Researching Cliff Martinez
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 33 people with the Martinez surname? In that year Martinez was ranked number 3546 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Cliff means "Form of CLIFFORD - from a steep cliff" and is of English origin.
Records of Cliff Martinez on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Cliff Martinez and the Martinez Family History
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1388 people with the Martinez surname in the UK? Martinez is now ranked number 2778 for popularity in the UK. |
Martinez Family Tree Databases
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Martinez Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 710950 people with the Martinez surname in the USA? Martinez is ranked number 16 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Cliff Martinez
Cliff Martinez
Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American musician and composer. Early in his career, Martinez was known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart. Since the 1990s, he has worked primarily as a film score composer, writing music for Spring Breakers, The Foreigner, and multiple films by Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Solaris, Contagion, and Traffic) and Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon and the miniseries Too Old to Die Young).
On April 14, 2012, Martinez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Source: Cliff Martinez, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Martinez
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