Margaret Rejean Matthews (born August 5, 1935) is an American track and field athlete who mainly competed in the 100 meters and long jump events.

Matthews, a native Atlantan and captain of the TSU Tigerbelles, captured the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 meters with three of her U.S. teammates Mae Faggs, Wilma Rudolph and Isabelle Daniels.

Matthews was the first American woman to leap a record 20 feet in the long jump.

At the 1956 Olympic trials in Washington, D.C. she set an American record of 19 feet, 91⁄2 inches.

She was the first person in her family to finish high school and has devoted 35 years to public education in Memphis.