Marc (given name)
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| Name | |
| Gender: | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin: | Latin |
| Meaning: | Marcus Romano |
Marc is a western European forename, a variation on the Roman name 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.
Marc is the first name of the following:
- Marc Alexandre, French judoka
- Marc Andreessen, chair of Opsware
- Marc Anthony, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
- Marc Bell, Canadian absurdist cartoonist
- Marc Blitzstein, American composer
- Marc Blucas, American actor
- 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, French rugby union player and convicted murderer
- Marc Chagall, Jewish painter who was born in Belarus
- Marc Copland, American jazz pianist
- Marc Ellis, an All Black rugby player
- Marc Garneau, a Canadian astronaut
- Marc-André Hamelin, French-Canadian pianist.
- Marc Hempel, American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman
- 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 Singer, Canadian actor, best known for his role as Dar(The Beastmaster) in the film The Beastmaster and it's sequels and Mike Donovan in miniseries V, V: The Final Battle and V: The Series.
- Marc van Roon, Dutch jazz pianist and improvising musician
- Marc Waldie, American volleyball player
