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Marshal Law

Marshal Law, satirical comic series and character by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill, debuted in Epic Comics' 1987 six-issue miniseries; a superpowered hero-hunter, ex-soldier Joe Gilmore of San Futuro, later published by Apocalypse, Dark Horse, and DC.

Marshal of France

Marshal of France (maréchal de France), France's highest military dignity since 1627, a distinction rather than a rank, awarded by special law; restored by Napoleon in 1804, revived 1916, last conferred posthumously on Koenig in 1984.

Marshal of the Empire

Marshal of the Empire (Marechal d'Empire), also Marshal of France: highest dignity Napoleon granted 26 generals of the First French Empire from May 1804 to 1815; a civilian honor with corps command, baton, and court rank.

Marshal of the Sejm

The Marshal of the Sejm (Marszałek Sejmu) is the speaker of the Sejm, Poland's lower parliamentary chamber, who also substitutes for the President when needed.

Marshal of the Soviet Union (Маршал Советского Союза)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (Маршал Советского Союза), the highest military rank of the USSR 1935–1991, established 22 September 1935, first held by Voroshilov, Tukhachevsky, Yegorov, Budyonny, and Blyukher; awarded 41 times, including to five political figures.

Marshal of the United States Supreme Court

Marshal of the United States Supreme Court: the Court's own appointed officer (not the U.S. Marshals Service), created by the 1867 statute, serving as chief security officer, building superintendent, disbursing officer, and courtroom crier; Gail Curley has held the post since June 2021.

Marshal Yanda

Marshal Yanda (born 1984, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a former NFL offensive guard who spent all 13 seasons (2007-2019) with the Baltimore Ravens, earning 8 Pro Bowls, 2 first-team All-Pro honors, and Super Bowl XLVII; a 2026 Hall of Fame finalist.

Marshall (film)

Marshall (film) is a 2017 American biographical legal drama directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall, who defends a black chauffeur in Connecticut.

Marshall A. Lichtman

Marshall A. Lichtman (born 1934) is an American hematologist who spent his career at the University of Rochester, led its hematology unit and medical school, and co-edited Williams Hematology.

Marshall Allen

Marshall Allen, born Marshall Belford Allen in 1924, is an American jazz saxophonist who joined the Sun Ra Arkestra in 1958 and has led it since 1995.

Marshall Allman

Marshall Allman (Marshall Scot Allman), born 1984 in Austin, Texas, is an American actor known for L.J. Burrows on Prison Break and Tommy Mickens on True Blood, plus lead roles in Blue Like Jazz and The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle.

Marshall Amplification

Marshall Amplification, also Marshall Amps, is the British guitar amplifier maker founded by Jim and Terry Marshall in Hanwell, London in 1962, known for the JTM45, the Marshall stack, and the JCM800; since 2023 it forms part of Sweden-based Marshall Group, majority-owned by HSG since 2025.

Marshall and Ross Von Erich

Marshall and Ross Von Erich, sons of Kevin Von Erich, are a third-generation American tag team who held the MLW World Tag Team Championship and later wrestled for AEW and Ring of Honor.

Marshall Applewhite

Marshall Herff Applewhite (1931–1997) was an American religious leader who, with Bonnie Lu Nettles, cofounded Heaven's Gate and died with 38 followers in a mass suicide in March 1997.

Marshall Archipelago

Marshall Archipelago (Republic of the Marshall Islands, RMI): western Pacific group of 29 atolls, five low coral islands and 1,151 islets; 113 km2 land, capital Majuro, Compact of Free Association with the United States, low-lying atoll nation facing sea level rise.

Marshall Avery Howe

Marshall Avery Howe (1867–1936) was an American botanist and authority on liverworts and North American marine algae who led the New York Botanical Garden from 1935 until his death.

Marshall B. Standing

Marshall B. Standing, also known as Marshall Burton Standing, was an American petroleum reservoir engineer at Standard Oil of California, now Chevron, known for the Standing correlations.

Marshall Bell

Marshall Bell (Archibald Marshall Bell, born 1942), American character actor from Tulsa, Oklahoma; film debut Birdy (1984); known for George/Kuato in Total Recall, Stand by Me, Starship Troopers; husband of designer Milena Canonero.

Marshall Bern

Marshall Bern is an American computer scientist who co-founded Protein Metrics, whose Byonic software identifies proteins from mass-spectrometry data, after earlier work at Xerox PARC.

Marshall Burke

Marshall Burke is a Stanford economist who studies how climate change, air pollution, and poverty affect human outcomes using satellite data and machine learning, and co-founded AtlasAI.

Marshall Court

The Marshall Court (1801–1835), under Chief Justice John Marshall, the longest-serving Chief Justice, established judicial review in Marbury v. Madison, federal supremacy in McCulloch v. Maryland, the commerce power in Gibbons v. Ogden, and the Marshall Trilogy of federal Indian law.

Marshall Crenshaw

Marshall Crenshaw (born 1953, Detroit) is an American power-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist behind "Someday, Someway" (1982 Top 40), the Gin Blossoms' "Til I Hear It from You," and the films La Bamba and Walk Hard.

Marshall D. Gates, Jr.

Marshall D. Gates, Jr. was an American organic chemist at the University of Rochester, first to synthesize morphine in the laboratory in 1952 and later editor-in-chief of JACS.

Marshall D. Lindheimer

Marshall D. Lindheimer is an emeritus professor at the University of Chicago known for research on the kidney and hypertension in pregnancy, and chief editor of Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy.

Marshall Dill

Marshall Dill (born 1952) is an American sprinter from Detroit Northern High School and Michigan State; 1971 Pan Am Games 200m silver medallist, 1974 indoor 300-yard dash world record holder at 29.3.

Marshall E. Kadin

Marshall E. Kadin is an American dermatopathologist and hematopathologist known for work on Hodgkin's disease, lymphomatoid papulosis, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and for describing erythrophagocytic Tγ lymphoma in 1981.

Marshall Efron

Marshall Efron (1938–2019), American actor and humorist of PBS's The Great American Dream Machine and CBS's Illustrated, Simplified and Painless Sunday School; also a Pacifica Radio satirist and voice actor.

Marshall Eriksen

Marshall Eriksen is a fictional character on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014), played by Jason Segel. A Minnesota-born Columbia Law graduate married to Lily Aldrin, he moves from corporate law to environmental law at Honeywell & Cootes and finally a judgeship, and was based on UCLA professor Noah Garrison.

Marshall Faulk

Marshall Faulk, NFL running back (Colts 1994-98, Rams 1999-2005), 2000 MVP, 12,279 rushing and 6,875 receiving yards, first with four straight 2,000-yard scrimmage seasons, Hall of Fame 2011.

Marshall Field's

Marshall Field's (Marshall Field & Company), Chicago's flagship department store from 1881, famed for its State Street store, Walnut Room, Christmas windows, and Frango Mints, rebranded as Macy's in 2006.