Marge
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Marge is a female name, a shortened form of Margaret
or Marjorie
. Those named Marge include:
People:
Fictional characters:
Margaret (name)
Margaret is a female first name, derived from the Greek word margarites meaning "pearl." It may have originally been derived from the Sanskrit word मञ्यरी mañjarī....
or Marjorie
Marjorie
Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret. It can also be spelled as Margery or Marjory.Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram...
. Those named Marge include:
People:
- Marge (cartoonist)Marge (cartoonist)Marjorie Henderson Buell was an American cartoonist who worked under the pen name Marge. She was best known as the creator of Little Lulu....
(1904-1993), pen name of Marjorie Henderson Buell - Marge BurnsMarge BurnsMarjorie "Marge" Burns was an American and former collegiate and professional golfer. A graduate of Woman's College UNC in 1948, Burns went on to win the North Carolina Amateur Championship an unprecedented ten times and won the Teague Award as the outstanding amateur athlete in the Carolinas...
(1925–2009), American golfer - Marge CallaghanMarge CallaghanMargaret Callaghan Maxwell was an infielder who played from 1944-1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 112 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
(born 1931), former infielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League - Marge ChampionMarge ChampionMarge Champion is an American dancer, choreographer, and pedagogue. In addition, she also worked in film and appeared in a number of television variety shows.-Early years:...
(born 1919), American dancer and choreographer - Marge PiercyMarge PiercyMarge Piercy is an American poet, novelist, and social activist. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Gone to Soldiers, a sweeping historical novel set during World War II.-Biography:...
(born 1936), American poet, novelist, and social activist - Marge RoukemaMarge RoukemaMargaret Scafati "Marge" Roukema represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-two years as a Republican. No woman has served in Congress from New Jersey since Roukema left office....
(born 1929), member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Jersey - Marge SchottMarge SchottMargaret Unnewehr Schott was the managing general partner, president and CEO of the National League's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999...
(1928-2004), controversial owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team - Marge SimonMarge SimonMarge Simon is an American artist and a writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Her poems, short fiction, and illustrations have appeared in hundreds of publications, including Amazing Stories, Nebula Awards 32, Strange Horizons, The Pedestal Magazine, Chizine, Niteblade, Vestal Review, and Dark...
(born 1942), American artist and writer of speculative poetry and fiction
Fictional characters:
- Marge Dursley, in the Harry Potter series
- Marge GreenMarge GreenMarjorie "Marge" Green is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by the late Pat Coombs. Introduced in 1989, elderly Marge was scripted as comical and timid. The character was one of many to be axed in 1990 when the show changed Executive Producer.-Storylines:Marge first...
, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders - Marge SimpsonMarge SimpsonMarjorie "Marge" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family. She is voiced by actress Julie Kavner and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
, on the animated series The Simpsons