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

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