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Alfred Marshall (1842–1924) was an economist.

Alfred Marshall may also refer to:

Alfred Marshall was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in New Hampshire about 1797. Marshall married Lydia Brackett on December 21, 1824, and they had three children Isabelle Isaphene Marshall, Jacob Smith Marshall, and John Brackett Marshall.

Alfred Marshall was an American businessman who founded Marshalls, a chain of department stores which specializes in overstocked, irregular and out-of-season name brand clothing sold at deeply discounted prices. He opened the original Marshalls in 1956 in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Alfred George Marshall is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a full-back for Colchester United.

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