Márquez Explained
Márquez or Marquez is a surname of Spanish origin, meaning "son of Marcos or Marcus".[1] Its Portuguese equivalent is Marques.
It should not be confused with the surname Marqués, also of Spanish origin.
People
- Adrian Garcia Marquez, American sportscaster
- Alfredo Chavez Marquez, American judge
- Alejandro Márquez, Chilean footballer
- Álex Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
- Alexis Márquez (disambiguation)
- Alfonso Márquez, Mexican Major League Baseball umpire
- Alfonso Marquez (basketball), Filipino basketball player
- Alfonso Márquez de la Plata, Chilean politician
- Ana Marquez-Greene, victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
- Andrés Leonardo Márquez, Uruguayan footballer
- Ángel Márquez, Mexican footballer
- Anna Dominique Marquez-Lim Coseteng, Filipina politician
- Antonio García Márquez, Spanish footballer
- Antonio Márquez Ramírez, Mexican football referee
- Arturo Márquez, Mexican composer
- Baltasar Márquez, Spanish rower
- Bartolome Blanco Marquez, Spanish martyr
- Bartolomé de Jesús Masó Márquez, Cuban politician
- Bernardo Márquez García, Puerto Rican mayor
- Berta Arocena de Martínez Márquez, Cuban activist
- Bradley Marquez, American football player
- Brailyn Márquez, Dominican Major League Baseball pitcher
- Carlos Labbé Márquez, Chilean bishop
- Carlos Márquez Sterling, Cuban politician
- Carolina Márquez, Colombian-Italian musician
- Celina Márquez, Salvadoran swimmer
- Cristóbal Márquez, Spanish footballer
- Daniel Márquez, Mexican footballer
- Daniel Razo Marquez, Mexican footballer
- Darina Márquez, Mexican musician
- David Márquez, Spanish racewalker
- David Marquez (comics), American comic book artist
- David W. Márquez, former attorney general of Alaska
- Dayron Márquez, Colombian javelin thrower
- Domingo Márquez, Argentine actor
- Edith Márquez, Mexican singer
- Eduardo Márquez Talledo, Peruvian composer
- Elías Cárdenas Márquez, Mexican politician
- Emilio González Márquez, Mexican politician
- Emilio Márquez, American drummer
- Emilio Z. Marquez, Filipino bishop
- Empoy Marquez, Filipino actor
- Enrique Macaya Márquez, Argentine sports journalist
- Enrique Márquez Climent, Spanish footballer
- Enrique Márquez Jaramillo, Mexican poet
- Enrique Marquez Jr., accomplice in the 2015 San Bernardino mass shooting
- Esperanza Márquez, Spanish rower
- Esteban Márquez de Velasco, Spanish painter
- Evaristo Márquez, Colombian actor
- Evaristo Márquez Contreras, Spanish sculptor
- Favio Márquez, Argentine footballer
- Felipe González Márquez, Spanish prime minister
- Félix Márquez, Venezuelan boxer
- Fernando Andrés Márquez, Argentine footballer
- Fernando Márquez de la Plata, Chilean president
- Fernando Márquez Joya, Spanish painter
- Fernando Yunes Márquez, Mexican politician
- Floria Márquez, Venezuelan singer
- Francia Márquez, Vice President of Colombia
- Francisco Márquez, Mexican military cadet
- Francisco Márquez Tinoco, Mexican politician
- Francisco Menéndez Márquez, Spanish Florida colonial governor
- Frank Chamizo Marquez, Cuban-Italian wrestler
- Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian Nobel prize-winning author
- Gabriel Márquez, Mexican footballer
- Generoso Márquez, Cuban basketball player
- Germán Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball pitcher
- Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball first baseman
- Gorka Márquez, Spanish dancer
- Graciela Márquez, Venezuelan volleyball player
- Graciela Márquez Colín, Mexican economist
- Guillermo Márquez Lizalde, Mexican politician
- Herbys Márquez, Venezuelan weightlifter
- Hernán Márquez, Mexican boxer
- Horacio Sánchez Marquez, Mexican footballer
- Hudson Marquez, American artist
- Isidro Márquez, Mexican Major League Baseball player
- Iván Márquez, Colombian guerrilla leader and FARC member
- Iván Márquez Álvarez, Spanish footballer
- Iván Márquez (volleyball), Venezuelan volleyball player
- Javi Márquez, Spanish footballer
- Jean Márquez, Guatemalan footballer
- Jeff Marquez, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jesús Márquez Rodríguez, Puerto Rican mayor
- Joey Marquez, Filipino actor and politician
- John Márquez, California politician
- John Marquez (actor), British actor
- Jorge Eduardo Márquez, Mexican footballer
- Jorge L. Márquez Pérez, Puerto Rican mayor
- Jorge Márquez Gómez, Venezuelan footballer
- José Antonio Franco Márquez, Spanish footballer
- José Ignacio de Márquez, Colombian politician
- José Jesús Márquez, Spanish taekwondo athlete
- Jose Midas Marquez, Filipino attorney
- José Victoriano Huerta Márquez, Mexican president
- Joseph Marquez, professional Super Smash Bros player
- Josue Marquez, Spanish boxer
- Juan Márquez, Spanish writer
- Juan Albano Pereira Márquez, Portuguese merchant
- Juan Carlos Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan businessman
- Juan Carlos Muñoz Márquez, Mexican politician
- Juan Manuel Márquez, Mexican professional boxer
- Juan Márquez Cabrera, Spanish colonial governor
- Juan Menéndez Márquez, Spanish Florida colonial governor
- Juan Pérez Márquez, Spanish handball player
- Julian Marquez, American UFC fighter
- Karel Marquez, Filipina actress
- Kathrin Barboza Marquez, Bolivian biologist
- Kenny Marquez, member of the American band Renegade
- Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan humorist
- Lea Márquez Peterson, American politician
- Leonardo Márquez, Mexican general
- Linda Esperanza Marquez, California community activist and namesake of Linda Esperanza Marquez High School
- Liz María Márquez, Venezuelan politician
- Lucas Márquez (footballer, born 1988), Argentine footballer
- Lucas Márquez (footballer, born 1990), Argentine footballer
- Luis Márquez, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
- Luis Alberto Márquez, Mexican footballer
- Luz Márquez, Spanish actress
- Manuel Márquez Roca, Spanish footballer
- Manuel Márquez Sterling, Cuban politician
- Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844-1890), Peruvian writer, poet, composer pianist
- Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
- Marcos Márquez, Spanish footballer
- Maria Alejandra Marquez, wife of musician Tico Torres
- María de los Ángeles Cano Márquez, Colombian activist
- Maria Stella Márquez, Colombian beauty queen
- Mariano Marquez, Puerto Rican boxer
- Marisa Marquez, American legislator
- Martin Marquez, British actor
- Mauricio Márquez, Venezuelan footballer
- Melanie Marquez, Filipina beauty queen, Miss International 1979
- Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz, Mexican veterinarian
- Miguel Marquez, American news correspondent
- Miguel Márquez Márquez, Mexican politician
- Monica Márquez, American judge
- Nelly Márquez Zapata, Mexican politician
- Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín, Filipino writer
- Ofelia Márquez Huitzil, Mexican artist
- Pablo Márquez, Argentine guitarist
- Pablo Marquez, Ecuadorean wrestler
- Paloma Márquez, Mexican actress
- Paula Contreras Márquez, Spanish writer
- Paz Márquez-Benítez, Filipina writer
- Pedro Menéndez Márquez, Spanish conquistador
- Pedro Pablo Pérez Márquez, Cuban cyclist
- Pío García-Escudero Márquez, Spanish architect
- Pompeyo Márquez, Venezuelan politician
- Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
- Rafael Márquez (boxer), Mexican professional boxer
- Rafael Márquez Esqueda, Mexican footballer
- Rafael Márquez Lugo, Mexican footballer
- Rafael Ángel Rondón Márquez, Venezuelan writer
- Ramona Marquez, English child actress
- Ranulfo Márquez Hernández, Mexican politician
- Raúl Márquez, American boxer
- Ramón Zaydín y Márquez Sterling, Cuban politician
- Raymond Márquez a.k.a. Spanish Raymond Márquez or Spanish Raymond (born 1930), American gangster who ran the Harlem numbers racket
- Rene Marquez, Puerto Rican writer
- Rey Marquez, Filipino sports executive
- Ricardo Márquez, Colombian footballer
- Richie Marquez, American soccer player
- Roberta Marquez, Brazilian ballet dancer
- Roberto Márquez (field hockey), Argentine field hockey player
- Roberto Márquez (painter), Mexican painter
- Rosemary Márquez, American judge
- Salvador Márquez, Mexican footballer
- Salvador Márquez Lozornio, Mexican politician
- Sandra Marquez, American actor
- Sheila Márquez, Spanish fashion model
- Soraya Marquez, American street artist Indie184
- Teejay Marquez, Filipino actor
- Teresita Marquez, Filipina model and actress, Reina Hispanoamericana 2017
- Tintín Márquez, Spanish footballer
- Tomás Menéndez Márquez, Spanish Florida colonial official
- Valeria Márquez (born 2004), Spanish rhythmic gymnastics
- Vanessa Marquez, American actress
- Vanessa Rubio Márquez, Mexican politician
- Vernon Oswald Marquez, Trinidadian businessman
- Victoria Méndez Márquez, Mexican politician
- Victorino Márquez Bustillos, Venezuelan former president
- Walter Márquez, Uruguayan basketball player
- William Márquez Uzcátegui, member of the Venezuelan boy band Los Chamos
- Yénier Márquez, Cuban footballer
- Zia Marquez, Filipina actress
Fictional characters
- Chuny Marquez, character from the television show ER
- Diego Marquez, main character of Go, Diego, Go! and the cousin of Dora the Explorer
- Dora Marquez, the main protagonist of the television series Dora the Explorer
- Eva Marquez, main character of New Amsterdam (2008 TV series)
- Gabrielle (Marquez) Solis, main character of Desperate Housewives
- Juanita Marquez, character in the novel Snow Crash
- Lea Marquez, character from the soap opera All My Children
- Lorena Marquez, Aquagirl in Aquaman by DC Comics
- Mandy Marquez, character from the BBC soap opera Doctors
- Mimi Marquez, central character in Rent (musical)
- Samantha (Sam) Marquez, main character of Las Vegas (TV series)
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. 2003. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-977169-1.
