Marcos
Encyclopedia
Sports
- Dayton MarcosDayton MarcosThe Dayton Marcos were a Negro League baseball team that is now defunct along with the Negro League. They were based from Dayton, Ohio.- Founding :The Dayton Marcos history does go back farther than the Negro League though...
, Negro League baseball team from Dayton, Ohio (early twentieth-century) - Nélson MarcosNélson MarcosNélson Augusto Tomar Marcos , simply Nélson, is a Portuguese footballer of Cape Verdean descent who plays for Real Betis in Spain, as a right defender.-Early years:...
, Portuguese footballer - Marcos AmbroseMarcos AmbroseMarcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...
, Australian racing driver currently competing in NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr... - Marcos BaghdatisMarcos BaghdatisAt the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1...
, Cypriot tennis player - Marcos Hernández (swimmer), Cuban freestyle swimmer
- Marcos PizzelliMarcos PizzelliMarcos Pinheiro Pizzelli , is a Brazilian-Armenian football midfielder who plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Metalurh Donetsk.- International career :In May 2008, he got Armenian citizenship and became a member of the Armenia national team...
, Brazilian-Armenian footballer - Marcos Roberto Silveira ReisMarcos Roberto Silveira ReisMarcos Roberto Silveira Reis , known simply as Marcos, is a Brazilian World Cup winning footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He plays for Palmeiras, of the Série A, since he started playing professional football in 1992 and has since become one of its greatest idols, being nicknamed "São Marcos"...
, Brazilian football goalkeeper - Marcos García BarrenoMarcos García BarrenoMarcos García Barreno, known as Marcos or Marquitos , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid mainly as a left midfielder.-Football career:...
, Spanish football player - Marcos MazzaronMarcos MazzaronMarcos Mazzaron is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Brazil.Mazzaron represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He also won the silver medal in the Men's Individual Race Race at the 1987 Pan American Games.-References:...
, Brazilian cyclist - Marcos de Paula, Brazilian footballer known as 'Marcos' playing for A.C. ChievoVeronaA.C. ChievoVeronaAssociazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
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Politics
- Ferdinand MarcosFerdinand MarcosFerdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...
(1917-1989), (President of the Philippines 1965–1986) - Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr. , also known as Bongbong Marcos is a Filipino politician and a senator to the 15th Congress. He is the only son of Ferdinand E. Marcos, the former president of the Philippines , and former First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos...
, current Senator and former Representative of Ilocos Norte - Imelda MarcosImelda MarcosImelda R. Marcos is a Filipino politician and widow of 10th Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. Upon the ascension of her husband to political power, she held various positions to the government until 1986...
(born 1929), former First Lady and powerful political figure in the Philippines - Imee MarcosImee MarcosMaria Imelda Josefa Romualdez Marcos , most widely known as Imee Marcos, is a Filipino politician who has been Governor of Ilocos Norte since 2010. She served three terms as Representative of the 2nd District of Ilocos Norte in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007...
, a Filipino politician - Irene Marcos-AranetaIrene Marcos-AranetaIrene Marcos-Araneta is the daughter of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos.She and her mother and brother have moved for the reversal of the Sandiganbayan's decision to forfeit in favor of the government all assets, investments, securities, properties, shares, interests, and funds of Arelma Inc. being...
, is the daughter of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. - Mariano MarcosMariano MarcosMariano Marcos y Rubio was a lawyer and a politician from Ilocos Norte, Philippines. A Congressman from 1925 to 1931, He is best known for being the father of former president Ferdinand Marcos....
, lawyer and politician in Ilocos Norte, Philippines - Michael Marcos KeonMichael Marcos KeonMichael Edward Marcos Keon is a Filipino politician. Keon is the son of Australian journalist Michael Keon and Elizabeth Marcos-Keon, governor of Ilocos Norte from 1971 to 1983 and the nephew of former president Ferdinand Marcos....
, nephew of Ferdinand. - Pacífico MarcosPacífico MarcosPacífico Edralín Marcos was a physician and the younger brother of former President of the Philippines Ferdinand E. Marcos. Dr. Marcos was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte to Mariano Marcos and Josefa Quetulio Edralin. Marcos was a President of the Philippine Medical Association. In 1971 he was...
, younger brother of Ferdinand - Subcomandante MarcosSubcomandante MarcosSubcomandante Marcos is the spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation , a Mexican rebel movement. In January 1994, he led an army of Mayan farmers into the eastern parts of the Mexican state of Chiapas protesting against the Mexican government's treatment of indigenous...
, also known as Delegate Zero, spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National LiberationZapatista Army of National LiberationThe Zapatista Army of National Liberation is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.... - Rabban Marcos, 13th century cleric later elected as the Nestorian patriarch, Mar Yaballaha III
- Markos Moulitsas, owner of the largest political blog in the US, Daily KosDaily KosDaily Kos is an American political blog that publishes news and opinions from a progressive point of view. It functions as a discussion forum and group blog for a variety of netroots activists, whose efforts are primarily directed toward influencing and strengthening the Democratic Party...
Geography
- Lambayong (also known as Mariano Marcos), Sultan KudaratLambayong, Sultan KudaratLambayong is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 51,192 people in 10,431 households.-Barangays:Lambayong is politically subdivided into 26 barangays....
, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... - Marcos, Ilocos NorteMarcos, Ilocos NorteMarcos is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The district and its subdivisions are named after the Marcos political family...
, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... - Marcos CastellanosMarcos CastellanosMarcos Castellanos is a municipio in the Mexican state of Michoacán near the southern shore of Lake Chapala. The municipal seat is the city of San José de Gracia....
- San Marcos, AntioquiaSan Marcos, AntioquiaSan Marcos is a town in Antioquia department in Colombia. It is approximately 175 miles north of Medellín, in the heart of Colombia's coffee-growing region.San Marcos is located at . The symbol for its airport is SRS....
- San Marcos, Baja California SurSan Marcos, Baja California SurSan Marcos is an island located in the northern portion of Baja California Sur, México. It faces the town of Santa Rosalía on the Sea of Cortés near Isla Tortuga. The only town on the island is also named San Marcos. The island has a land area of 28.748 km² , the 18th-largest island in Mexico. Its...
- San Marcos, CaliforniaSan Marcos, CaliforniaSan Marcos is a suburb of San Diego in the North County section of San Diego County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 83,781. Outside the San Diego region, it is best known as the home of California State University, San Marcos...
- San Marcos, Costa RicaSan Marcos, Costa RicaSan Marcos or San Marcos de Tarrazú is the capital city of the canton of Tarrazú in the province of San José in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito that includes the city...
- San Marcos, GuatemalaSan Marcos, GuatemalaSan Marcos San Marcos San Marcos (elevation: 7,868 feet (2,398 meters) is a city and municipality in Guatemala.It is the capital of the department of San Marcos.The municipality has a population of approximately 45,000.-Sports:...
- San Marcos, GuerreroSan Marcos, GuerreroSan Marcos is the name of a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero.It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of San Marcos.The town currently has about 12 000 inhabitants....
- San Marcos, Nicaragua
- San Marcos, TexasSan Marcos, TexasSan Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the seat of Hays County. Located within the metropolitan area, the city is located on the Interstate 35 corridor—between Austin and San Antonio....
- San Marcos (department)San Marcos (department)San Marcos is a department in Guatemala. The capital is the city of San Marcos.-Departmental history:The department was created by a governmental decree on 8 May 1866, together with Huehuetenango, Izabal and Petén departments...
- Márkos, the HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
name for Mărcuş village, DobârlăuDobârlauDobârlău is a commune in Covasna County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Dobârlău, Lunca Mărcuşului, Mărcuş and Valea Dobârlăului. Ethnic Romanians represent the majority of the population....
Commune, Covasna County, Romania
Automobiles
- Marcos (automobile)Marcos (automobile)Marcos was a British sports car manufacturer. The name was a combination of founders Jem Marsh and Frank Costin.-History:Marcos was founded in Luton, in Bedfordshire, England, in 1959 by Jem Marsh and Frank Costin. Frank Costin had earlier worked on the De Havilland Mosquito fighter-bombers and...
, British sportscar manufacturer - Marcos Mantis GTMarcos Mantis GTThe original Marcos Mantis is a sports car produced by the British car company Marcos. It was formally introduced in 1968 though production appears to have got off to a slow start. In February 1971 Marcos announced that the car could now also be purchased in component form, at a domestic market...
, sports car - Mini MarcosMini MarcosThe Mini Marcos was produced in limited numbers between 1965 and 1970 by Marcos, 1974 to 1981 by D & H Fibreglass Techniques Limited and again between 1991 and 1996 by Marcos. It was based on the DART design by Dizzy Addicott who finally sold the project to Jeremy Delmar-Morgan. Jeremy marketed...
, MiniMiniThe Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers...
-based kit carKit carA kit car, also known as a "component car", is an automobile that is available as a set of parts that a manufacturer sells and the buyer then either assembles into a car themselves, or retains a third party to do part or all of the work on their behalf...
Military
- USS San Marcos (LSD-25)USS San Marcos (LSD-25)USS San Marcos was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named for the Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fort still standing in the United States. In 1911, the second-class battleship Texas had also briefly borne the name San Marcos, perhaps for the town of San...
, Casa Grande-class dock landing ship - MARCOS (India)MARCOS (India)MARCOS is an elite special operations unit of the Indian Navy. "MARCOS" is short for "Marine Commandos"....
, India's elite marine commando force
Television and film
- Lisa MarcosLisa MarcosLisa Marcos is a Canadian actress. She began her career as a model at the age of 12 years old, but after 10 years as a model, she decided to pursue her passion for acting. She knocked on the door of a talent agent. Soon after her acting career began in 2002 with a guest role on Soul Food...
, Canadian actress - Niurka MarcosNiurka MarcosNiurka Marcos is a Cuban-born Mexican singer, dancer, actress, and erotic model. She is known professionally simply as Niurka.-Personal life:...
, Cuban-Mexican singer, dancer and actress
Education
- San Marcos High School, public high school located in the California central coast city of Santa Barbara
- Mariano Marcos State UniversityMariano Marcos State UniversityThe Mariano Marcos State University is a multidisciplinary, state-funded institution of higher learning that serves the Ilocos region and its surrounding regions.-History:...
, public university in Ilocos Norte, Philippines
Other
- Pacífico MarcosPacífico MarcosPacífico Edralín Marcos was a physician and the younger brother of former President of the Philippines Ferdinand E. Marcos. Dr. Marcos was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte to Mariano Marcos and Josefa Quetulio Edralin. Marcos was a President of the Philippine Medical Association. In 1971 he was...
, former President of the Philippine Medical Association - Marco's PizzaMarco's PizzaMarco's Franchising, LLC, known to consumers as Marco's Pizza, is a restaurant chain and interstate franchise based in Toledo, OH that specializes in Italian-American cuisine. It was founded by Italian immigrant Pasquale "Pat" Giammarco in 1978. More than 200 company-owned and franchised Marco's...