# 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