Famous People with Name Markus

Markus Eggler            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Markus Eggler: a Swiss curler. He currently plays second for Ralph Stöckli.Eggler was the skip of the Swiss team at the 1986, 1987 and 1989 World Junior Curling Championships. At the 1989 event, he won a bronze medal. He then skipped the Swiss team at the World Curling

Markus Großkopf,            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Markus Großkopf,: is the bass guitarist, and one of only two remaining original members of the German power metal band Helloween (The other being guitarist Michael Weikath). Markus Grosskopf's family members currently live in South Africa, Canada, US, and Germany.

Markus Fagervall            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Markus Fagervall: won Idol 2006, the third season of the Swedish version of Pop Idol. Markus beat out Erik Segerstedt on December 1, 2006 to take the title. His first single "Everything Changes" peaked at number one on the Swedish singles chart. His debut album, Echo Heart, was released on December 18 of the same year and has to date been certified double platinum. Prior to winning Idol, Markus was the vocalist in the progressive rock band, Liquid Scarlet.

Markus Kronthaler            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Markus Kronthaler: was an Austrian mountaineer and climber. Kronthaler was born in Kufstein, Tyrol. He was an officer in the alpine section of Austria's Gendarmerie, which he left in 2003 to become a professional climber. Surviving a free fall of 150 meters (450 ft) into snow in January 2006, Kronthaler led a new expedition to Chogolisa and Broad Peak, Pakistan, in May 2006. He died of exhaustion on Broad Peak after reaching the summit on July 8. His body was left on the mountain.

Markus Weise            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Markus Weise: is a former field hockey player from Germany, who became the head coach of the German National Women's Team in 2003, as the successor of Peter Lemmen. His biggest success as Bundestrainer was winning the gold medal with the team at the 2004 Summer Olympic

Bertram Markus            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bertram Markus: was a Canadian Olympic fencer. He competed in three events at the 1932 Summer Olympics.