Margot (/ˈmɑːrɡoʊ, ˈmɑːrɡət/ MAR-goh, MAR-gət, French: [maʁɡo]) is a feminine given name, a diminutive of Marguerite. It is also occasionally a surname. Persons named Margot include the following:
People with the given name Margot
edit- Marguerite de Valois (1553–1615), known as La Reine Margot, queen of France and of Navarre
- Margot Abad, Argentine film actress
- Margot Adler (1946–2014), American journalist
- Margot Anand, French author, teacher, seminar leader and public speaker
- Margot Arce de Vázquez (1904–1990), Puerto Rican essayist and educator
- Margot Arnold (1925–2016), British-born American novelist
- Margot Asquith (1864–1945), countess of Oxford and Asquith
- Margot Austin (1907–1990), American children’s book illustrator
- Margot Badran (born 1936), scholar of Middle Eastern history and women's studies
- Margot Bailet (born 1990), French alpine skier
- Margot Bærentzen (1907–1983), Danish fencer
- Margot Becke-Goehring (1914–2009), German chemist
- Margot Benacerraf (1926–2024), Venezuelan film director
- Margot Bengtsson, Swedish psychologist
- Margot Bennett, several people
- Margot von Beroldingen (1878–1968), American heiress
- Margot Bettauer Dembo (1928–2019), German-born American translator
- Margot Béziat (born 2001), French canoeist
- Margot Bingham (born 1987), American actress and singer-songwriter
- Margot Blakely (born 1950), New Zealand alpine skier
- Margot Blanche (born 1983), French/Filipino singer and songwriter
- Margot Boer (born 1985), Dutch speed skater
- Margot Bogert, American Scouting leader
- Margot Botsford (born 1947), American judge
- Margot Boulet (born 1990), French rower
- Margot Boyd (1913–2008), English actress
- Margot Bryant (1897–1988), British actress
- Margot Chevrier (born 1999), French pole vaulter
- Margot Ciccarelli, Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner from Italy
- Margot Clyne (born 1995), American cyclist
- Margot Comstock, American computer magazine editor
- Margot Cottens (1922–1999), Uruguayan actress
- Margot Dalton, American novelist
- Margot Day, American singer-songwriter
- Margot Debén (1922–2010), Nicaraguan-Puerto Rican actress, singer, musician, show host and magician
- Margot Desvignes (born 2000), French ice hockey player
- Margot Dittmeyer (born 1935), German tennis player
- Margot Donald, Australian photographer
- Margot Dorenfeldt, Norwegian chemist
- Margot Douaihy, American writer
- Margot Drake (1899–1948), English actress
- Margot Dreschel, nazi concentration camp guard
- Margot Duhalde (1920–2018), Chilean aviator
- Margot Eates (1913–1994), British art historian and curator
- Margot Eskens (1936–2022), German singer
- Margot Fassler, American historian
- Margot Finn, British historian and academic
- Margot Flemming, Canadian curler
- Margot Fonteyn (1919–1991), British ballerina
- Margot Forde (1935–1992), New Zealand botanist
- Margot Foster (born 1958), Australian rower
- Margot Franssen (born 1952), Dutch-born Canadian entrepreneur and activist
- Margot Frank (1926–1945), sister of German World War II diarist Anne Frank
- Margot Friedländer (born 1921), German holocaust survivor
- Margot Garabedian, Cambodian triathlete
- Margot Gayle (1908–2008), American historian preservationist
- Margot van Geffen (born 1989), Dutch field hockey player
- Margot Glockshuber (born 1949), German pair skater
- Margot Gore (1913–1993), British aviator and osteopath
- Margot Grahame (1911–1982), British actress
- Margot Guilleaume (1910–2004), German operatic soprano
- Margot Hartman (1933–2020), American actress
- Margot Hellwig (born 1941), German volksmusik singer
- Margot Heuman (1928–2022), German-born American Holocaust survivor
- Margot Hielscher (1919–2017), German singer and actress
- Margot Hilton (born 1947), British-born Australian author
- Margot Honecker (1927–2016), German politician, former wife of Erich Honecker
- Margot Horspool, British jurist
- Margot Hutcheson (born 1952), Australian artist
- Margot Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading (1919–2015), British aristocrat and campaigner
- Margot James (born 1957), British Conservative politician
- Margot Janse (born 1969), Dutch chef
- Margot Jefferys, British sociologist and professor
- Margot Kalinke (1909–1981), German politician
- Margot Kaminski, American AI and privacy professor
- Margot Käßmann (born 1958), German theologist and writer
- Margot Kelly (1894–1983), Australian hotel manager and restaurateur
- Margot Kidder (1948–2018), Canadian-American actress known for playing Lois Lane in Superman
- Margot Klestil-Löffler (born 1954), Austrian diplomat
- Margot Knight, Australian actress
- Margot Kober (born 1965), Austrian cross-country skier
- Margot Kraneveldt (born 1967), Dutch politician
- Margot Lambert (born 1999), French badminton player
- Margot Lander (1910–1961), Danish ballerina
- Margot Leicester (born 1949), British actress
- Margot Lemire (1946–2024), Canadian poet and playwright
- Margot Leverett, American clarinet player
- Margot Livesey, Scottish-born writer
- Margot Llobera (born 1996), Andorran footballer
- Margot Lovejoy (1930–2019), American artist and art historian
- Margot Lumb (1912–1998), British squash player
- Margot MacGibbon, Australian violinist and teacher
- Margot Machol, American writer and government official
- Margot Mahler (1948–1997), German actress
- Margot Marshall, British soldier
- Margot Marsman (1932–2018), Dutch swimmer
- Margot Mayo (1910–1974), American dance instructor
- Margot Moe (1899–1988), Norwegian figure skater
- Margot Moles (1913–1987), Spanish alpine skier
- Margot Neville, pseudonym of Margot Goyder and Ann Goyder
- Margot O'Neill (born 1958), Australian journalist, writer and producer
- Margot Osmeña (born 1949), Filipino politician
- Margot Pardoe (1902–1996), British children's writer
- Margot Parker (born 1943), British politician
- Margot Peet (1903–1995), American painter
- Margot Perryman, British artist
- Margot Peters (1933–2022), American novelist and biographer
- Margot Pfannstiel (1926–1993), German journalist
- Margot Philips (1902–1988), New Zealand painter
- Margot Pilz, Austrian visual artist
- Margot Prior (1937–2020), Australian psychologist and autism researcher
- Margot von Renesse (1940–2022), German politician
- Margot Rhys (1914–1996), Australian actress
- Margot Rojas Mendoza (1903–1996), Cuban pianist and teacher
- Margot Robbie (born 1990), Australian actress
- Margot Robinne (born 1991), French footballer
- Margot Römer (1938–2005), Venezuelan artist
- Margot Roosevelt (born 1950), American journalist
- Margot Rose (born 1956), American actress
- Margot Ruddock (1907–1951), English actress, poet and singer
- Margot Sanger-Katz, American journalist
- Margot von Schlieffen (1921–2014), German film editor
- Margot Lee Shetterly (born 1969), American nonfiction writer
- Margot Shiner (1923–1998), German-British gastroenterologist
- Margot Shumway (born 1979), American rower
- Margot Siegel (1923–2015), American journalist
- Margot Sikabonyi (born 1982), Italian actress
- Margot Singer, American short story writer and novelist
- Margot Smith (1966–2011), Australian musical artist
- Margot Sponer (1898–1945), German philologist and resistant fighter
- Margot Stern Strom (1941–2023), American educator
- Margot Stevenson (1912–2011), American actress
- Margot Sunderland, British psychologist
- Małgorzata Szutowicz (born 1995), widely known as Margot, Polish non-binary LGBTQIA activist and co-founder of the Stop Bzdurom collective
- Margot Taulé (1920–2008), Dominican engineer and architect
- Margot Thien (born 1971), American synchronized swimmer
- Margot Tomes (1917–1991), American artist and illustrator
- Margot Trooger (1923–1994), German actress
- Margot Turner (1910–1993), British nurse
- Margot Vanpachtenbeke (born 1999), Belgian cyclist
- Margot Vella, Australian dual-code rugby player
- Margot Walle (1921–1990), Norwegian figure skater
- Margot Wallström (born 1954), Swedish politician
- Margot Walter (1903–1994), German actress
- Margot Wells (born 1952), British athlete
- Margot Werner (1937–2012), Austrian ballet dancer, singer and actress
- Margot Wicki-Schwarzschild (1931–2020), German Holocaust witness
- Margot Wikström (1936–2010) Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party
- Margot Williams, American botanist
- Margot Yerolymos (born 1997), French tennis player
- Margot Zemach (1931–1989), American illustrator
- Margot Zuidhof (born 1992), Dutch field hockey player
People with the surname Margot
edit- Georges Margot (1902–1998), French equestrian
- Jean-Luc Margot (born 1969), Belgian astronomer
- Manuel Margot (born 1994), Dominican baseball player
In entertainment and culture
edit- Margot, 2009 film starring Anne-Marie Duff as ballerina Margot Fonteyn
- Margot at the Wedding, 2007 American film by Noah Baumbach
- La Reine Margot, 1845 novel by Alexandre Dumas
- La Reine Margot (1994 film), 1994 film based on the Dumas novel starring Isabelle Adjani
- Margot, a character in the film Legally Blonde
- Margot, a character in the comic book Nemesis Reloaded
- Margot Tenenbaum, a character in the film The Royal Tenenbaums
- Margot, the protagonist of Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day
- Margot Mary Wendice, a character in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M For Murder
- Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a character in Evelyn Waugh's novel Decline and Fall
- Margot Lane, assistant to Lamont Cranston, a character in the 1940 American film serial The Shadow