of the stage and screen Margaret Scobie (born 1948), Australian indigenous Aboriginal painter Margaret (singer) (born 1991), Polish singer and songwriter Margaret Tracey (born 1967), American ballet dancer Margaret Travolta, American actress Margaret Walker (1915–1998), American author Margaret Whiting (1924–2011), American popular music and country music singer Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952), American author Margaret Wynne Lawless (1847–1926), American poet, author, educator, philanthropist Margaret Keane (1927–2022), American painter Meg Stuart (born 1965), American choreographer, dancer, performing artist Educators and scientists Margaret Haley (1861–1939), American educator, promoted teacher's unions Margaret Becklake (1922–2018), Canadian academic and epidemiologist Margaret Burbidge (1919–2020), British astronomer Margaret Byers (1832–1912), Irish educator, activist, social reformer, missionary, writer Margaret Mordecai Jones Cruikshank (1878–1955), American educator and college president Margaret Elisabeth Felix (born 1937), Indian educator Margaret Floy Washburn (1871–1939), American psychologist Margaret Frame, Scottish scientist, professor of molecular cell biology Margaret Gurney (1908–2002), American mathematician, statistician, and computer programmer Margaret Hamilton, American computer scientist Margaret Howe Lovatt, naturalist Margaret Hutchinson, English educator, naturalist and author Margaret Lin Xavier (1898–1932), Thai physician Margaret Mead, American anthropologist Margaret Helen Read (1889–1991), British social anthropologist and academic Margaret Warner Morley (1858–1923), American biologist, wrote children's books on biology Margaret Wiecek, Polish-American operations researcher Politics Margaret A. Davidson (1950–2017), American lawyer and coastal science pioneer Margaret (Ann) Coffey (born 1946), former British Member of Parliament for Stockport Margaret Beckett (born 1943), British Member of Parliament for Derby South Margaret Curran (born 1958), former British Member of Parliament for Glasgow East Margaret Davidson (1871–1964), British wife of colonial governor of New South Wales, Australia Margaret Davidson (suffragist) (1879–1978), Scottish suffragist, teacher and WW1 nurse Margaret Ewing (1945–2006), Scottish politician Margaret Ferrier (born 1960), British Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West Margaret Greenwood (born 1959), British Member of Parliament for Wirral West Margarett (Maggie) Hassan (born 1958), United States Senator for New Hampshire Margaret Hodge (born 1944), British Member of Parliament for Barking Margaret Hoover (born 1977), American political consultant and commentator, great-granddaughter of the former president Margaret Gardner Hoey (1875–1942), American political hostess and First Lady of North Carolina Margaret (Maggie) Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, British Labour Peer and trade union official Margaret Mitchell (Canadian politician) (1925–2017), New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Vancouver East Margaret Mitchell (Scottish politician) (born 1952), Scottish Conservative politician Margaret Moran (born 1955), former Labour MP for Luton South who was convicted of the largest