assemblywoman 1920–1921 Marguerite Vincent Lawinonkié (1783-1865), Huron-Wendat craftswoman Marguerite Long (1874–1966), French pianist and teacher Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812-1889), American poet and writer Marguerite Moore (1849–?), Irish-Catholic orator, patriot, activist Marguerite Moreau (born 1977), American actress Marguerite Narbel (1918–2010), Swiss biologist and politician Marguerite Norris (1927–1994), Detroit Red Wings team president, first female NHL team executive, first woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup Marguerite Perey (1909–1975), French physicist Marguerite Pindling (born 1932), Governor-General of the Bahamas beginning 2014 Marguerite Porter Zwicker (1904–1993), Canadian watercolor painter and art promoter Marguerite Quinn, American politician elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2006 Marguerite Scypion (c. 1770s–after 1836), African-Natchez slave who filed the first "freedom suit" and ended Indian slavery in the state of Missouri in 1836 Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), Belgian-born French novelist and essayist, first woman elected to the Académie française Marguerite Zorach (1887–1968), American painter, textile artist and graphic designer Maya Angelou (1928–2014), American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer, born Marguerite Annie Johnson Saint Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771), French Canadian widow who founded the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal Fictional characters As a given name Marguerite St. Just, wife of the Scarlet Pimpernel in the novel by the same name Marguerite Gautier, the heroine in the Alexandre Dumas fils novel La Dame aux Camelias Marguerite Volant, main character of the 1996 Canadian mini-series by the same name Marguerite Krux, financier of an expedition to a Lost World in the late 1990s TV series The Lost World based on a book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Marguerite, the heroine of Gounod's opera Faust Marguerite Baker, an antagonist and member of the Baker family in the horror video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Marguerite Murphy; an elderly resident in Sunnyvale on the show Trailer Park Boys Marguerite Caine, main protagonist and heroine of Claudia Gray's "Firebird Series" beginning with "A Thousand Pieces of You" As a surname Saison Marguerite, a supporting character in the web series The Most Popular Girls in School Tomoe Marguerite, in the anime and manga My-Otome See also Magritte Margueritte Marguerite (disambiguation) References Feminine given names French feminine given names