Marvin is a male given name, derived from the Welsh name Mervyn, an Anglicized form of Merfyn. The name Merfyn contains the
Old Welsh
Old Welsh ( cy, Hen Gymraeg) is the stage of the Welsh language from about 800 AD until the early 12th century when it developed into Middle Welsh.Koch, p. 1757. The preceding period, from the time Welsh became distinct from Common Brittonic a ...
elements ''mer'', probably meaning "marrow", and ''myn'', meaning "eminent".
People
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Marvin Abney
Marvin L. Abney (born November 10, 1949 in Texarkana, Texas) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 73 since January 1, 2013. During the legislative session beginni ...
(born 1949), American politician
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Marvin Lee Aday
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is on t ...
Marvin Anieboh
Marvin José Anieboh Pallaruelo (born 26 August 1997), known as Marvin in Spain, is a professional footballer who plays as a either a central defender or a right back for Segunda Federación club UD Montijo. Born and raised in Spain to a Niger ...
(born 1997), Equatorial Guinean footballer
* Marvin Stuart Antelman (1933–2013), Israeli-American chemist
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Marvin Arneson
Marvin Arneson (born 7 July 1943) is a Canadian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olym ...
Marvan Atapattu
Deshabandu Marvan Samson Atapattu (born 22 November 1970) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former cricketer who played for 17 years for Sri Lanka. Considered one of the most technically sound batsman in his era, Atapattu has scored six double ...
(born 1970), Sri Lankan cricket coach
* Marvin Austin (born 1989), American football player
* Marvin Ávila (born 1985), Guatemalan footballer
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* Marvin Bagley III (born 1999), American basketball player
* Marvin Bakalorz (born 1989), German footballer
* Marvin Bam (born 1977), South African field hockey player
* Marvin Barker (1912–??), American baseball player
* Marvin Barkis (born 1943), American politician
* Marvin Barnes (1952–2014), American basketball player
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Marvin Bartley
Marvin Clement Bartley (born 4 July 1986) is an English professional football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Scottish League One club Queen of the South. Early in his career, Bartley played for English non-league clubs ...
(born 1986), English footballer
* Marvin Bass (1919–2010), American football player
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Marvin R. Baxter
Marvin Ray Baxter (born January 9, 1940) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California who served from January 1991 to January 5, 2015.
Background
Baxter was born in Fowler, California, and was raised on his family's farm. H ...
(born 1940), American judge
* Marvin Bejarano (born 1988), Bolivian footballer
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Marvin Bell
Marvin Hartley Bell (August 3, 1937 – December 14, 2020) was an American poet and teacher who was the first Poet Laureate of the state of Iowa.
Biography
Bell was raised in Center Moriches, Long Island. He served in the U.S. Army from 1 ...
(1937–2020), American poet
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Marvin Benard
Marvin Larry Benard (born January 20, 1970) is a Nicaraguan former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants.
Personal life
Benard moved to Los Angeles with his mother and father wh ...
(born 1970), American baseball player
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Marvin Bernárdez
Marvin Javier Bernárdez García (born 5 February 1995) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a winger for Vida in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras
Liga Betcris de Honduras (''Honduran National Professional F ...
(born 1995), Honduran footballer
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Marvin Blapoh Marvin may refer to:
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* Marvyn, Alabama, also spelled Marvin, an unincorporated community
* Marvin, Missouri, an unincorporated community
* Marvin, North Carolina, a village
* Marvin, South Dakota, a town
* R ...
(born 1998), Liberian footballer
* Marvin A. Blyden (born 1962), Virgin Island politician
* Marvin Booker (born 1990), American football player
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Marvin Bower
Marvin Bower (August 1, 1903 – January 22, 2003) was an American business theorist and management consultant associated with McKinsey & Company. Under Bower's leadership, McKinsey grew from a small engineering and accounting firm to a leader i ...
(1903–2003), American businessman
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Marvin Bracy
Marvin Bracy-Williams (born December 15, 1993) is an American sprinter, and a former American football wide receiver. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, and quit just prior to their 2013 national championship season to ...
(born 1993), American football player
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Marvin Brown
Marvin Robert Brown (born 6 July 1983) is an English Forward (association football), football forward who plays for Southern Football League Premier Division side Chippenham Town F.C. He has formerly played The Football League, League football. ...
(born 1983), English footballer
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Marvin Brown (Honduran footballer)
Marvin Brown (born 11 May 1974) is a Honduran footballer. He played in four matches for the Honduras national football team in 2001. He was also part of Honduras's squad for the 2001 Copa América
The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, ...
(born 1974), Honduran footballer
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Marvin Burke
Marvin Burke, (March 15, 1918 – February 23, 1994) was a NASCAR driver from Pittsburg, California. He ran one Grand National Series race in his career, which he won. His starting position in the thirty-two car field in the 1951 race at Oakland ...
(1918–1994), American race car driver
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Marvin W. Bursch Marvin W. Bursch (April 10, 1913 – May 1, 2000) was an American businessman and politician.
Bursch was born in Wood Lake, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota and served in the United States Army during World War II. Bursch went to St. Olaf Coll ...
(1913–2000), American businessman and politician
* Marvin Burton (1885–1970), American law enforcement officer
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Marvin Bush
Marvin Pierce Bush (born October 22, 1956) is an American businessman. He is the son of former U.S. president George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush and the brother of former U.S. president George W. Bush; former Florida Governor Jeb Bus ...
(born 1956), American businessman
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Marvin Cabrera
Marvin Gabriel Cabrera Ibarra (born 1 May 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is the current head coach for the Guatemala under-17 national team.
Honours
Pachuca
*Mexican Primera División: Clausur ...
(born 1980), Mexican footballer
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Marvin Camel
Marvin Camel (born December 24, 1951) is a retired boxer and member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Northwestern Montana. He was born in Ronan and fought out of Missoula. He was the first p ...
(born 1951), American boxer
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Marvin Felix Camillo
Marvin Felix Camillo (1937 in Newark, New Jersey – January 22, 1988 in La Rochelle, France) was an American theater director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mountin ...
(1937–1988), American theatre director
* Marvin Campbell (born 1961), British gymnast
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Marvin Casey
Marvin Louis Casey II ( he, 'ישראל משה קייסי' or 'מרווין קייסי') (born 1981 in St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking Li ...
(born 1981), Israeli-American dancer
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Marvin Ceballos
Marvin José Ceballos Flores (born 22 April 1992) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Xinabajul and the Guatemala national team.
Career
Comunicaciones
Ceballos made his professional debut ...
(born 1992), Guatemalan footballer
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Marvin Chávez
Marvin Antonio Chávez (born November 3, 1983 in La Ceiba) is a Honduran footballer who played as a midfielder, most recently for C.D. Marathón in the Liga Nacional.
Career
Club
Chávez – who is nicknamed "el hijo del viento" (''the son of t ...
(born 1983), Honduran footballer
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Marvin Chirelstein Marvin A. Chirelstein (October 8, 1928 - February 16, 2015)Obituary for Marvin A. Chirelstein, Feb. 17, 2015, Columbia Law School, New York, NY, a was a Professor Emeritus of Law at Columbia Law School, where he taught for nearly 30 years. He taught ...
(1928–2015), American professor
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Marvin Chodorow Marvin Chodorow (July 16, 1913 – October 17, 2005) was an American physicist who pioneered in uses of Klystron microwave tubes.
(1913–2005), American physicist
*Marvin J. Chomsky">ttp://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11912&page=53 National Academy of Engineering;Memorial Tributes: Volume 11 ...
(1913–2005), American physicist
*Marvin J. Chomsky (1929–2022), American director
*Marvin Cobb (born 1953), American football player
*Marvin Cohen (American writer) (born 1931), American novelist
*Marvin L. Cohen (born 1935), American physicist
*Marvin Coleman (born 1972), American football player
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Marvin Cone
Marvin Dorwart Cone (October 21, 1891 – May 18, 1965) was an American painter in the regionalist style.Walch, Timothy (2009)"Cone, Marvin Dorwart" ''The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa''. University of Iowa Press
Cone was born in Cedar Rapid ...
(1891–1965), American painter
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Marvin Rodríguez Cordero
Marvin Rafael de los Ángeles Rodríguez Cordero (born 20 October 1960) is a Costa Rican politician, teacher and labor union leader who served as the Second Vice President of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022.
Son of Danilo Rodríguez ...
(born 1960), Costa Rican politician
* Marvin R. Couch, American politician
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Marvin Crawford
Marvin Crawford (July 30, 1932 – January 10, 2004) was an American cross-country skier. He competed in the men's relay event at the 1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, ...
(1932–2004), American skier
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Marvin Creamer
Marvin Charles Creamer (January 24, 1916 – August 12, 2020) was an American college professor and sailor, notable for being the first recorded person to have sailed around the globe without the aid of navigational instruments. Between December ...
(1916–2020), American sailor and professor
* Marvin Crenshaw (born 1952), America football player
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Marvin Cruz
Marvin Lu Cruz (born December 31, 1985) is a Filipino free agent professional basketball player who lastly played for the GlobalPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the older brother of Mark L. Cruz that also plays as ...
(born 1985), Filipino basketball player
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Marvin T. Culpepper
Marvin Tandy Culpepper, Sr. (November 26, 1908 – January 31, 1970), was an engineer, machinist, and farmer from Jackson Parish in North Louisiana, who served from 1964 to 1968 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. His one ...
(1908–1970), American politician
* Marvin Çuni (born 2001), Albanian footballer
* Marvin Cupper (born 1994), German ice hockey player
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Marvin Dana
Marvin Hill Dana (March 2, 1867 – April 3, 1926) was an American author and journalist.
Life
Dana was born in Cornwall, Vermont to Edward Summers Dana and Mary Howe Dana (née Squier). He was the younger brother of Charles S. Dana. After ...
(1867–1926), American author
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Marvin Dauner
Marvin K. Dauner (December 4, 1927 – December 18, 2010) was an American farmer and politician.
Dauner was born in Keene Township, Clay County, Minnesota. Dauner lived in Hawley, Minnesota with his wife and family and was a farmer. Dauner s ...
(1927–2010), American farmer and politician
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Marvin Davis
Marvin H. Davis (August 31, 1925 – September 25, 2004) was an American industrialist. He made his fortunes as the chair of Davis Petroleum and at one time owned 20th Century Fox, the Pebble Beach Corporation, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the ...
(1925–2004), American industrialist
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Marvin Davis (Canadian football)
Marvin Eugene Davis (born May 25, 1952) is a former gridiron football linebacker, defensive lineman and Grey Cup champion.
Davis played his college football at Southern University and began his career in 1974 with the National Football League's ...
(born 1952), American football player
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Marvin R. Dee
Marvin Robert Dee (August 21, 1917 – January 3, 1977) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician.
Dee was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went to the Chicago public schools and to Crane College. Bee received his bachelor's and law deg ...
(1917–1977), American lawyer and politician
* Marvin Degon (born 1983), American ice hockey player
* Marvin Dekil, Nigerian environmental scientist
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Marvin Delph
Marvin Delph (born September 15, 1956) is a retired African American basketball player, who experienced his greatest success at the college level.
In high school, Delph led the Conway Wampus Cats to two state basketball championships, in 1973 ...
(born 1956), American basketball player
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Marvin Dienst
Marvin Christopher Dienst (; born 24 February 1997) is a German racing driver, who last competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport. Dienst won the Formula BMW Talent Cup in 2012 and the ADAC Formula 4 ...
(born 1997), German racing driver
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Marvin Dixon
Marvin Dixon (born on September 9, 1983) is a member of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team and competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in the two-man bobsled.
Dixon was born on August 9, 1983, in Rockfort, St. Andrews, Jamaica. He has been a member ...
(born 1983), Jamaican bobsledder
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Marvin Eastman
Marvin Lee Eastman (born June 8, 1971) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer. A professional MMA competitor from 2000 until 2013, he competed in K-1, the UFC, World Fighting Alliance, Maximum Fighting Championship ...
(born 1971), American mixed martial artist
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Marvin Egho
Marvin Egho (born 9 May 1994) is an Austrian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Danish 1st Division club AC Horsens.
Club career
Egho started his career at SV Donau Wien. Af ...
(born 1994), Austrian footballer
* Marvin Ekpiteta (born 1995), English footballer
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Marvin Emnes
Marvin Renato Emnes (born 27 May 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger.
Early life
Born in Rotterdam, Emnes was a sprinter as a youth. Emnes played football for amateur side Xerxes before he joined the Spar ...
(born 1988), Dutch footballer
* Marvin Esser (born 1994), German footballer
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Marvin Etzioni
Marvin Elan Etzioni is an American singer, mandolinist, bassist, and record producer. Also known as the Mandolin Man, Etzioni is best known as a founder of, and bassist for, the band Lone Justice. He is a noted record producer and has released th ...
, American singer
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* Marvin Filipo (born 1987), New Zealand rugby league footballer
* Marvin Fletes (born 1997), Nicaraguan footballer
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Marvin Francis Marvin Francis (1955–2005) was a Cree"Entry for Marvin Francis" in ''Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writers from the Land of Water'', High Water Press, 2011, page 271. poet from Winnipeg, Manitoba best known for his book-length poem ''City Treaty'' publ ...
(1955–2005), Native Canadian poet
* Marvin Franklin, American football coach
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Marvin Freeman
Marvin Freeman (born April 10, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies. He worked as both a starting pitcher and a reliever in his career.
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(born 1963), American baseball player
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Marvin Friedrich
Marvin Friedrich (; born 13 December 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Club career
In 2011, Friedrich joined the Schalke 04's youth academy. He made his Bunde ...
Marvin Gakpa
Marvin Ladji Gakpa (born 1 November 1993) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Turkish club Bandırmaspor.
Club career
On 7 September 2021, he signed a three-year c ...
(born 1993), French footballer
* Marvin Gamez (born 2003), American soccer player
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Marvin K. Gardner Marvin Kent Gardner (born 1952) is a Latter-day Saint hymnwriter and editor.
Gardner served as a Mormon missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia. He then studied at Brigham Young University (BYU). After that he se ...
(born 1952), American hymn writer
* Marvin Gauci, Maltese chef
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Marvin Gay Sr.
Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. (October 1, 1914 – October 10, 1998) was an American Pentecostal minister. He was the father of American recording artists Marvin Gaye and Frankie Gaye and gained notoriety after shooting and killing his son Marvin on April ...
(1914–1998), American minister
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown (music style), Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player ...
(1939–1984), American singer-songwriter
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Marvin Gettleman
Marvin E. Gettleman (September 12, 1933 – January 7, 2017), was an American professor emeritus of leftist history, best known for the anthology Vietnam and America' (1965).
Background
Gettleman was born on September 12, 1933, in New York Ci ...
(1933–2017), American professor
* Marvin Girouard (1939–2020), American business executive
* Marvin Goldfried (born 1936), American psychologist
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Marvin Goldman
Marvin Goldman (born May 2, 1928 in New York City) is an American radiation biologist, known for "his highly significant contributions to the understanding of the effects of bone-seeking radionuclides—in carcinogenic characteristics of long-term ...
(born 1928), American biologist
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Marvin Goldstein Marvin Goldstein (born 1950) is an acclaimed professional pianist and performer.
Background
Goldstein began musical training at age 9, learning the accordion and piano, followed by the french horn when he was 12. At 18, he was awarded a music schol ...
(born 1950), Israeli-American pianist
* Marvin Goodfriend (1950–2019), American economist
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Marvin Graves
Marvin Graves (born February 7, 1971) is a former quarterback in the Canadian Football League as well as one of the top signal-callers in the history of Syracuse University.
High school
Graves was a standout quarterback at Archbishop Carroll High ...
(born 1971), American football player
* Marvin Gray (1954–2013), American serial killer
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Marvin Greenberg
Marvin Jay Greenberg (December 22, 1935 – December 12, 2017) was an American mathematician.
Education
Greenberg studied at Columbia University where he received his bachelor's degree in 1955 (he was a Ford Scholar as an undergraduate) and ...
(1935–2017), American mathematician
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Marvin Griffin
Samuel Marvin Griffin, Sr. (September 4, 1907 – June 13, 1982) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.
A lifelong Democrat, Griffin was a native of Bainbridge, Georgia and publisher of the ''Bainbridge Post-Searchlight ...
(1907–1982), American politician
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Marvin Hagler
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021) was an American professional boxer and film actor. He competed in boxing from 1973 to 1987 and reigned as the undisputed champion of the middleweight divi ...
(1954–2021), American boxer
* Marvin Hall (born 1993), American football player
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Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. Hamlisch was one of only seventeen people to win Emmy, Grammy, Academy Awards, Oscar and Tony Awards, Tony awards. This collection of all fou ...
(1944–2012), American composer
* Marvin Hammond (1926–2003), Canadian rower
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Marvin Harada
Marvin Harada is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist minister within the Buddhist Churches of America, and serves as its bishop since 1 April 2020. As bishop of BCA, he also serves as the superintendent of Hongwanji-ha's North American district.
On 25 ...
(born 1953), Canadian-American bishop
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Marvin Harris
Marvin Harris (August 18, 1927 – October 25, 2001) was an American anthropologist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. A prolific writer, he was highly influential in the development of cultural materialism and environmental determinis ...
(1927–2001), American anthropologist
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Marvin Harrison
Marvin Darnell Harrison Sr. (born August 25, 1972) is an American Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver who played 13 seasons for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL), much of it with Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton ...
(born 1972), American football player
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Marvin Harrison Jr.
Marvin Darnell Harrison Jr. (born August 11, 2002) is an American football wide receiver. He played college football at Ohio State Buckeyes football, Ohio State; he was recognized as a two-time unanimous All-American and winner of the 2023 Fr ...
Marvin Heemeyer
Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was an American automobile muffler repair shop owner who, following a dispute with town officials, demolished numerous buildings with a modified bulldozer in Granby, Colorado, on June 4, ...
(1951–2004), American welder, businessman and vandal
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Marvin C. Helling
Marvin C. "Whitey" Helling (May 16, 1923 – November 30, 2014) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Dakota from 1957 to 1967, compiling a record of 60–35–3. Helling led the ...
(1923–2014), American football player
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Marvin Hershkowitz
Marvin Hershkowitz (1931 – May 4, 2020) was the captain of the Yeshiva University Maccabees basketball team in the 1950s, under the leadership of coach Bernard “Red” Sarachek. Hershkowitz later became a coach of the team.
Hershkowitz was bor ...
(1931–2020), American basketball player
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Marvin Hewitt Marvin Hewitt (born 1922) was an American impostor who became, among other things, a university physics professor.
Hewitt was a high school drop-out with no qualifications who wanted to become an academic. He always used names and identities of rea ...
(born 1922), American imposter
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Marvin Hier
Marvin (Moshe Chaim) Hier (born 1939 in New York City) is the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, its Museum of Tolerance and of Moriah, the center's film division.
Early life
Hier was born in 1939 in New York City. His Jewish par ...
(born 1939), American film producer
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Marvin S. Hill
Marvin Sidney Hill (1928–2016) was a professor of American history at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a historian of the Latter Day Saint movement.
Biography
Born on August 28, 1928, Hill completed his Master of Arts in history at BYU i ...
(1928–2016), American professor
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Marvin Hinton
Marvin Hinton (born 2 February 1940) is an English former footballer who made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Charlton Athletic and Chelsea.
Early life
Hinton was born in Norwood, and brought up in So ...
(born 1940), English footballer
* Marvin Hoffenberg (1914–2013), American economist and political scientist
* Marvin E. Holmes Jr. (born 1948), American politician
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Marvin Hudson
Marvin Lee Hudson (born March 3, 1964) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire who began his career in the National League in . He has officiated in the 2004 All-Star Game, eight Division Series (2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 20 ...
(born 1964), American baseball umpire
* Marvin Hughitt (1837–1928), American businessman
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Marvin Humes
Marvin Richard James Humes (born 18 March 1985) is an English singer, disc jockey, television presenter and radio host who used to present the Monday–Thursday late night show across the Capital Network. He previously hosted ''The Official Bi ...
(born 1985), English singer
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Marvin Hunt
Marvin Hunt (born September 6, 1951) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election for the Surrey-Panorama riding. He was re-elected in the district of Surrey-Cloverda ...
(born 1951), Canadian politician
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Marvin P. Iannone
Marvin D. Iannone was the first assistant chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department and later the Chief of the Beverly Hills Police Department from 1985 to 2003. He was most famous for being in charge of the security at the 1984 Los Ange ...
, American police officer
* Marvin Iraheta (born 1992), Salvadoran footballer
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Marvin Irvin
Marvin Lee Irvin (born May 4, 1949) is an American serial killer and former police officer who murdered two women in St. Joseph, Missouri in September and October 1990, and after his arrest confessed to an additional 1979 murder, which up to that ...
(born 1949), American serial killer
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Marvin Isley
Marvin Isley (August 18, 1953 – June 6, 2010) – accessed June 2010 was the youngest member of the family music grou ...
(1953–2010), American guitarist
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Marvin Israel
Marvin Israel (July 3, 1924 – May 7, 1984) was an American artist, photographer, painter, teacher and art director from New York City known for modern/surreal interiors, abstract imagery. Israel created sinister shadowy and exuberant interiors ...
Marvin Josephson
Marvin Josephson (March 6, 1927 – May 17, 2022) was an American talent agent and executive. He was the founder of International Creative Management (later known as ICM Partners).
Born and raised in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Josephson attende ...
(1927–2022), American executive
* Marvin Jouno (born 1984), French musician
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Marvin Kalb
Marvin Leonard Kalb (born June 9, 1930) is an American journalist. Kalb was the founding director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy from 1987 to 1999. The Sho ...
(born 1930), American journalist
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Marvin Kaplan
Marvin Wilbur Kaplan (January 24, 1927 – August 25, 2016) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. Best known as Henry Beesmeyer in ''Alice'' (1978–1985).
Early years
Kaplan was born on January 24, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, th ...
(1927–2016), American actor
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Marvin Kaplan (lawyer)
Marvin Elliot Kaplan is an American lawyer and government official who is a member and former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to assuming his current role, he was the chief counsel of the Occupational Safety and Health R ...
, American lawyer and politician
* Marvin Karlins (born 1941), American professor
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Marvin Kaye
Marvin Nathan Kaye (March 10, 1938 – May 13, 2021) was an American mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and horror author, anthologist, and editor. He was also a noted magician and actor. Kaye was a World Fantasy Award winner and served as co- ...
(born 1938), American author
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Marvin Kent
Marvin Kent (September 21, 1816 – December 10, 1908) was a railroad president, politician, and businessman from Portage County, Ohio, United States, best known as the namesake of the city of Kent, Ohio, which was previously known as Franklin ...
(1816–1908), American politician
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Marvin Kimble
Marvin Kimble (born October 27, 1995) is an American artistic gymnast. In 2015, Kimble and Jossimar Calvo of Colombia won the gold medal in the men's pommel horse event at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada.
Gymnastics career
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(born 1995), American artistic gymnast
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Marvin Kirchhöfer
Marvin Kirchhöfer (born 19 March 1994) is a German racing driver.
Career
Karting
Born in Leipzig, Saxony, Kirchhöfer began karting in 1999 and mainly raced in Germany, working his way up from the junior ranks (Bambini-B) to the KF2 category ...
(born 1994), German racing driver
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Marvin Kitman
Marvin Kitman (born November 24, 1929) is an American television critic, humorist, and author. He was a columnist for ''Newsday'' for 35 years and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1982. He is the author of nine books, ...
(born 1939), American critic
* Marvin Kleihs (born 1994), German footballer
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Marvin Knoll
Marvin Knoll (born 5 February 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for MSV Duisburg.
Career
Knoll made his professional debut for Hertha BSC's first team in German second division on 5 December 2010, following in ...
(born 1990), German footballer
* Marvin Kokos (born 2000), French footballer
* Marvin Koner (1921–1983), American photographer
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Marvin Kratter
Marvin Kratter (born November 9, 1915, in Brooklyn, died October 24, 1999, in Encinitas, California) was a New York-based real estate developer who was the head of the Kratter Corporation, National Equities, Countrywide Realty, Knickerbocker Brewe ...
(1915–1999), American real estate developer
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Marvin Kren
Marvin Kren (born 1980) is an Austrian director. He is best known for his work in the horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark sub ...
(born 1980), Austrian director
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Marvin Krislov
Marvin Krislov (born August 24, 1960) is the eighth and current president of Pace University in New York. Prior to President Krislov’s appointment at Pace, he served for 10 years as the president of Oberlin College and nine years as the vice p ...
(born 1960), American academic administrator
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Marvin Kristynik
Marvin Christopher Kristynik is a former football player and coach who started as quarterback for the Texas Longhorns in the mid 1960s. He was the third-string quarterback on Texas' first national championship team in 1963, before becoming the ...
, American football player
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Marvin Krohn
Marvin Donald "Marv" Krohn (born March 5, 1947) is an American criminologist who has been a professor at the University of Florida since 2008.
He was formerly the director of the Division of Criminology, Law and Society there until 2011.
Krohn i ...
Marvin Lane
Marvin Lane (born January 18, 1950), is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from to and in with the Detroit Tigers.
Early years
Lane was born in Sandersville, Georgia in 1950 and attended Pershing High School in Detroit, ...
(born 1950), American baseball player
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Marvin Lazarus
This is a list of all cricketers who have played First-class cricket, first-class, List A cricket, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Border (cricket team), Border cricket team in South Africa. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did ...
Marvin Lewellyn
Marvin "Barney" Lewellyn (February 11, 1919 – August 28, 2010) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, South Dakota from 1947 to 1951. He moved to Wayne, Nebraska to ...
(1919–2010), American football coach
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Marvin Lewis
Marvin Ronald Lewis (born September 23, 1958) is an American football coach who is the special advisor to the head coach at Arizona State. Previously, Lewis was the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL) for ...
(born 1958), American football coach
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Marvin Lier
Marvin Lier (born 8 September 1992) is a Swiss handball player for Kadetten Schaffhausen and the Swiss national team.
He represented Switzerland at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Champions ...
(born 1992), Swiss handball player
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Marvin Lim
Marvin Certeza Lim (born April 7, 1984) is a Filipino-American politician from Georgia. Lim is a Democrat member of Georgia House of Representatives for District 98.
Early life
Lim was born in the Philippines and immigrated to Atlanta, Georgia ...
(born 1984), Filipino-American politician
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Marvin Lipofsky
Marvin Bentley Lipofsky (September 1, 1938 – January 15, 2016) was an American glass artist. He was one of the six students that Studio Glass founder Harvey Littleton instructed in a program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in fall 1962 an ...
(1938–2016), American artist
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Marvin Loback
Marvin Loback (November 21, 1896 – August 18, 1938) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1916 and 1935. He was born in Tacoma, Washington and died in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
* '' Fo ...
(1896–1938), American actor
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Marvin Loría
Marvin Antonio Loría Leitón (born 24 April 1997) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers and the Costa Rica national team.
Club career
Loría came through the academy at De ...
(born 1997), Costa Rican footballer
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Marvin Makinen
Marvin William Makinen (born August 19, 1939) has been a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago since 1974 and is a founding member of the Human Rights Board at the university.
Education
Born in Chassell, Michigan, Makinen earned a ...
(born 1939), American professor
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Marvin Mandel
Marvin Mandel (April 19, 1920 – August 30, 2015) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 56th Governor of Maryland from January 7, 1969, to January 17, 1979, including a one-and-a-half-year period when Lt. Governor Blair ...
(1920–2015), American politician
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Marvin L. Maple
Marvin Leroy Maple (January 14, 1936 – May 26, 2016) was an American grandfather arrested at age 73 for kidnapping two of his grandchildren more than 20 years earlier.
After losing a custody dispute with the children's natural parents in 1989, M ...
(1936–2016), American criminal
* Marvin Mariche (born 2004), American soccer player
* Marvin Márquez (born 1998), Salvadoran footballer
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Marvin Martin
Marvin Martin (born 10 January 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays for Championnat National 2 club Hyères. He plays as a creative play-making midfielder and is described as a player with "very good technique on the ball" and "ex ...
(born 1988), French footballer
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Marvin Martinez
Marvin Martinez is a Salvadoran-American academic administrator. He is chancellor of Rancho Santiago Community College District. Martinez was president of Los Angeles Harbor College and East Los Angeles College.
Early life and education
Mart ...
, Salvadoran-American academic administrator
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Marvin Matip
Marvin Job Matip (born 25 September 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in Germany, he represented the Cameroon national team at international level.
Club career
Born in Bochum, Matip began his career ...
(born 1985), German footballer
* Marvin H. McIntyre (1878–1943), American journalist
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Marvin McNutt
Marvin McNutt, Jr. (born July 4, 1989) is a former American football wide receiver. After playing college football for Iowa Hawkeyes football, Iowa, where he became the all-time leader in receiving touchdowns and yardage (single season & career) ...
(born 1989), American football player
* Marvin McQuitty (1966–2012), American drummer
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Marvin Mehlem
Marvin Mehlem (born 11 September 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Darmstadt 98
Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. ...
(born 1997), German footballer
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Marvin Melville
Marvin Alton Melville (born February 15, 1935) is a retired American alpine skier. He competed in the downhill event at the 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics and placed 22nd in 1960.
Melville won the 1959 NCAA championships in the slalom
To slalo ...
(born 1935), American skier
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Marvin Menzies
Marvin Eugene Menzies (born October 15, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head men's coach at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Menzies was hired on April 26, 2022 after former coach Billy Donlon resigned t ...
(born 1961), American basketball coach
* Marvin Merritt IV (born 1998), American actor
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Marvin Meyer
Marvin W. Meyer (April 16, 1948 – August 16, 2012) was a scholar of religion and a tenured professor at Chapman University, in Orange, California.
He was the Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies at Chapman University and Director of ...
(1948–2012), American scholar
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Marvin Milkes
Marvin Milkes (August 10, 1923 – January 31, 1982) was an American front office executive in three professional sports: Major League Baseball, soccer, and hockey. He is perhaps best known as the first general manager in the history of baseb ...
(1923–1982), American sports executive
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Marvin Miller (disambiguation) Marvin Miller (1917–2012) was an American labor economist and head of Major League Baseball Players Association.
Marvin Miller may also refer to:
*Marvin Miller (actor) (1913–1985), American voice-over character actor
* Marvin E. Miller Sr. (1 ...
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Marvin Mims
Marvin Mims Jr. (born March 19, 2002) is an American football wide receiver for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Early life and high school
Mims grew up in Frisco, Texas and attended Lone Star High School. He was named the District 5-5A-I Offensive MVP in ...
(born 2002), American football player
* Marvin Minoff (1931–2009), American producer
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Marvin Minsky
Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an American cognitive and computer scientist concerned largely with research of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, a ...
(1927–2016), American cognitive scientist
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Marvin Mirisch
Marvin Eliot Mirisch (March 19, 1918 – November 17, 2002) was an American film producer.
Biography
Mirisch was born to a Jewish familyMarvin Mitchell
Marvin Mitchell (born October 21, 1984) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee. Mitchell also played for the Miami D ...
(born 1984), American football player
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Marvin Mitchelson
Marvin M. Mitchelson (May 7, 1928 – September 18, 2004) was an American celebrity lawyer who pioneered the concept of palimony, calling it "marriage with no rings attached".
Early life
Mitchelson was born in Detroit, Michigan, the younges ...
(1928–2004), American lawyer
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Marvin Möller
Marvin Möller (born 18 January 1999) is a German tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 318, achieved on 6 November 2023.
Career
On the junior tour, Möller has a career high ITF junior ranking of world No. 22, ac ...
(born 1999), German tennis player
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Marvin Monterrosa
Marvin Wilfredo Monterroza Delzas (born 1 March 1991) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera División club Alianza, which he
captains, and the El Salvador national team.
Club career
Monterroza was pa ...
(born 1991), Salvadoran footballer
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Marvin Calvo Montoya
Marvin Gerardo Calvo Montoya ( Santa Bárbara, Costa Rica, February 4, 1961) is a biologist and politician from Costa Rica.
Career
Montoya served as teacher at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia, between 1996 and 2004 developed as administr ...
(born 1961), Costa Rican biologist and politician
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Marvin Moore
Marvin Everard Moore (born August 31, 1938) is a former Canadian provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1989. During his time in public office, he served numbe ...
(born 1938), Canadian politician
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Marvin Morgan
Marvin Newton Morgan (13 April 1983 – 6 December 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in the Football League for Aldershot Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Shrewsbury Town, Plymouth Argyle and Hartlepool ...
(born 1983), English footballer
* Marvin Morgan Jr. (born 1992), Jamaican footballer
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Marvin Mudrick
Marvin Mudrick (1921–1986) taught at UC Santa Barbara from 1949 until his death in October 1986. He created the university's College of Creative Studies in 1967 and was its provost until forced out by Chancellor Robert Huttenback in 1984. He wro ...
(1921–1986), American professor
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Marvin Musquin
Marvin Musquin (born 30 December 1989 in La Réole, France) is a French professional motocross and supercross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 2004 to 2010 and, has competed in the AMA Motocross Championships since 20 ...
(born 1989), French motocross racer
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Marvin Nash
Marvin Nash (7 December 1953 – 20 January 2023) was a Canadian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 1975 Pan American Games
The 1975 Pan American Games were held in Mexico ...
(born 1953), Canadian sprinter
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Marvin Nelson
Marvin Nelson (born June 1, 1958) is an American politician from the state of North Dakota. He serves in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a member of the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party.
Nelson has served in the No ...
(born 1958), American politician
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Marvin E. Newman
Marvin E. Newman (born December 5, 1927) is an American artist and photographer.
Early life and education
At age 16, Newman entered Brooklyn College where he studied sculpture and photography with Walter Rosenblum. In 1948, Newman briefly joined ...
(born 1927), American photographer
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Marvin Obando
Marvin Obando Obando (born 4 April 1960 in Puntarenas Province) is a former Costa Rican football player who played most of his career for Herediano.
Born in Palmar Sur,Marvin Obuz (born 2002), German footballer
* Marvin O'Connor (born 1991), French rugby union footballer
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Marvin O'Connor (basketball)
Marvin O'Connor (born July 11, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He played high school basketball at Simon Gratz in his native Philadelphia, winning the Philadelphia Public League title as a senior in 1997. After his fre ...
(born 1978), American basketball player
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Marvin Ogunjimi
Marvin Ogunjimi (born 12 October 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Until 2011, he played for the Belgium national team earning seven caps.
Club career
Genk
Born in Mechelen, Ogunjimi made his professi ...
(born 1987), Belgian-Nigerian footballer
* Marvin Ogunsipe (born 1996), Austrian basketball player
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Marvin Olasky
Marvin Olasky (born June 12, 1950) is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute and an affiliate scholar at the Acton Institute. He also chairs the Zenger House Foundation, serves as a Zenger Prize judge, and is the author of 29 books. From 199 ...
Marvin Omondi
Marvin Nabwire Omondi (born 3 December 2000) is a Kenyan footballer who plays for A.F.C. Leopards as a midfielder.
Career
Born in Kakamega
Kakamega is a town in western Kenya lying about 30 km north of the Equator. It is the headquarte ...
(born 1996), Kenyan footballer
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Marvin Opler
Marvin Kaufmann Opler (June 13, 1914 in Buffalo, New York – January 3, 1981) was an American anthropologist and social psychiatrist. His brother Morris Edward Opler was also an anthropologist who studied the Southern Athabaskan peoples of Nor ...
(1914–1981), American anthropologist
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Marvin Orie
Marvin Orie (born 15 February 1993 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the in the United Rugby Championship and Western Province in the Currie Cup. His regular position is lock.
Career
Yout ...
(born 1993), South African rugby union footballer
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Marvin Owusu
Marvin Owusu (born 11 July 2003) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Ghana Premier League side WAFA.
Career
Owusu started his career with West African Football Academy
West African Football Academy (WAFA) Sporting ...
(born 2003), Ghanaian footballer
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Marvin Panch
Marvin Panch (May 28, 1926December 31, 2015) was an American stock car racing driver. Winner of the 1961 Daytona 500 and 1966 World 600, he won seventeen NASCAR Grand National Series events during a 17-year career.
Early career
Born in Menom ...
(1926–2015), American stock car racing driver
* Marvin Park (born 2000), Spanish footballer
* Marvin Peersman (born 1991), Belgian footballer
* Marvin R. Pendarvis (born 1989), American politician
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Marvin Perkins
Marvin Perkins is an American Latter-day Saint record and video producer. As an African-American he has sought to change the perceptions of Latter-day Saints towards African-Americans, and African-Americans towards Latter-day Saints. Along with ...
, American music producer
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Marvin Perrett
Marvin Perrett was a high-recognized sailor of the United States Coast Guard.
Perrett served aboard the troop transport USS ''Bayfield'', commanding one of her landing craft, during the invasion of Normandy, and invasions in the Pacific Ocean ...
(1925–2007), American sailor
* Marvin Banks Perry Jr. (1918–1994), American academic administrator
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Marvin Philip
Marvin Philip (born February 3, 1982) is a former American football guard. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at California.
Philip has also been a member of the Clev ...
(born 1982), American football player
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Marvin Phillips
Marvin Phillips (born December 28, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the KW Titans of the National Basketball League of Canada. He most notably won the NBL Canada Finals Most Valuable Player Award in ...
(born 1983), American basketball player
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Marvin Pierce
Marvin Pierce (June 17, 1893 – July 17, 1969) was president of McCall Corporation, the publisher of the popular women's magazines ''Redbook'' and '' McCall's''. He was the father of United States First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush, the maternal g ...
(1893–1969), American publisher
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Marvin Pieringer
Marvin Pieringer (born 4 October 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Heidenheim.
Career Würzburger Kickers
Pieringer made his professional debut for Würzburger Kickers ...
(born 1999), German footballer
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Marvin Piñón
Marvin Leonardo Piñón Polanco (born 12 June 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Club career
Piñón was one of the young promises of Monterrey but only played a few minutes with the senior team. He made his s ...
(born 1991), Mexican footballer
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Marvin Pipkin
Marvin Pipkin (November 18, 1889 – January 7, 1977) was an American chemist, engineer, and scientist. During his time in the United States Army, he worked on gas mask innovations. These masks were used by soldiers as well as the public during W ...
(1889–1977), American chemist
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Marvin Plattenhardt
Marvin Plattenhardt (born 26 January 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left back for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and the Germany national team.
Club career 1. FC Nürnberg
Plattenhardt started playing for 1. FC Nürnberg I ...
(born 1992), German footballer
* Marvin Ponce, Honduran politician
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Marvin Pope
Marvin Pope (born January 18, 1969) is a former American football and Canadian football linebacker in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders. He played college football at Central State University.
Early years
Pope attended Eas ...
(born 1969), American football player
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Marvin Potzmann
Marvin Potzmann (born 7 December 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays for Austria Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga.
Career
On 9 May 2018, he played as Sturm Graz beat Red Bull Salzburg in extra time to win the 2017–18 Austrian Cup.
On 27 ...
(born 1993), Austrian footballer
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Marvin Pourié
Marvin Pourié (born 8 January 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Roda JC.
Club career
Pourié arrived at the Liverpool Academy from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2007 and scored 12 goals in his fir ...
(born 1991), German footballer
* Marvin Powell (born 1955), American football player
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Marvin Priest
Marvin Cornell Elliott (born 27 October 1981), better known by his stage name Marvin Priest, is a British-born, Australian-based singer-songwriter. In November 2011 Priest released his debut studio album, ''Beats & Blips'', in Australia, which ...
(born 1981), British-Australian singer-songwriter
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Marvin Quijano
Marvin Quijano (born October 10, 1979, in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a former Salvadoran football (soccer) player, who last played midfield for Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.
Beginning
Marvin Quijano began his soccer career play ...
Marvin Rainwater
Marvin Karlton Rainwater (July 2, 1925 – September 17, 2013) was an American country and rockabilly singer and songwriter who had several hits during the late 1950s, including " Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" and " Whole Lotta Woman," which hit #1 o ...
(1925–2013), American singer-songwriter
* Marvin Ramirez (born 1989), Colombian basketball player
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Marvin Rees
Marvin Rees (born April 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Mayor of Bristol since 2016.
Early life and education
Marvin Rees was brought up in Bristol, partly in Lawrence Weston and Easton, by his British mother. ...
(born 1972), British politician
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Marvin Rettenmaier
Marvin Rettenmaier (born 1986), is a professional poker player, originally from Leonberg, Germany.
Poker career
Rettenmaier first appeared on the poker radar in December 2009, when he finished runner-up to Payman Mahourvand in the Main Event o ...
(born 1986), German poker player
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Marvin Rick
Edwin Marvin Rick (January 31, 1901 – January 21, 1999) was an American middle-distance runner. He was educated at Erasmus Hall High School before attending Mercersburg Academy, where he trained under Scots American coach Jimmy Curran. H ...
(1901–1999), American runner
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Marvin Rittmüller
Marvin Lee Rittmüller (born 7 March 1999) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Eintracht Braunschweig.
Career
Rittmüller made his professional debut for 1. FC Heidenheim in the 2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the sec ...
(born 1999), German footballer
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Marvin Robinson
Marvin Leon St.Clair Robinson (born 11 April 1980) is an English former professional footballer who is the CEO of Hednesford Town.
Career
Robinson was born in Crewe, and went to school at Wolverhampton Grammar School from 1991 to 1998. While ...
(born 1980), English footballer
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Marvin Ross
Marvin Ross (born 5 May 1990) is an American football defensive back for the Jacksonville Sharks of the National Arena League (NAL). Ross started out with the Lions from 2013 to 2015 as part of the Professional Indoor Football League. As an Arena ...
(born 1990), American football player
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Marvin Travis Runyon
Marvin Travis Runyon (September 16, 1924 – October 3, 2004) was an American business executive and civil servant. He had a long career as a manufacturing executive at Ford Motor Company until his retirement, then joined Nissan as head of No ...
Marvin Santiago
Marvin Santiago (December 26, 1947 – October 6, 2004) was a Puerto Rican salsa singer who became famous all across Latin America during the 1970s. He was also a part-time comedian on Puerto Rican television.Marvin Santiago El Sonero Del Puebl ...
(1947–2004), Puerto Rican singer
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Marvin Sapp
Bishop Marvin Louis Sapp Sr. (born January 28, 1967) is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career. Sapp is also the founder and former seni ...
(born 1967), American singer-songwriter
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Marvin Schick
Marvin Schick (July 3, 1934 – April 23, 2020) was a Hunter College and New School for Social Research political science and constitutional law professor. He was also known for his work in Jewish education.Marvin Schieb
Marvin Schieb (born 27 July 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga II
The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name fro ...
(born 1996), Romanian footballer
* Marvin Schlegel (born 1998), German athlete
* Marvin C. Schumann (1906–1994), American businessman and politician
* Marvin Schwarz (1928–1997), American producer
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Marvin Scott
Marvin Bailey Scott (born March 10, 1944) is an American politician and university professor in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a nationally known figure for his involvement in school desegregation cases. Scott ran for political office several times ...
(born 1944), American politician
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Marvin Sease
Marvin Monnie Sease (February 16, 1946 – February 8, 2011) - accessed February 2011 was an American
Marvin Emil Seidel
Marvin Emil Seidel (; born 9 November 1995) is a German badminton player. He was the bronze medalist at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles, and a silver medalist at the 2021 European Championships in the men's doubles e ...
(born 1995), German badminton player
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Marvin Senaya
Marvin Senaya (born 28 January 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Rodez on loan from Strasbourg.
Club career
Senaya began his senior career with the reserves of Strasbourg in 2019, and signed a profess ...
(born 2001), French footballer
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Marvin Senger
Marvin Senger (born 6 January 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Polish club Stal Mielec.
Career
Senger made his professional debut for FC St. Pauli in the 2. Bundesliga on 5 June 2020, starting in the away ...
(born 2000), German footballer
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Marvin Sewell
Marvin Sewell is a blues/jazz guitarist, who has been called maybe "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of". He was born and grew up in Chicago, where he attended the Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt University.
Since 1990, he has been ...
, American guitarist
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Marvin Shanken
Marvin R. Shanken (born October 4, 1943) is an American publisher and founder of M. Shanken Communications. Shanken's roster of lifestyle publications includes ''Wine Spectator'', '' Cigar Aficionado'' and ''Whisky Advocate''. Based in Manhattan, ...
(born 1943), American publisher
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Marvin Glenn Shields
Marvin Glenn Shields (December 30, 1939 – June 10, 1965) was the first and only United States Navy Seabee to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was also the first sailor to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of ...
Marvin Sonsona
Marvin Doecadez Sonsona (born July 25, 1990) is a Filipino professional boxer and former WBO super flyweight champion. A relative of his named Eden Sonsona is also a boxer and a former Philippine national bantamweight champion. One of Sonsona's ...
(born 1990), Filipino boxer
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Marvin Sordell
Marvin Anthony Sordell (born 17 February 1991) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Sordell started his career with Fulham prior to joining Watford for a two-year scholarship in 2007. He made his professional de ...
(born 1991), English footballer
* Marvin Spielmann (born 1996), Swiss footballer
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Louis Stamm (born May 23, 1939) is an American jazz trumpeter.
Career
Stamm was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Stamm began on trumpet at age twelve. He attended North Texas State University, where he was a member of the O ...
(born 1939), American trumpeter
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Marvin Stein
Marvin Stein (February 11, 1925 – February 11, 2010) was an American comic book artist who also worked in animation, advertising, illustration and television broadcast graphics.
Biography
Stein was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, the ...
(1925–2010), American comic book artist
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Marvin Stein (computer scientist)
Marvin Stein (1924-2015) was a mathematician and computer scientist, and the "father of computer science" at the University of Minnesota.
Early life
Marvin Stein was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1924 to Russian-Jewish immigrants. The family later ...
(1924–2015), American computer scientist
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Marvin Stewart
Marvin Christopher "Moose" Stewart (September 25, 1912 – August 30, 2009) was an American collegiate football player and United States Marine Corps officer. He attended Louisiana State University, where he was a lineman for the LSU Tigers foo ...
Marvin Stout
Marvin A. Stout (August 6, 1915 – December 12, 1991) was an American professional basketball player. He appeared in one game for the Indianapolis Kautskys
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of U.S. state and territori ...
(1915–1991), American basketball player
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Marvin A. Sweeney
Marvin Alan Sweeney (born, 1953; raised in Decatur, Illinois) is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Claremont School of Theology (1994–present). Dr. Sweeney was trained under the tutelage of Rolf P. Knierim at Claremont Graduate University. He was a ...
(born 1953), American professor
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Marvin Switzer
Marvin Switzer (born October 28, 1954) is a former American football defensive back. He played for the Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete ...
(born 1954), American football player
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Marvin Tate
Marvin Tate (born 1959) is an American artist, poet, and singer-songwriter from Chicago.
Early life
Tate was born in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago in 1959. Tate attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, studying with Ste ...
(born 1959), American singer-songwriter
* Marvin Terban (born 1940), American author
* Marvin Terrell (1938–2018), American football player
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Marvin Terrell (baseball)
Willie Marvin Terrell, nicknamed "Flash", is an American former Negro league third baseman who played in the 1940s.
Terrell played for the Atlanta Black Crackers
The Atlanta Black Crackers (originally known as the Atlanta Cubs and later brief ...
, American baseball player
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Marvin Thiel
Marvin Thiel (born 29 January 1995) is a German footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for side VfB Lübeck
VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addit ...
(born 1995), German footballer
* Marvin Thiele (born 1998), German footballer
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Marvin Thompson
Marvin Thompson (born ) is a British writer living in Wales. His poem "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love (Galatians 5:22)" won the National Poetry Competition 2020, announced in March 2021.
Biography
Marvin Thompson was born in London, Engla ...
(born 1977/1978), British writer
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Marvin Tile Marvin Tile (born 11 January 1933) is an orthopedic surgeon, former Chief of Surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and University of Toronto professor, who was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2009. Tile is co-founder of Sunnybrook H ...
(born 1933), Canadian surgeon
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Marvin Tokayer
Marvin Tokayer (born 1936) is an American Rabbi and author who served as a United States Air Force chaplain in Japan. He was later advised by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to return to Japan where he served for eight years as the only rabbi in the country. ...
(born 1936), American rabbi
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Marvin Townes
Marvin Townes (born November 9, 1980) is a former American football running back.
College
An honor roll student at East Carolina University, Townes earned All-Conference USA honors as a kick returner and posted the 12th 1,000 yard season i ...
(born 1980), American football player
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Marvin Townsend
Marvin Townsend (July 2, 1915 - November 26, 1999) was an American cartoonist known for his gag comics featured in various publications including ''Treasure Chest Fun and Fact'', ''Cartoon Spice'', and pulp magazines such as ''Amazing Stories'' ...
(1915–1999), American cartoonist
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Marvin Traub
Marvin Traub (May 14, 1925 – July 11, 2012) was an American businessman and writer. He was a prominent business executive in the retail sector known for his impact on merchandising and marketing. Traub was CEO and President of Bloomingdale's f ...
(1925–2012), American businessman
* Marvin Tshibuabua (born 2002), French footballer
* Marvin Turpin (1885–??), Guyanese cricketer
Marvin Upshaw
Marvin Allen "Marv" Upshaw (born November 22, 1946 in Robstown, Texas) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League. He played nine seasons for the Cleveland Browns (1968–1969), the Kansas City Chiefs (1970– ...
Marvin Vettori
Marvin Vettori (born September 20, 1993) is an Italian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2012, Vettori is a former Venator FC We ...
(born 1993), Italian mixed martial artist
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Marvin Vincent
Marvin Richardson Vincent (Poughkeepsie, New York, 11 September 1834 – Forest Hills, New York, 18 August 1922) was a Presbyterian minister, best known for his ''Word Studies in the New Testament''. From 1888, he was professor of New Testament ex ...
(1834–1922), American minister
* Marvin Vogel (born 1985), Zimbabwean cricketer
Marvin Washington
Marvin Andrew Washington (born October 22, 1965) is a former American football defensive end who played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Selected in the sixth round of the 1989 NFL draft, he played eight seasons for the New ...
(born 1965), American football player
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Marvin Weatherwax Jr.
Marvin R. Weatherwax Jr. is an American politician. He is a Democrat representing District 15 in the Montana House of Representatives.
Personal life
Weatherwax holds an associate's degree in computer science from Blackfeet Community College. ...
, American politician
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Marvin Webster
Marvin Nathaniel Webster (April 13, 1952 – April 4, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. He played one season in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and nine in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Denver Nu ...
(1952–2009), American basketball player
* Marvin Weiss (born 1995), German footballer
* Marvin Westmore (1934–2020), American artist
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Marvin White
Marvin L. White (born December 5, 1983 in Port Barre, Louisiana) is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kilgore College from 2003- ...
(born 1983), American football player
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Marvin Williams (disambiguation) Marvin Williams may refer to:
*Marvin Williams (born 1986), American basketball player
*Marvin Williams (basketball, born 1993), American basketball player
*Marvin Williams (American football) (born 1963), retired American football player
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Marvin Winans
Marvin Lawrence Winans (born March 5, 1958) is an American pastor and gospel singer, and a member of the musical Winans family. He is also known for his recurring role in the hit show ''Tyler Perry's House of Payne''.
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Early life
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(born 1958), American singer
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Marvin Wolfgang
Marvin Eugene Wolfgang (14 November 1924 – 12 April 1998) was an American sociologist and criminologist.
Biography
Wolfgang was a soldier in World War II and participated in the Battle of Monte Cassino. After the war he studied at the Univer ...
(1924–1998), American sociologist
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Marvin Worth
Marvin Worth (June 6, 1925 – April 22, 1998) was an American film producer, screenwriter and actor. His efforts to bring the biography of Malcolm X to the big screen started in 1967, when he purchased the rights to ''The Autobiography of Malco ...
(1925–1998), American producer
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Marvin X
Marvin X (born Marvin Ellis Jackmon; May 29, 1944) is a poet, playwright and essayist.
Born in Fowler, California, he has taken the Muslim name El Muhajir ("the expatriate" in Arabic) . His work has been associated with the Black Arts/Black A ...
(born 1944), American poet
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Marvin Yancy
Marvin Jerome Yancy (May 31, 1950 – March 22, 1985) was an American gospel musician, pastor and Grammy-winning record producer, and former pastor of Fountain of Life Baptist Church. He started his music career, in 1971, with The Independents, ...
(1950–1985), American musician
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Marvin York
Marvin York (born June 26, 1932) is an American former politician in the state of Oklahoma. A native of Kansas, he moved with his parental family to Oklahoma, where he completed his high school and college education. After graduation, he became a ...
(born 1932), American politician
* Marvin R. Young (1947–1968), American soldier
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Marvin Zelen
Marvin Zelen (June 21, 1927 – November 15, 2014) was Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), and Lemuel Shattuck Research Professor of Statistical Science ...
(1927–2014), American professor
* Marvin Zelkowitz (born 1945), American computer scientist
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Marvin Zindler
Marvin Harold Zindler (August 10, 1921 – July 29, 2007) was a news reporter for television station KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas, United States. His investigative journalism, through which he mostly represented the city's elderly and working class ...
(1921–2007), American news reporter
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Marvin Zuckerman
Marvin Zuckerman (March 21, 1928 in Chicago – November 8, 2018) was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Delaware. Zuckerman is best known for his research into the psychobiological basis of human personality,Zuckerman, M. (201 ...
(1928–2018), American professor
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Marvin Zwickl
Marvin Zwickl (born 22 February 2004) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a right-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition ...
(born 2004), Austrian footballer
Fictional characters
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Marvin (horror host)
Marvin was a television horror host, played by Terry Bennett, who originally appeared on Chicago's WBKB from 1957 to 1959.
"It began with a dark night sky, broken by long fingers of lightning that ripped down from the sky. Deep-throated thunder ...
, 1950s Chicago area horror host
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Marvin the Martian
Marvin the Martian is an extraterrestrial character from Warner Bros.' ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoons. He frequently appears as a villain in cartoons and video games, and wears a helmet and skirt. The character has been voice ...
, in the Looney Tunes cartoons
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Marvin, the Paranoid Android
Marvin the Paranoid Android is a fictional character in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series by Douglas Adams. Marvin is the ship's robot aboard the starship ''Heart of Gold''. Originally built as one of many failed prototypes of Sir ...
, in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series
* Marvin Redpost, the main character in the Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sachar
* Marvin Monroe, a ''
The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge ...
The Muppet Show
''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two television pilot, pilot episodes produced by Henson for American Broadcasting Company, ABC in 1974 and 1975. ...
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* Marvin T. Milk, a character from the ''The Boys'' television series known as "Mother's Milk" and "MM"
* Mouth McFadden, real name Marvin, a main character in
One Tree Hill (TV series)
''One Tree Hill'' is an American drama television series created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB. After the series' third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW, and from September 27, 2006, the series wa ...
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Marvin Branagh
This is a list of ''Resident Evil'' characters, which includes playable and recurring characters that were introduced in '' Resident Evil'', a series of survival horror video games.
Appearances
P - Playable character (campaign/unloc ...
, a Lieutenant at the Raccoon Police Department in ''
Resident Evil 2
''Resident Evil 2'' is a 1998 survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation. The player controls Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, who must escape Raccoon City after its citizens are transformed into ...