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Marek Karpinski Marek Karpinski is a computer scientist known for his research in the theory of algorithms and their applications, combinatorial optimization, computational complexity, and mathematical foundations. He is a recipient of several research prizes in the above areas.
Marek Kotański Marek Kotański, known by his given name Marek, (March 11 1942 - August 19 2002) was a Polish charity worker and campaigner on behalf of disadvantaged people, including the homeless and those with HIV. He died in a car accident in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, near Warsaw.
Marek Kotlinowski Marek Kotlinowski (born May 13, 1956 in Gorlice) is a Polish politician and barrister, Vice-Marshal of the Sejm. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 9421 votes in 13 KrakĂłw district, candidating from Liga Polskich Rodzin list.
Marek Kuchciński Marek Kuchciński (born August 09, 1955 in Przemyśl) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 16,061 votes in the 22nd Krosno district, running on the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Marek Łbik Marek Łbik is a retired Polish professional canoer. He competed in Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal for the dual Polish team in the C 2 500 metres and a bronze medal in C 2 1000 m, both with Marek Dopierała.
Marek Matuszewski Marek Matuszewski (born August 14, 1959 in Zgierz) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 4806 votes in 11 Sieradz district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Marek Mlodzik Marek Mlodzik is a professor in Molecular, Cell And Developmental Biology; Oncological Sciences and Ophthalmology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. Prior to this he was a Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg.
Marek Polak Marek Polak (born November 19, 1963 in Wadowice) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 6014 votes in 12 Chrzanów district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Marek Strzaliński Marek Strzaliński (born October 7, 1947 in Siedlce) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 11045 votes in 24 Białystok district, candidating from Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej list.
Marek Surmacz Marek Surmacz (born January 31, 1955 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8386 votes in 8 Zielona Góra district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Marek Wikiński Marek Wikiński (born May 23, 1966 in Sochaczew) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8671 votes in 17 Radom district, candidating from Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej list.
Marek Wojtera Marek Wojtera (born November 24, 1963 in Łęczyca) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8715 votes in 11 Sieradz district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.
Marek's disease Marek's disease is a highly contagious viral neoplastic disease in chickens. Occasionally misdiagnosed as an abtissue pathology it is caused by an alphaherpesvirus known as Marek's disease virus (MDV) or gallid herpesvirus 2 (GaHV-2).
Mareka Gena Mareka Gena is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone, Mareka Gena is a triangle-shaped area located between the confluence of the Omo River and its east-flowing tributary the Gojeb River, bordered on the southeast by Loma Bosa, on the west by Isara Tocha, and on the north by the Oromia Region.
Mareko Is The Future Mareko Is The Future is an EP by New Zealand hip-hop artist, Mareko. The EP features various freestyles from Dawn Raid and international artists including Mareko, Alphrisk, Savage, Devolo of the Deceptikonz, R.
Marel Baldvinsson Marel Baldvinsson (born December 18, 1980) is an Icelandic football attacker who has been capped 11 times for Iceland as well as 16 times at youth level. He started his career in Breiðablik, but moved to Norway early in his career.
Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto (later Marella Agnelli) is a half-American, half-Neapolitan princess who made a small but significant name as a furniture designer and a bigger name as a tastemaker in the New York of the 1950's and 1960's. She was one of Truman Capote's so-called "swans" along with Diana Vreeland, Babe Paley and Slim Keith.
Maren Fransisca Paus Maren Fransisca Paus (born 24th December 1793 in Skien, died 10th June 1854 in Christiania) was married to philanthropist, factory owner, and Storting representative Frederik Michael Frantz Wilhelm Løvenskiold (1790–1869). They had five children.
Maren Jensen Maren Kawehilani Jensen (September 23, 1956, Arcadia, California) is an American actress best known for portraying Athena in the 1970s television series Battlestar Galactica. She was raised in Glendale where she attended Herbert Hoover High School from 1971 to 1974.
Mareorama The Mareorama was an entertainment attraction at the 1900 Paris Exposition. It was created by Hugo d'Alesi, a painter of advertising posters, and was a combination of moving panoramic paintings and a large motion platform.
Marepaphias Marepaphias (also marpahis or marepahis) was a Lombard title of Germanic origin meaning "master of the horse," probably somewhat analogous to the Latin title comes stabuli or constable. According to Grimm, it came from mar or mare meaning "horse" (see modern English mare) and paizan meaning "to put on the bit".
Mares of Diomedes The Mares of Diomedes were four man-eating horses in Greek mythology. Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to the giant Diomedes, king of Thrace, a son of Ares and Cyrene who lived on the shores of the Black Sea.
Mareth Line The Mareth Line was a system of fortifications built by the French near the coastal town of Medenine in southern Tunisia prior to World War II. It was designed to defend against attacks from the Italians in Libya, but following the Fall of France and Operation Torch it fell into Axis hands and was used by the Italians and Germans to defend against the British instead.
Marettimo Marettimo (Coordinats: 37°58' north; 12°4' east) is one of the Aegadian Islands in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily, Italy. It forms a part of the municipality (comune) of Favignana in the Province of Trapani.
Mareva injunction The Mareva injunction (variously known also as a freezing order or Mareva order), in Commonwealth jurisdictions, is a court order which freezes assets so that a defendant to an action cannot dissipate their assets from beyond the jurisdiction of a court so as to frustrate a judgment. It is named for Mareva Compania Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SA [1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep 509, decided in 1975, although the first recorded instance of such an order in English jurisprudence was Nippon Yusen Kaisha v Karageorgis in 1975, decided very shortly before the Mareva decision; however, in the UK the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 now define a Mareva order as a "freezing" order.
Marfa Boretskaya Marfa Boretskaya, also known as Martha the Mayoress (Russian: Марфа Посадница), was the wife of Isak Boretsky, Novgorod's posadnik. She led the republic's struggle against Muscovy between her husband's death and the city's eventual annexation by Ivan III of Russia.
Marfo-Mariinsky Convent Marfo-Mariinsky Convent, or Marfo-Mariinsky Convent of Mercy in the Possession of Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Feodorovna (Марфо-Мариинская обитель, Марфо-Мариинская обитель милосердия во владении великой княгини Елизаветы Фёдоровны in Russian) is a female monastery in Moscow.
Marga López Marga López (born Catalina Margarita López Ramos on June 21 1924 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina – died on July 4 2005, in Mexico City) was a Mexican actress. Born in Argentina, she later acquired Mexican nationality.
Margali Szardos Margali Szardos, also known as Margali of the Winding Way, Red Queen or Fata Morgana, is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men Annual #4 and was created by Chris Claremont and John Romita, Jr.
Margaliot Margaliot (מרגליות in Hebrew, هونين in Arabic) is a moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, located along the border with Lebanon, near the town of Qiryat Shemona. It is part of the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council.
Margalo Gillmore Marglo Gillmore (born May 31, 1897 London, England - died June 30, 1986 New York City, United States) was a film and stage actress. Gillmore long stage acting career stretched from 1917 through the early 1960s.
Margański & Mysłowski Margański & Mysłowski Zakłady Lotnicze (Margański & Mysłowski Aviation Works) is a Polish small aircraft and glider manufacturer, located in Bielsko-Biała . It designs and manufactures unlimited category aerobatic gliders and civil aircraft of novelty technology.
Margam Castle Margam Castle is a large house built in Margam, Port Talbot, South Wales, for the Talbot family. The castle was commissioned by Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (1803-1890) and was constructed over a ten-year period from 1830 to 1840.
Margam Country Park Margam Country Park is a country park estate of around 850 acres (3.4 km²) in south Wales () once owned by the Mansel Talbot family and now owned and administered by the local council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
Marganitha The Marganitha (which translates as "Pearl") is the most concise teaching of the Assyrian Church of the East. Written by Mar Odisho, Metropolitan of N’siwin and Armenia, in 1298, the book is divided into five sections:
Margao Margao (Konkani:/Marathi:मडगांव), is also called Margão and Madgaon. It is Goa's second largest but busiest town, the commercial capital of the state, and the administrative headquarters of South Goa District and of the Salcete Taluka.
Margaree River The Margaree River is a river on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The northeast branch of the river derives from the watershed of the Cape Breton Highlands, while the Southwest Margaree flows northeast from Lake Ainslie.
Margaret (film) Margaret is a 2006 dramatic film starring Matt Damon and Matthew Broderick and written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. The plot concerns a teenage girl, played by Anna Paquin, and her quest to rationalize her involvement in a terrible accident.
Margaret Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis Dame Margaret Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis GBE DStJ (16 September 1905–30 January 1960) was born Lady Margaret Bingham, a daughter of George Bingham, Lord Bingham (later the Earl of Lucan). On 14 October 1931, she married Hon.
Margaret Alison Cameron Margaret Alison Cameron AM, FRAOU (1937- ) is a noted Australian librarian, administrator and amateur ornithologist. She was foundation librarian of Deakin University 1977-1996, and pro vice-chancellor of the University 1986-1990.
Margaret Anglin Mary Margaret Anglin (April 3, 1876 - January 7, 1958) was a Canadian-born Broadway actress, director and producer whom Encyclopædia Britannica calls "one of the most brilliant actresses of her day."
Margaret Avery Margaret Avery (born in Mangum, Oklahoma) is an American singer and actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress, 1985) for her role as Shug Avery in The Color Purple (the film of Alice Walker's novel, filmed by Steven Spielberg with Whoopi Goldberg).
Margaret Balfour Margaret Balfour (died January 1961) was an English classical singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is best remembered as the angel in Elgar's own recording of The Dream of Gerontius (1927) and one of the 16 soloists in the original performance of Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music (1938).
Margaret Beckett Margaret Royston Beckett (born 15 January 1943) is a British Labour Party politician who currently is MP for Derby South and, since May 6, 2006, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; the first woman to hold this position in the British Cabinet and only the second woman to hold one of the four Great Offices of State (after Margaret Thatcher, who served as Prime Minister). She is also only the second woman to serve as Leader of a major party in the UK as she briefly headed the Labour Party after the sudden death of John Smith.
Margaret Benn Margaret Benn (née Eadie) (1897-1991), also known as Viscountess Stansgate, was the mother of the English Labour politician Tony Benn, a dedicated theologian, President of the Congregational Federation, and an advocate of women's rights.
Margaret Benson Margaret Benson (June 16, 1865 – May 1916) was an English artist, author and Egyptologist, one of the six children of Edward White Benson, an Anglican clergyman (later Archbishop of Canterbury). She attended Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (Welbeck Abbey, 11 February 1715 – 17 July 1785, Bulstrode Park, Buckinghamshire), styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager Duchess of Portland from 1761 until her own death in 1785. She was the richest woman in Great Britain at her time.
Margaret Berger Margaret Berger (born October 11 1985 in Trondheim Norway), is a Norwegian singer who placed second on the second season of Norwegian Idol. She currently resides in Oslo and is living together with her fiancé; "Norwegian Idol" camera man Odd Sprakehaug.
Margaret Biggs Margret Biggs is an increasingly collectible author. She is best known for her Melling School series of books, first published by Blackie in the 1950s and 1960s, and republished by Girls Gone By Publishers in the 2000s.
Margaret Birch Margaret Birch (born June 13, 1921) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis.
Margaret Bonds Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) was an American composer and pianist. One of the first black composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States, she is best remembered today for her frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes.
Margaret Brennan (nun) Margaret Brennan, (1 July 1831 – 23 August 1887), born in Kingston, Ontario, Upper Canada, was known as Sister Teresa and became a member of Sisters of St Joseph in 1852. At that time, the order was just establishing itself in Upper Canada.
Margaret Brent Margaret Brent, (1601-1671), was the first North American feminist. Born into a Catholic family, she was one of six daughters of a total of thirteen children of the Lord of Admington and Stoke, Richard Brent, and his wife, Elizabeth Reed (daughter of Edward Reed, Lord of Tusburie and Witten, all of Gloucester, England).
Margaret Brown Margaret Tobin Brown (July 18, 1867 - October 26, 1932) was an American socialite, philanthropist and activist who became famous as one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. She became known after her death as The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Margaret Brundage Margaret Brundage, born Margaret Hedda Johnson (December 9, 1900 - April 9, 1976) was an American illustrator and painter who is remembered chiefly for having illustrated the pulp magazine Weird Tales. Working in pastels on illustration board, she created most of the covers for Weird Tales between 1933 and 1938.
Margaret Burbidge Margaret Burbidge (nee Eleanor Margaret Peachey) (born August 12, 1919) is a British astrophysicist, noted for original research and holding many administrative posts, including director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Margaret Calvert Margaret Calvert (b. 1936, South Africa) is a typographer and graphic designer who, along with colleague Jock Kinneir, designed many of the road signs used throughout Great Britain, as well as the Rail Alphabet used on the British railway system.
Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge Margaret Evelyn Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge (8 April 1873–27 March 1929), was the sixth child and third daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster and the wife of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge. She was known before her marriage as Lady Margaret Grosvenor, and after it she was also known as Princess Adolphus of Teck and later The Duchess of Teck.
Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (born Ethel Margaret Whigham, December 1, 1912 - July 25, 1993), was a British society figure best known for her 1963 divorce case against her second husband, the 11th Duke of Argyll, which featured salacious photographs and scandalous stories. Lady Argyll was known as the "dirty duchess" because of her sexual escapades.
Margaret Caroline Anderson Margaret Caroline Anderson (November 24, 1886 - October 18, 1973) was founder and editor of the celebrated literary magazine The Little Review, which published an extraordinary collection of modern American and English writers between 1914 and 1929.
Margaret Carpenter Margaret Carpenter is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the fifty-second district (Madison, Haywood, Graham, Swain, and part of Jackson counties) for one term (2001-2002). Carpenter, a resident of Waynesville, Haywood County, defeated Haywood County Commissioner and former Hazelwood Mayor, Mary Ann Enloe, by a narrow margin in 2000.
Margaret Collier Award The Margaret Collier Award is the lifetime achievement honor presented the Gemini Awards to a writer for their outstanding body of work in Canadian television. It can be presented to an individual writer or writing team, however, this has only been presented once (to Wayne & Shuster).
Margaret Colona Blessed Margaret Colona was born in Rome in the 13th century; the exact date is unknown. Her parents died in Rome when she was still a young girl, and she was left to the care of her two brothers, the youngest of whom was raised to the cardinalate by Pope Nicholas III in 1278.
Margaret Conkey Margaret Conkey is an archaeologist. She is a professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is the director of the university's Archaeological Research Facility and holds a rare endowed chair (Class of 1960 Professor of Anthropology).
Margaret Corbin Margaret Corbin (November 12, 1751 – January 16, 1800) was a woman who fought in the American Revolutionary War. On November 16, 1776 she and her husband, John Corbin, both from Philadelphia, along with some 600 American soldiers, were defending Fort Washington in northern Manhattan from 4,000 attacking Hessian troops under British command.
Margaret Cruwys Margaret Campbell Speke Cruwys née Abercrombie (1894-1968) was an archivist and Devon historian. She was born in 1894 in Scotland, the daughter of Alexander Houghton Abercrombie, an officer in the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Margaret Culkin Banning Margaret Frances Culkin Banning (18 March 1891 Buffalo, Minnesota - 4 January 1982 Tryon, North Carolina) was a best-selling author of thirty-six novels and early advocate of women's rights. Banning was daughter of William E.
Margaret D. Klein Captain Margaret D. Klein became the 82nd Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy in December 2006 and is responsible for the military and professional development of the Brigade of Midshipmen.
Margaret Dawson Margaret Dawson (c1770-1816) was a convict on the First Fleet sent from Britain to New South Wales in 1787. She had a long-term relationship with the surgeon, William Balmain, and was one of Australia's 'founding mothers' whose descendants still live in Australia and Britain.
Margaret Dingeldein Margaret Dingeldein (born May 30, 1980 in Merced, California) is an American water polo player who won a bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Her position is attacker, and she is considered an excellent perimeter shooter.
Margaret Dixon Margaret Richardson Dixon (1908-June 22, 1970) was perhaps the most influential woman journalist of 20th Century Louisiana. She was the managing editor of her state's capital city newspaper, the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate from 1949 until her death some two decades later.
Margaret Durrell Margaret ('Margo') Isabel Mabel Durrell was the younger sister of novelist Lawrence Durrell, and elder sister of naturalist, author and TV presenter Gerald Durrell. Born in British India, she was brought up in India, England and Corfu.
Margaret Edmondson Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson is a fictional character in the television series Battlestar Galactica, portrayed by actress Leah Cairns. She also has the nickname of 'Track, as a diminutive of her lengthy callsign.
Margaret Elizabeth Egan Margaret Elizabeth Egan (March 14, 1905 – January 26, 1959) was an American librarian and communication scholar who is best known for “Foundations of a Theory in Bibliography,” published in Library Quarterly in 1952 and co-authored with Jesse Hauk Shera. This article marked the first appearance of the term "social epistemology" in connection with library science.
Margaret Farrow Margaret Farrow (born November 28, 1934) is a former state senator and former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. She was born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and attended Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois for one year before receiving her B.
Margaret Fell Margaret Fell or Margaret Fox (1614 - April 23, 1702) was one of the founding members of the Religious Society of Friends, and was popularly known as the "mother of Quakerism". She is considered one of the Valiant Sixty, early Quaker preachers and missionaries.
Margaret Fiedler Margaret Fiedler is a London-based American vocalist, DJ and guitarist, known best for her role as a founding member of Laika. Margaret and John Frenett left their previous band Moonshake in 1993 to form Laika.
Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Artist Margaret Fitzhugh Browne was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 7, 1884 and died in 1972. She attended the Boston Museum School in 1909 and 1910 receiving instruction from Edmund Tarbell and Frank Benson.
Margaret Floy Washburn Margaret Floy Washburn (1871–1939), a leading American psychologist in the early 20th century, was best known for her experimental work in animal behavior and motor theory development. She was the first woman to be granted a PhD in psychology (1894).
Margaret Forrest Lady Forrest (October 22 1844–June 13 1929), born Margaret Elvire Hamersley, was the wife of Sir John Forrest. Born in Le Havre, France, she was a member of the prominent and wealthy Hamersley family; her father was Edward Hamersley (Senior), and amongst her brothers were Edward Hamersley (Junior) and Samuel Hamersley.
Margaret Forster Margaret Forster (born May 25, 1938) is a British author. She was born in Carlisle, England, read history at Somerville College, Oxford, and has worked as a novelist, biographer and freelance literary critic, contributing regularly to book programmes on television, to BBC Radio 4 and various newspapers and magazines.
Margaret Fox Margaret Fox (1836-1893) was an American spiritualist, born in Bath, Canada. In approximately 1848, in Hydesville, Wayne, County, NY, the Fox's heard rapping noises, which appeared to emit from the walls and furniture, in their residence.
Margaret Gabrielle Long Margaret Gabrielle Long, (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a novelist and writer. She wrote under the pseudonyms Marjorie Bowen, Joseph Shearing, George Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.
Margaret Haile Margaret Haile was an American and Canadian socialist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a teacher and journalist by profession. Frederic Heath's "Socialism in America," published in January 1900 in the Social Democracy Red Book, lists her, along with Corinne S.
Margaret Haley Margaret Haley (1861–1939), the teacher and unionist dubbed the "lady labor slugger," was born in Joliet, Illinois on November 15 1861 to immigrant parents of Irish descent; her mother came from Ireland and her father from Canada. For the first six years of her life she lived on a farm.
Margaret Hamilton Margaret Hamilton (born December 9, 1902, Cleveland, Ohio - died May 16, 1985 in Salisbury, Connecticut) was an American film actress best known for her portrayal of The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.
Margaret Hance Margaret Taylor Hance (July 2, 1923-April 29, 1990) was the first female mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, taking office in 1976. She proved to be a popular mayor, winning four consecutive two-year terms, from 1976 to 1983.
Margaret Hassan Margaret Hassan (also known as Madam Margaret) (April 18, 1945–November 16 2004) was an aid worker who worked in Iraq for many years and was kidnapped and murdered there at the age of 59 by Islamic militants.
Margaret Hayes Margaret Hayes (born December 5, 1916 in Baltimore, Maryland; died January 26, 1977 in Miami Beach, Florida) was an American film and television actress, best known perhaps for her role as Lois Judby Hammond in the film Blackboard Jungle. She married actor Leif Erickson, but they divorced after a month.
Margaret Hazzard Margaret Hazzard is an Australian author native to Norfolk Island. She wrote the book Convicts and Commandants of Norfolk Island 1788-1855 (OCLC|34337228) in 1978 and the book Punishment Short of Death: A History of the Penal Settlement at Norfolk Island in 1984.
Margaret Heckler Margaret Mary Heckler (born June 21, 1931) is a Republican politician from Massachusetts who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 until 1983 and was later the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Ambassador to Ireland under President Ronald Reagan.
Margaret Hedstrom Margaret Hedstrom is an internationally recognised leader in information science research and a pioneer of research into the area of longevity of digital materials including electronic records. Since 1995 she has been a member of the faculty of the University of Michigan’s School of Information and faculty coordinator of the Archives and Records Management specialization within the Master of Science in Information program.
Margaret Herrick Margaret Herrick, (September 27, 1902-June 21, 1976) was the librarian and director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Herrick is generally credited with naming the Academy Award an "Oscar", declaring the statuettes "looked just like my Uncle Oscar.
Margaret Hodge Margaret Eve, Lady Hodge, MBE (née Margaret Oppenheimer September 8, 1944) is a British politician and Labour Party member of Parliament for Barking. She was the first Minister for Children appointed in a newly created post within the Department for Education and Skills in 2003.
Margaret Holland Margaret Holland (1385 - 30 Dec 1429) was the daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, who was the son of Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent," (wife of Edward the Black Prince and mother of Richard II of England) and grandson of Edward I of England.
Margaret Holloway Margaret Holloway, nicknamed "The Shakespeare Lady", is a street performer in Downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Her life was the subject of a 2001 15-minute documentary film, "God Didn't Give Me A Week's Notice".
Margaret Hone Margaret Ethelwyn Hone (born 2 October 1892 at Studley, Warwickshire, England – died 14 October 1969) was an influential mid–20th century astrologer and astrological author. She was also known as "Peg Hone".
Margaret Hooper Margaret Hooper is a fictional character on the television series The West Wing, played by actress NiCole Robinson. She has appeared in over 100 episodes over the course of the series' seven seasons, a run matched by none of The West Wings other recurring characters.
Margaret Houlihan Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan was a fictional character first created in the book M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker. Actress Sally Kellerman portrayed her in the Robert Altman film adaptation; however, like many of the M*A*S*H* characters, Hot Lips is probably best known from the television series, where her part was played by Loretta Swit.
Margaret Humphreys Margaret Humphreys is a social worker in Nottingham, England, who in 1987 investigated and brought to public attention the British government's practice, between 1947 and 1967, of resettling poor British children in Australia, Canada, and other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations Website of the Child Migrants Trust, retrieved June 19, 2006. without their parents' knowledge.
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