Marx (surname)

Marx is a surname, and may refer to:

In politics:

• Karl Marx, German philosopher
  • Eleanor Marx, politically active daughter of Karl Marx
  • Laura Marx, daughter of Karl Marx and wife of Paul Lafargue
• Wilhelm Marx, German politician and Chancellor
• Marx Dormoy, French socialist
• Charles Marx, Luxembourgian doctor, political militant and minister

In television and film:

• Marx Brothers, a team of sibling comedians that appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television
  • Barbara Marx, wife of Zeppo Marx
  • Chico Marx, American actor, comedian and musician
  • Groucho Marx, American actor and comedian
  • Gummo Marx, the only Marx Brother to have served in the military
  • Harpo Marx, American actor, comedian and musician
  • Minnie Marx, the mother and manager for the Marx Brothers and the sister of Al Shean
  • Sam Marx, the father of the Marx Brothers
  • Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian
• Christy Marx, TV series writer
• Paul Marx (screenwriter), British television screenwriter
• Samuel Marx, MGM story editor, film producer, and author

In music:

• Adolf Bernhard Marx (1799-1866), musicologue
• Gary Marx, rock musician
• Jeff Marx, American composer of musicals
• Joseph Marx, Austrian composer
• Karl Marx (composer), German composer
• Richard Marx, American pop singer

In business:

• Louis Marx, American toy maker and businessman

In sports:

• Franz Marx, Austrian wrestler
• Michael Marx, American fencer
• Thorben Marx, German footballer

In other media:

• Bernard Marx, one of the main characters in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Carlo Marx, character in the novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac
• Skidd McMarxx, minor character in the game Ratchet and Clank, whose name is primarily a play on words (he plays a sport similar to Slalom snowboarding)

In other fields:

• Adolph Marx (bishop), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Anthony Marx, President of Amherst College
• Erwin Otto Marx, German engineer and inventor
• Gary T. Marx, sociologist
• Leo Marx, professor at MIT
• Paul Marx (priest)
• Robert F. Marx, American underwater archaeologist
• Roberto Burle Marx, Brazilian landscape designer
• Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich

See also

• Marcks (disambiguation)
• Marks (disambiguation)
• Marx (disambiguation)

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