List of Famous people named Martin
Martín Montoya
Martín Montoya Torralbo is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Real Betis.
Martin Plaza
Martin Plaza is the pseudonym of Martin Edward Murphy, who is a vocalist/guitarist/songwriter with Australian pop/new wave band Mental As Anything. Plaza also has a solo music career and in 1986 had a No. 2 hit in Australia with his cover of the 1960s Unit 4+2 song "Concrete and Clay". Plaza has worked in other bands and is an accomplished artist. In 2013, Martin underwent surgery for kidney cancer. He is currently on chemotherapy and not playing with the Mentals.
Martin Parr
Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world.
Martin Petrov
Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a winger.
Martín Campaña
Martín Nicolás Campaña Delgado is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Professional League club Al-Batin and the Uruguay national team.
Martin Linnes
Martin Linnes is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Turkish club Galatasaray. A versatile player, he also played as a left-back, central midfielder, right midfielder and right winger.
Martin Kušej
Martin Kušej is an Austrian theatre and opera director, and current Artistic Director at the Residenz Theatre in Munich. According to German news magazine Focus, Kušej belongs to the ten most important theatre directors who have emerged in the German-speaking world since the millennium. He is considered one of the most important directors working today, acclaimed for his dark and incisive productions.
Martin Popoff
Martin Popoff is a Canadian music journalist, critic and author. He is mainly known for writing about the genre of heavy metal music. The senior editor and co-founder of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, he has additionally written over twenty books that both critically evaluate heavy metal and document its history. He has been called "heavy metal's most widely recognized journalist" by his publisher. Popoff lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Martin Lee
Martin Lee Chu-ming, SC, JP is a Hong Kong politician and barrister. He is the founding chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and its successor, the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's flagship pro-democracy party. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2008. Nicknamed the "Father of Democracy" in Hong Kong, he is recognised as one of the most prominent advocates for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong and China.
Martín Silva
Martín Andrés Silva Leites is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paraguayan side Club Libertad and the Uruguay national football team.