Alfred Erskine Marling (October 5, 1858 – May 29, 1935) was a Canadian-born American businessman.

Alfred Erskine Marling was born on October 5, 1858, in Toronto, Canada West, to Reverend Francis Henry Marling and Marina Catherine MacDonald.

He married Harriet Winslow Philips (1846-1934) on January 10, 1884, in Manhattan, New York City.

[2] Marling headed the Union League Club of New York, and was a director or trustee in 16 corporations, he made national news in 1919 by proposing a $5,000,000 (approximately $87,869,000 today) housing corporation to move 20,000 New Yorkers from tenements into modern low-cost apartments.

[4] He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York City.