.59.
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho (born 1968) is a Korean-American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from San Francisco, known for politically outspoken comedy and starring in All-American Girl.
Margaret Colin
Margaret Colin (born 1958, Brooklyn; some sources 1957) is an American actress known for Margo Montgomery on As the World Turns, Saturn Award-winning Now and Again, Eleanor Waldorf on Gossip Girl, Independence Day, and Broadway's The Balusters.
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (née Smith), Australian tennis champion born 1942, holds the all-time records of 24 Grand Slam singles titles and 64 total majors, won the 1970 calendar Grand Slam, and later became a Pentecostal minister.
Margaret Critchley
Margaret Critchley (Margaret Ann Critchley, later Williams), British sprinter born 1949 in Bristol; 1972 Olympic 200 m quarter-finalist for Great Britain and 1970 Commonwealth Games bronze (200 m) and silver (4x100 m relay) medallist for England.
Margaret Croke
Margaret Croke is an American Democratic politician who has represented Chicago's North Side in the Illinois House since 2021 and chairs its Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee.
Margaret D. Sovie
Margaret D. Sovie was an American nurse administrator and researcher who led the 1983 American Academy of Nursing study behind the Magnet Recognition Program and died in 2002.
Margaret De Patta
Margaret De Patta, born Margaret Strong (1903–1964), was an American modernist jewelry designer in San Francisco known for her optical 'opticut' stones and sculpture-like pieces.
Margaret DeLaRosa
Margaret DeLaRosa is an American Democratic politician who was appointed to the Illinois House of Representatives in October 2025, representing the 42nd district in DuPage County.
Margaret Drabble
Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd (born 5 June 1939, Sheffield), English novelist, biographer and editor; author of The Millstone, Jerusalem the Golden and The Radiant Way trilogy; editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature; sister of A.S. Byatt; DBE 2008.
Margaret Durrell
Margaret "Margo" Durrell (1919 or 1920 – 16 January 2007), later Margaret Duncan, sister of Lawrence, Leslie, and Gerald Durrell, ran a Bournemouth boarding house from 1947 and wrote the 1995 memoir Whatever Happened to Margo?.
Margaret E. Kruk
Margaret E. Kruk is a Canadian-trained physician and health systems researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, known for chairing the Lancet Commission on High Quality Health Systems.
Margaret E. Mahoney
Margaret E. Mahoney (1924–2011) was an American philanthropy leader who was the first woman to head a major U.S. foundation, as president of the Commonwealth Fund.