Marvel is both a surname and a given name. Notable people and characters with the name include:
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Andy Marvel
Andrew Marvel (born Andrew Michael Saidenberg, July 2, 1958, New York City) is an American songwriter and record producer based out of New York City. He has written songs for Celine Dion, Diana King, Jessica Simpson and Vitamin C (artist), Collee ...
(born 1958), American songwriter and music producer
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Carl Shipp Marvel
Carl Shipp "Speed" Marvel (September 11, 1894 – January 4, 1988) was an American chemist who specialized in polymer chemistry. He made important contributions to U.S. synthetic rubber program during World War II, and later worked at developing ...
(1894-1988), American polymer chemist
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Elizabeth Marvel
Elizabeth Marvel (born November 27, 1969) is an American actress. Her more prominent roles include Det. Nancy Parras on '' The District'', Solicitor General Heather Dunbar on '' House of Cards'', and President Elizabeth Keane on '' Homeland''. ...
(born 1969), American actress
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James Marvel (born 1993), Baseball pitcher
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John Marvel (1926-2013), American rancher and politician
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Kate Marvel, American climate scientist
Given name
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Marvel (footballer) (Marvelous Antolín Garzón; born 2003), Moroccan born, Spanish association footballer
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Marvel Cooke (1903-2000), African-American journalist, writer and civil rights activist
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Marvel Crosson (1900-1929), American pioneer aviator
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Marvel Ekpiteta (born 1995), English footballer
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M. M. Logan (1874-1939), American politician
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Marilyn Maxwell
Marvel Marilyn Maxwell (August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972) was an American actress and entertainer. In a career that spanned the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War ...
(1921-1972), American actress and entertainer
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Marvel Moreno (1939–1995), Colombian writer
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Marvel Parsons (1914–1952), American rocket engineer, chemist, and thelemite occultist
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Marvel Rea (1901-1937), American silent film actress
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Marvel Smith
Marvel Amos Smith (born August 6, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils. He was se ...
(born 1978), former National Football League offensive tackle
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Marvel Williamson (born 1953), American academic
Fictional characters
* Mr. Thomas Marvel, unwilling assistant of
the Invisible Man
''The Invisible Man'' is an 1897 science fiction novel by British writer H. G. Wells. Originally serialised in '' Pearson's Weekly'' in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a s ...
(1897).
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Captain Marvel (disambiguation) Captain Marvel may refer to:
Comics
* Captain Marvel (DC Comics), several DC characters:
** Billy Batson, the original Captain Marvel, currently called Shazam
** Mary Marvel, called Captain Marvel in ''The Power of Shazam!''
** Captain Marvel Jr., ...
, various comic book superheroes
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Ms. Marvel, a Marvel Comics character
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Marvel Family
The Marvel Family, also known as the Shazam Family (also Shazamily), are a group of superheroes who originally appeared in books published by Fawcett Comics and were later acquired by DC Comics. Created in 1942 by writer Otto Binder and artist M ...
, DC Comics characters
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Mary Marvel
Mary Marvel (also known as Lady Shazam and Mary Shazam) is a fictional character and superheroine originally published by Fawcett Comics and now owned by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze, she first appeared in ''Captain Marvel (DC ...
, a comic book superheroine
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Uncle Marvel
Uncle Marvel (Dudley H. Dudley) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books formerly published by Fawcett Comics and today by DC Comics, who appears in stories about the Marvel Family team of superheroes.
Uncle Marvel has appeared i ...
, originally a Fawcett Comics character, currently owned by DC Comics
* Marvel, also known as Kal AOL, a character who appeared in ''
Marville Marville may refer to:
* ''Marville'' (comics), a Marvel Comics series from the early 2000s
* Marville, Meuse
Marville () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
An airbase built by NATO hosted fighter sq ...
''
* Professor Marvel, the touring magician/fortune teller in MGM's 1939 film ''
The Wizard of Oz
''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1939 American Musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Based on the 1900 novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left pro ...
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Marvel
Marvel may refer to:
Business
* Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company
** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment
** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe
** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...
, a character in ''The Hunger Games''
See also
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Marvelman
''Marvelman'' was a British Golden Age superhero comic book, published by L. Miller & Son in the United Kingdom between 1954 and 1963. The lead character was originally created by Mick Anglo as a replacement for Captain Marvel due to Fa ...
, a British comics character who, for legal reasons, had to change his name to Miracleman
* Marvel Man, a Marvel Comics character now known as
Quasar
A quasar ( ) is an extremely Luminosity, luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN). It is sometimes known as a quasi-stellar object, abbreviated QSO. The emission from an AGN is powered by accretion onto a supermassive black hole with a mass rangi ...
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Marvel Boy
M-11
M-11 is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Originally known as the Human Robot, the character was named "M-11" in the 2006 to 2007 ''Agents of Atlas'' miniseries as an allusion to its first ...
, a number of characters from Marvel and their predecessors
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Marvel Girl, three female Marvel Comics characters
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Black Marvel
The Black Marvel (Daniel Lyons) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by artist Al Gabriele with an unknown writer, he first appeared in ''Mystic Comics'' #5 (March 1941), published by Mar ...
, a Marvel Comics superhero
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Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
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