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M Yo-Yo Ma, cellist Wangari Maathai, conservationist Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines Bernie Mac, comedian, actor Ralph Macchio, actor Andie MacDowell, actor/model Seth MacFarlane, animator, actor Ali MacGraw, actor Ernst Mach, physicist Charles Mackay, journalist, poet Macklemore, rapper Kyle MacLachlan, actor Shirley MacLaine, actor Fred MacMurray, actor Elle Macpherson, model, actor William H. Macy, actor John Madden, coach, TV personality Rachel Maddow, TV personality Amy Madigan, actor Dolley Madison, First Lady Bernard Madoff, business personality, fraud Madonna, singer, actor Virginia Madsen, actor Ann Magnuson, actor Tobey Maguire, actor Larry Mahan, rodeo champion Bill Maher, comedian, TV personality Gustav Mahler, conductor, composer Derek Mahon, poet, playwright John Mahoney, actor Karl Malden, actor Terrence Malick, director, screenwriter Zayn Malik, singer Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, Iraqi politician John Malkovich, actor Louis Malle, director Matt Malley, bass player George Mallory, mountain climber, missing person Karl Malone, basketball player Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian David Mamet, playwright, screenwriter, director Kennewick Man, ancient human Monkey Man, mysterious creature, internet celebrity Henry Mancini, pop composer Nelson Mandela, political Leader Og Mandino, speaker, writer Barbara Mandrell, country musician, country singer Edouard Manet, artist Chuck Mangione, jazz musician Camryn Manheim, actor Barry Manilow, singer, composer Joseph L. Mankiewicz, director, screenwriter, producer Wilma Mankiller, former chief of the Cherokee Nation Horace Mann, social reformer, politician, educator Michael Mann, director, producer, writer Bradley Manning, U.S. soldier, whistleblower Jayne Mansfield, actor Peter Mansfield, inventor Charles Manson, murderer Marilyn Manson, rock musician Joe Mantegna, actor Mickey Mantle, baseball player Randolph Mantooth, actor Sonia Manzano, actor Ray Manzarek, keyboardist Rooney Mara, actor Sophie Marceau, actor Nancy Marchand, actor Fredric March, actor Marie Marchowsky, choreographer, dancer Imelda Marcos, political relative Subcommander Marcos, political Leader Marengo, horse Princess Margaret, royalty Bam Margera, TV personality, skateboarder Cindy Margolis, model, actor Julianna Margulies, actor Cheech Marin, actor, comedian Roger Maris, baseball player Beryl Markham, aviator Harry Max Markowitz, economist Gerald Marks, Tin Pan Alley composer Shae Marks, actor Bob Marley, singer, songwriter Brit Marling, actor, screenwriter Branford Marsalis, jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, jazz musician Forrest Edward Mars, candy manufacturer Ngaio Marsh, writer Brian Marshall , bass E.G. Marshall, actor Garry Marshall, director, screenwriter, producer, actor George C. Marshall, military Leader, world war II figure, political figure Penny Marshall, director, actor Charles Martel, royalty Yann Martel, writer José Martí®, writer Dean Martin, singer, actor George Martin, music producer, composer George R. R. Martin, writer Judith Martin, columnist Ricky Martin, singer, actor Steve Martin, comedian, writer Trayvon Martin, slaying victim Maria Martinez, potter Melquiades Rafael Martinez, George W. Bush’s first secretary for Housing and Urban Development Lee Marvin, actor Chico Marx, comedian Groucho Marx, comedian Gummo Marx Harpo Marx Zeppo Marx Mary I, royalty Crown Princess Masako, royalty Giuletta Masina, actor Tatiana Maslany, actor Abraham Maslow, psychologist James Mason, actor Marsha Mason, actor Shirley Mason, psychiatric patient Master P, rap musician, filmmaker, record label executive Mary Stuart Masterson, actor, writer, director William H. Masters, human sexuality expert Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, actor Marcello Mastroianni , actor Jerry Masucci, music producer Mary Matalin, commentator, political activist Matchbox 20, rock band Debbie Matenopoulos, TV personality Jerry Mathers, actor Richard Matheson, writer Robert Matsui, Congressman Daisuke Matsuzaka, pitcher Drea de Matteo, actor Walter Matthau, actor Dave Matthews, musician William Matthews, poet Victor Mature, actor Chandragupta Maurya, Indian emperor Douglas Mawson, geologist, explorer James Clerk Maxwell, physicist Mad Max, fictional character Robert Maxwell, publisher, media mogul John Mayer, singer, songwriter Louis B. Mayer, movie executive Maria Goeppert Mayer, physicist Marissa Mayer, business personality, computer scientist Curtis Mayfield, soul musician Peter Mayhew, actor Theresa May, political figure Willie Mays, baseball player Misty May-Treanor, volleyball player Paul Mazursky, filmmaker Rachel McAdams, actor Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, educator James McAvoy, actor Henry Cecil Ransom McBay, chemist Jack McBrayer, actor, comedian Cindy McCain, political relative John McCain, U.S. senator David McCallum, actor Jay McCarroll, fashion designer Cormac McCarthy, writer Melissa McCarthy, actor Jenny McCarthy, actor, pinup Tom McCarthy, filmmaker Jesse McCartney, pop musician, actor Linda (Eastman) McCartney Paul McCartney, rock musician, songwriter Stella McCartney, fashion designer Winsor McCay, animator, cartoonist Stanley McChrystal, military leader George McClellan, Civil War figure Matthew McConaughey, actor David Hall McConnell, toiletries pioneer Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator David McCord, poet Susannah McCorkle, jazz singer Catherine McCormack, actor Frank McCourt, writer, teacher James McCourt, TV personality Charles “Kid” McCoy, boxer Elijah J. McCoy, inventor Joel McCrea, actor Carson McCullers, writer David McCullough, author Hattie McDaniel, singer and actor Dylan McDermott, actor, theatrical director Frances McDormand, actor Roddy McDowall, actor Malcolm McDowell, actor Neil McElroy, business executive Reba McEntire, country singer, actor Gates McFadden, actor Tatyana McFadden, wheelchair racer Kelly McGillis, actor Ted McGinley, actor Elizabeth McGovern, actor Tracy McGrady, basketball player Tim McGraw, country singer Ewan McGregor, actor Sir Ian McGregor, steel magnate Mary McGrory, political columnist Aaron McGruder, cartoonist Medbh McGuckian, poet Dorothy McGuire, actor Mark McGwire, baseball player Rory Mcllroy, golfer Adam McKay, filmmaker Danica McKellar, actor Ian McKellen, actor Erin McKeown, folk singer, songwriter Leo McKern, actor Ida Saxton McKinley, U.S. First Lady Kate McKinnon, comedian, actor Floyd McKissick, lawyer, civil rights leader Sarah McLachlan, singer, songwriter Alexander James Mclean , bassist Don McLean, singer, songwriter Ed McMahon, TV personality Larry McMurtry, writer Robert S. McNamara, business personality, presidential advisor Kristy McNichol, actor Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist James Alan McPherson, writer Alexander McQueen, fashion designer Butterfly McQueen, actor Steve McQueen, actor Steven McQueen, filmmaker Janet McTeer, actor Timothy McVeigh, criminal, terrorist Margaret Mead, anthropologist Colm Meaney, actor Russell Means, activist, actor Medusa, mythical monster Dmitry Medvedev, president of Russia Leighton Meester, actor Daniel Meenan, news reporter Brown Meggs, mystery writer Chu Mei-feng, political figure, internet celebrity Golda Meir, political figure Sanford Meisner, acting teacher Andrew Mellon, financier, public official, philanthropist James Mellow, biographer, art critic Harold Melvin, singer H.L. Mencken, writer, editor Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist Eva Mendes, actor Sam Mendes, stage and film director Francisco Menendez, military leader and former slave Alan Menken, composer, songwriter Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, conductor Johnny Mercer, lyricist, songwriter Ismail Merchant, producer, director Freddie Mercury, musician, bandleader, singer Burgess Meredith, actor, director James Meredith, civil-rights leader, author Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany Ethel Merman, actor, singer Elliott Merrick, writer Joseph Merrick, medical curiosity Judith Merril, science fiction writer W.S. Merwin, poet, translator Franz Anton Mesmer, physician Willy Messerschmitt, aviator, business personality Dale Messick, cartoonist Charles Messier, astronomer Debra Messing, actor Metallica, rock band Robert Metcalfe, inventor Seth Meyers, talk show host, comedian Stephenie Meyer, writer Kweisi Mfume, NAACP leader MIA, singer, pop musician George Michael, pop musician Lorne Michaels, TV producer, writer Lea Michele, actor Ana Claudia Michels, model Phil Mickelson, golfer Kate Middleton, royal consort Pippa Middleton, celebrity relative Bette Midler, singer, actor Midori, violinist China Miéville, Writer Harriet Miers, Lawyer Toshiro Mifune, actor Mighty Mighty Bosstones, ska band Alyssa Milano, actor Harvey Milk, politician, activist Ray Milland, actor, director Jeremiah Millbank, financier, philanthropist Arthur Miller, writer, playwright Bennett Miller, filmmaker Bode Miller, skiier Christa Miller, actor Dennis Miller, TV personality Dorie Miller, World War II figure, sailor Frank Miller, artist, writer Glenn Miller, bandleader, trombonist, missing person Marisa Miller, model Penelope Ann Miller, actor Kate Millett, writer, political activist, artist Billy Mills, Olympian Caleb Mills, educator Hayley Mills, actor Heather Mills, activist, model Juliet Mills, actor The Mills Brothers, singers A.A. Milne, writer Andy Milonakis, TV personality, internet celebrity Slobodan Milosevic, political Leader Robert Huston Milroy, Union general Nicki Minaj, rapper, singer Norman Yoshio Mineta, George W. Bush’s secretary of Transportation Yao Ming, basketball player Charles Mingus, jazz musician Patsy Takemoto Mink, U.S. representative from Hawaii Liza Minnelli, singer, actor Vanessa Minnillo, TV personality Kylie Minogue, singer, actor Halsey Minor, Internet entrepreneur Christopher Mintz-Plasse, actor Carmen Miranda, actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor Helen Mirren, actor Yukio Mishima, writer Tom Mison, actor Andrea Mitchell, TV news correspondent David Mitchell, writer John Mitchell, lawyer, political scandal figure John Cameron Mitchell, writer, director Joni Mitchell, singer, songwriter Joseph Mitchell, writer Margaret Mitchell, writer Maria Mitchell , astronomer William Billy" Mitchell", aviator, soldier Robert Mitchum, actor Walter Mitty, fictional character Tom Mix, movie cowboy Alan Mixon, actor Shigeru Miyamoto, game designer, animator Hayao Miyazaki, filmmaker, animator Ben Mize, drummer Moby, techno musician, dj Moby-Dick, fictional whale Amedeo Modigliani, artist Matthew Modine, actor Mario Molina, chemist, Nobel laureate N. Scott Momaday, poet, author, scholar, painter Taylor Momsen, actor Kelly Monaco, actor, dancer Eleanor Mondale, political relative, actor King Mongkut, royalty Mo’Nique, comedian, actor Thelonious Monk, pianist, composer, jazz musician The Monkees, pop musicians Bill Monroe, bluegrass musician Elizabeth Monroe, First Lady Marilyn Monroe, actor The Loch Ness Monster, mysterious creature John Montague, poet, writer Paolo Montalban, actor Ricardo Montalban, actor Joe Montana, football player Hannah Montana, fictional pop star Yves Montand, actor, singer Cory Monteith, actor Maria Montessori, educator, physician Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, military leader, World War II figure Robert Moog, inventor Keith Moon, drummer Sailor Moon, animated character Sun Myung Moon, religious figure William Moon, inventor, clergyman Alan Moore, writer Demi Moore, actor Dudley Moore, comedian, pianist, actor Garry Moore, TV personality Julianne Moore, actor Mandy Moore, singer, actor Marianne Moore, poet Mary Tyler Moore, actor Michael Moore, filmmaker, writer Roger Moore, actor Bernard Moore, potter Clayton Moore, actor Agnes Moorehead, actor Melba Moore, singer, actor Tim Moore, vaudeville and Broadway comedian Sir John Moores, marketer Evo Morales, president of Bolivia Rick Moranis, actor Rita Moreno, actor, dancer, singer Chloí« Grace Moretz, actor Alex Morgan, soccer player Garrett Augustus Morgan, inventor Harry Morgan, actor J.P. Morgan, financier, philanthropist Piers Morgan, TV personality, talk show host Tracy Morgan, actor, comedian Professor James Moriarty, fictional villain Michael Moriarty, actor Kyoko Mori, poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer Alanis Morissette, singer, songwriter Akio Morita, Sony co-founder Pat Morita, actor Robert Morley, actor, writer Jim Morris, baseball player Mark Morris, modern dancer, choreographer Jim Morrison, rock musician Toni Morrison, writer Van Morrison, singer, songwriter Vic Morrow, actor, director, writer, producer Mohammed Morsi, President of Egypt, political Leader Viggo Mortensen, actor, artist Jelly Roll Morton, jazz musician Levi P. Morton, U.S. vice president Samantha Morton, actor Carol Moseley-Braun, political figure Grandma Moses, artist Carrie-Anne Moss, actor Kate Moss, model Walter Mossberg, columnist, journalist Zero Mostel, actor Andrew Motion, British poet, biographer, and novelist Arthur H. Motley, publisher Constance Baker Motley, lawyer and jurist Lucretia Mott, social reformer Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister of Iran Mickey Mouse, animated character William Mow, clothing entrepreneur Farley Mowat, writer, activist Martha Moxley, murder victim Bill Moyers, journalist, public official Hosni Mubarak, political Leader, president of Egypt Brooke Mueller, TV personality Erich Muenter, Terrorist Robert Mugabe, political leader, President of Zimbabwe Elijah Muhammad, religious figure John Allen Muhammad, murderer Michael Mukasey, U.S. attorney general Bharati Mukherjee , writer Karen Mulder, model Patrick Muldoon, actor, model Paul Muldoon, poet Shirley Muldowney, auto racer Kate Mulgrew, actor Edward Mulhare, actor Larry Mullen, Jr., drummer Carey Mulligan, actor Rich Mullins, Christian singer, songwriter Dermot Mulroney, actor, musician, producer Edvard Munch, artist Frankie Muniz, actor Olivia Munn, TV personality, model Alice Munro, writer Haruki Murakami, writer Walter Murch, filmmaker Iris Murdoch, writer Rupert Murdoch, media mogul Audie Murphy, soldier, actor, world war II figure Bridey Murphy, hypnosis subject Carolyn Murphy, model Cillian Murphy, actor Eddie Murphy, comedian, actor, movie producer Ryan Murphy, screenwriter, tv producer Ryan Murphy, Olympic swimmer Andy Murray, tennis player Bill Murray, actor, comedian Chad Michael Murray, actor Edward R. Murrow, journalist, TV newscaster Edmund Muskie, political figure Mya, singer, actor Mike Myers, writer, actor top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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  • Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
  • Wangari Maathai, conservationist
  • Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines
  • Bernie Mac, comedian, actor
  • Ralph Macchio, actor
  • Andie MacDowell, actor/model
  • Seth MacFarlane, animator, actor
  • Ali MacGraw, actor
  • Ernst Mach, physicist
  • Charles Mackay, journalist, poet
  • Macklemore, rapper
  • Kyle MacLachlan, actor
  • Shirley MacLaine, actor
  • Fred MacMurray, actor
  • Elle Macpherson, model, actor
  • William H. Macy, actor
  • John Madden, coach, TV personality
  • Rachel Maddow, TV personality
  • Amy Madigan, actor
  • Dolley Madison, First Lady
  • Bernard Madoff, business personality, fraud
  • Madonna, singer, actor
  • Virginia Madsen, actor
  • Ann Magnuson, actor
  • Tobey Maguire, actor
  • Larry Mahan, rodeo champion
  • Bill Maher, comedian, TV personality
  • Gustav Mahler, conductor, composer
  • Derek Mahon, poet, playwright
  • John Mahoney, actor
  • Karl Malden, actor
  • Terrence Malick, director, screenwriter
  • Zayn Malik, singer
  • Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, Iraqi politician
  • John Malkovich, actor
  • Louis Malle, director
  • Matt Malley, bass player
  • George Mallory, mountain climber, missing person
  • Karl Malone, basketball player
  • Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian
  • David Mamet, playwright, screenwriter, director
  • Kennewick Man, ancient human
  • Monkey Man, mysterious creature, internet celebrity
  • Henry Mancini, pop composer
  • Nelson Mandela, political Leader
  • Og Mandino, speaker, writer
  • Barbara Mandrell, country musician, country singer
  • Edouard Manet, artist
  • Chuck Mangione, jazz musician
  • Camryn Manheim, actor
  • Barry Manilow, singer, composer
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz, director, screenwriter, producer
  • Wilma Mankiller, former chief of the Cherokee Nation
  • Horace Mann, social reformer, politician, educator
  • Michael Mann, director, producer, writer
  • Bradley Manning, U.S. soldier, whistleblower
  • Jayne Mansfield, actor
  • Peter Mansfield, inventor
  • Charles Manson, murderer
  • Marilyn Manson, rock musician
  • Joe Mantegna, actor
  • Mickey Mantle, baseball player
  • Randolph Mantooth, actor
  • Sonia Manzano, actor
  • Ray Manzarek, keyboardist
  • Rooney Mara, actor
  • Sophie Marceau, actor
  • Nancy Marchand, actor
  • Fredric March, actor
  • Marie Marchowsky, choreographer, dancer
  • Imelda Marcos, political relative
  • Subcommander Marcos, political Leader
  • Marengo, horse
  • Princess Margaret, royalty
  • Bam Margera, TV personality, skateboarder
  • Cindy Margolis, model, actor
  • Julianna Margulies, actor
  • Cheech Marin, actor, comedian
  • Roger Maris, baseball player
  • Beryl Markham, aviator
  • Harry Max Markowitz, economist
  • Gerald Marks, Tin Pan Alley composer
  • Shae Marks, actor
  • Bob Marley, singer, songwriter
  • Brit Marling, actor, screenwriter
  • Branford Marsalis, jazz musician
  • Wynton Marsalis, jazz musician
  • Forrest Edward Mars, candy manufacturer
  • Ngaio Marsh, writer
  • Brian Marshall , bass
  • E.G. Marshall, actor
  • Garry Marshall, director, screenwriter, producer, actor
  • George C. Marshall, military Leader, world war II figure, political figure
  • Penny Marshall, director, actor
  • Charles Martel, royalty
  • Yann Martel, writer
  • José Martí®, writer
  • Dean Martin, singer, actor
  • George Martin, music producer, composer
  • George R. R. Martin, writer
  • Judith Martin, columnist
  • Ricky Martin, singer, actor
  • Steve Martin, comedian, writer
  • Trayvon Martin, slaying victim
  • Maria Martinez, potter
  • Melquiades Rafael Martinez, George W. Bush’s first secretary for Housing and Urban Development
  • Lee Marvin, actor
  • Chico Marx, comedian
  • Groucho Marx, comedian
  • Gummo Marx
  • Harpo Marx
  • Zeppo Marx
  • Mary I, royalty
  • Crown Princess Masako, royalty
  • Giuletta Masina, actor
  • Tatiana Maslany, actor
  • Abraham Maslow, psychologist
  • James Mason, actor
  • Marsha Mason, actor
  • Shirley Mason, psychiatric patient
  • Master P, rap musician, filmmaker, record label executive
  • Mary Stuart Masterson, actor, writer, director
  • William H. Masters, human sexuality expert
  • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, actor
  • Marcello Mastroianni , actor
  • Jerry Masucci, music producer
  • Mary Matalin, commentator, political activist
  • Matchbox 20, rock band
  • Debbie Matenopoulos, TV personality
  • Jerry Mathers, actor
  • Richard Matheson, writer
  • Robert Matsui, Congressman
  • Daisuke Matsuzaka, pitcher
  • Drea de Matteo, actor
  • Walter Matthau, actor
  • Dave Matthews, musician
  • William Matthews, poet
  • Victor Mature, actor
  • Chandragupta Maurya, Indian emperor
  • Douglas Mawson, geologist, explorer
  • James Clerk Maxwell, physicist
  • Mad Max, fictional character
  • Robert Maxwell, publisher, media mogul
  • John Mayer, singer, songwriter
  • Louis B. Mayer, movie executive
  • Maria Goeppert Mayer, physicist
  • Marissa Mayer, business personality, computer scientist
  • Curtis Mayfield, soul musician
  • Peter Mayhew, actor
  • Theresa May, political figure
  • Willie Mays, baseball player
  • Misty May-Treanor, volleyball player
  • Paul Mazursky, filmmaker
  • Rachel McAdams, actor
  • Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, educator
  • James McAvoy, actor
  • Henry Cecil Ransom McBay, chemist
  • Jack McBrayer, actor, comedian
  • Cindy McCain, political relative
  • John McCain, U.S. senator
  • David McCallum, actor
  • Jay McCarroll, fashion designer
  • Cormac McCarthy, writer
  • Melissa McCarthy, actor
  • Jenny McCarthy, actor, pinup
  • Tom McCarthy, filmmaker
  • Jesse McCartney, pop musician, actor
  • Linda (Eastman) McCartney
  • Paul McCartney, rock musician, songwriter
  • Stella McCartney, fashion designer
  • Winsor McCay, animator, cartoonist
  • Stanley McChrystal, military leader
  • George McClellan, Civil War figure
  • Matthew McConaughey, actor
  • David Hall McConnell, toiletries pioneer
  • Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator
  • David McCord, poet
  • Susannah McCorkle, jazz singer
  • Catherine McCormack, actor
  • Frank McCourt, writer, teacher
  • James McCourt, TV personality
  • Charles “Kid” McCoy, boxer
  • Elijah J. McCoy, inventor
  • Joel McCrea, actor
  • Carson McCullers, writer
  • David McCullough, author
  • Hattie McDaniel, singer and actor
  • Dylan McDermott, actor, theatrical director
  • Frances McDormand, actor
  • Roddy McDowall, actor
  • Malcolm McDowell, actor
  • Neil McElroy, business executive
  • Reba McEntire, country singer, actor
  • Gates McFadden, actor
  • Tatyana McFadden, wheelchair racer
  • Kelly McGillis, actor
  • Ted McGinley, actor
  • Elizabeth McGovern, actor
  • Tracy McGrady, basketball player
  • Tim McGraw, country singer
  • Ewan McGregor, actor
  • Sir Ian McGregor, steel magnate
  • Mary McGrory, political columnist
  • Aaron McGruder, cartoonist
  • Medbh McGuckian, poet
  • Dorothy McGuire, actor
  • Mark McGwire, baseball player
  • Rory Mcllroy, golfer
  • Adam McKay, filmmaker
  • Danica McKellar, actor
  • Ian McKellen, actor
  • Erin McKeown, folk singer, songwriter
  • Leo McKern, actor
  • Ida Saxton McKinley, U.S. First Lady
  • Kate McKinnon, comedian, actor
  • Floyd McKissick, lawyer, civil rights leader
  • Sarah McLachlan, singer, songwriter
  • Alexander James Mclean , bassist
  • Don McLean, singer, songwriter
  • Ed McMahon, TV personality
  • Larry McMurtry, writer
  • Robert S. McNamara, business personality, presidential advisor
  • Kristy McNichol, actor
  • Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist
  • James Alan McPherson, writer
  • Alexander McQueen, fashion designer
  • Butterfly McQueen, actor
  • Steve McQueen, actor
  • Steven McQueen, filmmaker
  • Janet McTeer, actor
  • Timothy McVeigh, criminal, terrorist
  • Margaret Mead, anthropologist
  • Colm Meaney, actor
  • Russell Means, activist, actor
  • Medusa, mythical monster
  • Dmitry Medvedev, president of Russia
  • Leighton Meester, actor
  • Daniel Meenan, news reporter
  • Brown Meggs, mystery writer
  • Chu Mei-feng, political figure, internet celebrity
  • Golda Meir, political figure
  • Sanford Meisner, acting teacher
  • Andrew Mellon, financier, public official, philanthropist
  • James Mellow, biographer, art critic
  • Harold Melvin, singer
  • H.L. Mencken, writer, editor
  • Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist
  • Eva Mendes, actor
  • Sam Mendes, stage and film director
  • Francisco Menendez, military leader and former slave
  • Alan Menken, composer, songwriter
  • Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, conductor
  • Johnny Mercer, lyricist, songwriter
  • Ismail Merchant, producer, director
  • Freddie Mercury, musician, bandleader, singer
  • Burgess Meredith, actor, director
  • James Meredith, civil-rights leader, author
  • Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
  • Ethel Merman, actor, singer
  • Elliott Merrick, writer
  • Joseph Merrick, medical curiosity
  • Judith Merril, science fiction writer
  • W.S. Merwin, poet, translator
  • Franz Anton Mesmer, physician
  • Willy Messerschmitt, aviator, business personality
  • Dale Messick, cartoonist
  • Charles Messier, astronomer
  • Debra Messing, actor
  • Metallica, rock band
  • Robert Metcalfe, inventor
  • Seth Meyers, talk show host, comedian
  • Stephenie Meyer, writer
  • Kweisi Mfume, NAACP leader
  • MIA, singer, pop musician
  • George Michael, pop musician
  • Lorne Michaels, TV producer, writer
  • Lea Michele, actor
  • Ana Claudia Michels, model
  • Phil Mickelson, golfer
  • Kate Middleton, royal consort
  • Pippa Middleton, celebrity relative
  • Bette Midler, singer, actor
  • Midori, violinist
  • China Miéville, Writer
  • Harriet Miers, Lawyer
  • Toshiro Mifune, actor
  • Mighty Mighty Bosstones, ska band
  • Alyssa Milano, actor
  • Harvey Milk, politician, activist
  • Ray Milland, actor, director
  • Jeremiah Millbank, financier, philanthropist
  • Arthur Miller, writer, playwright
  • Bennett Miller, filmmaker
  • Bode Miller, skiier
  • Christa Miller, actor
  • Dennis Miller, TV personality
  • Dorie Miller, World War II figure, sailor
  • Frank Miller, artist, writer
  • Glenn Miller, bandleader, trombonist, missing person
  • Marisa Miller, model
  • Penelope Ann Miller, actor
  • Kate Millett, writer, political activist, artist
  • Billy Mills, Olympian
  • Caleb Mills, educator
  • Hayley Mills, actor
  • Heather Mills, activist, model
  • Juliet Mills, actor
  • The Mills Brothers, singers
  • A.A. Milne, writer
  • Andy Milonakis, TV personality, internet celebrity
  • Slobodan Milosevic, political Leader
  • Robert Huston Milroy, Union general
  • Nicki Minaj, rapper, singer
  • Norman Yoshio Mineta, George W. Bush’s secretary of Transportation
  • Yao Ming, basketball player
  • Charles Mingus, jazz musician
  • Patsy Takemoto Mink, U.S. representative from Hawaii
  • Liza Minnelli, singer, actor
  • Vanessa Minnillo, TV personality
  • Kylie Minogue, singer, actor
  • Halsey Minor, Internet entrepreneur
  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse, actor
  • Carmen Miranda, actor
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor
  • Helen Mirren, actor
  • Yukio Mishima, writer
  • Tom Mison, actor
  • Andrea Mitchell, TV news correspondent
  • David Mitchell, writer
  • John Mitchell, lawyer, political scandal figure
  • John Cameron Mitchell, writer, director
  • Joni Mitchell, singer, songwriter
  • Joseph Mitchell, writer
  • Margaret Mitchell, writer
  • Maria Mitchell , astronomer
  • William Billy" Mitchell", aviator, soldier
  • Robert Mitchum, actor
  • Walter Mitty, fictional character
  • Tom Mix, movie cowboy
  • Alan Mixon, actor
  • Shigeru Miyamoto, game designer, animator
  • Hayao Miyazaki, filmmaker, animator
  • Ben Mize, drummer
  • Moby, techno musician, dj
  • Moby-Dick, fictional whale
  • Amedeo Modigliani, artist
  • Matthew Modine, actor
  • Mario Molina, chemist, Nobel laureate
  • N. Scott Momaday, poet, author, scholar, painter
  • Taylor Momsen, actor
  • Kelly Monaco, actor, dancer
  • Eleanor Mondale, political relative, actor
  • King Mongkut, royalty
  • Mo’Nique, comedian, actor
  • Thelonious Monk, pianist, composer, jazz musician
  • The Monkees, pop musicians
  • Bill Monroe, bluegrass musician
  • Elizabeth Monroe, First Lady
  • Marilyn Monroe, actor
  • The Loch Ness Monster, mysterious creature
  • John Montague, poet, writer
  • Paolo Montalban, actor
  • Ricardo Montalban, actor
  • Joe Montana, football player
  • Hannah Montana, fictional pop star
  • Yves Montand, actor, singer
  • Cory Monteith, actor
  • Maria Montessori, educator, physician
  • Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, military leader, World War II figure
  • Robert Moog, inventor
  • Keith Moon, drummer
  • Sailor Moon, animated character
  • Sun Myung Moon, religious figure
  • William Moon, inventor, clergyman
  • Alan Moore, writer
  • Demi Moore, actor
  • Dudley Moore, comedian, pianist, actor
  • Garry Moore, TV personality
  • Julianne Moore, actor
  • Mandy Moore, singer, actor
  • Marianne Moore, poet
  • Mary Tyler Moore, actor
  • Michael Moore, filmmaker, writer
  • Roger Moore, actor
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