Marx (family name)

Marx is a family name . The name Marx is one of the 200 most common family names in Germany.

Origin and meaning

The name Marx is polygenetic:

• Like its spelling variant Marks , it is a short form of the originally Latin nickname Markus ;
• it is a patronymic formation of Mark , the short form of nicknames, which are formed with the word marka, Old High German for "border, border region, total property of a municipality", for example Markward / t, Markhard / t;
• it is a variant of the name Marz , a pet form of nicknames formed with z suffix, which are formed with the Old High German name word māri , for example Marhold, Volkmar;
• it is a variant of marsch , a dwelling name in Middle Low German marsch "marsch, fertile lowland on the river bank or by the sea";
• as a Jewish name, it is a substitute for Mordechai .

Name bearer

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Adolf Marx (politician) (1898–1977), German politician (NSDAP)
• Adolf Marx (entrepreneur) (1936–2010), German entrepreneur and human rights activist
• Adolf Marx (sports official) (* 1941/1942), German water sports enthusiast and sports official
• Adolph Marx (1915–1965), Catholic bishop
• Adolph Bernhard Marx (1795–1866), German musicologist and composer
• Albert Marx (1877–1977), German architect
• Alexander Marx (copper engraver) (around 1815–1851), German painter, copper and steel engraver and publisher
• Alexander Marx (1878–1953), American historian, Judaist, bibliographer and librarian
• Alfred Marx (1899–1988), German lawyer and judge
• Alois Marx (1900–1979), German politician (CDU), MdL
• Alparslan Babaoglu-Marx (* 1964), cabaret artist
• André Marx (* 1973), German writer
• Andreas Marx (* 1968), German chemist
• Anne Marx (1913-2006), American poet
• Annette Maria Marx (* 1963), real name of the German diseuse and cabaret artist Nessi Tausendschön
• Arthur Marx (1921–2011), American author
• August Marx (philologist) (1864–1934), German classical philologist
• August Marx (1906–1990), German economist and priest

B.

• Barbara Stelzl-Marx (* 1971), Austrian historian
• Bernd Marx (* 1947), German engineer and university professor
• Bernhard Marx (singer) (1823–1887), German bookbinder, dialect poet, conductor and singer
• Bernhard Marx (* 1919), German football player
• Bernhard Marx (organist) (* 1949), German organist, church musician and university professor

C.

• Carl Marx (architect) (1829–1912), German architect and city planner
• Carl Marx (singer) (1861–1933), German singer (bass) and theater director
• Carl Marx (painter) (1911–1991), German painter
• Caroline Marx (1824–1847), sister of Karl Marx, see siblings Marx # Caroline Marx
• Charles Marx (1903–1946), Luxembourg doctor, politician and resistance fighter
• Chico Marx ( Leonard Marx, 1887–1961), American comedian
• Christoph Marx (historian, 1931) (1931–2016), Swiss historian
• Christoph Marx (historian, 1957) (* 1957), German historian
• Christoph Marx (historian, 1971) (* 1971), German historian and publicist
• Claudia Marx (* 1978), German athlete
• Claudius Marx (* 1959), German lawyer
• Claus Marx (* 1931), German university professor and university rector
• Clemens Marx (1871–1953), German civil engineer and Reichsbahn official
• Cornelia Coenen-Marx (* 1952), German Protestant Reformed theologian, pastor and publicist

D.

• Dick Marx (1924–1997), American jazz pianist and film composer
• Dominik Marx (* 1963), German chemist and university professor
• Dorothea Marx (* 1957), German politician (SPD)

E.

• Eberhard Marx (art historian) (1914–1995), German art historian and museum director
• Eberhard Marx (designer) (* 1951), German industrial designer and painter
• Ed Marx (* 1947), American film editor
• Eduard Marx (businessman) (1768–1854), royal Bavarian court jeweler and Danish councilor of commerce
• Eduard Marx (1826–1837), brother of Karl Marx, see Geschwister Marx # Eduard Marx
• Eduard Marx (manufacturer) (1854–1904), German manufacturer
• Eleanor Marx (1855–1898), English socialist and author
• Elena Lux-Marx (* 1944), German painter
• Ellen Marx (human rights activist) (1921–2008), German-Argentine human rights activist
• Ellen Marx (artist) (* 1939), German-French artist
• Emil Marx (1895–1963), German politician (CDU), MdL
• Enrico Marx (* 1976), German neo-Nazi
• Erich Marx (entrepreneur) (* 1921), German entrepreneur, art collector and patron
• Erich Marx (museum director) (* 1947), 2000–2012 director of the Salzburg Museum
• Erich Marx (cross-country skier) (1906 - ????), German cross-country skier
• Erich Marx-Weinbaum (1888–1966), German-Swiss lawyer and publisher
• Erich Anselm Marx (1874–1956), German physicist and university professor, has worked in the USA since emigrating in 1941
• Ernst Marx (historian) (1865–1949), German historian and librarian
• Ernst Marx (architect) , German architect
• Ernst Ritter von Marx (1869–1944), German local politician
• Ernst Marx (medic) (1931–2011), German medic and university professor
• Ernst Julius Marx (1728–1799), German organ builder
• Erwin Marx (1841–1901), German architect and university professor
• Erwin Otto Marx (1893–1980), German engineering scientist
• Eugen Marx (1844–1934), Austrian publisher

F.

• Falko Marx (1941–2012), German goldsmith
• Fernande Marx (1908–1946), Luxembourg women's rights activist
• Frank Christian Marx (* 1978), German actor
• Franz Marx (politician, 1875) (1875–1935), German politician (SPD), MdL Prussia
• Franz Marx (politician, 1903) (1903–1985), German politician (SPD) and resistance fighter
• Franz Marx (politician, 1922) (1922–1985), Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the Burgenland state parliament
• Franz Marx (director) , director, screenwriter and film producer
• Franz Marx (wrestler) (* 1963), Austrian wrestler
• Frederick Marx , American film editor, director and producer
• Friedhelm Marx (* 1963), German literary scholar
• Friedrich Marx (author) (1830–1905), Austrian poet
• Friedrich Marx (philologist) (1859–1941), German classical philologist
• Friedrich Emanuel Marx (1767–1826), German organ builder
• Fritz Marx (politician) (1900– ??), German farmer and politician (NSDAP), MdR
• Fritz Marx (local poet) (1913–1984), Austrian local poet
• Fritz Morstein Marx (1900–1969), German-American political scientist

G

• Gary Marx , English guitarist and composer
• Georg Marx (1887–1971), German photographer and postcard publisher (Atelier Photo Marx Glatz )
• George Marx (zoologist) (1838–1895), German-American arachnologist
• George Marx (banker) (1843–1927), German banker
• Gerhard Marx-Mechler (* 1919), German dramaturge, writer and radio author
• Gerry Marx (1926-2006), American actor
• Gertrud Marx (writer) (née Simon ; 1851–1916), German poet
• Gertrud Marx (1904–1989), German resistance fighter
• Gisela Marx (* 1942), German journalist and producer
• Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx, 1890–1977), American actor and comedian
• Gummo Marx (Milton Marx, 1892–1977), American actor and comedian
• Günter Marx (chemist, 1932) (1932–2014), German radiochemist
• Günter Marx (chemist, 1938) (1938–2017), German physical chemist
• Günter Marx (violinist) (* 1943), German violinist and music editor
• Günther Marx (1922–1991), German musician and functionary (Federal Music Director for Minstrels and Brass Music)
• Gustav Marx (1855–1928), German painter
• Gustav Marx von Sons (1882–1960), German painter

H

• Hanns Marx (1882–1973), German lawyer and attorney
• Hans Marx (entrepreneur) (1872–1935), German entrepreneur
• Hans Marx (photographer) (1916–1999), American photographer and journalist
• Hans-Joachim Marx (composer) (1923-2010), German composer and conductor
• Hans Joachim Marx (musicologist) (* 1935), German musicologist
• Harald Marx (art historian) (* 1942), German art historian
• Harald Marx (psychologist) (* 1947), German psychologist and university professor
• Harpo Marx ( Adolph Arthur Marx, 1888–1964), American entertainer, pantomime and actor
• Heinrich Marx (Councilor of Justice) (1777–1838), German lawyer
• Heinrich Marx (bishop) (1835–1911), auxiliary bishop of Breslau
• Heinrich Marx (General) (1885–1926), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
• Heinrich Marx (pastor) (1885–1971), German priest and local history researcher
• Heinz Marx (* 1939), German football player
• Hellmut Marx (1901–1945), German internist
• Hellmuth Marx (1915–2002), Austrian sculptor
• Helmut Marx (physicist) (1918 – after 1970), German physicist and university professor
• Helmut Marx (lawyer) (* 1954), German lawyer
• Helmuth Marx (* 1952), German painter
• Henriette Marx (1788–1863), mother of Karl Marx, see Henriette Presburg
• Henriette Marx (1820–1845), sister of Karl Marx, see Geschwister Marx #Henriette Marx
• Herbert Marx , known as Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), American actor
• Herbert Marx (physician) (1925–2016), German pediatrician
• Herbert Marx (table tennis player) (* 1932), German table tennis player
• Hermann Marx (1819–1842), brother of Karl Marx, see Sibling Marx #Hermann Marx
• Hermann Marx (gardener) (1870–1948), German garden architect and author
• Hermann Marx (medic) (1877–1953), German medic and university professor
• Hermann Marx (businessman) (1890–1940), German businessman
• Hermann Rudolf Marx (1924-2017), German lawyer and party functionary (LDPD, FDP)
• Hilde Marx (1911–1986), German poet, writer and journalist
• Hildegard Marx (1912–1992), German politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
• Horst Dieter Marx (1956–2015), German television writer, copywriter and journalist
• Horst Günter Marx (* 1955), German actor
• Hugo Marx (coroner) (1864–1920), German coroner and specialist author
• Hugo Marx (lawyer) (1892–1979), German lawyer and journalist, exile in the USA from 1941
• Hymen Marx (1925-2007), American biologist

J

• Jacob Marx (politician) (1926–1992), German politician (CDU)
• Jakob Marx (church historian, 1803) (1803–1876), German church historian, cathedral capitular and member of parliament
• Jakob Marx (church historian, 1855) (1855–1924), German church historian
• Jan-Hendrik Marx (* 1995), German soccer player
• Jean-Jacques Marx (* 1957), French football player and coach
• Jenny Marx (1814–1881), German socialist, wife of Karl Marx
• Jenny Caroline Marx, maiden name of Jenny Longuet (1844–1883), daughter of Karl Marx and Jenny Marx
• Joachim Marx (* 1944), Polish football player
• Johann Marx (1608–1687), German Protestant pastor
• Johannes Marx (painter) (also Johan Marx ; 1866–1933 / 1937), German painter
• Johannes Marx (political scientist) (* 1976), German political scientist and university professor
• Josef Marx (Bavarian curling) , Austrian curling
• Josef Marx (soccer player) (1934-2008), German soccer player
• Josef Marx (oboist) (1913–1978), American oboist
• Joseph Marx (1882–1964), Austrian composer and music teacher
• Joseph Mattern Marx (1792–1836), German pianist and cellist
• Jules Marx (born Julius Marx, 1882–1944), German theater and variety theater operator and director
• Julius Marx (1894–1975), Austrian historian

K

• Karl Marx (Carl Marx; 1818–1883), German philosopher, journalist, social critic, economist and communist politician
• Karl von Marx (1832–1890), German chemist and university professor
• Karl Marx (politician) (1844–1914), German master butcher and local politician
• Karl Marx (journalist) (1897–1966), German journalist and editor
• Karl Marx (composer) (1897–1985), German composer
• Karl Marx (painter) (1929–2008), German painter and university professor
• Karl Felix Marx (1877–1955), Swiss photographer
• Karl Friedrich Heinrich Marx (1796–1877), German physician
• Karl-Heinz Marx (1923–1964), German soccer player and soccer coach
• Karl Michael Marx (1794–1864), German physicist
• Karl T. Marx (1902–1997), American business manager, writer and collector
• Karl Theodor Marx (1892–1958), German administrative officer
• Kurt Becker-Marx (1921-2004), German administrative lawyer

L.

• Laura Marx (1845–1911), daughter of Karl Marx and Jenny Marx, see Laura Lafargue
• Leo Marx (* 1919), American technologist
• Leopold Marx (1889–1983), German writer, poet and manufacturer
• Lilli Marx ( Lilli Behrendt, 1921–2004), journalist and Jewish association official
• Lothar Franz Marx (1764–1831), German Roman Catholic theologian
• Ludwig von Marx (1825-1893), German banker
• Ludwig Marx (poet) (1891–1964), German teacher and poet
• Ludwig Marx (resistance fighter) (1892–1959), German resistance fighter

M.

• Marcia Marx Bennett (* 1931), Mexican artist
• Marcus Jacob Marx (1743–1789), German physician and electoral court medic
• Maria Marx (actress) , German actress
• Maria Marx (politician) (* 1950), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Marina Marx (* 1990), German pop singer
• Marius Marx (* 1968), German actor, speaker and musician.
• Marx Jacob Marx (1743–1789), German physician, see Marcus Jacob Marx
• Mauritz David Marx (1815–1819), brother of Karl Marx, see Sibling Marx # Mauritz David Marx
• Max Marx (1874–1939), Austrian theater actor
• Maxine Marx (1918–2009), American author and actress
• Melanie Marx (* 1975), German actress
• Micha Marx (* 1985), German cabaret artist, comedian and cartoonist
• Michael Marx (musician, † 1914) (before 1885–1914), German clarinetist
• Michael Marx (musician, 1955) (* 1955), German musician and composer
• Michael Marx (cyclist) (* 1960), German racing cyclist
• Michael Marx (journalist) (* 1966), German journalist and television presenter
• Michael Marx (Arabist) (* 1971), German orientalist, Koran researcher ( Corpus Coranicum )
• Michael Marx (fistball player) (* 1984), German fistball player
• Michaela Kopp-Marx (* 1963), German literary scholar
• Minnie Marx ( Miene Schöneberg, 1865–1929), mother and manager of the Marx Brothers

N

• Nikolaus Marx (* 1938), German engineer and university professor
• Nina Marx (* 1973), German lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice

O

• Olaf Dante Marx (or Olaph-Dante Marx, 1957–1993), German journalist and music critic
• Olga Marx (1894 – after 1980), American literary scholar and translator
• Oristelle Marx (* 1971), French wheelchair tennis player
• Otto Marx (piano maker) (1871–1964), German musical instrument restorer and piano maker
• Otto Marx (police officer) (1873–1948), German police officer, see Roßlau concentration camp #Lagerkommandant
• Otto Marx (painter) (1887–1963), German painter and art teacher
• Otto Marx (agricultural scientist) (1897–1974), Australian agricultural and dairy cattle scientist of German origin
• Otto Marx (District Administrator) (1898–?), German District Administrator
• Otto Marx (actor) (around 1906 – after 1946), German actor and director

P

• Patricia Marx (* 1975), American writer and humorist
• Paul Marx (banker) (1888–1952), German banker
• Paul Jean Marx (1935–2018), French religious, Roman Catholic bishop of Kerema
• Peter Marx (architect) (1871–1958), German architect
• Peter Marx (actor, 1914) (1914–1978), German actor
• Peter Marx (politician) (* 1956), German politician (NPD)
• Peter Marx (neurologist) (* 1937), German neurologist
• Peter Marx (actor, 1958) (also Peter Slutsker ; * 1958), American actor
• Peter W. Marx (* 1973), German theater scholar
• Philipp Marx (* 1982), German tennis player

R.

• Rainer Marx (* 1943), German cyclist
• Reinhard Marx (lawyer) (* 1946), German lawyer
• Reinhard Marx (* 1953), German clergyman, archbishop (and cardinal) of Munich and Freising
• Richard Marx (* 1963), American musician
• Robert Marx (lawyer) (1883–1955), German lawyer and syndic
• Robert D. Marx (* 1979), German musical performer
• Robert F. Marx (1933–2019), American underwater archaeologist
• Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), Brazilian landscape architect and artist
• Roger Marx (1859-1913), French art critic
• Rolf Marx (* 1957), German jazz musician
• Rudolf Marx (lawyer) (1880–1961), German lawyer and ministerial official
• Rudolf Marx (publisher) (1899–1990), German publisher
• Rudolf Marx (medic) (1912–1990), German medic
• Rudolf Marx (District Administrator) (* 1943), German District Administrator

S.

• Salomon Marx (1866–1936), German industrialist, banker and politician
• Samuel Marx (rabbi) (~ 1775–1827), rabbi
• Samuel Marx (film producer) (1902–1992), American film producer, screenwriter and writer
• Sophia Marx (1816–1886), sister of Karl Marx, see Geschwister Marx # Sophia Marx
• Sophia Marx (painter) (1896–1985), German painter
• Stefan Marx (soccer player) (* 1969), German soccer player
• Stefan Marx (Illustrator) (* 1979), German draftsman, illustrator and decorator
• Susanne Marx (* 1966), German non-fiction author, lecturer and therapist for tapping acupressure
• Sven Marx (* 1967), German cyclist and adventurer

T

• Theodor Marx (1871–1963), German Protestant theologian, bishop of the Moravian Brethren , chairman of the German university administration
• Theodor Marx, one of the pseudonyms of the artist AR Penck (1939–2017)
• Théodore Marx (1932–2010), German painter of Luxembourg origin
• Thomas Marx (1941–2003), German lawyer, lawyer and specialist author
• Thorben Marx (* 1981), German football player
• Tom Marx (* 1994), Dutch ice hockey player
• Tzvi Marx (* 1942), American rabbi

U

• Ulrich Marx (* 1943), German entrepreneur

V

• Vivien Marx , German-American science journalist

W.

• Walter Marx (chemist) (1907–1984), German engineer and professor of physical chemistry; 1934 emigration to the USA
• Walter Marx (1926–2013), Holocaust survivor, Jewish partisan, contemporary witness
• Walter Burle Marx (1902–1990), Brazilian pianist, composer and conductor
• Werner Marx (Vicar General) (1746–1806), German clergyman and theologian
• Werner Marx (philosopher) (1910–1994), German philosopher
• Werner Marx (politician, 1916) (1916 – after 1964), German politician (DBD)
• Werner Marx (politician, 1924) (1924–1985), German politician (CDU)
• Wilhelm Marx (politician, 1851) (1851–1924), German lawyer and politician
• Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), German lawyer and politician (center), Reich Chancellor
• Wilhelm Marx (educator) (1906–1988), German educator and headmaster
• Wilhelm Marx von Marxberg (1815–1897), Austrian lawyer and police chief
• Willi Marx (* 1947), German politician (SPD)
• Willy Marx (1878–1933), German businessman
• Wolfgang Marx (philosopher) (1940–2011), German philosopher
• Wolfgang Marx (psychologist) (* 1943), German psychologist and university professor
• Wolfgang Marx (politician) (* 1965), German politician (SPD)

Z

• Zeppo Marx ( Herbert Marx, 1901–1979), American actor, member of the Marx Brothers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Duden. Surnames. Origin and meaning, edited by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim, Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005, p. 448.