Names beginning with M

• M. A. G. OsmaniCommander in Chief of Bangladesh Army (1918–1984)

  September 1, 1918 – February 16, 1984
• M. R. KayaniHistorical figure
• M. S. SubbulakshmiIndian Carnatic classical vocalist (1916–2004)

  September 16, 1916 – December 11, 2004
• M. S. SwaminathanIndian agronomist (1925–2023)

  August 7, 1925 – September 28, 2023
• MS DhoniIndian cricket player (born 1981)

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• Ma Dong-seokSouth Korean-American actor

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• Ma Ying-jeou12th and 13th President of Republic of China(Taiwan)

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• Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed TayaPresident of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005

  b. November 28, 1941
• Maatia ToafaTuvaluan politician

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• Macbeth of ScotlandKing of Scotland from 1040 to 1057

  1005 – August 15, 1057
• Machado de AssisBrazilian writer (1839–1908)

  June 21, 1839 – September 29, 1908
• Macky Sall4th President of Senegal, formerly Prime Minister

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• Madam C. J. WalkerAmerican entrepreneur (1867-1919)

  December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919
• Madan Lal DhingraIndian revolutionary (1883–1909)

  September 18, 1883 – August 17, 1909
• Madan Mohan MalaviyaIndian educator and politician

  December 25, 1861 – November 12, 1946
• Madeleine AlbrightUnited States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001

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• MadhubalaIndian actress (1933–1969)

  February 14, 1933 – February 23, 1969
• Madhur JaffreyIndian-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality

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• Madhuri DixitIndian actress

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• MadonnaAmerican singer (born 1958)

  b. August 16, 1958
• Mae JemisonAmerican doctor and NASA astronaut

  b. October 17, 1956
• Maeen Abdulmalik SaeedFormer Prime Minister of Yemen (2018-2024)

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• Magdalena AnderssonPrime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist

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• Maggie CheungHong Kong actress

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• Maggie SmithFounder of Tin Pan Alley
• Magic JohnsonAmerican basketball player and entrepreneur (born 1959)

  b. August 14, 1959
• Magnus CarlsenNorwegian chess player (born 1990)

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• Magnus ErlendssonEarl of Orkney from 1106 to c. 1117

  1075 – April 16, 1117
• Magtymguly PyragyTurkmen spiritual leader and philosophical poet

  1733 – 1782
• Mahadev Govind RanadeIndian scholar, social reformer and author (1842-1901)

  January 18, 1842 – January 16, 1901
• Mahadevi VarmaIndian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)

  March 26, 1907 – September 11, 1987
• Mahalia JacksonAmerican gospel singer (1911–1972)

  October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972
• Mahamadou DandaNigerien political figure

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• Mahamadou IssoufouPresident of Niger from 2011 to 2021

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• Mahamat DébyMilitary leader of Chad since 2021

  b. April 4, 1984
• Mahamat KamounCentral African politician

  b. November 13, 1961
• Maharana Pratap16th century ruler of Mewar, India

  May 9, 1540 – January 19, 1597
• Mahasweta DeviIndian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016)

  January 14, 1926 – July 28, 2016
• Mahathir MohamadPrime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020

  b. July 10, 1925
• Mahatma GandhiLeader of India's independence movement through nonviolent resistance

  October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948
• Mahavir Prasad DwivediIndian writer (1864-1938)

  May 15, 1864 – December 21, 1938
• MahaviraMathematician

  800 CE – 875 CE
• Mahdi Mohammed GulaidActing Prime Minister of Somalia

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• Mahela JayawardeneSri Lankan cricketer

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• Mahendra ChaudhryPrime Minister of Fiji (1999-2000)

  b. February 9, 1942
• Mahendralal SarkarThe First Homeopathic Practitioner in India

  November 2, 1833 – February 23, 1904
• Mahinda RajapaksaPresident of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015

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• Mahira KhanPakistani actress
• Mahmoud AbbasPresident of the Palestinian Authority since 2005

  b. November 15, 1935
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013

  b. October 28, 1956
• Mahmoud DarwishThe national Palestinian poet, and author (1941–2008)

  March 13, 1941 – August 9, 2008
• Mahmud Hasan DeobandiIndian Muslim scholar and independence activist (1851–1920)

  1851 – November 30, 1920
• Mahmud TarziAfghan politician, secular activist and journalist (1865–1933)

  August 23, 1865 – November 22, 1933
• Mai BakhtawarIndian farm worker (1880-1947) whose murder prompted legal reform

  1880 – June 22, 1947
• Mai BhagiPakistani singer

  January 1, 1906 – July 7, 1986
• Mai BhagoSikh warrior

  c. 1670 – c. 1720
• Maia SanduPresident of Moldova since 2020

  b. May 24, 1972
• MaimonidesMedieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)

  March 30, 1138 – December 13, 1204
• Maithili Sharan GuptIndian poet and one of the pioneers of modern Hindi literature(1886-1964)

  August 3, 1886 – December 12, 1964
• Maithripala SirisenaPresident of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019

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• Majeed LahoriHistorical figure
• Majid KhanPakistani cricketer

  b. September 28, 1946
• Majid NizamiPakistani journalist

  April 3, 1928 – July 26, 2014
• Majrooh SultanpuriIndian Urdu poet and Hindi language lyricist (1919-2000)

  October 1, 1919 – May 24, 2000
• Makhanlal ChaturvediIndian writer (1889-1968)

  April 4, 1889 – January 30, 1968
• Makhdoom Ali MahimiIndian Muslim scholar

  June 21, 1374 – February 7, 1432
• Makhdoom MohiuddinIndian activist and writer (1908–1969)

  February 4, 1908 – February 15, 1969
• Makoto ShinkaiJapanese anime director

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• Maktoum bin Rashid Al MaktoumEmir of Dubai (1943–2006)

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• Mala BegumPakistani singer

  November 9, 1942 – March 6, 1990
• Malala YousafzaiYoungest Nobel laureate, voice for girls' education

  b. July 12, 1997
• Malalai of MaiwandNational folk hero of Afghanistan who rallied local Pashtun fighters against the British troops (1861–1880)

  1861 – July 27, 1880
• Malcolm GladwellCanadian journalist and science writer

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• Malcolm TurnbullPrime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018

  b. October 24, 1954
• Malcolm XAmerican Black rights activist (1925–1965)

  May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965
• Malietoa Tanumafili IIMalietoa in Samoa (1913-2007)

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• Malik RiazPakistani property developer who built Bahria Town, South Asia’s largest private housing enterprise

  b. 8 February 1954
• Malika PukhrajPakistani singer

  1912 – February 4, 2004
• MalumaColombian singer

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• Mamadou TandjaPresident of Niger from 1999 to 2010

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• Mamadu Ture KurumaGuinea-Bissauan military vice chief of staff and coup leader

  b. April 26, 1947
• Mamady DoumbouyaGuinean military officer and politician (1980-)

  b. December 5, 1984
• Mamady YoulaGuinean politician and economist

  b. November 5, 1961
• Mamata BanerjeeFormer Chief Minister of West Bengal

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• MammoottyIndian actor and film producer

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• Mamnoon Hussain12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018

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• Mamohato of LesothoQueen regnant of Lesotho (1941–2003)

  April 28, 1941 – September 6, 2003
• Mamuka BakhtadzeGeorgian politician

  b. June 9, 1982
• Man RayAmerican and French visual artist (1890–1976)

  August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976
• Manasseh SogavareSolomon Islander politician (1955–), prime minister of Solomon Islands (2000–2001, 2006–2007, 2014–2017, 2019–2024)

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• Mance HarmonHistorical figure
• Manetho3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest

  b. c. 201 BCE
• Manfred of Sicily14th century duke of Athens

  1306 – November 9, 1317
• Mangal PandeyIndia's First Freedom Fighter (1827–1857)

  July 19, 1827 – April 7, 1857
• ManiHistorical figure
• Manik BandopadhyayIndian Odia-language writer
• Manish MalhotraPh.D. Duke University 1993

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• Manjul BhargavaIndo-Canadian mathematician

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• Manmohan SinghIndian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician

  September 26, 1932 – December 26, 2024
• Manna DeyIndian playback singer, music director, musician and vocalist (1919–2013)

  May 1, 1919 – October 24, 2013
• Manny MoriPresident of the Federated States of Micronesia

  b. December 25, 1948
• Manny PacquiaoFilipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor, politician and philanthropist

  b. December 17, 1978
• Manoj Kumar PandeyRecipient of Param Vir Chakra (1975–1999)

  June 25, 1975 – July 3, 1999
• Mansa Musa14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire

  1280 – 1337
• Mantsebo Amelia 'MatsabaQueen of Basutoland (1902–1964)

  1902 – 1964
• Manuel BelgranoArgentine politician and military leader

  June 3, 1770 – June 20, 1820
• Manuel ChrysolorasByzantine Greek scholar, diplomat, and professor (c. 1350–1415)

  1350 – September 15, 1415
• Manuel CiavattaSanmarinese politician

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• Manuel EsquivelBelizean politician (1940–2022)

  May 2, 1940 – February 10, 2022
• Manuel I KomnenosByzantine Emperor

  November 28, 1118 – September 24, 1180
• Manuel Marrero CruzPrime Minister of the Republic of Cuba

  b. July 11, 1963
• Manuel MerinoPresident of Peru from 10 to 15 November 2020

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• Manuel NeuerGerman association football player (born 1986)

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• Manuel Osa Nsue NsuaEquatoguinean politician

  b. July 21, 1976
• Manuel Pinto da CostaPresident of São Tomé and Príncipe, economist

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• Manuel QuezonPresident of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944

  August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944
• Manuel Serifo NhamadjoGuinea-Bissauan politician (1958-2020)

  March 25, 1958 – March 17, 2020
• Manuel Urrutia LleóPresident of Cuba (1901-1981)

  December 8, 1901 – July 5, 1981
• Manuel ZelayaHonduran politician and businessman (born 1952)

  b. September 20, 1952
• Manuela SaenzEcuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797-1856)

  December 27, 1797 – November 23, 1856
• Manzoor Hussain AtifField hockey player (1928–2008)

  November 4, 1928 – December 8, 2008
• Manzur QadirPakistani jurist (1913–1974)

  November 28, 1913 – October 12, 1974
• Mao Chi-kuoTaiwanese politician

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• Maqbool Ahmed SabriMajor Qawwali singer, and a leading member of the Sabri Brothers

  October 12, 1945 – September 21, 2011
• Marc AndreessenAmerican entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer

  b. July 9, 1971
• Marc ChagallBelarusian-French artist (1887–1985)

  July 14, 1887 – March 28, 1985
• Marc Forné MolnéAndorran politician

  b. December 30, 1946
• Marc JacobsAmerican fashion designer (born 1963)

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• Marc RandolphAmerican tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Netflix

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• Marc RavalomananaPresident of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009

  b. December 12, 1949
• Marcel CiolacuRomanian politician

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• Marcel DuchampFrench painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)

  July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968
• Marcel ProustFrench novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

  July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922
• Marcello MastroianniItalian actor (1924–1996)

  September 28, 1924 – December 19, 1996
• Marcelo Rebelo de SousaPortuguese politician and academic, former President of Portugal

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• Marco Pierre WhiteBritish chef and restaurateur

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• Marco PoloVenetian merchant whose travels opened European eyes to Asia

  September 15, 1254 – January 8, 1324
• Marcus AgrippaAncient Roman statesman and general

  63 BCE – 12 BCE
• Marcus Aurelius16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher

  April 26, 121 CE – March 17, 180 CE
• Marcus GarveyJamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur (1887-1940)

  August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940
• Marcus Junius BrutusAssassin of Julius Caesar

  85 BCE – 42 BCE
• Marcus Licinius CrassusMember of the First Triumvirate

  115 BCE – 53 BCE
• Marcus RashfordEnglish footballer (born 1997)

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• Marek PalatinusHistorical figure
• Marfa BoretskayaPolitician

  c. 1450 – 1503
• Margaret AtwoodCanadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)

  b. November 18, 1939
• Margaret BeaufortNoblewoman; Mother of King Henry VII

  May 31, 1443 – June 29, 1509
• Margaret HamiltonAmerican film character actress (1902–1985)

  December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985
• Margaret I of DenmarkQueen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

  1353 – October 28, 1412
• Margaret ThatcherPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990

  October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013
• Margaret of Anjou15th-century English royal consort (1430-1482)

  March 23, 1430 – August 25, 1482
• Margery KempeBritish Christian mystic and author

  b. 1373
• Margot RobbieAustralian actress (born 1990)

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• Margrethe II of DenmarkQueen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)

  b. April 16, 1940
• Marguerite PoreteFrench mystic

  1250 – June 1, 1310
• Mari AlkatiriPrime Minister of East Timor

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• Maria Benvinda LevyPrime Minister of Mozambique

  b. March 24, 1969
• Maria CallasAmerican-Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977)

  December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977
• Maria Luisa BertiCaptain Regent of San Marino

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• Maria SharapovaRussian tennis player

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• Maria TheresaRuler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

  May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780
• Maria ToorpakaiPakistani squash player

  b. November 22, 1990
• Mariah CareyAmerican singer (born 1969)

  b. March 27, 1969
• Marian LupuMoldovan politician

  b. June 20, 1966
• Mariano RajoySpanish politician (born 1955)

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• Marie AntoinetteLast Queen of France prior to the French Revolution (1755–1793)

  November 2, 1755 – October 16, 1793
• Marie CuriePhysicist and chemist, first person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences

  November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Marie de FranceMedieval poet

  c. 1101 – c. 1300
• Marie-Louise Coleiro PrecaMaltese politician

  b. December 7, 1958
• Marien NgouabiPresident of Congo-Brazzaville from 1969 to 1977

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• Marilyn MonroeAmerican actress and model (1926–1962)

  June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962
• Marina AbramovicSerbian performance artist (born 1946)

  b. November 30, 1946
• Mario AndrettiItalian-American racing driver (born 1940)

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• Mario DraghiItalian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy

  b. September 3, 1947
• Mario LemieuxCanadian ice hockey player and team owner

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• Mario MolinaMexican chemical engineer (1943–2020)

  March 19, 1943 – October 7, 2020
• Mario Vargas LlosaPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)

  March 28, 1936 – April 13, 2025
• Marisa MonteBrazilian actress

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• Marissa MayerAmerican business executive and engineer, former CEO of Yahoo!

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• Marjan Šarec9th Prime Minister of Slovenia

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• Mark AntonyRoman politician and general (83 BC – 30 BC)

  83 BCE – 30 BCE
• Mark Carney24th prime minister of Canada since 2025

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• Mark CavendishBritish professional road racing cyclist

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• Mark CubanAmerican investor and entrepreneur (born 1958)

  b. July 31, 1958
• Mark KarpelèsFormer CEO of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox

  b. June 1, 1985
• Mark KellyAmerican politician, astronaut, and naval officer (born 1964)

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• Mark PhillipsGuyanese politician and retired military officer

  b. October 5, 1961
• Mark RothkoAmerican painter of Latvian-Jewish descent (1903–1970)

  September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970
• Mark RutteSecretary General of NATO since 2024 and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2010–2024)

  b. February 14, 1967
• Mark SpitzAmerican Olympic swimmer (born 1950)

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• Mark TwainAmerican author and humorist (1835–1910)

  November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910
• Mark ZuckerbergAmerican Internet entrepreneur

  b. May 14, 1984
• Mark the EvangelistCredited author of the Gospel of Mark and Christian saint; traditionally identified with John Mark (20-68)

  12 CE – April 25, 1968 CE
• MarkiplierAmerican YouTuber and Internet personality

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• Markus PerssonSwedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)

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• Marlon BrandoAmerican actor (1924–2004)

  April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004
• Marques BrownleeAmerican technology reviewer, YouTuber and Internet personality

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• Marquis de LafayetteFrench general and politician (1757–1834)

  September 6, 1757 – May 20, 1834
• Marquis of PombalHistorical figure
• Marshall FieldAmerican businessman (1834–1906)

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