Marks is a Cornish and Devon surname:
In biography:
- Adolf Marks (1838–1904), Russian publisher
- Alfred Marks (1921–1996), British comic actor and comedian
- David Marks (disambiguation)
- Dennis Marks, (1932–2006), American television writer in animation including Batfink and The Beatles
- Gloria Marks (born 1923), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Harry Hananel Marks (1855–1916), British politician and journalist, who founded the Financial News in 1884
- Heather Marks (born 1988), Canadian model
- Howard Marks (born 1945), British drug dealer and author
- Laurence Marks (British writer) (born 1948) British TV writer who usually wrote with Maurice Gran, mainly known for sitcoms such as The New Statesman and Birds of a Feather
- Laurence Marks (American writer) (1915–1993), American writer for radio and television shows including M*A*S*H
- Laurence Marks (British journalist), (1928–1996), British journalist who wrote for many years for The Observer and The Sunday Times
- Laurie J. Marks, American fantasy writer
- Leo Marks (1920–2001), British cryptographer and writer
- Louis Marks (1928–2010), British television writer and script editor
- Michael Marks (1859–1907), retailer, co-founder of the retail chain Marks & Spencer
- Vic Marks (born 1955) Somerset and England cricketer and sports writer
- Walter Marks (composer), musical theatre and film composer
Famous quotes containing the word marks:
“I regard almost all quarrels of princes on the same footing, and I see nothing that marks man’s unreason so positively as war. Indeed, what folly to kill one another for interests often imaginary, and always for the pleasure of persons who do not think themselves even obliged to those who sacrifice themselves for them!”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)