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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
Chelsea 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
JosÃÂ© MartÃÂ®, 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 MiÃÂ©ville, 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
ChloÃÂ« 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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