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Martyn Ford (bodybuilder)
Martyn Ford, "The Nightmare" (born 1982, Minworth, Birmingham), English bodybuilder, actor and influencer, 6'8" claimed, ~320 lb; former Warwickshire cricketer; films include Kingsman, F9, Mortal Kombat II; signed with KSW for MMA.
Martyn Goulding
Martyn Goulding is a systems neuroscientist and professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, known for identifying spinal interneurons that set walking rhythm and gate mechanical itch.
Martyn LeNoble
Martyn LeNoble (born 1969, Vlaardingen, Netherlands) is a Dutch bassist, founding member of Porno for Pyros (1992), later Jane's Addiction, The Cult, and Mark Lanegan collaborator; husband of Christina Applegate since 2013.
Martyn Poliakoff
Sir Martyn Poliakoff is a British chemist at the University of Nottingham who pioneered supercritical fluids as cleaner solvents and fronts the Periodic Table of Videos.
Martyn Waghorn
Martyn Thomas Waghorn (born 1990, South Shields) is an English retired centre forward; Sunderland debut at 17, Rangers 2015-17 top scorer, Ipswich, Derby, Coventry; 527 games, 135 goals; retired 13 February 2025.
Martyna Byczkowska
Martyna Byczkowska, Polish film and television actress born 1995 in Gdynia, known as Hania in Skazana, Lena in Absolutni debiutanci, and Aniela in Netflix's 1670; also director of La petite mort.
Martynas Katelynas
Martynas Katelynas is a Lithuanian politician serving as Minister of the Interior, whose tenure is defined by a fourfold rise in irregular migration entering Lithuania through Latvia.
Martynas Yčas
Martynas Yčas (1917–2014) was a Lithuanian-born microbiologist and professor at SUNY Syracuse who worked on the statistical analysis of the genetic code in George Gamow's circle.
Martyr
A martyr is a person who willingly faces death rather than renounce their religion, from the Greek martys, meaning "witness"; the concept is claimed by many traditions.
Martyr!
Martyr! is Kaveh Akbar's 2024 debut novel (Knopf) about Cyrus Shams, a sobering Iranian American poet seeking meaningful death; not to be confused with Mazen Khaled's 2017 Lebanese film Martyr.
Martyrdöd
Martyrdöd is a Swedish crust punk and d-beat band formed in Gothenburg in 2001, blending crust with extreme and black metal and left-wing political lyrics.
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur
The Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (गुरु तेग़ बहादुर शहीदी) was the public beheading of the ninth Sikh Guru in Delhi in November 1675, on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's order.
Martyrdom of the Sahibzadas at Sirhind
The Martyrdom of the Sahibzadas at Sirhind was the 1705 killing of Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh, the two youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh, at Sirhind.
Martyrdom of the Sahibzade at Sirhind
The Martyrdom of the Sahibzade at Sirhind (साहिबज़ादों की शहादत) was the December 1705 execution of Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh, the young sons of Guru Gobind Singh, at Sirhind.
Martyrion at Aphrodisias
Martyrion at Aphrodisias: a triconch Christian martyr shrine at the ancient city of Aphrodisias, Caria, Türkiye, at the northwest end of the basilica; fifth-sixth century monogram capitals were found re-used there, and inscriptions attest a martyrion near the city from the fourth century or later.
Martyrs (2008 film)
Martyrs is a 2008 French-language horror film by Pascal Laugier, released 3 September 2008, starring Mylène Jampanoï and Morjana Alaoui; a New French Extremity cult film about a cult torturing women, remade in 2015.
Martyrs (2015 film)
Martyrs (2015) is the American remake of Pascal Laugier's 2008 French horror film, directed by the Goetz Brothers, starring Troian Bellisario and Bailey Noble, produced with Blumhouse, and critically panned at 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Martyrs of Arad
The Martyrs of Arad, or aradi vértanúk, were thirteen senior officers of the Hungarian revolutionary army executed at Arad on 6 October 1849, now mourned nationally each October 6.
Martyrs of Cordoba
The Martyrs of Cordoba (محنة قرطبة) were a series of executions in which 48 Christians were decapitated in Cordoba, capital of Umayyad al-Andalus, between 850 and 859, most after deliberately blaspheming Muhammad in public.
Martyrs' Day (India)
Martyrs' Day (Shaheed Diwas) in India honors freedom-struggle martyrs on 30 January (Gandhi's 1948 assassination, two-minute silence at 11 AM) and 23 March (1931 hangings of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev).
Martyrs' Game City
شاری یاریی شەهیدان (Martyrs' Game City, Arabic مدينة العاب جمجمال) is a theme park in Chamchamal District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, at 35.519°N 44.813°E, OSM way 612734429; a directory lists it as permanently closed.
Martz (Martian crater)
Martz is a ~97 km diameter impact crater in Terra Cimmeria, Mars, at about 35 degrees south latitude, named in 1973 for American physicist Edwin P. Martz and known for its 1,500 m central peak with gullies.
Maru
Maru is a 1971 novel by the South African-born writer Bessie Head, set in the fictional Botswana village of Dilepe, centered on Tswana prejudice against the Masarwa people.
Maru-Aten
Maru-Aten was a ritual complex with a Sunshade solar temple of the Aten, built under Akhenaten south of Amarna's Main City and associated with his daughter Meritaten.
Marubeni
Marubeni (丸紅) is a Japanese general trading company, or sogo shosha, one of Japan's five big trading houses, with record net profit of ¥543.9 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2026.
Marudhanayagam
Marudhanayagam (மருதநாயகம்) is Kamal Haasan's unfinished Tamil historical epic about 18th-century warrior Muhammad Yusuf Khan, launched in 1997 with Queen Elizabeth II attending and shelved after its British investor withdrew.
Marudu Brothers
The Marudu Brothers (மருது பாண்டியர்), Periya and Chinna Maruthu, were ministers and commanders of Sivaganga who led the South Indian Rebellion of 1801 against the English East India Company.
Maruhan
Maruhan (株式会社マルハン, MARUHAN Corporation) is Japan's largest pachinko parlor operator, founded 1957 by Chang-Woo Han, with 317 parlors, ¥1.5 trillion sales (FY2026), and banking units in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.
Maruja
Maruja (マルージャ): Manchester four-piece (Wilkinson, Buonaccorsi, Carroll, Hayes) fusing post-punk, free jazz and post-hardcore around alto saxophone; EPs Knocknarea, Connla's Well, Tír na nÓg; debut album Pain to Power (2025) on Music for Nations.
Maruko TV Drama (櫻桃小丸子)
Maruko TV Drama (櫻桃小丸子真人版) is a 2017 Taiwanese live-action adaptation of Momoko Sakura's manga Chibi Maruko-chan, directed by Zhang Qin, 30 episodes on CTV from March 13, 2017, with Sakura-approved casting including Jiro Wang as Hanawa, following earlier Fuji TV versions from 2006.