Arts and Music

• Marguerite Gérard (born 1761, died 1837)

  French painter.

  • Painted The Happy Mother (see list of Artists of the Romantic Period)
• Marguerite Thompson Zorach (born 1865, died 1938)

  American painter.

  • Painted Still Life with Blue and White Porcelain (see list of 20th-century Modern Artists)

Leadership

• Marguerite Stitt Church (born 1892, died 1990)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Illinois, 1951-63 (see list of Women in the House of Representatives)
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  • Ruler of Blois in the 13th century (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)

Miscellaneous

• Marguerite Higgins

  American journalist.

  • 1950 Mademoiselle Award winner (see list of Mademoiselle Award Winners)

Stage and Screen

• Marguerite Chapman
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Marguerite Clark (born 1887, died 1940)

  American silent-film actress.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Marguerite De La Motte
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Marguerite de Angeli
  • 1950 Newbery Medal winner, for The Door in the Wall (see list of Newbery Medal Winners)
• Marguerite d'Angoulême (born 1492, died 1549)

  French writer and patron of the arts. Sister of King François I; wife of Henri II of Navarre.

  • Wrote the Heptaméron (see list of Writers of the 16th Century)
• Marguerite Duras (born 1914, died 1996)

  French novelist and screenwriter. Original name: Marguerite Donnadieu.

  • Wrote The Lover (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
• Marguerite Henry
  • 1949 Newbery Medal winner, for King of the Wind (see list of Newbery Medal Winners)
• Marguerite Higgins

  American journalist.

  • 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting)