Marcel (given name)
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Marcel (French: [maʁsɛl], Catalan: [mərˈsɛɫ, maɾˈsɛɫ], Occitan: [marˈsɛl]) is a male given name, the French, Occitan and Catalan form of Marcellus and may refer to:
The arts
- Marcel (singer) (Marcel Francois Chagnon) (b. 1975), American country music singer and songwriter known by the singular name, Marcel
- Marcel Broodthaers (1924–1976), Belgian poet, artist and filmmaker
- Marcel Budală (1925–1989), Romanian accordionist
- Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), French-American artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements
- Marcel Dupré (1886–1971), French organist, pianist, composer and pedagogue.
- Marcel Dzama (b. 1974), Canadian artist known for small-scale ink and watercolor drawings
- Marcel Iureș (b. 1951), Romanian actor
- Marcel Janco (1895–1984), Israeli painter and architect
- Marcel Olinescu (1896-1992), Romanian engraver
- Marcel Pagnol (1895-1975), French novelist, playwright and filmmaker
- Marcel Khalife (b. 1950), Lebanese-French composer, singer and oud player.
- Marcel Marceau (1923–2007), French mime artist and actor
- Marcel Martí (b. 1925), Argentine-born sculptor of Catalan descent
- Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French novelist, essayist, and critic
- Marcel Rodríguez-López (b. 1984), member of The Mars Volta and younger brother of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
- Marcel Romanescu (1897-1956), Romanian poet
- Marcel Vaid, (b. 1967) Swiss film composer
In sports
- Marcel Cerdan (1916–1949), French pied noir world boxing champion
- Marcel Coraș (b. 1959), Romanian footballer
- Marcell Dareus (b. 1990), NFL defensive tackle
- Marcel Desailly (b. 1968), former French footballer and star of the France national football team squad
- Marcel Dost (b. 1969), retired decathlete from the Netherlands
- Marcel Felder (b. 1984), Uruguayan tennis player
- Marcel Goc (b. 1983), German professional ice hockey player
- Marcel Hirscher (b. 1989), Austrian alpine skier
- Marcel Hossa (b. 1981), Slovak professional ice hockey player
- Marcell Jansen (b. 1985), German footballer
- Marcel Nguyen (b. 1987), Vietnamese-German gymnast
- Marcel Augusto Ortolan, a Brazilian football player
- Marcel Schmelzer (b. 1988), German footballer
- Marcel Seip (b. 1982), Dutch footballer
- Marcel Wouda (b. 1972), former world champion Dutch swimmer
In other fields
- Marcel Alessandri (1895–1968), French Army general
- Marcel Berlins (b. 1941), Anglo-French lawyer, legal commentator, broadcaster, and columnist
- Marcel Bigeard (1916–2010), French Army general
- Marcel Dinu (b. 1935), Romanian diplomat
- Marcel Carpentier (1895–1977), French Army general
- Marcel Grateau (c. 1852–1936), French hairdresser who pioneered the use of hair irons
- Marcel Pauker (1896-1938), Romanian communist militant
- Marcel Rayman (1923−1944), Polish Jew in the FTP-MOI group of French resistance fighters during World War II
- Marcel Renault (1871 or 1872–1903), French racing car driver and industrialist
- Marcel Vigneron (b. 1980), American chef and television personality
- Marcel Vonk, Dutch poker player, physicist
In fiction
- Marcel, a villain in the television series Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Marcel, Ross Geller's pet monkey in the television series Friends
- Marcel, a fictional marketer in the music video of Best Song Ever (One Direction)
