Famous People with Name Martin

Martin De Barcos            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin De Barcos: was a French theologian of the Jansenist School. He was born at Bayonne, a nephew of Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Abbot of Saint-Cyran, who sent him to Belgium to be taught by Cornelius Jansen. When he returned to France he served for a time as tutor to the son of Robert Arnauld d'Andilly and later, 1644, succeeded his uncle at the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Cyran in Berry. He did much to improve the abbey; new buildings were erected, and the library much enhanced. Unlike many commendators of his day who scarcely ever saw the abbeys over which they held authority, Barcos became an active member of Saint-Cyran, was ordained priest 1647, and gave himself up to the rigid asceticism preached by his sect.

Martin Akakia            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin Akakia: was a physician of King Francis I of France. He was born at Châlons-en-Champagne, his real name being Aquaqia.

Martin Douillard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin Douillard: is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Clermont Foot.

Martin Garot            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin Garot: is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Stade Lavallois.

Martin Plaa            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Martin Plaa: was a professional tennis player from France and had success as a professional in the early 1930s. Plaa worked for some years in the late 1920s that the then very successful French Davis Cup team coach. During the first years of the 1930s belonged Plaa h

Aimé Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Aimé Martin: was a French writer. Born in Lyon, he moved to Paris, where he became the pupil and friend of Bernardin de St. Pierre: he collected his works and married his widow. Martin's letters to Sophia on Natural History were highly popular.

Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin: was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rouen from 1948 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. On February 9, 1940, Martin was appointed Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 2 from Archbishop Maurice Feltin, with Bishops Clément Mathieu and Louis Liagre serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Bordeaux. Martin was later promoted to Archbishop of Rouen on October 11, 1948, and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.

Félix Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Félix Martin: was an antiquary, historiographer, architect, and educationist. He worked in turn as student and teacher in Brieg and Estavayé in Switzerland; in Spain, Le Passage near San Sebastian; in Belgium, the College of Brugelette. It was when he was in Switzerland, in 1831, that he received Holy orders. Eleven years later, while engaged in the ministry at Angers

Jérôme Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jérôme Martin: is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin.

Marvin Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Marvin Martin: is a French football player who currently plays for Ligue 1 club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Martin began his football career playing for his local club in Paris, Montrouge FC 92, before moving to Montbéliard to attend Sochaux's famous youth academy, which produced future teammates Ryad Boudebouz, Sloan Privat, Geoffrey Tulasne, and Frédéric Duplus. He was a part of Sochaux's youth squad that won the Coupe Gambardella in 2007.