Famous People with Name Marguerite

Marguerite Boulc'h            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Marguerite Boulc'h: was a French singer and actress.orn in Paris, France to a poor and dysfunctional Breton family, Marguerite Boulc'h was a child left to a life on the streets in the dark side of Paris. In her teens she got a break when she met one of the female music-hall

Marguerite Durand            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Marguerite Durand: was a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette.In 1888, she gave up her career in the theatre to marry an up-and-coming young lawyer, Georges Laguerre. A friend and follower of the politically ambitious army general Georges Boulanger, h

Marguerite Long            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Marguerite Long: was a French pianist.Marguerite Marie-Charlotte Long was born in Nîmes. She studied with Henri Fissot at the Paris Conservatoire, taking a premier prix in 1891, and privately with Antoine Marmontel. Marguerite Long gave the first performances of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin and Piano Concerto in G major. From 1906 to 1940 she taught at the Paris Conservatoire, her students including Jacques Février,Willem Ibes and Samson François.

Marguerite Poland            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Marguerite Poland: is a South African novelist.When she was two years old, the Poland family relocated to the Eastern Cape where she spent most of her formative years. After completing her secondary education at St Dominic’s Priory School in Port Elizabeth, Poland completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Rhodes University, majoring in Social Anthropology and Xhosa. In 1971, Marguerite Poland completed her honours degree in African languages at Stellenbosch University. In 1977 she obtained her doctorate degree in Zulu folklore - her field of speciality being cattle - from the University of Natal. She also has an Honours degree in Comparative African Languages and an MA in Zulu Literature.

Marguerite Viby            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Marguerite Viby: was a Danish actress of stage, film and television. Considered one of the great comedy actresses of Danish cinema, Viby received honorary Bodil and Robert Awards in 2000 for lifetime achievement. She appeared in more than 50 films and television shows during a career that spanned from the silent film era in 1929 until a television series in 1983.

Lazare Nicolas Marguerite            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Lazare Nicolas Marguerite: the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, was a French politician, engineer, and mathematician.