Marcel (given name)

Marcel (given name)
Marcel is an Occitan form of the Ancient Roman origin male given name Marcellus, which in Latin means "Belonging to Mars". The feminine counterpart of the name is Marcelle. It is used predominantly in France, Monaco, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Canada and partially in Poland and Romania. It may refer to:
In the arts
Marcel (singer) (Marcel Francois Chagnon) (born 1975), American country music singer and songwriter known by the singular name, Marcel
Marcel Achard (1899–1974), French playwright and screenwriter
Marcel Aymé (1902–1967), French author, screenwriter and playwright
Marcel Breuer (1902–1981), Hungarian-born American modernist, architect and furniture designer
Marcel Broodthaers (1924–1976), Belgian poet, artist and filmmaker
Marcel Camus (1912–1982), French film director
Marcel Carné (1906–1996), French film director
Marcel Dadi (1951–1996), French guitarist and songwriter
Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), French-American artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements
Marcel Dupré (1886–1971), French organist, pianist, composer and pedagogue
Marcel Dzama (born 1974), Canadian artist known for small-scale ink and watercolor drawings
Marcel Everett (born 1995), American electronic musician better known as XXYYXX
Marcel Gotlib (1934–2016), French comics artist
Marcel Theo Hall (1964–2021), American rapper better known by his stage name Biz Markie
Marcel Iureș (born 1951), Romanian actor
Marcel Janco (1895–1984), Israeli painter and architect
Marcel Jouhandeau (1888–1979), French writer
Marcel Keßen (born 1997), German basketball player
Marcel Khalife (born 1950), Lebanese composer, singer and oud player
Marcel L'Herbier (1888–1979), French filmmaker
Marcel Moyse (1889–1984), French flutist
Marcel Mule (1901–2001), French classical saxophonist
Marcel Neels (1922–2016), Belgian cartoonist known as "Marc Sleen"
Marcel Olinescu (1896–1992), Romanian engraver
Marcel Pagnol (1895–1975), French novelist, playwright and filmmaker
Marcel Khalife (born 1950), Lebanese-French composer, singer and oud player
Marcel Marceau (1923–2007), French mime artist and actor
Marcel Martí (1925–2010), Argentine-born sculptor of Catalan descent
Marcel Poot (1901–1988), Belgian composer and music educator
Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French novelist, essayist, and critic
Marcel Rodríguez-López (born 1984), member of The Mars Volta and younger brother of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Marcel Romanescu (1897–1956), Romanian poet
Marcel Schwob (1867–1905), Jewish French symbolist writer
Marcel Simon (actor) (1872-1958), Belgian actor
Marcel Vaid, (born 1967) Swiss film composer
In sports
Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder
Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian striker
Marcel (footballer, born 1983), Marcel Silva Cardoso, Brazilian left back
Marcel (footballer, born 1992), Marcel Henrique Garcia Alves Pereira, Brazilian midfielder
Marcel Balkestein (born 1981), Dutch field hockey player
Marcel Barthel (born 1990), German professional wrestler
Marcel "Marco" van Basten (born 1964), Dutch football player and coach
Marcel Buysse (1889–1939), Belgian racing cyclist
Marcel Cerdan (1916–1949), French pied noir world boxing champion
Marcel Comeau (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey coach and NHL executive
Marcel Coraș (born 1959), Romanian footballer
Marcell Dareus (born 1990), NFL defensive tackle
Marcel Desailly (born 1968), French footballer
Marcel Dionne (born 1931), Canadian ice hockey player
Marcel Dost (born 1969), retired decathlete from the Netherlands
Marcel Felder (born 1984), Uruguayan tennis player
Marcel Henrique Garcia Alves Pereira (born 1992), Brazilian footballer known as Marcel
Marcel Goc (born 1983), German professional ice hockey player
Marcel Granollers (born 1986), Spanish tennis player
Marcel Hirscher (born 1989), Austrian alpine skier
Marcel Hossa (born 1981), Slovak professional ice hockey player
Marcell Jansen (born 1985), German footballer
Marcel Kint (1914–2002), Belgian racing cyclist
Marcel Kittel (born 1988), German racing cyclist
Marcel Nguyen (born 1987), Vietnamese-German gymnast
Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian football player
Marcel Ponitka (born 1997), Polish basketball player
Marcel Sabitzer (born 1994), Austrian footballer
Marcel Schäfer (born 1984), German footballer
Marcel Schmelzer (born 1988), German footballer
Marcel Seip (born 1982), Dutch footballer
Marcel Spears Jr. (born 1997), American football player
Marcel Toader (1963–2019), Romanian rugby union player
Marcel Wouda (born 1972), Dutch swimmer
Marcel Wyss (born 1986), Swiss road cyclist
In other fields
Marcel Alessandri (1895–1968), French Army general
Marcel Berlins (1941–2019), Anglo-French lawyer, legal commentator, broadcaster, and columnist
Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (1847–1907), French geologist
Marcel Bich (1914–1994), French manufacturer of ballpoint pens
Marcel Bigeard (1916–2010), French Army general
Marcel Bouyer (1920–2000), French politician
Marcel Cachin (1869–1958), Breton politician, director of the communist newspaper L'Humanité
Marcel Carpentier (1895–1977), French Army general
Marcel Ciolacu (born 1967), Romanian politician
Marcel Déat (1894-1955), French socialist turned fascist politician
Marcel Desjardins (1941–2003), Canadian journalist, news editor and director
Marcel Dinu (born 1935), Romanian diplomat
Marcel Dassault (1892–1986), French aircraft industrialist
Marcel Deprez (1843–1918), French electrical engineer
Marcel Deviq (1907–1972), French engineer, businessman, and politician
Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser who pioneered the use of hair irons
Marcel Griaule (1898–1956), French anthropologist
Marcel Grossmann (1878–1936), Hungarian-Swiss mathematician
Marcel Gumbs (born 1953), Dutch Prime Minister of Sint Maarten
Marcel Ichac (1906–1994), French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director
Marcel Lefebvre (1905–1991), French Roman Catholic archbishop
Marcel Mauss (1872–1950), French ethnologist
Marcel Minnaert (1893–1970), Dutch astronomer of Flemish origin
Marcel Olteanu (1872–1943), Romanian general
Marcel Ophüls (born 1927), German-born American documentary film maker
Marcel Pauker (1896–1938), Romanian communist militant
Marcel Peyrouton (1887–1983), French diplomat and politician.
Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889–1958), Swiss politician
Marcel Rayman (1923−1944), Polish Jew in the FTP-MOI group of French resistance fighters during World War II
Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013), Polish-born German literary critic
Marcel Renault (1871 or 1872–1903), French racing car driver and industrialist
Marcel Riesz (1886–1969), Hungarian-born Swedish mathematician
Marcel Toussaint Terfve (1893–1918), Belgian corporal
Marcel Trillat (1940–2020), French journalist and documentary filmmaker
Marcel Vigneron (born 1980), American chef and television personality
Marcel Vonk, Dutch poker player and physicist
Marcel Vos, Dutch YouTuber
In fiction
Marcel, a villain in the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Marcel, Ross Geller's pet monkey in the television series Friends
Marcel, a fictional marketer in the music video of "Best Song Ever" by One Direction
Marcel, a villager in the video game series Animal Crossing
Marcel Gerard, a character in The Originals
Marcel Galliard, a character in the Attack on Titan manga and anime.
Marcel, a one inch tall shell that stars in the 2010 Youtube series of short films Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (short film series) and 2021 feature-length film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film)
See also
French masculine given names
Romanian masculine given names
Catalan masculine given names
Dutch masculine given names
Masculine given names
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