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 (42–23 B.C.), nephew of Augustus
 * Marcus Claudius Marcellus (fl. 3rd century B.C.), Roman consul and military leader
 * Claudii Marcelli, any men from his clan branch of gens Claudia
 * Marcellus (magister equitum) (4th century), General in Gaul appointed by Constantuis II
 * Marcellus (brother of Justin II) (fl. late 6th century), Byzantine aristocrat and general
 * Marcellus (comes excubitorum) (fl. 6th century), commander of the Excubitors
 * Marcellus (general under Justinian I) (fl. 530s), Byzantine general
 * Marcellus (usurper) (died 366), Roman general
 * Marcellus (prefect of Judea) (fl. 30s), mentioned in Josephus
 * Marcellus of Ancyra (died c. 374), bishop
 * Marcellus Bailey (1840–1921), American patent attorney
 * Marcellus Flemming Berry, inventor
 * Marcellus Boss (1901–1967), Governor of Guam
 * Marcellus Bowman (born 1988), Canadian football player
 * Frank Marcellus Boyce (1851–1931), American physician
 * Marcellus of Capua (fl. 3rd or 4th century), martyr
 * Alonzo Marcellus Carroll (1894–1962), American football player
 * Marcellus H. Chiles (1895–1918), American Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Cassius Marcellus Clay (disambiguation)
 * Marcellus Jerome Clarke (1844–1865), American Civil War soldier and guerrilla
 * Marcellus Coffermans (1520–1578), Flemish painter
 * Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844–1934), American artist
 * Marcellus M. Crocker (1830–1865), American Civil War general
 * Marcellus Hartley Dodge (disambiguation)
 * Marcellus Dorwin (1861–1925), American politician
 * Marcellus Douglass (died 1862), American Civil War soldier
 * Marcellus Gilmore Edson (1849–1940), Canadian inventor
 * Marcellus Emants (1848–1923), Dutch novelist
 * Marcellus Empiricus (fl. late 4th and early 5th centuries), Latin medical writer
 * Marcellus, Archbishop of Esztergom (fl. 1095–1124)
 * Marcellus Gallio, character in the Lloyd C. Douglas novel The Robe
 * Marcellus Gomes (born 1961), Indian field hockey player
 * William Marcellus Goodrich (1777–1833), American organ builder
 * Marcellus Greene (born 1957), American football player
 * Marcellus Hall, American artist and musician
 * Marcellus Hartley (1827–1902), American arms dealer
 * Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797–1856), French-American educator
 * William Marcellus Howard (1857–1932), American politician
 * John Marcellus Huston (1906–1987), American film director
 * Marcellus Jones (1830–1900), American Civil War soldier
 * Marcellus L. Joslyn (1873–1963), American businessman
 * James Marcellus Kendrick (1893–1941), American football player
 * George Marcellus Landers (1813–1895), American politician
 * Marcellus Laroon (1653–1702), Dutch painter
 * Marcellus Laroon the Younger (1679–1772), English painter
 * Laurence Marcellus Larson (1868–1938), Norwegian-born American educator
 * Joseph Marcellus McWhorter (1828–1913), American lawyer
 * Nathan Marcellus Moore (born 1965), English musician
 * Marcellus Deming Nave (born 1880; death date unknown), American college football coach
 * Marcellus Neal (1868–1939), first African-American graduate of Indiana University
 * Marcellus de Niveriis (died 1460 or 1462), German Franciscan
 * Marcellus Orontius (fl. 3rd century), neoplatonist and disciple of Plotinus
 * John Marcellus Richter (1873–1927), American baseball player
 * Marcellus Rivers (born 1978), American football player
 * Marcellus of Side (fl. 2nd century), Greek poet
 * Marcellus Stearns (1839–1891), American politician
 * Robert Marcellus Stewart (1815–1871), Governor of Missouri
 * Marcellus Augustus Stovall (1818–1895), American Civil War soldier
 * Marcellus of Tangier (c. mid 3rd century – 298), martyr
 * Marsellus Wallace, a character in the movie Pulp Fiction
 * Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (1824–1890), American Civil War general
 * Marcellus Wiley (born 1974), American football player
 * Cal Marcellus Young (1871–1957), 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 (died c. 167), Roman bishop
 * Gaius Claudius Marcellus (disambiguation)
 * Granius Marcellus (fl. 15), Roman politician
 * John Marcellus, American musician
 * John Plummer Marcellus (1838–1932), Canadian politician
 * Lucius Neratius Marcellus (fl. 1st and 2nd century), Roman consul
 * Marcus Asinius Marcellus (fl. 1st century), Roman consul
 * Marcus Claudius Marcellus (disambiguation)
 * Marcus Vitorius Marcellus (c. 60 - after 105), Roman politician
 * Nawoon Marcellus, Haitian politician
 * Nonius Marcellus (fl. 4th or 5th century), Roman grammarian
 * Robert Marcellus (1928–1996), American classical clarinetist
 * Sextus Varius Marcellus (c. 165 – c. 215), Roman politician
 * Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus (died 79), Roman politician
 * Ulpius Marcellus (fl. 2nd Century), Roman governor and general
 * Ulpius Marcellus (son) (fl. 211–212), latest-recorded governor of Britannia

Variants

 * Marcus
 * Martin
 * Mario
 * Marianus