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Marx (surname)

The surname Marx is a Germanic surname, believed to originate with Mark the Evangelist and the Roman praenomen Marcus, the latter deriving from the god Mars. The similarly-spelled Marks may share etymology with march (territory), especially near Wales, but most British Marxes have Jewish roots, typically in the Rhineland or former Pale of Settlement. Famously, Karl Marx's father, born Herschel HaLevi Mordechai in Saarlouis, assimilated in 1817 or 1818 to Heinrich Marx because Prussia banned Jews from public service; as Karl Marx's grandfather was also known as Levy Marx and his great-great-grandfather as Mordechai Marx, the name was already current in the family. Amateur genealogist Colin Shelley suggests that the name Marx' prevalence there may have arisen as a macaronic acronym for māšīaḥ rex.

Notable people with the surname

Politics

  • Charles Marx (1903–1946), Luxembourgian doctor, political militant and minister
  • Karl Marx (1818–1883), 19th-century philosopher
  • Eleanor Marx (1855–1898), politically active daughter of Karl Marx
  • Heinrich Marx (1777–1838), German lawyer and father of Karl Marx
  • Henriette Marx (née Pressburg) (1788–1863), mother of Karl Marx
  • Jenny Marx (1814–1881), a German socialist and the wife of Karl Marx
  • Jenny Marx (1844–1883), activist and the eldest daughter of Karl Marx
  • Laura Marx (1845–1911), daughter of Karl Marx and wife of Paul Lafargue
  • Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), German politician and Chancellor

Television and film

  • Marx Brothers, a team of American sibling comedians that appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television
  • The brothers:
  • Chico Marx (1887–1961), also a musician
  • Harpo Marx (1888–1964), also a musician
  • Groucho Marx (1890–1977)
  • Gummo Marx (1892–1977)
  • Zeppo Marx (1901–1979)
  • Other family members:
  • Arthur Marx (1921–2011), son of Groucho Marx, writer
  • Barbara Marx (1926–2017), wife of Zeppo Marx who later became the final wife of Frank Sinatra
  • Gregg Marx (born 1955), grandson of Milton "Gummo" Marx, great-nephew of Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo Marx, actor known mainly for his work on daytime soap operas
  • Melinda Marx (born 1946), daughter of Groucho Marx, writer
  • Minnie Marx (1864/5–1929), mother and manager for the Marx Brothers, sister of Al Shean
  • Miriam Marx (1927–2017), daughter of Groucho Marx, writer
  • Sam Marx (1859–1933), father of the Marx Brothers
  • Brett Marx (born 1964), American actor
  • Carey Marx (born 1966), British comedian
  • Christy Marx, TV series writer
  • Frederick Marx, film producer, editor, writer and director
  • Samuel Marx (born 1955), MGM story editor, film producer, and author
  • Sue Marx (1930-2023), American documentary film director and producer

Music

Sports

In other fields

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)

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