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Martua Sitorus

Martua Sitorus is an Indonesian businessman who co-founded Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil refiner, in 1991, and later built the Gama family group with his brother Ganda.

Martuv Vallis

Martuv Vallis is a 250-km-diameter channel system (vallis) on Venus at 23.00°N, 156.00°E, quadrangle V-25, IAU-approved in 1997 and named for a Kyrgyz river deity.

Martviloba

Martviloba (მარტვილობა) is the Georgian hagiographic genre of martyrdom, equivalent to tsameba, and one of the oldest genres of Georgian hagiography. Its first work is the 5th-century Martyrdom of Shushanik.

Marty (film)

Marty (1955 film), Delbert Mann's adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky's teleplay, stars Ernest Borgnine as a lonely Bronx butcher who meets Betsy Blair's schoolteacher; it won the first Palme d'Or and four Oscars including Best Picture.

Marty Balin

Marty Balin (Martyn Jerel Buchwald, 1942–2018), American singer-songwriter who founded Jefferson Airplane in 1965, co-owned the Matrix club, wrote "Miracles" and "Volunteers," sang with Jefferson Starship, and had the 1981 solo hit "Hearts."

Marty Cooksey

Marty Cooksey (Martha Cooksey, born 1954) is an American distance runner who set ratified women's world records at 15 km, 20 km, and the half marathon in 1978-79, won the first Avon international marathon in 1978, and was runner-up to Grete Waitz at the 1978 New York City Marathon.

Marty Feldman

Marty Feldman (Martin Alan Feldman, 1934–1982), British comedy writer, actor, and director, co-writer of Round the Horne and The Frost Report, star of Marty, best known as Igor in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.

Marty Flynn

Marty Flynn is an American politician and Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 22nd district, a Scranton-area seat covering parts of Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.

Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman (born 1962, Washington D.C.), American guitarist: Cacophony shredder with Jason Becker, Megadeth lead guitarist 1990-2000 (Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction), then solo artist and TV celebrity in Japan since 2003; enka-influenced exotic playing style.

Marty Harbin

Marty Harbin is an American Republican politician who has represented District 16 in the Georgia State Senate since 2015, chairing the Insurance and Labor Committee.

Marty Ingels

Marty Ingels (Martin Ingerman, 1936-2015), American comic actor, voice of Pac-Man, co-star of I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, celebrity broker via Ingels Inc., and husband of Shirley Jones from 1977.

Marty Jackley

Marty Jackley is an American Republican attorney serving as Attorney General of South Dakota, holding the office from 2009 to 2019 and again after his 2022 election.

Marty Jannetty

Marty Jannetty (Fredrick Martin Jannetty, born 1960) is an American wrestler, half of The Rockers with Shawn Michaels; two-time AWA tag champion, one-time WWF Intercontinental and Tag Team Champion.

Marty Makary

Marty Makary, or Martin A. Makary, is an American pancreatic surgeon, Johns Hopkins professor, and author who served as the 27th FDA Commissioner from 2025 to 2026.

Marty McFly

Marty McFly is the teenage protagonist of Back to the Future (1985-1990), played by Michael J. Fox; he travels from 1985 to 1955 in Doc Brown's DeLorean and must fix his family's history. Originally cast with Eric Stoltz.

Marty McLaughlin

Marty McLaughlin, also known as Martin McLaughlin, is an American Republican politician in the Illinois House of Representatives from the 52nd district, previously Village President of Barrington Hills.

Marty McSorley

Marty McSorley (Martin James McSorley), Canadian NHL enforcer and defenseman/right wing, 1983-84 to 1999-00; 961 games, 359 points, 3,381 penalty minutes, two Stanley Cups with Edmonton; known for the 1993 illegal-stick penalty and the 2000 Brashear incident.

Marty Nothstein

Marty Nothstein (Martin Wayne Nothstein, "The Blade"), American track cyclist born 1971 in Allentown, Pennsylvania; Olympic match sprint gold at Sydney 2000 and silver at Atlanta 1996, three world titles, later Lehigh County commissioner, congressional candidate, and velodrome executive director.

Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins (Martin David Robinson, 1925–1982) was an American country singer-songwriter famous for "El Paso" and the 1959 album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs; 16 country number ones, two Grammys, Country Music Hall of Fame 1982, and a NASCAR driver.

Marty Sampson

Marty Sampson, born Martin Sampson in 1979, is an Australian worship leader and songwriter who co-founded Hillsong United, wrote widely sung Hillsong songs, and announced in 2019 that he was losing his Christian faith.

Marty Schottenheimer

Marty Schottenheimer (Martin Edward Schottenheimer, 1943-2021), NFL head coach of the Browns, Chiefs, Redskins, and Chargers; 200-126-1 regular season, 5-13 playoffs, Martyball, never reached a Super Bowl.

Marty Scurll

Marty Scurll (Martin Scurll, born 1988), English wrestler, "The Villain"; ROH World TV and IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion, Bullet Club and Villain Enterprises member, ROH lead booker in 2020 until #SpeakingOut allegations ended his top-level career.

Marty Stuart

Marty Stuart (John Marty Stuart, born 1958, Philadelphia, Mississippi): American country and bluegrass singer-guitarist, ex-Lester Flatt and Johnny Cash sideman, six top-ten hits, five Grammys, leader of the Fabulous Superlatives and founder of the Congress of Country Music.

Marty Supreme

Marty Supreme is a 2025 A24 sports comedy-drama directed by Josh Safdie, starring Timothée Chalamet as 1950s table tennis hustler Marty Mauser, loosely based on Marty Reisman; nine Oscar nominations, $70M budget, A24's biggest domestic hit.

Marty Supreme (soundtrack)

Marty Supreme soundtrack: Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) score for Josh Safdie's 1952-set A24 film, released December 25, 2025 on A24 Music, paired with anachronistic 1980s needle drops like Alphaville's Forever Young and Peter Gabriel's I Have the Touch.

Marty Walsh

Marty Walsh (Martin J. Walsh) is a Boston labor leader and politician, known for his service as Mayor of Boston (2014-2021) and US Secretary of Labor.

Marty Wilde

Marty Wilde (Reginald Leonard Smith, born 1939), British rock 'n' roll singer and songwriter, known as Marty Wilde MBE and the pseudonym Shannon. Late-1950s teen idol behind "Endless Sleep" and "Bad Boy"; songwriter of "Kids in America" for Kim Wilde; chart success across eight consecutive decades.

Marty Willson-Piper

Marty Willson-Piper (born 1958, Stockport) is an English guitarist and songwriter, longtime member of Australia's the Church (1980–2013), also of All About Eve, Anekdoten, Noctorum, and MOAT, and a solo artist from In Reflection (1987) to Archaeological Dig Volume 1 (2025).

Marty Young

Marty Young is an American politician, Army National Guard lieutenant colonel and chaplain, and business turnaround executive who is the 2026 Republican nominee for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 6th District.

Martyn Clark

Martyn Clark is a hydrologist and Canada Research Chair at the University of Calgary, known for the CAMELS data set and the FUSE and SUMMA modeling frameworks.