The term Marker may refer to:

Common uses

Marker (linguistics) In linguistics, a marker is a free or bound morpheme that indicates the grammatical function of the marked word, phrase, or sentence. Most characteristically, markers occur as clitics or inflectional affixes. In analytic languages and agglutinativ ...

, a morpheme that indicates some grammatical function *

Marker (telecommunications) A marker is a type of special purpose control system that was used in electromechanical telephone central office switches. Switches employing markers belong to a class of switches known as "common control", as the purpose of a marker is to contro ...

, a special-purpose computer * Boundary marker, an object that identifies a land boundary * Marker or Clapperboard, equipment used during filming * Marker, a set of sewing patterns placed over cloth to be cut * Historical marker, a plaque erected at historically significant locations *

Marker pen A marker pen, fine liner, marking pen, felt-tip pen, felt pen, flow marker, sign pen (in South Korea), vivid (in New Zealand), texta (in Australia), sketch pen (in South Asia) or koki (in South Africa), is a pen which has its own ink source a ...

, a felt-tipped pen * Paintball marker, or paintball gun, an air gun *

Survey marker Survey markers, also called survey marks, survey monuments, or geodetic marks, are objects placed to mark key survey points on the Earth's surface. They are used in geodetic and land surveying. A ''benchmark'' is a type of survey marker that i ...

, an object placed to mark a point

Places

4253 Märker 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

, a main belt asteroid *

Marker, Norway Marker is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørje Ørje is the administrative centre of Marker municipality, Norway, not far from the Swedish border. Its population (2013) is ...

, a municipality in Østfold county, Norway

People

Chris Marker Chris Marker (; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and Essay#Film, film essayist. His best known films are ''La Jetée'' (1962), ''A Grin Without a Cat'' (1977) and ''S ...

(1921–2012), French film maker and director of ''La jetée'' *

Cliff Marker Clifford Norwell Marker (June 13, 1903 – July 1972) was a professional football player who played 3 seasons in the National Football League, with the Canton Bulldogs, Frankford Yellow Jackets and the New York Giants The New York Gian ...

(1903–1972), American football player *

Friedrich Märker Friedrich Märker (7 March 1893 in Augsburg, Bavaria – 27 April 1985 in Feldafing, Bavaria) was a German writer, essayist, theatre critic and publicist. His work focused on the physiognomy of the Nordic race (during the time of the Nazi regime), ...

(1893–1985), German writer, essayist, theatre critic and publicist *

Gary Marker Gary "Magic" Marker (May 23, 1943 – December 8, 2015) was an American bass guitarist and recording engineer, best known for his involvement in various psychedelic rock bands of the 1960s. A bass player with jazz leanings, who had studied at Ber ...

, American bass guitarist and recording engineer *

Gus Marker Augustus Solberg Marker (August 1, 1905 – October 7, 1997) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who had played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Maple Leafs and B ...

(1905–1997), Canadian ice hockey player * Harry Marker (1899 – 1990), American filmmaker * James Marker (c. 1920–2012), American-born Canadian businessman who invented Cheezies * Jamsheed Marker (born 1922), Pakistani diplomat *

Nicky Marker Nicholas Robert Thomas Marker (born 3 May 1965) is an English football coach and former professional footballer. As a player he was defender who made more than 500 appearances during his career, notably in the Premier League with Blackburn Ro ...

(born 1965), English footballer and coach *

Peter Marker Peter Marker (born 21 March 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with and captained Glenelg in the SANFL during the late 1960s and 1970s, captaining the Tigers to the 1973 SANFL premiership, in what was the last SANFL Gran ...

, Australian Australian rules footballer and media personality * Russell Earl Marker (1902–1995), American chemist *

Steve Marker Steve Marker (born March 16, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a cofounder and guitarist of the alternative rock band Garbage. Early life Steven W. Marker was born in Mamaroneck, New York on Marc ...

(born 1959), American musician and record producer, guitarist for Garbage *

Vic Marker Victor Marker (February 5, 1916 – July 8, 2002) was a boxer who was born and raised in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, then moved to Casper, Wyoming later in life. Marker was a three time Midwest Golden Gloves Champion from 1937–39 at 147 lbs. Mark ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1937–1939), American boxer * Voris (designer), née Voris Marker (1908-1973), American fashion designer and sculptor

Arts, entertainment, and media

Marker (band) Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964) is an American composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered composi ...

, a band formed in 2017 by Ken Vandermark * ''Marker'' (novel), a 2005 novel by Robin Cook * ''Marker'' (TV series), a 1995 American drama series * ''The Marker'' (film), a 2017 British crime film * ''

TheMarker ''TheMarker'' ( he, דה-מרקר) is a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper published by the Haaretz group in Israel. ''TheMarker'' was founded in 1999 by journalist and entrepreneur Guy Rolnik along with Haaretz group and U.S.-based invest ...

'', an Israeli Hebrew-language daily business newspaper * '' Pistol Whipped'' (working title: ''Marker''), a 2008 film starring Steven Seagal * Marker, a business website published by

Medium Medium may refer to: Science and technology Aviation *Medium bomber, a class of war plane * Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Communication * Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data * Medium of ...

Companies

Marker (ski bindings) Marker International is a German manufacturing company of equipment for winter sports established in 1952 and headquartered in Straubing, Lower Bavaria. Founded by Hannes Marker, the company is known for pioneering releasable binding technology. ...

, a company specializing in ski bindings

Science

Biological marker In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. Biomarkers are often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues to examine normal biological processes, pa ...