List of Famous people with last name Martel

Charles Martel

First Name Charles
Last Name Martel
Born on August 23, 0688
Died on October 22, 0741 (aged 53)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Charles Martel was a Frankish statesman and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death. He was a son of the Frankish statesman Pepin of Herstal and Pepin's mistress, a noblewoman named Alpaida. Charles, also known as “The Hammer”, successfully asserted his claims to power as successor to his father as the power behind the throne in Frankish politics. Continuing and building on his father's work, he restored centralized government in Francia and began the series of military campaigns that re-established the Franks as the undisputed masters of all Gaul. According to a near-contemporary source, the Liber Historiae Francorum, Charles was "a warrior who was uncommonly [...] effective in battle".

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Frédéric Martel

First Name Frédéric
Last Name Martel
Born on October 28, 1967 (age 56)

Frédéric Martel is a French writer, researcher and journalist. His most famous pieces of work are The Pink and the Black, Homosexuals in France since 1968, Mainstream, "Smart" and De la culture en Amérique, a book about cultural policies and industries in the United States, which was featured on the cover of the New York Times art section in 2006. NYT's journalist Alan Riding wrote : "In Culture in America, a 622-page tome weighty with information, Martel challenges the conventional view in France that (French) culture financed and organized by the government is entirely good and that (American) culture shaped by market forces is necessarily bad".

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Marc Martel

First Name Marc
Last Name Martel
Born on November 16, 1976 (age 47)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Marc Martel is a Canadian Christian rock musician. He was born in Montreal, Canada, to father Michel Martel and mother Barbara Beresford Martel. He attended Briercrest College and Seminary in Saskatchewan, where he formed the band Downhere with his roommate Jason Germain and a few friends in 1999.

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Christiane Martel

First Name Christiane
Born on January 18, 1936 (age 88)
Born in France, Grand Est

Christiane Martel is a French actress and beauty queen who became the second woman to win Miss Universe, in 1953. She was the only Frenchwoman holding the Miss Universe title until Iris Mittenaere in 2016.

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Lucrecia Martel

First Name Lucrecia
Born on December 14, 1966 (age 57)

Lucrecia Martel is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer whose feature films have frequented Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, and many other international film festivals. Film scholar Paul Julian Smith wrote in 2015 that she is "arguably the most critically acclaimed auteur in Spanish-language art cinema outside Latin America" and that her "transnational auteurism and demanding features have earned her a hard-won reputation in the world art cinema festival circuit". Similarly, film scholar Haden Guest has called her "one of the most prodigiously talented filmmakers in contemporary world cinema", and film scholar David Oubiña has called her body of work a "rare perfection". In April 2018, Vogue called her "one of the greatest directors in the world right now".

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Rick Martel

First Name Rick
Last Name Martel
Born on March 18, 1956 (age 68)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Richard Vigneault is a Canadian former professional wrestler, trainer, and television presenter, better known by his ring name, Rick Martel. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. Championships held by Martel over the course of his career include the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Television Championship, and WWF World Tag Team Championship.

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Renée Martel

First Name Renée
Last Name Martel
Born on June 26, 1947
Died on December 18, 2021 (aged 74)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Renée Martel is a French-Canadian country singer. Her father was country singer Marcel Martel.

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Gervais Martel

First Name Gervais
Last Name Martel
Born on November 20, 1954 (age 69)

Gervais Martel is a French businessman and president of French football club RC Lens having served in this role since 24 August 1988. Under the leadership of Martel, Lens won their first ever Ligue 1 title in the 1997–98 season and won their first ever Coupe de la Ligue title the following year. Martel is also a vice-president of the French Football Federation and serves on the federation's Federal Council.

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Bernard, son of Charles Martel

First Name Bernard,
Last Name Martel
Born on November 30, 0724
Died on November 30, 0786 (aged 62)

Bernard or Bernhard de Saint Quentin (d'Herstal), Abby of von St. Quentin, Abbot of St. Quentin (c.720-787) was a son of Charles Martel by his mistress Ruodhaid. He was thus a half Brother of the Frankish King Pepin the Short, and Uncle to the First Emperor in Western Europe since Romulus Augustulus in 476, Charlemagne. He was brother to Hieronymus and Remigius of Rouen, who were all denied any claim in the legacy of their father.

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Yann Martel

First Name Yann
Last Name Martel
Born on June 25, 1963 (age 60)

Yann Martel is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists. It was adapted for a film directed by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars including Best Director and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

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