Marcellus (name)

Marcellus is a masculine given name and a surname, which comes from the Roman god of war Mars.

Given name

Notable people with the name include:

• Marcellus, character in William Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet
• Marcus Claudius Marcellus (42–23 B.C.), nephew of Augustus
• Marcus Claudius Marcellus (fl. 3rd century B.C.), Roman consul and military leader
  • Claudii Marcelli, any men from his clan branch of gens Claudia
• Marcellus (magister equitum) (4th century), General in Gaul appointed by Constantuis II
• Marcellus (brother of Justin II) (fl. late 6th century), Byzantine aristocrat and general
• Marcellus (comes excubitorum) (fl. 6th century), commander of the Excubitors
• Marcellus (general under Justinian I) (fl. 530s), Byzantine general
• Marcellus (usurper) (died 366), Roman general
• Marcellus (prefect of Judea) (fl. 30s), mentioned in Josephus
• Marcellus of Ancyra (died c. 374), bishop
• Marcellus Bailey (1840–1921), American patent attorney
• Marcellus Flemming Berry, inventor
• Marcellus Boss (1901–1967), Governor of Guam
• Marcellus Bowman (born 1988), Canadian football player
• Frank Marcellus Boyce (1851–1931), American physician
• Marcellus of Capua (fl. 3rd or 4th century), martyr
• Alonzo Marcellus Carroll (1894–1962), American football player
• Marcellus H. Chiles (1895–1918), American Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Cassius Marcellus Clay (disambiguation)
• Marcellus Jerome Clarke (1844–1865), American Civil War soldier and guerrilla
• Marcellus Coffermans (1520–1578), Flemish painter
• Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844–1934), American artist
• Marcellus M. Crocker (1830–1865), American Civil War general
• Marcellus Hartley Dodge (disambiguation)
• Marcellus Dorwin (1861–1925), American politician
• Marcellus Douglass (died 1862), American Civil War soldier
• Marcellus Gilmore Edson (1849–1940), Canadian inventor
• Marcellus Emants (1848–1923), Dutch novelist
• Marcellus Empiricus (fl. late 4th and early 5th centuries), Latin medical writer
• Marcellus, Archbishop of Esztergom (fl. 1095–1124)
• Marcellus Gallio, character in the Lloyd C. Douglas novel The Robe
• Marcellus Gomes (born 1961), Indian field hockey player
• William Marcellus Goodrich (1777–1833), American organ builder
• Marcellus Greene (born 1957), American football player
• Marcellus Hall, American artist and musician
• Marcellus Hartley (1827–1902), American arms dealer
• Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797–1856), French-American educator
• William Marcellus Howard (1857–1932), American politician
• John Marcellus Huston (1906–1987), American film director
• Marcellus Jones (1830–1900), American Civil War soldier
• Marcellus L. Joslyn (1873–1963), American businessman
• James Marcellus Kendrick (1893–1941), American football player
• George Marcellus Landers (1813–1895), American politician
• Marcellus Laroon (1653–1702), Dutch painter
• Marcellus Laroon the Younger (1679–1772), English painter
• Laurence Marcellus Larson (1868–1938), Norwegian-born American educator
• Joseph Marcellus McWhorter (1828–1913), American lawyer
• Nathan Marcellus Moore (born 1965), English musician
• Marcellus Deming Nave (born 1880; death date unknown), American college football coach
• Marcellus Neal (1868–1939), first African-American graduate of Indiana University
• Marcellus de Niveriis (died 1460 or 1462), German Franciscan
• Marcellus Orontius (fl. 3rd century), neoplatonist and disciple of Plotinus
• John Marcellus Richter (1873–1927), American baseball player
• Marcellus Rivers (born 1978), American football player
• Marcellus of Side (fl. 2nd century), Greek poet
• Marcellus Stearns (1839–1891), American politician
• Robert Marcellus Stewart (1815–1871), Governor of Missouri
• Marcellus Augustus Stovall (1818–1895), American Civil War soldier
• Marcellus of Tangier (c. mid 3rd century – 298), martyr
• Marsellus Wallace, a character in the movie Pulp Fiction
• Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (1824–1890), American Civil War general
• Marcellus Wiley (born 1974), American football player
• Cal Marcellus Young (1871–1957), American college football coach
• Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus, any of several members of the gens Claudia
• Pope Marcellus (disambiguation)
• Pseudo-Marcellus, author of the Passio sanctorum Petri et Pauli

Surname

• Abercius Marcellus (died c. 167), Roman bishop
• Gaius Claudius Marcellus (disambiguation)
• Granius Marcellus (fl. 15), Roman politician
• John Marcellus, American musician
• John Plummer Marcellus (1838–1932), Canadian politician
• Lucius Neratius Marcellus (fl. 1st and 2nd century), Roman consul
• Marcus Asinius Marcellus (fl. 1st century), Roman consul
• Marcus Claudius Marcellus (disambiguation)
• Marcus Vitorius Marcellus (c. 60 - after 105), Roman politician
• Nawoon Marcellus, Haitian politician
• Nonius Marcellus (fl. 4th or 5th century), Roman grammarian
• Robert Marcellus (1928–1996), American classical clarinetist
• Sextus Varius Marcellus (c. 165 – c. 215), Roman politician
• Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus (died 79), Roman politician
• Ulpius Marcellus (fl. 2nd Century), Roman governor and general
• Ulpius Marcellus (son) (fl. 211–212), latest-recorded governor of Britannia

Variants

• Marcus
• Martin
• Mario
• Marianus

See also

• Marcel, given name
• Marcelo, given name
• Marcello, given name
• Marsalis, surname
• Marselis, surname