| Ma'arri, Abu al-'Ala Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah -al (Arab poet) |
973-1057 |
| Maathai, Wangari Muta (Kenyan environmentalist, activist) |
1940-2011 |
| Mabilon, Jean (French scholar) |
1632-1707 |
| Mabini, Apolinario (Filipino revolutionary) |
1864-1903 |
| Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de (French philosopher, historian) |
1709-1785 |
| Mabuchi, Hideo (American physicist) |
b.1971 |
| Macarius "the Egyptian" or "the Great" (Egyptian ascetic) |
c.300-c.390 |
| Macarius Magnes (Eastern Orthodox cleric, polemicist) |
5th cent. |
| MacArthur, Arthur (American army officer; father of Douglas) |
1845-1912 |
| MacArthur, Charles Gordon (American playwright, journalist) |
1895-1956 |
| MacArthur, Douglas (American general; son of Arthur) |
1880-1964 |
| Macarthur, John (English-born Australian agriculturist) |
1767-1834 |
| Macartney, George (Irish-born British diplomat) |
1737-1806 |
| Macaulay, Catharine née Sawbridge (English historian) |
1731-1791 |
| Macaulay, Dame Emilie Rose (English writer, poet, essayist) |
1881-1958 |
| Macaulay, David (English-born American writer, illustrator) |
b.1946 |
| Macaulay, Thomas Babington (English writer, politician) |
1800-1859 |
| Macbeth (aka Macbeathadh; Scottish king 1040-1057) |
d.1057 |
| MacBeth, George Mann (Scottish poet, writer) |
1932-1992 |
| MacBride, Sean (French-born Irish statesman) |
1904-1988 |
| Maccabees, Judas or Judah (surname Maccabaeus; Jewish patriot) |
d.160 BC |
| MacCaig, Norman Alexander (Scottish poet, teacher) |
1910-1996 |
| MacCarthy, Sir Desmond Charles Otto (Eng. journalist, critic) |
1877-1952 |
| MacCullagh, James (Irish physicist) |
1809-1847 |
| MacDiarmid, Alan Graham (New Zealand-born Kiwi-Am. chemist) |
1927-2007 |
| MacDiarmid, Hugh (Christopher Murray Grieve; Scottish poet) |
1892-1978 |
| MacDonagh, Donagh (Irish poet, playwright, balladeer) |
1912-1968 |
| MacDonagh, Thomas (Irish poet) |
1878-1916 |
| MacDonald, Alexander (Scottish poet, patriot) |
1700?-1770? |
| Macdonald, Cynthia (American poet, teacher) |
b.1928 |
| Macdonald, Dwight (American essayist, critic) |
1906-1982 |
| Macdonald, Flora (Scottish Jacobite heroine) |
1722-1790 |
| Macdonald, George (Scottish writer, poet) |
1824-1905 |
| Macdonald, Sir Hector Archibald (Scottish-born British soldier) |
1853-1903 |
| Macdonald, Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre (French soldier) |
1765-1840 |
| MacDonald, James Ramsay (Scottish-born British politician) |
1866-1937 |
| Macdonald, Sir James Ronald Leslie (British soldier, engineer) |
1862-1927 |
| Macdonald, Sir John Alexander (Scottish-born Can. politician) |
1815-1891 |
| MacDonald, John Dann (American writer) |
1916-1986 |
| Macdonald, John Ross (pseudonym of Kenneth Millar; Am. writer) |
1915-1983 |
| Macdonald, John Sandfield (Canadian politician) |
1812-1872 |
| MacDonald, Lucy Maud née Montgomery (Canadian writer) |
1874-1942 |
| MacDonald-Wright, Stanton (American painter) |
1890-1973 |
| MacDonnell, Randal (1st Marquis of Antrim; Irish intriguer) |
1609-1683 |
| MacDonnell, Sorley Boy (Irish chieftain of Scottish descent) |
c.1510-1590 |
| Macdonough, Thomas (American naval officer) |
1783-1825 |
| MacDowell, Edward Alexander (American composer, pianist) |
1860-1908 |
| Mace, James (aka Jem; English boxer) |
1831-1910 |
| Macedo, Jose Agostinho de (Port. poet, critic, pamphleteer) |
1761-1831 |
| Macedonius (Greek Orthodox prelate, theologian) |
d.c.362 |
| Macek, Vladimir (Croatian nationalist) |
1879-1964 |
| Maceo y Grajales, Antonio (Cuban patriot; brother of Jose) |
1845-1896 |
| Maceo y Grajales, Jose (Cuban patriot; brother of Antonio) |
1846-1896 |
| MacEwen, Gwendolyn (Canadian poet, writer) |
1941-1987 |
| Macewen, Sir William (Scottish surgeon) |
1848-1924 |
| Macfadden, Bernarr (American physical culturist, publisher) |
1868-1955 |
| Macfarren, Sir George Alexander (English composer) |
1813-1887 |
| Macfarquhar, Colin (Scot. printer; co-fd. Encyc. Brittannica) |
1745?-1793? |
| MacGregor, John (pseudonym Rob Roy; Scottish traveler, writer) |
1825-1892 |
| MacGregor, Robert "Rob Roy" (Scottish freebooter) |
1671-1734 |
| Mach, Ernst (Austrian physicist, philosopher; asteroid) |
1838-1916 |
| Macha, Karel Hynek (Czech poet, writer) |
1810-1836 |
| Machado, Bernardino Luis (Portuguese politician) |
1851-1944 |
| Machado, Manuel (Portuguese composer, harpist) |
c.1585-1646 |
| Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria (Brazilian poet, writer) |
1839-1908 |
| Machado y Morales, Gerardo (Cuban general; president 1925-33) |
1871-1939 |
| Machado y Ruiz, Antonio (Spanish poet, playwright) |
1875-1939 |
| Machado y Ruiz, Manuel (Spanish poet; brother of Antonio) |
1874-1947 |
| Machar, Josef Svatopluk (Czech poet) |
1864-1942 |
| Mache, Francois-Bernard (French composer) |
b.1935 |
| Machen, Arthur (pseud. of Arthur Llewellyn Jones; Welsh writer) |
1863-1947 |
| Machen, John Gresham (American theologian) |
1881-1937 |
| Machiavelli, Niccolo (Italian political philosopher) |
1469-1527 |
| Machin, John (English mathematician) |
1680-1751 |
| Macia, Francesc (Spanish Catalan politician) |
1859-1933 |
| MacInnes, Colin (English writer, essayist) |
1914-1976 |
| MacInnes, Thomas Robert Edward "Tom" (Canadian writer) |
1867-1951 |
| Macintosh, Charles (Scottish chemist, inventor) |
1766-1843 |
| Macintosh, Douglas Clyde (Canadian-born American theologian) |
1877-1948 |
| Maciulis, Jonas (pseudonym Maironis; Lithuanian poet) |
1862-1932 |
| Maciunas, George (Lithuanian-born American Fluxus artist) |
1931-1978 |
| MacIver, Robert Morrison (Scottish-born American sociologist) |
1882-1970 |
| Mack, Connie (C.A. McGillicuddy; Am. baseball player, manager) |
1862-1956 |
| Mackay, Clarence Hungerford (American businessman; son of J.W.) |
1874-1938 |
| MacKay, John Henry (Swiss-German anarchist, writer) |
1864-1933 |
| Mackay, John William (Irish-born American businessman) |
1831-1902 |
| Mackay, Mary (pseudonym Marie Corelli; English writer) |
1855-1924 |
| MacKaye, Benton (Am. forester; proposed A-Trail; son of Steele) |
1879-1975 |
| MacKaye, James Morrison Steele (Am. actor, dramatist, producer) |
1842-1894 |
| MacKaye, Percy (American poet, dramatist; son of Steele) |
1875-1956 |
| Macke, August (German painter; member Der Blaue Reiter group) |
1887-1914 |
| Macken, Walter (Irish writer, dramatist) |
1915-1967 |
| Mackensen, August von (German field marshal) |
1849-1945 |
| Mackenzie, Sir Alexander (Scottish explorer) |
1764-1820 |
| Mackenzie, Alexander (Scottish-born Canadian politician) |
1822-1892 |
| Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell (Scottish-born British comp.) |
1847-1935 |
| Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell (American naval officer) |
1803-1848 |
| Mackenzie, Charles Frederick (Scottish clergyman) |
1825-1862 |
| MacKenzie, Sir Edward Montague Compton (English writer) |
1883-1972 |
| Mackenzie, George Henry (Scottish-born American chess player) |
1837-1891 |
| Mackenzie, Henry (Scottish writer, playwright, poet, editor) |
1745-1831 |
| Mackenzie, John (Scottish missionary) |
1835-1899 |
| Mackenzie, Sir John (Scottish-born New Zealand politician) |
1838-1901 |
| Mackenzie, Kenneth (pseud. Seaforth Mackenzie; Australian poet) |
1903-1954 |
| Mackenzie, Sir Morell (English laryngologist) |
1837-1892 |
| Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Sir George (Scottish lawyer) |
1636-1691 |
| Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell (American army officer; son of A.S.) |
1840-1889 |
| Mackenzie, Sir William (Canadian financier, railroad builder) |
1849-1923 |
| Mackenzie, William Lyon (Scottish-born Can. insurgent leader) |
1795-1861 |
| Mackinder, Sir Halford John (English geographer) |
1861-1947 |
| MacKinnon, Roderick (American biochemist) |
b.1956 |
| Mackintosh, Charles Rennie (Scottish architect) |
1868-1928 |
| Mackintosh, Elizabeth (pseud. Gordon Daviot; Scottish writer) |
1897-1952 |
| Macklin, Charles (b. Charles McLaughlin; Ir. actor, playwright) |
1697?-1797 |
| Mackmurdo, Arthur Heygate (English architect, designer) |
1851-1942 |
| Mack von Leiberich, Karl (Austrian general) |
1752-1828 |
| MacLaine, Shirley (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; American actor) |
b.1934 |
| Maclaren, Charles (Scottish journalist) |
1782-1866 |
| Maclaurin, Colin (Scottish mathematician) |
1698-1746 |
| Maclay, William (American lawyer) |
1734-1804 |
| Maclean, George (Scottish-born Brit. soldier, colonial admin.) |
1801-1847 |
| MacLeish, Archibald (American poet, playwright) |
1892-1982 |
| MacLennan, John Hugh (Canadian writer, essayist) |
1907-1990 |
| Macleod, Henry Dunning (Scottish economist) |
1821-1902 |
| Macleod, John James Rickard (Scottish physiologist) |
1876-1935 |
| Macleod, Mary (Mairi Nighean Alasdair Ruaidh; Scottish poet) |
c.1615-c.1706 |
| Macleod, Norman (Scottish clergyman, writer) |
1812-1872 |
| Mac Liammoir, Micheal (Irish actor, scenic designer, producer) |
1899-1978 |
| MacLise, Angus (American musician, composer, mystic, poet) |
1938-1979 |
| Maclise, Daniel (Irish painter, illustrator) |
1806-1870 |
| Maclure, William (Scottish-born American geologist) |
1763-1840 |
| Mac-Mahon, Marie-Edme-Patrice-Maurice de (Fr. soldier, polit.) |
1808-1893 |
| MacMahon, Percy Alexander (Maltese-born English mathematician) |
1854-1929 |
| Macmillan, Alexander (Scottish publisher; brother of Daniel) |
1815-1896 |
| Macmillan, Daniel (Scottish bookseller, publisher) |
1813-1857 |
| MacMillan, Donald Baxter (American explorer) |
1874-1970 |
| Macmillan, Sir Frederick Orridge (Scot. publisher; son of Dan.) |
1851-1936 |
| Macmillan, John (Scottish minister) |
1670-1753 |
| Macmillan, Maurice Harold (British prime minister 1957-1963) |
1894-1986 |
| MacMonnies, Frederick William (American sculptor) |
1863-1937 |
| Macnaghten, Sir William Hay (British diplomat) |
1793-1841 |
| MacNeal, Noel (American puppeteer, writer, director) |
b.1961 |
| MacNeice, Frederick Louis (Irish poet, playwright) |
1907-1963 |
| MacNeill, John Gordon Swift (Irish politician, historian) |
1849-1926 |
| MacNelly, Jeffrey Kenneth (American cartoonist) |
1947-2000 |
| Macomb, Alexander (American army officer) |
1782-1841 |
| Macon, Nathaniel (American politician) |
1758-1837 |
| Maconchy, Elizabeth "Betty LeFanu" (English composer) |
1907-1994 |
| MacPhail, Agnes Campbell (Canadian politician) |
1890-1954 |
| Macpherson, Sir David Lewis (Scottish-born Canadian politician) |
1818-1896 |
| Macpherson, James (Scottish poet, writer, literary forger) |
1736-1796 |
| MacPherson, Jean Jay (English-born Canadian poet) |
b.1931 |
| Macquarie, Lachlan (Scottish-born British soldier, col. admin.) |
1761-1824 |
| Macready, William Charles (English tragedian) |
1793-1873 |
| Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus; Roman emperor 217-218) |
c.164-218 |
| Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius (Latin grammarian, philosopher) |
fl. c.400 |
| Macy, Anne Sullivan (American teacher of Helen Keller) |
1866-1936 |
| Madach, Imre (Hungarian poet, dramatist) |
1823-1864 |
| Madan, Martin (English barrister, clergyman) |
1726-1790 |
| Madariaga y Rojo, Salvador de (Spanish writer, diplomat) |
1886-1978 |
| Madelin, Emile-Louis-Marie (French historian) |
1871-1956 |
| Maderna, Bruno (Italian composer) |
1920-1973 |
| Maderna (or Maderno, Maderni), Carlo (Italian architect) |
1556-1629 |
| Madero, Francisco Indalecio (Mexican revolutionist, politician) |
1873-1913 |
| Madetoja, Leevi Antti (Finnish composer) |
1887-1947 |
| Madhavacarya (Hindu scholar, royal counselor) |
1296?-1386? |
| Madhav Rao I (Peshwa of the Marathas 1761-1772) |
1754-1772 |
| Madhav Rao II (Peshwa of the Marathas 1774-1795) |
1774-1795 |
| Madhubuti, Haki R. (born Don Luther Lee; Am. writer, publisher) |
b.1942 |
| Madhva (Indian philosopher) |
c.1199-c.1278 |
| Madigan, Edward Rell (American administrator) |
b.1936 |
| Madison, Dolley née Payne (American socialite; wife of James) |
1768-1849 |
| Madison, James (American polit.; 4th U.S. president, 1809-17) |
1751-1836 |
| Madler, Johann Heinrich von (German astronomer) |
1794-1874 |
| Madog (or Madoc) ab Owain Gwynedd (Welsh prince) |
fl. 1170 |
| Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone; American singer) |
b.1958 |
| Madox, Thomas (English legal antiquary, historian) |
1666-1727 |
| Madvig, Johan Nicolai (Danish scholar, politician) |
1804-1882 |
| Maebara, Issei "Hikotaro", "Hachijuro" (Japanese soldier, pol.) |
1834-1876 |
| Maecenas, Gaius (Roman statesman, patron of literature) |
c.70-8 BC |
| Maelzel (or Malzel), Johann Nepomuk (Ger. musician, inventor) |
1772-1838 |
| Maerlant, Jacob van (Flemish poet) |
c.1225-c.1291 |
| Maes, Nicolaes (aka Nicolas Maas; Dutch painter) |
1634-1693 |
| Maeterlinck, Maurice-Polydore-Marie-Bernard (Belgian writer) |
1862-1949 |
| Maetsuyker, Joan (Dutch colonial administrator) |
1606-1678 |
| Maeztu y Whitney, Ramiro de (Spanish journalist) |
1875-1936 |
| Maffei, Francesco Scipione (Italian dramatist, archaeologist) |
1675-1755 |
| Magalhaes, Antonio Carlos Peixoto de (Brazilian politician) |
1927-2007 |
| Magalhaes, Fernao de (Fernando de Magallanes; Port. navigator) |
c.1480-1521 |
| Magalhaes, Filipe de (Portuguese composer) |
1571-1652 |
| Magellan, Ferdinand (Portuguese navigator, explorer) |
c.1480-1521 |
| Magendie, Francois (French physiologist, vivisectionist) |
1783-1855 |
| Maggini, Giovanni Paolo (Italian violin maker) |
c.1580-c.1632 |
| Magha (Sanskrit poet) |
fl. 8th cent. |
| Maghostut, Malachi Favors (born Malachi Favors; Am. musician) |
1927-2004 |
| Maginn, William (Irish writer) |
1793-1842 |
| Maginot, Andre-Louis-Rene (Fr. polit.; eponym of Maginot Line) |
1877-1932 |
| Magnan, Bernard-Pierre (French soldier) |
1791-1865 |
| Magnani, Anna (Italian actor) |
1908-1973 |
| Magnard, Lucien Denis Gabriel Alberic (French composer) |
1865-1914 |
| Magnasco, Alessandro "Lissandrino" (Italian painter) |
1667-1749 |
| Magnentius, Flavius Popilius (Roman emp. of the West 350-353) |
d.353 |
| Magnes, Judah Leon (American religious leader, educator) |
1877-1948 |
| Magnol, Pierre (Fr. physician, botanist; eponym of "magnolia") |
1638-1715 |
| Magnus, Heinrich Gustav (German chemist, physicist) |
1802-1870 |
| Magnus, Olaus (born Olaf Mansson; Swedish ecclesiastic, hist.) |
1490-1557 |
| Magnusson, Arni (Icelandic antiquary, philologist) |
1663-1730 |
| Magnusson, Jon (Icelandic clergyman, writer) |
c.1610-1696 |
| Mago (or Magon; Carthaginian general; son of Hamilcar Barca) |
d.c.203 BC |
| Magoon, Charles Edward (American lawyer, administrator) |
1861-1920 |
| Magritte, Rene-Francois-Ghislain (Belgian painter) |
1898-1967 |
| Magsaysay, Ramon (Filipino politician; president 1953-1957) |
1907-1957 |
| Mahan, Alfred Thayer (American naval officer, historian) |
1840-1914 |
| Mahapatra, Jayanta (Indian writer, translator, educator) |
b.1928 |
| Mahendra (aka Mahinda; Indian missionary) |
c.270-c.204 BC |
| Mahendra (King of Nepal 1955-1972) |
1920-1972 |
| Mahfouz, Naguib Abdel Aziz al-Sabilgi (Egyptian writer) |
1911-2006 |
| Mahillon, Victor-Charles (Belgian music scholar) |
1841-1924 |
| Mahir Pasha, 'Ali (Egyptian politician) |
1882-1960 |
| Mahler, Gustav (Austrian composer, conductor) |
1860-1911 |
| Mahmud I (Sultan of Ottoman empire 1730-1754) |
1696-1754 |
| Mahmud II (Sultan of Ottoman empire 1808-1839) |
1785-1839 |
| Mahmud of Ghazna (Muslim sultan 997-1030) |
971-1030 |
| Mahmud Muzaffar Shah (Last sultan of Riau & Lingga 1834-1857) |
1823-1864 |
| Mahmud Nedim Pasa (Turkish politician) |
c.1818-1883 |
| Mahmud Shah (Founder of Johore; sultan of Malacca 1488-1511) |
d.1528 |
| Mahon, Charles James Patrick (Irish adventurer, politician) |
1800-1891 |
| Mahon, Derek (Irish poet) |
b.1941 |
| Mahone, William (American soldier) |
1826-1895 |
| Mahony, Francis Sylvester "Father Proust" (Irish humorist) |
1804-1866 |
| Mai, Angelo (Italian prelate, antiquary) |
1782-1854 |
| Maigrot, Emile (pseudonym Emile Henriot; French writer) |
1889-1961 |
| Mailath, Janos (Hungarian historian, poet) |
1786-1855 |
| Mailer, Norman Kingsley (American journalist, writer) |
1923-2007 |
| Maillart, Louis "Aime" (French composer) |
1817-1871 |
| Maillart, Robert (Swiss civil engineer) |
1872-1940 |
| Maillet, Antonine (Canadian writer, playwright) |
b.1929 |
| Maillol, Aristide (French sculptor) |
1861-1944 |
| Mailly-Nesle, Marie-Anne de (French courtier) |
1717-1744 |
| Maiman, Theodore Harold "Ted" (Am. physicist; made first laser) |
1927-2007 |
| Maimbourg, Louis (French ecclesiastical historian) |
1610-1686 |
| Maimon, Salomon (Polish Lithuanian-born German philosopher) |
1753-1800 |
| Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner (English jurist) |
1822-1888 |
| Mairet, Jean (French dramatist) |
1604-1686 |
| Mais, Roger (Jamaican writer) |
1905-1955 |
| Maison, Nicolas-Joseph (French soldier) |
1771-1840 |
| Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey de (Fr. colonial administrator) |
1612-1676 |
| Maistre, Casimir-Leon (French soldier, explorer) |
1867-1957 |
| Maistre, Joseph-Marie de (French polemical writer, diplomat) |
1753-1821 |
| Maitland, Edward (Eng. mystic; co-founder of Hermetic Society) |
1824-1897 |
| Maitland, Frederic William (English legal historian) |
1850-1906 |
| Maitland, Sir Richard, Lord Lethington (Scottish poet, lawyer) |
1496-1586 |
| Major, Charles (pseudonym Sir Edwin Caskoden; American writer) |
1856-1913 |
| Major, Georg (German Lutheran theologian) |
1502-1574 |
| Major (or Mair), John (Scottish Scholastic) |
1469-1550 |
| Major, John Roy (British prime minister 1990-1997) |
b.1943 |
| Majorano, Gaetano (aka Caffarelli; It. mezzo-soprano castrato) |
1710-1783 |
| Majorelle, Louis (French cabinetmaker) |
1859-1926 |
| Majorian (Roman emperor in the West 457-461) |
d.461 |
| Majumdar, Dhirenda Nath (Indian anthropologist) |
1903-1960 |
| Makarenko, Anton Semyonovich (Soviet social worker, educator) |
1888-1939 |
| Makarios III (born M.K. Mouskos; Cypriot prelate, politician) |
1913-1977 |
| Makarov, Stepan Osipovich (Russian admiral) |
1849-1904 |
| Makart, Hans (Austrian painter) |
1840-1884 |
| Makary (aka Macarius; Russian prelate) |
c.1482-1564 |
| Makeba, Miriam Zenzi (South African singer) |
1932-2008 |
| Makemie, Francis (Irish-born American clergyman) |
c.1658-1707/8 |
| Makhno, Nestor Ivanovich (Ukr. anarcho-communist revolutionary) |
1888-1934 |
| Maki Fumihiko (Japanese architect) |
b.1928 |
| Maksimov, Vladimir Yemelyanovich (Lev Samsonov; Rus. writer) |
b.1930 |
| Malachowski, Stanislaw (Polish politician) |
1736-1809 |
| Malachy, Saint (Mael Maedoc Ua Morgair; Ir. prelate, reformer) |
1094?-1148 |
| Malalas, John (Byzantine historian) |
c.491-c.578 |
| Malamud, Bernard (American writer) |
1914-1986 |
| Malan, Daniel Francois (S. African polit.; prime min. 1948-54) |
1874-1959 |
| Malan, Francois Stephanus (South African politician) |
1871-1941 |
| Malatesta, Errico (Italian anarcho-communist, writer) |
1853-1932 |
| Malbone, Edward Greene (American painter) |
1777-1807 |
| Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; American religious leader) |
1925-1965 |
| Malczewshi, Antoni (Polish poet) |
1793-1826 |
| Maldacena, Juan Martin (Argentinnian physicist) |
b.1968 |
| Malebranche, Nicolas de (French philosopher) |
1638-1715 |
| Malenkov, Georgy Maksimilianovich (Soviet politician) |
1902-1988 |
| Malesherbes, Chretien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de (Fr. polit.) |
1721-1794 |
| Malet, Claude-Francois de (French general) |
1754-1812 |
| Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich (Russian painter) |
1878-1935 |
| Malfatti, Gian Francesco (Italian mathematician) |
1731-1807 |
| Malherbe, Daniel Francois (S. African writer, poet, dramatist) |
1881-1969 |
| Malherbe, Francois de (French poet, theoretician) |
1555-1628 |
| Malietoa Tanumafili II (aka Susuga; Samoan head of state) |
1913-2007 |
| Malik ibn Anas (Muslim theologian) |
c.715-795 |
| Malik-Shah (Sultan of Seljuq Turks 1073-1092) |
1055-1092 |
| Malin, Michael C. "Mike" (Am. astronomer, planetary scientist) |
b.1950 |
| Malinovsky, Rodion Yakovlevich (Soviet marshal) |
1898-1967 |
| Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper (Polish-born Brit. anthropologist) |
1884-1942 |
| Malipiero, Gian Francesco (Italian composer, musicologist) |
1882-1973 |
| Malkine, Georges Alexandre (Fr. painter, writer, illustrator) |
1898-1970 |
| Mallarme, Stephane (French poet, translator) |
1842-1898 |
| Malle, Louis (French film director, scenarist) |
1932-1995 |
| Mallea, Eduardo (Argentinean writer, essayist) |
1903-1982 |
| Mallet, David née Malloch (Scottish poet) |
1705?-1765 |
| Mallet-Joris, Francoise (born Francoise Lilar; Belgian writer) |
b.1930 |
| Mallon, Mary "Typhoid Mary" (American cook, typhoid carrier) |
1870?-1938 |
| Mallory, Stephen Russell (Trinidadian-born American politician) |
1813?-1873 |
| Mallowan, Sir Max Edgar Lucien (English archaeologist) |
1904-1978 |
| Malmstrom, Bernhard Elis (Swedish poet, critic) |
1816-1865 |
| Malone, Dumas (American historian, editor, biographer) |
1892-1986 |
| Malone, Edmond (Irish Shakespearean scholar) |
1741-1812 |
| Malone, Kemp (American philologist) |
1889-1971 |
| Maloof, Samuel Solomon (Am. furniture designer, woodworker) |
1916-2009 |
| Malory, Sir Thomas (English writer, poet, translator) |
fl.1470 |
| Malouet, Pierre-Victor (French politician) |
1740-1814 |
| Malouf, David George Joseph (Australian poet, writer) |
b.1934 |
| Malpighi, Marcello (Italian anatomist) |
1628-1694 |
| Malraux, Andre-Georges (Fr. writer, art historian, politician) |
1901-1976 |
| Malte-Brun, Conrad (Danish-born French geographer) |
1775-1826 |
| Malthus, Thomas Robert (English economist) |
1766-1834 |
| Malus, Etienne-Louis (French engineer, physicist) |
1775-1812 |
| Malvy, Louis-Jean (French politician) |
1875-1949 |
| Mamdouh Edwan (Syrian Arab poet, playwright) |
1941-2004 |
| Mameli, Goffredo (Italian poet, patriot) |
1827-1849 |
| Mamertinus, Claudius (Roman politician) |
4th cent. |
| Mamet, David Alan (American dramatist, screenwriter) |
b.1947 |
| Mammeri, Mouloud (Kabyle writer, playwright, translator) |
1917-1989 |
| Mamoulian, Rouben (Armenian-born Am. film & theatre director) |
1897-1987 |
| Ma'mun, al- (Seventh 'Abbasid caliph 813-833) |
786-833 |
| Manasseh (aka Manasses; King of Judah 692?-639? BC) |
d.639? BC |
| Manasseh ben Israel (Dutch Jewish theologian, cabalist) |
1604-1657 |
| Manasses, Constantine (Byzantine prelate, historian) |
d.1187 |
| Mance, Sir Henry Christopher (English electrical engineer) |
1840-1926 |
| Mance, Jeanne (French philanthropist) |
1606-1673 |
| Mancini, Enrico Nicola "Henry" (American composer, conductor) |
1924-1994 |
| Mancini, Olympe (Comtesse de Soissons; French noblewoman) |
1639-1708 |
| Mancini, Pasquale Stanislao (Italian politician) |
1817-1888 |
| Mancini-Mazarini, Louis-Jules (French soldier, diplomat) |
1716-1798 |
| Manco Inca Yupanqui (Manqo 'Inka Yupanki; Inca ruler) |
d.1545 |
| Mandel, Elias Wolf "Eli" (Canadian poet, editor, lit. critic) |
1922-1993 |
| Mandel, Georges (born Louis-Georges Rothschild; Fr. politician) |
1885-1944 |
| Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla (South African president 1994-1999) |
1918-2013 |
| Mandelbrojt, Szolem (Polish math.; co-founded Bourbaki Group) |
1899-1983 |
| Mandelbrot, Benoit B. (Polish-born French/Am. math.; asteroid) |
1924-2010 |
| Mandelstam, Osip Yemilyevich (Russian poet, writer, translator) |
1891-1938 |
| Mander, Karel van (Dutch painter, writer) |
1548-1606 |
| Mander, Mary Jane (pseudonym Manda Lloyd; New Zealand writer) |
1877-1949 |
| Mandeville, Bernard (Dutch-born British philosopher, satirist) |
1670-1733 |
| Mandeville, Geoffrey de (1st Earl of Essex; English baron) |
d.1144 |
| Mandeville, Sir John (pseud. of unidentified traveler writer) |
fl.1356 |
| Manea, Norman (Romanian-born American? writer, teacher) |
b.1936 |
| Maneri, Joseph Gabriel Esther (American composer, musician) |
b.1927 |
| Manes (or Mani or Manichaeus; Persian religious leader) |
216-276/7 |
| Manet, Edouard (French painter) |
1832-1883 |
| Manetho (or Manethon or Manethos; Egyptian priest, historian) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Manfaluti, Mustafa Lutfi al- (Egyptian writer) |
1876-1924 |
| Manfred (King of Naple & Sicily 1258-1266) |
c.1232-1266 |
| Mangan, James Clarence (Irish poet) |
1803-1849 |
| Manganelli, Giorgio (Italian critical theorist, writer) |
1922-1990 |
| Mangelsdorff, Albert (German musician) |
b.1928 |
| Mangin, Charles-Marie-Emmanuel (French soldier) |
1866-1925 |
| Manglano-Ovalle, Inigo (Spanish artist) |
b.1961 |
| Mangoaela, Zakea Dolphin (Southern Sotho writer, folklorist) |
1883-1963 |
| Mangrai (Thai ruler 1296-1311) |
fl. 1287-1311 |
| Mangu Khan (Mongol khan 1251-1259) |
1208-1259 |
| Mangunkusumo, Tjipto (Indonesian nationalist) |
1884-1942 |
| Manheim, Ralph (American translator) |
1907-1992 |
| Manifold, John Streeter (Australian poet, folklorist) |
1915-1985 |
| Manilius, Gaius (Roman politician) |
1st cent. BC |
| Manilius, Marcus (Roman poet) |
1st cent. |
| Manin, Daniele (Italian patriot, politician) |
1804-1857 |
| Maning, Frederick Edward (Irish-born New Zealand jurist) |
1811-1883 |
| Maniu, Iuliu (Romanian politician) |
1873-1953 |
| Manley, John H. (American physicist, educator, teacher) |
1907-1990 |
| Manley, Mary de la Riviere née Manley (English writer) |
1663-1724 |
| Manly, Charles Matthews (American mechanical engineer) |
1876-1927 |
| Manly, John Matthews (American philologist) |
1865-1940 |
| Mann, Delbert Martin Jr. (American television & film director) |
1920-2007 |
| Mann, Sir Donald D. (Canadian railroad builder) |
1853-1934 |
| Mann, Heinrich (German writer, essayist; brother of Thomas) |
1871-1950 |
| Mann, Herbie (born Herbert Jay Solomon; American musician) |
1930-2003 |
| Mann, Sir Horace (English diplomat) |
1701-1786 |
| Mann, Horace (American educator; pioneer of Am. public schools) |
1796-1859 |
| Mann, James Robert (American politician) |
1856-1922 |
| Mann, Thomas "Tom" (English labor leader, Socialist) |
1856-1941 |
| Mann, Paul Thomas (German-born American writer, essayist) |
1875-1955 |
| Manner, Eeva-Liisa (Finnish poet, dramatist) |
b.1921 |
| Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil von (Finnish soldier, politician) |
1867-1951 |
| Mannering, Mary (born Florence Friend; English-born Am. actor) |
1876-1953 |
| Manners, John Hartley (English-born American playwright) |
1870-1928 |
| Manners-Sutton, Charles (Eng. archbishop of Canterbury 1805-28) |
1755-1828 |
| Manners-Sutton, Charles (English politician; son of Charles) |
1780-1845 |
| Mannes, Clara née Damrosch (Prussian-born American pianist) |
1869-1948 |
| Mannes, David (American musician, educator) |
1866-1959 |
| Mannhardt, Wilhelm (German ethnologist) |
1831-1880 |
| Mannheim, Karl (German sociologist) |
1893-1947 |
| Manninen, Otto (Finnish poet, translator) |
1872-1950 |
| Manning, Frederic (Australian writer) |
1882-1935 |
| Manning, Henry Edward (English prelate) |
1808-1892 |
| Manning, James (American clergyman, educator) |
1738-1791 |
| Manning, Olivia (married name Smith; Eng. writer, journalist) |
1911-1980 |
| Mannix, Daniel (Irish-born Australian prelate) |
1864-1963 |
| Mannlicher, Ferdinand von (Austrian firearms designer) |
1848-1904 |
| Mannucci, Aldo "the Younger" (Italian printer; son of Paolo) |
1547-1597 |
| Mannucci, Paolo (Italian printer; son of Aldo) |
1512-1574 |
| Mannucci, Teobaldo "Aldo" (Italian scholar, editor, printer) |
1449-1515 |
| Manny, Sir Walter de (English military commander) |
d.1372 |
| Mannyng, Robert (aka Robert de Brunne; Eng. chronicler, poet) |
fl. 1288-1338 |
| Manohar (Indian painter; son of Basavan) |
fl. 1580-1620 |
| Manrique, Gomez (Spanish soldier, dramatist, poet) |
c.1415-1490 |
| Manrique, Jorge (Spanish writer; nephew of Gomez) |
1440?-1479 |
| Mansa Musa (Emperor of Mali) |
d.1332? |
| Mansart, Jules Hardouin- (Fr. architect; grandnephew of N.F.) |
1646-1708 |
| Mansart, Nicolas-Francois (French architect) |
1598-1666 |
| Mansbridge, Albert (English educator) |
1876-1952 |
| Mansel, Henry Longueville (English philosopher, clergyman) |
1820-1871 |
| Mansfeld, Peter Ernst von (German soldier) |
1517-1604 |
| Mansfeld, Peter Ernst (German general; son of Peter) |
1580-1626 |
| Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno (American army officer) |
1803-1862 |
| Mansfield, Katherine (New Zealand-born British writer) |
1888-1923 |
| Mansfield, Sir Peter (English physicist) |
b.1933 |
| Mansfield, Richard (Germany-born American actor) |
1854-1907 |
| Manship, Paul (American sculptor) |
1885-1966 |
| Manso de Velasco, Jose Antonio (Spanish colonial administrator) |
1688-1767 |
| Manson, Charles (American cult leader) |
b.1934 |
| Manson, Sir Patrick (Scottish parasitologist) |
1844-1922 |
| Manstein, Fritz Erich von (German army officer) |
1887-1973 |
| Mansur "Ustad Mansur" (Mughal painter) |
17th cent. |
| Mansur, Abu Ja'far al- (Arab caliph 754-775; founded Baghdad) |
709/14-775 |
| Mansur, Abu 'Amir al- (Muslim regent of Cordoba, Spain) |
c.938-1002 |
| Mansur, Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al- (Third ruler of Mu'minid dynasty) |
c.1160-1199 |
| Mantegazza, Paolo (Italian physiologist, anthropologist) |
1831-1910 |
| Mantegna, Andrea (Italian painter, engraver) |
1431-1506 |
| Mantell, Gideon Algernon (English geologist, paleontologist) |
1790-1852 |
| Manteuffel, Edwin Hans Karl von (Prussian soldier) |
1809-1885 |
| Mantuanus, Battista Spagnoli (Mantuan humanist, Carmelite monk) |
1448-1516 |
| Manuel I Comnenus (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 1143-1180) |
c.1122-1180 |
| Manuel II Palaeologus (Emperor of E. Roman Empire 1391-1425) |
1350-1524 |
| Manuel, Eugene (French writer) |
1823-1901 |
| Manuel, Juan "Don Juan Manuel" (Span. prince, general, writer) |
1282-1348 |
| Manuel, Niklaus (Swiss painter, wood engraver, polit., writer) |
1484-1530 |
| Manzoni, Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio (Italian writer) |
1785-1873 |
| Manzuoli, Giovanni (Italian soprano/contralto castrato) |
1720-1782 |
| Mao Ch'ang (Chinese scholar) |
fl. 145 BC |
| Mao Tse-tung (Mao Ze-dong; Chinese soldier, statesman) |
1893-1976 |
| Map, Walter (English ecclesiastic, writer, wit) |
c.1140-c.1209 |
| Mapplethorpe, Robert (American photographer) |
1946-1989 |
| Mapu, Abraham (Lithuanian Jewish writer) |
1808-1867 |
| Maqdisi, al- (aka al-Muqaddasi; Arab geographer) |
c.946-c.1000 |
| Maquet, Auguste (French writer) |
1813-1888 |
| Marais, Marin (French composer, musician) |
1656-1728 |
| Maraldi, Giacomo Filippo (Italian astronomer) |
1665-1729 |
| Maramzin, Vladimir Rafailovich (Russian writer) |
b.1934 |
| Maran, Rene (Martinique-born French writer) |
1887-1960 |
| Marat, Jean-Paul (Swiss-born French politician, physician) |
1743-1793 |
| Maratti (or Maratta), Carlo (Italian painter) |
1625-1713 |
| Marbeck (or Merbecke), John (English composer, writer) |
d.c.1585 |
| Marbot, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcelin de (French soldier) |
1782-1854 |
| Marc, Franz (German painter; member of the Blue Rider group) |
1880-1916 |
| Marca, Pierre de (French prelate) |
1594-1662 |
| Marcabru (or Marcabrun; Gascon troubadour) |
fl. c.1130-1148 |
| Marceau, Francois-Severin (French soldier) |
1769-1796 |
| Marceau, Marcel (born Marcel Mangel; French mime) |
1923-2007 |
| Marcel, Etienne (French bourgeois leader) |
c.1316-1358 |
| Marcel, Gabriel-Honore (French philosopher, dramatist) |
1889-1973 |
| Marcellinus, Saint (Pope 296-304) |
d.304 |
| Marcello, Alessandro (Italian composer; brother of Benedetto) |
1684-1750 |
| Marcello, Benedetto (Italian composer, writer, public official) |
1686-1739 |
| Marcellus I, Saint (Pope 308-309) |
d.309 |
| Marcellus II (born Marcello Cervini; Pope April-May 1555) |
1501-1555 |
| Marcellus, Marcus Claudius (Roman general) |
268?-208 BC |
| Marcellus, Marcus Claudius (Roman orator, politician) |
d.45 BC |
| March, Ausias (Catalan poet) |
1397-1459 |
| March, Francis Andrew (American philologist) |
1825-1911 |
| March, Francis Andrew (American lexicographer; son of Francis) |
1863-1928 |
| March, Fredric (born Frederick McIntyre Bickel; Am. actor) |
1897-1975 |
| March, Peyton Conway (American army officer; son of Francis) |
1864-1955 |
| Marchand, Jean-Baptiste (French soldier, explorer) |
1863-1934 |
| Marchand, Jean-Hippolyte (French painter) |
1883-1941 |
| Marchand, Louis (French organist, harpsichordist) |
1669-1732 |
| Marchesi, Blanche (It. singer; daughter of Mathilde, Salvatore) |
1863-1940 |
| Marchesi, Luigi (Italian castrato, composer) |
1754-1829 |
| Marchesi, Mathilde née Graumann (It. concert singer, teacher) |
1826-1913 |
| Marchesi, Salvatore (It. baritone, singing teacher, composer) |
1822-1908 |
| Marchetti, Filippo (Italian composer) |
1831-1902 |
| Marchetti, Walter (Italian composer) |
1931-2015 |
| Marchiano, Linda Boreman "Linda Lovelace" (American actor) |
1949-2002 |
| Marcian (Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450-457) |
c.392-457 |
| Marciano, Rocky (born Rocco Francis Marchegiano; Am. boxer) |
1923-1969 |
| Marcion (Christian Gnostic) |
d.c.160 |
| Marclay, Christian (American composer) |
b.1955 |
| Marconi, Guglielmo (Italian physicist, inventor) |
1874-1937 |
| Marcos, Ferdinand Edralin (Filipino president 1965-1986) |
1917-1989 |
| Marcoussis, Louis (born Ludwig C.L. Markus; Polish painter) |
1883-1941 |
| Marcus, Rudolph Arthur "Rudy" (Canadian-born American chemist) |
b.1923 |
| Marcus, Siegfried (German inventor) |
1831-1898 |
| Marcus Aurelius (surnamed Antoninus; Roman emperor 161-180) |
121-180 |
| Marcuse, Herbert (German-born American political philosopher) |
1898-1979 |
| Marcy, William Learned (American politician) |
1786-1857 |
| Marden, Luis (born Annibale Luigi Paragallo; Am. journalist) |
1913-2003 |
| Mardersteig, Giovanni (born Hans; German-born Italian printer) |
1892-1977 |
| Mardonius (Persian general) |
d.479 BC |
| Marechal, Leopoldo (Argentinean writer, critic) |
1900-1970 |
| Marechal, Pierre-Sylvain (French writer) |
1750-1803 |
| Marechera, Dambudzo (Zimbanwean writer, playwright, poet) |
1952-1987 |
| Marees, Hans von (German painter in Italy) |
1837-1887 |
| Marenco, Carlo (Italian dramatist) |
1800-1846 |
| Marenco, Leopoldo (Italian dramatist; son of Carlo) |
1831-1899 |
| Marenzio, Luca (Italian composer) |
1553/4-1599 |
| Maret, Hugues-Bernard (French diplomat) |
1763-1839 |
| Marett, Robert Ranulph (English anthropologist) |
1866-1943 |
| Marey, Etienne-Jules (French physiologist) |
1830-1904 |
| Margadant, Simon (pseudonym Simon Lemnius; German poet) |
c.1511-1550 |
| Margai, Sir Milton Augustus Striery (Sierra Leone politician) |
1895-1964 |
| Margaret of Anjou (French-born queen of England) |
1430-1482 |
| Margaret of Antioch, Saint (Christian martyr) |
3rd/4th cent. |
| Margaret of Navarre (Margaret of Angouleme; Fr. queen, writer) |
1492-1549 |
| Margaret of Valois (Queen Margot; Reine Margot; French queen) |
1533-1615 |
| Margenau, Henry (German-born American physicist, writer) |
1901-1997 |
| Margerie, Emmanuel-Marie-Pierre-Martin Jacquin de (Fr. geol.) |
1862-1953 |
| Marggraf, Andreas Sigismund (German chemist) |
1709-1782 |
| Marghiloman, Alexandru (Romanian politician) |
1854-1925 |
| Margoliouth, David Samuel (English scholar) |
1858-1940 |
| Margolis, Max Leopold (Russian-born American philologist) |
1866-1932 |
| Margueritte, Paul (French writer) |
1860-1918 |
| Margueritte, Victor (French writer; brother of Paul) |
1866-1942 |
| Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Charles de (French writer) |
c.1617-1703 |
| Margulis, Gregori Aleksandrovich (Russian mathematician) |
b.1946 |
| Margunios, Maximus (Greek Humanist, prelate) |
d.1602 |
| Mariana, Juan de (Spanish historian) |
1536-1624 |
| Marianus Scotus (born Moel-Brigte; Irish chronicler) |
1028-1082/3 |
| Marias Augilera, Julian (Spanish philosopher, essayist) |
1914-2005 |
| Maria Stella (Italian adventuress) |
1773-1843 |
| Mariategui, Jose Carlos (Peruvian political leader, essayist) |
1895-1930 |
| Marie, Pierre (French neurologist) |
1853-1940 |
| Marie-Antoinette (Queen of Louis XVI of France) |
1755-1793 |
| Marie de France (French poet) |
12th cent. |
| Marie de Medicis (Italian-born queen of France) |
1573-1642 |
| Mariette, Auguste-Ferdinand-Francois (French archaeologist) |
1821-1881 |
| Marignac, Jean-Charles-Galissard de (Swiss chemist) |
1817-1894 |
| Marignolli, Giovanni dei (Italian traveler) |
fl. 1290-1357 |
| Magigny, Enguerrand de (French politician) |
1260-1315 |
| Marika, Raymattja (Australian Yolngu aboriginal leader) |
c.1959-2008 |
| Marillac, Charles de (French ecclesiastic, diplomat) |
1501?-1560 |
| Marin, Biagio (Italian poet) |
1891-1985 |
| Marin, Francisco de Paula "Manini" (Spanish horticulturist) |
1774-1837 |
| Marin, John Cheri (American painter) |
1870-1953 |
| Marin, Richard Anthony "Cheech" (American comedian, actor) |
c.1946 |
| Marina (born Malintzin; aka Dona Marina; Aztec princess) |
c.1501-1550 |
| Marinatos, Spyridon Nikolaou (Greek archaeologist) |
1901-1974 |
| Marinetti, Emilio Filippo Tommaso (Egyptian-born It. writer) |
1876-1944 |
| Marini, Biagio (Italian violinist, composer) |
1594-1663 |
| Marini (or Marino), Giambattista (Italian poet) |
1569-1625 |
| Marini, Marino (Italian sculptor) |
1901-1980 |
| Marinkovic, Vijislav (Yugoslav statesman) |
1876-1935 |
| Marinus I (Pope 882-884) |
d.884 |
| Marinus II (Pope 942-946) |
d.946 |
| Marinus of Tyre (Greek geographer) |
2nd cent. |
| Marion, Francis "the Swamp Fox" (Am. Revolutionary commander) |
1732?-1795 |
| Mariotte, Edme (French physicist) |
c.1620-1684 |
| Maris, Jacob (Dutch painter; brother of Matthijs & Willem) |
1837-1899 |
| Maris, Matthijs (Dutch painter; brother of Jacob & Willem) |
1839-1917 |
| Maris, Willem (Dutch painter; brother of Jacob & Matthijs) |
1844-1910 |
| Maritain, Jacques (French philosopher, diplomat) |
1882-1973 |
| Maritz, Salomon Gerhardus (South African general, rebel) |
1876-1940 |
| Marius, Gaius (Roman general, politician) |
c.157-86 BC |
| Marius, Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor) |
3rd cent. |
| Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de (French playwright) |
1688-1763 |
| Mark, Herman Francis (Austrian-born American? chemist) |
1895-1992 |
| Mark, J. Carson (Canadian-born American mathematician) |
1913-1997 |
| Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita; Christian theological writer) |
d.430? |
| Markandaya, Kamala (born Kamala Purnaiya Taylor; Indian writer) |
b.1924 |
| Marker, Chris (French writer, photographer, film director) |
1921-2012 |
| Markevitch, Igor (Ukrainian-born Italian composer, conductor) |
1912-1983 |
| Markham, Beryl née Clutterbuck (British aviator, horse trainer) |
1902-1986 |
| Markham, Sir Clements Robert (English geographer, hist. writer) |
1830-1916 |
| Markham, Edwin (born Charles Edward Anson Markham; Am. poet) |
1852-1940 |
| Markham, Gervase (or Jervis; English writer) |
1568?-1637 |
| Markish, Peretz (or Perets, Perez; Soviet Yiddish poet, writer) |
1895-1952 |
| Marko Kraljevic (King of Serbia 1371-1395) |
c.1335-1395 |
| Markov, Andrey Andreyevich (Russian mathematician) |
1856-1922 |
| Markova, Alicia (born Lilian Alicia Marks; British ballerina) |
1910-2004 |
| Markovic, Svetozar (Serbian political writer) |
1846-1875 |
| Markovitch, Henriette Theodora "Dora Maar" (Fr. photo., poet) |
1907-1997 |
| Markovnikov, Vladimir Vasilyevich (Russian chemist) |
1838-1904 |
| Markowitz, Harry Max (American economist) |
b.1927 |
| Markson, David Merrill (American writer) |
1927-2010 |
| Marlatt, Daphne (Canadian poet, writer) |
b.1942 |
| Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of (Eng. military leader) |
1650-1722 |
| Marletta, Michael A. (American chemist) |
b.1951 |
| Marlette, Doug (American cartoonist, writer) |
1949-2007 |
| Marley, Bob (Rhoden Hall; Jamaican reggae musician, singer) |
1945-1981 |
| Marlowe, Ann Rachel (American writer, journalist) |
b.1958 |
| Marlowe, Christopher (English dramatist, poet) |
1564-1593 |
| Marlowe, Julia (born Sarah F. Frost; English-born Am. actor) |
1866-1950 |
| Marmaduke, John Sappington (American soldier, politician) |
1833-1887 |
| Marmion, Shackerley (or Shakerley; English dramatist) |
1603-1639 |
| Marmol, Jose Pedro Crisologo (Argentinean poet, writer) |
1818-1871 |
| Marmont, Auguste-Frederic-Louis Viesse de (French soldier) |
1774-1852 |
| Marmontel, Jean-Francois (Fr. poet, dramatist, writer, critic) |
1723-1799 |
| Marmor, Judd (English-born American psychiatrist) |
1910-2003 |
| Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, Philips van (Dutch theologian) |
1540-1598 |
| Marobodus (King of the Marcomanni) |
d.37 |
| Marot, Clement (French poet, translator, editor) |
1496?-1544 |
| Marot, Daniel (French architect; son of Jean c.1619-1679) |
1661-1752 |
| Marot, Jean (French poet; father of Clement) |
c.1463-1526 |
| Marot, Jean (French architect) |
c.1619-1679 |
| Marozia (Italian noblewoman; dau. of Theodora & Theophylact) |
d.945? |
| Marpa (Tibetan Buddhist mystic) |
1012-1096 |
| Marpurg, Friedrich Wilhelm (German composer, writer on music) |
1718-1795 |
| Marquand, John Phillips (American writer) |
1893-1960 |
| Marques, Rene (Puerto Rican writer, playwright, essayist) |
1919-1979 |
| Marquet, Pierre-Albert (French painter) |
1875-1947 |
| Marquette, Jacques "Pere Marquette" (Fr. missionary, explorer) |
1637-1675 |
| Marquina, Eduardo (Spanish poet, dramatist) |
1879-1946 |
| Marquis, Donald Robert Perry "Don" (Am. journalist, humorist) |
1878-1937 |
| Marr, Nikolay Yakovlevich (Russian linguist, archaeologist) |
1865-1934 |
| Marradi, Giovanni (Italian poet) |
1852-1922 |
| Marriott, Sir John Arthur Ransome (English historian) |
1859-1945 |
| Marroquin, Jose Manuel (Colombian politician, philologist) |
1827-1908 |
| Marryat, Frederick (English naval commander, writer) |
1792-1848 |
| Mars, Mlle (Anne-Francoise-Hippolyte Boutet; French actor) |
1779-1847 |
| Marsalis, Wynton (American trumpeter, composer) |
b.1961 |
| Marschner, Heinrich August (German composer) |
1795-1861 |
| Marsden, Brian Geoffrey (English astronomer; asteroid) |
b.1937 |
| Marse, Juan (Spanish writer) |
b.1933 |
| Marsh, Dame Edith Ngaio (New Zealand writer, artist, actor) |
1899-1981 |
| Marsh, Sir Edward Howard (English man of letters) |
1872-1953 |
| Marsh, George Perkins (American lawyer, diplomat, philologist) |
1801-1882 |
| Marsh, John (English composer) |
1752-1828 |
| Marsh, Othniel Charles (American paleontologist) |
1831-1899 |
| Marsh, Reginald (France-born American painter) |
1898-1954 |
| Marsh, Sylvester (American inventor) |
1803-1884 |
| Marshall, Alfred (English economist) |
1842-1924 |
| Marshall, Barry James (Australian physician, academic) |
b.1951 |
| Marshall, Christopher (Irish-born American patriot, diarist) |
1709-1797 |
| Marshall, Frank James (American chess master) |
1877-1944 |
| Marshall, George Catlett (American army officer, statesman) |
1880-1959 |
| Marshall, James Ward "Jay" (American magician, ventriloquist) |
1919-2005 |
| Marshall, James Wilson (American carpenter, gold miner) |
1810-1885 |
| Marshall, John (American Supreme Court chief justice 1801-1835) |
1755-1835 |
| Marshall, Sir John Hubert (English archaeologist) |
1876-1958 |
| Marshall, John Kennedy (American anthropologist, filmmaker) |
1932-2005 |
| Marshall, Kerry James (American painter, sculptor) |
b.1955 |
| Marshall, Louis (American lawyer, civic leader) |
1856-1929 |
| Marshall, Paule (born Valenza Pauline Burke; American writer) |
b.1929 |
| Marshall, Stephen (English clergyman) |
c.1594-1655 |
| Marshall, Susan (American choreographer, dancer) |
b.1958 |
| Marshall, Thomas (American Revolutionary leader) |
1730-1802 |
| Marshall, Thomas Riley (American vice-president 1913-1921) |
1854-1925 |
| Marshall, Thurgood (Am. Supreme Court justice 1967-1991) |
1908-1993 |
| Marshall, Tom (Canadian poet, writer, critic) |
1938-1993 |
| Marsili, Luigi Ferdinando (It. naturalist, geographer, soldier) |
1658-1730 |
| Marsilius of Padua (Marsilio da Padova; Italian scholar) |
c.1280-c.1343 |
| Marsman, Hendrik (Dutch poet, writer, critic) |
1899-1940 |
| Marston, John (English dramatist) |
1576-1634 |
| Marston, John Westland (English dramatist) |
1819-1890 |
| Marston, Philip Bourke (English poet; son of John Westland) |
1850-1887 |
| Marsus, Domitius (Roman poet) |
c.54-c.4 BC |
| Marsyas Painter (Greek painter) |
fl. c.350-325 BC |
| Martel, Edouard-Alfred (French speleologist) |
1859-1938 |
| Martelli (or Martello), Pier Jacopo (Italian poet, dramatist) |
1665-1727 |
| Martens, Adolphe Adhemar Louis Michel (Belgian playwright) |
1898-1962 |
| Martens, Fyodor Fyodorovich (Russian jurist, diplomat) |
1845-1909 |
| Martens, Georg Friedrich von (German jurist, diplomat) |
1756-1821 |
| Martens, Wilfried (Belgian prime minister 1979-1992) |
b.1936 |
| Marti y Perez, Jose Julian (Cuban patriot, poet, essayist) |
1853-1895 |
| Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis; Spanish-born Roman poet) |
c.40-c.103 |
| Martin, Albert-Alexandre "Albert l'Ouvrier" (French politician) |
1815-1895 |
| Martin, Archer John Porter (English biochemist) |
1910-2002 |
| Martin, Bon-Louis-Henri (French historian) |
1810-1883 |
| Martin, Don (American cartoonist) |
1931-2000 |
| Martin, Edward Sandford (American editor, writer) |
1856-1939 |
| Martin, Etienne-Simon (Fr. artisan; bro. of Guillaume, Julien) |
d.1770 |
| Martin, Frank (Swiss composer, music director, teacher) |
1890-1974 |
| Martin, Glenn Luther (American airplane manufacturer) |
1886-1955 |
| Martin, Gregory (English biblical translator) |
c.1540-1582 |
| Martin, Guillaume (Fr. artisan; bro. of E.S., Julien, Robert) |
d.1749 |
| Martin, Homer Dodge (American painter) |
1836-1897 |
| Martin, Homer Zettler (Am. chem. eng.; one of Four Horsemen) |
1910-1993 |
| Martin, James Henry "Jimmy" (American musician, singer) |
1927-2005 |
| Martin, John (English painter) |
1789-1854 |
| Martin, Joseph William Jr. (American publisher, politician) |
1884-1968 |
| Martin, Judith (American writer) |
b.1938 |
| Martin, Julien (Fr. artisan; bro. of E.S., Guillaume, Robert) |
d.1752 |
| Martin, Lecil Travis "Boxcar Willie" (American musician) |
1931-1999 |
| Martin, Luther (American lawyer, public official) |
1748?-1826 |
| Martin, Lynn née Morley (American Secy. of Labor 1991-1993) |
b.1939 |
| Martin, Pierre-Emile (French engineer) |
1824-1915 |
| Martin, Robert (Fr. artisan; bro. of E.S., Guillaume, Julien) |
1706-1765 |
| Martin, Saint (aka Saint Martin of Tours; French prelate) |
c.316-397 |
| Martin, Stephen Glenn "Steve" (Am. actor, comedian, writer) |
b.1945 |
| Martin, Violet Florence (pseudonym Martin Ross; Irish writer) |
1862-1915 |
| Martin Diaz, Juan "el Empecinado" (Spanish patriot) |
1775-1825 |
| Martin du Gard, Roger (French writer, dramatist, paleographer) |
1881-1958 |
| Martineau, Harriet (English writer, economist) |
1802-1876 |
| Martineau, James (English Unitarian theologian) |
1805-1900 |
| Martinet, Jean (French army officer) |
17th cent. |
| Martinez, Maria Antonita née Montoya (American potter) |
1887-1980 |
| Martinez, Marianne von (Italian composer, singer, pianist) |
1744-1812 |
| Martinez, Rueben (American businessman, barber, activist) |
b.1940 |
| Martinez, Todd (American chemist) |
b.1968 |
| Martinez, Tomas (Nicaraguan general, politician; pres. 1857-67) |
1812-1873 |
| Martinez de Campos, Arsenio (Spanish soldier, politician) |
1834-1900 |
| Martinez de Irala, Domingo (Spanish conquistador) |
1509?-1556 |
| Martinez de la Rosa, Francisco de Paula (Span. polit., writer) |
1787-1862 |
| Martinez de Toledo, Alfonso (Spanish prelate, writer) |
1398?-1468? |
| Martinez Estrada, Ezequiel (Argentinean writer, poet) |
1895-1964 |
| Martinez Pasqualis (Portuguese mystic) |
1727-1779 |
| Martinez Ruiz, Jose (pseudonym Azorin; Spanish writer) |
1873-1967 |
| Martinez Sierra, Gregorio (Spanish playwright, writer) |
1881-1947 |
| Martinez Zuviria, Gustavo (pseud. Hugo Wast; Argentine writer) |
1883-1962 |
| Martini, Ferdinando (Italian writer, administrator) |
1841-1928 |
| Martini, Giovanni Battista (Italian composer, music scholar) |
1706-1784 |
| Martini, Jean-Paul-Egide (German-born French composer) |
1741-1816 |
| Martini, Simone (Italian painter) |
c.1284-1344 |
| Martin-Santos, Luis (Spanish psychiatrist, writer) |
1924-1964 |
| Martinson, Harry Edmund (Swedish writer, poet) |
1904-1978 |
| Martinson, Moa née Helga Maria Swartz (Swedish writer) |
1890-1964 |
| Martinu, Bohuslav Jan (Czech-born American composer, violinist) |
1890-1959 |
| Martinus (or Martinus Gosia; Italian jurist) |
c.1100-c.1166 |
| Martinuzzi, Gyorgy (born Juraj Utiesenovic; Hung. statesman) |
1482-1551 |
| Martin y Soler, Vicente (Valencian composer) |
1754-1806 |
| Martyn, Edward (Irish playwright) |
1859-1923 |
| Martyn, Henry (English missionary) |
1781-1812 |
| Martyn, John (English botanist) |
1699-1768 |
| Martyn, Thomas (English botanist; son of John) |
1735-1825 |
| Marulic, Marko (Croatian poet, philosopher) |
1450-1524 |
| Marvell, Andrew (English poet, politician) |
1621-1678 |
| Marx, Adolf Bernhard (German composer, music scholar) |
1795-1866 |
| Marx, Arthur "Harpo" (born Adolf Marx; American comedian) |
1893-1964 |
| Marx, Herbert "Zeppo" (American comedian) |
1901-1979 |
| Marx, Julius Henry "Groucho" (American comedian) |
1890-1977 |
| Marx, Karl Heinrich (German political philosopher) |
1818-1883 |
| Marx, Leonard "Chico" (American comedian) |
1891-1961 |
| Marx, Milton "Gummo" (American comedian) |
1894-1977 |
| Marx, Paul (b. Benno Marx; Am. Benedictine monk, sociologist) |
1920-2010 |
| Marx, Wilhelm (German politician) |
1863-1946 |
| Mary "Mary, Queen of Scots" (b. Mary Stuart; Queen of Scotland) |
1542-1587 |
| Mary of the Incarnation (b. Barbe-Jeanne Acarie; Fr. religious) |
1566-1618 |
| Masamune Hakucho (born Tadao; Japanese writer, critic) |
1879-1962 |
| Masaoka Shiki (born Tsunenori; Japanese poet) |
1867-1902 |
| Masaryk, Jan Garrigue (Czechoslovak diplomat; son of T.G.) |
1886-1948 |
| Masaryk, Tomas Garrigue (Czechoslovak statesman, philosopher) |
1850-1937 |
| Mascagni, Pietro (Italian composer) |
1863-1945 |
| Mascart, Eleuthere-Elie-Nicolas (French physicist) |
1837-1908 |
| Mascheroni, Lorenzo (Italian mathematician) |
1750-1800 |
| Masdeu, Juan Francisco de (Spanish historian) |
1744-1817 |
| Masefield, John Edward (English writer; poet laureate 1930) |
1878-1967 |
| Masham, Lady Abigail née Hill (English courtier) |
d.1734 |
| Masina, Giulia Anna "Giulietta" (Italian actor) |
1921-1994 |
| Masinissa (or Massinissa; King of Numidia) |
c.240-148 BC |
| Masip, Juan Vicente "Juan de Juanes" (Spanish painter) |
d.1579 |
| Masip, Vicente (Spanish painter; father of Juan) |
c.1480-c.1545 |
| Maskelyne, John Nevil (English magician) |
1839-1917 |
| Maskelyne, Nevil (English astronomer) |
1732-1811 |
| Maskin, Eric Stark (American economist) |
b.1950 |
| Maslak, Keshavan (aka Kenny Millions; American musician, poet) |
b.1947 |
| Maslow, Abraham Harold (American humanistic psychologist) |
1908-1970 |
| Mason, Bobbie Ann (American writer) |
b.1940 |
| Mason, Charles (English astronomer, surveyor w/Jeremiah Dixon) |
1728-1786 |
| Mason, Daniel Gregory (American composer; son of Henry) |
1873-1953 |
| Mason, George (American planter, Revolutionary statesman) |
1725-1792 |
| Mason, Henry (American piano manufacturer; son of Lowell) |
1831-1890 |
| Mason, James Murray (American politician; grandson of George) |
1798-1871 |
| Mason, Sir John (English diplomat) |
1503-1566 |
| Mason, John (English colonist; founded New Hampshire) |
1588-1635 |
| Mason, John Mitchell (American clergyman, educator) |
1770-1829 |
| Mason, Lowell (American musician) |
1792-1872 |
| Mason, Max (American mathematician, physicist) |
1877-1961 |
| Mason, Otis Tufton (American ethnologist) |
1838-1908 |
| Mason, Ronald Alison Kels (New Zealand poet, editor, dramatist) |
1905-1971 |
| Mason, William (English poet) |
1724-1797 |
| Mason, William (American concert pianist; son of Lowell) |
1829-1908 |
| Maspero, Gaston-Camille-Charles (French Egyptologist) |
1846-1916 |
| Massasoit (American Wampanoag Indian chief) |
d.1661 |
| Masse, Felix-Marie "Victor" (French composer) |
1822-1884 |
| Masse, Jean-Baptiste (French composer, violoncello player) |
c.1700-c.1757 |
| Massena, Andre (Duc de Rivoli; Prince d'Essling; French gen.) |
1758-1817 |
| Massenet, Jules-Emile-Frederic (French composer, teacher) |
1842-1912 |
| Massey, Charles Vincent (Canadian diplomat) |
1887-1967 |
| Massey, Gerald (English poet) |
1828-1907 |
| Massey, William Ferguson (Irish-born New Zealand politician) |
1856-1925 |
| Massillon, Jean-Baptiste (French prelate) |
1663-1742 |
| Massine, Leonide (Russian dancer, choreographer) |
1896-1979 |
| Massingberd, Hugh John née Montgomery (English obituary editor) |
1946-2007 |
| Massinger, Philip (English dramatist) |
1583-1640 |
| Massingham, Harold John (English journalist; son of Henry) |
1888-1952 |
| Massingham, Henry William (English journalist) |
1860-1924 |
| Massio, Niccolo di Giovanni di (Italian painter) |
c.1370-1427 |
| Masson, Andre-Aime-Rene (French artist) |
1896-1987 |
| Masson, Antoine (French engraver) |
1636-1700 |
| Masson, David (Scottish scholar) |
1822-1907 |
| Masson, Frederic (French historian) |
1847-1923 |
| Massue, Henri de (Marquis de Ruvigny; French soldier) |
1605-1689 |
| Massue, Henri (French soldier; son of Henri) |
1648-1720 |
| Massys, Cornelis (Flemish painter; son of Quentin) |
1513-1579 |
| Massys, Jan (Flemish painter; son of Quentin) |
1509-1575 |
| Massys (or Matsys, Messys, Metsys), Quentin (Flemish painter) |
c.1466-1530 |
| Masters, Edgar Lee (American poet, writer) |
1869-1950 |
| Masters, Robert Edward Lee (American sexologist, psychologist) |
1927-2008 |
| Masters, William Howell (American sexuality researcher, writer) |
1915-2001 |
| Masterson, William Barclay "Bat" (American peace officer) |
1853-1921 |
| Mas'udi, Abu al-Hasan 'Ali al- (Arab historian, traveler) |
d.957 |
| Mata Hari (born M.G. MacLeod; Dutch dancer, courtesan, spy) |
1876-1917 |
| Matamoros, Mariano (Mexican priest, patriot) |
1770-1814 |
| Matayoshi Mitsuo (Japanese World Economic Community Party fdr.) |
b.1944 |
| Mather, Cotton (American clergyman, writer; son of Increase) |
1663-1728 |
| Mather, Increase (Am. Congregational clergyman; son of Richard) |
1639-1723 |
| Mather, John Cromwell (American astrophysicist, cosmologist) |
b.1946 |
| Mather, Richard (English-born Am. Congregational clergyman) |
1596-1669 |
| Mather, Stephen Tyng (American conservationist) |
1867-1930 |
| Matheson, Richard Burton (American writer) |
b.1926 |
| Matheson, Samuel Pritchard (Canadian prelate) |
1852-1942 |
| Mathew, Theobald (Irish temperance missionary) |
1790-1856 |
| Mathews, Charles (English comedian) |
1776-1835 |
| Mathews, Charles James (Eng. actor, playwright; son of Charles) |
1803-1878 |
| Mathews, Max Vernon (Am. musician, computer-music composer) |
1926-2011 |
| Mathews, Shailer (American theologian) |
1863-1941 |
| Mathews, William (American lawyer, academic, writer) |
1818-1909 |
| Mathewson, Christopher "Christy" (American baseball player) |
1880-1925 |
| Mathias, Thomas James (English satirist, scholar) |
1754?-1835 |
| Mathieu, Albert-Xavier-Emile (French historian) |
1874-1932 |
| Mathieu, Emile-Louis-Victor (Belgian composer) |
1844-1932 |
| Matilda, Saint (Queen of Henry I of Germany) |
895-968 |
| Matisse, Henri-Emile-Benoit (French painter, sculptor) |
1869-1954 |
| Matos Fragoso, Juan de (Portuguese-born Spanish dramatist) |
1608-1688 |
| Matos Guerra, Gregorio de "boca do inferno" (Brazilian poet) |
1633-1696 |
| Matshikiza, Todd T. (South African writer, musician) |
1921-1968 |
| Matsoua, Andre Grenard (Congolese Lari religious, politician) |
1899-1942 |
| Matsudaira Sadanobu (orig. surname Tayasu; Japanese politician) |
1758-1829 |
| Matsudaira Tsuneo (Japanese diplomat) |
1877-1949 |
| Matsudaira Yoshinaga (Japanese noble, politician) |
1829-1890 |
| Matsukata Masayoshi (Japanese politician) |
1835-1924 |
| Matsunaga Teitoku (born Katsuguma; Japanese scholar, poet) |
1571-1654 |
| Matsuo Munefusa (pseud. Matsuo Basho) "Basho" (Japanese poet) |
1644-1694 |
| Matsuoka Yosuke (Japanese politician) |
1880-1946 |
| Matsuyama Motonori (Japanese geophysicist) |
1884-1958 |
| Matsyendranatha (aka Mina-nath; Indian religious) |
10th? cent. |
| Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastian Antonio (Chilean painter) |
1911-2002 |
| Matteo Serafini da Bascio (or di Bassi; Italian monk) |
c.1495-1552 |
| Matteotti, Giacomo (Italian Socialist politician) |
1885-1924 |
| Matteucci, Pellegrino (Italian explorer, physician) |
1850-1881 |
| Matthay, Tobias Augustus (English composer, pianist, teacher) |
1858-1945 |
| Matthes, Francois Emile (Dutch-born American geologist) |
1874-1948 |
| Mattheson, Johann (German composer, writer, lexicographer) |
1681-1764 |
| Matthew, Wiliam Diller (Canadian-born American paleontologist) |
1871-1930 |
| Matthews, James Brander (Am. educator, writer, drama critic) |
1852-1929 |
| Matthews, Thomas Stanley (Am. Supreme Court justice 1881-1889) |
1824-1889 |
| Matthias (Holy Roman emperor 1612-1619) |
1557-1619 |
| Matthias Corvinus (King of Hungary 1458-1490) |
1443-1490 |
| Matthiessen, Francis Otto (American scholar) |
1902-1950 |
| Matthiessen, Peter (American writer, traveler, nature writer) |
1927-2014 |
| Matthisson, Friedrich von (German poet) |
1761-1831 |
| Mattick, Paul (Pomeranian Marxist political writer, activist) |
1904-1981 |
| Mattioli, Ercole Antonio (Italian diplomat) |
1640-1703 |
| Matto de Turner, Clorinda (Peruvian writer) |
1854-1909 |
| Ma Tuan-lin (Chinese historian) |
13th cent. |
| Maturidi, al-, Abu Mansur Muhammad (Muslim theologian) |
d.944 |
| Maturin, Charles Robert (Irish clergyman, writer, dramatist) |
1782-1824 |
| Matute, Ana Maria (Spanish writer) |
b.1926 |
| Matveyev, Artamon Sergeyevich (Russian politician) |
1625-1682 |
| Matzeliger, Jan Ernst (Dutch Guiana-born American inventor) |
1852-1889 |
| Mauch, Karl Gottlieb (German explorer in Africa) |
1837-1875 |
| Mauchly, John William (American physicist, engineer: ENIAC) |
1907-1980 |
| Maude, Sir Frederick Stanley (Gibraltar-born British soldier) |
1864-1917 |
| Maudslay, Henry (English engineer) |
1771-1831 |
| Maudslay, Joseph (English engineer; son of Henry) |
1801-1861 |
| Maudslay, Thomas Henry (English engineer; son of Henry) |
1792-1864 |
| Maugham, Robert Cecil Romer "Robin" (Eng. writer, journalist) |
1916-1981 |
| Maugham, William Somerset (English writer, playwright) |
1874-1965 |
| Mauguin, Charles Victor (French mineralogist, crystallographer) |
1878-1958 |
| Maunick, Edouard Joseph Marc (Mauritian poet, critic) |
b.1931 |
| Maunoury, Michel-Joseph (French soldier) |
1847-1923 |
| Maupassant, Henri-Rene-Albert-Guy de (French writer) |
1850-1893 |
| Maupeou, Rene-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin de (French politician) |
1714-1792 |
| Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de (French math., astronomer) |
1698-1759 |
| Maupin, Armistead (American writer) |
b.1944 |
| Maura y Montaner, Antonio (Spanish politician) |
1853-1925 |
| Maurel, Victor (French baritone) |
1848-1923 |
| Maurepas, Jean-Frederic Phelypeaux de (French politician) |
1701-1781 |
| Mauriac, Claude (French literary critic, writer) |
1914-1996 |
| Mauriac, Francois Charles (French writer, essayist, dramatist) |
1885-1970 |
| Mauriat, Paul (French conductor) |
1925-2006 |
| Maurice, Saint (aka Mauritius; Christian martyr) |
d.c.286 |
| Maurice (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 582-602) |
c.539-602 |
| Maurice (Maurice of Nassau; Stadholder of the Dutch Republic) |
1567-1625 |
| Maurice "Maurice of Saxony" (Hermann Moritz; French general) |
1696-1750 |
| Maurice, Sir John Frederick (English soldier; son of Frederick) |
1841-1912 |
| Maurice, John Frederick Denison (English theologian) |
1805-1872 |
| Maurois, Andre (born Ernile Herzog; French biographer, writer) |
1885-1967 |
| Mauropus, John (Byzantine scholar, ecclesiastic) |
11th cent. |
| Maurras, Charles-Marie-Photius (Fr. writer, political theorist) |
1868-1952 |
| Maury, Jean-Siffrein (French prelate) |
1746-1817 |
| Maury, Louis-Ferdinand-Alfred (French scholar, archaeologist) |
1817-1892 |
| Maury, Matthew Fontaine (American naval officer, oceanographer) |
1806-1873 |
| Mauser, Peter Paul (German gun inventor; brother of Wilhelm) |
1838-1914 |
| Mauser, Wilhelm (German gun inventor; brother of Peter) |
1834-1882 |
| Mausolus (Persian satrap of Caria 377/6-353/2 BC) |
d.353/2 BC |
| Mauss, Marcel (French sociologist, anthropologist) |
1872-1950 |
| Mauthner, Fritz (German writer) |
1849-1923 |
| Mauve, Anton (Dutch painter) |
1838-1888 |
| Maverick, Samuel Augustus (American cattleman, politician) |
1803-1870 |
| Mavor, Elizabeth Osborne (Scottish-born British writer) |
b.1927 |
| Mavor, Osborne Henry (Scottish physician, playwright) |
1888-1951 |
| Mavrokordatos, Alexandros (Greek politician, patriot) |
1791-1865 |
| Mavroudi, Maria V. (Greek historian) |
b.1967? |
| Mavura (or Manuza; Ruler of Mwene Mutapa empire) |
17th cent. |
| Maw, John Nicholas (English composer, educator) |
b.1935 |
| Mawardi, Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Muhammad al- (Arab jurist) |
d.1058 |
| Mawson, Sir Douglas (Eng.-born Australian explorer, geologist) |
1882-1958 |
| Max, Adolphe (Belgian politician) |
1869-1939 |
| Max, Peter (born Peter Max Finkelstein; German-born Am. artist) |
b.1937 |
| Maxentius, Marcus Aurelius Valerius (Roman emperor 306-312) |
d.312 |
| Maxfield, Richard (American composer, teacher) |
1927-1969 |
| Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (American-born British inventor) |
1840-1916 |
| Maxim, Hiram Percy (American inventor; son of Sir Hiram) |
1896-1936 |
| Maxim, Hudson (born Isaac; Am. inventor, explosives expert) |
1853-1927 |
| Maximian (Roman emperor 286-305, 306-308; father of Maxentius) |
d.310 |
| Maximilian (Prinz zu Wied; German traveler, naturalist) |
1782-1867 |
| Maximilian "Prince of Baden" (German politician) |
1867-1929 |
| Maximinus (Gaius Julius Maximinus; Roman emperor 235-238) |
173-238 |
| Maximinus (Gaius Galerius Valerius Max.; Roman emperor 308-313) |
d.313 |
| Maximus, Saint "the Confessor" (Byzantine theologian) |
c.580-662 |
| Maximus (Maksim) "the Greek" (Greek monk, Humanist scholar) |
1480-1556 |
| Maximus of Ephesus (Greek philosopher) |
d.370 |
| Maximus Planudes (Greek Orthodox monk, scholar) |
1260-c.1310 |
| Maxton, James (Scottish-born British politician) |
1885-1946 |
| Maxwell, Elsa (Am. columnist, songwriter, prof. party-giver) |
1883-1963 |
| Maxwell, Gavin (Scottish writer, conservationist) |
1914-1969 |
| Maxwell, James Clerk (Scottish physicist, mathematician) |
1831-1879 |
| Maxwell, William Keepers (American editor, writer) |
1908-2000 |
| May, Karl Friedrich (German writer) |
1842-1912 |
| May, Philip William "Phil" (English caricaturist) |
1864-1903 |
| May, Rollo Reece (American psycologist) |
1909-1994 |
| May, Thomas (English poet, parliamentary historian) |
1595-1650 |
| May, Sir Thomas Erskine (1st Baron Farnborough; English jurist) |
1815-1886 |
| Mayakovski, Vladimir Vladimirovich (Georgian-born Russian poet) |
1893-1930 |
| Maybach, Wilhelm (German automobile builder) |
1846-1929 |
| Maybeck, Bernard Ralph (American architect) |
1862-1957 |
| Mayer, Bernadette (American poet, writer, editor, dancer) |
b.1945 |
| Mayer, Johann Tobias (German math., physicist, astronomer) |
1723-1762 |
| Mayer, Julius Robert von (German physician, physicist) |
1814-1878 |
| Mayer, Louis Burt (Russian-born Am. motion-picture producer) |
1885-1957 |
| Mayer, Maria Gertrude née Goeppert (German-born Am. physicist) |
1906-1972 |
| Mayer, Milton Sanford (American journalist, writer) |
1908-1986 |
| Mayer, Oscar (German-born American meat industrialist) |
1859-1955 |
| Mayfield, Curtis (American songwriter, singer) |
1942-1999 |
| Mayhew, Augustus Septimus (English writer; brother of Henry) |
1826-1875 |
| Mayhew, Henry (English journalist; a founder of Punch) |
1812-1887 |
| Mayhew, Jonathan (Am. clergyman; great-great-grandson of Thom.) |
1720-1766 |
| Mayhew, Thomas (English-born American colonist) |
1593-1682 |
| Maynard (or Mainard), Francois (French poet) |
1582-1646 |
| Mayne, Jasper (English dramatist, clergyman) |
1604-1672 |
| Mayo, Charles Horace (American surgeon; son of W.W. Mayo) |
1865-1939 |
| Mayo, Charles William (American surgeon; son of C.H. Mayo) |
1898-1968 |
| Mayo, George Elton (Australian-born American psychologist) |
1880-1949 |
| Mayo, William James (American surgeon; son of W.W. Mayo) |
1861-1939 |
| Mayo, William Worrall (English-born American physician) |
1819-1911 |
| Mayone, Ascanio (Napolitan organist, composer) |
1565?-1627 |
| Mayow, John (English physiologist, chemist) |
1641-1679 |
| Mayr, Ernst (German biologist) |
1904-2005 |
| Mayr, Johannes Simon (aka Giovanni Simone Mayr; Ger. composer) |
1763-1845 |
| Mayr (aka Mair, Mayer), Simon (Simon Marius; Ger. astronomer) |
1573-1624 |
| Maytag, Frederick Louis "Fritz" (Am. brewer Anchor Brewing Co.) |
b.1937 |
| Ma Yuan (Chinese general) |
14 BC-AD 49 |
| Ma Yuan (Chinese painter) |
c.1160-1225 |
| Maywood, Augusta née Williams (American dancer) |
1825-1876 |
| Mazarin, Jules (Italian-born French cardinal, statesman) |
1602-1661 |
| Mazas, Jacques-Fereol (French violinist, composer) |
1782-1849 |
| Mazdak (Persian religious leader) |
5th cent. |
| Mazepa, Ivan Stepanovich (Cossack hetman) |
c.1644-1709 |
| Mazo, Juan Bautista Martinez del (Spanish painter) |
c.1612-1667 |
| Mazowiecki, Tadeusz (Polish post-Communist prime min. 1989-91) |
b.1927 |
| Mazuranic, Ivan (Croatian poet, politician) |
1814-1890 |
| Mazzei, Philip (Italian physician, wine merchant) |
1730-1816 |
| Mazzini, Giuseppe (Italian patriot) |
1805-1872 |
| Mazzola, Girolamo Francesco Maria "Parmigianino" (It. painter) |
1503-1540 |
| Mazzoli, Ludovico "Mazzolino" (Italian painter) |
c.1478-1528 |
| Mazzoni, Guido "Il Modanino" (Italian sculptor) |
c.1450-1518 |
| Mazzuoli, Giovanni (aka Giovanni degli Organi; It. composer) |
c.1360-1426 |
| M'ba-Derlinon (Gabonese politician) |
1902-1967 |
| Mbire (or Nembire; Founder of the Mwene Motapa empire) |
14th cent. |
| Mboya, Thomas Joseph "Tom" (Kenyan polit., nationalist leader) |
1930-1969 |
| McAdam, John Loudon (Scottish-born British engineer) |
1756-1836 |
| McAdoo, William Gibbs (Am. railroad executive, public official) |
1863-1941 |
| McAllister, Samuel Ward (American lawyer, social leader) |
1827-1895 |
| McAlmon, Robert Menzies (American writer, publisher) |
1896-1956 |
| McAlpine, William Jarvis (American civil engineer) |
1812-1890 |
| M'Carthy, Justin (Irish historian, politician, writer) |
1830-1912 |
| McAuley, Catherine Elizabeth (Irish religious) |
1787-1841 |
| McAuley, James Phillip (Australian poet, critic) |
1917-1976 |
| McAuliffe, Anthony Clement (American army officer) |
1898-1975 |
| McBride, Sir Richard (Canadian politician) |
1870-1917 |
| McCabe, John (English composer, pianist) |
b.1939 |
| McCabe, Joseph (English atheist writer, lecturer) |
1867-1955 |
| McCall, Steve (American musician) |
1933-1989 |
| McCann, Una Deirdre (American psychiatrist) |
b.1958? |
| McCarthy, Charles Jr. "Cormac" (American writer) |
b.1933 |
| McCarthy, Cormac (born Charles McCarthy Jr.; American writer) |
b.1933 |
| McCarthy, Eugene Joseph (American politician) |
1916-2005 |
| McCarthy, John (Am. computer scientist, cognitive scientist) |
1927-2011 |
| McCarthy, Joseph Raymond (American politician) |
1908-1957 |
| McCarthy, Joseph Vincent "Marse Joe" (Am. baseball manager) |
1887-1978 |
| McCarthy, Mary Therese (American writer, critic) |
1912-1989 |
| McCarty, Maclyn (American geneticist, administrator) |
1911-2005 |
| McCauley, Mary née Ludwig "Molly Pitcher" (Am. Rev. heroine) |
1754-1832 |
| McCay, Winsor (American cartoonist, animator) |
1872-1934 |
| McClellan, George Brinton (American army officer, politician) |
1826-1885 |
| McClintic, Guthrie (American theatrical producer, director) |
1893-1961 |
| McClintock, Barbara (American cytogeneticists, postage stamp) |
1902-1992 |
| McClintock, Sir Francis Leopold (Irish-born Brit. nav. officer) |
1819-1907 |
| McCloskey, John (Am. prelate; first American cardinal 1875) |
1810-1885 |
| McCloy, John Jay (American banker, government official) |
1895-1989 |
| McClung, Clarence Erwin (American zoologist) |
1870-1946 |
| McClure, James Howe (South African-born British writer) |
b.1939 |
| McClure, Michael (American poet, playwright, songwriter) |
b.1932 |
| McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier (British naval officer) |
1807-1873 |
| McClure, Samuel Sidney (Irish-born American editor, publisher) |
1857-1949 |
| McCollister, Betty (American writer, activist) |
1920-2002 |
| McConnell, Francis John (American clergyman) |
1871-1953 |
| McConnell, Harden M. (American research chemist) |
b.1927 |
| McCook, Alexander McDowell (American army officer) |
1831-1903 |
| McCook, Anson George (American army officer; brother of E.M.) |
1835-1917 |
| McCook, Edward Moody (American army officer, politician) |
1833-1909 |
| McCormack, John Francis (Irish-born American tenor) |
1884-1945 |
| McCormack, John Joseph Jr. (American insurance executive) |
b.1944 |
| McCormack, John William (American politician) |
1891-1980 |
| McCormick, Anne Elizabeth née O'Hare (English-born Am. journ.) |
1880-1954 |
| McCormick, Cyrus Hall (American inventor, industrialist) |
1809-1884 |
| McCormick, Cyrus Hall (American industrialist; son of Cyrus) |
1859-1936 |
| McCormick, Robert Rutherford (Am. newspaper editor, publisher) |
1880-1955 |
| McCormick, Samuel Black (Am. Presbyterian clergyman, educator) |
1858-1928 |
| McCoy, Sir Frederick (Irish-born Australian geologist, paleon.) |
1817-1899 |
| McCoy, Horace (American writer, screenwriter) |
1897-1955 |
| McCoy, Joseph Geating (American cattleman) |
1837-1915 |
| McCrae, Hugh Raymond (Australian poet) |
1876-1958 |
| McCrae, John (Canadian physician, poet) |
1872-1918 |
| McCrea, William Hunter (English mathematician, cosmologist) |
1904-1999 |
| McCullers, Lula Carson née Smith (American writer) |
1917-1967 |
| McCulloch, Hugh (American lawyer, financier) |
1808-1895 |
| McCulloch, Sir James (Scottish-born Australian politician) |
1819-1893 |
| McCulloch, John Ramsay (Scottish economist) |
1789-1864 |
| McCutcheon, George Barr (American writer) |
1866-1928 |
| McCutcheon, John Tinney (American cartoonist; bro. of George) |
1870-1949 |
| McDaniel, Boyce Dawkins (American physicist, educator) |
1917-2002 |
| McDermott, Eugene (Am. geophysicist; co-fd. Texas Instr.) |
1899-1973 |
| McDonald, William (American rancher, conservationist) |
b.1952? |
| McDougall, Alexander (Scottish-born Am. Revolutionary general) |
1732-1786 |
| McDougall, William (Canadian politician) |
1822-1905 |
| McDougall, William (English-born American psychologist) |
1871-1938 |
| McDowell, Edward Alexander (American composer) |
1860-1908 |
| McDowell, Ephraim (American surgeon) |
1771-1830 |
| McDowell, Irvin (American army officer) |
1818-1885 |
| McDuffie, George (American politician) |
1790?-1851 |
| McElheny, Josiah G. (American artist, sculptor, glass-blower) |
b.1966 |
| McElroy, Joseph Prince (American writer) |
b.1930 |
| McEwan, Ian Russell (British writer, screenwriter) |
b.1948 |
| McEwen, Sir John Blackwood (Scottish-born British composer) |
1868-1948 |
| McFadden, Daniel Little "Dan" (American econometrician) |
b.1937 |
| McFarland, George Emmett (American actor; Our Gang, "Spanky") |
1928-1993 |
| McGahern, John (Irish writer, teacher) |
b.1934 |
| McGee, Thomas D'Arcy (Irish-born Canadian politician, writer) |
1825-1868 |
| McGee, William John (American geologist, anthropologist) |
1853-1912 |
| McGill, James (Scottish-born Can. businessman, philanthropist) |
1744-1813 |
| McGillivray, Alexander (American Creek Indian chief) |
1759?-1793 |
| McGinley, Phyllis (American poet, writer, essayist) |
1905-1978 |
| McGivney, Michael Joseph (American clergyman) |
1852-1890 |
| McGovern, George Stanley (American politician) |
1922-2012 |
| McGrath, Campbell (American poet, teacher) |
b.1962 |
| McGraw, John Joseph (American baseball player, manager) |
1873-1934 |
| McGuane, Thomas Francis III (American writer) |
b.1939 |
| McGuffy, William Holmes (American writer, textbook compiler) |
1800-1873 |
| McHale, John (Scottish artist, sociologist, writer) |
1922-1978 |
| McHarg, Ian Lennox (Scottish-born American landscape architect) |
1920-2001 |
| McHenry, James (Irish-born Am. Rev. patriot, public official) |
1753-1816 |
| McIntire, Samuel (American architect, wood carver) |
1757-1811 |
| McIntosh, Lachlan (Scottish-born Am. Revolutionary soldier) |
1725-1806 |
| McIntyre, James Francis Aloysius (American prelate) |
1886-1979 |
| McIntyre, Kalaparusha Maurice (American musician) |
b.1936 |
| McIntyre, Oscar Odd (American journalist) |
1884-1938 |
| McKay, Claude (Jamaican-born American poet, writer) |
1890-1948 |
| McKay, David Oman (American religious leader) |
1873-1970 |
| McKay, Donald (Canadian-born American shipbuilder) |
1810-1880 |
| McKay, George Frederick (American composer, teacher) |
1899-1970 |
| McKean, Thomas (American politician, jurist) |
1734-1817 |
| McKenna, Dennis Jon (Am. ethnobotanist, ethnopharmacologist) |
b.1950 |
| McKenna, Joseph (Am. jurist; Supreme Court justice 1898-1925) |
1843-1926 |
| McKenna, Reginald (English politician) |
1863-1943 |
| McKenna, Siobhan (Irish actor) |
1923?-1986 |
| McKenna, Terence Kemp (American ethnobotanist, writer) |
1946-2000 |
| McKenney, Ruth (American writer) |
1911-1972 |
| McKenzie, Sir John (Scottish-born New Zealand politician) |
1838-1901 |
| McKerrow, Ronald Brunlees (English scholar, publisher) |
1872-1940 |
| McKim, Charles Follen (American architect) |
1847-1909 |
| McKinder, Sir Halford John (English geographer) |
1861-1947 |
| McKinley, John (Am. jurist; Supreme Court justice 1837-1852) |
1780-1852 |
| McKinley, William (American polit.; 25th U.S. pres., 1897-1901) |
1843-1901 |
| McKuen, Rodney Marvin "Rod" (American musician, poet) |
1933-2015 |
| McLachlan, Alexander (Scottish-born Canadian poet) |
1818-1896 |
| McLaren, Bruce Leslie (New Zealand racing driver, designer) |
1937-1970 |
| McLaren, Norman (Scottish-born Canadian animator, director) |
1914-1987 |
| McLaren, Wayne (Am. rodeo rider, actor, stuntman; Marlboro Man) |
1940-1992 |
| McLaughlin, John (English guitarist, composer) |
b.1942 |
| McLean, David (American actor, Marlboro Man) |
1922-1995 |
| McLean, John (Am. politician; Supreme Court justice 1829-1861) |
1785-1861 |
| McLean, John Lenwood "Jackie" (American musician, teacher) |
1932-2006 |
| McLean, Robert (American newspaper publisher; son of William) |
1891-1980 |
| McLean, William Lippard (American newspaper proprietor) |
1852-1931 |
| McLennan, John Ferguson (Scottish socialist) |
1827-1881 |
| McLoughlin, John (Canadian fur trader) |
1784-1857 |
| McLuhan, Herbert Marshall (Canadian communications theorist) |
1911-1980 |
| McMahon, Sir William (Australian pol.; prime minister 1971-72) |
1908-1988 |
| McManus, George (American cartoonist: "Bringing up Father") |
1884-1954 |
| McMaster, John Bach (American historian) |
1852-1932 |
| McMillan, Edwin Mattison (Am. chemist; co-discovered plutonium) |
1907-1991 |
| McMillan, Terry (American writer, editor) |
b.1951 |
| McMillian, Theodore "Ted" (American judge) |
1919-2006 |
| McMullen, Curtis Travy (America mathematician, teacher) |
b.1958 |
| McMurtry, Larry Jeff (American writer) |
b.1936 |
| McNair, Lesley James (American army officer) |
1883-1944 |
| McNally, Terrence (American playwright) |
b.1939 |
| McNamara, Robert Strange (American businessman, administrator) |
1916-2009 |
| McNarney, Joseph Taggart (American army officer) |
1893-1972 |
| McNaughton, Andrew George Latta (Canadian general, diplomat) |
1887-1966 |
| McNeile, Herman Cyril "Sapper" (English army officer, writer) |
1888-1937 |
| McNeill, James (Irish politician) |
1869-1938 |
| McParlan, James (Irish-born American detective) |
1844-1919 |
| McPhee, John Angus (American journalist, writer) |
b.1931 |
| McPhee, Joseph "Joe" J. Jr. (American musician) |
b.1939 |
| McPherson, Aimee Semple (Canadian-born American religious) |
1890-1944 |
| McPherson, James Alan (American writer, critic, teacher) |
b.1943 |
| McPherson, James Birdseye (American army officer) |
1828-1864 |
| McQuay, Michael Dennis (American? writer) |
1949-1995 |
| McRae, Carmen Mercedes (Am. singer, composer, musician, actor) |
1920-1994 |
| McRae, Milton Alexander (American newspaper publisher) |
1858-1930 |
| McReynolds, James Clark (Am. Supreme Court justice 1914-1941) |
1862-1946 |
| McRuer, James Chalmers (Canadian jurist) |
1890-1985 |
| McShann, James Columbus "Jay" (American musician, bandleader) |
1916-2006 |
| McTammany, John (Scottish-born American inventor) |
1845-1915 |
| McWilliams, Peter Alexander (American writer, poet, activist) |
1949-2000 |
| Mead, George Herbert (Am. philosopher, social psychologist) |
1863-1931 |
| Mead, Larkin Goldsmith (American sculptor) |
1835-1910 |
| Mead, Margaret (American anthropologist) |
1901-1978 |
| Mead, Richard (English physician) |
1673-1754 |
| Mead, Taylor (American writer, actor) |
1924-2013 |
| Meade, George Gordon (American army officer) |
1815-1872 |
| Meade, James Edward (British economist, administrator) |
1907-1995 |
| Meadmore, Clement Lyon (Australian sculptor) |
1929-2005 |
| Meadows, Donella "Dana" née Hager (American systems analyst) |
1941-2001 |
| Meagher, Thomas Francis (Irish-born Am. politician, soldier) |
1823-1867 |
| Means, Gaston Bullock (American detective, swindler) |
1879-1938 |
| Meany, George (American labor leader) |
1894-1980 |
| Mechain, Pierre-Francois-Andre (Fr. astronomer, hydrographer) |
1744-1804 |
| Meckel, Johann Friedrich (German anatomist) |
1781-1833 |
| Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (Brazilian-born British anatomist) |
1915-1987 |
| Medeiros, Humberto Sousa (Portuguese-born American cardinal) |
1915-1983 |
| Medici, Cosimo "the Elder" (Florentine financier, ruler) |
1389-1464 |
| Medici, Cosimo I "the Great" (It. duke of Florence, Tuscany) |
1519-1574 |
| Medici, Giovanni di Bicci de' (Florentine merchant) |
1360-1429 |
| Medici, Lorenzo "the Elder" (Florentine banker) |
1395-1440 |
| Medici, Lorenzo (Florentine statesman, ruler, patron) |
1449-1492 |
| Medill, Joseph (Canadian-born American journalist) |
1823-1899 |
| Medina, Bartolome de (Spanish theologian) |
1527/8-1580 |
| Medina, Harold Raymond (U.S. Senior Circuit Judge) |
1888-1990 |
| Medina, Jose Toribio (Chilean bibliographer, historian) |
1852-1930 |
| Medina Angarita, Isaias (Venezuelan soldier, politician) |
1897-1953 |
| Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich (Russian pianist, composer) |
1880-1951 |
| Medwall, Henry (English cleric, dramatist) |
fl. 1490 |
| Medwin, Thomas (English biographer) |
1788-1869 |
| Mee, Arthur (English journalist, editor, writer) |
1875-1943 |
| Meek, Robert George "Joe" (English producer, songwriter) |
1929-1967 |
| Meeker, Nathan Cook (American journalist, reformer) |
1817-1879 |
| Meer, Jan van der (Dutch painter; father of Jan) |
1628-1691 |
| Meer, Jan van der (Dutch painter; son of Jan) |
1656-1705 |
| Meersch, Jean-Andre Van Der (Belgian soldier) |
1734-1792 |
| Meese, Edwin III (American politician, Attorney General) |
b.1931 |
| Megabyzus (Persian general) |
5th cent. BC |
| Megacles (Athenian political leader) |
6th cent. BC |
| Megasthenes (Greek historian) |
c.350-c.290 BC |
| Meher Baba (Merwan Sheheriarji Irani; Indian religious leader) |
1894-1969 |
| Mehmed I (Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1402-1421) |
d.1421 |
| Mehmed II "Fatih" (Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1444-46, 1451-81) |
1432-1481 |
| Mehmed Aga (or Agha; Ottoman architect) |
16th-17th cent. |
| Mehmed Es'ad (pseudonyms Galib Dede, Seyh Galib; Turkish poet) |
1757-1799 |
| Mehmed Siyah-Kalam (Turkish artist) |
15th cent. |
| Mehmet Fuat Koprulu (aka Kopruluzade; Turkish scholar, polit.) |
1890-1966 |
| Mehretu, Julie (Ethiopian-born American painter) |
b.1970 |
| Mehring, Franz (German Socialist historian, journalist) |
1846-1919 |
| Mehta, Sir Pherozeshah Merwanji (Indian lawyer, politician) |
1845-1915 |
| Mehta, Ved Parkash (Indian-born American writer, teacher) |
b.1934 |
| Mehta, Zubin (Indian conductor) |
b.1936 |
| Mehul, Etienne Henri Nicolas (French composer) |
1763-1817 |
| Meidias Painter (Greek vase painter) |
5th-4th cent. BC |
| Meier, Deborah née Willen (American education reform leader) |
b.1931 |
| Meierovics, Zigfrids Anna (Latvian politician) |
1887-1925 |
| Meiggs, Henry (American businessman) |
1811-1877 |
| Meighen, Arthur (Can. politician; prime min. 1920-1921, 1926) |
1874-1960 |
| Meigs, Josiah (American lawyer, educator) |
1757-1822 |
| Meikle, Andrew (Scottish millwright, inventor) |
1719-1811 |
| Meiklejohn, Alexander (English-born American educator) |
1872-1964 |
| Mei Lan-fang (Chinese actor) |
1894-1961 |
| Meilhac, Henri (French playwright) |
1831-1897 |
| Meillet, Antoine (French linguist) |
1866-1936 |
| Meinecke, Friedrich (German historian) |
1862-1954 |
| Meinel, Aden Baker (American astronomer; asteroid) |
b.1922 |
| Meingre, Jean I le "Boucicaut" (French soldier) |
d.1367 |
| Meingre, Jean II le "Boucicaut" (French marshal; son of Jean I) |
c.1366-1421 |
| Meinong, Alexius (Austrian philosopher, psychologist) |
1853-1920 |
| Meir (orig. Miasa or Moise; Palestinian rabbi) |
2nd cent. |
| Meir of Rothenburg (aka Meir ben Baruch; German rabbi) |
c.1215-1293 |
| Meir, Golda (Russian-born Israeli prime minister 1969-1974) |
1898-1978 |
| Meireles, Cecilia (Brazilian poet, teacher, journalist) |
1901-1964 |
| Meiselas, Susan (American photographer) |
b.1948 |
| Meissner, Georg (German physiologist, anatomist) |
1829-1905 |
| Meissonier, Jean-Louis-Ernest (French painter) |
1815-1891 |
| Meissonnier, Juste-Aurele (It.-born Fr. goldsmith, decorator) |
1693/5-1750 |
| Meitner, Lise (Austrian physicist in Sweden) |
1878-1968 |
| Mei Yaochen (or Mei Yao-ch'en; Chinese poet) |
1002-1060 |
| Mekas, Jonas (Lithuanian filmmaker, writer, curator) |
b.1922 |
| Mekhitar (or Mechitar; born Peter Manoug; Armenian religious) |
1676-1749 |
| Mela, Pomponius (Latin geographer) |
1st cent. |
| Melanchthon, Philipp (German scholar, religious reformer) |
1497-1560 |
| Melas, Michael Friedrich Benedikt von (Austrian general) |
1729-1806 |
| Melba, Dame Nellie (born Helen Mitchell; Australian soprano) |
1861-1931 |
| Melchers, Julius Gari (American painter) |
1860-1932 |
| Melchers, Paulus (German prelate) |
1813-1895 |
| Melchior, Johann Peter (German porcelain modeller) |
1742-1825 |
| Melchior, Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel (Danish-born American tenor) |
1890-1973 |
| Meldola, Raphael (English chemist) |
1849-1915 |
| Meldolla, Andrea "Lo Schiavone" (Italian painter) |
1522-1563 |
| Meleager (Greek epigrammatist) |
1st cent. BC |
| Melendez Valdes, Juan (Spanish poet, politician) |
1754-1817 |
| Meletios Pegas (also spelled Meletius; Greek prelate) |
1549-1601 |
| Meletius, Saint (Greek prelate) |
d.381 |
| Meletius (Greek prelate) |
4th cent. |
| Melgarejo, Mariano (Bolivian general, polit.; pres. 1865-71) |
1818-1871 |
| Melgas, Diogo Dias (Portuguese composer) |
1638-1700 |
| Meli, Giovanni (Sicilian physician, poet) |
1740-1815 |
| Melies, Georges (French film director) |
1861-1938 |
| Melin, Arthur "Spud" (Am. inventor; co-founded Wham-O in 1948) |
1925-2008 |
| Meline, Felix-Jules (French politician) |
1838-1925 |
| Meliq-Hakobian, Hakob (pseudonym Raffi; Armenian writer) |
1835-1888 |
| Melissus (Greek philosopher) |
5th cent. BC |
| Melito (Greek prelate) |
2nd cent. |
| Mellitus, Saint (English prelate) |
d.624 |
| Mello, Craig Cameron (American biologist, academic) |
b.1960 |
| Mellon, Andrew William (American financier) |
1855-1937 |
| Melloni, Macedonio (Italian physicist) |
1798-1854 |
| Melo, Antonio "Batatinha" (Portuguese clown) |
b.1957 |
| Melo, Francisco Manuel de (Portuguese soldier, historian, poet) |
1608-1666 |
| Melotte, Philibert Jacques (English astronomer; asteroid) |
1880-1961 |
| Melozzo da Forli (Italian painter of Umbrian school) |
1438-1494 |
| Meltzer, David (American poet, musician, Cabalist scholar) |
b.1937 |
| Melus (or Melo) of Bari (Lombard noble) |
d.1020 |
| Melville (or Melvill), Andrew (Scottish religious reformer) |
1545-1622 |
| Melville, George Wallace (American naval officer, explorer) |
1841-1912 |
| Melville, Herman née Melvill (American writer) |
1819-1891 |
| Melville (or Melvill), James (Scottish religious reformer) |
1556-1614 |
| Melville, Jean-Pierre née Grumbach (French film director) |
1917-1973 |
| Melville of Hallhill, Sir James (Scottish soldier, diplomat) |
1535-1617 |
| Memling (or Memlinc), Hans (Flemish painter) |
c.1430/5-1494 |
| Memmi, Albert (Tunisian writer, poet, sociologist) |
b.1920 |
| Mena, Juan de (Spanish poet, scholar) |
1411-1456 |
| Mena y Medrano, Pedro de (Spanish sculptor) |
1628-1688 |
| Menaechmus (Greek mathematician, geometer) |
c.380-c.320 BC |
| Menage, Gilles (French scholar, man of letters) |
1613-1692 |
| Menahem (King of Israel c.746-c.736 BC) |
8th cent. BC |
| Menahem ben Jacob ibn Saruq (Spanish poet, lexicographer) |
c.910-c.970 |
| Menander (Athenian dramatist) |
342-292 BC |
| Menander (Milinda or Minedra or Menadra; Greek king in India) |
fl. 160-135 BC |
| Menander Protector (Byzantine historian) |
6th cent. |
| Menard, John Willis (American politician) |
1838-1893 |
| Menard, Louis-Nicolas (French scholar, poet, artist) |
1822-1901 |
| Menard, Michel Branamour (Canadian-born American fur trader) |
1805-1856 |
| Menard, Pierre (Canadian-born American fur trader, pioneer) |
1766-1844 |
| Menchu, Rigoberta Tum (Guatemalan human rights activist) |
b.1959 |
| Mencke (or Mencken), Johann Burkhard (German writer, historian) |
1674-1732 |
| Mencke (or Mencken), Otto (German scholar; father of Johann) |
1644-1707 |
| Mencken, Henry Louis (American journalist, writer) |
1880-1956 |
| Mendana de Neira, Alvaro de (Spanish mariner, explorer) |
1541-1595 |
| Mendel, Gregor Johann (Austrian monk, botanist) |
1822-1884 |
| Mendel, Lafayette Benedict (American physiological chemist) |
1872-1935 |
| Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich (Russian chemist) |
1834-1907 |
| Mendelssohn, Arnold Ludwig (German composer; cousin of Felix) |
1855-1933 |
| Mendelssohn, Erich (East Prussian-born American architect) |
1887-1953 |
| Mendelssohn, Fanny Cacilie (German composer; sister of Felix) |
1805-1847 |
| Mendelssohn, Moses (born Moses Dessau; German philosopher) |
1729-1786 |
| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix (German composer) |
1809-1847 |
| Mendelsohn, John (American biochemist, physician) |
b.1936 |
| Mendenhall, Thomas Corwin (American physicist) |
1841-1924 |
| Mendes, Abraham-Catulle (French man of letters) |
1841-1909 |
| Mendes, Murilo (Brazilian poet, diplomat) |
1901-1975 |
| Mendes-France, Pierre (French politician; prime min. 1954-1955) |
1907-1982 |
| Mendieta, Carlos (Cuban politician; provisional pres. 1934-35) |
1873-1960 |
| Mendoza, Antonio de (Spanish colonial governor) |
c.1490-1552 |
| Mendoza, Daniel (English boxer) |
1764-1836 |
| Mendoza, Eduardo (Spanish writer, translator) |
b.1943 |
| Mendoza, Inigo Lopez de (Marques de Santillana; Spanish poet) |
1398-1458 |
| Mendoza, Juan Gonzales de (Spanish prelate) |
c.1540-1617 |
| Mendoza, Pedro de (Spanish soldier, explorer) |
1487-1537 |
| Mendoza, Pedro Gonzalez de (Span. prelate, statesman, soldier) |
1428-1495 |
| Mendoza de la Cerda, Ana (Princesa de Eboli; Spanish courtier) |
1540-1592 |
| Menedemus (Greek philosopher, of Eretria) |
c.339-c.265 BC |
| Menelaus (Greek mathematician, of Alexandria) |
1st cent. |
| Menelik II (born Sahle Mariam; Ethiopian emperor 1889-1913) |
1844-1913 |
| Menem Akil, Carlos Saul (Argentinean president 1989-1999) |
b.1930 |
| Menen, Salvator Aubrey Clarence (British writer) |
1912-1989 |
| Menendez de Aviles, Pedro (Spanish mariner, explorer) |
1519-1574 |
| Menendez Pidal, Ramon (Spanish philologist) |
1869-1968 |
| Menendez y Pelayo, Marcelino (Spanish critic, historian) |
1856-1912 |
| Menes (sometimes Mena; Egyptian king; founded Memphis) |
fl. 3100 BC |
| Mengelberg, Josef Willem (Dutch orchestra conductor, pianist) |
1871-1951 |
| Menger, Carl von (Austrian economist) |
1840-1921 |
| Menghistu (or Mengistu) Lemma (Ethiopian poet, playwright) |
1925-1988 |
| Mengli Giray (or Mengli Girai; Tatar ruler) |
c.1440-1515 |
| Mengs, Anton Raphael (German painter) |
1728-1779 |
| Meng T'ien (Chinese general) |
d.209 BC |
| Meng-tzu (born Meng K'o; aka Mencius; Chinese philosopher) |
c.371-c.289 BC |
| Menippus (Greek Cynic philosopher, satirist) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Menken, Adah Isaacs née Adah Bertha Theodore (American actor) |
1835?-1868 |
| Menkure (or Menkaure; Mykerinos, Mycerinus; King of Egypt) |
26th cent. BC |
| Mennin, Peter née Mennini (American composer, teacher) |
1923-1983 |
| Menninger, Karl Augustus (American psychiatrist) |
1893-1990 |
| Menno Simons (Dutch religious reformer) |
1469-1561 |
| Menodotus (Greek physician, philosopher, or Nicomedia) |
fl. c.120 |
| Menotti, Gian Carlo (Italian-born Am. composer, librettist) |
1911-2007 |
| Menou, 'Abd Allah (born Jacques-Francois de; French soldier) |
1750-1810 |
| Menshikov, Aleksandr Danilovich (Russian soldier) |
c.1670-1729 |
| Menshikov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (Russian soldier) |
1787-1869 |
| Mentelin, Johann (German printer) |
c.1410-1478 |
| Mentuhotep II (aka Nebhapetre; King of Egypt 2060-2010 BC) |
21st cent. BC |
| Menuhin, Yehudi (Am.-born Swiss/British violinist, conductor) |
1916-1999 |
| Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von (German painter, illus.) |
1815-1905 |
| Menzel, Donald Howard (American astrophysicist) |
1901-1976 |
| Menzel, Wolfgang (German critic, historian) |
1798-1873 |
| Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Australian politician) |
1894-1978 |
| Mercadante, Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele (Italian composer) |
1795-1870 |
| Mercalli, Giuseppe (Italian clergyman, geologist) |
1850-1914 |
| Mercati, Michele (Italian physician, naturalist) |
1541-1593 |
| Merce, Antonia (stage name La Argentina; Argentinean dancer) |
1888?-1936 |
| Mercer, Cecil William (pseudonym Dornford Yates; Eng. writer) |
1885-1960 |
| Mercer, David (English playwright) |
1928-1980 |
| Mercer, John (English calico printer, chemist) |
1791-1866 |
| Mercer, John H. "Johnny" (Am. songwriter: "Jeepers Creepers") |
1909-1976 |
| Mercie, Marius-Jean-Antonin (French sculptor) |
1845-1916 |
| Mercier, Desire-Joseph (Belgian prelate, philosopher) |
1851-1926 |
| Mercier, Honore (Canadian politician) |
1840-1894 |
| Mercier, Louis-Sebastien (French man of letters) |
1740-1814 |
| Merck, Johann Heinrich (German writer, critic) |
1741-1791 |
| Mercy, Claudius Florimund von (Austrian field marshal) |
1666-1734 |
| Mercy, Franz von (Bavarian field marshal) |
c.1590-1645 |
| Mercy d'Argenteau, Anton (Austrian field marshal) |
1691-1767 |
| Mercy d'Argenteau, Florimund (Austrian diplomat) |
1727-1794 |
| Meredith, George (English writer, poet) |
1828-1909 |
| Merenre (aka Merenre Antyemsaf; King of Egypt) |
23rd? cent. BC |
| Meres, Francis (English clergyman; author of Palladis Tamia) |
1565-1647 |
| Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich (Russian poet, writer, critic) |
1865-1941 |
| Mergenthaler, Ottmar (German-born American inventor) |
1854-1899 |
| Meri, Veijo (Finnish writer, poet, dramatist) |
b.1928 |
| Merian, Anna Maria Sibylla (Swiss painter, engraver, natural.) |
1647-1717 |
| Merian, Kaspar (Swiss etcher, engraver; son of Matthaus) |
1627-1686 |
| Merian, Matthaus (Swiss engraver, bookseller) |
1593-1650 |
| Merian, Matthaus (Swiss painter, engraver; son of Matthaus) |
1621-1687 |
| Merici, Saint Angela (Italian religious) |
1470/4-1540 |
| Merikanto, Aarre (Finnish teacher, composer; son of Oskar) |
1893-1958 |
| Merikanto, Frans Oskar (Finnish organist, composer) |
1868-1924 |
| Merimee, Prosper (French dramatist, man of letters) |
1803-1870 |
| Mering, Joseph von (German physician, physiologist, pharmacol.) |
1849-1908 |
| Merisi, Michelangelo "Caravaggio" (Italian painter) |
1573-1610 |
| Merkys, Antanas (Lithuanian politician) |
1887-1955 |
| Merleau-Ponty, Maurice (French philosopher) |
1908-1961 |
| Merle d'Aubigne, Jean-Henri (Swiss Protestant theologian) |
1794-1872 |
| Merlin, Antoine-Christophe "Merlin de Thionville" (Fr. polit.) |
1762-1833 |
| Merlin, Maria de las Mercedes, comtesse (Cuban-born Fr. writer) |
1789-1852 |
| Merlin, Philippe-Antoine "Merlin de Douai" (Fr. jurist, polit.) |
1754-1838 |
| Merlo, Aime (French writer, with Georges Athenas) |
1880-1958 |
| Mermillod, Gaspard (Swiss prelate) |
1824-1892 |
| Merneptah (King of Egypt 1236-1223 BC) |
13th cent. BC |
| Merodach-baladan II (Mardukapal-iddina; King of Babylonia) |
d.c.694 BC |
| Merovech (or Merowech; Frankish ruler) |
fl. c.450 |
| Merriam, Charles (American publisher; brother of George) |
1806-1887 |
| Merriam, Clinton Hart (American naturalist) |
1855-1942 |
| Merriam, George (American publisher; brother of Charles) |
1803-1880 |
| Merriam, John Campbell (American paleontologist) |
1869-1945 |
| Merrick, Leonard (orig. surname Miller; English writer) |
1864-1939 |
| Merrifield, Robert Bruce (American biochemist) |
1921-2006 |
| Merril, Judith (b. Josephine Judith Grossman; Canadian writer) |
1923-1997 |
| Merrill, Frank Dow (American army officer) |
1903-1955 |
| Merrill, George Perkins (American geologist) |
1854-1929 |
| Merrill, James Ingram (American poet, writer, playwright) |
1926-1995 |
| Merrill, Stuart Fitzrandolph (American poet in France) |
1863-1915 |
| Merriman, John Xavier (English-born South African politician) |
1841-1926 |
| Merritt, Anna née Lea (American artist) |
1844-1930 |
| Merritt, Wesley (American army officer) |
1834-1910 |
| Merry, Robert (English poet) |
1755-1798 |
| Merry del Val, Rafael (English-born Spanish prelate) |
1865-1930 |
| Mersenne, Marin (French mathematician; disc. Mersenne numbers) |
1588-1648 |
| Merton, Robert Cox (American economist; son of Robert K.) |
b.1944 |
| Merton, Robert King (born Meyer R. Schkolnick; Am. sociologist) |
1910-2003 |
| Merton, Thomas (aka Father M. Louis; Am. religious, writer) |
1915-1968 |
| Merton, Walter de (English prelate) |
d.1277 |
| Merula, Tarquinio (Italian composer, organist, violinist) |
1594/95-1665 |
| Merulo, Claudio (orig. surname Merlotti; It. organist, comp.) |
1533-1604 |
| Merwin, William Stanley (American poet, translator) |
b.1927 |
| Meryon, Charles (French etcher, engraver) |
1821-1868 |
| Mesa-Bains, Amalia (Amalia artist, writer) |
b.1943 |
| Mesdag, Hendrik Willem (Dutch painter) |
1831-1915 |
| Meselson, Matthew Stanley (Am. geneticist, arms control activ.) |
b.1930 |
| Mesens, Edouard Leon Theodore "E.L.T." (Belgian artist, writer) |
1903-1971 |
| Mesha (King of Moab) |
fl. c.850 BC |
| Mesmer, Franz (or Friedrich) Anton (German physician) |
1734-1815 |
| Mesonero Romanos, Ramon de (Spanish journalist, essayist) |
1803-1882 |
| Mesrob (or Mesrop), Saint (aka Mashtots; Armenian religious) |
c.350-439/440 |
| Messager, Andre-Charles-Prosper (French composer, conductor) |
1853-1929 |
| Messager, Charles (pseudonym Charles Vildrac; French writer) |
1882-1971 |
| Messala Corvinus, Marcus Valerius (Roman general, statesman) |
c.64 BC-AD 8 |
| Messali Hajd, Ahmed (Algerian nationalist) |
1898-1974 |
| Messalina, Valeria (Roman empress; third wife of Emp. Claudius) |
c.22-48 |
| Messaus, Guillielmus (Flemish composer, cantor) |
1589-1640 |
| Messerschmitt, Willy (German aircraft designer, manufacturer) |
1898-1978 |
| Messiaen, Olivier Eugene Prosper Charles (French composer) |
1908-1992 |
| Messier, Charles (French astronomer; catalogued nebulae) |
1730-1817 |
| Messikomer, Jakob (Swiss farmer, archaeologist) |
b.c.1828 |
| Messner, Tammy Faye née Bakker nee LaValley (Am. evangelist) |
1942-2007 |
| Mestrovic, Ivan (Slavonia Austrian-born American sculptor) |
1883-1962 |
| Metastasio, Pietro (Italian poet, dramatist) |
1698-1782 |
| Metaxas, Ioannis (Greek general, politician; dictator 1936-41) |
1871-1941 |
| Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus (India-born Eng. colonial admin.) |
1785-1846 |
| Metcalfe, Robert Melancton (Am. engineer, inventor,businessman) |
b.1946 |
| Metchnikoff, Elie (Russian zoologist, bacteriologist) |
1845-1916 |
| Metford, William Ellis (English inventor) |
1824-1899 |
| Metge, Bernat (or Bernardo; Catalan poet, writer) |
1350-1413 |
| Metheny, Pat (Am. guitarist, composer, producer, instructor) |
b.1954 |
| Methodius, Saint (Christian missionary; brother of St. Cyril) |
c.825-884 |
| Methuen, Paul Sanford (British soldier) |
1845-1932 |
| Methuen, Sir Algernon Methuen Marshall (English publisher) |
1856-1924 |
| Metochites, George (Byzantine theologian) |
c.1240-c.1328 |
| Metochites, Theodore (Byzantine politician, diplomat) |
c.1260-1332 |
| Meton (Greek astronomer of Athens) |
fl. 432 BC |
| Metraux, Alfred (Swiss anthropologist) |
1902-1963 |
| Metrocles (Greek philosopher) |
4th cent. BC |
| Metrodorus (Greek philosopher of Chios) |
4th cent. BC |
| Metrodorus (Greek philosopher of Lampascus) |
5th cent. BC |
| Metrodorus "the Younger" (Greek philosopher of Lampascus) |
c.330-278/7 BC |
| Metrophanes Kritopoulos (Greek prelate) |
1589-1639 |
| Metropolis, Nicholas Constantine (Am. math., computer sci.) |
1915-1999 |
| Metsu (or Metzu or Metsue), Gabriel (Dutch painter) |
1629-1667 |
| Metternich, Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von (Austrian polit.) |
1773-1859 |
| Metternich, Richard (Austrian diplomat; son of Klemens) |
1829-1895 |
| Metz, Christian (Prussian-born American religious leader) |
1794-1867 |
| Metzger, Gustav (Ger.-born stateles artist, political activist) |
b.1926 |
| Metzner, Ralph (German-born American psychologist, writer) |
b.1936 |
| Metzinger, Jean (French painter) |
1883-1956 |
| Meulen, Adam Frans van der (Flemish painter) |
1632-1690 |
| Meunier, Constantin (Belgian sculptor, painter) |
1831-1905 |
| Meurice, Francois-Paul (French dramatist) |
1820-1905 |
| Meurier, Gabriel (Flemish grammarian, writer) |
1530-1601 |
| Meusnier de la Place, Jean-Baptiste-Marie (Fr. general, math.) |
1754-1793 |
| Mew, Charlotte Mary (English poet, writer) |
1869-1928 |
| Meyer, Adolf (Swiss-born American psychiatrist) |
1866-1950 |
| Meyer, Annie Florance née Nathan (American educator, writer) |
1867-1951 |
| Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand (Swiss poet, writer) |
1825-1898 |
| Meyer, Edgar (American musician, composer, arranger) |
b.1960 |
| Meyer, Eduard (German historian) |
1855-1930 |
| Meyer, Joseph (German publisher, industrialist, publicist) |
1796-1856 |
| Meyer, Hans (German scholar, explorer; son of Hermann Julius) |
1858-1929 |
| Meyer, Hermann (Ger. traveler, explorer; son of Hermann Julius) |
1871-1932 |
| Meyer, Hermann Julius (German publisher; son of Joseph) |
1826-1909 |
| Meyer, Julius Lothar (German chemist) |
1830-1895 |
| Meyer, Kuno (German historian; brother of Eduard) |
1858-1919 |
| Meyer, Marie-Paul-Hyacinthe (French philologist, lit. hist.) |
1840-1917 |
| Meyer, Viktor (German chemist; stereochemistry pioneer) |
1848-1897 |
| Meyerbeer, Giacomo (born Jakob L. Meyer Beer; German composer) |
1791-1864 |
| Meyerheim, Friedrich Eduard (German painter) |
1808-1879 |
| Meyerheim, Paul (German painter; son of Eduard) |
1842-1915 |
| Meyerhof, Otto Fritz (German physician, biochemist) |
1884-1951 |
| Meyerhold, Vsevolod Yemilyevich (Rus. actor, theatrical prod.) |
1874-1940 |
| Meyer-Lubke, Wilhelm (Swiss-born German linguist) |
1861-1936 |
| Meyerson, Emile (Polish-born French philosopher) |
1859-1933 |
| Meynell, Alice Christiana Gertrude (English poet, essayist) |
1847-1922 |
| Maynell, Sir Francis Meredith Wilfrid (English book designer) |
1891-1975 |
| Meynell, Wilfrid (English journalist, writer) |
1852-1948 |
| Meyrink, Gustav (Austrian-born German writer) |
1868-1932 |
| Mezieres (or Maizieres), Philippe de (French crusader) |
c.1327-1405 |
| Mgrdichian, George (American musician; oud virtuoso) |
1935-2006 |
| Miall, Edward (English clergyman, journalist) |
1809-1881 |
| Miantonomo (American Narragansett Indian leader) |
1565?-1643 |
| Miaoulis, Andreas Vokos (Greek naval commander) |
1769-1835 |
| Micah (or Michah or Micheas; Hebrew prophet) |
8th cent. BC |
| Michael I (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 811-813) |
d.843 |
| Michael II (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 820-829) |
d.829 |
| Michael III (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 842-867) |
838-867 |
| Michael IV (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 1034-1041) |
d.1041 |
| Michael V Calaphates (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 1041-42) |
d.1042? |
| Michael VI Stratioticus (Emperor of E. Roman Empire 1056-57) |
11th cent. |
| Michael VII Ducas (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 1067-1078) |
1059-1078 |
| Michael VIII Palaeologus (Emperor of E. Roman Empire 1259-82) |
1224?-1282 |
| Michael IX Palaeologus (Emperor of E. Roman Empire 1295-1320) |
c.1277-1320 |
| Michael Cerularius (Greek prelate) |
c.1000-1059 |
| Michael Constantine Psellus (Byzantine philosopher, politician) |
1018-c.1078 |
| Michael, Sami (born Salih Menashe Mujalid; Israeli writer) |
b.1926 |
| Michaelis, Georg (German politician) |
1857-1936 |
| Michaelis, Johann David (German theologian, Orientalist) |
1717-1791 |
| Michaelis, Karin Marie née Bech-Brondum (Danish writer) |
1872-1950 |
| Michaelis, Leonor (German-born American chemist) |
1875-1945 |
| Michaelis, Sophus August Berthel (Danish writer) |
1865-1932 |
| Michaels, Leonard (American writer, essayist) |
b.1933 |
| Michaels, Lorne (Canadian-born American television producer) |
b.1944 |
| Michaud, Joseph-Francois (French journalist, historian) |
1767-1839 |
| Michaul, Louis-Gabriel (French historian, biographer) |
1773-1858 |
| Michaux, Andre (French botanist, traveler) |
1746-1802 |
| Michaux, Francois-Andre (French botanist; son of Andre) |
1770-1855 |
| Michaux, Henri (Belgian-born French poet, painter) |
1899-1984 |
| Miche, Jean-Claude (French missionary) |
d.1873 |
| Michel of Northgate "Dan Michel" (English translator, monk) |
fl. 1340 |
| Michel, Claude (pseudonym Clodion; French sculptor) |
1738-1814 |
| Michel, Hartmut (German chemist) |
b.1948 |
| Michel, Clemence-Louise (French anarchist) |
1830-1905 |
| Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet) |
1475-1564 |
| Michelet, Adele-Athenais née Mialaret (French writer) |
1826-1899 |
| Michelet, Jules (French historian; husband of Adele) |
1798-1874 |
| Michelin, Andre (French tire industrialist, philanthropist) |
1853-1931 |
| Michelin, Edouard (French tire industrialist, philanthropist) |
1859-1940 |
| Micheline, Jack (born Harold Martin Silver; Am. painter, poet) |
1929-1998 |
| Michell, John (English geologist, astronomer) |
1724-1793 |
| Michelot, Pierre (French musician, arranger) |
1928-2005 |
| Michelozzo di Bartolommeo (Florentine architect, sculptor) |
1396-1472 |
| Michels, Robert (German economist, sociologist) |
1876-1936 |
| Michelsen, Peter Christian (Hersleb Kjerschow; Norw. polit.) |
1857-1925 |
| Michelson, Albert Abraham (Prussian-born American physicist) |
1852-1931 |
| Michener, Daniel Roland (Canadian governor-general 1967-1974) |
1900-1991 |
| Michener, James Albert (American writer) |
1907-1997 |
| Michiel, Vitale II (Venetian leader) |
d.1172 |
| Michurin, Ivan Vladimirovich (Russian horticulturist) |
1855-1935 |
| Micinski, Tadeusz (Polish writer, poet, playwright) |
1873-1918 |
| Micipsa (King of Numidia 148-118 BC) |
d.118 BC |
| Mickiewicz, Adam Bernard (Polish poet, teacher) |
1798-1855 |
| Mickle, William Julius (Scottish poet) |
1735-1788 |
| Micon (or Mikon; Athenian painter, sculptor) |
5th cent. BC |
| Middleton, Arthur (American colonial leader) |
1681-1737 |
| Middleton, Arthur (American politician; son of Henry) |
1742-1787 |
| Middleton, Conyers (English clergyman, controversialist) |
1683-1750 |
| Middleton, Henry (American politician; son of Arthur 1681-1737) |
1717-1784 |
| Middleton, Henry (American politician; son of Arthur 1742-1787) |
1770-1846 |
| Middleton, John (1st Earl of Middleton; Scottish soldier) |
1619-1674 |
| Middleton, Stanley (British writer) |
1919-2009 |
| Middleton, Thomas (English dramatist) |
1570?-1627 |
| Middleton, Thomas Fanshaw (English missionary) |
1769-1822 |
| Midgeley, Thomas Jr. (Am. chemist; inv. antiknock gasoline) |
1889-1944 |
| Midhat Pasa (Ottoman politician) |
1822-1883 |
| Midler, Bette Davis (American singer, actor, comedian) |
b.1945 |
| Miedzian, Myriam (Belgian-born Am. social philosopher) |
b.1936? |
| Mielczewski, Marcin (Polish composer, musician) |
c.1600-1651 |
| Mielziner, Jo (French-born American theatrical designer) |
1901-1976 |
| Mierevelt (or Miereveld), Michiel Janszoon van (Dutch painter) |
1567-1641 |
| Mieris, Frans van "the Elder" (Dutch painter) |
1635-1681 |
| Mieris, Frans (Dutch painter, etcher, historian; son of Willem) |
1689-1763 |
| Mieris, Jan (Dutch painter; son of Frans) |
1660-1690 |
| Mieris, Willem (Dutch painter; son of Frans) |
1662-1741 |
| Mieroslawski, Ludwik (Polish revolutionist) |
1814-1878 |
| Miescher, Johann Friedrich (Swiss physiologist) |
1844-1895 |
| Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig (German-born American architect) |
1886-1969 |
| Mi Fei (born Mi Fu; Chinese scholar, poet, artist) |
1051-1107 |
| Mifflin, George Harrison (American publisher) |
1845-1921 |
| Mifflin, Thomas (American Revolutionary officer) |
1744-1800 |
| Mignard, Pierre "le Romain" (French painter) |
1610/2-1695 |
| Mignard, Nicolas "Mignard d'Avignon" (French painter) |
1606-1668 |
| Migne, Jacques-Paul (French cleric, editor) |
1800-1875 |
| Mignet, Francois-Auguste-Marie (French historian) |
1796-1884 |
| Mignon, Abraham (Dutch painter) |
1640-1679 |
| Miguel Maria Evaristo de Braganca (Pretender to Port. throne) |
1802-1866 |
| Mihajlovic, Dragoljub "Draza" (Serbian soldier) |
1893-1946 |
| Mihalache, Ion (Romanian politician) |
1882-1953? |
| Mihura Santos, Miguel (Spanish playwright, screenwriter) |
1905-1977 |
| Mikael Sehul (Ethiopian ruler) |
c.1692-1784 |
| Mikhaylovsky, Nikolay Konstantinovich (Russian sociologist) |
1842-1904 |
| Miki Kiyoski (Japanese philosopher) |
1897-1945 |
| Miki Takeo (Japanese prime minister 1974-1976) |
1907-1988 |
| Mikkelsen, Ejnar (Danish explorer) |
1880-1971 |
| Miklas, Wilhelm (Austrian politician) |
1872-1956 |
| Miklosic, Franz Xaver von (Slavic philologist) |
1813-1891 |
| Mikolajczyk, Stanislaw (Polish politician) |
1901-1966 |
| Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich (Soviet politician) |
1895-1978 |
| Mikoyan, Artem Ivanovich (Armenian aircraft designer; MIG) |
1905-1970 |
| Mikszath, Kalman (Hungarian writer) |
1847-1910 |
| Mikulicz-Radecki, Johann von (Polish surgeon) |
1850-1905 |
| Milan Obrenovic (Prince 1868-1882 & king 1882-1889 of Serbia) |
1854-1901 |
| Milan, Luis (Spanish musician, composer) |
c.1500-1561? |
| Milanes y Fuentes, Jose Jacinto (Cuban poet) |
1814-1863 |
| Milbanke, Anne Isabella (aka Annabella Milbanke; Eng. heiress) |
1792-1860 |
| Milch, Erhard (German airman) |
1892-1972 |
| Miles, George Allen "Buddy" (American musician) |
1947-2008 |
| Miles, John Russiano "Jack" (American writer, Biblical scholar) |
b.1942 |
| Miles, Josephine Louise (American poet, literary scholar) |
1911-1985 |
| Miles, Nelson Appleton (American army officer) |
1839-1925 |
| Milescu, Nicolae (Romanian traveler, scholar) |
1626-1708 |
| Milgram, Stanley (American psychologist) |
1933-1984 |
| Milhaud, Darius (French composer, teacher; member of Les Six) |
1892-1974 |
| Milic, Jan "Milic of Kromeriz" (Bohemian theologian, prelate) |
c.1305-1374 |
| Mill, Hugh Robert (Scottish geographer, meteorologist) |
1861-1950 |
| Mill, James (Scottish philosopher, historian, economist) |
1773-1836 |
| Mill, John Stuart (Eng. philosopher, economist; son of James) |
1806-1873 |
| Millais, Sir John Everett (English painter) |
1829-1896 |
| Millardet, Pierre-Marie-Alexis (French botanist) |
1838-1902 |
| Millay, Edna St. Vincent (American poet, dramatist) |
1892-1950 |
| Miller, Alice née Duer (American writer) |
1874-1942 |
| Miller, Alton Glenn (American bandleader, musician) |
1904-1944 |
| Miller, Arthur Raphael (American legal scholar) |
b.1934 |
| Miller, Asher Arthur (American playwright) |
1915-2005 |
| Miller, Cincinnatus Hiner (pseudonym Joaquin Miller; Am. poet) |
1837-1913 |
| Miller, David Hunter (American lawyer) |
1875-1961 |
| Miller, Dennis (American comedian) |
b.1953 |
| Miller, Elizabeth "Lee" (American photographer, model) |
1907-1977 |
| Miller, Ferdinand von (German bronze founder) |
1813-1887 |
| Miller, Ferdinand (German bronze founder; son of Ferdinand) |
1842-1929 |
| Miller, Harriet née Mann (American ornithologist) |
1831-1918 |
| Miller, Henry John (English-born American actor, director) |
1860-1926 |
| Miller, Henry Valentine (American writer) |
1891-1980 |
| Miller, Hugh (Scottish geologist, man of letters) |
1802-1856 |
| Miller, Johann Martin (German poet, writer, preacher) |
1750-1814 |
| Miller, John Preston (American geologist) |
1923-1961 |
| Miller, Jonathan Wolfe (English actor, director, producer) |
b.1934 |
| Miller, Joseph (or Josias) "Joe" (English comedian) |
1684-1738 |
| Miller, Joseph Hillis (American literary critic) |
b.1928 |
| Miller, Max (American writer) |
1901-1967 |
| Miller, May née Sullivan (American playwright, poet) |
1899-1995 |
| Miller, Maya (American philanthropist, teacher) |
1915-2006 |
| Miller, Merton Howard "Mert" (American economist, writer) |
1923-2000 |
| Miller, Montague David "Monty" (Austral. unionist, secularist) |
1839-1920 |
| Miller, Oskar (German electrical engineer; son of Ferdinand) |
1855-1934 |
| Miller, Patrick (Scottish inventor; developed steamboat) |
1731-1815 |
| Miller, Paul D. (American musician, writer, painter, sculptor) |
b.1970 |
| Miller, Perry Gilbert Eddy (American scholar) |
1905-1963 |
| Miller, Richard "Dick" (American actor) |
b.1928 |
| Miller, Samuel Freeman (Am. Supreme Court justice 1862-1890) |
1816-1890 |
| Miller, Stanley (American chemist) |
b.1930 |
| Miller, Walter Michael Jr. (American writer) |
b.1923 |
| Miller, Willard Marshall "Will" (Am. educator, polit. activist) |
1940-2005 |
| Miller, William (American religious leader) |
1782-1849 |
| Miller, William (Scottish poet) |
1810-1872 |
| Millerand, Alexandre (French politician; president 1920-1924) |
1859-1943 |
| Milles, Vilhelm Carl Emil (Swedish-born American sculptor) |
1875-1955 |
| Millet, Jean-Baptiste (Fr. sculptor, painter; bro. of 2nd J.F.) |
1831-1906 |
| Millet, Jean-Francois "Francisque" (Belgian-born Fr. painter) |
c.1642-1679 |
| Millet, Jean-Francois (French painter) |
1814-1875 |
| Millikan, Robert Andrews (American physicist) |
1868-1953 |
| Millin, Sarah Gertrude née Liebson (Lith.-born S. Af. writer) |
1889-1968 |
| Millionaire, Tony (born Scott Richardson; American cartoonist) |
b.1956 |
| Millis, Harry Alvin (American economist) |
1873-1948 |
| Millocker, Karl (Austrian composer) |
1842-1899 |
| Mills, Bernard Yarnton (Australian engineer, astronomer) |
b.1920 |
| Mills, Bertram Wagstaff (English circus proprietor) |
1873-1938 |
| Mills, Charles Wright (American sociologist) |
1916-1962 |
| Mills, Clark (American sculptor, bronze founder) |
1815-1883 |
| Mills, Robert (American architect, engineer) |
1781-1855 |
| Mills, Sir William (English inventor) |
1856-1932 |
| Mills, William Corless (American archaeologist) |
1860-1928 |
| Milman, Henry Hart (English clergyman, historian) |
1791-1868 |
| Milne, Alan Alexander (English poet, playwright) |
1882-1956 |
| Milne, Edward Arthur (English astronomer) |
1896-1950 |
| Milne, John (English mining engineer, seismologist) |
1850-1913 |
| Milne-Edwards, Henri (French zoologist) |
1800-1885 |
| Milner, Alfred (German-born British colonial administrator) |
1854-1925 |
| Milner, John (English clergyman, controversialist) |
1752-1826 |
| Milner, Robin (English computer scientist, academic) |
b.1934 |
| Milnes, Richard Monckton (English man of letters) |
1809-1885 |
| Milnor, John Willard (American mathematician, educator) |
b.1931 |
| Milo (or Milon; Greek athlete of Crotona) |
6th cent. BC |
| Milo, Titus Annius Papianus (Roman politician) |
95-48 BC |
| Milongo, Andre (Congolese politician; Prime Minister 1991-1992) |
1935-2007 |
| Milonoff, William V. (Russian publisher) |
b.1972? |
| Miloradovich, Mikhail Andreyevich (Russian general) |
1771-1825 |
| Milos I Obrenovic (Prince of Serbia 1815-39, 1858-60) |
1780-1860 |
| Miloslavskaya, Mariya Ilinichna (Russian czarina) |
d.1666/71 |
| Milosz, Czeslaw (Lithuanian-born Polish-American poet, writer) |
1911-2004 |
| Milovanovic, Milovan (Serbian jurist, politician) |
1863-1912 |
| Milstein, Cesar (Argentinian-born British immunologist) |
1927-2002 |
| Miltiades, Saint (aka Melchiades; Pope 310/311-314) |
d.314 |
| Miltiades the Elder (Athenian politician; fd. Athenian colony) |
6th cent. BC |
| Miltiades the Younger (Athenian general; nephew of the Elder) |
c.554-489? BC |
| Miltiz (or Miltitz), Karl von (German ecclesiastic) |
1490-1529 |
| Milton, John (English poet, prose writer) |
1608-1674 |
| Milyukov, Pavel Nikolayevich (Russian politician, historian) |
1859-1943 |
| Milyutin, Dmitry Alekseyevich (Russian general) |
1816-1912 |
| Milyutin, Nikolay Alekseyevich (Russian gov. official) |
1818-1872 |
| Mimnermus (Greek elegiac poet of Colophon) |
fl. c.630 BC |
| Minamoto Shitago (Japanese poet, scholar) |
911-983 |
| Mindaugas (aka Mindove or Mendovg; Lithuanian ruler) |
d.1263 |
| Mindon Min (King of Burma 1853-1878) |
1814-1878 |
| Mindszenty, Jozsef (born Jozsef Pehm; Hungarian prelate) |
1892-1975 |
| Miner, John Thomas "Jack" (Canadian naturalist) |
1865-1944 |
| Ming, Sexton (English artist, poet, musician) |
b.1961 |
| Minghetti, Marco (Italian politician, scholar) |
1818-1886 |
| Mingus, Charles (American musician, composer, bandleader, poet) |
1922-1979 |
| Minh Mang (born Nguyen Phuoc Chi Dam; Vietnamese ruler) |
1792-1841 |
| Minie, Claude-Etienne (French army officer) |
1804-1879 |
| Minkowski, Hermann (Russian-born German math.; asteroid) |
1864-1909 |
| Minkowski, Oskar (Lithuanian-born German physiologist) |
1858-1931 |
| Minkowski, Rudolph Leo Bernhard (German-born Am. astronomer) |
1895-1976 |
| Minnaert, Marcel Gilles Jozef (Belgian astronomer, physicist) |
1893-1970 |
| Minning (reign title Tao-kuang; Chinese emperor 1821-1850) |
1782-1850 |
| Minobe Tatsukichi (Japanese jurist) |
1873-1948 |
| Mino da Fiesole (Italian sculptor) |
1430-1484 |
| Minomura Rizaemon (Japanese businessman) |
1821-1877 |
| Minot, George Richards (American physician) |
1885-1950 |
| Minot, Laurence (English poet) |
1300?-1352? |
| Minow, Newton Norman (American lawyer, communications exec.) |
b.1926 |
| Minsheu, John (English lexicographer) |
fl. 1617 |
| Minsky, Marvin Lee (American cognitive, computer scientist) |
b.1927 |
| Minton, Herbert (English pottery manufacturer; son of Thomas) |
d.1858 |
| Minton, Phil (English composer, singer) |
b.1940 |
| Minton, Sherman (Am. jurist; Supreme Court justice 1949-1956) |
1890-1965 |
| Minton, Thomas (English pottery manufacturer) |
1765-1836 |
| Minucius Felix, Marcus (African?-born Latin writer) |
d.c.250 |
| Minuit, Peter (Dutch col. official; bought Manhattan Island) |
1580-1638 |
| Miomandre, Francis de (French writer) |
1880-1959 |
| Miquel, Johannes von (German politician) |
1828-1901 |
| Mira Bai (Indian Hindu mystic, poet) |
1450?-1547? |
| Mira de Amescua, Antonio (Spanish ecclesiastic, playwright) |
1574?-1644 |
| Mir 'Ali of Tabriz (Islamic calligrapher) |
c.1360-1420 |
| Mirambo (Nyamwezi leader) |
d.1884 |
| Miramon, Miguel (Mexican soldier) |
1832-1867 |
| Miranda, Francisco de (Venezuelan revolutionist) |
1750-1816 |
| Mirbeau, Octave-Henri-Marie (French journalist, writer) |
1850-1917 |
| Mirbel, Charles-Francois Brisseau de (French botanist) |
1776-1854 |
| Mircea (surnamed Ciobanul; Prince of Walachia 1386-1418) |
d.1418 |
| Mir Damad (Iranian philosopher, teacher) |
d.1631/2 |
| Mir Ja'far (Mir Muhammad Ja'far Khan; Iranian general, ruler) |
1691-1765 |
| Mirkhwand (or Mirkhond; Persian historian) |
1433-1498 |
| Miro Ferrer, Gabriel Francisco Victor (Spanish writer) |
1879-1930 |
| Miro i Ferra, Joan (Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist) |
1893-1983 |
| Mir Qasim (Indian ruler; son-in-law of Mir Ja'far) |
d.1777 |
| Mirrlees, Sir James Alexander "Jim" (Scottish economist) |
b.1936 |
| Mir Sayyid 'Ali (Persian painter) |
16th cent. |
| Mirza 'Ali (Persian artist) |
16th cent. |
| Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (Indian Muslim leader) |
c.1839-1908 |
| Mirza Taqi Khan "Amir Kabir" (Iranian politician) |
c.1798-1852 |
| Mises, Ludwig von (Austrian-born American economist) |
1881-1973 |
| Mises, Richard von (Austria-born American mathematician) |
1883-1953 |
| Mishima Yukio (pseudonym of Hiraoka Kimitake; Japanese writer) |
1925-1970 |
| Mishin, Vasily (Rus. rocket designer; fd. Soviet space program) |
1917-2001 |
| Miskawayh, Abu 'Ali Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ya'qub (Per. hist.) |
c.930-1030 |
| Mistinguett (born Jeanne-Marie Bourgeois; French entertainer) |
1875-1956 |
| Mistral, Frederic (French poet, scholar) |
1830-1914 |
| Mitchel, John (Irish nationalist) |
1815-1875 |
| Mitchel, John Purroy (American lawyer; grandson of John) |
1879-1918 |
| Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight (American astronomer) |
1809-1862 |
| Mitchell, Arthur (American dancer, choreographer, director) |
b.1934 |
| Mitchell, Donald Grant (pseud. Ik Marvel; American writer) |
1822-1908 |
| Mitchell, George Phydios (Am. petroleum engineer: fracking) |
1919-2013 |
| Mitchell, James Leslie (pseud.Lewis Grassic Gibbon; Scot. wrtr) |
1901-1935 |
| Mitchell, John (American physician, botanist, cartographer) |
d.1768 |
| Mitchell, John (American labor leader) |
1870-1919 |
| Mitchell, John (American composer, church music director) |
b.1941 |
| Mitchell, John Ames (American artist, editor, writer) |
1845-1918 |
| Mitchell, John Newton (American Attorney General 1969-1972) |
1913-1988 |
| Mitchell, John Thomas Whitehead (English reformer) |
1828-1895 |
| Mitchell, Margaret Julia "Maggie" (American actor) |
1832-1918 |
| Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn (American writer) |
1900-1949 |
| Mitchell, Maria (American astronomer) |
1818-1889 |
| Mitchell, Mitch (born John Mitchel; English musician) |
1947-2008 |
| Mitchell, Nicole (American musician, teacher) |
b.1966/67 |
| Mitchell, Sir Peter Chalmers (Scottish-born British zoologist) |
1864-1945 |
| Mitchell, Peter Dennis (English biochemist) |
1920-1992 |
| Mitchell, Reginald Joseph (English aircraft designer) |
1895-1937 |
| Mitchell, Roscoe (American composer, musician, educator) |
b.1940 |
| Mitchell, Silas Weir (American physician, writer; res. peyote) |
1829-1914 |
| Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone (Scottish explorer) |
1792-1855 |
| Mitchell, Wesley Clair (American economist) |
1874-1948 |
| Mitchell, William "Billy" (France-born American army officer) |
1879-1936 |
| Mitchell, William A. (American food scientist; inv. Pop Rocks) |
1911-2004 |
| Mitchell, William Ormond (Canadian writer, dramatist) |
1914-1998 |
| Mitford, John (English clergyman) |
1781-1859 |
| Mitford, Mary Russell (English dramatist, poet, essayist) |
1787-1855 |
| Mitford, Nancy (aka Honourable Mrs. Peter Rodd; English writer) |
1904-1973 |
| Mitford, William (English historian) |
1744-1827 |
| Mithradates VI Eupator (King of Pontus 120-63 BC) |
d.63 BC |
| Mitre, Bartolome (Argentinean soldier, politician, writer) |
1821-1906 |
| Mitropoulos, Dimitri (Greek-born American conductor, composer) |
1896-1960 |
| Mitscher, Marc Andrew (American naval officer) |
1887-1947 |
| Mitscherlich, Eilhardt (German chemist) |
1794-1863 |
| Mittag-Leffler, Magnus Gosta (Swedish mathematician) |
1846-1927 |
| Mittelholzer, Edgar Austin (Guyanese writer) |
1909-1965 |
| Mitterrand, Francois-Maurice Marie (French president 1981-1995) |
1916-1996 |
| Mivart, St. George Jackson (English biologist) |
1827-1900 |
| Mix, Thomas Edwin "Tom" (American actor) |
1880-1940 |
| Miyamoto Yuriko (Japanese writer, critic) |
1899-1951 |
| Miyagawa Choshun (aka Chozaemon; Kiheiji; Japanese painter) |
1682-1752 |
| Miyamoto Musashi (pseudonym Niten; Japanese soldier, artist) |
1584-1645 |
| Miyazaki, Hayao (Japanese film director; co-fd. Studio Ghibli) |
b.1941 |
| Miyazaki Yuzen (or Yuzensai; Japanese painter) |
1654-1736 |
| Miyazawa Kiichi (Japanese prime minister 1991-1993) |
1919-2007 |
| Mi Yu-jen (aka Yuan-hui; Chinese painter) |
1086-1165 |
| Mizner, Addison (American architect) |
1872-1933 |
| Mizner, Wilson (American wit, bon vivant; brother of Addison) |
1876-1933 |
| Mizoguchi Kenji (Japanese motion-picture director) |
1898-1956 |
| Mizuno Tadakuni (Japanese politician) |
1794-1851 |
| Mnesicles (aka Mnesikles; Greek architect) |
5th cent. BC |
| Mnyampala, Mathias E. (Tanzanian poet, scholar, jurist, writer) |
1917-1969 |
| Mo, Timothy (China-born English writer, journalist) |
b.1950 |
| Mobarez od-Din Mohammad (Iranian ruler) |
d.1358? |
| Moberg, Carl Artur Vilhelm (Swedish writer, dramatist) |
1898-1973 |
| Mobius, August Ferdinand (German mathematician, astronomer) |
1790-1868 |
| Mobius, Karl August (German zoologist) |
1825-1908 |
| Mobutu Sese Seko (Congolese president of Zaire 1965-1997) |
1930-1997 |
| Mocatta, Frederic David (British philanthropist, scholar) |
1828-1905 |
| Mochnacki, Maurycy (Polish literary critic, journalist) |
1804-1834 |
| Mockbee, Samuel "Sambo" (American architect) |
1944-2001 |
| Mockel, Albert Henri Louis (Belgian poet, critic) |
1866-1945 |
| Mocquereau, Andre (French religious, music scholar) |
1849-1930 |
| Modersohn-Becker, Paula née Becker (German painter) |
1876-1907 |
| Modigliani, Amedeo (Italian painter, sculptor) |
1884-1920 |
| Modigliani, Franco (Italian-born American economist, writer) |
1918-2003 |
| Modisane, Bloke (b. William Modisane; S. Af.-born Brit. writer) |
b.1923 |
| Modjeska, Helena née Jadwiga Opid (Polish-born Am. actor) |
1840-1909 |
| Modjeski, Ralph (Polish-born American engineer; son of Helena) |
1861-1940 |
| Moe, Jorgen Engebretsen (Norw. poet, folklorist, theologian) |
1813-1882 |
| Moe, Moltke (Norwegian folklorist, scholar; son of Jorgen) |
1859-1913 |
| Moebius, Dieter (Swiss musician, producer) |
b.1944 |
| Moeller van den Bruck, Arthur (German critic, historian) |
1876-1925 |
| Moeran, Ernest John (English composer, train enthusiast) |
1894-1950 |
| Moerbeke, William of (Flemish Dominican monk, translator) |
c.1215-c.1286 |
| Moerner, William Esco (American physicist) |
b.1953 |
| Moffat, David Halliday (American financier) |
1839-1911 |
| Moffat, Robert (Scottish missionary) |
1795-1883 |
| Moffatt, James (Scottish-born American theologian) |
1870-1944 |
| Moffett, Charles (American musician, bandleader, teacher) |
1929-1997 |
| Moffett, William Adger (American naval officer) |
1869-1933 |
| Moffo, Anna (American soprano) |
1932-2006 |
| Mofolo, Thomas Mokopu (Lesotho-born Bantu writer) |
1876-1948 |
| Mogila, Peter (Moldavian-born Russian prelate) |
1596-1646 |
| Mohammad 'Ali Shah (Shah of Iran 1907-1909) |
1872-1925 |
| Mohammadi (aka Ostad Mohammadi; Persian painter) |
16th cent. |
| Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Shah of Iran 1941-1979) |
1919-1980 |
| Mohammad I Askia (Ruler of Songhai 1493-1528) |
d.1538 |
| Mohl, Hugo von (German botanist) |
1805-1872 |
| Mohler, Johann Adam (German theologian) |
1796-1838 |
| Mohn, Henrik (Norwegian meteorologist) |
1835-1916 |
| Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo (Hungarian painter, designer, photographer) |
1895-1946 |
| Mohorovicic, Andrija (Croatian geophysicist) |
1857-1936 |
| Mohr, Carl Friedrich (German pharmacist) |
1806-1879 |
| Mohr, Joseph (Austrian clergyman, poet; wrote "Silent Night") |
1792-1848 |
| Mohs, Friedrich (German mineralogist) |
1773-1839 |
| Moinaux, Georges (pseud. Georges Courteline; French humorist) |
1858-1929 |
| Moir, David Macbeth (pseud.: delta symbol; Scottish physician) |
1798-1851 |
| Moissan, Ferdinand-Frederic-Henri (French chemist) |
1852-1907 |
| Moissi, Alexander (Austrian-born Italian actor) |
1880-1935 |
| Moivre, Abraham de (French mathematician) |
1667-1754 |
| Mojmir I (Prince of Moravia 830-846) |
9th cent. |
| Mokuan (or Mokuan Reien; Japanese painter) |
d.1343? |
| Mola Vidal, Emilio (Spanish soldier) |
1887-1937 |
| Mola, Pier Francesco (Italian painter) |
1612-1666 |
| Molay, Jacques de (French knight) |
1243-1314 |
| Molchan, George A. "Little Oscar" (American bookkeeper) |
1922-2005 |
| Molcho, Solomon (born Diogo Pires; Portuguese Jewish martyr) |
c.1500-1532 |
| Mole, Louis-Mathieu (French politician) |
1781-1855 |
| Mole, Mathieu (French jurist, politician) |
1584-1656 |
| Molenaer (or Molenaar), Jan Miense (Dutch painter) |
c.1610-1668 |
| Molengraaff, Gustaaf Adolf Frederik (Dutch geologist) |
1866-1942 |
| Moleschott, Jacob (Dutch physiologist) |
1822-1893 |
| Molesworth, Mary Louisa née Stewart (E. Graham; Scot. writer) |
1839-1921 |
| Molesworth, Sir William (English politician) |
1810-1855 |
| Moley, Raymond Charles (Am. journalist, educator. pol. figure) |
1886-1975 |
| Moliere (born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin; French actor, playwright) |
1622-1673 |
| Molina, Luis de (Spanish Jesuit theologian) |
1535-1600 |
| Molina-Pasquel Henriquez, Jose Mario (Mexican chemist) |
b.1943 |
| Molinet (or Moulinet), Jean (French poet, chronicler) |
1435-1507 |
| Molinos, Miguel de (Spanish priest, mystic) |
1628-1696 |
| Molique, Wilhelm Bernhard (German violinist, composer) |
1802-1869 |
| Molitor, Gabriel-Jean-Joseph (French soldier) |
1770-1849 |
| Moller, Christian (Danish physicist) |
1904-1980 |
| Moller, Georg (German architect) |
1784-1852 |
| Moller, Poul Martin (Danish writer, teacher) |
1794-1838 |
| Mollet, Guy (French politician) |
1905-1975 |
| Mollhausen, Heinrich Balduin (German traveler, writer) |
1825-1905 |
| Mollien, Francois-Nicolas (French politician) |
1758-1850 |
| Mollien, Gaspard-Theodore (French explorer, diplomat) |
1796-1872 |
| Mollison, James Allan (Scottish-born British aviator) |
1905-1959 |
| Molnar, Ferenc (Hungarian playwright, writer) |
1878-1952 |
| Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich (Soviet statesman) |
1890-1986 |
| Molter, Johann Melchior (German composer, violinist) |
1696-1765 |
| Moltke, Adam Gottlob (German-born Danish politician) |
1710-1792 |
| Moltke, Adam Wilhelm (Dutch politician; grandson of A.G.) |
1785-1864 |
| Moltke, Helmuth Karl Bernhard von (Prussian soldier) |
1800-1891 |
| Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von (German soldier) |
1848-1916 |
| Molza, Francesco Maria (Italian Humanist, poet) |
1489-1544 |
| Molza, Tarquinia (Roman natural philosopher) |
1542-1617 |
| Momaday, Navarre Scott (Native American writer, essayist, poet) |
b.1934 |
| Mombert, Alfred (German poet; member of "Kosmiker" group) |
1872-1942 |
| Momigliano, Arnaldo Dante (Italian historian, biographer) |
1908-1987 |
| Mommsen, Christian Matthias Theodor (German scholar, historian) |
1817-1903 |
| Momofuku Ando (Go Bek Hok; Taiwan-born Japanese businessman) |
1910-2007 |
| Mompou, Federico (Spanish composer) |
1893-1987 |
| Monagas, Jose Gregorio (Venezuelan politician; bro. of J.T.) |
1795-1858 |
| Monagas, Jose Tadeo (Venezuelan general, politician) |
1784-1868 |
| Monash, Sir John (Australian engineer, soldier) |
1865-1931 |
| Moncey, Bon-Adrien-Jeannot de (French soldier) |
1754-1842 |
| Monck (or Monk), George (1st Duke of Albemarle; Eng. soldier) |
1608-1670 |
| Moncrieff, Sir Alexander (British army engineer) |
1829-1906 |
| Mond, Sir Alfred Moritz (Brit. industrialist, financier, pol.) |
1868-1930 |
| Mond, Ludwig (German-born British chemist, industrialist) |
1839-1909 |
| Mondale, Walter Frederick (American politician) |
b.1926 |
| Mondino dei Liucci (aka Raimondino dei Liuzzi; It. anatomist) |
c.1270-c.1326 |
| Mondrian, Piet (born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan; Dutch artist) |
1872-1944 |
| Monet, Claude Oscar (French painter) |
1840-1926 |
| Moneta, Ernesto Teodoro (Italian journalist, pacifist) |
1833-1918 |
| Money, John William (New Zealand-born American psychologist) |
1921-2006 |
| Monge, Gaspard (French mathematician, physicist) |
1746-1818 |
| Monier, Joseph (French gardener, inventor) |
1823-1906 |
| Monier-Williams, Sir Monier (India-born Eng. Sanskrit scholar) |
1819-1899 |
| Monino y Redondo, Jose (Spanish politician; prime min. 1776-92) |
1728-1808 |
| Moniuszko, Stanislaw (Polish composer) |
1819-1872 |
| Monk, Maria (Canadian impostor) |
1816-1849 |
| Monk, Meredith Jane (Peru-born Am. composer, singer, filmmaker) |
b.1942 |
| Monk, Thelonious Sphere (American pianist, composer) |
1920-1981 |
| Monkhouse, Allan Noble (English dramatist, writer) |
1858-1936 |
| Monnet, Jean-Omer-Marie-Gabriel (French economist, diplomat) |
1888-1979 |
| Monnier, Henri-Bonaventure (French caricaturist, playwright) |
1805-1877 |
| Monnig, Oscar E. (American amateur astronomer; asteroid) |
1902-1999 |
| Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French painter) |
1634-1699 |
| Monod, Adolphe-Louis-Frederic-Theodore (French clergyman) |
1802-1856 |
| Monod, Frederic-Joel-Jean-Gerard (French clergyman) |
1794-1863 |
| Monod, Gabriel-Jean-Jacques (French historian) |
1844-1912 |
| Monod, Jacques-Louis (French composer, pianist, conductor) |
b.1927 |
| Monod, Jacques-Lucien (French biochemist, musician, writer) |
1910-1976 |
| Monrad, Ditlev Gothard (Danish clergyman, politician) |
1811-1887 |
| Monrad, Marcus Jakob (Norwegian philosopher) |
1816-1897 |
| Monro, Alexander "Monro primus" (Scottish anatomist) |
1697-1767 |
| Monro, Alexander "Monro secundus" (Scottish anatomist) |
1733-1817 |
| Monro, Alexander "Monro tertius" (Scottish anatomist) |
1773-1859 |
| Monro, Harold Edward (English poet, editor) |
1879-1932 |
| Monroe, Harriet (American poet, editor; fd. Poetry, 1912) |
1860-1936 |
| Monroe, James (5th U.S. President, 1817-1825) |
1758-1831 |
| Monroe, Marilyn (born Norma Jean Mortenson; American actor) |
1926-1962 |
| Monroe, William Smith "Bill" (American musician) |
1911-1996 |
| Monsarrat, Nicholas John Turney (English writer) |
1910-1979 |
| Monsigny, Pierre-Alexandre (French composer) |
1729-1817 |
| Monson, Jeffrey (Am. mixed martial arts fighter, anarchist) |
b.1971 |
| Monson, Sir William (English naval commander) |
1569-1643 |
| Monstrelet, Enguerrand de (French chronicler) |
c.1390-1453 |
| Montagna, Bartolommeo (Italian painter) |
c.1450-1523 |
| Montagnana, Domenico (Italian instrument maker) |
c.1687-1750 |
| Montagu, Charles (Eng. wit, politician, patron of literature) |
1661-1715 |
| Montagu, Edwin Samuel (English politician; son of Samuel) |
1879-1924 |
| Montagu, Elizabeth née Robinson (English writer, wit, beauty) |
1720-1800 |
| Montagu, John (Earl of Sandwich; English dipl.; inv. sandwich) |
1718-1792 |
| Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (English poet, letter writer) |
1689-1762 |
| Montagu, Montague Francis Ashley (English anthropologist) |
1905-1999 |
| Montagu (or Mountague), Richard (Eng. prelate,controversialist) |
1577-164 |
| Montagu, Samuel (English financier, philanthropist) |
1832-1911 |
| Montague, Charles Edward (British journalist, man of letters) |
1867-1928 |
| Montague, John (American-born Irish poet) |
b.1929 |
| Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de (French essayist) |
1533-1592 |
| Montale, Eugenio (Italian poet, critic, writer, editor) |
1896-1981 |
| Montalembert, Charles-Forbes-Rene de (Fr. journalist, polit.) |
1810-1870 |
| Montalembert, Marc-Rene de (French military engineer) |
1714-1800 |
| Montalvo, Juan (Ecuadoran essayist) |
1832-1889 |
| Montanelli, Giuseppe (Italian politician) |
1813-1862 |
| Montanes, Juan Martinez (Spanish sculptor) |
1568-1649 |
| Montanus (Christian schismatic of Phrygia) |
2nd cent. |
| Montcalm-Gozon, Louis-Joseph de (French soldier) |
1712-1759 |
| Montchrestien, Antoine de (French playwright, economist) |
c.1575-1621 |
| Montdory (or Mondory; born Guillaume des Gilberts; Fr. actor) |
1594-1651 |
| Monte, Philippe de (Flemish composer) |
1521-1603 |
| Monteclair, Michel Pignolet de (or Pinolet de; French composer) |
1667-1737 |
| Montecuccoli (or Montecucculi), Raimundo (Italian soldier) |
1609-1680 |
| Montefeltro, Guidobaldo da (Italian nobleman) |
1472-1508 |
| Montefiore, Claude Joseph Goldsmid (British Jewish leader) |
1858-1938 |
| Montefiore, Sir Moses Haim (It.-b. Brit. Jewish philanthropist) |
1784-1885 |
| Monteiro Lobato, Jose Bento (Brazilian writer, publisher) |
1882-1948 |
| Montejo, Francisco (Spanish conquistador; son of Francisco) |
1508-1574 |
| Montejo, Francisco de (Spanish conquistador) |
c.1479-1553 |
| Montelius, Gustav Oscar Augustin (Swedish archaeologist) |
1843-1921 |
| Montemayor (or Montemor), Jorge de (Port.-born Span. romancer) |
1520?-1561? |
| Montemezzi, Italo (Italian composer) |
1875-1952 |
| Montenegro, Hugo Mario (American orchestra leader, composer) |
1925-1981 |
| Montepin, Xavier de (French writer, playwright) |
1823-1902 |
| Montes, Ismael (Bolivian politician) |
1861-1933 |
| Montessori, Maria (Italian physician, educator) |
1870-1952 |
| Montet, Pierre (French Egyptologist) |
1885-1966 |
| Monteux, Pierre (French-born American conductor) |
1875-1964 |
| Monteverdi (or Monteverde), Claudio (Italian composer, singer) |
1567-1643 |
| Montez, Lola (Irish-born American dancer, adventuress) |
1818-1861 |
| Montezuma I (or Moctezuma; Aztec emperor 1440-1469) |
d.1469 |
| Montezuma II (aka Moctezuma; Aztec emperor 1502-1520) |
1466-1520 |
| Montfaucon, Bernard de (French Benedictine monk, scholar) |
1655-1741 |
| Montfort, Louis-Marie Grignion de (French cleric) |
1673-1716 |
| Montfort, Simon de (French soldier) |
1165?-1218 |
| Montfort, Simon de (Earl of Leicester; English soldier) |
c.1208-1265 |
| Montgelas, Maximilian Joseph von (Savoyard statesman) |
1759-1838 |
| Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne (French inventor, balloonist) |
1745-1799 |
| Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel (French inventor, balloonist) |
1740-1810 |
| Montgomerie, Alexander (Scottish poet) |
c.1545-1611 |
| Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law (British soldier) |
1887-1976 |
| Montgomery, Gabriel de (French soldier) |
c.1530-1574 |
| Montgomery, James (Scottish-born British poet, editor) |
1771-1854 |
| Montgomery, John Leslie "Wes" (American guitarist) |
1925-1968 |
| Montgomery, Richard (Irish-born American Revolutionary officer) |
1736-1775 |
| Montgomery, Robert (English poet) |
1807-1855 |
| Montherlant, Henry-Marie-Joseph Millon de (French writer) |
1896-1972 |
| Montholon, Charles-Tristan de (French soldier) |
1783-1853 |
| Monti, Vincenzo (Italian poet) |
1754-1828 |
| Monticelli, Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas (French painter) |
1824-1886 |
| Montmorency, Anne (French soldier, constable 1537) |
1493-1567 |
| Montmorency, Filips van (Dutch nobleman) |
1524?-1568 |
| Montmorency-Bouteville, Francois-Henri de (French soldier) |
1628-1695 |
| Montmort, Pierre Raymond de (French mathematician) |
1678-1719 |
| Montsalvatge, Xavier (Spanish composer, music critic, teacher) |
1912-2002 |
| Montt, Jorge (Chilean naval officer; son of Manuel) |
1846-1922 |
| Montt, Manuel (Chilean politician) |
1809-1880 |
| Montt, Pedro (Chilean politician; son of Manuel) |
1849-1910 |
| Montucla, Jean-Etienne (French mathematician) |
1725-1799 |
| Montufar y Rivera Maestre, Lorenzo (Guatemalan polit., hist.) |
1823-1898 |
| Montyon, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Auget de (Fr. lawyer, economist) |
1733-1820 |
| Monvel (born Jacques-Marie Boutet; French actor, playwright) |
1745-1812 |
| Monzie, Anatole de (French politician, scholar) |
1876-1947 |
| Moodie, Susannah née Strickland (English-born Canadian writer) |
1803-1885 |
| Moody, Dwight Lyman (American evangelist) |
1837-1899 |
| Moody, John (American financial analyst) |
1868-1958 |
| Moody, William Henry (American Supreme Court justice 1906-1910) |
1853-1917 |
| Moody, William Vaughn (American poet, playwright) |
1869-1910 |
| Moog, Robert Arthur (American physicist; inv. Moog synthesizer) |
1934-2005 |
| Moon, Keith John (English musician, songwriter, actor) |
1946-1978 |
| Moon, Philip Burton (English physicist, educator) |
1907-1994 |
| Moon, Sun Myung (Korean-born Unification Church founder,leader) |
b.1920 |
| Moon, William (English inventor of embossed type for the blind) |
1818-1894 |
| Mooney, James (American ethnologist) |
1861-1921 |
| Mooney, Thomas Joseph (American labor leader) |
1882-1942 |
| Moore, Alfred (American Supreme Court justice 1799-1804) |
1755-1810 |
| Moore (aka More), Anthony (Brit. composer, musician, producer) |
b.1948 |
| Moore, Benjamin (American clergyman) |
1748-1816 |
| Moore, Brian (Irish-born Canadian writer, journalist) |
b.1921 |
| Moore, Clement Clarke (Am. scholar; Visit from St. Nicholas) |
1779-1863 |
| Moore, Daniel McFarlan (American electrical engineer, inventor) |
1869-1936 |
| Moore, Douglas Stuart (American composer) |
1893-1969 |
| Moore, George Augustus (Irish writer, man of letters) |
1852-1933 |
| Moore, George Edward (English philosopher) |
1873-1958 |
| Moore, George Foot (American Orientalist) |
1851-1931 |
| Moore, Gordon E. (American engineer; co-founded Intel, 1968) |
b.1929 |
| Moore, Henry (British sculptor) |
1898-1986 |
| Moore, Henry Ludwell (American economist) |
1869-1958 |
| Moore, Henry Spencer (British sculptor) |
1898-1986 |
| Moore, James (American soldier) |
1737-1777 |
| Moore, James Hobart (American promoter, stock market operator) |
1852-1916 |
| Moore, Sir John (Scottish-born British general) |
1761-1809 |
| Moore, John Bassett (American jurist, publicist) |
1860-1947 |
| Moore, Julia A. (American poet) |
1847-1920 |
| Moore, Marianne Craig (American poet, editor) |
1887-1972 |
| Moore, Michael Francis (American filmmaker, writer, actor) |
b.1954 |
| Moore, Nicholas (English poet, horticulturist) |
1918-1986 |
| Moore, Robert Steven "R. Stevie" (American singer, songwriter) |
b.1952 |
| Moore, Stanford (American biochemist) |
1913-1982 |
| Moore, Thomas (pseud. Thomas Little, Thomas Brown; Irish poet) |
1779-1852 |
| Moore, Thomas Sturge (English poet, art historian) |
1870-1944 |
| Moore, Thurston Joseph (American musician, singer, songwriter) |
b.1958 |
| Moore, William Henry (American promoter, stock market operator) |
1848-1923 |
| Moorehead, Alan McCrae (Australian journalist, hist. writer) |
1910-1983 |
| Moorman, Madeline Charlotte (Am. cellist, performance artist) |
1933-1991 |
| Moraes, Dominic Frank "Dom" (Indian poet, journalist) |
b.1938 |
| Moraes Cabral, Francisco de (Portuguese romancer) |
c.1500-1572 |
| Morago, Esteban Lopez (Spanish composer) |
c.1575-c.1630 |
| Morais Barros, Prudente Jose de (Brazilian politician) |
1841-1902 |
| Morales, Cristobal de (Spanish composer) |
1500?-1553 |
| Morales, Luis de "El Divino" (Spanish painter) |
c.1509-1586 |
| Moran, Daniel Keys (American writer, screenwriter) |
b.1962 |
| Moran, Nancy A. (American evolutionary biologist, ecologist) |
b.1954? |
| Moran, Robert (American composer) |
b.1937 |
| Morand, Paul (French diplomat, writer) |
1888-1976 |
| Morandi, Giorgio (Italian painter) |
1890-1964 |
| Morante, Elsa (Italian writer, poet) |
1918-1985 |
| Moratin, Nicolas Fernandez de (Spanish playwright, poet) |
1737-1780 |
| Moratin, Leandro Fernandez de (Spanish playwright, poet) |
1760-1828 |
| Moravia, Alberto (pseud. of Alberto Pincherle; Italian writer) |
1907-1990 |
| Morazan, Francisco (Honduran-born Central American politician) |
1792-1842 |
| Morcar (or Morkere; Earl of the Northumbrians) |
fl. 1066 |
| Mordaunt, Charles (Eng. military & naval commander, diplomat) |
1658-1735 |
| More, Sir Anthony "Antonio Moro" (Dutch painter) |
1512/25-1575 |
| More, Hannah (English religious writer) |
1745-1833 |
| More, Henry (English philosopher, poet) |
1614-1687 |
| More, Paul Elmer (American critic, essayist) |
1864-1937 |
| More, Saint Sir Thomas (English statesman, writer) |
1478-1535 |
| Moreau, Gustave (French painter) |
1826-1898 |
| Moreau, Jean-Michel "le Jeune" (French engraver, illustrator) |
1741-1814 |
| Moreau, Jeanne (French actor, screenwriter, director, singer) |
b.1928 |
| Moreau, Jean-Victor-Marie (French soldier) |
1763-1813 |
| Moreau, Louis-Gabriel "l'Aine" (French painter; bro. of J.M.) |
1740-1806 |
| Moreell, Ben (American naval officer) |
1892-1978 |
| Moreelse, Paulus (Dutch painter) |
1571-1638 |
| Morehouse, Daniel Walter (American astronomer) |
1876-1941 |
| Morejon, Nancy (Cuban poet, essayist) |
b.1944 |
| Morel, Charles (French printer; son of Claude) |
c.1612-1640? |
| Morel, Claude (French printer; son of Federic II) |
1574-1626 |
| Morel, Federic (French printer) |
1523-1583 |
| Morel, Federic II (French printer, scholar; son of Federic) |
1558-1630 |
| Morel, Federic III (French printer; son of Federic II) |
c.1573-1624 |
| Morel, Gilles (French printer; son of Claude) |
c.1616-1675 |
| Morellet, Andre (French economist, man of letters) |
1727-1819 |
| Morelli, Domenico (Italian painter) |
1826-1901 |
| Morelli, Giovanni (pseud. Ivan Lermoliev; Italian art critic) |
1816-1891 |
| Morelly (French philosopher) |
18th cent. |
| Morelos y Pavon, Jose Maria (Mexican priest, revolutionist) |
1765-1815 |
| Moreno, Mariano (Argentinian political leader) |
1778-1811 |
| Moreri, Louis (French Roman Catholic priest, scholar) |
1643-1680 |
| Moreschi, Alessandro (Italian soprano castrato) |
1858-1922 |
| Moreto y Cabana, Agustin (Spanish playwright) |
1618-1669 |
| Moretti, Giovanni Nanni (It. film director, producer, actor) |
b.1953 |
| Moretti, Marino (Italian poet, writer) |
1885-1979 |
| Morgagni, Giovanni Battista (Italian physician) |
1682-1771 |
| Morgan, Anne Tracy (Am. philanthropist; dau. of John Pierpont) |
1873-1952 |
| Morgan, Charles Langbridge (English writer, dramatic critic) |
1894-1958 |
| Morgan, Conwy Lloyd (English zoologist, psychologist) |
1852-1936 |
| Morgan, Daniel (American Revolutionary soldier) |
1736-1802 |
| Morgan, Gertrude (American evangelist, artist, musician, poet) |
1900-1980 |
| Morgan, Sir Henry (Welsh-born English buccaneer) |
1635-1688 |
| Morgan, John (American physician) |
1735-1789 |
| Morgan, John Hunt (American Confederate cavalry officer) |
1825-1864 |
| Morgan, John Pierpont (American banker, financier; son of J.S.) |
1837-1913 |
| Morgan, John Pierpont Jr. (American financier; son of J.P.) |
1867-1943 |
| Morgan, Junius Spencer (American banker, financier) |
1813-1890 |
| Morgan, Lewis Henry (American ethnologist) |
1818-1881 |
| Morgan, Lady Sydney née Owenson (Irish woman of letters) |
1776-1859 |
| Morgan, Thomas Hunt (American geneticist, embryologist) |
1866-1945 |
| Morgan, William (Welsh prelate) |
c.1545-1604 |
| Morgan, William (American Freemason) |
1774?-1826? |
| Morgenstern, Christian (German poet, humorist) |
1871-1914 |
| Morgenstern, Dan (German jazz critic, librarian) |
b.1929 |
| Morgenstern, Lina née Bauer (German writer, reformer) |
1830-1909 |
| Morgenstern, Oskar (German-born American economist) |
1902-1977 |
| Morgenthau, Henry (German-born American diplomat) |
1856-1946 |
| Morgenthau, Henry Jr. (American politician) |
1891-1967 |
| Morgner, Irmtraud (German writer) |
1933-1990 |
| Morhof, Daniel George (German literary historian) |
1639-1691 |
| Mori, Ikue (Japanese musician, composer, graphic designer) |
b.1953 |
| Mori, Ogai (born Mori Rintaro; Japanese physician, literateur) |
1862-1922 |
| Mori Arinori (Japanese government official) |
1847-1899 |
| Morimoto, Koji (Japanese anime animator, film director) |
b.1959 |
| Mori Rintaro (pseudonym Mori Ogai; Japanese writer) |
1862-1922 |
| Mori Shigefumi (Japanese mathematician) |
b.1951 |
| Morice, Charles (French writer) |
1861-1919 |
| Moricz, Zsigmond (Hungarian writer, journalist) |
1879-1942 |
| Morier, James Justinian (British diplomat, writer) |
c.1780-1849 |
| Morike, Eduard Friedrich (German poet, writer) |
1804-1875 |
| Morin, Jean (aka Joannes Morinus; Fr. theologian, Orientalist) |
1591-1659 |
| Morin, Paul d'Equilly (Canadian poet) |
1889-1963 |
| Morise, Max (French artist, writer, actor) |
1900-1973 |
| Morison, James (Scottish clergyman) |
1816-1893 |
| Morison, Robert (Scottish botanist) |
1620-1683 |
| Morison, Samuel Eliot (American historian, biographer) |
1887-1976 |
| Morison, Stanley (English typographer) |
1889-1967 |
| Morisot, Berthe (French painter) |
1841-1895 |
| Moritsugu, Jon (American filmmaker, musician) |
b.1965 |
| Moritz "der Gelehrte" (Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 1592-1627) |
1572-1632 |
| Moritz, Karl Philipp (German writer, teacher) |
1757-1793 |
| Morlacchi, Francesco Giuseppe Baldassare (Italian composer) |
1784-1841 |
| Morland, George (English painter, engraver) |
1763-1804 |
| Morley, Christopher Darlington (American writer) |
1890-1957 |
| Morley, Edward Williams (American chemist, physicist) |
1838-1923 |
| Morley, Henry (English man of letters) |
1822-1894 |
| Morley, Hilda née Auerbach (American poet, teacher) |
1916-1998 |
| Morley, John (Viscount Morley; English politician, writer) |
1838-1923 |
| Morley, Thomas (English composer, theorist, editor, organist) |
1557/8-1602 |
| Mornay, Philippe de (French Huguenot leader) |
1549-1623 |
| Morner af Morlanda, Carl Otto (Swedish soldier, diplomat) |
1781-1868 |
| Morny, Charles-Auguste-Louis-Joseph de (Fr. noble, politician) |
1811-1865 |
| Moro, Aldo (Italian politician) |
1916-1978 |
| Moro, Cesar (pseudonym of Alfredo Quispez Asin; Peruvian poet) |
1903-1956 |
| Morone, Giovanni (Italian prelate, diplomat) |
1509-1580 |
| Moroni (or Morone), Giovanni Battista (Italian painter) |
c.1525-1578 |
| Morphy, Paul Charles (American chess player) |
1837-1884 |
| Morrell, Lady Ottoline Violet Anne (English hostess) |
1873-1938 |
| Morricone, Ennio (Italian composer, arranger, conductor) |
b.1928 |
| Morrill, Justin Smith (American politician) |
1810-1898 |
| Morris, Alexander (Canadian politician) |
1826-1889 |
| Morris, Clara (born Clara Morrison; Canadian-born Am. actor) |
1846/8-1925 |
| Morris, Edward Patrick (Canadian jurist, politician) |
1858-1935 |
| Morris, Errol (American filmmaker) |
b.1948 |
| Morris, Garrett Gonzalez (American comedian, actor) |
b.1937 |
| Morris, George Pope (American journalist, poet) |
1802-1864 |
| Morris, Gouverneur (American politician, diplomat) |
1752-1816 |
| Morris, Henry Madison Jr. (Am. engineer, creation scientist) |
1918-2006 |
| Morris, Jan (born James Humphrey Morris; British journalist) |
b.1926 |
| Morris, Joe (America musician) |
b.1955 |
| Morris, Lawrence "Butch" (American composer, musician) |
1947-2013 |
| Morris, Lewis Morris (Am. col. leader; half-bro. of Gouverneur) |
1726-1798 |
| Morris, Lewis Richard (American businessman, politician) |
1760-1825 |
| Morris, Libby (Canadian sctor, clown) |
b.1930 |
| Morris, Mark (American dancer, choreographer, director) |
b.1956 |
| Morris, Michael "Lord Morris and Killanin" (Irish jurist) |
1826-1901 |
| Morris, Robert (English-born American financier, politician) |
1734-1806 |
| Morris, Thomas "Old Tom" (Scottish golfer) |
1821-1908 |
| Morris, Thomas "Young Tom" (Scottish golfer; son of Thomas) |
c.1851-1875 |
| Morris, William (English poet, designer; fd. Kelmscott Press) |
1834-1896 |
| Morris, William (German-born American theatrical agent) |
1873-1932 |
| Morris, Wright Marion (American writer, essayist, photographer) |
1910-1998 |
| Morris, William Richard (British automobile manufacturer) |
1877-1963 |
| Morris-Jones, Sir John née Jones (Welsh poet, scholar) |
1864-1929 |
| Morrison, Arthur (English journalist, writer, playwright) |
1863-1945 |
| Morrison, Ernest Fredric (Am. actor: Our Gang "Sunshine Sammy") |
1912-1989 |
| Morrison, Herbert Stanley (Baron of Lambeth; Eng. politician) |
1888-1965 |
| Morrison, James Douglas (American musician, poet) |
1943-1971 |
| Morrison, Philip (American physicist, activist, educator) |
1915-2005 |
| Morrison, Richard James (pseudonym Zadkiel; English astrologer) |
1795-1874 |
| Morrison, Robert (Scottish Presbyterian missionary) |
1782-1834 |
| Morrison, Toni (born Chloe Anthony Wofford; American writer) |
b.1931 |
| Morrison, Walter Fredrick (Am. carpenter; invented Frisbee) |
1920-2010 |
| Morrison, William Shepherd (Scottish-born British politician) |
1893-1961 |
| Morrow, Dwight Whitney (American lawyer, banker, diplomat) |
1873-1931 |
| Morse, Charles Wyman (American promoter) |
1856-1933 |
| Morse, Edward Sylvester (American zoologist) |
1838-1925 |
| Morse, Harold Calvin Marston (American mathematician, teacher) |
1892-1977 |
| Morse, Jedidiah (American clergyman, geographer) |
1761-1826 |
| Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (American artist, inventor) |
1791-1872 |
| Morsztyn, Jan Andrzej (Polish poet, diplomat) |
c.1613-1693 |
| Mortara, Edgar (Italian religious) |
1851-1940 |
| Mortier, Edouard-Adolphe-Casimir-Joseph (French soldier) |
1768-1835 |
| Mortillet, Louis-Laurent-Marie-Gabriel de (Fr. archaeologist) |
1821-1898 |
| Mortimer, John Clifford (English barrister, writer) |
b.1923 |
| Mortimer, Penelope Ruth née Fletcher (Eng. journalist writer) |
1918-1999 |
| Morton, Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe "Jelly Roll" (Am. musician) |
1885-1941 |
| Morton, John (English prelate, statesman) |
c.1420-1500 |
| Morton, John (American patriot) |
1724?-1777 |
| Morton, John Cameron Andrieu Bingham (British journalist) |
1893-1979 |
| Morton, John Maddison (English playwright; son of Thomas) |
1811-1891 |
| Morton, Joy (American salt merchant; son of Julius) |
1855-1934 |
| Morton, Julius Sterling (American agriculturist) |
1832-1902 |
| Morton, Levi Parsons (Am. banker, polit.; vice-pres. 1889-93) |
1824-1920 |
| Morton, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck (American politician) |
1823-1877 |
| Morton, Paul (Am. gov. official, businessman; son of Julius) |
1857-1911 |
| Morton, Sarah Wentworth née Apthorp (pseud. Philenia; Am. poet) |
1759-1846 |
| Morton, Thomas (English-born American colonist) |
1590?-1647? |
| Morton, Thomas (English playwright) |
1764-1838 |
| Morton, Thomas (Scottish shipbuilder) |
1781-1832 |
| Morton, William Thomas Green (American dentist; etherist) |
1819-1868 |
| Morus (or Morys), Huw (pseudonym Eos Ceiriog; Welsh poet) |
1622-1709 |
| Mosaddeq (aka Mossadegh), Mohammad (Iranian politician) |
1880-1967 |
| Mosander, Carl Gustaf (Swedish chemist) |
1797-1858 |
| Mosby, John Singleton (American soldier) |
1833-1916 |
| Mosca, Gaetano (Italian political scientist) |
1858-1941 |
| Moscheles, Ignaz (Czech-born German pianist, composer, teacher) |
1794-1870 |
| Moschen, Michael (American performance artist, juggler) |
b.1955 |
| Moscherosch, Johann Michael (German satirist) |
1601-1669 |
| Moschopoulos, Manuel (Byzantine grammarian) |
13th-14th cent. |
| Moschus (or Moschos) of Syracuse (Greek pastoral poet) |
fl. c.150 BC |
| Moschus, John (Byzantine religious) |
c.550-619 |
| Moscicki, Ignacy (Polish chemist, politician; pres. 1926-39) |
1867-1946 |
| Moscoso, Victor (American illustrator, comic book artist) |
b.1936 |
| Moseley, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys (English physicist) |
1887-1915 |
| Mosen, Julius (German poet, writer, playwright) |
1803-1867 |
| Moser, Gustav von (German writer) |
1825-1903 |
| Moser, Johann Jakob (German jurist, publicist) |
1701-1785 |
| Moser, Jurgen Kurt (German-born American mathematician) |
1928-1999 |
| Moser, Justus (German historian, jurist, publicist) |
1720-1794 |
| Moses (aka Moshe; Hebrew prophet, lawgiver) |
14-13th cent. BC |
| Moses of Khoren (aka Movses Khorenatzi; Armenian writer) |
5th? cent. |
| Moses of Narbonne (French-Jewish physician, philosopher) |
d.1362 |
| Moses, Anna Mary née Robertson "Grandma Moses" (Am. painter) |
1860-1961 |
| Moses, Robert (American public official) |
1888-1981 |
| Moses, Robert Parris "Bob" (American educator, philosopher) |
b.1935 |
| Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides; Spanish-born Jewish philosopher) |
1135-1204 |
| Moses ben Nahman "Nahmanides" (Spanish Talmudist) |
c.1195-1270 |
| Moses de Leon (Moses ben Shem Tov de Leon; Spanish Kabbalist) |
1250-1305 |
| Mosessohn, David Nehemiah (Russian-born Am. lawyer, editor) |
1883-1930 |
| Mosessohn, Moses Dayyan (Russian-born Am. lawyer; bro. of D.N.) |
1884-1940 |
| Mosessohn, Nehemiah (Russian-born American clergyman) |
1853-1926 |
| Mosheim, Johann Lorenz von (German theologian) |
1694-1755 |
| Moskowitz, Stanley Martin (American CIA officer, diplomat) |
1938?-2006 |
| Mosley, Nicolas (Lord Ravensdale; English writer) |
b.1923 |
| Mosley, Sir Oswald Ernald (British politician) |
1896-1980 |
| Mosley, Walter (American writer, computer programmer) |
b.1952 |
| Mosolov, Alexander Vasilievich (Russian composer, pianist) |
1900-1973 |
| Moss, Cynthia Jane (American biologist) |
b.1940 |
| Moss, David (American musician, singer) |
b.1949 |
| Moss, Howard (Am. poet, editor; The New Yorker poetry editor) |
1922-1987 |
| Moss, Thylias Rebecca née Brasier (American poet, writer) |
b.1954 |
| Mossbauer, Rudolf Ludwig (aka Moessbauer; German physicist) |
b.1929 |
| Mosquera, Tomas Cipriano de (Colombian soldier, politician) |
1798-1878 |
| Most, Johann Joseph (German-born Am. anarchist, orator, writer) |
1846-1906 |
| Mostaert, Jan (Dutch painter) |
c.1475-1555/6 |
| Moszkowski, Moritz (German pianist, composer, teacher) |
1854-1925 |
| Moten, Benjamin "Bennie" (American musician) |
1894-1935 |
| Mother Teresa (aka Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Albanian religious) |
1910-1997 |
| Motherwell, Robert Burns (American painter, printmaker) |
1915-1991 |
| Motian, Stephen Paul (American musician, bandleader, composer) |
1931-2011 |
| Motley, Archibald John (American painter) |
1891-1981 |
| Motley, John Lothrop (American historian, diplomat) |
1814-1877 |
| Motley, Willard (American writer) |
1912-1965 |
| Motoda Eifu (Japanese educator) |
1818-1891 |
| Moton, Robert Russa (American educator) |
1867-1940 |
| Moto-ori Norinaga (Japanese scholar, poet) |
1730-1901 |
| Mott, Frank Luther (American journalist) |
1886-1964 |
| Mott, John Raleigh (American religious leader) |
1865-1955 |
| Mott, Lucretia née Coffin (American reformer) |
1793-1880 |
| Mott, Sir Nevill Francis (English physicist) |
1905-1996 |
| Mott, Stewart Rawlings (Am. political activist, philanthropist) |
1937-2008 |
| Motta, Giuseppe (Swiss politician) |
1871-1940 |
| Mottahedeh, Roy Parviz (American historian) |
b.1940 |
| Mottelson, Benjamin Roy (American-born Danish physicist) |
b.1926 |
| Motteux, Peter Anthony (French-born Brit. playwright, trans.) |
1660-1718 |
| Motteville, Francoise Bertaut de (French courtier) |
c.1621-1689 |
| Mottl, Felix Josef (Austrian composer, conductor) |
1856-1911 |
| Mottram, Ralph Hale (English writer) |
1883-1971 |
| Mo-tzu (orig Mo Ti; Micius; Chinese philosopher; fnd. Moism) |
470?-391? BC |
| Moucheron, Frederik de (Dutch painter) |
1633-1686 |
| Moucheron, Isaac (Dutch painter; son of Frederik) |
1667-1744 |
| Mouhot, Alexandre-Henri (French naturalist, explorer) |
1826-1861 |
| Moulay Abd al-Hafid (Sultan of Morocco 1908-1912) |
c.1875-1937 |
| Moulin, Jean (French patriot) |
1899-1943 |
| Moulinie, Etienne (French composer) |
1600-1669 |
| Moulins, Master of (French painter) |
fl.c.1480-c.1500 |
| Moullet, Luc (French film critic, filmmaker, actor) |
b.1937 |
| Moulton, Forest Ray (American astronomer, administrator) |
1872-1952 |
| Moulton, Harold Glenn (American economist; brother of Forest) |
1883-1965 |
| Moultrie, William (American Revolutionary general) |
1730-1805 |
| Mounier, Emmanuel (French philosopher, writer) |
1905-1950 |
| Mount, William Sidney (American painter) |
1807-1868 |
| Mountain, George Jehoshaphat (English-born Canadian prelate) |
1789-1863 |
| Mountain, Jacob (English-born Canadian prelate) |
1749-1825 |
| Mountbatten, Louis (British naval commander, statesman) |
1900-1979 |
| Mountbatten, Louis Alexander (Austrian-born British admiral) |
1854-1921 |
| Mouret, Jean-Joseph (French composer, music director, singer) |
1682-1738 |
| Mouron, Adolphe-Jean-Marie (pseudonym Cassandre; French artist) |
1901-1968 |
| Mouse, Stanley (aka Stanley Miller; American artist) |
b.1940 |
| Mouton, Jean (French composer) |
c.1459-1522 |
| Mowat, Farley McGill (Canadian writer) |
1921-2014 |
| Mowatt, Anna Cora née Ogden (French-born Am. writer, actor) |
1819-1870 |
| Mowbray, George Mordey (English-born American industrialist) |
1814-1891 |
| Mowbray, Henry Siddons (Egypt-born American artist) |
1858-1928 |
| Mowinckel, Johan Ludwig (Norwegian politician, ship owner) |
1870-1943 |
| Mowinckel, Sigmund Olaf Plytt (Norwegian scholar) |
1884-1965 |
| Mowrer, Orval Hobart (American psychologist, psychotherapist) |
1907-1982 |
| Moye, Famoudou Don (American musician) |
b.1946 |
| Moynihan, Berkeley George Andrew (Malta-born English surgeon) |
1865-1936 |
| Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (American politician) |
1927-2003 |
| Mozaffar 'Ali (Persian artist) |
16th cent. |
| Mozaffar od-Din Shah (Shah of Iran 1896-1907) |
1852-1907 |
| Mozart, Johann Georg Leopold (Austrian violinist, composer) |
1719-1787 |
| Mozart, Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia "Nannerl" (Austr. pianist) |
1751-1829 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (Austrian composer; son of Leopold) |
1756-1791 |
| Mpadi, Simon-Pierre (Congolese religious leader) |
b.c.1900 |
| Mpezeni (South African ruler; son of Zwangendaba) |
c.1830-1900 |
| Mphahlele, Es'kia (born Ezekiel; South African writer, critic) |
1919-1983 |
| Mqhayi, Samuel Edward Krune (South African poet, historian) |
1875-1945 |
| Mrkos, Antonin (Czech astronomer; asteroid) |
1918-1996 |
| Mrozek, Slawomir (Polish dramatist, writer) |
b.1930 |
| Mrozowski, Stanislaw Wojciech (Polish-born American physicist) |
1902-1999 |
| Mshweshwe (aka Moshoeshoe or Moshesh; Sotho chief) |
c.1786-1870 |
| Msiri (aka Ngelengwa or Mwenda; Central African ruler) |
d.1891 |
| Mswati (aka Mswazi; South African ruler; son of Sobhuza I) |
c.1820-1868 |
| M'Taggart, John M'Taggart Ellis (English philosopher) |
1866-1925 |
| Mtshali, Oswald Mbuyiseni (South African poet, teacher) |
b.1940 |
| Mu'awiyah I (First Umayyad caliph 661-680) |
c.602-680 |
| Mu'awiyah II (Umayyad caliph 683-684; son of Yazid I) |
d.684 |
| Mubarak, 'Ali Pasha (Egyptian administrator) |
c.1823-1893 |
| Mubarak, Muhammed Hosni (Egyptian president 1981-) |
b.1928 |
| Mubarrad, al- (Arab grammarian, scholar) |
826-898 |
| Mucha, Alphonse (born Alfons Maria; Czech painter, illustrator) |
1860-1939 |
| Mu-ch'i Fa-ch'ang (Chinese painter) |
13th cent. |
| Muck, Carl (German conductor) |
1859-1940 |
| Mudrooroo (aka Colin Johnson; Australian Aboriginal writer) |
b.1938 |
| Mueggler, Erik (American anthropologist, ethnographer) |
b.1962 |
| Mueller, Erwin Wilhelm (German-born American physicist) |
1911-1977 |
| Mueller, John E. (American political scientist, writer) |
b.1937 |
| Mueller, Otto (German painter) |
1874-1930 |
| Muench, Aloisius Joseph (American prelate) |
1889-1962 |
| Muesarete "Phryne" (Athenian courtesan) |
4th cent. BC |
| Muffat, Georg (German organist, composer) |
1653-1704 |
| Muffat, Gottlieb Theophil (German composer; son of Georg) |
1690-1770 |
| Mugabe, Robert Gabriel (South African-born Zimbabwan polit.) |
b.1924 |
| Mugge, Theodor (German writer) |
1806-1861 |
| Muggeridge, Malcolm Thomas (British writer, social critic) |
1903-1990 |
| Muggleton, Lodowicke (English Puritan) |
1609-1698 |
| Muhammad (Arab prophet; Founder of Islam) |
c.570-632 |
| Muhammad, Elijah (born Elijah Poole; American religious leader) |
1897-1975 |
| Muhammad Ahmad (Sudanese religious & nationalist leader) |
1844-1885 |
| Muhammad 'Ali Pasha (Egyptian ruler) |
1769-1849 |
| Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Hujjah (Islamic religious) |
d.878? |
| Muhammad ibn al-Hanifiyah (Islamic leader) |
637-710 |
| Muhammad ibn Falah (Muslim theologian) |
c.1400-1461 |
| Muhammad ibn Tughluq (Indian ruler) |
c.1290-1351 |
| Muhammad Shah (Mughal emperor of India 1719-1748) |
1702-1748 |
| Muhammad Shaybani (aka Shaybani Khan Uzbek; Uzbek ruler) |
1451-1510 |
| Muhando, Penina (married name Mlama; Tanzanian playwright) |
b.1948 |
| Muhasibi, al- (Muslim Sufi mystic, theologian) |
c.781-857 |
| Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus (American clergyman, educator) |
1818-1901 |
| Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad (Am. clergy.; son of H.) |
1750-1801 |
| Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Henry Ernest (Am. clergyman; son of Henry) |
1753-1815 |
| Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus Philip (Am. clergyman, politician) |
1782-1844 |
| Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior (German-born Am. Lutheran clergyman) |
1711-1787 |
| Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel (Am. clergyman; son of Henry) |
1746-1807 |
| Muhlenberg, William Augustus (American clergyman) |
1796-1877 |
| Muir, Edwin (Scottish poet, critic, translator) |
1887-1959 |
| Muir, John (Scottish-born American naturalist) |
1838-1914 |
| Muir, William (British colonialist, scholar) |
1819-1905 |
| Mu'izz, al- (Islamic caliph of the Fatimid dynasty 953-975) |
d.975 |
| Mu'izz ad-Dawlah (born Ahmad ebn Buyeh; Persian ruler) |
10th cent. |
| Mu'izz-ud-Din Muhammad ibn Sam of Ghur (Indian ruler) |
d.1206 |
| Mujica Lainez, Manuel (Argentinean writer, journalist) |
1910-1984 |
| Mukai Kyorai (b. Mukai Kanetoki; aka Rakushisha; Japanese poet) |
1651-1704 |
| Mukammas, David al- (Syrian Jewish philosopher) |
fl. 900 |
| Mukherjee, Bharati (Indian-born American writer, teacher) |
b.1940 |
| Muktafi, al- (Islamic caliph of the 'Abbasid dynasty 902-908) |
d.908 |
| Mulcahy, Richard James (Irish politician) |
1886-1971 |
| Mulcaster, Richard (English schoolmaster) |
1530?-1611 |
| Muldoon, Paul (Irish poet) |
b.1951 |
| Mulford, Clarence Edward (American writer) |
1883-1956 |
| Mulisch, Harry Kurt Victor (Dutch writer, dramatist, poet) |
b.1927 |
| Mulla Sadra (aka Sadr ad-Din ash-Shirazi; Iranian philosopher) |
c.1571-1640 |
| Mullenhoff, Karl (German philologist) |
1818-1884 |
| Muller, Adam Heinrich (Ritter von Nitersdorf; German economist) |
1779-1829 |
| Muller, Bernhard "Count de Leon" (German Christian mystic) |
c.1799-1834 |
| Muller, Eduard (Swiss politician) |
1848-1919 |
| Muller, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von (German naturalist) |
1825-1896 |
| Muller, Friedrich "Maler Muller" (Ger. poet, painter, engraver) |
1749-1825 |
| Muller, Friedrich Max (German-born British Orientalist) |
1823-1900 |
| Muller, Fritz Johann Friedrich Theodor (German zoologist) |
1821-1897 |
| Muller, Georg Elias (German psychologist) |
1850-1934 |
| Muller, Heiner (German dramatist) |
b.1929 |
| Muller, Hermann (German politician) |
1876-1931 |
| Muller, Hermann Joseph "H.J." (American geneticist, educator) |
1890-1967 |
| Muller, Johann "Regiomontanus" (Ger. mathematician, astronomer) |
1436-1476 |
| Muller, Johannes Peter (German physiologist, anatomist) |
1801-1858 |
| Muller, Johannes von (Swiss historian) |
1752-1809 |
| Muller, Karl Alexander (Swiss physicist) |
b.1927 |
| Muller, Karl Otfried (German philologist, archaeologist) |
1797-1840 |
| Muller, Paul Hermann "Pauly" (Swiss chemist; studied DDT) |
1899-1965 |
| Muller, Richard A. (American geologist, astrophysicist) |
b.1944 |
| Muller, Sophus Otto (Danish paleontologist) |
1846-1934 |
| Muller, Wenzel (German composer) |
1767-1835 |
| Muller, Wilhelm (German poet; father of Max Muller) |
1794-1827 |
| Muller, William John (English painter) |
1812-1845 |
| Muller, Wolfgang "Muller von Konigswinter" (German writer) |
1816-1873 |
| Muller-Guttenbrunn, Adam (pseudonym Ignotus; Austrian writer) |
1852-1923 |
| Muller-Lyer, Franz (German sociologist, psychiatrist) |
1857-1916 |
| Mulligan, Gerald Joseph "Gerry" (American musician, composer) |
1927-1996 |
| Mulliken, Robert Sanderson (American chemist, physicist) |
1896-1986 |
| Mullis, Kary Banks (American biochemist; invented PCR) |
b.1944 |
| Mullner, Adolf (German playwright) |
1774-1829 |
| Mullner, Amadeus Gottfried Adolf (German playwright, editor) |
1774-1829 |
| Mulready, William (Irish painter) |
1786-1863 |
| Mulroney, Martin Brian (Canadian polit.; prime min. 1984-93) |
b.1939 |
| Mumford, David Bryant (English-born American mathematician) |
b.1937 |
| Mumford, Lewis (American architect, sociologist) |
1895-1990 |
| Mumma, Gordon (American composer, teacher) |
b.1935 |
| Mummius, Lucius (surnamed Achaicus; Roman general, politician) |
2nd cent. BC |
| Mun, Adrien-Albert-Marie de (French politician) |
1841-1914 |
| Mun, Thomas (English writer on economics) |
1571-1641 |
| Munakata Shiko (Japanese artist) |
1903-1975 |
| Munch, Charles (French conductor) |
1891-1968 |
| Munch, Edvard (Norwegian painter, printmaker) |
1863-1944 |
| Munch, Peter Andreas (Norwegian historian, philologist) |
1810-1863 |
| Munch, Peter Rochegune (Danish historian, politician) |
1870-1948 |
| Munch-Bellinghausen, Eligius von (German playwright) |
1806-1871 |
| Munchhausen, Borries von (German poet) |
1874-1945 |
| Munchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von (German soldier) |
1720-1797 |
| Munday, Anthony (English poet, playwright, compiler) |
1560?-1633 |
| Mundelein, George William (American prelate) |
1872-1939 |
| Mundell, Robert Alexander (Canadian economist) |
b.1932 |
| Mundt, Theodor (German writer, critic, librarian) |
1808-1861 |
| Mundy, John (English composer, organist; son of William) |
1550/4-1630 |
| Mundy (aka Moondaye, Munday, etc.), William (English composer) |
c.1529-1591? |
| Muneccimbasi, Ahmed Dede (Turkish historian) |
1631-1702 |
| Mungiu, Cristian (Romanian filmmaker) |
b.1968 |
| Muni, Paul (born Muni Weisenfreund; Austrian-born Am. actor) |
1895-1967 |
| Munk, Kaj Harald Leininger (Danish playwright, patriot,priest) |
1898-1944 |
| Munnich, Burkhard Christoph von (German soldier, politician) |
1683-1767 |
| Munnings, Sir Alfred James (English painter) |
1878-1959 |
| Munonye, John (Nigerian educator, writer) |
b.1929 |
| Munoz Marin, Luis (Puerto Rican politician) |
1898-1980 |
| Munoz Rivera, Luis (Puerto Rican publisher, politician) |
1859-1916 |
| Munro, Alice Anne née Laidlaw (Canadian writer) |
b.1931 |
| Munro, George (Canadian-born American publisher) |
1825-1896 |
| Munro, Hector Hugh (pseud. Saki; Burman-born Scottish writer) |
1870-1916 |
| Munro, Neil (Scottish writer, journalist) |
1864-1930 |
| Munro (or Monro), Robert (Scottish soldier) |
d.1680? |
| Munsell, Albert Henry (American portrait painter) |
1858-1918 |
| Munsey, Frank Andrew (American publisher) |
1854-1925 |
| Munson, Walter David (American shipping magnate) |
1843-1908 |
| Munster, Sebastian (German scholar) |
1489-1552 |
| Munsterberg, Hugo (German-born American psychologist) |
1863-1916 |
| Muntaner, Ramon (Catalonian soldier, minstrel, chronicler) |
1265-1336 |
| Munthe, Axel Martin Fredrik (Swedish physician, writer) |
1857-1949 |
| Munthe, Gerhard Peter Frants Wilhelm (Norw. painter, illus.) |
1849-1929 |
| Munzer (or Muntzer), Thomas (German religious reformer) |
1468/89/90-1525 |
| Munzinger, Werner (Swiss explorer) |
1832-1875 |
| Muqtafi, al- (Islamic caliph of 'Abbasid dynasty 1136-1160) |
1096-1160 |
| Murad I (Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1360-1389; son of Orhan) |
1326?-1389 |
| Murad II (Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1421-1451; son of Mehmed I) |
1404-1451 |
| Murad III (Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1574-1595; son of Selim II) |
1546-1595 |
| Murad IV (Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1623-1640; son of Ahmed I) |
1612-1640 |
| Murad V (Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1876) |
1840-1904 |
| Murad, Ferid (American physician, pharmacologist) |
b.1936 |
| Murakami Haruki (Japanese writer, essayist) |
b.1949 |
| Murakami, Takashi (Japanese painter, commercial artist) |
b.1963 |
| Muralt, Beat-Louis de (Swiss writer) |
1665-1749 |
| Murasaki Shikibu (real name unkn.; Japanese courtier, writer) |
978?-1026? |
| Murat, Joachim (French cavalry commander; marshal of France) |
1767-1815 |
| Muratori, Lodovico Antonio (Italian antiquary, historian) |
1672-1750 |
| Muravyov, Mikhail Nikolayevich (Russian soldier) |
1796-1866 |
| Muravyov, Mikhail Nikolayevich (Russian diplomat) |
1845-1900 |
| Muravyov-Apostol, Sergey Ivanovich (Russian soldier) |
1796-1826 |
| Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey (Scottish-born British geologist) |
1792-1871 |
| Murdoch, Colin Albert (Kiwi pharmacist, veterinarian, inventor) |
1929-2008 |
| Murdoch, James Edward (American actor) |
1811-1893 |
| Murdoch, Dame Jean Iris (Irish-born British writer, lecturer) |
1919-1999 |
| Murdoch, Keith Rupert (Australian-born American publisher) |
b.1931 |
| Murdock, William (Scottish-born British engineer, inventor) |
1754-1839 |
| Mure, Sir William (Scottish poet) |
1594-1657 |
| Murena, Lucius Licinius (Roman general) |
1st cent. BC |
| Murena, Lucius Licinius (Roman consul; son of Lucius) |
1st cent. BC |
| Muret, Marc-Antoine (aka Muretus; French poet, Humanist) |
1526-1585 |
| Murfree, Mary Noailles (pseud. Charles E. Craddock; Am. writer) |
1850-1922 |
| Murger, Louis-Henri (French writer) |
1822-1861 |
| Murieta (or Murrietta), Joaquin (Mexican outlaw) |
d.1853? |
| Murillo, Bartolome Esteban (Spanish painter) |
1617-1682 |
| Murillo, Gerardo (aka Dr. Atl; Mexican painter, writer) |
1875-1964 |
| Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm "F.W." (German film director) |
1888-1931 |
| Murner, Thomas (German religious, satirist) |
1475-c.1537 |
| Muro Kyuso (Japanese scholar) |
1658-1734 |
| Murphree, Eger Vaughn (Am. chem. eng.; one of Four Horsemen) |
1898-1962 |
| Murphy, Arthur (Irish actor, playwright) |
1727-1805 |
| Murphy, Audie (American soldier) |
1924-1971 |
| Murphy, Charles Francis (American political leader) |
1858-1924 |
| Murphy, Edward A. Jr. (Panama-born American engineer) |
1918-1990 |
| Murphy, Gerald Clery (American patron in France; wife: Sara) |
1888-1964 |
| Murphy, Isaac (American jockey) |
1856-1896 |
| Murphy, John Benjamin (American surgeon) |
1857-1916 |
| Murphy, John Francis (American painter) |
1853-1921 |
| Murphy, Lyle "Spud" (German-born Am. composer, arranger) |
1908-2005 |
| Murphy, Mark (American singer, actor) |
b.c.1932 |
| Murphy, Michael Charles (American athletic trainer) |
1861-1913 |
| Murphy, Robert Daniel (American diplomat) |
1894-1978 |
| Murphy, Sara Sherman née Wiborg (American patron in France) |
1883-1975 |
| Murphy, William Francis "Frank" (American politician, jurist) |
1890-1949 |
| Murphy, William Parry (American physician) |
1892-1987 |
| Murray, Albert Lee (American essayist, critic, writer) |
b.1916 |
| Murray, William James "Bill" (American actor, comedian) |
b.1950 |
| Murray, Charles (Scottish poet, engineer) |
1864-1941 |
| Murray, David (American musician) |
b.1955 |
| Murray, Elizabeth (American painter, printmaker, draughtsman) |
1940-2007 |
| Murray, Lord George (Scottish Jacobite commander) |
1694-1760 |
| Murray, George Gilbert Aime (British classical scholar) |
1866-1957 |
| Murray, James (Scottish-born British soldier) |
1721-1794 |
| Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry (British lexicographer) |
1837-1915 |
| Murray, Sir John "Murray of Broughton" (Scottish Jacobite) |
1715-1777 |
| Murray, John (Scottish-born British administrator) |
1732-1809 |
| Murray, John (English-born American clergyman) |
1741-1815 |
| Murray, John née MacMurray (British publisher) |
1745-1793 |
| Murray, John (British publisher; son of John 1745-1793) |
1778-1843 |
| Murray, John (British publisher; son of John 1778-1843) |
1808-1892 |
| Murray, Sir John (Canadian-born Brit. zoologist, oceanographer) |
1841-1914 |
| Murray, John Courtney (American religious, theologian) |
1904-1967 |
| Murray, Joseph Edward (American surgeon) |
b.1919 |
| Murray, Judith née Sargent (Am. essayist, poet, playwright) |
1793-1809 |
| Murray, Leslie Allan "Les" (Australian poet, essayist) |
b.1938 |
| Murray, Lindley (American grammarian) |
1745-1826 |
| Murray, Margaret née Polson (Scottish-born Canadian patriot) |
1844-1927 |
| Murray, Philip (Scottish-born American labor leader) |
1886-1952 |
| Murray (or Moray), Sir Robert (Scottish statesman) |
1600?-1673 |
| Murray, William (Scottish-born British jurist) |
1705-1793 |
| Murrell (or Murrel or Murel), John A. (American desperado) |
1804?-1850? |
| Murrow, Edward Roscoe (born Egbert Roscoe; Am. journalist) |
1908-1965 |
| Murry, John Middleton (English journalist, critic) |
1889-1957 |
| Mursilis (or Murshilish) I (Hittite king c.1620-c.1590 BC) |
17-16th cent. BC |
| Mursilis (or Murshilish) II (Hittite king c.1334-c.1306 BC) |
14th cent. BC |
| Murtada, Muhammad al- (Yemenite scholar) |
d.c.1790 |
| Mus, Paul (French scholar) |
1902-1969 |
| Musaeus (surnamed Grammaticus; Greek poet) |
5th? cent. |
| Musa ibn Nusayr (Arab ruler) |
c.640-714 |
| Musaus, Johann Karl August (German writer) |
1735-1787 |
| Masaylimah (Arab leader) |
d.633 |
| Muset, Colin (French midievel trouvere, minstrel) |
fl.1230 |
| Mushanokoji Saneatsu (Japanese writer, painter) |
1885-1976 |
| Mushet, Robert Forester (English metallurgist) |
1811-1891 |
| Musil, Robert von (Robert, Edler von Musil; German writer) |
1880-1942 |
| Muskie, Edmund Sixtus "Ed" (American politician) |
1914-1996 |
| Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (Islamic scholar) |
c.817-875 |
| Mussato, Albertino (Italian statesman, poet, historian) |
1261-1329 |
| Musschenbroek, Pieter van (Dutch mathematician, physicist) |
1692-1761 |
| Mussert, Anton Adriaan (Dutch engineer, political leader) |
1894-1946 |
| Musset, Louis-Charles-Alfred de (French poet, playwright) |
1810-1857 |
| Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (Italian dictator) |
1883-1945 |
| Mussolini, Romano (Italian musician, painter) |
1927-2006 |
| Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (Russian composer) |
1839-1881 |
| Mustafa I (Sultan of Ottoman empire 1617-1618, 1622-1623) |
1591-1639 |
| Mustafa II (Sultan of Ottoman empire 1695-1703) |
1664-1703 |
| Mustafa III (Sultan of Ottoman empire 1757-1774) |
1717-1774 |
| Mustafa IV (Sultan of Ottoman empire 1807-1808) |
1779-1808 |
| Mustafa, Domenico (Italian soprano castrato, composer) |
1829-1912 |
| Mustansir, al- (Egyptian caliph of Fatimid dynasty 1036-1094) |
1029-1094 |
| Musta'sim, al- (Caliph of Baghdad of 'Abbasid dunasty 1242-58) |
1221-1258 |
| Mustel, Victor (Fr. manu., inventor of musical instruments) |
1815-1890 |
| Musurus, Marcus (Markos Mousouros; Greek scholar) |
1470?-1517 |
| Mu'tadid, al- (Caliph of Baghdad of 'Abbasid dunasty) |
d.902 |
| Mu'tamid, al- (Muslim ruler of Seville 1069-1090) |
1027-1095 |
| Mutanabbi, Abu at-Tayyib Ahmad ibn Husayn al- (Islamic poet) |
915-965 |
| Mu'tasim, al- (Caliph of Baghdad of 'Abbasid dynasty 833-842) |
794-842 |
| Mutawakkil, al- (Caliph of Baghdad of 'Abbasid dynasty) |
822-861 |
| Muteferrika, Ibrahim (Hungarian-born Ottoman printer) |
18th cent. |
| Mutesa I (Mutesa Walugembe Mukaabya; Ruler of Buganda) |
c.1838-1884 |
| Mutesa II (aka Sir Edward Frederick Mutesa; Ruler of Buganda) |
1924-1969 |
| Muth, Konrad (Conradus Mutianus Rufus; German Humanist) |
1471-1526 |
| Muti, Riccardo (Italian conductor, music director) |
b.1941 |
| Mutis, Alvaro (pseud. Alvar de Mattos; Colombian writer, poet) |
b.1923 |
| Mutis, Jose Celestino Bruno (Spanish naturalist) |
1732-1808 |
| Mutsuhito (reign name Meiji; Japanese emperor 1867-1912) |
1852-1912 |
| Mutswairo, Solomon (Rhodesian Shona writer, poet) |
b.1924 |
| Muwaffaq, al- (Islamic soldier; brother of caliph al-Mu'tamid) |
d.891 |
| Muwatallis (King of Hittite New Kingdom c.1306-c.1282 BC) |
14-13th cent. BC |
| Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassaniy (Kenyan writer) |
1776-1840 |
| Muybridge, Eadweard (English-born Am. motion-picture pioneer) |
1830-1904 |
| Muzaffar 'Ali (Persian artist) |
fl.c.1530-c.1576 |
| Muzaffar Shah (Sultan of Malacca 1445-1459?) |
15th cent. |
| Muzakova, Johanna née Rottova "Karolina Svetla" (Czech writer) |
1830-1899 |
| Muzorewa, Abel Tendekayi (prime min. Zimbabwe Rhodesia 1979-80) |
b.1925 |
| Muzzey, David Saville (American historian) |
1870-1965 |
| Mwanga (Ruler of Buganda 1884-1897; son of Mutesa I) |
1866-1901 |
| Mwangi, Meja (Kenyan writer) |
b.1948 |
| Myaskovsky, Nikolai Yakovlevich (Russian composer, critic) |
1881-1950 |
| Myddelton, Sir Hugh (Welsh goldsmith, banker, clothmaker) |
1560-1631 |
| Myer, Albert James (American army officer) |
1829-1880 |
| Myers, Amina Claudine (American musician, singer, composer) |
b.1942 |
| Myers, Frederic William Henry (English poet, essayist) |
1843-1901 |
| Myers, Leopold Hamilton (English writer) |
1881-1944 |
| Myers, Richard Bowman "Dick" (American soldier) |
b.1942 |
| Myerson, Abraham (American neuropsychiatrist) |
1881-1948 |
| Myerson, Roger Bruce (American economist, political scientist) |
b.1951 |
| Mylius-Erichsen, Ludvig (Danish explorer) |
1872-1907 |
| Myrdal, Alva née Reimer (Swedish sociologist, diplomat) |
1902-1986 |
| Myrdal, Karl Gunnar (Swedish economist; husband of Alva) |
1898-1987 |
| Myron (Greek sculptor) |
fl. c.480-440 BC |
| Myslivecek (aka Mislivecek), Josef (Czech composer) |
1737-1781 |
| Mzilikazi (aka Umsiligasi, Mozelekatse; South African ruler) |
c.1790-1868 |