Marcellus (name)
Marcellus is a masculine given name and a surname, which comes from the Roman god of war Mars.
Given name
Notable people with the name include:- Marcellus, character in William Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus, nephew of Augustus
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman consul and military leader
- * Claudii Marcelli, any men from his clan branch of gens Claudia
- Marcellus (archbishop of Esztergom)
- Marcellus (magister equitum), General in Gaul appointed by Constantuis II
- Marcellus (brother of Justin II), Byzantine aristocrat and general
- Marcellus (comes excubitorum), commander of the Excubitors
- Marcellus (general under Justinian I), Byzantine general
- Marcellus (usurper), Roman general
- Marcellus (prefect of Judea), mentioned in Josephus
- Marcellus of Ancyra, bishop
- Marcellus Bailey, American patent attorney
- Marcellus Flemming Berry, inventor
- Marcellus Boss, Governor of Guam
- Marcellus Bowman, Canadian football player
- Frank Marcellus Boyce, American physician
- Marcellus of Capua, martyr
- Alonzo Marcellus Carroll, American football player
- Marcellus H. Chiles, American Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Cassius Marcellus Clay (disambiguation)
- Marcellus Jerome Clarke, American Civil War soldier and guerrilla
- Marcellus Coffermans, Flemish painter
- Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American artist
- Marcellus M. Crocker, American Civil War general
- Marcellus Hartley Dodge (disambiguation)
- Marcellus Dorwin, American politician
- Marcellus Douglass, American Civil War soldier
- Marcellus Gilmore Edson, Canadian inventor
- Marcellus Emants, Dutch novelist
- Marcellus Empiricus, Latin medical writer
- Marcellus Gallio, character in the Lloyd C. Douglas novel The Robe
- Marcellus Gomes, Indian field hockey player
- William Marcellus Goodrich, American organ builder
- Marcellus Greene, American football player
- Marcellus Hall, American artist and musician
- Marcellus Hartley, American arms dealer
- Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, French-American educator
- William Marcellus Howard, American politician
- John Marcellus Huston, American film director
- Marcellus Johnson, American football player
- Marcellus Jones, American Civil War soldier
- Marcellus L. Joslyn, American businessman
- James Marcellus Kendrick, American football player
- George Marcellus Landers, American politician
- Marcellus Laroon, Dutch painter
- Marcellus Laroon the Younger, English painter
- Laurence Marcellus Larson, Norwegian-born American educator
- Joseph Marcellus McWhorter, American lawyer
- Nathan Marcellus Moore, English musician
- Marcellus Deming Nave, American college football coach
- Marcellus Neal, first African-American graduate of Indiana University
- Marcellus de Niveriis, German Franciscan
- Marcellus Orontius, neoplatonist and disciple of Plotinus
- John Marcellus Richter, American baseball player
- Marcellus Rivers, American football player
- Marcellus of Side, Greek poet
- Marcellus Stearns, American politician
- Robert Marcellus Stewart, Governor of Missouri
- Marcellus Augustus Stovall, American Civil War soldier
- Marcellus of Tangier, martyr
- Marsellus Wallace, a character in the movie Pulp Fiction
- Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, American Civil War general
- Marcellus Wiley, American football player
- Cal Marcellus Young, American college football coach
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus, any of several members of the gens Claudia
- Pope Marcellus (disambiguation)
- Pseudo-Marcellus, author of the ''Passio sanctorum Petri et Pauli''
Surname
- Abercius Marcellus, Roman bishop
- Gaius Claudius Marcellus (disambiguation)
- Granius Marcellus, Roman politician
- John Marcellus, American musician
- John Plummer Marcellus, Canadian politician
- Lucius Neratius Marcellus, Roman consul
- Marcus Asinius Marcellus, Roman consul
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus (disambiguation)
- Marcus Vitorius Marcellus, Roman politician
- Nawoon Marcellus, Haitian politician
- Nonius Marcellus, Roman grammarian
- Robert Marcellus, American classical clarinetist
- Sextus Varius Marcellus, Roman politician
- Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus, Roman politician
- Ulpius Marcellus, Roman governor and general
- Ulpius Marcellus (son), latest-recorded governor of Britannia