Famous People with Name Marien

Jeanne Dambendzet            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Jeanne Dambendzet: was the military President of the Republic of the Congo from January 1, 1969 to March 18, 1977. Marien Ngouabi was born in 1938 at Ombellé, Cuvette département, in Mboshi territory. His family was of humble origins. From 1947 to 1953 he went to primary school in Owando. In 1953 he went to study to the Ecole des enfants de troupes Général Leclerc in Brazzaville and in 1957 he was sent to Bouar, Oubangui-Chari (now the Central African Republic. Once in power, President Ngouabi changed the country's name to the People's Republic of the Congo, declaring it to be Africa's first Marxist-Leninist state, and founded the Congolese Workers' Party (Parti Congolais du Travail, PCT) as the country's sole legal political party. Ngouabi was a Kouyou from the north and his regime shifted control of the country away from the south. Such moves created opposition among the population in the highly politicized environment of Brazzaville. There was an attempted coup in February 1972 that triggered a series of 'purges' of the opposition. It is claimed that Ngouabi was under French pressure to annex the oil-rich Cabinda enclave, a part of Angola, and his refusal to act cost him French support. There is some speculation that the French financed some of the following attempts to remove Ngouabi. He visited the People's Republic of China in July 1973. Ngouabi was re-elected to his post as Chairman of the PCT Central Committee on December 30, 1974; he was additionally elected as Permanent Secretary of the PCT. He was then sworn in as President for another term on January 9, 1975.[2] Also in 1975, he signed an economic aid pact with the Soviet Union.

Eli David Marienthal            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eli David Marienthal: Marienthal's career started in Bay Area stage theater work, performing in "Missing Persons," "The Cryptogram," "Hecuba," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Every 17 Minutes the Crowd Goes Crazy," and "The Life of Galileo".Marienthal is known for the voice of Robin (Tim Drake) in the Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman animated movie and the title role of "Tucker Pierce" in the Tucker television series. He is also the voice of Hogarth Hughes in the 1999 film The Iron Giant and plays Steve Stifler's younger brother in the 1999 film American Pie and its 2001 sequel, American Pie 2. His last film role to date was in the teenage-oriented comedy, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, opposite Lindsay Lohan.