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