List of people by name: Ma
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- Ma Ying-jeou, (born 1950)
- Maalouf, Amin, novelist
- Maanen, Adriaan van, (1884-1946), US astronomer
- Maas, Ernest, (1892-1986), screenwriter
- Maas, Frederica, (born 1900), screenwriter
- Maas, Peter, (died 2001), novelist
- Maazel, Lorin, (born 1930), opera conductor
- Mabini, Apolinario
- Mabley, Moms, (died 1975), comedienne
- Mabo, Eddie, political activist
- Mabuse, painter
- MacAdam, John, (1756-1836), roads
- Macalister, John Kenneth, (1914-1944), SOE agent, WW II hero
- MacAllister, Gary, athlete
- MacArthur, Arthur, (died 1912), soldier
- MacArthur, Charles, (1895-1956), author
- MacArthur, James, (born 1937), actor
- Macaulay, Thomas, (born 1800), English poet
- MacBride, Seán, lawyer and founding member of Amnesty International
- MacBryde, Robert
- MacCaig, Norman, poet
- Macchio, Ralph, (born 1961), actor
- MacColl, Dugald
- MacColl, Ewan, (1915-1989), musician
- MacColl, Kirsty, (1959-2000), singer-songwriter
- MacCormick, John, Nationalist
- MacCulloch, Todd
- MacCunn, Hamish
- MacCurtain, Thomas
- MacCurtain, Tomás, (died 1920)
- MacDiarmada, Sean
- MacDiarmid, Hugh, (1892-1978), poet
- MacDonagh, Thomas, signatory of 1916 Proclamation
- MacDonald, Ann-Marie, Canadian writer
- MacDonald, Bernell, (1950), Canadian writer
- MacDonald, Charles B, World War II
- MacDonald, Cynthia, poet
- MacDonald, George, (1824-1905), author
- MacDonald, Hugh, Canadian writer
- MacDonald, Jake, Canadian writer
- MacDonald, Jeanette, (1903-1965), actress, singer
- MacDonald, John D, (1916-1986), detective fiction
- MacDonald, Kevin, comedian
- MacDonald, Margaret, (1865-1933), wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- MacDonald, Margo, Nationalist
- MacDonald, Norm, (born 1963), actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live
- MacDonald, Ramsay, (1866-1937), British politician
- Macdonald, Ross, (1915-1983), author
- MacDowell, Andie, (born 1958), actor
- MacEachern, David, Olympic Gold Medal - 1998
- Macedonius I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Macedonus II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- MacEnroe, John, (born 1959), tennis player
- Maceo, Antonio
- MacEwen, Gwendolyn, Canadian writer, poet
- MacGillivray, James, sculptor
- MacGregor, Rob Roy, Romantic outlaw
- Machaut, Guillaume de, (1300-1377), composer
- MacInnes, Hamish, mountaineer
- MacIntyre, Alasdair, philosopher
- MacIsaac, Dave, guitarist/violinist
- MacIsaac, John, Renovator/Web Master
- Mackay, Alexander R, (1894-1896)
- MacKaye, Ian, (born 1962), musician
- Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone, Canadian writer
- Mack, Connie, (1862-1956), baseball executive, coach
- Mackensen, August von, German soldier
- Mackenzie, Alexander (explorer), (1764-1820)
- MacKenzie, Compton, poet
- MacKenzie, Gisele, (born 1927), singer
- Mackenzie, William Lyon
- Mackie, Bob, (born 1940), costume designer
- Mackie, J. L, (1917-1981), philosopher
- Mackintosh, James, (born 1765), Scottish publicist
- MacLachlan, Kyle, (born 1959), actor
- MacLaine, Shirley, (born 1934), actor
- MacLane, Saunders, mathematician
- MacLean, Alistair, (1922-1987), British author
- MacLean, Dougie, contemporary folk songwriter
- MacLean, John Duncan, 1927-08-20 to 1928-08-21
- MacLean, Ron
- MacLean, Sorley, (1911-1996), Scots Gaelic poet
- MacLean, Steven, astronaut
- MacLeish, Archibald, (1892-1982), poet
- MacLennan, Hugh, (1907-1990), novelist and essayist, wrote Two Solitudes and Barometer Rising
- MacLeod, Alistair, (born 1936), Canadian writer, novelist
- MacLeod, Ian R, author
- MacLeod, Ken, (born 1954), science fiction
- MacLiammoir, Micheál, British born co-founder of the Gate Theatre
- MacMahon, Patrice , duc de Magenta
- MacMaster, Buddy, violinist
- MacMaster, Natalie, violinist/stepdancer
- MacMillan, Harold, (1894-1986), British prime minister
- MacMullen, Ramsay, historian
- MacMurray, Fred, (1908-1991), actor
- MacNamara, Robert, US Secretary of Defense
- MacNeice, Louis, (1907-1963), poet
- MacNeil, Robert, journalist: "PBS- MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour"
- MacNeill, Eoin, founder-member of the the Gaelic League
- MacNelly, Jeff, (1947-2000), Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist
- MacPherson, Elle, (born 1964), model
- MacRae, Colin, world champion rally driver
- MacSwiney, Terence, (died 1920)
- Macapagal, Diosdado, President of Philippines 1961-1965
- Macari I of Alexandria, (933-953), Coptic Pope
- Macarius, (1542-1563), Metropolitan of Moscow, patriarch of Constantinople
- Macarius I, (1879-1882), Metropolitan of Moscow
- Macarius II, (1912-1917), Metropolitan of Moscow
- Macarius, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Macbeth, King on the receiving end of a bad press
- Macbeth I of Scotland, (c. 1005-1057), model for Shakespeare's Macbeth
- Maccioni, Antonio
- Macdonald, Flora, Jacobite and Empire Loyalist
- Macdonald, John A, (1815-1891), first Prime Minister of Canada
- Macdonald, Malcolm
- Mach, Ernst, (1838-1916), Czech physicist
- Macha, Karel Hynek, (1810-1836), poet
- Machado, Alicia, former Miss Universe, actress
- Machar, Agnes Maule, Canadian writer
- Machen, Arthur, (1863-1947), Irish poet
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, (1469-1527), Italian political philosopher
- Machuchal, (1934-1995), comedy actor
- Macia, Francesc, (1859-1933), soldier and politician
- Macintosh, Charles, (1766-1843), patented waterproofing
- Mackail, John, classical scholar and writer
- Macke, August, (1887-1914), painter
- Macken, Walter, novelist
- Mackenzie, Alexander, (1891-1891), second Prime Minister of Canada
- Mackey, Nathaniel, poet
- Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, (1868-1928), architect
- Maclaren, Bruce, racing driver
- Maclaurin, Colin, (1698-1746), mathematician
- Maclean, Katherine, (born 1925), author
- Macleod, John James Richard, (1876-1935)
- Macmillan, James, Scottish composer
- Macmillan, Norma, (1921-2001), cartoon voice actress
- Macnee, Patrick, (born 1922), actor
- Maconchy, Elizabeth, composer
- MacRae, Sheila, (born 1924), singer, actress
- Macrinus, (died 218), Roman Emperor
- mac Teige, Domnall of the Isle of Man, (1114-1115), king
- Macy, William H, (born 1950), actor
- Madden, Anne, Aosdána
- Madden, John, athlete
- Madden, John (director), (born 1949), director
- Madden, John (football), (born 1936), American football coach, broadcaster
- Maddox, Lester, segregationist Governor of the State of Georgia
- Madeira, Phil, writer for Julie Miller, Ashley Cleveland, Wynonna Judd and others
- Madelin, Alain
- Maderna, Carlo, (1556-1629), painter
- Maderno, Carlo, architect
- Madero, Francisco I, (1873-1913), President of Mexico
- Madersberger, Josef, invented the sewing-machine in 1818
- Madhubuti, Haki R, poet
- Madison, Dolley, (1768-1849), First Lady of the United States
- Madison, Guy, (died 1996), actor
- Madison, James, (died 1814), president of the US
- Madonna (singer), (born 1959), American pop star
- Madredeus, (folk group)
- Madsen, Mark, (born 1976), NBA player
- Madsen, Michael, (born 1958), actor
- Madvig, Johan Nicolai, (1804-1886)
- Maecenas, Gaius Cilnius
- Maeterlinck, Maurice, (1862-1949), Nobel Prize in Literature 1911
- Maffay, Peter, musician
- Magajna, France, (born 1957), poet
- Magalhães, Fernão de, (Ferdinand Magellan, sea explorer)
- Magee, John Gillespie, Junior, (1922-1941), (Aviation poet)
- Magellan, Ferdinand, (c. 1470-1521), explorer
- Maggart, Garret, actor
- Maggin, Elliot S, comic creator
- Maginot, André, (c. 430-518), patriarch of Constantinople
- Maginot, André, (1877-1932), politician, Maginot Line
- Magloire, Jamaal
- Magnani, Anna, (1908-1973), actor
- Magnentius, (died 353 AD), Roman Emperor
- Magnifico, Robert Pesut, composer and singer.
- Magnus III of the Isle of Man, List of Kings of the Isle of Man, (1252-1265), king
- Magnus II of Sweden
- Magnus II of the Isle of Man, List of Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles, (1095-1102), king
- Magnus I of Sweden, (died 1290), king of Sweden 1275-1290
- Magnússon, Jón, (1924-1926), prime minister
- Magnus Maximus, (c. 335-388), Roman Emperor
- Magnus, Albertus, (died 1280), (a.k.a. Saint Albert the Great; Albert of Cologne)
- Magnus III of Norway, (1093-1103), Magnus Barfot: 1093-1103
- Magnus II of Norway, Norwegian monarch
- Magnus I of Norway, (died 1047), Magnus den Gode : 1035-1047
- Magnus IV of Norway, Magnus Blinde: 1130-1135
- Magnus, Sandra, astronaut
- Magnusson, Haakon of Norway, Norwegian monarch
- Magnusson, Magnus, television presenter
- Magnusson, Olav of Norway, Norwegian monarch
- Magnus VII of Norway, (1319-1343), Norwegian monarch
- Magnus VI of Norway, (1263-1280), Norwegian monarch
- Magnus V of Norway, Norwegian monarch
- Magsaysay, Ramon, (1907-1957), President of the Philippines
- Maguire, Tobey, (born 1975), actor
- Mahal, Taj (musician), (born 1942), singer, guitarist
- Mahan, Alfred Thayer, (1840-1914), US
- Maharis, George, (born 1928), actor
- Maharishi, Bhagavan Sri Ramana
- Mahavira, (599 BC-527 BC), founder of Jainism
- Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah, (1956-1972), King of Nepal
- Maher, Bill, (born 1956), actor, comedian, political analyst
- Maheu, Shirley, Canadian senator
- Mahfooz, Naguib, (born 1911), novelist
- Mahfouz, Naguib, (born 1911), Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sp
- Mahler, Alma, (1879-1969), composer
- Mahler, Gustav, (1860-1911), composer
- Mahon, Derek, (Northern Irish poet)
- Mahoney, John, (born 1940), actor
- Mahovlich, Frank, Canadian senator
- Maia, Gonçalo Mendes da
- Maiano, Benedetto da, sculptor
- Maier, Sepp, footballer
- Maier, Walter A, televangelist
- Maihofer, Werner, FDP
- Mailer, Norman, (born 1923), US author
- Maillan, Jacqueline, (born 1923), French actress
- Maillart, Ella, (1903-1997)
- Maillet, Antonine, Acadian author, educator
- Maillol, Aristide, (1861-1944), sculptor and painter
- Maimonides, (1135-1204), Philosopher
- Maimon, Moussa Ben, (Maimonides)
- Maine, Henry, (died 1888), British jurist
- Maines, Lloyd, musician
- Maines, Natalie, (born 1974), musician
- Main, Marjorie, (1890-1975), actress
- Maister, Rudolf, (1874-1934), general and poet.
- Maite, show host
- Maitland, Frederick W, historian
- Maitland, John , Duke of Lauderdale, (1616-1682)
- Maizière, Lothar de, CDU
- Majoli, Iva, (Croatia)
- Major, Charles, American novelist
- Major, Clarence, poet
- Major, Elliot Woolfolk, US governor
- Major, John, (born 1943), British prime minister
- Major, Kevin, Canadian writer
- Majorano, Ettore, Italian mathematician
- Majorian, (died 461), Roman Emperor
- Majorov, Boris, (born 1938), Soviet ice hockey player.
- Majors, Lee, (born 1939), US actor
- Makarevic, Asad, (born 1974), software engineer, chef, auto mechanic, epicurean
- Makari III of Alexandria, (1942-1944), Coptic Pope
- Makarov, Oleg, (1933-2003), astronaut
- Makarovic, Svetlana, (born 1939), poet
- Makeba, Miriam, (born 1932), singer
- Makem, Tommy, musician
- Makhno, Nestor, in the Ukraine
- Maki, Fumihiko, architect
- Mäkinen, Timo, rally driver
- Mäkinen, Tommi, rally driver
- Maklakov, Nikolai, Minister of the Interior
- Maklouf, John, Maronite Patriarch
- Makowski, Tadeusz, Polish painter
- Makowski, Zbigniew, Polish painter
- Makuc, Vladimir, (born 1925), painter and graphic artist.
- Makuck, Peter, poet
- Malachi, (died c. 420 BC)
- Malamud, Bernard, (1914-1986), American novelist
- Malaret, Marisol, (born 1949), Miss Universe 1970
- Malatesta, Errico, (1853-1932)
- Malcolm IV of Scotland, (died 1165)
- Malcolm X, (1925-1965), US civil rights activist
- Malcolm, Richard, American novelist
- Malczewski, Jacek, Polish painter
- Malczewski, Rafal, Polish painter
- Malden, Charles Robert, (1797-1855), US actor
- Malden, Karl, (born 1912), actor
- Maldonado, David, musician
- Malebranche, Nicolas, (1638-1715), philosopher
- Malecki, Wladyslaw, Polish painter
- Maleeva, Magdalena, (Bulgaria)
- Malenchenko, Yuri, astronaut
- Malengreau, Paul, (died 1959), composer
- Malenkov, Georgi, (died 1988), Soviet politician
- Teoberto Maler (1840-1917), explorer of Maya ruins
- Malenkov, Georgy Maksimilianovich, Soviet politician
- Malerba, Franco, astronaut
- Males, Mike A, sociologist
- Malet, Leo, French mystery writer
- Malevich, Kazimir, (1878-1935), painter
- Malfatti, Franco Maria, (1970-1972), Italian President of the European Commission
- Malhoa, José
- Malick, Terrence, (born 1943), writer, producer
- Malietoa Tanumafili II, King, of Western Samoa
- Malinche, La, aka Malinalli, Malintzin, and Doña Marina
- Malinov, Alexander, (1867-1938), Prime Minister (1908-1911, 1918)
- Malinowski, Bronislaw
- Malkovich, John, (born 1953), actor
- Malle, Louis, (1932-1995), French film director
- Malleson, Miles, (1888-1969), actor
- Mallet, David, poet
- Mallory, George, mountaineer lost on Mount Everest
- Malmsteen, Yngwie J, guitarist
- Malone, Dorothy, (born 1925), actress
- Malone, Karl, (born 1963), National Basketball Association player
- Malone, Russell, musician
- Malory, Sir Thomas
- Malot, Hector, (born 1830), writer
- Malovrh, Miroslav, (1861-1922), poet
- Malpighi, Marcello, (died 1694), biologist
- Malthus, Thomas, (1766-1834), economist
- Maltin, Leonard, (born 1950), movie critic
- Maly, Galen Daniel, (born 1985)
- Malyshev, Yuri, astronaut
- Mamby, Saoul, boxer
- Mameli, Goffredo, (1827-1849), Italian patriot, poet and writer
- Mamet, David, (born 1947), dramatist
- Mammas, Gregory, patriarch of Constantinople
- Man, Beenie, (born 1973), songwriter, musician
- Man, Method, (born 1971), musician
- Manakov, Gennady, astronaut
- Manarov, Musa, astronaut
- Mance, Jeanne, (1606-1673)
- Manchester, Melissa, (born 1951), singer
- Manchester, William, (born 1922), writer
- Mancini, Henry, (1924-1994), songwriter
- Mancini, Ray, (born 1961), world champion boxer
- Manco, Baris, (born 1943), Turkish celebrity
- Mandel, Eli, Canadian writer
- Mandel, Howie, (born 1955), US actor, comedian
- Mandel, Maria, (1912-1947), chief-guard of Birkenau women's camp where she selected women and children for the gas chambers.
- Mandel, Marvin, US governor
- Mandel, Miriam, Canadian writer
- Mandela, Nelson, (born 1918), South African activist and politician
- Mandela, Winnie, (born 1936), South African anti-apartheid activist
- Mandelbrot, Benoit, (born 1924), Mathematician, creator of fractal geometry
- Mandelshtam, Leonid Isaakovich, (1879-1944), physicist
- Mandelson, Peter
- Mandelstam, Osip, (1891-1938), (also spelt Mandelshtam), Russian poet
- Mandlikova, Hana, tennis player
- Mandrell, Barbara, (born 1948), singer, actress
- Manegold of Lautenbach, scholastic philosopher
- Maneri, Joe, musician
- Manet, Edouard, (1832-1883), French painter
- Manfredi, Nino, actor
- Manfredy, Angel, boxer
- Mangan, James Clarence, poet
- Mangano, Silvana, (1930-1989), actor
- Mangin, Charles, (1866-1925), General
- Mangione, Chuck, (born 1940), musician
- Manigault, Earl, (died 1998), basketball player
- Manilius, poet
- Manilow, Barry, (born 1946), American entertainer
- Mankell, Henning, Swedish writer
- Mankiewicz, Herman J, (1897-1953), writer, director, producer
- Mankiewicz, Joseph, (1909-1993), writer, film director
- Mankiller, Wilma
- Manley, John, (born 1952), archaeologist
- Mann, Aimee, (born 1960), musician
- Mann, Anthony, film director
- Mann, Barry, and Cynthia Weill
- Mann, Coramae Richey
- Mann, Delbert, (born 1920), film director
- Mann, Golo, (1909-1994), historian and publicist
- Mann, Heinrich, (1871-1950), poet
- Mann, Herbie, (born 1930), crossover jazz and bossa nova flutist
- Mann, Horace, (1796-1859), educator
- Mann, Klaus, (1906-1949), poet
- Mann, Manfred, (born 1940), rock musician
- Mann, Michael, (born 1944), director, writer, producer
- Mann, Thomas, (1875-1955), author
- Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf, (1867-1951), Finnish leader
- Manners-Sutton, Charles, (1755-1828), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Mannheim, Karl, (died 1947), sociologist
- Mannhire, Bill, (born 1946), poet
- Manning, Bernard, stand-up comedian
- Manning, Brennan, author
- Manning, Ernest C, (1908-1996), 1943-05-31 to 1968-12-12
- Manning, Laurence, (1899-1972), author
- Manning, Roger, musician
- Manno, Giuseppe
- Mannu, Francesco Ignazio
- Mannyng, Robert, of Brunne, (1269-1340), poet
- Manolete, (1917-1947), bullfighter
- Manring, Michael
- Mansart, Jules Hardouin, (1646-1708), architect
- Mansbridge, Peter, television presenter
- Mansell, Nigel, (born 1954), Formula One racer
- Mansergh, James, Eminent Victorian Engineer
- Mansfield, Jayne, (1933-1967), US actress
- Mansfield, Katherine, (1888-1923), author
- Mansfield, Thelma, TV Presenter
- Manship, Paul, (1885-1966), sculptor
- Mansholt, Sicco L, (1972-1972), President of the European Commission
- Manson, Charles, (born 1934), leader of homicidal Manson Family
- Manson, Marilyn, (born 1969), US musician
- Manstein, Erich von, (1887-1973), Field Marshal
- Mantegna, Andrea, (c.1431-1506), Italian painter
- Mantegna, Joe, (born 1947), actor
- Mantel, Hilary, English novelist
- Manterola, Patty, singer, actress
- Mantle, Mickey, (1931-1995), baseball player
- Mantooth, Randolph, (born 1945), actor
- Manton, Christopher, (born 1954), database designer
- Mantovani, (1905-1980), musician
- Manuel I Comnenus, (c. 1120-1180), Byzantine Emperor
- Manuel I of Portugal, (1495-1521), Portuguese monarch
- Manuel II Palaeologus, (1350-1425), Byzantine Emperor
- Manuel II of Portugal, (1908-1910), Portuguese monarch
- Manuel II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Manuel I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Manuel, Niklaus, (1484-1530), painter
- Manuel, Richard, (died 1986), musician in "The Band"
- Manus, Max, resistance fighter
- Manzarek, Ray, (born 1943), keyboardist for The Doors
- Manzoni, Alessandro, (1785-1873), poet, novelist
- Mao Zedong, (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
- Map, Walter, (c. 1137-1209), medieval raconteur
- Mapplethorpe, Robert, (1946-1989), photographer
- Maracle, Lee, Canadian writer
- Maradona, Diego, (born 1960), football player
- Maragall, Joan, (1860-1911), writer
- Maraini, Dacia, novelist
- Marais, Jean, (1913-1998), French actor
- Maranazano, Salvatore, (died 1931), crime boss
- Maranzano, Salvatore, (1868-1931), mafioso
- Marat, Jean Paul, (1743-1793), French revolutionary
- Maravich, Pete, (1947-1988), Basketball hall of famer, former NBA player
- Maraz, Adriana, (born 1931), paintress and graphic artist.
- Marber, Andreas, dramatist, author
- Marc, Franz, (1880-1916), painter
- Marceau, Alma, French novelist
- Marceau, Marcel, (born 1923), mime
- Marceau, Sophie, (born 1966), Princess Isabelle in Braveheart, a "Bond" Girl
- Marcel, Gabriel, philosopher
- Marcellinus, Pope, (296-304)
- Marcello, Alessandro, composer
- Marcello, Carlos, US mafia boss
- Marcellus I, Pope, (308-309)
- Marcellus II, Pope
- Marchais, Georges, (1920-1997), politician
- Marchand, Nancy, (died 2000), actress
- March, Ausias, (1397-1459), poet of the 15th century
- March, Fredric, (1897-1975), actor
- March, Hannah, author
- Marcian, (c. 390-457), Roman Emperor
- Marciano, Rocky, (1924-1969), US world champion boxer
- Marcianus, Byzantine Emperor
- Marconi, Guglielmo, (1874-1937), Italian engineer, inventor of radio
- Marcos, Imelda, (born 1929), shoe collector
- Marcos IV of Alexandria, (1348-1363), Coptic Pope
- Marcos V of Alexandria, (1610-1621), Coptic Pope
- Marcos VI of Alexandria, (1645-1660), Coptic Pope
- Marcos, Ferdinand, (1917-1989), dictator of Philippines
- Marcos, Subcomandante, of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in Chiapas, Mexico
- Marcoussis, Louis, Polish painter
- Marcovicci, Andrea, (born 1948), singer, actress
- Marcuse, Ludwig, (1894-1971), author and philosopher
- Marcus II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Marcus, Pope, (335-336)
- Marcus, Sigfried, inventor of automobile in 1864 in Vienna, lived most of his life in Austria
- Marcuse, Herbert, (born 1898), philosopher
- Marcy, William L, Democratic, 1833-1838
- Marczynski, Adam, Polish painter
- Mardefelt, Conrad, Swedish soldier
- Mares, Paul, (1900-1949), musician
- Maresuke Nogi, (died 1912)
- Margaret I of Denmark, (1353-1412), (Margrete I) : 1387-1412
- Margaret II of Denmark, (born 1940)
- Margaret of Burgundy, (died 1503), sister of Edward IV of England
- Margaret of Navarre, (1492-1549), Queen of Navarre and writer
- Margarito, Antonio (born 1978) world champion boxer
- Margheriti, Antonio, (born 1930), film maker
- Marghinotti, Giovanni
- Margison, Richard, operatic tenor
- Margoshes, David, Canadian writer
- Margulies, Julianna, (born 1966), actress
- Margulis, Grigory, mathematician
- Margulis, Lynn, biologist
- Maria Cristina, Princess of Spain
- María, Domingo Santa, president
- Maria, Henrietta, (1609-1669), Queen of England
- Maria I of Portugal, (1777-1816), Portuguese monarch
- Maria II of Portugal, (1826-1828, 1834-1853), Portuguese monarch
- Maria of Russia, Grand Duchess, (1899-1918)
- Maria, Angelica, actress
- Maria João & Mário Laginha, (jazz singer & piano player)
- Maria José of Savoy, Princess of Piedmont - tried to negotiate separate peace with the United States
- Maria, La India, (born 1940), Mexican comedian
- Mariano IV di Arborea
- Maria Teresa, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, (born 1772), later wife of Emperor Francis II
- Maria Theresa of Austria, (1717-1780), Bohemian aristocrat
- Maric, Mileva, (1875-1948), Serb
- Marichal, Juan, (born 1937), baseball player
- Marie, Ferdinand, (died 1894), French diplomat and engineer
- Mariën, Marcel, surrealist
- Marie, Rose, (born 1923), actress
- Marillion, musician
- Marina, Princess, (1906-1968), of the United Kingdom
- Marin, Cheech, (born 1946), actor, comedian
- Marin, John, (1870-1953), American painter
- Marinetti, Filippo, Italian founder of Futurism
- Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso, (1876-1944)
- Marini, Giambattista, (1569-1625), poet
- Marini, Marino, (1901-1980), sculptor
- Marini, Valeria
- Marino, Dan, (born 1961), American football star
- Marinus I, Pope, (882-884)
- Marinus II, Pope, (942-946)
- Maris, Roger, (1934-1985), Baseball Hall of Famer
- Marius, (157 BC-86 BC), (Roman general)
- Marivaux, Pierre de, (1688-1763), playwright
- Mark
- Markievicz, Countess
- Mark III of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Mark II of Alexandria, (142-152), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Mark the Evangelist, (43-63), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Marker, Chris, (born 1921), film director
- Markham, "Pigmeat, (1904-1981), comedian
- Markham, Edwin, poet
- Mark I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Mark IV of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Marklund, Liza, Swedish writer
- Mark (Maronite Patriarch)
- Markos II of Alexandria, (799-819), Coptic Pope
- Markos III of Alexandria, (1166-1189), Coptic Pope
- Markos IX of Alexandria, (1797-1810), Coptic Pope
- Markos VIII of Alexandria, (1745-1770), Coptic Pope
- Markotic, Nicole, Canadian writer
- Markov, Andrei Andreevich, (1856-1922), Russian
- Markov, Georgi, (1929-1978), Soviet politician
- Markovnikov, Vladimir Vasilevich, chemist
- Marks, Jack, boxer's gumshield
- Marks, Leo, (1920-2001)
- Marks, Louisa, musician
- Mark VI of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Mark V of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Marlatt, Daphne, Canadian writer
- Marley, Rita, singer-songwriter
- Marley, Robert Nesta, (1945-1981), Caribbean reggae musician
- Marley, Ziggy, (born 1968), singer-songwriter
- Marlier, Marcel, Belgian illustrator
- Marlowe, Christopher, (1564-1593), English playwright
- Marlyn, John, (1912-1985), Canadian writer
- Marmaduke, John Sappington, US governor
- Marmaduke, Meredith Miles, US governor
- Maroger, Jacques, (1884-1962), painter
- Marot, Clément, (1496-1544), poet
- Marquard, Rube, (1886-1980), Baseball Hall of Famer
- Marquez, Carlos, actor
- Marquez, Gabriel Garcia, (born 1928), magical realism writer
- Marquis, Don, (1878-1937), author
- Marra, Michael, songwriter
- Marriott, Steve, (1947-1991), musician ("The Small Faces")
- Marryat, Capt. Frederick, (1792-1848), author
- Marsalis, Branford, (born 1960), musician
- Marsalis, Delfeayo, musician
- Marsalis, Ellis, musician & educator
- Marsalis, Jason, musician
- Marsalis, Wynton, (born 1961), musician
- Marsden, Betty, (1919-1998), British comedian
- Marsden, Gerry, (born 1942), singer ("Gerry and the Pacemakers")
- Marsden, Jason, (born 1976), actor
- Marsden, Jerrold E, mathematician
- Marse, Juan, : La Muchacha de las bragas de oro (Premio planeta)
- Marseille, Hans-Joachim, Luftwaffe fighter ace
- Marshall, Donald, Jr, wrongfully convicted of murder; seminal trial regarding racism against First Nations people
- Marshall, Garry, (born 1934), producer, director, writer, actor
- Marshall, Herbert, (1890-1966), actor
- Marshall, Penny, (born 1942), actress, comedienne, film director
- Marshall, Stephen, (born 1594), English Nonconformist divine.
- Marshall, Thomas R, (1854-1925), US politician
- Marsh, Jean, (born 1934), actress, originator of Upstairs Downstairs
- Marsh, Ngaio, (1895-1982), author and theatrical director
- Marsh, Terry, boxer
- Marshall, Amanda, singer
- Marshall, George, (1880-1959), US military officer and politician
- Marshall, George Catlett, (1880-1959), US military officer and politician
- Marshall, John, (born 1755), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Marshall, Thurgood, (1908-1993), US supreme court
- Marsilius of Inghen, scholastic philosopher
- Marsilius of Padua, scholastic philosopher
- Mars, Kenneth, (born 1936), actor
- Marston, A.E, author
- Marston, Roger, scholastic philosopher
- Marszewski, Jozef, Polish painter
- Martel, Charles, (690-724), Mayor of the Palace of the kingdom of the Franks
- Martel, Yann, (born 1963), 2002 Booker Prize Winner
- Martika, (born 1969), Cuban-American singer
- Martin, Antonio, (died 1994), Spanish cyclist
- Martin, Billy, (1928-1989), baseball player, manager
- Martin, Bob, boxer
- Martin, Christian, dramatist, author
- Martin, Daniel, US governor
- Martin, Dean, (1917-1995), singer, actor
- Martin, Dewey, (born 1942), drummer
- Martin, Dick, (born 1922), comedian
- Martinez, Pedro, (born 1971), baseball pitcher
- Martin, George, (born 1926), "5th Beatle": producer of The Beatles' records
- Martin I, Pope, (649-655)
- Martin IV, Pope, (1281-1285)
- Martin V, Pope, (1417-1431)
- Martin, Andrea, actor/comedian
- Martin, Ann, Baby-sitters Club series
- Martin, Bill, and Phil Coulter
- Martin, Christy, (born 1968), world champion woman boxer
- Martin, Elias, (1816-1816), Norwegian monarch, Prime Minister
- Martin, Frank, (1890-1974), composer
- Martin, George R. R, (born 1948), US science fiction editor
- Martin, J.P, (1880-1966), Uncle series
- Martin, John W, American Governor of Florida
- Martin, Jose Miguel Gonzalez, athlete
- Martin, Joseph, 1900-02-28 to 1900-06-15
- Martin, Judith, (born 1938), ("Miss Manners"), etiquette writer
- Martin, Mark, comic creator
- Martin, Mary, (1913-1990), actor
- Martin, Master, scholastic philosopher
- Martin, Millicent, (born 1934), singer, actress
- Martin of Dacia, scholastic philosopher
- Martin of Tours, (died 397), French saint
- Martin, Philip, member of Aosdána
- Martin, Quinn, (1922-1987), television producer
- Martin, Ricky, (born 1971), Former Menudo, current pop super star
- Martin, Steve, (born 1945), comedian, stand-up comedian
- Martin, Tony, (born 1912), singer
- Martin, Tyrone G, (died 2003), naval historian
- Martinelli, Elsa, actor
- Martinez, Conchita, (Spain)
- Martini, Pietro
- Martini, Simone, (c.1284-1344)
- Martino, Pat, musician
- Martinson, Harry, (1904-1978), Swedish poet
- Martinson, Moa, Swedish writer
- Martinu, Bohuslav, (1890-1959), Czech composer
- Martin y Soler, Vicente, (died 1806), composer
- Martita, coffee maker who got hired to serve coffee at Univision and began appearing regularly on Univisi
- Martland, Steve, composer
- Martorell, Joanot, (1413-1468), author of Tirant lo Blanch
- Martov, Julius, Menshevik Leader
- Martyn, Edward, co-founder of the Irish Literary Theatre
- Martyn, John, (born 1948), musician
- Marugg, Tip, novelist
- Marvell, Andrew, (1621-1678), poet
- Marvin, Lee, (1924-1987), US actor
- Marx, Chico, (1887-1961), US comedan
- Marx, Groucho, (1890-1977), US comedian
- Marx, Gummo, (Milton)
- Marx, Harpo, (1888-1964), US comedian
- Marx, Karl, (1818-1883), German scholar and founder of Marxism
- Marx, Richard, (born 1963), singer
- Marx, Wilhelm, (born 1863), German politician, chancellor of the Weimar Republic
- Marx, Zeppo, (1901-1979), actor
- Mary, Jesus Christ's mother
- Mary I of England, (1553-1558), Roman Catholic queen
- Mary I of Scotland, (1542-1587), also known as Mary, Queen of Scots
- Mary II of England, (1662-1694)
- Mary of Guise, (born 1515), Regent of Scotland
- Mary of Modena, (born 1658), Queen Consort of King James II of England
- Mary of Teck, (1867-1953), Queen Consort of King George V.
- Masaccio, Tommaso, (1401-1428), Italian painter
- Masakela, Hugh, (born 1939), musician
- Masakowski, Steve, musician
- Masaryk, Jan, (1886-1948), Foreign minister of Czech republic-in-exile
- Masaryk, Tomas, (1850-1937)
- Mascagni, Pietro, (1863-1945), Italian composer, opera composer
- Mascaras, Mil, (born 1942), former professional wrestler
- Mascayano, José Joaquín Pérez, president
- Mascheroni, Lorenzo, (1750-1800), mathematician
- Mase, (born 1978), American rapper
- Masefield, John, (1878-1967), poet
- Masereel, Franz, (1889-1972), painter and graphic artist
- Maske, Henry, (born 1964), German boxer
- Maskelyne, Jasper, British stage magician
- Maslow, Abraham, psychologist
- Maslowski, Stanislaw, Polish painter
- Masni, Pietro, sculptor
- Masó, Bartolomé
- Mason, A. E. W, author of The Four Feathers
- Mason, Bobbie Ann, author
- Mason, Dave, (born 1946), musician ("Traffic")
- Mason, Frank, (born 1921), American painter
- Mason, George, (1725-1792), U.S. patriot, "Father of the United States Bill of Rights"
- Mason, Jackie, (born 1931), comedian
- Mason, James, (1909-1984), actor
- Mason, Marsha, (born 1942), actress
- Mason, Nick, (born 1945), musician of Pink Floyd
- Mason, Terrence John, (born 1953), Americann violinist
- Mason, Wide Mouth, singing group
- Masreel, Frans, illustrator
- Massad, Boulos, Maronite Patriarch
- Massari, Lea, actor
- Massenet, Jules, composer, opera composer
- Massey, Daniel, (1933-1998)
- Massey, Raymond, (1896-1983), actor
- Massey, Vincent, (1887-1967)
- Massidda, Anna Maria Falchi
- Massimino, Michael, astronaut
- Masso, Charlie, (born 1970), Former Menudo
- Massonde, Majiddine Ben Said, president
- Massoud, Ahmed Shah, (1953?-2001), Afghan military leader
- Mastelotto, Pat, (born 1955), musician
- Mastenbroek, Rie, (born 1919), swimmer
- Master, Boucicaut, manuscript illuminator
- Masters, Edgar Lee, (1869-1950), poet
- Masters, Louis, (1915-2001), sexologist
- Masterson, Bat, (1853-1921), gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist
- Masterson, Christopher, actor
- Masterson, Danny, actor, older brother of Christopher Masterson
- Mastoianni, Marcello, (1924-1996), actor
- Mastracchio, Richard, astronaut
- Mastracchio, Richard A, (born 1960), astronaut.
- Mastroianni, Marcello, (1924-1996), Italian actor
- Masuji Ibuse, Japanese Author
- Matalin, Mary, (born 1954), Republican Party political activist
- Matas, Carol, Canadian writer
- Matejko, Jan, Polish painter
- Matheos I of Alexandria, (1378-1408), Coptic Pope
- Matheos II of Alexandria, (1453-1466), Coptic Pope
- Matheos III of Alexandria, (1631-1645), Coptic Pope
- Matheos IV of Alexandria, (1660-1676), Coptic Pope
- Mather, Cotton, (1664-1728), Magnalia
- Matheson, Richard, (born 1926), author
- Matheson, Shirlee Smith, Canadian writer
- Mathewson, Christy, (1880-1925), baseball star
- Mathias, Bob, (born 1930), athlete
- Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor, (1611-1619), German ruler
- Mathieu, Mireille, (born 1946), French musician
- Mathis, Johnny, (born 1935), singer
- Matilda of Flanders, (born 1031), (approximate date)
- Matisse, Henri, (1869-1954), French painter
- Matlin, Marlee, (born 1965), actor
- Matraire, Françoise, printer of first Italian stamps
- Matsumoto Yukihiro, Ruby language designer
- Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), haiku poet
- Matsuoka Yosuke, Japanese foreign minister
- Matsys, Quentin, (c.1466-1530), painter
- Matt, Joe, comic creator
- Matta, Roberto, painter, sculptor.
- Mattei, Antonio, (1900-1956), American painter
- Mattei, Enrico, (died 1962), Italian politician
- Matthäus, Lothar, athlete
- Matthau, Walter, (1920-2000), US actor
- Matthew
- Matthew, Arnold Harris, (1852-1919)
- Matthew II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Matthew I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Matthew of Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria
- Matthew of Aquasparta, scholastic philosopher
- Matthews, Artie, (1888-1958), ragtime composer
- Matthews, Cerys, singer
- Matthews, Eddie, (1931-2001), baseball player
- Matthews, Harry Grindell
- Matthews, Sir Stanley, (1915-2002), athlete
- Matthiez, Albert, historian
- Matthöfer, Hans
- Mattingly, Thomas, astronaut
- Mature, Victor, (1915-1999), actor
- Matz, Peter, (1928-2002), composer
- Mauchly, John, (died 1980), co-inventor of the ENIAC computer
- Maude, General Sir Frederick Stanley, (1864-1917)
- Maud, Empress, (1102-1167), daughter of Henry I of England, mother of Henry II of England
- Maugham, Somerset, (1874-1965), British author
- Mauldin, Bill, (1921-2003), US cartoonist
- Maunoury, Michael, (1847-1923), General
- Maupin, Armistead, (born 1944), author
- Mauregato of Asturias, Asturian monarch
- Maurer, Neza, (born 1930), poet
- Mauresmo, Amelie, (born 1979)
- Mauriac, François, (1885-1970), Roman Catholic writer
- Mauriat, Paul, (born 1925), musician
- Maurice I, Byzantine Emperor
- Maurice of Nassau, (1567-1625), general and politician
- Maurus of Salerno, scholastic philosopher
- Mavec, Mojca, TV journalist
- Mavrel, Blaz, poet
- Mavrides, Paul, comic creator, painter
- Maw, Nicholas, composer
- Mawson, Douglas, Australian explorer of Antarctica
- Max, Pete, painter
- Maxentius, Roman emperor
- Maxim, Craig, website creator and talk-show guest
- Maxim, Joey, boxer
- Maximian, (ca. 250-310), Roman emperor
- Maximianus, patriarch of Constantinople
- Maximianus, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Maximilian, (1832-1867), Mexican emperor
- Maximilian I of Bavaria, (1756-1825), elector and king of Bavaria
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, (1459-1519)
- Maximilian II Emanuel, (died 1726)
- Maximilian II of Bavaria, (1811-1864), king of Bavaria
- Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, (1564-1576)
- Maximilian, Prince of Baden, (1867-1929), Prussian Prime Minister
- Maximinus Daia, Roman emperor
- Maximinus Thrax, (died 235), Roman emperor
- Maximus, patriarch of Constantinople
- Maximus III, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Maximus II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Maximus IV, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Maximus of Alexandria, (265-282), Coptic Pope, patriarch of Alexandria
- Maximus, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Maximus V, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Max, Peter, (born 1937), pop artist
- Maxton, James, leader of the Independent Labour Party
- Maxwell, musician
- Maxwell, Glyn, poet
- Maxwell, James Clerk, (1831-1879), physicist
- Maxwell, Robert, (1923-1991), British media baron
- Maybach, Wilhelm, (1846-1929), designer of engines and cars, industrialist
- May, Elaine, (born 1932), comedienne
- Mayenburg, Marius von, dramatist, author
- May, Ernst, (1886-1970), architect
- Mayer, Robert, (1879-1985), philanthropist
- May, Karl, (1842-1912), German poet
- May, Rollo, psychologist
- Mayakovsky, Vladimir, (1893-1930), poet
- Mayall, John, (born 1933), musician
- Maybelle, Big, musician
- Mayer, Louis B, (died 1957), co-founder MGM Studios
- Mayfield, Curtis, (1942-1999), singer-songwriter, musician
- Mayfield, Percy, musician
- Mayhew, Henry, (1812-1887)
- Maynard, F. H
- Mayol, Félix, (1872-1941)
- Mayol, Jacques, (1927-2001)
- Mayorga, Ricardo, (born 1973), world champion boxer
- Mayo, Virginia, (born 1920), actress
- Mayo, William Starbuck, US novelist
- Mayr, Ernst, (born 1904), biologist
- Mayrocker, Friederike, (born 1924), author
- Mays, Lyle, musician
- Mays, Willie, (born 1931), baseball star
- Mazarin, Cardinal
- Mazeroski, Bill, (born 1936), baseball star
- Maze, Tina, alpine skier
- Mazoyer, Marcel, agronomist
- Mazur, Gail, poet
- Mazursky, Paul, (born 1930), director, writer
- Mazzella, Kawisha, musician
- Mazzini, Giuseppe, (1805-1872), writer and politician






