Guy Martin
Martin was born on 4 November 1981 in a suburb of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. He was named Guy in tribute to Guy Gibson of No. 617 Squadron RAF. His father Ian was a successful privateer motorbike racer who had competed in several Isle of Man TT events, but he was forced to supplement his income with a job as a lorry mechanic, additionally selling bikes. His mother, Rita Kidals, was of Latvian heritage, her father having come to Britain in 1947 as a political refugee. Soon after Martin's birth, the family moved to a house outside the town, where they remained, having four children in total.
Quinn Martin
Born on May 22, 1922, in New York City as Irwin Martin Cohn, he was the second of two children. His father, Martin Goodman Cohn, was a film editor and producer at MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) studios; his mother was Anna Messing Cohn. He was of Jewish descent. From the age of four he was raised in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Fairfax High School there. He later served five years in the United States Army during World War II, enlisting in the Signal Corps at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California, on September 10, 1940. He achieved the rank of sergeant. He changed his name to "Quinn Martin" (the "Quinn" came from the pronunciation his friends gave of Cohn, as "Co-Inn"). 
While attending the University of California at Berkeley, Martin majored in English studies but did not graduate. Martin started his career in television as a film editor also at MGM, joining his father and also worked as manager of post-production for various organizations, including Universal Studios (1950–1954), but by the mid 1950s had become an executive producer for Desilu Studios, founded by Lucille Ball (1911-1989) and Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) of the famous 1950s TV series "I Love Lucy" (ran 1951-1957). His first wife, Madelyn Pugh Davis, was one half of the writing team behind Desilu's classic "I Love Lucy". In 1959 he produced for Desilu Productions a two-part special that appeared in season 1 of the "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" an anthology TV series and later became a weekly television show on the CBS television network (Columbia Broadcasting System), with "The Untouchables", which would go on to win several Emmy Awards.