Marc
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Gender: | Male |
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Origin: | European |
Meaning: | Unknown |
Marc (or Mark) is a western European forename, a variation on the Roman name Marcus (see List of names derived from Marcus ). This version, originally the French form, is spelled in the Latin manner, using a 'c'.
This variation is becoming increasingly common in the UK and US.
[edit] See Also
Marc is the first name of the following:
- Marc Almond, English singer
- Marc Andreessen, chair of Opsware.
- Marc Antony, the Anglicised version of Marcus Antonius, the Roman statesman.
- Marc Anthony, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter.
- Marc Bell, Canadian absurdist cartoonist.
- Marc Blitzstein, American composer
- Marc Bolan, singer and songwriter for T-Rex.
- Marc Isambard Brunel, French engineer, father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Marc Bulger, American football player
- Marc Canter, well-known figure in the sphere of open standards, social networks and blogging
- Marc Cécillon, former captain of the French rugby union team and convicted murderer
- Marc Chagall, Jewish painter who was born in Belarus
- Marc Coreen, Dutch stand-up comedian
- Marc Copland, American jazz pianist
- Marc Ellis, a former All Black
- Marc-André Hamelin, French-Canadian pianist.
- Marc Hempel, American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman
- Marc Hibbins, musician and disc-jockey
- Marc Hodler, International Olympic Committee member
- Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer
- Marc Kudisch, American stage actor
- Marc Morley, American lacrosse player
- Marc Mozart, German songwriter, record producer and music manager
- Marc Okrand, creator of the Klingon language
- Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer
- Marc Panther, French-Japanese singer and member of the Japanese rock band Globe
- Marc Ravalomanana, president of Madagascar
- Marc Rich, Swiss-based Spanish billionaire who fled the United States in 1983 to live in Switzerland in order to avoid prosecution
- Marc Waldie, American volleyball player
It is the surname of the following:
- Franz Marc (1880–1916), painter.
It may also refer to:
- Marc, a French style of pomace brandy
- MARC, MAchine-Readable Cataloging codes, used for library cataloging
- MARC, a commuter railroad in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area