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, while also being a

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, Albania and Bulgaria. It is a variant of the

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name '' Marinus''.

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* Alexandru Marin (1945–2005), French-born Romanian-American physicist *

André Marin André Marin is a lawyer who served as Ontario ombudsman from 2005 to 2015. Personal Marin is a graduate of Carleton University (BA 1985) and University of Ottawa (LLL 1988, JD 1989). Career After graduating from law school, Marin became an as ...

, (born 1965), ombudsman of Ontario *

Andreea Marin Andreea Violeta Marin (born 22 December 1974, in Roman, Neamț County) is a Romanian television presenter and TV personality. Early life and career She majored in Journalism, Public Relations & Advertisement, Computer Programming and Mathemat ...

(born 1974), Romanian television presenter *

Angel Marin Angel Marin ( bg, Ангел Марин) (born 8 January 1942) is a Bulgarian political figure who was Vice President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012. He took office in 2002 together with President Georgi Parvanov, and they were re-elected for a se ...

(born 1942), Vice President of Bulgaria * Biagio Marin (1891–1985), Italian poet *

Carlos Francisco Chang Marín Carlos Francisco Chang Marín or Changmarín (February 26, 1922 – December 5, 2012) was a Panamanian folklorist, painter, musician, journalist, activist and writer of poetry, essays and children's literature. His writing, which has been descr ...

(born 1922), Panamanian *

Carol Marin Carol Marin (pronounced "''marine''") (born October 10, 1948) is a television and print journalist based in Chicago, Illinois. Career Marin began her journalism career in 1972 at WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee working as a reporter, anchor, an ...

(born 1948), American television and print journalist * Charles-Paul Marin de la Malgue (1633–1713), French officer & explorer in Canada * Cheech Marin (born 1946), American comedian and actor *

Chief Marin Chief Marin (c. 1781 – March 15, 1839) was the "great chief of the tribe ''Licatiut''" (a branch of Coast Miwok native to present-day Marin County, California), according to Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, General Vallejo's semi-historical report to ...

(c. 1781 – 1839), a Coast Miwok chief * Constantin Marin (1925-2011), Romanian musician * Cristina Marin (born 1981), Romanian gymnast *

Diego Marín Aguilera Diego Marín Aguilera (1757–1799) was a Spanish inventor who was an early aviation pioneer. Early life Born in Coruña del Conde, Marín became the head of his household after his father died and had to take care of his seven siblings. He wo ...

(died 1799), Spanish inventor who attempted flight *

Edmond Marin La Meslée Edmond Marin la Meslée (5 February 1912 – 4 February 1945) was a French fighter pilot in World War II. 5th highest-scoring French ace of the conflict with 16 aerial victories, he was the most successful French air ace of the French campai ...

(1912–1945), French fighter pilot in World War II * Francisco A. Marcos-Marín, linguist * Gabriel Marin (born 1972), Romanian rower *

Gheorghe Gaston Marin Gheorghe Gaston Marin (April 14, 1918, Chișineu-Criș – February 25, 2010, Bucharest) was a Romanian communist politician who had many roles under Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and Nicolae Ceaușescu. He was born Gheorghe Grossmann in Pădureni, Arad ...

(born 1918), Romanian-Jewish communist politician * Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz (1937–2019), French politician * Gladys Marin (1941–2005), Chilean activist and political figure * Guadalupe Marín (1895–1983), "Lupe Marín", Mexican model and novelist, wife of Diego Rivera *

Ion Marin Ion Marin (born 8 July 1960) is a Romanian-Austrian conductor. He is internationally renowned both in operatic and symphonic domains. Early life Born in Bucharest, son of choir conductor Constantin Marin, founder of the Madrigal Choir, Ion Marin ...

, Romanian-born Austrian conductor * Jacques Marin (1919–2001), French actor * Joel Marin (born 1994), Finnish murderer * John Marin (1870–1953), American painter * José Maria Marin (born 1932), Brazilian politician *

Joseph Marin de la Malgue Joseph Marin de la Malgue (February 1719 – 1774) was the son of Charles-Paul Marin de la Malgue and continued on in the family military and exploration tradition, entering the colonial regular troops at the age of 13. He spent the next 13 years ...

(1719–1774), explorer in Canada * Luciana Marin (born 1988), Romanian handballer *

Luis Muñoz Marín José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898April 30, 1980) was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician, statesman and was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico, regarded as the "Architect of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth." In 1948 he ...

(1898–1980), Puerto Rico poet, journalist and politician * Mariana Marin (1956-2003), Romanian poet *

Marilena Marin Marilena Marin (born 24 July 1947) is an Italian Venetist politician. A native of Conegliano, she was a founding member of Liga Veneta in 1978–1980 and, after a party purge in 1984, she was elected national secretary of the party replacing Ach ...

, Italian politician * Marko Marin (professor), Slovenian theatre director and art historian *

Manuel Marín Manuel Marín González (21 October 1949 – 4 December 2017) was a Spanish politician, former President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was a long-time member of the European Commission, and acting president during the Santer Commiss ...

(1949–2017), Spanish politician * Michael Marin (1968-2012), American financier * Michael L. Marin, American doctor and vascular surgeon *

Peter Marin Peter Stuart Robert Marin (born 1978, Perth) is an Australian drummer and percussionist. Marin joined Dan Sultan's backing band in 2006 and is recorded on Sultan's albums, '' Get Out While You Can'' (November 2009), '' Blackbird'' (April 2014) ...

, Australian session drummer * Petre Marin (born 1973), Romanian footballer *

Rafael Marin Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

(born 1959), Spanish science fiction novelist and comic book writer *

Răzvan Marin Răzvan Gabriel Marin (; born 23 May 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Empoli, on loan from Cagliari, and the Romania national team. He began his senior career with local club Viitorul Const ...

(born 1996), Romanian footballer * Rosario Marin, treasurer of the United States * Ruth Rivera Marín (1927–1969), Mexican architect *

Sanna Marin Sanna Mirella Marin (; born 16 November 1985) is a Finnish politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Finland since 2019. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP), she has been a Member of Parliament since 2015. ...

(born 1985), Finnish politician and the 46th Prime Minister of Finland *

William Miranda Marín William "Willie" Miranda Marín (September 23, 1940 – June 4, 2010) was the mayor of Caguas, Puerto Rico, from 1997 until his death in 2010. Personal life The son of José Miranda Gómez, a sugar cane cutter, and Rafaela Marín, a tobacco str ...

(born 1940), mayor of Caguas, Puerto Rico

Sports

Carolina Marín Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish professional badminton player. She is an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, six-time European Champion, and the former World's No. 1 in BWF rankings for the women's si ...

(born 1993), Spanish badminton player *

Jack Marin John Warren Marin (born October 12, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player. A 201 cm (6-foot, 7-inch) guard/forward from Duke University, Marin was named to the 1967 NBA All-Rookie Team and spent 11 seasons in the Natio ...

(born 1944), American basketball player *

José Marín (racewalker) José Marín Sospedra ( Catalan: Josep Marín i Sospedra; born 21 January 1950) is a retired Spanish racewalker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different f ...

(born 1950), Spanish race walker * Juan Antonio Marín (born 1975), Costa Rican male tennis player * Luca Marin (born 1986), Italian swimmer *

Luis Marín (footballer, born 1974) Luis Antonio Marín Murillo (born 10 August 1974) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back, and former captain of the Costa Rica national team. He is currently the manager of Alajuelense. Marin was rega ...

, Costa Rican football (soccer) player * Luis Marín Sabater (born 1906), Spanish football (soccer) player *

Marco Marin Marco Marin (born 4 July 1963) is an Italian politician, dentist and fencer. He won a gold, two silvers and a bronze in sabre events at three Olympic Games between 1984 and 1992. He served as a Senator between 2013 and 2018, before joining the ...

(born 1963), Italian Olympic fencer *

Marko Marin Marko Marin ( sr-cyr, Марко Марин, born 13 March 1989) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and winger (association football), left winger. He was known for his accele ...

(born 1989), German football (soccer) player *

Mihail Marin Mihail Marin (born 21 April 1965) is a Romanian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE. Marin's first major success in international chess was in qualifying for the Interzonal in 1987. He has won three Romania ...

(born 1965), Romanian chess Grandmaster * Nicolas Marin (born 1980), French football (soccer) player * Olimpiu Marin (born 1969), Romanian sports shooter * Oscar Marin (born 1982), American baseball coach * Petre Marin (born 1973), Romanian football (soccer) player *

(born 1996), Romanian footballer *

Vladimir Marín Vladimir Marín Ríos (born 26 September 1979) is a Colombian football attacking midfielder and coach. He plays for Obreros Unidos in the Liga Hernandariense. He represented Colombia from 2006 to 2009. Club career Marín began his playing ...

(born 1979), Colombian football (soccer) player

Fictional characters

Daley Marin ''Flight 29 Down'' is an American adventure comedy-drama television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids. The show was created by Stan Rogow (''Lizzie McGuire'', ''Darcy's Wild Life'') ...

Eagle Marin The following list comprises the characters that form the three ranks of the army of the Greek goddess Athena, in the Japanese manga ''Saint Seiya'' and the canonical sequel and prequel '' Saint Seiya Next Dimension'', written and illustrated by ...

* Lex Marin *

Hanna Marin Hanna Olivia Marin is a fictional character created by Sara Shepard for the ''Pretty Little Liars'' book series, and later developed for the Freeform television series adaptation by I. Marlene King. The character has also appeared in the spi ...

Given name

Marin Alsop Marin Alsop ( �mɛər.ɪn ˈæːl.sɑːp born October 16, 1956) is an American conductor, the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She is music director laureate ...

(born 1956), American conductor and violinist, and music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra *

Marin Barleti Marin Barleti ( la, Marinus Barletius, it, Marino Barlezio; – ) was a historian and Catholic priest from Shkodër who was a humanist. He is considered the first Albanian historian because of his 1504 eyewitness account of the 1478 siege o ...

(c. 1450-c. 1520), Albanian historian and Catholic priest * Marin Boucher (1587 or 1589–1671), early settler in New France * Marin Ceaușescu (1916–1989), Romanian economist and diplomat, and older brother of former President Nicolae Ceauşescu *

Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Austral ...

(born 1988), Croatian professional tennis player * Marin Clark, American earth scientist * Marin Drăcea (1885–1958), Romanian silviculturist *

Marin Drinov Marin Stoyanov Drinov ( bg, Марин Стоянов Дринов, russian: Марин Степанович Дринов; 20 October 1838 - 13 March 1906) was a Bulgarian historian and philologist from the National Revival period who lived and ...

(1838–1906), Bulgarian historian and philologist *

Marin Držić Marin Držić (; also ''Marino Darza'' or ''Marino Darsa''; 1508 – 2 May 1567) was a Croatian writer from Republic of Ragusa. He is considered to be one of the finest Renaissance playwrights and prose writers of Croatian literature. L ...

(1508–1567), Croatian Renaissance playwright and prose writer * Marin Getaldić (1568–1626), mathematician and physicist born in Dubrovnik *

Marin Goleminov Marin Petrov Goleminov ( bg, Марин Петров Големинов; 28 September 1908 – 19 February 2000) was a Bulgarian composer, violinist, conductor and pedagogue. Life and career Goleminov was born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria; the son ...

(1908–2000), Bulgarian composer, violinist, conductor and pedagogue * Marin Hamill (born 2001), American freestyle skier *

Marin Hinkle Marin Elizabeth Hinkle (born March 23, 1966) is an American actress. Among many television and movie roles, she is best known for playing Judy Brooks on the ABC television drama ''Once and Again'', Judith Harper-Melnick on the CBS sitcom ''Two ...

(born 1966), American actress *

Marin Honda is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2016 World Junior champion, the 2017 World Junior silver medalist, the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and the 2016–17 Japanese Junior National bronze medalist. She is the former ...

(本田真凜, born 2001), Japanese figure skater *

Marin Ireland Marin Yvonne Ireland is an American actress. Known for her work in theatre and independent films, ''The New York Times'' deemed Ireland "one of the great drama queens of the New York stage". Her accolades include a Theatre World Award and nomina ...

(born 1979), American actress *

Marin Karmitz Marin Karmitz (born 7 October 1938) is a Romanian-French businessman whose career has spanned the French film industry, including director, producer, film distributor, and operator of a chain of cinemas. Karmitz attended film school at IDHE ...

(born 1938), French businessman, film producer, director and distributor * Marin Mägi-Efert (born 1982), Estonian actress *

Marin Marais Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...

(1656–1728), French Baroque music composer *

Marin Mazzie Marin Joy Mazzie (October 9, 1960 – September 13, 2018) was an American actress and singer known for her work in musical theatre. Mazzie was a three-time Tony Award nominee, for her performances as Clara in '' Passion'' (1994), Mother in '' ...

(1960-2018), American actress and singer * Marin Mema (born 1981), Albanian journalist * Marin Mersenne (1588–1648), French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist * Marin Morrison, (1990–2009), American Paralympic swimmer *

Marin Preda Marin Preda (; 5 August 1922, Siliștea Gumești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania – 16 May 1980, Mogoșoaia, Ilfov County, Socialist Republic of Romania) was a Romanian novelist, post-war writer and director of Cartea Românească publis ...

(1922–1980), Romanian novelist * Marin Rozić (born 1983), Croatian professional basketball player *

Marin Sais Marin Sais (born Mae Smith; August 2, 1890 – December 31, 1971) was an American actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s. Sais' acting career spanned over four decades and she is possibly best ...

(1890–1971), American film actress *

Marin Soljačić Marin Soljačić (born February 7, 1974) is a Croatian-American physicist and electrical engineer known for wireless non-radiative energy transfer. Biography Marin Soljačić was born in Zagreb in 1974. After graduating from XV Gymnasium (MIOC) ...

(born 1974), Croatian physicist and electrical engineer * Marin, alias of Japanese DJ

Yoshinori Sunahara is a Japanese record producer and DJ from Sapporo, Hokkaido. He is a former member of Denki Groove. He was also a member of Metafive. Discography Studio albums * ''Crossover'' (1995) * '' Take Off and Landing'' (1998) * '' The Sound of '70s' ...

Marin Sorescu Marin Sorescu (; 29 February 1936 – 8 December 1996) was a Romanian poet, playwright, and novelist. His works were translated into more than 20 countries, and the total number of his books that were published abroad rises up to 60 books. He ha ...

(1936–1996), Romanian poet, playwright, and novelist, and Minister of Culture * Marin Skender (born 1979), Croatian football goalkeeper * Marin Tufan (born 1942), Romanian footballer

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