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- Marquis, Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis
humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937) - Marsh, Ngaio Marsh
New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) - Marsh, Reginald Marsh
United States painter (1898-1954) - Marshall, John Marshall
United States jurist - Marshall, George Marshall, George Catlett Marshall
United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959) - Marshall, E. G. Marshall
United States actor (1914-1998) - Marstan, John Marstan
English playwright (1575-1634) - Marti, Jose Julian Marti
Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895) - Martial
Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC) - Martin, Dean Martin, Dino Paul Crocetti
United States singer (1917-1995) - Martin, Mary Martin
United States actress (1913-1990) - Martin, Steve Martin
United States actor and comedian (born in 1945) - St. Martin, Martin
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397) - Martin V, Oddone Colonna
Italian pope from 1417 to 1431 whose election as pope ended the Great Schism (1368-1431) - Marvell, Andrew Marvell
English poet (1621-1678) - Marx, Karl Marx
founder of modern communism - Marx, Julius Marx, Groucho
United States comedian - Marx, Leonard Marx, Chico
United States comedian - Marx, Arthur Marx, Harpo
United States comedian - Marx, Herbert Marx, Zeppo
United States comedian - Virgin Mary, Madonna, Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin
the mother of Jesus - Bloody Mary, Mary I, Mary Tudor
daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558 - Mary II
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland - Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart
queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 - Mary Magdalene, St. Mary Magdalene, Mary Magdalen, St. Mary Magdalen
sinful woman Jesus healed of evil spirits - Masefield, John Masefield, John Edward Masefield
English poet (1878-1967) - Mason, A. E. W. Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
English writer (1865-1948) - Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason
English film actor (1909-1984) - Mason, George Mason
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792) - Masoud, Ahmad Shah Masoud
Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban - Massasoit
Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661) - Massenet, Jules Emile Frederic Massenet
French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912) - Massine, Leonide Fedorovitch Massine, Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin
French choreographer and ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1895-1979) - Masters, Edgar Lee Masters
United States poet (1869-1950) - Mata Hari, Margarete Gertrud Zelle
Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917) - Mathias, Bob Mathias, Robert Bruce Mathias
United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930) - Matisse, Henri Matisse, Henri Emile Benoit Matisse
French painter and sculptor - Matthew, Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levi
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus - Maugham, Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham, William Somerset Maugham
English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965) - Mauldin, Bill Mauldin, William Henry Mauldin
United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle (1921-2003) - Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant
French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893) - Mauriac, Francois Mauriac, Francois Charles Mauriac
French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970) - Maurois, Andre Maurois, Emile Herzog
French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967) - Mauser, von Mauser, P. P. von Mauser, Peter Paul Mauser
German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914) - Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916) - Maximian, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, Herculius
Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305 - Maxwell, J. C. Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879) - Mayakovski, Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovski
Soviet poet - Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, Louis Burt Mayer
United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957) - Mayer, Marie Goeppert Mayer
United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972) - Mays, Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr., Say Hey Kid
United States baseball player (born in 1931) - Mazzini, Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872) - McCarthy, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Raymond McCarthy
United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957) - McCarthy, Mary McCarthy, Mary Therese McCarthy
United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989) - McCartney, Paul McCartney, Sir James Paul McCartney
English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) - McCauley, Mary McCauley, Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, Molly Pitcher
heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832) - McCormick, John McCormick
United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945) - McCormick, Cyrus McCormick, Cyrus Hall McCormick
United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884) - McCullers, Carson McCullers, Carson Smith McCullers
United States novelist (1917-1967) - McGraw, John McGraw, John Joseph McGraw
United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934) - McGuffey, William Holmes McGuffey
United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873) - McKim, Charles Follen McKim
United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909) - McKinley, William McKinley, President McKinley
25th President of the United States - McLuhan, Marshall McLuhan, Herbert Marshall McLuhan
Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980) - McMaster, John Bach McMaster
United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932) - McPherson, Aimee Semple McPherson
United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her extravagant religious services (1890-1944) - Mead, George Herbert Mead
United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931) - Mead, Margaret Mead
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978) - Meade, George Gordon Meade
United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872) - Meade, James Edward Meade
English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (1907-1995) - Meany, George Meany
United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980) - Medawar, Peter Medawar, Sir Peter Brian Medawar
British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987) - Meiji Tenno, Mutsuhito
emperor of Japan who encouraged the modernization of Japan (1852-1912) - Meir, Golda Meir
Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978) - Meissner, Fritz W. Meissner
German physicist (1882-1974) - Meissner, Georg Meissner
German anatomist (1829-1905) - Meitner, Lise Meitner
Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968) - Melanchthon, Philipp Melanchthon, Philipp Schwarzerd
German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560) - Melba, Dame Nellie Melba, Helen Porter Mitchell
Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931) - Melchior
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus - Melchior, Lauritz Melchior, Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior
United States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973) - Mellon, Andrew Mellon, Andrew W. Mellon, Andrew William Mellon
United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937) - Melville, Herman Melville
United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891) - Menander
comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC) - Mencken, H. L. Mencken, Henry Louis Mencken
United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956) - Mendel, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel
Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884) - Mendeleyev, Mendeleev, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Dmitri Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907) - Mendelsohn, Erich Mendelsohn
German architect who migrated to Palestine in 1937 (1887-1953) - Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn, Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847) - Meniere, Prosper Meniere
French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862) - Menninger, Charles Menninger, Charles Frederick Menninger
United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953) - Menninger, Karl Menninger, Karl Augustus Menninger
United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990) - Menninger, William Menninger, William Claire Menninger
United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966) - Menotti, Gian Carlo Menotti
United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911) - Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Yehudi Menuhin
British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999) - Mercator, Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer
Flemish geographer who lived in Germany - Mercer, John Mercer
British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866) - Merckx, Eddy Merckx
Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945) - Mercouri, Melina Mercouri, Anna Amalia Mercouri
Greek film actress (1925-1994) - Meredith, George Meredith
English novelist and poet (1828-1909) - Meredith, James Meredith, James Howard Meredith
United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933) - Mergenthaler, Ottmar Mergenthaler
United States inventor (born in Germany) of the Linotype machine (1854-1899) - Merlin
(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor - Merman, Ethel Merman
United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984) - Merton, Robert Merton, Robert King Merton
United States sociologist (1910-2003) - Merton, Thomas Merton
United States religious and writer (1915-1968) - Mesmer, Franz Anton Mesmer, Friedrich Anton Mesmer
Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815) - Metchnikoff, Elie Metchnikoff, Metchnikov, Elie Metchnikov, Ilya Ilich Metchnikov
Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916) - Methuselah
(Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years - Metternich, Klemens Metternich, Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich
Austrian statesman (1773-1859) - Meyerbeer, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jakob Liebmann Beer
German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864) - Meyerhof, Otto Meyerhof, Otto Fritz Meyerhof
United States biochemist (born in Germany) who studied the metabolism of muscles (1884-1951) - Micah, Micheas
a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC) - Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti
Florentine sculptor and painter and architect - Michelson, A. A. Michelson, Albert Michelson, Albert Abraham Michelson
United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931) - Michener, James Michener, James Albert Michener
United States writer of historical novels (1907-1997) - Middleton, Thomas Middleton
English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627) - Mies Van Der Rohe, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969) - Milhaud, Darius Milhaud
French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974) - Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill
English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873) - Mill, James Mill
Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism - Millais, Sir John Everett Millais
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896) - Millay, Edna Millay, Edna Saint Vincent Millay
United States poet (1892-1950) - Miller, Arthur Miller
United States playwright (1915-2005) - Miller, Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller
United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980) - Miller, Glenn Miller, Alton Glenn Miller
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944) - Millet, Jean Francois Millet
French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875) - Millikan, Robert Andrews Millikan
United States physicist who isolated the electron and measured its charge (1868-1953) - Mills, Robert Mills
United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855) - Milne, A. A. Milne, Alan Alexander Milne
English writer of stories for children (1882-1956) - Miltiades
Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489) - Milton, John Milton
English poet - Minkowski, Hermann Minkowski
German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909) - Minuit, Peter Minuit, Minnewit, Peter Minnewit
Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638) - Mirabeau, Comte de Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti
French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791) - Miro, Joan Miro
Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983) - Mitchell, Arthur Mitchell
United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934) - Mitchell, John Mitchell
United States labor leader - Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949) - Mitchell, Maria Mitchell
United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889) - Mitchell, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell
United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936) - Mitchell, R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell
English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) - Mitchum, Robert Mitchum
United States film actor (1917-1997) - Mitford, Nancy Mitford, Nancy Freeman Mitford
English writer of comic novels (1904-1973) - Mitford, Jessica Mitford, Jessica Lucy Mitford
United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996) - Mithridates, Mithridates VI, Mithridates the Great
ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC) - Mitterrand, Francois Mitterrand, Francois Maurice Marie Mitterrand
French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996) - Mobius, August F. Mobius, August Ferdinand Mobius
German mathematician responsible for the Mobius strip (1790-1868) - Modigliani, Amedeo Modigliano
Italian painter and sculptor (1884-1920) - Mohammed, Mohammad, Muhammad, Mahomet, Mahound
the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632) - Muhammad Ali, Mohammed Ali, Mehemet Ali
Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849) - Mohorovicic, Andrija Mohorovicic
Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936) - Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673) - Molnar, Ferenc Molnar
Hungarian playwright (1878-1952) - Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov
Soviet statesman (1890-1986) - Mommsen, Theodor Mommsen
German historian noted for his history of Rome (1817-1903) - Mondrian, Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter whose work (intersecting lines at right angles and planes in primary colors) influenced the development of abstract art (1872-1944) - Monet, Claude Monet
French impressionist painter (1840-1926) - Monk, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk
United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) - Monnet, Jean Monnet
French economist who advocated a Common Market in Europe (1888-1979) - Monod, Jacques Monod, Jacques Lucien Monod
French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976) - Monroe, James Monroe, President Monroe
5th President of the United States - Monroe, Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Baker
United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962) - Montagu, Ashley Montagu
United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-) - Montaigne, Michel Montaigne, Michel Eyquem Montaigne
French writer regarded as the originator of the modern essay (1533-1592) - Montespan, Marquise de Montespan, Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart
French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707) - Montesquieu, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat
French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755) - Montessori, Maria Montesorri
Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952) - Monteverdi, Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer (1567-1643) - Montez, Lola Montez, Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
Irish dancer (1818-1861) - Montezuma II
the last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed by Hernando Cortes (1466-1520) - Montfort, Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester
an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265) - Montgolfier, Josef Michel Montgolfier
French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810) - Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799) - Montgomery, Bernard Law Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
English general during World War II - Montgomery, L. M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Canadian novelist (1874-1942) - Moody, Dwight Lyman Moody
United States evangelist (1837-1899) - Moody, Helen Wills Moody, Helen Wills, Helen Newington Wills
United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998) - Moon, Sun Myung Moon
United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954 - Moore, Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore
British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986) - Moore, Marianne Moore, Marianne Craig Moore
United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872) - Moore, Thomas Moore
Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852) - Moore, G. E. Moore, George Edward Moore
English philosopher (1873-1958) - Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore
English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935) - Moore, Douglas Moore
United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969) - More, Thomas More, Sir Thomas More
English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded - Morgan, J. P. Morgan, John Pierpont Morgan
United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913) - Morgan, Daniel Morgan
soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802) - Morgan, Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan
a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688) - Morgan, Thomas Hunt Morgan
United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945) - Morgan, Lewis Henry Morgan
United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881) - Morley, E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley
United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923) - Mormon
the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - Morris, Gouverneur Morris
United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816) - Morris, Robert Morris
leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) - Morris, William Morris
English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) - Morris, Esther Morris, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902) - Morrison, Toni Morrison, Chloe Anthony Wofford
United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931) - Morrison, Jim Morrison, James Douglas Morrison
United States rock singer (1943-1971) - Morse, Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse
United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)