Marcellus

Marcellus ^[1] may refer to:

People

In Roman history

• A number of men named Marcus Claudius Marcellus, including:
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 287 BC)
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (ca. 268 BC-208 BC), general in the Second Punic War
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 196 BC), son of the last
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC) (died ca. 148 BC), consul before and during the Third Punic War
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 51 BC), opponent of Julius Caesar
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Julio-Claudian dynasty) (42-23 BC), often simply called Marcellus, nephew and son-in-law of the Emperor Augustus
• Marcellus (prefect of Judea) (fl. 30s), mentioned in Josephus
• Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, Roman consul in 50 BC
• Marcellus Empiricus, Latin medical writer
• Nonius Marcellus, Latin grammarian and lexicographer
• Several men named Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus
• Ulpius Marcellus, Roman governor and general
• Marcellus Orontius, 3rd century neoplatonist and disciple of Plotinus
• Marcellus (usurper), 4th century Roman general
• Marcellus (comes excubitorum) (6th century), commander of the Excubitors
• Marcellus (general under Justinian I) (fl. 530s), Byzantine general
• Marcellus (brother of Justin II) (fl. late 6th century), Byzantine aristocrat and general

In Christianity

• Marcellus of Ancyra (d. c. 374), bishop
• Pope Marcellus I, saint
• Pope Marcellus II, Italian pope
• Marcellus of Tangier (Marcellus the Centurion), martyr
• Pseudo-Marcellus, author of the Passio sanctorum Petri et Pauli

In music

• John Marcellus, world-renowned trombone virtuoso and teacher
• Robert Marcellus, American classical clarinetist
• Marcellus Hall, artist and musician

In other fields

• Marcellus, character in William Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet
• Marcellus Boss, 5th Civilian Governor of Guam
• Marcellus Gallio, character in the Lloyd C. Douglas Christian novel The Robe and its 20th Century Fox film adaptation
• Marcellus Stearns, American politician
• Nawoon Marcellus, elected official of the Chamber of Deputies of Haiti from 2001 until 2004
• Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician), nicknamed "The Lion of White Hall". An emancipationist from Madison County, Kentucky, United States.
• Marcellus Wiley, retired American football player

Place names

• Marcellus, Lot-et-Garonne, France

United States

• Marcellus Township, Michigan
  • Marcellus (village), Michigan

• Marcellus (town), New York
  • Marcellus (village), New York

Other uses

• Marcellus Formation, a mapped bedrock unit in eastern North America
• USS Marcellus, a collier in service with the United States Navy from 1898 to 1910.

See also

• Marsalis (disambiguation), a family of American musicians
• Marsellus Wallace, a character in the movie Pulp Fiction
• Marcello
• Marcelo

References