Margalit (Hebrew: מרגלית, lit. pearl) is used in Israel as a surname and a female first name. Before the start of the First Aliyah the surname and first name was mainly used by the Sephardic Jews.[1][2] It is related to Margulis, an East European Jewish name. It may refer to:
Surname
- Avishai Margalit (born 1939), Israeli philosopher
- Dan Margalit (journalist) (born 1938), Israeli journalist, author and television host
- Itay Margalit (born 1970), retired Israeli high jumper
- Meir Margalit (born 1952), Argentine-born Israeli researcher of the history of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine and a founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
- Meir Margalit (actor) (1906–1974), Israeli stage actor
- Erel Margalit (born 1961), Israeli politician and a high-tech and social entrepreneur
- Yanki Margalit (born 1962), Israeli entrepreneur and speaker best known for starting Aladdin Knowledge Systems. He is currently Chairman of SCREEMO and SpaceIL
- Gilad Margalit (1959–2014), Israeli historian and writer, professor at the University of Haifa
First name
- Margalit Fox (born 1961), American author and writer for The New York Times
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977, as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal), American actress, half Ashkenazi Jewish descent
- Margalit Tzan'ani (born 1948), also known as Margol, Israeli singer and television personality
- Margalit Sharon (died 1962), first wife of Ariel Sharon
- Margalit Matitiahu (born 1935), Israeli poet in Ladino and Hebrew
See also
References
- ↑ Attal, Robert, Avivi, Joseph. "Sephardic Surnames". SephardicGen. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Sephardic Surnames". Sephardim. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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