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Marcos de Noronha e Brito
Marcos de Noronha e Brito, eighth Count of Arcos (Conde dos Arcos, 1771–1828), was a Portuguese colonial administrator and the last viceroy of Brazil, serving 1806 to 1808.
Marcos family
The Marcos family is a Philippine political dynasty based in Ilocos Norte that ruled from 1965 to 1986 and returned to the presidency in 2022.
Marcos Galperin
Marcos Galperin is an Argentine businessman, born in Buenos Aires, who co-founded MercadoLibre in 1999, led it as CEO for 26 years, and became Executive Chairman in 2026.
Marcos González‐Gaitán
Marcos González-Gaitán is a cell and developmental biologist, full professor at the University of Geneva, known for work on endocytosis, morphogen gradients, and growth control in Drosophila.
Marcos Guilherme
Marcos Guilherme is a Brazilian right winger born in 1995 who plays for Malaysia's Johor Darul Ta'zim, after coming through the Athletico Paranaense academy and representing Brazil at youth level.
Marcos Llorente
Marcos Llorente Moreno (born 1995, Madrid) is a Spanish midfielder-right-back for Atlético Madrid and Spain, ex-Real Madrid, 2020/21 LaLiga and 2026 World Cup winner, famed for positional versatility.
Marcos Maidana
Marcos "El Chino" Maidana, Argentine boxer from Margarita, Santa Fe; WBA super lightweight and welterweight champion; 35 wins, 31 KOs; famous for the 2013 Broner upset and two 2014 losses to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Marcos Malumbres
Marcos Malumbres is a Spanish cell biologist born in Tudela in 1965 whose work on cell cycle control informed CDK4/6 inhibitors in breast cancer therapy.
Marcos Pérez Jiménez
Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914–2001) was a Venezuelan army officer and dictator who ruled from 1952 until his overthrow in 1958, after spending oil revenue on an unprecedented construction program while suppressing opposition.
Marcos Rigol
Marcos Rigol is a theoretical physicist and Distinguished Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University, known for a 2008 Nature paper showing how isolated quantum systems thermalize.
Marcos Rojo
Marcos Rojo, full name Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo, is an Argentine defender born in 1990 in La Plata who was a runner-up at the 2014 World Cup with Argentina.
Marcos Senna
Marcos Senna (Marcos Antonio Senna da Silva, b. São Paulo 1976), Brazilian-born Spanish defensive midfielder; Villarreal legend with 363 games; won Euro 2008 with Spain (28 caps), first Brazilian-born Spaniard at a World Cup; later New York Cosmos and Villarreal executive.
Marcos Soares
Marcos Soares (Marcos Pinto Rizzo Soares), Brazilian sailor born 1961 in Rio de Janeiro; won 470 class gold with Eduardo Penido at Moscow 1980 with 36.4 points; not the footballer or hurdler of the same name.
Marcos Zapata
Marcos Zapata, also known as Marcos Sapaca Inca, was a Peruvian painter of the Cuzco School, known for his 1753 Last Supper in Cusco Cathedral featuring guinea pig.
Marcosism
Marcosism, the ideology of Ferdinand Marcos (Bagong Lipunan, New Society), framed martial law (1972–1986) as a "democratic revolution" and "constitutional authoritarianism" centered on discipline, technocracy, and crony capitalism, ending with the 1986 uprising and surviving as Marcos-era revisionism.
Marcoule Nuclear Site
The Marcoule Nuclear Site is a French nuclear complex in the Gard department, created in 1955 for France's nuclear deterrent and now a CEA research center.
Marcuise Marak
Marcuise Marak is an Indian politician from Meghalaya and a National People's Party cabinet minister holding the Housing, Public Health Engineering, and Soil and Water Conservation portfolios.
Marcus & Martinus
Marcus & Martinus, Norwegian pop duo of identical twins Marcus and Martinus Gunnarsen (born 2002, Trofors), MGPjr 2012 winners, Melodifestivalen 2024 champions with "Unforgettable", ninth at Eurovision 2024 for Sweden.
Marcus A. Horwitz
Marcus A. Horwitz is an American physician-scientist and Distinguished Professor at UCLA known for defining how Legionella survives inside human cells and for developing tuberculosis vaccines.
Marcus Allen
Marcus Allen, American football running back (USC Trojans, Raiders, Chiefs). 1981 Heisman winner, first 2,000-yard college rusher, Super Bowl XVIII MVP, 1985 NFL MVP, Hall of Fame 2003.
Marcus Altfeld
Marcus Altfeld is a German physician-scientist in viral immunology who studies natural killer cells and HIV, and directs the Leibniz Institute of Virology in Hamburg.
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE), Roman emperor 161–180, last of the Five Good Emperors, Stoic philosopher, author of the Meditations; fought the Marcomannic Wars and the Antonine plague.
Marcus Bent
Marcus Bent is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for nine English clubs on permanent contracts and five more on loan between 1995 and 2011.
Marcus Berg
Marcus Berg (Bengt Erik Marcus Berg, born 1986, Torsby) is a Swedish former centre-forward; 90 caps and 24 goals for Sweden, 2007 Allsvenskan title, Panathinaikos scoring peak, IFK Göteborg assistant coach 2025.
Marcus Bettinelli
Marcus Bettinelli, English goalkeeper born 1992 in Camberwell, London; Fulham academy product with 120 Fulham appearances, later backup at Chelsea (2021-2025) and Manchester City from June 2025; England U21 cap, 0 senior caps.
Marcus Blaze
Marcus Blaze (born 2006) is an American freestyle wrestler from Perrysburg, Ohio; U17 and U20 World champion, Penn State 133-pound NCAA All-American, and 2026 Senior World Team member at 61 kg.
Marcus Bontempelli
Marcus Bontempelli, "The Bont" (born 1995), Western Bulldogs AFL midfielder and captain since 2020; 2016 premiership player, seven-time All-Australian, six-time best and fairest, two-time Brownlow runner-up, drafted pick 4 in 2013.
Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Brigstocke (born 1973, Guildford) is an English comedian, satirist and actor, BBC New Comedian Award winner 1996, Radio 4 regular (The Now Show, Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off), Spamalot's King Arthur, author of God Collar, husband of Rachel Parris.
Marcus Brooks
Marcus Brooks is the pastry chef character on FX's The Bear, created by Christopher Storer and played by Lionel Boyce from 2022. Bread baker at the Original Beef of Chicagoland, trained in Copenhagen in "Honeydew", Emmy-nominated role.
Marcus Buggert
Marcus Buggert is a Swedish immunologist and Associate Professor at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, known for his 2020 Cell study on T cell immunity in mild COVID-19.