Marthinus Explained

Marthinus or Martinus is an old Dutch, Danish or Norwegian male given name - a latinised form of Martin.

Notable people with this name include:

• Marthinus Bekker (born 1933), South African Navy officer
• Marthinus Jacobus Oosthuizen (1818–1897), South African voortrekker
• Marthinus Otto (born 1980), South African cricketer
• Marthinus du Plessis (born 1932), South African pentathlete
• Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901), South African politician
• Marthinus Prinsloo (1838-1903), Orange Free State farmer, politician and commander-in-chief in the Second Boer War
• Marthinus Nikolaas Ras (1853–1900), South African farmer
• Marthinus van Schalkwyk (born 1959), South African politician
• Marthinus Theunis Steyn (1857–1916), South African lawyer, politician, and statesman
• Marthinus Strydom (born 1965), South African investor
• Martinus Thomsen (born 1890), Danish author, philosopher and mystic.
• Marthinus Versfeld or Martin Versfeld (1909–1995), South African philosopher