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Margaret I of Denmark Margaret Valdemarsdatter (Norwegian: Margrete Valdemarsdotter) (1353 - October 28 1412) was Queen of Norway, Regent of Denmark and of Sweden, and founder of the Kalmar Union which joined the Scandinavian countries for over a century.
Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy Marguerite de France (1310 - 9 May 1382) was a medieval ruler, reigning countess of Artois and the Palatine Burgundy (Franche-Comté) as well as countess-consort of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel. Her father was king of France 1316-22.
Margaret I, Countess of Flanders Margaret I of Alsace (died November 15 1194) was countess of Flanders from 1191 to her death. She was the daughter of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou, and the heiress of her childless brother, Philip of Flanders.
Margaret III, Countess of Flanders Margaret of Dampierre (1350–1405) was Countess of Flanders and twice Duchess of Burgundy. Through her mother (Margaret of Brabant, daughter of John III, Duke of Brabant), the younger Margaret was also a heiress of the Duchies of Brabant and Limburg.
Margaret Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe Margaret Elizabeth McConnel was the daughter of Frederick Bradshaw McConnel, the second wife of George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe, and the mother of Guy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe, and Lord Robert Anthony Innes-Ker.
Margaret Jull Costa Margaret Jull Costa is a translator of Portuguese and Spanish fiction and poetry, including the works of Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Javier Marías and José Régio. She was joint-winner of the Portuguese Translation Prize in 1992 for The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, and was runner-up in 1996 and 2002 for The Relic by Queiroz and The Migrant Painter of Birds by Lidia Jorge.
Margaret Juntwait Margaret Juntwait (born circa 1957) is an American radio broadcaster who is the voice of the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday afternoon broadcasts. She took this position on December 11, 2004, replacing Peter Allen after twenty-nine years.
Margaret Kemble Gage Margaret Kemble Gage was the wife of General Thomas Gage, who led the redcoats during the American Revolution, and allegedly spied against him out of sympathy for the Revolution. She was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
Margaret Kent Margaret Kent is author of Warner Books’ How to Marry the Man of Your Choice. Her marriage guide is the only truly comprehensive marriage manual, providing a full range of marriage techniques, from the “hello” to the “I do” regardless of a women’s past relationships.
Margaret Kerry Margaret Kerry (born Peggy Lynch, circa 1930, Los Angeles) is an American actress, motivational speaker and radio host best known for her 1953 work as the model for Tinker Bell in the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature, Peter Pan.
Margaret Kilgallen Margaret Kilgallen (1967-2001) was an influential San Francisco Bay Area artist whose paintings and murals reflected a variety of influences including the dying art of hand-painted signs, elements of American folk art, mural painting, and a variety of formal painting strategies. Her many works in gouache and acrylic on found paper--often discarded book endpapers--reflect a history of typographic styles and symbology that can be traced to her work as a book conservator with Dan Flanagan at The San Francisco Public Library in the early to mid 1990s.
Margaret Lattimore Margaret Lattimore is currently an assistant professor of voice at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is also a well-acclaimed mezzo-soprano opera performer, performing with the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera.
Margaret Leech Margaret Kernoehan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974) also known as Peggy Leech Pulitzer was an American author and historian, who won two Pulitzer Prizes in history, for her books Reveille in Washington (1942) and In the Days of McKinley (1960).
Margaret Lindsay Margaret Lindsay (September 19, 1910 - May 9, 1981) was an American film actress with 88 film credits, the most significant of which occurred during her time as a Warner Bros. contract player during the 1930s era of James Cagney, Bette Davis and Paul Muni.
Margaret Louisa Woods Margaret Louisa Woods (1856 - 1945) was an English writer, known for novels and poetry. She was the daughter of the scholar George Granville Bradley, and married Henry George Woods, who became President of Trinity College, Oxford and Master of the Temple.
Margaret Lowrie Margaret Lowrie Robertson was an International Correspondent at CNN from 1989 to 2002. She joined the network in September 1989 and contributed extensively to coverage of the Gulf War from Baghdad, one of the first female TV news reporters to broadcast live from Iraq during the conflict.
Margaret MacVicar Margaret MacVicar (1944-1991) was an American physicist and educator. MacVicar had a profound impact on education at MIT because of her advocacy for programs like Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) as well reshaping the undergraduate program as MIT's Dean for Undergraduate Education in the 1980s.
Margaret Mahler Margaret Schoenberger Mahler, or Margit Mahler (1897 - 1985) was a Hungarian psychoanalytic child psychologist who contributed many theories to developmental psychology. She studied disrupted children and early childhood attachments between mothers.
Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy ONZ (born in Whakatane, New Zealand on 21 March 1936) is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up.
Margaret Mann Margaret Mann (4 April 1868 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK - 4 February 1941 Los Angeles, California), was a Scottish - American actress. She starred in a number of major films such as Black Beauty in 1921 and played the lead role in the 1928 film Four Sons which also starred John Wayne.
Margaret May Margaret Ann May (born 30 June 1950), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of McPherson, Queensland. She was born in Baa, Fiji, and was educated at Seaforth TAFE College in Sydney.
Margaret McDonald Margaret McDonald was born in 1815 and lived in Port Glasgow, Scotland during the beginning years of the Dispensationalism movement under John Darby. McDonald was fifteen years old in 1830 when she claimed to be a "prophetess.
Margaret McIntyre Margaret Edgeworth David McIntyre OBE (28 November 1886 – 2 September 1948) was the first woman elected to the Parliament of Tasmania (Australia), representing the seat of Cornwall in the Legislative Council.
Margaret McNair Margaret McNair (August 9, 1877 - March 28, 1954) was a female tennis player from Great Britain. She is best remembered for her women's doubles (partnering Kathleen McKane) gold medal at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
Margaret McNamara Margaret McNamara, attended University of California, Berkeley where she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. She was a teacher from California and wife of then-Defense Secretary Robert McNamara which led to their move to Washington, D.
Margaret Mead Award Margaret Mead Award is an award in the field of anthropology presented by the Society for Applied Anthropology solely from 1979 to 1983 and jointly with the American Anthropological Association afterwards. This award was named after anthropologist Margaret Mead, who had a particular talent for bringing anthropology fully into the light of public attention.
Margaret Mick Margaret Mick (June 1, 1860 - May 25, 1925) was the first female Canadian peace officer to be killed in the line of duty, and the first woman to be added to the memorial commemorating fallen police or peace officers near Parliament Hill in Ottawa. She was the only staff member working on the night of Monday, May 25th, 1925 at the Toronto Municipal Jail.
Margaret Michaels Margaret Michaels is an American actress best known for appearing as the characters of Pam Ewing no. 3 and Jeanne O'Brien on the TV Show Dallas, as a tennis player in the Dallas imitator series Dynasty and on the television serial Santa Barbara.
Margaret Milan Margaret Milan is an accomplished Scottish-French businesswoman who founded the successful French educational toy mail order business Eveil & Jeux. A graduate of Warwick University and Harvard Business School and executive of Procter & Gamble in France, where she has worked for the entirety of her professional career.
Margaret Mitchell (actress) Margaret Julia Mitchell (popularly known as Maggie Mitchell) (1832-1918) was an American actress, born in New York. She made her first regular appearance as Julia in The Soldier's Daughter at the Chambers Street Theatre in 1851.
Margaret Mitchell (politician) Margaret Anne Lauren Mitchell (née Learoyd) (born July 17 1925) is a social activist and was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP)for Vancouver East from 1979 until 1993. A social worker by profession, she was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1979 federal election.
Margaret Molesworth Margaret 'Mall' Molesworth (1894 - July 9 1985) was a tennis player from Queensland, Australia who won the first women's singles title at the Australian Championships in 1922. She defeated fellow Australian Esna Boyd Robertson 6-3, 10-8.
Margaret Morse Nice Margaret Morse Nice (December 6, 1883 - June 26, 1974) was an American ornithologist who made an extensive study of the life history of the sparrow and was author of Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow (1937).
Margaret Mullett Margaret Elizabeth Mullett OBE is Professor of Byzantine Studies and director of the Institute of Byzantine Studies at the Queen's University of Belfast and Director of the Queen's Gender Initiative. She is the author of Theophylact of Ochrid: Reading the Letters of a Byzantine Archbishop, Variorum, 1997.
Margaret Murie Margaret "Mardy" Thomas Murie (August 18,1902 – October 19,2003) was the enabling force behind the passage of the Wilderness Act in the United States and the protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She was known as the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement".
Margaret Murray Margaret Alice Murray (1863-1963) was a prominent British anthropologist and Egyptologist. She was well known in academic circles for scholarly contributions to Egyptology and the study of folklore which led to the theory of a pan-European, pre-Christian pagan religion that revolved around the Horned God.
Margaret Newsham Margaret Newsham claims that she worked on the configuration and installation of some of the software that makes up the ECHELON system while employed at Lockheed Martin, for whom she worked from 1974 to 1984 in Sunnyvale, California and in Menwith Hill, England.
Margaret Ng Margaret Ng Ngoi Yee (Chinese 吳靄儀, Pinyin Wú Ǎiyí), born 1948 in Hong Kong with family roots in Dongguan, Guangdong, is one of Hong Kong's leading barristers. As an elected member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, she has gained even greater public prominence and recognition.
Margaret Nicholl Laird Margaret Nicholl Laird (born 31 July, 1897) was an American missionary of the Baptist Mid-Missions who worked in the French colony of Ubangi-Shari and independent Central African Republic (CAR) from 1922 until the 1960s. She was one of the founders and longest serving missionaries of the Baptist Mid-Missions in the CAR.
Margaret of Brabant Margaret of Brabant (4 October 1276–14 December 1311, Genoa), was the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. She was the wife of Count Henry of Luxemburg and after his coronation 1308, Queen of Germany.
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (June 5, 1523 - September 14, 1574) was the daughter of Francis I, King of France and his first wife, Claude of France, the daughter of Louis XII, King of France and Anne, Duchess of Brittany.
Margaret of Huntingdon Margaret of Huntingdon (c. 1180 - 1212) was the eldest daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon by his wife, Maud of Chester, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester and Bertrada de Montfort-l'Amauri.
Margaret of Mar, 30th Countess of Mar Margaret Alison of Mar, 30th Countess of Mar (born 19 September 1940) is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, an elected hereditary peer and the holder of the original Earldom of Mar, the oldest peerage title in the United Kingdom. She is the only sua jure Countess in the House of Lords.
Margaret of Scotland (Queen of Norway) Margaret of Scotland (1260 February 28–1283 April 9 (?)), in old Norse referred to as Margrét Alexandersdóttir, modern Norwegian Margrete Alexandersdotter, was queen of Norway, married to King Eirik II of Norway.
Margaret of Sicily Margaret of Sicily (1237–1270), (Margarethe von Hohenstaufen), Imperial Princess and Margravine of Meissen, was the youngest legitimate daughter of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily, by his wife, Isabella of England.
Margaret of York Margaret of York (May 3, 1446 – November 23, 1503) - also by marriage known as Margaret of Burgundy- was a daughter to Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville, a sister of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, third wife to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. She was born at Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, England, and she died at Mechelen (Belgium) in the Low Countries.
Margaret Ogola Margaret A Ogola is the celebrated Kenyan author of the novel The River and the Source, and its sequel, I Swear by Apollo. The River and the Source follows four generations of Kenyan women in a rapidly changing country and society.
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (April 4, 1828 - June 25, 1897), Scottish novelist and historical writer, daughter of Francis Wilson, was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.
Margaret Plantagenet (Princess of York) Margaret Plantagenet (April 10, 1472 - December 11, 1472) was the fifth child and fourth daughter of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. She was a sister of Elizabeth of York, Mary of York, Edward V, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Anne of York, George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford, Catherine of York and Bridget of York.
Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury Margaret Pole (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), Countess of Salisbury, was the daughter of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Isabella Neville. Her father was a brother of both Kings Edward IV and Richard III of England.
Margaret Pomeranz Margaret Pomeranz, AM, is an Australian film critic and television personality. She was born in Sydney, Australia, and was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon, the newly opened Macquarie University, and the Playwright's Studio at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
Margaret Preston Margaret Preston (1875 – 1963) was a widely known Australian artist. She was very influential during the 1920s to 1940s for her modernist works as a painter and printmaker and her views promoting Aboriginal art in contemporary art and design.
Margaret Rogers Margaret 'Maggie' Rogers was a maid at the White House who served for 30 years (1909–1939), during the administrations of Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's, eventually rising to head housemaid.
Margaret Rudin Margaret Rudin (born Margaret Lee Frost, 1943) is an American woman who was convicted of the murder of her fifth husband, real estate magnate Ronald Rudin. Margaret Rudin is known as “The Black Widow”, a nickname given to her by locals in Nevada, where Ronald Rudin was found dead, and in neighboring states.
Margaret Sanger Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, an advocate of certain aspects of eugenics, and the founder of the American Birth Control League (which eventually became Planned Parenthood). Initially meeting with fierce opposition to her ideas, Sanger gradually won the support of the public and the courts for a woman's choice to decide how and when she will bear children.
Margaret Scott (dancer) Dame Margaret Scott, AC DBE (born 1922 in Johannesburg, South Africa) arrived in Australia in 1947 on tour with the Ballet Rambertand stayed there. She danced with the Sadler's Wells Ballet, appointed a principal dancer in 1941, and Ballet Rambert as a principal from 1943 to 1948.
Margaret Scriven Margaret Croft "Peggy" Scriven-Vivian (August 17, 1912 - January 25, 2001) was a British tennis player and the first woman from that country to win the singles title at the French Championships in 1933. She also won the singles title at the 1934 French Championships, defeating Helen Jacobs in the final.
Margaret Scrivener Margaret Mary Scrivener (died September 11, 1997) was a 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 Shelby Margaret Shelby, born Margaret Reilly, and also known as Alma M. Fillmore, (June 16, 1900 – December 21, 1939) was an American stage and motion picture actress, older sister of Mary Miles Minter, former star of silent films, and central figure in the William Desmond Taylor murder case.
Margaret Sheridan Margaret Sheridan Actress of the early 1950's and protegee of director Howard Hawks The raven haired beauty is best remembered for her role as Nikki Nickolson opposite Kenneth Tobey in the 1951 science fiction classic The Thing From Another World.
Margaret Smith (author) Margaret Smith (born 1884) was a female scholar writing on early Christian and Muslim mysticism from an openminded Christian perspective. She was the first westerner to chronicle the lives of the Sufi mystic Rábi'a of Basra and compiled brief histories of other Sufi teachers and their doctrines, translating Arabic and Persian texts to English.
Margaret Smith (Scottish politician) Margaret Smith (born 18 February 1961) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh West since 1999. She is the Scottish Liberal Democrats' Chief Whip and Local Government and Transport Spokesperson.
Margaret Somerville Margaret Anne Ganley Somerville, AM, FRSC (born 1942) is an Australian/Canadian ethicist and academic. She is the Samuel Gale Professor of Law, Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and the Founding Director of the Faculty of Law's Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University.
Margaret Stender Margaret Stender is business woman and former college basketball player. She spent 21 years in the corporate business world, including being president of the ready-to-eat cereal division at Quaker Oats Company; senior vice-president and general manager of consumer travel solutions for Rand McNally & Co; vice-president of marketing for Ameritech New Media; and president of Pepsico's juice drink division.
Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein Margarethe ("Gretl") Stonborough-Wittgenstein (19 September, 1882 - 1958), of the prominent and wealthy Viennese Wittgenstein family, was a sister of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, and was the subject of a famous 1905 portrait by the artist Gustav Klimt, which may now be found in the Neue Pinakothek gallery in Munich, Germany.
Margaret Storrar Margaret ("Peggy") Storrar (born February 20, 1971 in Mahopac, New York) is a field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1995. The former student of the University of Virginia was a member of the team, that won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.
Margaret Tafoya Margaret Tafoya (1904-2001) was the matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo potters. Margaret learned the art of making pottery from her parents Sara Fina Guiterrez Tafoya (1863-1949) and Jose Geronimo Tafoya (1863-1955).
Margaret Talmadge Margaret Talmadge, (1870 - 1933), was the mother of actresses Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, and Natalie Talmadge, all famous silent screen performers. A celebrated stage mother, Margaret Talmadge (nicknamed 'Peg') is known to have appeared in only one film, A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917), which starred her daughter Constance.
Margaret Teele Margaret Teele (birth name - Margaret J. Poby, born on 5 November 1942 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American 1960's television and movie actress who appeared in popular 1960's television shows such as "Gomer Pyle", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Batman (TV series)", "The Rounders" and "Captain Nice".
Margaret Theresa of Spain Margaret of Spain, Margaret Theresa,(Spanish: Margarita Teresa), (German: Margarita von Habsburg) (July 12, 1651 - March 12, 1673), was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and his second wife Mariana of Austria. Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain.
Margaret Trowe Margaret Trowe (1948-) is an American Communist and women's rights activist. She was the 2000 United States Vice Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Workers Party; she also appeared as their VP candidate in 2004 in those states where the official candidate Arrin Hawkins was excluded from the ballot for being too young.
Margaret Tudor Margaret Tudor (29 November, 1489 – October 1541) was the eldest of the two daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of Henry VIII. In 1503 she married James IV, king of Scotland, thus becoming the mother of James V and grandmother of Mary Queen of Scots.
Margaret Turnbull Margaret Carol Turnbull is an American astronomer and a NASA Astrobiology Institute postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington. She received her PhD in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in 2004.
Margaret Utinsky Margaret Elizabeth Utinsky (August 26,1900—August 30, 1970) was an American who worked with the native resistance movement to provide medicine, food, and other items to aid Alliedprisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II. Specifically, she provided medicines such as quinine to the POWs in the Cabanatuan Prison camp.
Margaret Vanderhye Margaret "Margie" Vanderhye (Born 1948) is a McLean, Virginia community activist and candidate for delegate in the 34th district of Virginia. She is challenging incumbent Republican Vince Callahan in the 2007 Virginia General Election as a Democrat.
Margaret Wander Bonanno Margaret Wander Bonanno (born in 1950 as Margaret Wander) is an American science fiction writer, ghost writer and small press publisher. She has written seven Star trek novels (one with Nichelle Nichols), two science fiction trilogies, a biography, and other works.
Margaret Weis Margaret Baldwin Weis (born March 16, 1948 in Independence, Missouri, United States) is an extremely prolific fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in the world of Krynn. She graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia and now lives in southern Wisconsin in a converted barn.
Margaret Whitlam Margaret Elaine Whitlam (nee Dovey) AO (born 19 November, 1919 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a prominent Australian personality and the wife of former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam. Whitlam is a published author, social worker and former champion swimmer, having represented Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney.
Margaret Wright (US socialist) Margaret Wright was a third-party candidate for President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 1976. She represented the People's Party (United States, 1970s) and her running mate was Benjamin Spock who had been their presidential candidate in the United States presidential election, 1972.
Margaret, Countess of Hainaut Margaret II of Avesnes (1311 – June 23 1356), was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland (as Margaret I) from 1345 to 1356. Margaret was the daughter of William III of Hainaut and Holland and his wife, Jeanne of Valois.
Margaret, Maid of Norway Margaret (early 1283–September/October 1290), usually known as the Maid of Norway, sometimes known as Margaret of Scotland, was a Norwegian–Scottish princess who is widely considered to have been Queen of Scots from 1286 until her death, although this is disputed (see below). Her death sparked off the disputed succession which led to the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Margareta Fouché Margareta Fouché, duchesse d'Otrante, (1909-2005) was the wife of Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and the mother of Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, who is the husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark.
Margareta Keszeg Margareta Keszeg (born August 31, 1965) is a retired middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning several medals in European and World Indoor Championships over 3000 metres. Her only victory came at the 1990 European Indoor Championships.
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (January 23, 1897 – January 18, 2000) was the first female Austrian architect and an activist in the Nazi resistance movement. She is mostly remembered today for designing the so-called Frankfurt Kitchen.
Margaretha Guidone Margaretha Guidone is a housewife from Helmond (the Netherlands) living in Kapellen (Belgium) who recently became famous in Flanders because of her campaign for the environment and against global warmingWeinig weerklank in wereldpers voor Kapelse huisvrouw - De Standaard, November 17, 2006Huisvrouw promoot documentaire Al Gore - Gazet van Antwerpen, October 18, 2006. She succesfully urged politicians to go see the new climate documentary by Al Gore, An Inconvenient TruthPascale Thewissen: Helmondse voor België naar klimaattop VN - Eindhovens Dagblad, November 18, 2006.
Margarethe Zinndorf Margarethe Zinndorf (September 17, 1855 - May 25, 1963) was a German centenarian, and the oldest recognised living person in the world between April 21, 1963 and her death at age 107. She was the youngest person to be called the oldest person since Guinness World Records began in 1955.
Margaretta Fitler Murphy Rockefeller Margaretta Large Fitler Murphy Rockefeller (born June 9, 1926) is the second wife and widow of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979), the 41st Vice President of the United States of America and a Governor of New York.
Margarida of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal Margaret of Savoy, Duchess Consort of Mantua and Montferrat (Torino 28 April 1589 - Miranda 26 June 1655) (Italian: Margherita, Spanish: Margarita, Portuguese: Margarida, French: Marguerite) was best known as the last Spanish Vicereine of Portugal. In Portuguese she is known as Duquesa de Mântua.
Margarine Margarine (pronunciation: ), as a generic term, can indicate any of a wide range of butter-substitutes. In many parts of the world, margarine has become the best-selling table spread, although butter and olive oil also command large market shares.
Margarine Unie The Dutch company Margarine Unie(English: Margarine Union Limited) grew in the 1920s through mergers of several margarine companies, among which Centra and Schicht and above all the companies of Antonius Johannes Jurgens and Samuel van den Bergh. It operated until 1930 when it merged with a British company, Lever Brothers, to form the multinational Unilever.
Margarita Armstrong-Jones Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones (born 14 May 2002) is the only daughter of Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley. She was born three months after the death of her grandmother, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
Margarita de Castro e Souza Margarita de Castro e Souza, a 15th century Portuguese noblewoman, was an ancestor of Queen Charlotte, 1744-1818, consort of King George III of the United Kingdom, through her mother Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela Margarita (Doña Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela) is the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, the deposed last King of Bulgaria, whom he married after his loss of throne. As such, she is also sometimes styled Tsaritsa Margarita and treated sometimes as if being a queen consort.
Margarita Maslennikova Margarita Maslennikova was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1950's. She won a gold medal in the 3 x 5 km at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun and finished 4th in the 10 km event at those same championships.
Margarita Nazarova Margarita Petrovna Nazarova (; 26 November 1926—26 October 2005) was a Russian circus performer best known for her leading role in the 1961 comedy Polosaty Reis. She was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Margarita O'Byrne Curtis Margarita O'Byrne Curtis was named Deerfield Academy's 55th Head of School in July of 2006. She had been a member of the faculty at Phillips Andover Academy for sixteen years, most recently serving as Dean of Studies.
Margarita Prakatan Margarita Prakatan is a Brazilian novelty singer, who had some success in the 1990s when Clive James got her to perform live on his TV show on numerous occasions. Radio DJ Martin Kelner also played her frequently on his BBC Radio show.
Margarita Prentice Margarita Prentice is a Washington State Senator (Democrat) for the 11th District, which includes Seattle’s Beacon Hill, South Park, and portions of Renton, Kent, Tukwila, Burien, and SeaTac. Her current term ends January 2009.
Margarita Xirgu Margarita Xirgu (18 June 1888, Spain – 25 April, 1969, Uruguay) was a Catalan stage actress, who also gained great popularity through the rest of Spain. A friend of the poet Federico García Lorca, she was forced into exile during Francisco Franco's dictatorship of Spain, but continued her work in America.
Margaritus of Brindisi Margaritus of Brindisi (also Margarito; Italian Margaritone or Greek Megareites or Margaritoni [Μαργαριτώνη]) (circa 1149 – 1197), called the new Neptune, was the last great ammiratus ammiratorum of Sicily. Following in the footsteps of Christodulus, George of Antioch, and Maio of Bari, Margaritus led the fleets of the kingdom in the reigns of William II (1166–1189) and Tancred (1189–1194).

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