Marc Sleen was born as Marcel Neels in Gentbrugge, near Ghent.

Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (; born 27 December 1948 ) is a French actor and filmmaker.

* Marcel Pagnol ( 1895 – 1970 ), born in Aubagne, is known both as a filmmaker and for his stories of his childhood, Le Château de la Mere, La Gloire de mon Pere, and Le Temps des secrets.

* Marcel Duchamp ( 1887 – 1968 ), painter and sculptor, was born here.

Marcel Dupré was born in Rouen ( Normandy, France ).

Marcel Cerdan was born on July 22, 1916 in Sidi Bel Abbès in what was then French Algeria.

He was born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France to a Jewish family.

Marcel Mule was born in a village in Aube, France, to a father who learned the saxophone while doing his military service and became director of the brass band of Beaumont-le-Roger.

Marcel Theo Hall ( born April 8, 1964, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey ) better known by his stage name, Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson.

* Marcel Augusto Ortolan ( born 1981 ), a Brazilian footballer

* April 18 – French aircraft industrialist Marcel Dassault ( born Marcel Bloch ) dies at 94.

** Marcel Samuel Raphael Cohen ( aka Tekin Alp ) ( 1883 – 1961 ), born to a Jewish family in Salonica under Ottoman control ( now Thessaloniki, Greece ), became one of the founding fathers of Turkish nationalism and an ideologue of Pan-Turkism.

Marcel Reich-Ranicki (; born 2 June 1920 ) is a Polish-born German literary critic and member of the literary group Gruppe 47.

Marcel Reich-Ranicki was born Marceli Reich on June 2, 1920, at Włocławek, Poland, to David Reich, a Polish-Jewish merchant, and his wife Helene Auerbach Reich, who came from a German-Jewish family.

Some of the restrictions, or traditions born of them, may have still been in place in the nineteenth century, at least if Marcel Carné's Les Enfants du Paradis is a reliable guide.

Marcel Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Yonne département ( Bourgogne ).

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; born 8 November 1935 ) is a French-Swiss actor.

Marcel Ophüls ( born November 1, 1927 ) is a documentary film maker and former actor.

Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch ( 22 January 1892-17 April 1986 ) was a French aircraft industrialist.

Nicholas van Hoogstraten ( born Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten on 25 February 1945 ) is a British businessman and real estate magnate.

He was born Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, the working-class son of a shipping agent.

Marcel Pavel ( born 4 December 1959, Galaţi County ) is a popular singer in Romania.

* Marcel Berger, ( born 1927 ), French mathematician

* October 27 – death of Marcel Cerdan ( 33 ), Algerian – born French world middleweight champion, in an air crash

The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei is a commission of the Roman Catholic Church established by Pope John Paul II's motu proprio Ecclesia Dei of 2 July 1988 for the care of those former followers of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre who broke with him as a result of his consecration of four priests of his Society of St. Pius X as bishops on 30 June 1988, an act the Holy See deemed illicit and schismatic.

* June 30 – Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrates four bishops at Écône, Switzerland for his apostolate, along with Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer, without a papal mandate.

* May 30 – Marcel Dupré, French composer ( b. 1886 )

Marcel Dupré () ( 3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971 ), was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.

* 30 Great Exercises or Studies ( Trente Grands Exercices ou Études ) for All Saxophones after Soussmann Book 1 and 2 by Marcel Mule.

Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon ( born 30 September 1946 in Vichy, Allier, France ) is the founder and current leader of the UFO religion known as Raëlism.

An updated version " The Great Book of Corgi 1956-2006 The Complete Corgi Story " by Marcel Van Cleemput was published by New Cavendish books on 30 November 2010.

Gabriel Honoré Marcel ( 7 December 1889 – 8 October 1973 ) was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, and author of about 30 plays.

Marcel Prud ' homme, ( born November 30, 1934 ) was a member of the Canadian Senate and was a long-time Member of Parliament ( MP ) in the Canadian House of Commons.

* Aveux non avenus, illustrated by Marcel Moore, Paris: Editions du Carrefour, 30 May 1930

* June 30, 1988: Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre of the Society of St. Pius X ( SSPX ), consecrates four men as bishops at Écône, Switzerland without the express permission of the Pope.

The Holocaust denial bill, drafted by Claude Eerdekens and Yvan Mayeur of the Parti Socialiste, was introduced in the Chamber of Representatives by Eerdekens ( PS ), Marcel Cheron ( Ecolo ), Marcel Colla ( SP ), Yvan Mayeur ( PS ), Luc Dhoore ( CVP ), Raymond Langendries ( CDH ), Louis Michel ( MR ) and Mieke Vogels ( Agalev ) on June 30, 1992.

He was said to have incurred an automatic excommunication latae sententiae by the Roman Catholic Church because of his unauthorized consecration by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre on 30 June 1988, deemed by the Holy See to be " unlawful " and " a schismatic act ", though some individuals doubt the validity of the excommunication.

Inaugurated on March 6, 1955 under the name of Stade Marcel Cerdan, the stadium had a capacity of 30, 000 places.

On 1 July 1988, the Holy See declared Castro Mayer by name to have been automatically excommunicated for participating on 30 June 1988 in the consecration, together with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, of four bishops against papal mandate ( see Ecône Consecrations ).

The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei is a commission of the Catholic Church established by Pope John Paul II's motu proprio Ecclesia Dei of 2 July 1988 for the care of those former followers of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre who broke with him as a result of his consecration of four priests of his Society of St. Pius X as bishops on 30 June 1988, an act the Holy See deemed illicit and schismatic.

* December 7 – Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher and playwright ( d. 1973 )

After World War II, Marcel Bloch changed his name to Marcel Dassault, and the name of the company was changed to Avions Marcel Dassault on 20 December 1947.

Under the merger deal Société des Avions Marcel Dassault was dissolved on 14 December 1971, with its assets vested in Breguet, to be renamed Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation ( AMD-BA ).

On 16 December 1946 Dior founded his fashion house, backed by Marcel Boussac, a cotton-fabric magnate.

Marcel Pilet-Golaz ( December 31, 1889 – April 11, 1958 ) was a Swiss politician.

Marcel Mule ( June 24, 1901 ; December 18, 2001 ) was a French classical saxophonist.

Marcel Deprez ( December 12, 1843-October 13, 1918 ) was a French electrical engineer.

A little more than a year after the end of war, in December 1919, Marcel and Jules left Switzerland for France.

He was replaced as president and CEO by retired NHL Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne in December of that year.

Timothy L. " Tim " Reid ( born December 19, 1944 ) is an American actor, comedian and film director best known for his roles in prime time American television programs, such as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati ( 1978 – 82 ), Marcel " Downtown " Brown on Simon & Simon ( 1983 – 87 ), Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister ( 1994 – 99 ) and William Barnett on That ' 70s Show ( 2004-2006 ).

* Kahan, Sylvia, and Nathalie Mauriac-Dyer, " Quatre Lettres inédites de Proust au Prince de Polignac ", Bulletin Marcel Proust 53 ( December 2003 ): 9-21.

On December 21, Sturm was activated from injured reserve and joined his new team wearing the # 10 jersey, as his usual # 16 was retired by the Kings for Hockey Hall of Fame centre Marcel Dionne.

AJA's first season in Division 1 was remarkable for two particular performances: on 13 December 1980, at Parc des Princes against Paris Saint-Germain ( 3 – 2 ), and then on 7 April 1981, at Stade Marcel Saupin against FC Nantes for a 1 – 0 win, notable as Nantes had not lost a home game for five years and 92 games ( between 15 April 1976 and 7 April 1981 ).

André Jaunet ( May 17, 1911 – December 13, 1988 ) was a flutist in the same genre as Marcel Moyse.

* December 18: Marcel Pasche, 73, former Edipresse manager, 24 Heures editor-in-chief.

With the team off to an 8 – 10 – 6 record, Imlach was fired by the Sabres on December 4, 1978, along with coach Marcel Pronovost.

An unrestored works racing team 1953 Austin-Healey ' 100 ' Special Test Car, which was campaigned in period by racing drivers Lance Macklin, Gordon Wilkins and Marcel Becquart, sold for a world record £ 843, 000 ($ 1, 323, 915 ) December 1, 2011, at Bonhams ' December Sale.