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Peg (nickname)

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Peg is a generally feminine nickname, usually a short form of Margaret or Peggy.

It may refer to:

People

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Women

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  • Peg Alexander, UK journalist, broadcaster, and former politician
  • Peg Blitch (1934–2021), American politician and judge
  • Peg Bracken (1918–2007), American author of humor books
  • Peg Entwistle (1908–1932), British actress
  • Peg Fenwick (1907–1987), American screenwriter and playwright
  • Margaret Flory (born 1948), American politician
  • Margaret Hughes (1630–1719), English actress often credited as the first professional actress on the English stage, mistress of Prince Rupert of the Rhine
  • Peg Kehret (born 1936), American children's writer
  • Peg LaCentra (c. 1910–1996), American contralto singer
  • Peg Lautenschlager (1955–2018), American attorney and politician, first woman Attorney General of Wisconsin
  • Peg Lynch (1916–2015), American writer, actress, and sitcom creator
  • Peg Maltby (1899–1984), English-born Australian book illustrator and children's writer
  • Peg Murray (1924–2020), American actress
  • Peg O'Connor, American feminist philosopher
  • Peg Phillips (1918–2002), American actress
  • Peg Putt (born 1953), Australian politician and environmental advocate
  • Peg Shreve (1927–2012), American politician
  • Peg Taylor (cricketer) (1917–2004), New Zealand cricketer
  • Peg Woffington (1720–1760), Irish actress and socialite
  • Peg Yorkin (1927–2023), American feminist activist, philanthropist, and fundraiser

Men

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Fictional characters

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  • Peg Bundy, a main character in the American sitcom Married... with Children