Margalit

Margalit (Hebrew: מרגלית, lit. pearl) is a Hebrew-language given name and surname. Before the First Aliyah it was mainly used in this form by Sephardic Jews,^[1][2] while its variant Margulis was more common among Ashkenazis. It may refer to:

Surname

• Avishai Margalit (born 1939), Israeli philosopher
• Dan Margalit (journalist) (1938–2025), Israeli journalist, author and television host
• Dan Margalit (mathematician) (born 1976), American mathematician
• Erel Margalit (born 1961), Israeli politician and a high-tech and social entrepreneur
• Gilad Margalit (1959–2014), Israeli historian and writer, professor at the University of Haifa
• Itay Margalit (born 1970), 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
• Yanki Margalit (born 1962), Israeli entrepreneur and speaker best known for starting Aladdin Knowledge Systems

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

• Pearl (given name)
• Pearl (surname)
• Pearlman
• Perl (disambiguation)
• Pnina (disambiguation)