Margulies

Margulies (occasionally Margolies or Margolyes) is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word (Israeli Hebrew ), meaning 'pearls'. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Ben Margulies, American songwriter and record producer
 * David Margulies (1937–2016), American actor
 * Donald Margulies (born 1954), American playwright
 * Jimmy Margulies (born 1951), American award-winning editorial cartoonist
 * Joseph Margulies (artist) (1896–1984), Vienna-born American painter and printmaker
 * Joseph Margulies (lawyer), American attorney and law professor
 * Julianna Margulies (born 1966), American actress
 * Lazar C. Margulies (1895–1982), physician and inventor of a type of Intrauterine device
 * Leo Margulies (1900–1975), American editor and publisher
 * Martin Margulies (born 1948), American musician/film producer better known as Johnny Legend
 * Martin Margulies, real-estate developer and collector of contemporary art and photography
 * Roni Margulies (1955–2023), Turkish poet and activist
 * Samuel Hirsch Margulies (1858–1922), rabbi and Jewish scholar
 * Susan Margulies, American engineer and professor
 * Miriam Margolyes (born 1941), British-Australian actress