Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us.

This time it is all about Marcus/Markus!

Marcus Antonius* politician/general - Rome, Roman Republic (83 BC)

Marcus Cornelius Fronto* Roman grammarian/ rhetorician/advocate - Cirta, Numidia (100)
Marcus Aurelius* Roman emperor/philosopher/the last emperor of Pax Romana - Rome, Roman Empire (121) pic
Marcus Claudius Tacitus* Roman emperor (275-276) - Interamna, Italia (200)

Markus Fugger* politician/businessman – Germany (1529)

Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz* politician/MP – Vigvoll, Tveit, Norway (1762)

Marcus Loew* business magnate – New York, NY USA (1870)
Markus Reiner* Israeli scientist/major figure in rheology – Szernowich, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (1886)
Marcus Garvey* proponent of Black nationalism – Saint Ann’s Bay, Jamaica (1887)

Markus Wolf* Stasi chief in DDR – Hechingen, Prussia (1923)

Markus Fuchs* equestrian/show jumper – Abtwil, Switzerland (1955)
Markus Kajo* journalist/TV-host – Isojoki, Finland (1957)

Markus Selin* film director – Nummela, Finland (1960)
Marcus Grönholm* rally driver – Kauniainen, Finland (1968)
Marcus Schenkenberg* Dutch model/singer/actor - Stockholm, Sweden (1968)

Markus Näslund* hockey player – Örnsköldsvik, Sweden (1973)

Marcus Hellner* cross-country skier/OG – Lerdala, Sweden (1985)
Marcus Mumford* American-born British singer/musician/ record producer – Yorba Linda, CA USA (1987)

Marcus Foligno* Canadian hockey player – Buffalo, NY USA (1991)
Markus Granlund* hockey player – Oulu, Finland (1993)
Marcus Rashford* football player – Wythenshawe, Manchester, England (1997)

Updated 22.11.2021