Sir Martin Ryle, FRS (1918 – 1984), was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see e.g. aperture synthesis) and used them for accurate location and imaging of weak radio sources. In 1946 Ryle and Derek Vonberg were the first people to publish interferometric astronomical measurements at radio wavelengths. With improved equipment, Ryle observed the most distant known galaxies in the universe at that time. He was the first Professor of Radio Astronomy in the University of Cambridge and founding director of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. He was the twelfth Astronomer Royal from 1972 to 1982. Ryle and Antony Hewish shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974, the first Nobel prize awarded in recognition of astronomical research. In the 1970s, Ryle turned the greater part of his attention from astronomy to social and political issues which he considered to be more urgent.
Martín de Porres Velázquez, O.P., was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_de_Porres
There have been two singers named Martin. Martin Stenmarck is a Swedish singer who represented his country in 2005 Eurovision with "Las Vegas". He automatically qualified due to Lena Philipsson's Top 10 ranking last year, but he did not duplicate her success. Martin Vucic is a Macedonian singer who represented his country in the 2005 Eurovision with the song "Make My Day". He qualified for the semi final but did not crack the Top 10.
Martin Bryant is an Australian Mass Murderer. On April 28, 1996, he killed 35 people in the town of Port Arthur, Tasmania, in what was up until 2011, the largest mass shooting by a lone gunman.
Martin Eric Stephens, an Australian former bartender, was convicted in Indonesia for drug trafficking as a member of the Bali Nine. In 2005, on his first trip to Bali, Stephens was arrested at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar with 3.3 kg of heroin taped to his chest and concealed under his clothing. After a criminal trial, on 14 February 2006 Stephens was sentenced to life imprisonment. His appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court to have the sentence reduced to 10 years was rejected in January 2011.
Martin Tungevaag is a Norwegian DJ who has achieved success in the European music market with "Samsara 2015" on Sony Music and "Wicked Wonderland" on the German EDM label Kontor Records. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award and has also built a strong fanbase within the party scene across Europe.
Martin Fenin is a former Czech football striker. He is currently working as a scout at the German club 1. FC Magdeburg. He has represented the Czech Republic and formerly played for the youth teams of the Czech Republic from the under-16 level. Fenin started playing professional football for FK Teplice. In 2007 he won the Talent of the Year award at the Czech Footballer of the Year awards. Following his performance at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, many large clubs expressed interest in him. Juventus was one of the teams in the scramble to sign the Czech forward from his home club. The deal looked to be sealed but Fenin had a change of heart after claiming he would not be happy as Juventus would loan him out to Udinese Calcio or Genoa CFC for a season. He then swiftly agreed to a deal with Eintracht Frankfurt worth €3.5 million, where he got to a good start, scoring a hat-trick in his first match. In the last day of transfer window 31 August 2011, he moved to Energie Cottbus.
Martin Samuelsen is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Peterborough United, on loan from West Ham United, and the Norway national team. After long spells at the academies of Vard Haugesund and Manchester City and short trials at big clubs across Europe, Samuelsen signed for West Ham in June 2015. Samuelsen, a versatile player, can play both central and wide midfield positions as well as a forward. He went on loan at Peterborough United for the majority of the 2015-16 season.
Martin Mystery is an Anime-influenced TV series loosely based on the Italian comics Martin Mystère.
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Martin is the name of Finn's dad in Adventure Time.
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Martin Freeman (born September 8, 1971) a British actor from Aldershot, Hampshire, England. He is famous for his roles in The Hobbit (2012) and it's 2013 sequel, as well as the BBC TV series Sherlock where he portrays John Watson.
Martin Billany (better known as LittleKuriboh) is an internet celebrity. He created Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series and inspired all the abridged series that followed.
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Martin Glaessner was a geologist and palaeontologist.
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Martin Kabát is a fictional character from the play "Hrátky s čertem" (1956). He was played by Josef Bek.
In the Portuguese legend of Saint Martin (here known as São Martinho) it was a dark and rainy 11th of November and he found a beggar to whom he gave half of his cloak and, all of a sudden, the rain stopped and the sun appeared. It's because of that that the 11th of Noveber is the day of this Saint and the warmer days in the middle of November are called the Verão de São Martinho (The Summer of Saint Martin).
Martin Brody is a character in Peter Benchley's novel 'Jaws' and Steven Spielberg's film of the same name. In the film and book, he is the police chief of a small seaside community which is being terrorised by a man-eating shark.