Marc (given name)
| Name |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Origin: |
Latin |
| Meaning: |
Marcus Romano |
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Marc is a western European forename (typically French and Catalan), a variation on the Roman name Marcus (name). This version, originally the Latin form, is spelled in the Latin manner, using a 'c'.
This variation is becoming increasingly common in the United Kingdom and United States.
Marc is the first name of the following:
- Marc Alexandre, French judoka
- Marc Almond, English artist and one half of Soft Cell
- Marc Andreessen, chair of Opsware
- Marc Andreu, French rugby union player
- Marc Anthony, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
- Marc Bell, drummer for The Ramones
- Marc Bell, Canadian absurdist cartoonist
- Marc Blitzstein, American composer
- Marc Blucas, American actor
- Marc Bolan (1947–1977), 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 Cohn, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter
- Marc Ecko, American entrepreneur
- Marc Ellis, an All Black rugby player
- Marc Emery, Canadian politician and marijuana advocate
- Marc Gagnon, Canadian athlete and Olympian
- Marc Garneau, 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 Janko, Austrian footballer
- Marc Kudisch, American stage actor
- Marc "Animal" MacYoung, American author
- Marc Mero (born 1960), American professional wrestler
- 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 its sequels and Mike Donovan in miniseries V, V: The Final Battle and V: The Series.
- Marc Summers, American TV host
- Marc van Roon, Dutch jazz pianist and improvising musician
- Marc Waldie, American volleyball player
See also