Marx (surname)

Marx is a Germanised form of the Jewish family name Mordechai that was changed from the original surname Ha-Levi meaning from the tribe of Levi or from the Levites.

Notable people with the surname

Politics

• Jenny Marx (1814–1881), a German socialist and the wife of Karl Marx
• Karl Marx (1818–1883), 19th-century philosopher
  • Jenny Marx (1844–1883), activist and the eldest daughter of Karl Marx
  • Eleanor Marx (1855–1898), politically active daughter of Karl Marx
  • Laura Marx (1845–1911), daughter of Karl Marx and wife of Paul Lafargue
  • Heinrich Marx (1777–1838), German lawyer and father of Karl Marx
  • Henriette Marx (née Pressburg) (1788–1863), mother of Karl Marx
• Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), German politician and Chancellor
• Marx Dormoy (1888–1941), French socialist
• Charles Marx (1903–1946), Luxembourgian doctor, political militant and minister
• Arndt-Heinz Marx, German neo-Nazi

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 Grouch Marx, writer
    • Barbara Marx (1927–2017), wife of Zeppo Marx who later became the final wife of Frank Sinatra
    • Brett Marx (born 1964), grandson of Milton "Gummo" Marx, great-nephew of Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo Marx, movie and television actor and producer
    • 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
• Carey Marx, British comedian
• Christy Marx, TV series writer
• Frederick Marx, film producer, editor, writer and director
• Samuel Marx, MGM story editor, film producer, and author

Music

• Adolf Bernhard Marx (1799–1866), musicologue
• Bill Marx (pianist), American pianist, arranger, and composer
• Gary Marx (born 1959), rock musician
• Jeff Marx (born 1970), American composer of musicals
• Joseph Marx (1882–1964), Austrian composer
• Karl Marx (composer) (1897–1985), German composer
• Richard Marx (born 1963), American pop singer

Sports

• Eric Marx (1895–1974), South African cricketer
• Franz Marx (born 1963), Austrian wrestler
• Greg Marx (1950–2018), American football player
• Jack Marx (bridge) (1907–1991), British bridge player
• Malcolm Marx (born 1994), South African rugby union player
• Michael Marx (born 1958), American fencer
• Robert Marx (fencer) (born 1956), American fencer
• Thorben Marx (born 1981), German footballer
• Travis Marx (born 1977), American mixed martial artist

In other fields

• Adolph Marx (bishop) (1915–1965), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Anthony Marx (born 1959), President and CEO of New York Public Library
• Bill Marx (born 1937), American theater and arts critic
• Carl Marx (artist) (1911–1991) German artist and Bauhaus student
• Ellen Marx (born 1939), German artist and author
• Enid Marx (1902–1998), English painter and designer
• Erwin Otto Marx (1893–1980), German engineer and inventor
• Friedrich Marx (1859–1941), German classical philologist
• Friedrich Marx (author) (1830–1905), Austrian poet and officer
• George Marx (1838–1895), German-born American arachnologist, scientific illustrator, and physician
• György Marx (1927–2002), Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian, and professor
• Hellmuth Marx (1915–2002), Austrian sculptor
• Herbert Marx (politician) (born 1932), Canadian lawyer, university law professor, politician, and judge
• Jack Marx (20th and 21st centuries), Australian journalist and author
• Karl Marx (medical missionary), German doctor
• Karl Friedrich Heinrich Marx, German physician and lecturer
• Leo Marx (born 1919), professor at MIT
• Louis Marx (1896–1982), American toy maker and businessman
• Onya Marx (engineer) (1915–2012), American engineer inventor, starting pistol, sports
• Paul Marx (monk) (1920–2010), American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, pro-life activist, and writer
• Paul John Marx (1935–2018), French Roman Catholic bishop
• Philipp Marx (born 1982), retired German tennis player
• Reinhard Marx (born 1953), Cardinal, Archbishop of Munich and Freising
• Robert F. Marx (1936–2019), American underwater archaeologist
• Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), Brazilian landscape designer
• Thierry Marx (born 1962), French chef
• Levi Marx (1988) Freemason

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)

See also

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