Margulies is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגליות‎, meaning 'pearls,' and may refer to: Ben Margulies, songwriter and record producer David Margulies, American actor Donald Margulies, American playwright Jimmy Margulies, award-winning editorial cartoonist Joseph Margulies, a Vienna-born American painter and printmaker Joseph Margulies, American attorney and law professor Julianna Margulies,, American actress Lazar C. Margulies, physician and inventor of a type of Intrauterine device Leo Margulies, American editor and publisher Martin Margulies, American musician/film producer better known as Johnny Legend Martin Margulies, real-estate developer and collector of contemporary art and photography Roni Margulies, Turkish poet and activist Samuel Hirsch Margulies, rabbi and Jewish scholar Susan Margulies, American engineer and professor Miriam Margolyes, British-Australian actress. Wikipedia