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Marvin (name)

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Gender
  
male

Related names
  
Mervin, Mervyn, Merwin

Word/name
  
Welsh

Marvin is a male given name, derived from the Welsh name Mervyn. It is also found as a surname. Marven is a variant form.

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People with the given name Marvin

Notable people with this name include:

In music:

  • Marvin Hamlisch, successful composer of film scores
  • Marvin Gaye, popular soul and R&B singer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer
  • Marvin Watson, rapper better known by his stage name Messy Marv

    • In sports:

  • Marvin Andrews, Trinidad and Tobago footballer
  • Marvin Crenshaw, America football player
  • Marvin Eastman, American mixed martial artist and kickboxer
  • Marvin Hagler, American former boxer
  • Marvin LaRose, American football player
  • Marvin Gaye Williams Jr, American basketball player

    • In other fields:

  • Marvin T. Culpepper, Louisiana politician
  • Marvin Hoffenberg (1914-2013), American economist and political scientist.
  • Marvin Miller, an American baseball player's union organizer
  • Marvin Minsky, American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence
  • Marvin Zindler, American news reporter
  • Marvin Kaplan, American actor

    • Fictional characters

  • Marvin (horror host), 1950s Chicago area horror host
  • Marvin the Martian, a fictional character appearing in the Looney Tunes cartoons
  • Marvin, the Paranoid Android, a fictional character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
  • Marvin White (Super Friends), a supporting character of the Super Friends cartoon
  • Marvin Redpost, the main character in the Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sachar
  • Marvin Monroe, a fictional Simpsons character who died during the 6th season
  • Marvin Suggs, a character from The Muppet Show
  • Mouth McFadden, real name Marvin, a main character in One Tree Hill (TV series)

    • People with the surname Marvin

  • Charles A. Marvin (1929-2003), Louisiana district attorney and circuit judge
  • Hank Marvin (born 1941), member of British band The Shadows
  • James Marvin (academic), Chancellor of the University of Kansas from 1874 to 1883
  • James M. Marvin (1809–1901), US Representative from New York
  • Junior Marvin (Donald Hanson Marvin Kerr Richards Jr, born 1949), Jamaican guitarist
  • Lee Marvin (1924–1987), Academy Award winning American film actor
  • Nathaniel C. Marvin (1826–1895), New York politician
  • Matthew Marvin, Sr. (1600–1678), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut
  • Matthew Marvin, Jr. (1626–1712), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut
  • Samuel Marvin (1664–1754), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk

    • Fictional characters

  • Dr. Russell A. Marvin, main character from Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

    • People with the name Marven

  • William Lawrence Marven Creaghan (1922–2008), a Canadian politician
  • Nigel Marven (born 1960), a British wildlife presenter, television producer, author and ornithologist

    • References

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