Margulis is a surname that, like its variants,[note 1] is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word Margalit (מרגלית, Israeli Hebrew /maʁɡaˈlit/), meaning 'pearl.' Notable people and characters with the name include:
- Berl Broder (born Margulis; 1817–1868), Broder singer
- Dan Margulis (born 1951), author, expert on color correction and image retouching
- David Margulis, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Evgeny Margulis (born 1955), Russian musician
- Grigory Margulis (born 1946), Russian mathematician, known for the Margulis lemma
- Lynn Margulis (1938–2011), American evolutionary biologist
- Margulis, a villain from the game series Xenosaga
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edit- ^ Variants include Margaliot, Margalioth, Margalit, Margolies, Margolin, Margolioth, Margoliouth, Margolis, Margoliut, Margoliuth, Margolouth, Margolus, Margolyes, Margules, Margulies, Margulioth, and Margulis, as well as Anglicizations like Margo and Marliss.
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