Marcel (given name)

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Marcel (French: [maʁsɛl], Occitan: [maɾˈsɛl], Catalan: [məɾˈsɛl, maɾ-]) is an Occitan form of the Ancient Roman origin male given name Marcellus, which in Latin means "Belonging to Mars". Used predominantly in France, Monaco, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Canada and partially in 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 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 (born 1925), 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 Vaid, (born 1967) Swiss film composer

In sports[]

In other fields[]

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.

See also[]

  • All pages with titles beginning with Marcel
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