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Mareike Wulf

Mareike Wulf, born 1979, is a German CDU politician who has been a Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education, Family, Seniors, Women and Youth since 2025.

Sep 21, 2026

Marek Basler

Marek Basler is a Czech infection biologist, professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel since 2013, known for his work on the bacterial Type VI secretion system.

Marek Benda

Marek Benda, born 1968 in Prague, is a Czech ODS politician who chairs the party's group in the Chamber of Deputies and is its longest-serving deputy.

Marek Cebula

Marek Cebula is a Polish politician of the Civic Coalition who serves as Voivode of Lubusz Voivodeship and leads its Lubusz structures, having defeated long-time leader Waldemar Sługocki.

Marek Roman Dabrowski (born 1949, Gliwice) is a Polish foil fencer, Olympic team gold medalist at Munich 1972, six-time world championship medalist, and a distinct figure from the motorcycle racer and economist of the same name.

Marek Hamšík

Marek Hamšík, Slovak midfielder born 1987 in Banská Bystrica; Napoli legend 2007–2019 with 121 goals and record appearances, breaking Maradona's 115-goal record; Slovakia's all-time leader in caps (138) and goals (26).

Marek Karbarz

Marek Karbarz, Polish volleyball player born 1950 in Charzewice, Olympic gold medalist Montreal 1976 and 1974 world champion with Hubert Wagner's team; 218 caps, Resovia and Hutnik Kraków player, later coach in France and Poland.

Oct 20, 2026

Marek Kolbowicz

Marek Antoni Kolbowicz, Polish rower born 1971 in Szczecin; five-time Olympian (1996–2012) and 2008 Beijing Olympic champion in the men's quadruple sculls with Wasielewski, Jeliński, and Korol, plus four world titles (2005–2009).

Sep 21, 2026

Marek Michalak

Marek Michalak is a Polish-trained Canadian cell biologist and Distinguished University Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Alberta, known for defining the functions of calreticulin, a calcium-binding chaperone of the endoplasmic reticulum.

Sep 20, 2026

Marek Mlodzik

Marek Mlodzik is a molecular geneticist studying planar cell polarity and Wnt/Frizzled signaling in Drosophila; he chairs Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Marek Petrusewicz

Marek Petrusewicz (1934–1992), Polish breaststroke swimmer from Wrocław, first Polish swimming world record holder (100 m, 1953 and 1954), European silver medalist Turin 1954, Helsinki 1952 Olympian, later Solidarity activist.

Marek Potsinok

Marek Potšinok (Potsinok), Estonian ice hockey forward born 2004 in Tallinn, twin brother of Erik; won 3-on-3 ice hockey gold for Team Green at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics.

Marek Sowa

Marek Sowa (born 1967) is a Polish Civic Coalition politician, a member of the Sejm, vice-chair of the KO club, and marshal of Małopolska Voivodeship from 2010 to 2015.

Sep 21, 2026

Marek W. Urban

Marek W. Urban (born 1953) is a Polish-American polymer and materials scientist who holds an endowed chair at Clemson University and is known for self-healing polymers that repair damage without added chemicals.

Marek Wójcik

Marek Wójcik is a Polish politician of the Civic Platform who serves as Voivode of Silesian Voivodeship, overseeing civil protection funding and regional infrastructure issues.

Marek's disease

Marek's disease, also called fowl paralysis, is a highly contagious viral disease of chickens causing T-cell lymphomas and paralysis; first described in 1907, it is controlled by vaccination.

Marek's disease glycoprotein A

Marek's disease glycoprotein A (gA), the A antigen or gp57-65, is a secreted immunodominant glycoprotein of Marek's disease virus, made from pr47 and pr44 precursors and shed into culture fluid and feathers of infected chickens.

Oct 15, 2026

Marel

Marel was an Icelandic manufacturer of equipment, systems, and software for food processing, founded in Reykjavik in 1983 and acquired by John Bean Technologies in January 2025.

Marella Agnelli

Marella Agnelli, née Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto (1927–2019), Italian aristocrat and style icon, wife of Fiat chief Gianni Agnelli, muse of Avedon, textile designer, and patron of the Pinacoteca Agnelli in Turin.

Oct 15, 2026

Marelli

Marelli is a global automotive parts supplier formed in 2019 from the merger of Japan's Calsonic Kansei and Italy's Magneti Marelli, with about 50,000 employees worldwide.

Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog

Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog (Cane da Pastore Abruzzese Maremmano), also called Maremma Sheepdog: large white Italian livestock guardian dog from Abruzzo and the Tuscan Maremma; unified breed standard 1958, FCI No. 201, guards sheep flocks from wolves and dingoes.

Maren Aardahl

Maren Nyland Aardahl (born 1994, Trondheim) is a Norwegian handball line player for Odense Håndbold; Olympic gold Paris 2024, World Championship 2021, EHF EURO 2022 and 2024, plus beach handball medals.

Maren Lundby

Maren Lundby (Maren Olstad Lundby, born 1994) is a Norwegian retired ski jumper; 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic normal hill champion, overall World Cup winner 2018-2020, 30 World Cup wins, first women's large-hill world champion (2021), retired December 2023.