Marcus is a masculine

Masculine

Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.Masculine may also refer to:*Masculine , a grammatical gender*Masculine cadence, a final chord occurring on a strong beat in music...

 given name

Given name

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 of Ancient Roman pre-Christian

Pre-Christian

Pre-Christian may mean:*before Christianization**historical polytheism *BC**Classical Antiquity**Iron Age...

 origin derived probably from Etruscan

Etruscan language

The Etruscan language was spoken and written by the Etruscan civilization, in what is present-day Italy, in the ancient region of Etruria and in parts of Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna...

 Marce of unknown meaning, or referring to the mythological figure

Mythology

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 Mars

Mars (mythology)

Mars was the Roman god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter, and he was the most prominent of the military gods worshipped by the Roman legions...

. Because Mars was identified as the Roman

Roman mythology

Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans...

 god

God (male deity)

A god, as a male deity, contrasts with female deities, or "goddesses". While the term 'goddess' specifically refers to a female deity, the plural 'gods' can be applied to all gods collectively, regardless of gender....

 of War, the name 'Marcus' can by extension be taken to refer to Ares

Ares

Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent aspect of war, in contrast to the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and...

 in the Greek

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

 pantheon

Pantheon (gods)

A pantheon is a set of all the gods of a particular polytheistic religion or mythology.Max Weber's 1922 opus, Economy and Society discusses the link between a...

.

The name is popular in Europe, particularly in Sweden, Norway, Italy and Germany, and increasingly, in the Netherlands. It is also popular in English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 countries, although less common than the shortened variation 'Mark

Mark (given name)

Mark is a common male given name and is derived from old Latin "Mart-kos", which means "consecrated to the god Mars". Marcus was one of the three most common given names in Ancient Rome. See Roman given names.-Acting:* Mark A...

', associated with the Gospel

Gospel

A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

 writer Mark the Evangelist

Mark the Evangelist

Mark the Evangelist is the traditional author of the Gospel of Mark. He is one of the Seventy Disciples of Christ, and the founder of the Church of Alexandria, one of the original four main sees of Christianity....

 (Μάρκος). There are other variants. Marcus ranks in the top 100 most popular boy names in Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, Sweden, and Wales since the 1990s, as well as, the top 200 most popular boy names in the US since the 1960s.

Marcus developed as a patronymic

Patronymic

A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...

 or locational surname

Surname

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 in Italy, southern France, and Spain around 1000 A.D., attributable to religious monasteries and sanctuaries named Sanctus Marcus (or its many variants). The surname was used as an identifier for area of origin. The first historical record of the surname was in the year 1390 in Biberach an der Riß

Biberach an der Riß

Biberach is a town in the south of Germany. It is the capital of Biberach district, in the Upper Swabia region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg...

, Germany.

People with the name Marcus or its variants include:

Arts and entertainment

In art and literature

• Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder
  Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder
  Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder was a Flemish printmaker and painter associated with the English court of the mid-16th Century and mainly remembered as the illustrator of the 1567 edition of Aesop's Fables.-Biography:...
  
  , Flemish artist
• Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
  Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
  Marcus Gheeraerts was an artist of the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and Van Dyck" He was brought to England as a child by his father Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, also a painter...
  
  , Flemish artist
• Marcus Mastin
  Marcus Mastin
  Marcus J. Mastin is an American author, whose books include the thriller Don't Pay the Ferryman and its sequel Don't Fear the Reaper...
  
  , American author; writer of the "Carthage Chronicles" mystery series.

In television and film

• Marcus Brigstocke
  Marcus Brigstocke
  Marcus Alexander Brigstocke is an English comedian, actor and satirist who has worked extensively in stand-up comedy, television, radio and in 2010-2011 musical theatre. He is particularly associated with the 6.30pm comedy slot on BBC Radio 4, having frequently appeared on several of its shows...
  
  , British comedian
• Marcus Carl Franklin
  Marcus Carl Franklin
  Marcus Carl Franklin is an American actor. He is best known for portraying an incarnation of Bob Dylan who calls himself "Woody Guthrie" in the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, written and directed by Todd Haynes...
  
  , American actor
• Markus Garrison, inventor from Florida who was a contestant on The Apprentice 4
• Marcus Loew
  Marcus Loew
  Marcus Loew was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loews Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .-Biography:...
  
  , American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loews Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

In music

• Marcus Mumford
  Marcus Mumford
  Marcus Oliver Johnston Mumford is an English lead singer of the Mercury Prize- and Grammy-nominated band Mumford & Sons. He plays many instruments with the band, including guitar, drums, and mandolin. He is recently engaged to Academy Award nominated actress Carey Mulligan.-Background:Mumford was...
  
  , singer, songwriter for Mumford and Sons
• Marcus Adoro
  Marcus Adoro
  Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro is the former lead guitarist of the Eraserheads, one of the most popular bands in the Philippines during the 90's alternative rock explosion....
  
   (born 1971), Philippine musician
• Marcus Brosch
  Marcus Brosch
  Marcus Brosch is a German songwriter, record producer and remixer.Lacking success at playing football in the early eighties, he stopped playing it in favour of playing the guitar at the age of thirteen years, playing in several bands with his later partner in productions, Henrik Menzel...
  
  , German songwriter, record producer and remixer
• Marcus Ramone Cooper, former member of the Miami, Florida R&B group "Pretty Ricky" who goes by the stage names of Pleasure or Pleasure P
• Markus Grosskopf
  Markus Grosskopf
  Markus Großkopf, born 21 September 1965 in Hamburg, Germany, is the bass guitarist, and one of only two remaining original members of the German power metal band Helloween...
  
  , bass player for the German power metal band Helloween
• Markus James, current bassist for the rock group Breaking Benjamin
• Markus Kaarlonen
  Markus Kaarlonen
  Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen is a Finnish musician/songwriter/producer, and the keyboardist of the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. Kaarlonen catapulted to considerable underground fame with his Amiga MOD music in the early 1990s. His first commercial album was released as Dance Nation's album...
  
  , Finnish musician, songwriter and producer
• Markus Löffel
  Markus Löffel
  Markus Löffel , also known as Mark Spoon and Spacy Trancer, was a disc jockey, musician and record producer from Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His stage surname was a direct translation: Löffel is the German word for spoon...
  
  , disc jockey, musician and producer from Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Marcus Miller
  Marcus Miller
  Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
  
  , American bassist and clarinetist
• Markus Schulz
  Markus Schulz
  Markus Schulz, born , is a German trance music DJ and producer who resides in Miami, Florida, USA. He is best-known for his weekly radio show titled Global DJ Broadcast that airs on Digitally Imported radio, After Hours FM and other online stations...
  
  , German trance music DJ and producer who currently resides in Miami, Florida, USA
• Marcus Siepen
  Marcus Siepen
  Marcus Siepen is one of two guitarists in the power metal band Blind Guardian. For the biggest percentage of Blind Guardian's songs, particularly in more recent years, he has almost strictly played rhythm guitar, with most lead and solo work being performed by André Olbrich.-Personal:Siepen is...
  
   (born 1968), German guitarist in Blind Guardian
• Markus Stockhausen
  Markus Stockhausen
  Markus Pirol Stockhausen is a German trumpeter and composer.-Biography:Born in Cologne, he is the son of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. At age four he appeared as "child at play" in his father's theatre piece Originals. He received his first piano lessons at age six, and at age twelve he began to...
  
  , German trumpeter and composer
• Markus Stopholese, American rock guitarist
• Markus Taborn, Underground producer. Also goes by the stage name YungBoe or Kratos

In fictional characters

• Marcus Burnett, fictional cop from the movie Bad Boys II
• Marcus Tullius Cicero (character of Rome), historical figure who features as a character in the HBO/BBC2 television series Rome
• Marcus Cole
  Marcus Cole
  Marcus Cole, played by Jason Carter, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. He was a regular in the third and fourth seasons of the show...
  
  , fictional character in Babylon 5
• Marcus
  Marcus
  Marcus, Markus, or Márkus is a common given name and a family name. See Marcus .Marcus may also refer to:In places* Marcus, Iowa, United States* Marcus, Washington, United States...
  
  , a vampire from the 'Twilight Saga'
• Marcus Corvinus, thinly based on a real historical character Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus, is the protagonist in David Wishart's historical detective novels.
• Marcus Damon, fictional character from Digimon Data Squad
• Marcus Didius Falco
  Marcus Didius Falco
  Marcus Didius Falco is the central character and narrator in a series of novels by Lindsey Davis. Using the concepts of modern detective stories , Davis portrays the world of the Roman Empire under Vespasian...
  
  , protagonist in Lindsey Davis Ancient Rome historical mystery fictions.
• Marcus Fenix, protagonist in computer game Gears of War
• Marcus Wright, fictional character in the film Terminator Salvation
  Terminator Salvation
  Terminator Salvation is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by McG and starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. The fourth installment in the Terminator series, the film is set in 2018 and focuses on the war between Skynet and humanity, with the human Resistance fighting...
  
  .
• Marcus Faversham, fictional character in radio comedy The Penny Dreadfuls Present....
• Marcus McCloud, fictional character in Nintendo's Star Fox series.
• Dr. Marcus Brody, fictional character from the "Indiana Jones" series.
• Marcus, the main antagonist of Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
• Marcus Flutie from Megan McCafferty
  Megan McCafferty
  Megan Fitzmorris McCafferty is an American author known for The New York Times bestselling Jessica Darling series of young-adult novels published between 2001 and 2009...
  
  's Jessica Darling
  Jessica Darling
  The Jessica Darling books are a The New York Times bestselling series of five young adult novels by Megan McCafferty, published between 2001 and 2009. Told from the diary-style perspective of character Jessica Darling, the series chronicles her misadventures through high school, college, and beyond...
  
   Series
• Markus Vaughn, the main character in Trauma Center: New Blood
  Trauma Center: New Blood
  is the third game of the Trauma Center surgery simulation video game series, for the Wii. New Blood is a new installment with features not seen in the previous title, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a cooperative mode, online leaderboards, full voice-over dialogue and a 16:9 widescreen...
  
  

In video games

• Marcus, a friendly Super-Mutant NPC and Sheriff of Broken Hills, who can be recruited as a companion by the player in Fallout 2
  Fallout 2
  Fallout 2 is a computer role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay in 1998. The game's story takes place in 2241, 80 years after the events of Fallout...
  
  

Government and military

In Ancient Rome

• Marcus Antonius, whose name often is abbreviated as Mark Antony
• Marcus (usurper)
  Marcus (usurper)
  -Career:He was a soldier in Roman Britain who was proclaimed emperor by the army there some time in 406. He may have risen to power as a reaction to the increasing raids from abroad at a time when the Empire was withdrawing troops from its distant provinces like Britain to protect its heartland...
  
  , emperor from Roman Britain in AD 406
• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
  Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
  Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and defense minister to Octavian, the future Emperor Caesar Augustus...
  
  , Roman statesman and general
• Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman emperor from 98 to 117
• Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to his death
• Marcus Junius Brutus
  Marcus Junius Brutus
  Marcus Junius Brutus , often referred to as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic. After being adopted by his uncle he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, but eventually returned to using his original name...
  
  , Roman patrician of the late Roman Republic
• Marcus Licinius Crassus
  Marcus Licinius Crassus
  Marcus Licinius Crassus was a Roman general and politician who commanded the right wing of Sulla's army at the Battle of the Colline Gate, suppressed the slave revolt led by Spartacus, provided political and financial support to Julius Caesar and entered into the political alliance known as the...
  
  , Roman general and politician who suppressed the slave revolt led by Spartacus
• Marcus Opellius Macrinus
• Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and philosopher

In politics

• Markus Buchart
  Markus Buchart
  Markus Buchart is a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was the first leader of the Green Party of Manitoba, serving from 1999 until his resignation in March 2005. He is now a leading spokesperson for the Winnipeg Green Party...
  
  , Manitoba politician
• Markus Drake, Finnish Green League politician who belongs to the Finland-Swedish community
• Markus Feldmann
  Markus Feldmann
  Markus Feldmann was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council .He was elected to the Federal Council on December 13, 1951 and died in office on November 3, 1958...
  
  , Swiss politician
• Markus Ferber
  Markus Ferber
  Markus Ferber is a German politician andMember of the European Parliament for Bavariawith the Christian Social Union in Bavaria,Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sits on...
  
  , German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Bavaria with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria
• Marcus Garvey
  Marcus Garvey
  Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League...
  
  , Jamaican/African-American activist
• Markus Pieper
  Markus Pieper
  Markus Pieper is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.-References:...
  
  , German politician and Member of the European Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia

Sports

• Marcus Allbäck
  Marcus Allbäck
  Marcus Christian Allbäck , is a Swedish legend and coach, who currently is assistant coach for the Sweden national football team and plays as striker for the Division 1 Södra club Örgryte IS. He is a well-travelled striker known for his sharp finishing ability...
  
  , Swedish football player
• Marcus Allen
  Marcus Allen
  Marcus LeMarr Allen is a former American football player and, until recently, was affiliated with CBS as a game analyst. As a professional, Allen ran for 12,243 yards and caught 587 passes for 5,412 yards during his career for both the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1982 to 1997...
  
  , Hall of Fame football player, USC Trojans from 1978–1981, Los Angeles Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs from 1982–1997
• Marcus Aurelio
  Marcus Aurelio
  Marcus Aurélio Martins is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He formerly fought for the PRIDE Fighting Championship and for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  , (born 1973), Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
• Markus Babbel
  Markus Babbel
  Markus Babbel is a former international German football player, who is currently manager of German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England.-Career:...
  
  , German international footballer
• Markus Beyer
  Markus Beyer
  Height 176 cmMarkus Beyer is a German boxer at super middleweight and the former WBC Champion, who resides in Lilienthal, Germany. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the light middleweight division...
  
  , German-born boxer
• Marcus Burt, English-born Cypriot Rugby player.
• Marcus Camby
  Marcus Camby
  Marcus D. Camby is an American professional basketball player, who currently plays for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. He is a former Defensive Player of the Year during the 2006–07 NBA season, leading the league in blocked shots per game...
  
  , American basketball player
• Marcus Cor Von
  Monty Brown
  Monty Brown is an American professional wrestler and former National Football League linebacker, also known as Marcus Cor Von. He is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment, where he wrestled on its ECW brand under the ring name Marcus Cor Von...
  
  , wrestler
• Marcus Vinicius De Morais, Brazilian footballer
• Markus Dieckmann
  Markus Dieckmann
  Markus Dieckmann is a retired professional beach volleyball player from Germany, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he ended up in ninth place in the overall-rankings....
  
  , German beach volleyball player
• Markus Egger
  Markus Egger
  Markus Egger is a retired professional beach volleyball player from Switzerland. Partnering Sascha Heyer he claimed the gold medal at the 2001 European Championships in Jesolo, Italy.-References:...
  
  , Swiss beach volleyball player
• Marcus Grönholm
  Marcus Grönholm
  Marcus "Bosse" Grönholm is a Finnish former rally driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 and 2002. After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to Ford for the 2006 season and placed second in the drivers' world championship, losing the...
  
  , Finnish rally driver
• Markus Grünberger, German goalkeeper
• Markus Halsti
  Markus Halsti
  Markus Halsti is a Finnish football defender who plays for Malmö FF.-In Finland:Starting his career in FC Viikingit before moving to HJK in the Finnish top league in 2003, he debuted in 2004, his 2005 season ended badly with a serious injury near the end of the season, he played for HJK until 2008...
  
  , Finnish footballer
• Markus Heikkinen
  Markus Heikkinen
  Markus "Mako" Heikkinen is a Swedish born, Finnish footballer, who currently plays for SK Rapid Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga...
  
  , Finnish footballer
• Marcus Horan
  Marcus Horan
  Marcus Horan is an Irish rugby union player who plays loose-head-prop for Munster and Ireland.Horan was educated at St. Munchin's College and Limerick Institute of Technology...
  
  , Ireland and Munster rugby player
• Markus Keller
  Markus Keller
  Markus Keller is a retired male athlete from Switzerland, who competed in triathlon. Keller competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took eighteenth place with a total time of 1:50:15.25.-References:*...
  
  , Swiss triathlon athlete
• Marcus Mailei
  Marcus Mailei
  Marcus Anthony Mailei is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2009...
  
  , American football player
• Marcus Mattioli
  Marcus Mattioli
  Marcus Laborne Mattioli is a former international freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Brazil, who participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics, alongside Jorge Fernandes, Cyro...
  
  , Brazilian swimmer
• Markus Mattsson
  Markus Mattsson
  Markus Mattsson is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was one of the first goaltenders in the NHL from Finland. He is also the goalie who ended Wayne Gretzky's 51-game point streak in 1983–84....
  
  , NHL goalie from Finland
• Markus Merk
  Markus Merk
  Dr. Markus Merk is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz in recognition of his service to football and his...
  
  , top-level German football referee
• Markus Näslund
  Markus Näslund
  Sten Markus Näslund is a Swedish ice hockey general manager for Modo Hockey and a retired professional winger. He played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers, as well as in the Elitserien with Modo Hockey...
  
  , Swedish ice hockey player
• Markus Neumayr
  Markus Neumayr
  Markus Neumayr is a German football player who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club AC Bellinzona.-Career:Neumayr started his football career playing for local clubs before moving to Eintracht Frankfurt in 2003 However, within a few months, he was picked up by Manchester United...
  
  , German football player
• Markus Niemelä
  Markus Niemelä
  Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...
  
  , Finnish racing driver
• Marcus Nilson
  Marcus Nilson
  Marcus Nilson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing for Djurgårdens IF of the Elitserien.-Playing career:...
  
  , Swedish ice hockey player.
• Markus Oscarsson
  Markus Oscarsson
  Markus Oscarsson is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....
  
  , Swedish flatwater canoeist and reigning Olympic and world champion
• Markus Paatelainen
  Markus Paatelainen
  Markus Paatelainen is a Finnish football midfielder, who is currently playing alongside his brother Mikko for IFK Mariehamn.He has represented Finland at Under-21 level.-Career:...
  
  , Finnish footballer
• Markus Penz
  Markus Penz
  Markus Penz is an Austrian skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He finished 16th in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....
  
  , Austrian male skeleton racer
• Markus Pröll
  Markus Pröll
  Markus Pröll is a German football goalkeeper who most recently played for Panionios F.C. in Greece.-Club career:He started his professional career with 1. FC Köln before moving to Frankfurt for the 2003–04 season....
  
  , German goalkeeper with Eintracht Frankfurt
• Markus Rogan
  Markus Rogan
  Markus Antonius Rogan is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and a gold medal for 200 m backstroke at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester...
  
  , Austrian swimmer
• Markus Rosenberg
  Markus Rosenberg
  Nils Markus Rosenberg , born 27 September 1982 in Malmö) is a Swedish footballer currently playing for German side Werder Bremen. As of 11 February 2009, Rosenberg, who is nicknamed "Sillen" , has played 30 games and scored six times for the Swedish national team.-Early career:Rosenberg started his...
  
  , Swedish footballer
• Markus Rühl
  Markus Rühl
  Markus Rühl is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. Rühl began training at the age of 19 following a doctor's recommendation after sustaining a knee injury while playing soccer. At 120 lb., Rühl began training hard six days a week until deciding to compete on a professional level four years later...
  
  , German bodybuilder
• Marcus Sandell
  Marcus Sandell
  Marcus Sandell is a Finnish alpine skier. He represents Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...
  
  , Finnish alpine skier
• Marcus Thigpen
  Marcus Thigpen
  Marcus Arnette Thigpen is a professional gridiron football running back and slotback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2009...
  
  , gridiron football player
• Marcus Trescothick
  Marcus Trescothick
  Marcus Edward Trescothick MBE is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals. A left-handed opening batsman, he made his first-class debut for Somerset in 1993 and quickly established...
  
  , English Cricketer
• Marcus Vänttinen
  Marcus Vänttinen
  Marcus Vänttinen is a Finnish professional mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Vänttinen has mostly competed in Finland, most notably for M-1 Global....
  
   (born 1987), Finnish mixed martial arts fighter
• Markus Wasmeier
  Markus Wasmeier
  Markus Wasmeier is a former alpine ski racer.At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he surprisingly won the Giant Slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory....
  
  , double gold medalist at the Winter Olympics of 1994 in Lillehammer.
• Markus Weise
  Markus Weise
  Markus Weise is a German field hockey coach. Since 6 November 2006, he has been Head Coach of the Germany national field hockey team...
  
  , German field hockey player and coach
• Markus Weissenberger
  Markus Weissenberger
  Markus Weissenberger is an Austrian football player.He is a younger brother of former Austria international player Thomas Weissenberger.-Club career:Since 2008 he plays for LASK Linz...
  
  , Austrian football player
• Markus Winkelhock
  Markus Winkelhock
  Markus Winkelhock is a German racing driver, who has taken part in one Formula One Grand Prix, which he briefly led...
  
  , German auto racing driver; son of the late Manfred Winkelhock; nephew of Joachim Winkelhock
• Marcus Williams, American basketball player formerly with the New Jersey Nets
• Marcus Smith
  Marcus Smith
  Marcus Smith may refer to:* Marcus A. Smith, United States Senator from Arizona* Marcus Smith , free agent defensive end* Marcus Smith , wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens...
  
  , American professional boxer

Other occupations

• Marcus (Manichean)
  Marcus (Manichean)
  Marcus was an influential Manichean missionary in Spain in the fourth Century AD....
  
  , missionary in Spain
• Marcus (Marcosian)
  Marcus (Marcosian)
  Marcus was the founder of the Marcosian Gnostic sect in the 2nd century AD. He was a disciple of Valentinus, with whom his system mainly agrees. His doctrines are almost exclusively known to us through a long polemic in Adversus Haereses, in which Irenaeus gives an account of his teaching and his...
  
  , founder of the Marcosians
• Markus J. Buehler
  Markus J. Buehler
  Markus J. Buehler is an American materials scientist and engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He joined MIT in 2005 and is currently a faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he directs the Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics...
  
  , American materials scientist
• Marcus du Sautoy
  Marcus du Sautoy
  Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy OBE is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, and Wadham College, he is now a Fellow of New College...
  
  , English mathematician
• Markus Hess
  Markus Hess
  Markus Hess, a German citizen, is best known for his endeavours as a hacker in the late 1980s. Hess was recruited by the KGB to be an international spy with the objective of securing U.S...
  
  , computer prodigy and particularly effective hacker
• Markus Kuhn
  Markus Kuhn
  Markus G. Kuhn is a German computer scientist, currently teaching and researching at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. A graduate of the University of Erlangen , he received his MSc at Purdue University and PhD at the University of Cambridge...
  
  , German computer scientist
• Markus Jakobsson, Swedish computer security researcher and entrepreneur
• Markus Mosse
  Markus Mosse
  Markus Mosse was a German physician....
  
  , German physician
• Markus Persson
  Markus Persson
  Markus Alexej Persson is a Swedish indie game developer and founder of Mojang AB. He is best known for creating the sandbox building game Minecraft.- Biography :...
  
  , Swedish indie game developer
• Marcus Schenkenberg
  Marcus Schenkenberg
  Marcus Lodewijk Schenkenberg van Mierop better known as Marcus Schenkenberg, , is a Swedish model of Dutch and Indonesian descent. He was born in Solna and has dual citizenship of both Sweden and the Netherlands...
  
  , Swedish male supermodel
• Markus Nissa Weiss
  Markus Nissa Weiss
  Markus Nissa Weiss, Hungarian advocate of Reform. In 1792 he had a small business at Pest, and in 1794 he leased an estate near Munkács, where his oppressions gave rise to complaints among the Galician Jews. In 1802 he published a pamphlet entitled "Der Jude wie Er Ist," in which he pleaded with...
  
  , Hungarian advocate of reform
• Markus Wolf
  Markus Wolf
  Markus Johannes "Mischa" Wolf was head of the General Intelligence Administration , the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security . He was the MfS's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War...
  
  , former head of the General Reconnaissance Administration

Surname

• David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus
  Mickey Marcus
  David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus was a United States Army colonel who assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and who became Israel's first general . He was killed by friendly fire, when he was mistaken for an enemy infiltrator while returning to Israeli positions at night.Marcus is the best...
  
   (1901–1948), American jurist and colonel
• Eveline Agnes du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1901–1990), malacologist
• Ernst Gustav Gotthelf Marcus (Ernesto), 1893–1968, malacologist
• Gary Marcus
  Gary Marcus
  Gary F. Marcus is a research psychologist whose work focuses on language, biology, and the mind. Dr. Marcus is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at New York University and Director of the NYU Infant Language Center...
  
  , research psychologist and author
• Greil Marcus
  Greil Marcus
  Greil Marcus is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a much broader framework of culture and politics than is customary in pop music journalism.-Life and career:Marcus was born in San Francisco...
  
  , American author
• George Marcus
  George Marcus
  George Marcus is an American anthropologist, founder of the journal and editor of the series.-Biography:Marcus served as the Joseph D. Jamail Professor at Rice University, where he chaired the anthropology department for 25 years...
  
  , American anthropologist
• Jacob Rader Marcus
  Jacob Rader Marcus
  Jacob Rader Marcus was a scholar of Jewish history and a Reform rabbi. Born in New Haven, Pennsylvania, United States, into a traditional Jewish family, Marcus became interested in Reform Judaism at the age of 15. At that time, he travelled to Hebrew Union College , in Cincinnati, Ohio, to begin...
  
  , US reform rabbi
• Jan Marcus (Jacob) (1702–1750), malacologist from Netherlands
• Joan Marcus
  Joan Marcus
  Joan Marcus is a theatrical photographer based in Manhattan, New York, USA.Marcus was educated at George Washington University in Washington, D.C....
  
  , American theatrical photographer
• Ken Marcus
  Ken Marcus
  Ken Marcus is an American photographer, known for his glamour photography with Penthouse and Playboy magazines. For over 30 years he has produced hundreds of centerfolds, editorials, album covers, and advertisements. His work is shown in galleries, published in books and magazines...
  
  , American photographer
• Lauren Marcus
  Lauren Marcus
  Lauren Marcus is an American stage actress. She defined the leading roles of Patty Jenkins, the "frightfully nosey" cheerleader in Joe Iconis' musical, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, and Hope Horrishall in Rich Espey's drama Hope's Arbor...
  
  , American actress
• Rudolph A. Marcus
  Rudolph A. Marcus
  Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus is a Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer. Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron outer-sphere electron transfer.He was born in...
  
  , chemist and Nobel Prize winner
• Siegfried Marcus
  Siegfried Marcus
  Siegfried Samuel Marcus was a German-born Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer.Marcus was born in Malchin in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He moved to Vienna, the capital of the Austrian Empire, in 1852....
  
   (1831–1898), German-Austrian inventor

Markus

• Hazel Rose Markus
  Hazel Rose Markus
  Hazel Markus is a prominent social psychologist. In 1975, she received her PhD from the University of Michigan, and later became one of the university’s faculty members. During her time at the University of Michigan, she was a research scientist at the Institute for Social Research...
  
  , American psychologist
• Kurt Markus
  Kurt Markus
  Kurt Markus, self-taught American photographer, was born in rural Montana. Markus is a nationally and internationally published photographer of "unique vision." He has won major awards for his editorial, advertising, and personal work...
  
  , American photographer
• Louis Marcoussis
  Louis Marcoussis
  Louis Marcoussis, formerly Ludwik Kazimierz Wladyslaw Markus or Ludwig Casimir Ladislas Markus, was a painter and engraver of Polish origin who lived in Paris for much of his life and became a French citizen.After studying law briefly in Warsaw he went to the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, where his...
  
  , former name Ludwik Kazimierz Wladyslaw Markus, Polish-born French painter and engraver
• Louise Markus
  Louise Markus
  Louise Elizabeth Markus , Australian federal politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, initially elected to represent the seat of Greenway in western Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election...
  
  , Australian politician
• Rixi Markus
  Rixi Markus
  Rixi Markus MBE was an Austrian and British international contract bridge player. She won five world titles, and was the first woman to become a World Grand Master within the World Bridge Federation...
  
  , Austrian and later British bridge player

Márkus

• Erzsébet Márkus
  Erzsébet Márkus
  Erzsébet Márkus-Peresztegi is a retired female weightlifter from Hungary. She became an Olympic medalist during the 2000 Summer Olympics when she won the silver medal in the women's – 69 kg class....
  
  , Hungarian weightlifter
• György Márkus
  György Márkus
  György Márkus is a Hungarian philosopher, a student of Lukács and a member of the "Budapest School" of socialist philosophy. He completed his philosophical training at Lomonosov University in Moscow in 1957...
  
  , Jewish Hungarian philosopher
• Robert Markuš
  Robert Markuš
  Robert Markuš is a Serbian chess Grandmaster.His current FIDE rating is 2606 and he is a member of Novi Sad Chess Club....
  
  , Serbian chess Grandmaster

See also

• Marcus (praenomen)
  Marcus (praenomen)
  Marcus is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was one of the most common names throughout Roman history. The feminine form is Marca or Marcia. The praenomen was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gens Marcia, as well as the cognomen Marcellus...
  
  
• Mark (given name)
  Mark (given name)
  Mark is a common male given name and is derived from old Latin "Mart-kos", which means "consecrated to the god Mars". Marcus was one of the three most common given names in Ancient Rome. See Roman given names.-Acting:* Mark A...
  
  
• Marcus Vinicius
  Marcus Vinicius
  Marcus Vinicius was a Roman consul and, as husband of Julia Livilla, grandson-in-law of the emperor Tiberius. He was the son and grandson of two consuls, Publius Vinicius and Marcus Vinicius ....