List of Famous people named Markus

Markus Thomas Theodor Söder is a German politician serving as Minister President of Bavaria since 2018 and Leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) since 2019.

Markus Lanz is a German-Italian television presenter and producer.

Markus Anfang is a German retired footballer and manager of SV Darmstadt.

Markus Braun is an Austrian tech investor and digital entrepreneur. From January 2002 until his resignation and arrest in June 2020, he was the CEO and CTO at the now insolvent payment processor, Wirecard AG.

Markus Gisdol is a German former professional football player and current manager of Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.

Markus Feldenkirchen is a German journalist and writer.

Markus Blume is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU). Since 14 March 2018, he has been serving as Secretary General of the CSU party.

Markus Alexej Persson, also known as Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known for creating the sandbox video game Minecraft and for founding the video game company Mojang in 2009.

Markus Eisenbichler is a German ski jumper, current World Champion on large hill, team champion and team mixed champion.

Markus Dwayne Paul was an American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 1989 NFL Draft. He also was a strength and conditioning coach with the New Orleans Saints, New England Patriots, New York Jets, New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Syracuse University.

Markus Weinzierl is a German football coach and former player who last managed VfB Stuttgart.

Markus Wasmeier (born 9 September 1963 is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany. He was world champion and twice Olympic champion.

Markus Majowski is a German actor and comedian. Today he lives in Berlin.

Markus Beyer was a German professional boxer who won the WBC super middleweight title. As an amateur he represented Germany at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics in the light middleweight division. He also won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships and silver at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships.

Markus Johannes Wolf was head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance, the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security. He was the Stasi's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War. He is often regarded as one of the most well known spymasters during the Cold War. In the West he was known as "the man without a face" due to his elusiveness.

Markus Alexander Uhl is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saarland since 2017.

Markus Gabriel is a German philosopher and author at the University of Bonn. In addition to his more specialized work, he has also written popular books about philosophical issues.

Markus Krösche is a German Soccer coach and former player. The Bundesliga RB Leipzig club appointed him to be their sporting director on July 1, 2019. He filled a vacancy opened by the departure of Ralf Rangnick.

Markus Babbel is a German professional football coach and former player who last managed the Western Sydney Wanderers FC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England. Babbel won the UEFA Cup twice, in 1996 with Bayern and in 2001 with Liverpool, and was part of the Germany team that won UEFA Euro 96.

Markus Maria Profitlich is a German comedian, actor and voice actor who was a cast member of Die Wochenshow between 1999 and 2001. He now hosts and performs his own show, Mensch Markus.