# Peggy (given name)

Peggy is a female first name (often curtailed to "Peg") derived from Meggy, a diminutive version of the name Margaret.

## People
### Writers

* Peggy Adam, French comic book artist and illustrator
* Peggy Adler (born 1942), American writer
* Peggy Anderson (1938–2016), American author and journalist
* Peggy Carr, Vincentian poet
* Peggy Pond Church (1903–1986), American writer
* Peggy Dennis, American Russian journalist, author and Communist activist
* Peggy Dern, American novelist
* Peggy Dunstan (1920–2010), New Zealand poet and writer
* Peggy Fortnum (1919–2016), English illustrator
* Peggy Frew (born 1976), Australian author
* Peggy Goodin (1923–1983), American novelist
* Peggy Hull (1889–1967), American journalist
* Peggy Bennette Hume, British playwright and children’s author
* Peggy Kornegger, American writer
* Peggy McIntosh (born 1934), American writer and activist
* Peggy Moreland, American novelist
* Peggy Noonan (born 1950), American author and commentator
* Peggy Orenstein (born 1961), American writer
* Peggy O'Shea (1922–2014), American screenwriter
* Peggy Parish (1927–1988), American author
* Peggy Parnass (born 1927), German-Swiss journalist, author and actress
* Peggy Payne, American writer
* Peggy Peterman (c. 1936–2004), American journalist
* Peggy Pettitt (born 1950), American dramatist
* Peggy Rathmann (born 1954), American writer
* Peggy Shaw (born 1944), American dramatist
* Peggy Sloane (1943–2009), American writer
* Peggy Fletcher Stack (born 1951), American journalist, editor and author
* Peggy Thompson, Canadian screenwriter, producer, playwright and professor
* Peggy Vining (1929–2017), American poet laureate
* Peggy Webb (born 1942), American novelist
* Peggy Webling (1871–1949), British playwright, novelist and poet
* Peggy Wehmeyer, American journalist

### In entertainment

* Peggy Ahern (1917–2012), American child actress
* Peggy Allenby (1896–1966), American actress
* Peggy Ashcroft (1907–1991), English actress
* Peggy Bacon (radio producer) aka "Aunty Peggy" - BBC radio and television producer and radio presenter
* Peggy Baker (born 1952), Canadian dancer, choreographer and teacher
* Peggy Bernier (1907–2001), American comedian and actress
* Peggy Blow (born 1952), Latina German-American actress
* Peggy Carlisle, British actress
* Peggy Cartwright (1912–2001), Canadian silent film actress
* Peggy Cass (1924–1999), American actress
* Peggy Ann Clifford (1921–1986), English character actress
* Peggy Conklin, American film, television and theatre actress
* Peggy Converse, American actress
* Peggy Cummins (1925–2017), Irish actress
* Peggy Dolan, American actress
* Peggy Dow (born 1928), American actress
* Peggy Drake (1922–2014), American actress
* Peg Entwistle (1908–1932), English actress
* Peggy Evans (1921–2015), British actress
* Peggy Fears (1903–1994), American actress
* Peggy Feury (1924–1985), American actress
* Peggy Ann Garner (1932–1984), American child actress
* Peggy George (c. 1908–1978), American actress
* Peggy Hopkins Joyce (1893–1957), American actress, model and dancer
* Peggy Hyland (1884–1973), British actress
* Peggy Joyce (1893–1957), American actress
* Peggy Knudsen (1923–1980), American actress
* Peggy Lipton (1946–2019), American actress
* Peggy Lloyd (1913–2011), American actress
* Peggy Lu, American actress
* Peggy Maley (1923–2007), American actress
* Peggy McCay (1927–2018), American actress
* Peggy McIntaggart, Canadian model
* Peggy Miley (born 1941), American actress and writer
* Peggy Moffitt (1937–2024), American model and actress
* Peggy Mondo (1927–1991), American actress
* Peggy Montgomery (1904–1989), American actress
* Peggy Moran (1918–2002), American actress
* Peggy Mount (1915–2001), English actress
* Peggy Novak (1907–1969), British actress
* Peggy O'Dare (1898–1959), American actress
* Peggy O'Day (1900–1964), American actress
* Peggy O'Neal (born 1963), American voice actress
* Peggy O'Neill (1799–1879), Irish-American Vaudeville actress
* Peggy Ovire, Nigerian actress
* Peggy Pearce (1894–1975), American actress
* Peggy Phango (1928–1998), South African actress and singer
* Peggy Pope (1929–2020), American actress
* Peggy van Praagh (1910–1990), British ballerina
* Peggy Rajski, American filmmaker
* Peggy Ramsay (1908–1991), Australian-born British theatrical agent
* Peggy Rea (1921–2011), American actress
* Peggy Ryan (1924–2004), American dancer and actress
* Peggy Shannon (1907–1941), American actress
* Peggy Shanor (1895–1935), American actress in silent films
* Peggy Shaw (1905–1990), American silent film actress
* Peggy Siegal (born 1947), American entertainment publicist
* Peggy Simpson (1913–1994), British actress
* Peggy Sinclair, English actress
* Peggy Stewart (1923–2019), American actress
* Peggy Taylor (1927–2002), American actress
* Peggy Thorpe-Bates (1914–1989), British actress
* Peggy Vrijens (born 1976), Dutch actress
* Peggy Walton-Walker (born 1943), American film and television actress
* Peggy Webber (born 1925), American actress
* Peggy Wood (1892–1978), American actress
* Peggy Ann Wood (1912–1998), British actress, director and theatre manager
* Diana Serra Cary, known as Baby Peggy (1918–2020), American child actress

### In music

* Peggy Cochrane (1902–1988), English musician, singer and composer
* Peggy Connelly (1931–2007), American singer and actress
* Peggy Gilbert (1905–2007), American jazz musician and bandleader
* Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990), Australian composer and music critic
* Peggy Gou (born 1991), South Korean DJ and musician
* Peggy Hayama (1933–2017), Japanese singer
* Peggy Jones (1940–2015), American musician
* Peggy King (born 1930), American singer
* Peggy Lee (1920–2002), American jazz singer
* Peggy Lennon, American singer, one of the Lennon Sisters
* Peggy Little (born 1942), American singer-songwriter
* Peggy March (born 1948), American pop singer
* Peggy Mann (1919–c. 1988), American jazz musician
* Peggy O'Keefe (1928–2019), Australian-Scottish musical artist
* Peggy Pryde (1867–1943), British music hall performer
* Peggy Santiglia (born 1944), American pop singer
* Peggy Scott-Adams (1948–2023), American pop singer
* Peggy Seeger (born 1935), American folk singer
* Peggy Stern (born 1948), American jazz musician
* Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913–1981), American classical composer
* Peggy Sue (born 1943), American country singer
* Peggy Zina (born 1975), Greek 'laika' singer

### In sports

* Peggy Antonio (1917–2002), Australian cricketer
* Peggy Assinck (born 1983), Canadian ice sledge hockey player and neuroscientist
* Peggy Babin (born 1976), French athlete
* Peggy Beer (born 1969), German heptathlete
* Peggy Kirk Bell (1921–2016), American golfer and golf instructor
* Peggy Büchse (born 1972), German long-distance swimmer
* Peggy Butler (1897–1971), British fencer
* Peggy Clarke (1926–2018), British chess player
* Peggy Clasen (born 1969), American speed skater
* Peggy Conley, American professional golfer
* Peggy Cramer (1937–2016), American baseball player
* Peggy Crowe (1956–2012), American speed skater
* Peggy Dawson-Scott, British tennis player
* Peggy Dickens (born 1975), French slalom canoeist
* Peggy Fairweather, Jamaican cricketer
* Peggy Fenton (1927–2013), American baseball player
* Peggy Fleming (born 1948), American figure skater
* Peggy Flournoy (1904–1972), American football and baseball player and coach
* Peggy Frair (born 1950), American luger
* Peggy Griffin, Irish camogie player
* Peggy Hardwiger (born 1967), German sailor
* Peggy Ichkoff, American table tennis player
* Peggy Kaplan, American bridge player
* Peggy Sita Kihoue, Congolese long jumper
* Peggy Lee Leather (1959–2023), American wrestler
* Peggy Llewellyn (born 1972), American motorcycle racer
* Peggy Lokando (born 1989), English-born Congolese footballer
* Peggy McCarthy (born 1956), American rower
* Peggy McLean (1926–2013), American table tennis player
* Peggy Michel (born 1949), American tennis player
* Peggy Michell (1905–1941), British tennis player
* Peggy Morgan (born 1981), American mixed martial arts fighter
* Peggy Nietgen (born 1986), German footballer
* Peggy Parratt (1883–1959), American football player and coach
* Peggy Provost (born 1977), French footballer
* Peggy Regenwetter (born 1971), Luxembourgish table tennis player
* Peggy Schoolcraft (born 1960), American bodybuilder
* Peggy Schwarz (born 1971), German pair skater
* Peggy Solomon (1908–1995), American bridge player
* Peggy Sonntag (born 1999), German Paralympic swimmer
* Peggy Steedman, Scottish chess player
* Peggy Sutherlin, American bridge player
* Peggy de Villiers (born 1993), South African swimmer
* Peggy Waleska (born 1980), German rower
* Peggy Wilson (born 1934), American professional golfer

### In politics

* Peggy Balboni, American politician
* Peggy Bennett (born 1958), American politician
* Peggy Blackford (1942–2024), American diplomat
* Peggy Blair, Canadian lawyer
* Peggy Butts, Canadian politician
* Peggy Cabral (born 1947), Dominican politician, diplomat and TV presenter
* Peggy Chew Howard (1760–1824), First Lady of Maryland
* Peggy R. Cook (1939–2011), American politician
* Peggy Davis-Mullen, American politician
* Peggy Duff (1910–1981), British political activist
* Peggy Farrell, (1920–2003), Irish businesswoman and Fianna Fáil politician
* Peggy Fenner (1922–2014), British politician
* Peggy Flanagan (born 1979), American politician
* Peggy Hessen Følsvik (born 1960), Norwegian trade unionist
* Peggy Gibson (born 1949), American politician
* Peggy Gossett-Seidman, American politician and Florida State Legislative Representative
* Peggy Herbison (1907–1996), British politician
* Peggy Jay (1913–2008), English Labour politician
* Peggy Johnson, American businesswoman
* Peggy Judd (born 1962), American politician
* Peggy Kerns, Colorado politician
* Peggy Krusick (born 1956), American politician
* Peggy Lamm, American politician
* Peggy Lehner, American politician
* Peggy Leppik (born 1943), American politician
* Peggy Littleton, American politician
* Peggy Smith Martin (1931–2012), american politician
* Peggy Mast (born 1948), American politician
* Peggy Maxie (1936–2024), American politician
* Peggy Mayfield (born 1963), American politician
* Peggy McGaugh, American politician
* Peggy Middleton, British politician
* Peggy Nash (born 1951), Canadian politician
* Peggy Nkonyeni (born 1961), South African politician
* Peggy Palmer (born 1945), American politician
* Peggy Pendleton (born 1946), American politician
* Peggy Pierce (1954–2013), American politician
* Peggy Quince (born 1948), American judge
* Peggy Rosenzweig (born 1936), American politician
* Peggy Rosson (born 1935), Texas politician
* Peggy Rotundo (born 1949), American politician
* Peggy Sattler, Canadian politician
* Peggy Sayers (born 1941), American politician
* Peggy Schierenbeck, German politician
* Peggy Scott (born 1961), American politician
* Peggy Serame, Motswana politician
* Peggy Simone, American politician from Florida
* Peggy Stevenson (1924–2014), American politician
* Peggy Wallace (1947–2020), American politician
* Peggy Webb, American politician
* Peggy Wilson (born 1945), American politician
* Peggy Wright, Canadian politician from Alberta
* Peggy Yu (born 1965), Chinese businesswoman

### Other professions

* Peggy Ahwesh (born 1954), American video artist
* Peggy Angus (1904–1993), British painter, designer and educator
* Peggy Antrobus, Grenadian activist, author and scholar
* Peggy Bacon (1895–1987), American artist
* Peggy Bauer (1932–2004), American wildlife photographer
* Peggy Boyd (1905–1999), one of Scotland's first air ambulance nurses; served during World War II.
* Peggy Brock (1948–2023), Australian historian
* Peggy Brunache, Haitian American food historian and archaeologist
* Peggy Bulger, American folklorist
* Peggy Cebe, professor of physics
* Peggy Charren (1928–2015), American activist
* Peggy Cherng, American billionaire businesswoman
* Peggy Cooper Cafritz (1947–2018), American civil rights activist, educator, philanthropist and art collector
* Peggy Cowley (c. 1890–1970), American painter
* Peggy Crewe-Milnes, 20th-century English justice of the peace
* Peggy Cripps (1921–2006), English debutante and author
* Peggy Cyphers (born 1954), American painter
* Peggy Deamer (born 1950), American architect
* Peggy DesAutels (born 1955), American philosopher
* Peggy Detmers, American sculptor
* Peggy Dulany, American philanthropist
* Peggy Eaton (1799–1879), American, wife of John Henry Eaton and figure in the Petticoat affair
* Peggy Eisenhauer, American lighting designer
* Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, Samoan-New Zealand academic
* Peggy Farrell, (1932–2021), American costume designer
* Peggy Ferro (1949–1998), American activist
* Peggy Fogelman, American museum director
* Peggy Gale (born 1944), Canadian curator
* Peggy Giordano, American criminologist
* Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979), American art collector and socialite
* Peggy Guido (1912–1994), English archaeologist
* Peggy Hamilton (c. 1894–1984), American fashion and costume designer
* Peggy Hård (1825–1894), Swedish clerk
* Peggy Hartanto (born 1988), Indonesian fashion designer
* Peggy Hay (1924–2016), New Zealand designer
* Peggy Hettrick (died 1987), American murder victim
* Peggy Hodges (1921–2008), British engineer
* Peggy Jackson, Welsh archdeacon
* Peggy Johnson (1976–1999), American murder victim
* Peggy Napangardi Jones (1951–2014), Australian artist
* Peggy Kelman (1909–1998), American aviation pioneer
* Peggy A. Kidwell, American historian of science
* Peggy J. Kleinplatz 21st century, Canadian clinical professor, psychologist and sexologist
* Peggy Koopman-Boyden (born 1943), New Zealand gerontologist
* Peggy Lemaux, American plant biologist
* Peggy Luhrs (1945–2022), American women’s rights activist
* Peggy McIntosh (born 1934), American academic and anti-racism activist
* Peggy McKercher (born 1929), Canadian conservationist and academic
* Peggy McDowell Curlin (1940–2005), American women’s health advocate
* Peggy Mulambya-Kabonde, Zambian feminist theologian
* Peggy Brewer Musgrave, economist
* Peggy Nadramia, American editor and administrator
* Peggy Rockman Napaljarri (born 1940), Australian artist
* Peggy Noland, American fashion designer
* Peggy Oki (born 1956), American skateboarder, surfer, artist and environmental activist
* Peggy Oti-Boateng, Ghanaian biochemist
* Peggy Papp, American family therapist
* Peggy Pascoe (1954–2010), American historian
* Peggy Phelan (born 1948), American feminist scholar
* Peggy Piesche, German literary and cultural scientist
* Peggy Robertson (1916–1998), English professional assistant and script supervisor for Albert Hitchcock
* Peggy Rae Sapienza (1944–2015), American science fiction convention organizer
* Peggy Sager (1924-2002), Australian dancer and educator
* Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1758–1801), sister in law of Alexander Hamilton
* Peggy Shepard, American local government and environmentalist
* Margaret "Peggy" Shippen (1760–1804), American Loyalist spy for the British and second wife of Benedict Arnold
* Peggy Speas, American linguist
* Peggy Spicer (1908–1984), New Zealand painter
* Peggy Sullivan (1929–2020), American librarian and educator
* Peggy Jo Tallas (1944–2005), American bank robber
* Peggy Weil, American artist working in digital media
* Peggy Welch (born 1955), American nurse and politician from Indiana
* Peggy Whitson (born 1960), American astronaut
* Peggy Willis-Aarnio (1948–2016), American choreographer, historian, author and teacher

## Animals

* Peggy, a dog actor

## Fictional characters

* Peggy Biggs, in the American TV series Mike & Molly
* Peggy Blackett, a character in Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons" books
* Peggy Bundy, in the American sitcom Married... with Children
* Peggy Carter, a Marvel Comics character
* Peg Gallagher, from the TV show Shameless
* Peggy Hill, in the American animated TV series King of the Hill
* Peggy Matsuyama (aka Momoranger), in Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
* Peggy Mitchell, in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Peggy Ollerenshaw, in the British TV comedy series Hi-De-Hi!
* Peggy Olson, in the American TV series Mad Men
* Peggy Patch, a rag doll puppet in the BBC children's TV series Playdays
* Peggy, a Hunter × Hunter character
* Peggy, a classmate of Wanda in the children's book The Hundred Dresses
* Peggy Blumquist, character from season 2 of American TV series Fargo