Marge Explained

Marge is a feminine given name, a shortened form of Marjorie, Margot or Margaret. Notable Marges include:

People

• Marge (cartoonist) (1904–1993), pen name of Marjorie Henderson Buell, American cartoonist
• Marge Anderson (1932–2013), Ojibwe Elder and politician for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
• Marge Anthony (1935–2013), Canadian broadcaster and media executive
• Marge Bishop (1910–1960), New Zealand cricketer
• Marge Burns (1925–2009), American golfer
• Marge Callaghan (1921–2019), American baseball player
• Marge Carey (1938–2012), trade unionist and served as President of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) from 1997 to 2006
• Marge Chadderdon (born 1937), Republican Idaho State Representative
• Marge Champion (1919–2020), American dancer and choreographer
• Marge Frantz (1922–2015), American activist and women's studies academic
• Marge Kõrkjas (born 1974), Estonian Paralympic swimmer
• Marge Kotlisky (1927–1997), American actress
• Marge Ostroushko (born 1951), public radio producer
• Marge Piercy (born 1936), American poet, novelist, and social activist
• Marge Redmond (1924–2020), American actress and singer
• Marge Roukema (1929–2014), American politician
• Marge Schott (1928–2004), American baseball team owner
• Marge Simon (born 1942), American artist and writer
• Marge Villa (1924–2023), American utility player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Fictional characters

• Marge Dursley, in the Harry Potter series
• Marge Green, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Marge Gunderson, from the 1996 film "Fargo"
• Marge Simpson, on the animated series The Simpsons
• Marge Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street