Beth Marley, figure skater Jerry Markbreit, professional football referee Gene Markey, screenwriter, decorated naval officer, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts alumnus, husband of Hedy Lamarr and Myrna Loy Morris Markin, founder of Checker Motors Company, owner of Yellow Cab (born in Russia) Harry Markowitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist Clayton Marks, educator, soldier, banker and historian Brit Marling, writer, actress, Another Earth, Arbitrage, Babylon Jess Marlow, television journalist Jacques Marquette, 17th-century explorer (born in France) Frank Clarence Mars, candy maker (born in Minnesota) Kenneth Mars, actor, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, What's Up, Doc?, The Little Mermaid Albert L. Marsh, metallurgist, co-inventor of nichrome Benjamin F. Marsh, railroad czar, Civil War soldier, U.S. Representative Frank Lewis Marsh, Seventh-day Adventist biologist, educator and young Earth creationist Fred Marsh, MLB infielder 1949–56 George Marsh, decorated Civil War soldier Benjamin H. Marshall, architect of Chicago hotels Francis Marshall, brigadier general, World War I George Marshall, film director, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, Destry Rides Again, Houdini, How the West Was Won Joan Marshall, actress Jim Marshall, MLB first baseman 1958–62 Mike Marshall, outfielder for four MLB teams Samuel S. Marshall, lawyer, 19th-century politician William Marshall, singer, bandleader, husband of Ginger Rogers June Martel, actress, Santa Fe Stampede, Forlorn River Andra Martin, actress, The Thing That Couldn't Die, Up Periscope Billy Martin, tennis player and coach Cecil Martin, NFL fullback 1999–2003 Chuck Martin, football head coach, Miami of Ohio Cuonzo Martin, basketball head coach, University of California James Stewart Martin, Civil War general, U.S. Representative LaRue Martin, center for Loyola and Portland Trail Blazers, top pick of 1972 NBA draft Lynn Morley Martin, U.S. Representative 1981–91, U.S. Secretary of Labor 1991–93 Marcella Martin, actress, Gone With the Wind, West of Tombstone Nan Martin, actress, Goodbye, Columbus, The Other Side of the Mountain, The Drew Carey Show Todd Martin, pro tennis player, U.S. Open and Australian Open finalist Richard Martini, writer and director, Cannes Man Carl Shipp Marvel, organic chemist Dick Marx, jazz musician, ad jingle writer Richard Marx, singer and songwriter Russell Maryland, NFL defensive tackle, College Football Hall of Fame Ron Masak, actor, Murder, She Wrote Phil Masi, MLB catcher 1939–52 Bobby Joe Mason, basketball player for Bradley and Harlem Globetrotters Noah M. Mason, politician (Republican), U.S. Representative 1937–63 (born in Wales) Roswell B. Mason, mayor during Great Chicago Fire (born in New York) William E. Mason, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator (born in New York)