Marciano is both a surname and a given name. It originates from
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
''Marcianus'' or ''Marcian'' (Saint Marcians) or "Martians" or ''Martianus''. Also from the cult of Roman god
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...
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David Marciano
David Marciano (born January 7, 1960, in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor best known for his roles as Jeffery in '' Civil Wars'' (1991–1993), Detective Raymond Vecchio in the television series '' Due South'', Detective Steve Billing ...
, American actor
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, Brazilian footballer
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Enzo Marciano, Italian conductor, composer, and organist
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Joey Marciano
Joey James Marciano (born January 11, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Dogs of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He played for the Italian national team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Ca ...
, American baseball player
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Luella Marciano
Luella Ichihara Marciano is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and educator serving as the resident executive of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) Indigenous Affairs Office since 2024. She has served as the interim vice chair of the Democrati ...
, Northern Mariana Islander politician and educator
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Ofir Marciano
Ofir Meir Marciano (or Martziano, ; born 7 October 1989) is an Israeli professional association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C., Hapoel Be ...
, Israeli footballer
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Paul Marciano
Paul Marciano (born September 1, 1952) is a Moroccan-American-French fashion designer, businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Guess? Inc; his black-and-white advertisements have won numerous Clio awards. Initially ru ...
, Moroccan fashion designer, and co-founder of Guess? Inc
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Rob Marciano
Robert Mark Marciano (born June 25, 1968) is an American journalist and meteorologist with CBS News. He was employed by ABC News from 2014 until 2024. Marciano provided forecasts for the weekend editions of ''Good Morning America'', a position ...
, American journalist and meteorologist
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Rocky Marciano
Rocco Francis Marchegiano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969; ), better known as Rocky Marciano (, ), was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1952 to 1956, and re ...
, Heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 9/23/1952 to 11/30/1956
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Rosario Marciano, Venezuelan classical pianist, musicologist, and teacher
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Saadia Marciano
Saadia Marciano (; 1 May 1950 – 21 December 2007) was an Israeli social activist and politician, and founder of the Israeli Black Panthers protest movement.
Biography
Born in Oujda, Morocco in 1950, Marciano's family immigrated to Israel befo ...
, Israeli social activist and politician, and founder of the Israeli Black Panthers
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William Marciano William Joseph Marciano (born October 11, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, specializing in elementary particle physics.
Education and career
Marciano graduated with a B.S. and an M.S. in physics at New York University. There he received ...
(born 1947), American theoretical physicist
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Yoram Marciano
Yoram Marciano (; born 31 October 1964) is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party from 2006 to 2009, and again between 2012 and 2013.
Biography
Born in Lod, Marciano was first elected to the Knesset in ...
, Israeli politician
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Marciano Bruma
Marciano van Homoet Bruma (born Marciano van Homoet; 7 March 1984) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Derde Klasse club .
Club career
Barnsley
Van Homoet was signed by Barnsley on 8 June 2007. He was original ...
, Dutch footballer
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Marciano Cantero
Marciano Cantero (born Horacio Eduardo Cantero Hernández, 25 August 1960 – 8 September 2022) was an Argentine musician. He was the lead singer and bassist of Enanitos Verdes, an Argentine pop/rock band.
Biography
Cantero was nine when he f ...
, Argentine singer and musician
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Marciano Guzman
Marciano Malvar Guzman was a Filipino poet, philosopher and certified public accountant. He is also a best-selling author of Catholic books, a winner of the Catholic Mass Media Award. He was also a member of the governing body of Opus Dei in the Ph ...
, Filipino poet, philosopher, and certified public accountant
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Marciano José do Nascimento
Marciano is both a surname and a given name. It originates from Latin ''Marcianus'' or ''Marcian'' (Saint Marcians) or "Martians" or ''Martianus''. Also from the cult of Roman god Mars.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
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, Brazilian footballer
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Marciano Saldías
Marciano Saldías Barba (born April 25, 1966, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a former Bolivian football defender who spent most of his career at Oriente Petrolero.
Club career
Saldías joined Oriente Petrolero in 1984. He along other important ...
, Bolivian footballer
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Marciano Sanca
Marciano Sanca Tchami (born 3 March 2004), simply known as Marciano, is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club UD Almería, and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
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, Bissau-Guinean footballer
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Marciano Vink
Marciano Carlos Alberto Vink (born 17 October 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer. Throughout his career he played primarily as a right defensive midfielder and as a right central defender. Born in Suriname, he played for the Nether ...
, Dutch footballer
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Surnames of Maghrebi Jewish origin
Italian-language surnames
Surnames of Sephardic origin
Spanish-language surnames