Peggy (given name)

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Peggy is a female first name (often curtailed to "Peg") derived from Meggy, a diminutive version of the name Margaret.^[1] It may refer to:

In literature:

• Peggy Kornegger, academic
• Peggy Noonan, author
• Peggy Parish, author

In entertainment:

• Peggy Ashcroft, actress
• Peggy Cummins, actress
• Peg Entwistle, actress
• Peggy Knudsen, actress
• Peggy Lipton, actress
• Peggy McIntaggart, model
• Peggy Mount, actress
• Peggy Ryan, dancer
• Peggy Shannon, actress
• Peggy Wood, actress
• Baby Peggy, child actress of the Silent Film era

In music:

• Peggy Gordon, musical singer
• Peggy Lee, jazz singer
• Peggy March, pop singer
• Peggy Zina, Greek 'laika' singer
• Peggy Sue, a song by American singer Buddy Holly

In fiction:

• Peggy Biggs, character in Mike & Molly
• Peggy Blacket, character in Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons" books.
• Peggy Bundy, character in Married... with Children
• Peggy Carter, character in Marvel Comics
• Peggy Gordon, title of a Scottish folk song
• Peggy Hill, character in King of The Hill
• Peggy Matsuyama (aka Momoranger), character in Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
• Peggy Mitchell, character in EastEnders
• Peggy Ollerenshaw, character in Hi-De-Hi
• Peggy Olson, character in Mad Men
• Peggy Patch, a rag doll puppet in BBC children's TV series Playdays

In sports:

• Peggy Büchse, German long-distance swimmer
• Peggy Fleming, figure skater

In politics:

• Peg Luksik, Pennsylvania politician
• Peggy Nash, Canadian politician

In art:

• Peggy Ahwesh, American video artist

Other:

• Peggy Hård, Swedish clerk
• Peggy Whitson, American astronaut

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