Ma, Yo-Yo  US (Fr.-born) cellist _1955--
Mabus, Raymond Edwin Jr. (Ray)  US Dem. polit.; gov. of Mississippi 1988-1992; US ambassador to Saudi Arabia 1994-- _1948--
Macadam, John  Austr. (Scot.-born) botanist; source of word "macadamia" _1827-1865
Macapagal, Diosdado  Philippine polit.; pres. of Philippines 1961-1965 _1910--
MacArthur, Arthur  US gen.; US gov. of Philippines 1900-1901; father of Douglas MacArthur _1845-1912
MacArthur, Charles  US dram.; co-wrote plays "The Front Page" 1928, "Twentieth Century" 1933, "Ladies and Gentlemen" 1939 with Ben Hecht; husband of Helen Hayes 1928 _1895-1956
MacArthur, Douglas  US gen. & war hero in World War II & Korean War; superintendent of US Military Academy 1919-1922; army chief of staff 1930-1935; commanded US occupation of Japan 1945-1951; recalled by Harry Truman 1951 _1880-1964
Macartney, George, Earl  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; 1st gov. of Cape Colony 1797-1798 _1737-1806
Macaulay, [Emilie] Rose, Dame  Eng. nov.; wrote novels "Abbots Verney" 1906, "The Lee Shore" 1920, "Potterism" 1920, "Dangerous Ages" 1921, "Told by an Idiot" 1923, "And No Man's Wit" 1940, "The Towers of Trebizond" 1956 _1881-1958
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Baron  Eng. aut., historian, & polit. _1800-1859
Macbeth (also Macbeathadh)  Scot. king 1040-1057; overthrew Duncan I 1040; overthrown & killed by Malcolm III; subject & eponym of Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" _1005?-1057
MacBride, Roger Lea  US lawyer, polit., & television producer; cast renegade electoral vote for John Hospers & Theodora Nathan 1972; co-produced series "Little House on the Prairie" 1974-1983; Libertarian pres. cand. 1976 _1929--
MacBride, Sean  Irish (Fr.-born) polit. & human rights advocate; NP Peace 1974 _1904-1988
Maccabeus, Judas  Jewish patriot _1XXb-161b
MacDiarmid, Hugh (pseud. of Christopher Murray Grieve)  Scot. Communist & poet; tried to revive Scottish as literary language; wrote poetry collections "Sangschaw" 1925, "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle" 1926 _1892-1978
Macdonald, George  Scot. nov. & poet; wrote novels "Phantastes" 1858, "David Elginbrod" 1863, "Lilith" 1895, juvenile novels "At the Back of the North Wind" 1871, "The Princess and the Goblin" 1872 _1824-1905
Macdonald, John Alexander, Sir  Can. (Scot.-born) polit.; prime min. of Canada 1867-1873, 1878-1891; 1st prime min. of independent Canada _1815-1891
Macdonald, John Sandfield  Can. polit.; 1st premier of Ontario 1867-1871 _1812-1872
MacDonald, [James] Ramsay  Brit. polit.; leader of Labor Party 1911-1914, 1922-1931; Brit. foreign secy. 1924; Brit. prime min. 1924, 1929-1935; 1st Brit. Labor prime min. _1866-1937
MacDonald-Wright, Stanton  US abstract painter; co-founded Synchronist movement 1913 _1890-1973
Macdonough, Thomas  US naval officer _1783-1825
MacDowell, Edward Alexander  US composer _1860-1908
MacFarlane, Robert Carl  US Marine Corps officer; national security advisor 1983-1985 _1937--
Macfarquhar, Colin  Scot. printer; co-founded Encyclopaedia Britannica with Andrew Bell _1745?-1793
MacGregor, Robert (Rob Roy)  Scot. bandit; eponym of drink Rob Roy _1671-1734
Mach, Ernst  Aus. philos. & phys.; developer & eponym of Mach numbers; grandfather of Olivia Newton-John _1838-1916
Macha, Karel Hynek  Czechoslovakian Romantic nov. & lyric poet _1810-1836
Machado [Guimares], Bernardino Luis  Port. (Brazilian-born) polit.; pres. of Portugal 1915-1917, 1925-1926; overthrown _1851-1944
Machado [y Morales], Gerardo  Cuban gen. & polit.; pres. of Cuba 1925-1933 _1871-1939
Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria  Brazilian aut.; wrote poetry collections "Crisalidas" 1864, "Falenas" 1869 _1839-1908
Machel, Samora Moises  Mozambique nationalist, Communist polit., & revolutionary; led FRELIMO rebel movement; 1st pres. of Mozambique 1975-1986 _1930-1986
Machiavelli, Niccolo  It. dram., historian, & political philos.; wrote studies "Discourses on Livy" 1518 (also "Discorsi"), "The Art of War" 1521, "The Prince" 1532 (also "Il Principe"), comic play "Mandragola" 1518 _1469-1527
Macia, Francesc (also Francisco Macia)  Sp. polit. & Catalan nationalist; founded Estat Catalan 1922 _1859-1933
Macias [Nguema], Francisco (Masie Nguema Biyogo Negue Ndong)  Equatorial Guinean dictator & polit.; 1st head of state of Equatorial Guinea 1968-1979; overthrown & killed _1922?-1979
MacInnes, Helen Clark  Scot. suspense nov.; wrote novels "Above Suspicion" 1941, "The Venetian Affair" 1963, "The Salzburg Connection" 1968, "Message from Malaga" 1971, "Ride a Pale Horse" 1984 _1907-1985
MacIver, Robert Morrison  US (Scot.-born) sociologist _1882-1970
Mack, Connie (orig. Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy)  US baseball manager; owner & manager of Philadelphia A's 1901-1950 _1862-1956
Mack, Cornelius III (Connie)  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Florida 1989--; grandson of Connie Mack _1940--
Mack, Walter Staunton Jr.  US drink businessman & financier; pres. of Pepsi-Cola Co. 1938-1951 _1895-1990
Mack von Lieberich, Karl, Baron  Aus. marshal; defeated by Napoleon at battles of Ulm 1805 & Austerlitz 1805 _1752-1828
MacKaye, Percy  US dram. & poet; wrote plays "The Canterbury Pilgrims" 1903, "Sappho and Phaon" 1907, "The Scarecrow" 1908, "Anti-Matrimony" 1910, poetry collection "The Far Familiar" 1937 _1875-1956
MacKaye, [James Morrison] Steele  US actor, dram., producer, & theater manager; founded Lyceum Theater; father of Percy MacKaye _1842-1894
Mackensen, August von  Ger. marshal _1849-1945
Mackenzie, Alexander  Can. (Scot.-born) polit.; prime min. of Canada 1873-1878 _1822-1892
Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell, Sir  Brit. composer & conductor _1847-1935
Mackenzie, [Edward Montague] Compton, Sir  Eng. nov.; wrote novels "The Passionate Elopement" 1911, "Carnival" 1912, "Sinister Street" 1913-1914, "Extremes Meet" 1928, autobiography "My Life and Times" 1963-1971 _1883-1972
Mackenzie, William Lyon  Can. (Scot.-born) rebel leader in Upper Canada; grandfather of William Lyon Mackenzie King _1795-1861
Mackinder, Halford John, Sir  Eng. geographer _1861-1947
MacLaine, Shirley (orig. Shirley Beaty)  US movie actress; starred in movies "Terms of Endearment" 1984, "Steel Magnolias" 1989, "Postcards from the Edge" 1990, "Used People" 1993; sister of Warren Beatty _1934--
Maclaurin, Colin  Scot. math.; developer & eponym of Maclaurin series _1698-1746
Maclaurin, Richard Cockburn  US educator & phys.; pres. of MIT 1909-1920 _1870-1920
MacLean, John  US educator; pres. of Princeton Univ. 1854-1868 _1800-1886
MacLehose, [Crawford] Murray, Sir (Baron MacLehose of Beoch)  Brit. admin. & diplomat; gov. of Hong Kong 1971-1982 _1917--
MacLeish, Archibald  US admin., dram., & poet; wrote poetry collections "The Pot of Earth" 1925, "Conquistador" 1932, "Collected Poems 1917-1952" 1953, verse play "J. B." 1959; librarian of Congress 1939-1944 _1892-1982
MacLennan, Hugh  Can. nov. _1907-1990
Macleod, John James Rickard  Scot. physiologist; co-discovered insulin with Frederick Banting & Charles Best; NP Med. 1923 _1876-1935
Mac-Mahon, Marie Edme Maurice, Comte de  Fr. marshal & polit.; pres. of France 1873-1879 _1808-1893
Macmillan, [Maurice] Harold  Brit. polit.; Brit. foreign secy. 1955; Brit. prime min. 1957-1963; resigned _1894-1987
MacMillan, Donald Baxter  US explorer _1874-1970
MacNeice, Louis  Irish poet; wrote poetry collections "Blind Fireworks" 1929, "Autumn sequel" 1954, "Eighty-Five Poems" 1961, "Solstices" 1961, co-wrote collection "Letters from Iceland" 1937 with W. H. Auden _1907-1963
MacNelly, Jeffrey Kenneth (Jeff)  US cartoonist; created Shoe, Pluggers _1947--
Macon, Nathaniel  US polit.; Speaker of the House 1801-1807; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1826, 1827, 1828 _1758-1837
Macpherson, James (pseud. Ossian)  Scot. poet; wrote epic poems "Fingal" 1762, "Temora" 1763 both unsuccessfully attributed to legendary poet Ossian, epic poem "The Highlander" 1758 _1736-1796
Macpherson, John  Brit. admin. in India; acting gov-gen. of Brit. E. India Co. 1785-1786 _1745-1821
Macready, William Charles  Eng. actor _1793-1873
MacVeagh, Franklin  US admin.; Secy. of Treasury 1909-1913; brother of Wayne MacVeagh _1837-1934
MacVeagh, [Isaac] Wayne  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1881; brother of Franklin MacVeagh _1833-1917
Madariaga y Rojo, Salvador de  Sp. aut. & diplomat _1886-1978
Madden, John  US football coach & sportscaster; coach of Oakland Raiders 1969-1978 _1936--
Maddux, Gregory Alan (Greg)  US baseball player; pitcher for Chicago Cubs 1986-1992; pitcher for Atlanta Braves 1993--; won National League Cy Young award 1992, 1993, 1994 _1966--
Madero, Francisco Indalecio  Mex. polit.; pres. of Mexico 1911-1913; overthrown & killed _1873-1913
Madhava of Sangamagramma  Indian astronomer & math.; developed series expansions for trigonometric functions _13XX?-14XX?
Madigan, Edward Rell  US admin.; Secy. of Agriculture 1991-1993 _1936--
Madison, Dolley (nee Payne)  US hostess; wife of James Madison 1794 _1768-1849
Madison, James  US diplomat & polit.; Secy. of State 1801-1809; 4th pres. of US 1809-1817 _1751-1836
Madlock, Bill  US baseball player _1951--
Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone)  US actress & rock singer; recorded albums "Madonna" 1983, "Like a Virgin" 1984, "True Blue" 1986; starred in movie "Desperately Seeking Susan" 1985 _1958--
Madrid [Hurtado], Miguel de la  Mex. polit.; pres. of Mexico 1982-1988 _1934--
Magnol, Pierre  Fr. botanist; source of word "magnolia" _1638-1715
Maecenas, Gaius  Rom. polit. & patron of literature _070b?-008b
Maes, Nicolaes (also Nicolas Maas)  Dutch painter _1634-1693
Maeterlinck, Maurice Polydore, Count (also Mauritius Polydorus Maria Bernardus Maeterlinck)  Belgian dram., essayist, & poet; wrote plays "The Princess Maleine" 1889, "The Intruder" 1890, "Pelleas and Melisande" 1892, "Joyzelle" 1903, "Mary Magdalene" 1910; NP Lit. 1911 _1862-1949
Maga, Hubert Coutoucou  Benin polit.; 1st pres. of Benin 1960-1963, 1970-1972 _1916--
Magaw, John  US admin.; director of US Secret Service 1992-1993; director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms 1993-- (BATF) _1935?--
Magellan, Ferdinand (also Fernao de Magalhaes)  Port. explorer; led 1st successful mission to circumnavigate globe; killed by natives in Philippines before completing circumnavigation _1480?-1521
Maginot, Andre  Fr. polit.; Fr. defense minister 1922-1924, 1929-1930, 1930, 1931-1932; eponym of Maginot Line _1877-1932
Magloire, Paul Etienne  Haitian army officer & polit.; pres. of Haiti 1950-1956 _1907--
Magnus I (Magnus the Good)  Norw. king 1035-1047; king of Denmark 1042-1047; son of Olaf II of Norway; only ruler of Yngliger dynasty in Denmark _1024-1047
Magnus II (Magnus Haraldsson)  Norw. king 1066-1069; son of Harald III _1035-1069
Magnus III (Magnus Barefoot)  Norw. king 1095-1103; king of southern Norway 1093-1095 _1073-1103
Magnus IV (Magnus the Blind)  Norw. king 1130-1135; son of Sigurd I _1115?-1139
Magnus V (Magnus Erlingsson)  Norw. king 1162-1184 _1156-1184
Magnus VI (Magnus Lagaboter; Magnus the Law-Mender)  Norw. king 1263-1280; son of Haakon IV _1238-1280
Magnus VII (Magnus Eriksson; Magnus II of Sweden; Smek)  Norw. king 1319-1343; Swed. king 1319-1365 as Magnus II; 1st king to rule Sweden & Norway under 1st Union of Kalmar 1319; grandson of Haakon V _1316-1374
Magnus Henriksson  Swed. king 1160-1161 _11XX-1161?
Magnus I Ladulas (Magnus Ladulas; Magnus Barn-Lock)  Swed. king 1275-1290; brother of Valdemar _1240-1290
Magnuson, Warren Grant  US polit.; chairman of Senate Commerce Committee 1955-1978; chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee 1978-1981; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1979-1981 _1905-1989
Magnussen, Harro  Ger. sculptor _1861-1908
Magoon, Charles Edward  US admin.; last US gov. of Cuba 1906-1909 _1861-1920
Magritte, Rene Francois Ghislain  Belgian Surrealist painter _1898-1967
Magruder, Patrick  US admin.; ex officio librarian of Congress 1807-1815 _1768-1819
Magsaysay, Ramon  Philippine polit.; Philippine defense minister 1950-1953; defeated Hukbalahap rebel group; pres. of Philippines 1953-1957 _1907-1957
Mahan, Alfred Thayer  US historian, naval officer, & naval strategist; pres. of Naval War College 1886-1889, 1892-1893; wrote study "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History" 1890 _1840-1914
Mahan, Asa  US Congregational clergyman & educator; 1st pres. of Oberlin College 1835-1849 _1799-1889
Mahathir bin Mohamed, Datuk Seri  Malaysian polit.; prime min. of Malaysia 1981-- _1925--
Mahavira (orig. Vardhamana Jnatiputra)  Indian religious leader; founder of Jainism; 24th & last jina _599b?-527b?
Mahavira  Indian math. _8XX
Mahdi, Sadiq al- (Sadiq Abdul Rahman)  Sudanese polit.; prime min. of Sudan 1966-1967, 1986-1989; overthrown _1936--
Mahendra [Bir Bikrama Jang Bahadur Shah Deva Shah]  king of Nepal 1955-1972; son of Tribhuvana _1920-1972
Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi (orig. Mahesh Brasad Warma)  Indian mystic; founded Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement _1911--
Maheu, Rene Gabriel Eugene  Fr. admin.; acting director-general of UNESCO 1961-1962; director-general of UNESCO 1962-1975 _1905-1975
Mahfouz, Naguib (also Nagib Mahfuz)  Egyptian nov.; wrote novels "The Thief and the Dogs" 1961, "The Beggar" 1965, "Palace Walk" 1990, "Adrift on the Nile" 1993, trilogy "The Cairo Trilogy" 1956-1957; NP Lit. 1988 _1911--
Mahir, Ahmad, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1944-1945 _1888-1945
Mahir, Ali, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1936, 1939-1940, 1952, 1952 _1882?-1960
Mahler, Alma (nee Schindler)  Aus. pianist; wife of Gustav Mahler _1879-1964
Mahler, Gustav  Aus. composer & conductor _1860-1911
Mahler, Halfdan  Danish admin. & physician; director-general of WHO 1973-1988 _1923--
Mahmud I  Ottoman sultan of Turkey 1730-1754 _1696-1754
Mahmud II  Ottoman sultan of Turkey 1808-1839 _1785-1839
Mahmud of Ghazni (the Idol Smasher)  Arab conqueror; sultan of Ghazni 997-1030 _971?-1030
Mahmud, Muhammad, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1928-1929, 1937-1939 _1877-1941
Mahmud [Khan], Sirdar Shah  Afghan polit.; prime min. of Afghanistan 1946-1953; brother of Muhammad Nadir Shah & Sirdad Hasim Khan _1886-1959
Mahon, George Herman  US polit.; chairman of House Appropriations Committee 1964-1977 _1900-1985
Mahony, Roger  US cardinal 1991; archbishop of Los Angeles 1985-- _1936--
Maida, Adam Joseph  US Catholic clergyman; bishop of Green Bay 1984-1990; archbishop of Detroit 1990-- _1930--
Maier, Henry Walter (orig. Henry Walter Nelke)  US polit.; mayor of Milwaukee 1960-1988 _1918-1994
Mailer, Norman  US journalist & nov.; wrote novels "The Naked and the Dead" 1948, "Ancient Evenings" 1983, "Tough Guys Don't Dance" 1984, nonfiction "The Armies of the Night" 1968, "The Executioner's Song" 1979 _1923--
Maillol, Aristide  Fr. sculptor _1861-1944
Maimonides, Moses (also Rabbi Moses ben Maimon; RaM BaM)  Jewish jurist, physician, rabbi, & theol.; synthesized Aristotelian & Jewish ideas; wrote "Guide of the Perplexed" 1190 _1135-1204
Mainbocher (orig. Main Rousseau Bocher)  Fr. fashion designer _1891-1976
Maine, Henry James Sumner, Sir  Eng. jurist _1822-1888
Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne Marquise de  Fr. consort of Louis XIV _1635-1719
Maitland, Frederic William  Eng. pioneer legal historian; co-wrote "History of English Law before Edward I" 1895, wrote "Domesday Book and Beyond" 1897 _1850-1906
Maitland, Peregrine  Brit. admin. & gen. in S. Africa; gov. of Cape Colony 1844-1847 _1777-1854
Major, John Roy  Brit. polit.; Brit. foreign secy. 1989; Brit. chancellor of exchequer 1989-1990; Brit. prime min. 1990-- _1943--
Majors, Alexander  US businessman; co-founded Pony Express _1814-1900
Majors, Lee (orig. Harvey Lee Yeary II)  US television actor; starred in series "The Six Million Dollar Man" 1974-1978, "The Fall Guy" 1981-1986; husband of Farrah Fawcett 1973; divorced 1982 _1940--
Makarios III (orig. Mihail Christodoulou Mouskos)  Cypriot archbishop & polit.; 1st pres. of Cyprus 1960-1977; supported enosis until 1956 _1913-1977
Makarov, Stepan Osipovich  Rus. adm. _1848-1904
Makiguchi, Tsunesaburo  Japanese educator & Nichiren Buddhist religious leader; founder & 1st leader of Soka-Gakkai 1930-1944 _1871-1944
Makino, Tomitaro  Japanese botanist; father of Japanese plant taxonomy _1862-1957
Malamud, Bernard  US nov. & short story aut.; wrote novels "The Natural" 1952, "The Assistant" 1957, "A New Life" 1961, "The Fixer" 1966, "The Tenants" 1971, "Dubin's Lives" 1979, "God's Grace" 1982 _1914-1986
Malan, Daniel Francois  S. African editor & polit.; prime min. of Union of S. Africa 1948-1954 _1874-1959
Malatesta, Enrico  It. anarchist & editor _1853-1932
Malcolm III Canmore  Scot. king 1058-1093; son of Duncan I _1031?-1093
Malcolm IV  Scot. king 1153-1165; grandson of David I _1142-1165
Malcolm X (Al Hajj Malik al-Shabazz; El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; orig. Malcolm Little)  US black nationalist leader; assassinated _1925-1965
Malden, Karl (orig. Mladen Sekulovich)  US actor _1913--
Malebranche, Nicolas de  Fr. metaphysical philos. _1638-1715
Malenkov, Georgy Maximilianovich  Rus. Communist polit.; secy-gen. of Soviet Communist Party 1953; premier of Soviet Union 1953-1955; deposed _1902-1988
Maleska, Eugene  US crossword puzzle constructor & editor; crossword puzzle editor for New York Times 1977-1993 _1916-1993
Malet, Claude Francois  Fr. gen.; tried to overthrow Napoleon 1812; executed _1754-1812
Malevich, Kasimir Severinovich (also Kazimir, Casimir Malevich)  Rus. abstract painter; founded Suprematist movement 1912 _1878-1935
Malfatti, Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe  It. math. _1731-1807
Malherbe, Francois de  Fr. poet _1555-1628
Malietoa Tanumafili II, [Susuga]  Western Samoan leader; joint head of state of Western Samoa 1962-1963; king of Western Samoa 1963-- _1913--
Malik, Adam  Indonesian diplomat; Indonesian foreign minister 1966-1982 _1917-1984
Malik, Jacob Alexandrovich (also Yakov Malik)  Ukrainian Soviet diplomat; Soviet ambassador to UN 1948-1952, 1968-1972 _1906-1980
Malinov, Alexander  Bulgarian polit.; premier of Bulgaria 1908-1911, 1918, 1931 _1867-1938
Malinovsky, Rodion Yakovlevich  Rus. Soviet gen.; Soviet defense minister 1957-1967 _1898-1967
Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper  US (Pol.-born) anthropologist; father of social anthropology; wrote "Crime and Custom in Savage Society" 1926, "Sex and Repression in Savage Society" 1927, "A Scientific Theory of Culture" 1944 _1884-1942
Malkiel, Yakov  US (Rus.-born) Romance etymologist & philologist _1914--
Malkin, Myron Samuel  US admin. & phys.; father & 1st director of US space shuttle program 1973-1980 _1924-1994
Malkovich, John  US actor & director _1953--
Mallalieu, [Joseph Percival] William, Sir  Brit. admin.; last Brit. first lord of the admiralty 1966-1967 _1908-1980
Mallarme, Stephane  Fr. Symbolist poet; wrote poem "L'Apres-midi d'une faune" 1876 (also "The Afternoon of a Faun"), collection "Vers et Prose" 1893; translator of Edgar Allan Poe _1842-1898
Mallon, Mary (Typhoid Mary)  US cook & disease carrier _1870-1938
Mallory, George [Herbert] Leigh  Brit. mountaineer; coined reply "Because it is there"; disappeared _1886-1924?
Mallory, Stephen Russell  US-Confederate (Trinidadian-born) polit.; only Confederate secy. of navy 1861-1865 _1812-1873
Mallowan, Max Edgar Lucien, Sir  Eng. archaeologist; excavated in Near E.; 2nd husband of Agatha Christie 1930 _1904-1978
Malone, Edmond  Irish Shakespearean scholar _1741-1812
Malone, Moses  US basketball player; played for Houston Rockets 1976-1982, Philadelphia 76ers 1982-1986 _1955--
Malory, Thomas, Sir  Eng. epic poet & translator; wrote poem "Le Morte d'Arthur" 1469-1470 _14XX-1471?
Malott, Deane Waldo  US businessman & educator; pres. of Cornell Univ. 1951-1963 _1898--
Malpighi, Marcello  It. anatomist _1628-1694
Malraux, Andre  Fr. art historian, aut., & resistance leader; wrote novels "The Conquerors" 1929, "La Condition Humaine" 1933 (also "Man's Fate"), "L'Espoir" 1938 (also "Man's Hope"); fought for Fr. resistance in World War II _1901-1976
Malthus, Thomas Robert  Eng. economist & political philos.; wrote "An Essay on the Principle of Population" 1798, "An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent" 1815 _1766-1834
Malus, Etienne Louis  Fr. phys.; discoverer & eponym of Malus' Law _1775-1812
Malypetr, Jan  Czechoslovakian polit.; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1932-1935 _1873-1947
Malzel, Johann Nepomuk (also Johann Maelzel)  Ger. musician & inventor of musical mechanisms _1772-1838
Mamaloni, Solomon Sunaone  Solomon Islander polit.; chief minister of Brit. Solomon Islands 1974-1976; prime min. of Solomon Islands 1981-1984, 1989-- _1943--
Mameli, Goffredo  It. lyricist; wrote It. national anthem "Inno di Mameli" (adopted 1946) _1827-1849
Mamet, David  US dram. & screenwriter; wrote plays "American Buffalo" 1975, "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" 1976, "Glengarry Glen Ross" 1983, "Speed-the-Plow" 1988, screenplays "The Untouchables" 1987, "House of Games" 1987 _1947--
Mamo, Anthony Joseph, Sir  Maltese polit.; last gov-gen. of Malta 1971-1974; 1st pres. of Malta 1974-1976 _1909--
Manarov, Musa Khiramanovich  Azerbaijan Soviet cosmonaut; logged record total 541 days in space _1951--
Manatt, Charles Taylor  US Dem. polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1981-1985 _1936--
Mancham, James Richard  Seychelles polit.; 1st pres. of Seychelles 1976-1977; overthrown _1929--
Mancini, Henry  US composer; composed songs "Moon River" 1951, "Days of Wine and Roses", theme for television series "Peter Gunn" 1958, scores for movies "Breakfast at Tiffany's" 1961, "The Pink Panther" 1964 _1924-1994
Manco Capac  1st Inca king of Peru _10XX
Manco Capac (Manco Inca)  Inca king of Peru 1533-1544; defeated by Spaniards 1537; murdered _1500-1544
Mandel, [Louis] Georges (orig. Jeroboam Rothschild)  Fr. polit. _1885-1944
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla  S. African black civil rights leader, dissident, & polit.; imprisoned 1962-1990; pres. of African National Congress 1990-- (ANC); 1st black pres. of S. Africa 1994--; NP Peace 1993 _1918--
Mandela, [Nomzano Zaniewe] Winnifred (Winnie; nee Madikizela)  S. African black civil rights leader; 2nd wife of Nelson Mandela 1958; separated 1992 _1934--
Mandelbrot, Benoit  Fr. (Pol.-born) math.; pioneer in study of fractals _1924--
Mandelstam, Osip Emilyevich (also Osip Mandelshtam)  Rus. (Pol.-born) aut. & poet; wrote poetry collections "Stone" 1913, "Tristia" 1922, "Poems" 1928 _1891-1938
Manderson, Charles Frederick  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1891-1893 _1837-1911
Mandeville, Bernard  Brit. (Dutch-born) philos. & satirist; wrote verse satire "The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Public Benefits" 1714 (orig. "The Grumbling Hive" 1705) _1670-1733
Mandeville, John, Sir (possibly Jehan de Bourgogne, Jean d'Outremeuse)  Fr. traveler & travel book aut.; wrote "The Voyage and Travels of Sir John Madeville, Knight" 1366? _13XX-1372?
Mandrell, Barbara Ann  US country singer _1948--
Manet, Edouard  Fr. Impressionist painter _1832-1883
Manes (also Mani, Manichaeus)  Persian prophet, religious leader, & martyr; founder & eponym of Manichaeism; crucified by Magians _216?-276?
Mangope, Lucas Lawrence Manyane  S. African-Bophuthatswana black polit.; only pres. of Bophuthatswana 1977-1994; overthrown by S. African government _1924--
Mangum, Willie Person  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1842 _1792-1861
Manigat, Leslie  Haitian polit.; pres. of Haiti 1988; deposed _1930--
Manilius, Gaius  Rom. polit. _0XXb
Manilow, Barry  US singer & songwriter _1946--
Maniu, Iuliu  Romanian polit. & revolutionary; prime min. of Romania 1928-1933 _1873-1953
Mankiewicz, Joseph Leo  US movie director, producer, & screenwriter; wrote & directed movies "A Letter to Three Wives" 1949, "All About Eve" 1950, "Guys and Dolls" 1955, "Cleopatra" 1963, directed "Sleuth" 1972 _1909-1993
Mankiller, Wilma  US Cherokee polit.; principal chief of Cherokee Nation 1985--; 1st female chief of large N. American tribe _1945--
Manley, Michael Norman  Jamaican polit.; prime min. of Jamaica 1972-1980, 1989-1992; son of Norman Manley _1923--
Manley, Norman Washington  Jamaican (Eng.-born) polit.; prime min. of Jamaica 1955-1962; cousin of William Bustamante; father of Michael Manley _1893-1969
Mann, Charles (Earl Cornwallis)  Brit. admin. in India; gov-gen. of Brit. E. India Co. 1786-1793, 1805 _1738-1805
Mann, Horace  US educator; pioneer of public schools; 1st pres. of Antioch College 1853-1860 _1796-1859
Mann, James Robert  US polit.; sponsor & eponym of Mann Act 1910; House minority leader 1911-1919 _1856-1922
Mann, Thomas (Tom)  Brit. labor leader & socialist; co-led London dock strike 1889 with John Elliot Burns _1856-1941
Mann, [Paul] Thomas  Czechoslovakian-Ger.-US (Ger.-born) nov.; wrote novels "Buddenbrooks" 1901, "Death in Venice" 1912, "The Magic Mountain" 1924 (also "Der Zauberberg"), "Joseph and His Brothers" 1934; NP Lit. 1929 _1875-1955
Mann, William Hodges  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1910-1914 _1843-1927
Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil, Baron von  Finnish gen., nationalist, & polit.; provisional pres. of Finland 1918-1919; pres. of Finland 1944-1946 _1867-1951
Manners-Sutton, Charles  Brit. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1805-1828 _1755-1828
Mannheim, Karl  Hung. historian & sociologist in Germany; wrote "Ideology and Utopia" 1929, "Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction" 1935 _1893-1947
Manning, Daniel  US financier; Secy. of Treasury 1885-1887 _1831-1887
Manning, Henry Edward  Eng. cardinal 1875; member of Oxford movement; Catholic archbishop of Westminster 1865-1892 _1808-1892
Manning, James  US clergyman & educator; 1st pres. of Brown Univ. 1765-1791 (orig. College of Rhode Island before 1804) _1738-1791
Mannix, Daniel  Austr. archbishop; archbishop of Melbourne 1917-1963 _1864-1963
Mansart, Francois  Fr. architect; source of word "mansard" _1598-1667
Mansfield, Frederick William  US polit.; mayor of Boston 1934-1938 _1877-1958
Mansfield, Jayne (orig. Vera Jayne Palmer)  US movie actress _1932-1967
Mansfield, Katherine (pseud. of Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp)  Brit. (New Zealand-born) short story aut.; wrote collections "In a German Pension" 1911, "Prelude" 1918, "Something Childish" 1924 _1888-1923
Mansfield, Michael Joseph (Mike)  US diplomat & Dem. polit.; Senate majority whip 1957-1961; Senate majority leader 1961-1977; US ambassador to Japan 1977-1989 _1903--
Mansfield, Richard  US (Eng.-born) actor _1854-1907
Manson, Charles (No Name Maddox)  US cult leader & murderer _1934--
Manson, Patrick, Sir  Brit. parasitologist _1844-1922
Mansur, Abu Ja'far al-  Arab caliph 754-775; founded Baghdad _709?-775
Mantegna, Andrea  It. engraver & fresco painter _1431-1506
Mantell, Gideon Algernon  Eng. paleontologist; discovered & recognized 1st dinosaur bones 1822 _1790-1852
Mantle, Mickey Charles  US baseball player; first baseman & outfielder for New York Yankees 1951-1968 _1931--
Mantzaros, Nikolaos (also Nicholas Manzaros)  Gk. songwriter; composed Gk. national anthem (adopted 1864) _1795-1873
Manuel I (Manuel the Fortunate; Manuel el Afortunado)  Port. king 1495-1521; grandson of Duarte _1469-1521
Manuel II (also Manoel II)  last Port. king 1908-1910; overthrown; last ruler of Coburg-Gotha dynasty; son of Carlos _1889-1932
Manuel, Don Juan  Sp. aut. & nobleman _1282-1349
Manutius, Aldus  It. printer; founder & eponym of Aldine Press _1449-1515
Manzi, James Paul (Jim)  US computer businessman; pres. of Lotus Development Corp. 1984-1986, 1989--; CEO & chairman of Lotus Development Corp. 1986-- _1951--
Manzoni, Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio  It. nov. & poet _1785-1873
Mao Tse-tung (also Mao Zedong; Chairman Mao; orig. Runzhi)  Chinese Communist polit.; head of state of China 1949-1959; de facto head of government of China 1949-1976; founder of Communist China _1893-1976
Map, Walter  Eng. aut. _1140?-1209?
Maples, Marla (Mrs. Marla Trump)  US 2nd wife of Donald Trump 1993 _1963--
Mapplethorpe, Robert  US photographer; focus of controversy over allegedly pornographic photographs _1946-1989
Maradona, Diego Armando  Argentine soccer player; scored Hand of God goal against England 1986 _1960--
Marat, Jean Paul  Fr. (Swi.-born) physician & revolutionary; member of Montagnard faction; assassinated _1743-1793
Maravich, Peter (Pete)  US basketball player _1948-1988
Marc, Franz  Ger. Expressionist painter; member of the Blue Rider group (Der Blaue Reiter); killed at battle of Verdun in World War I _1880-1916
Marceau, Marcel  Fr. mime _1923--
Marcel, Gabriel Honore  Fr. existentialist philos.; founder of Fr. existentialism _1889-1973
Marcellinus  It. saint & pope 296-304?; probably turned to paganism; possibly deposed or resigned _2XX-304
Marcellus I  It. saint & pope 306?-308?; deposed _2XX-309
Marcellus II (orig. Marcellus Cervini)  It. pope 1555 _1501-1555
Marcellus, Marcus Claudius  Rom. gen. _268b?-208b
March, Fredric (orig. Frederick McIntyre Bickel)  US actor _1897-1975
March, Peyton Conway  US gen.; army chief of staff 1918-1921 _1864-1955
Marciano, Rocky (the Brockton Blockbuster; orig. Rocco Francis Marchegiano)  US boxer; heavyweight boxing champion 1952-1956; died in airplane crash _1923-1969
Marconi, Guglielmo  It. phys. & radio inventor; NP Phys. 1909 _1874-1937
Marcos, Ferdinand Edralin  Philippine dictator & polit.; pres. of Philippines 1965-1986; deposed _1917-1989
Marcos, Imelda (nee Romualdez)  Philippine wife of Ferdinand Marcos 1954 _1931--
Marcus, Rudolph Arthur  US (Can.-born) chem.; NP Chem. 1992 _1923--
Marcuse, Herbert  US (Ger.-born) Hegelian-Freudian-Marxist political philos.; wrote "Eros and Civilization" 1955, "One-Dimensional Man" 1964, "Counterrevolution and Revolt" 1972, "Studies in Critical Philosophy" 1972 _1898-1979
Marcy, William Learned  US polit.; gov. of New York 1833-1839; Secy. of War 1845-1849; Secy. of State 1853-1857; advocate of spoils system _1786-1857
Marechal, Pierre Sylvain  Fr. atheist; devised Fr. Republican Calendar 1788 (adopted 1793) _1750-1803
Margai, Albert Michael  Sierra Leone polit.; co-founded SLPP Party 1951; prime min. of Sierra Leone 1964-1967; brother of Milton Margai _1910-1980
Margai, Milton Augustus Strieby, Sir  Sierra Leone polit.; co-founded SLPP Party 1951; chief minister of Sierra Leone 1954-1958; prime min. of Sierra Leone 1958-1964; 1st prime min. of independent Sierra Leone 1961 _1896-1964
Margaret  Saxon princess & saint; wife of Macolm III of Scotland 1069; introduced monasticism & English language to Scotland; canonized 1251 _1046?-1093
Margaret  Scot. queen 1286-1290; ruled under regency 1286-1290; granddaughter of Alexander III _1283?-1290
Margaret of Angouleme (Margaret of Navarre)  Fr. aut. & patron of learning; sister of Francis I; grandmother of Henry IV _1492-1549
Margaret of Anjou  queen of Henry VI of England _1430-1482
Margaret of Valois  Fr. 1st wife of Henry IV 1572; divorced 1599; daughter of Henry II _1553-1615
Margaret Rose  Brit. princess; daughter of George VI; sister of Elizabeth II _1930--
Margarethe I (also Margrete I)  queen of Denmark 1387-1397; Norw. queen 1387-1389; Swed. queen 1389-1400; established 2nd Union of Kalmar 1397; last ruler of Ulfinger dynasty; daughter of Valdemar IV Atterdag _1353-1412
Margarethe II (also Margrete II)  queen of Denmark 1972--; daughter of Frederick IX _1940--
Maria I (Maria da Gloria)  Port. queen 1777-1816; ruled during Fr. occupation 1807-1808; daughter of Jose _1734-1816
Maria II (Maria da Gloria)  Port. queen 1826-1828, 1834-1853; ruled under regency 1826-1828, 1834-1853; last ruler of Braganca dynasty; daughter of Pedro IV _1819-1853
Maria Ana de Austria  Aus. regent of Spain 1665-1675; wife of Philip IV of Spain; mother of Charles II of Spain _1635-1696
Maria Christina of Austria  Aus. regent of Spain 1885-1902; mother of Alfonso XIII _1858-1929
Maria Christina of Naples  It. regent of Spain 1833-1840; wife of Ferdinand VII _1806-1878
Mariana, Juan de (the Livy of Spain)  Sp. historian _1536-1624
Maria Theresa  Hung. & Pol. queen; wife of Francis I; daughter of Charles VI; mother of Joseph II _1717-1780
Marie  Romanian queen 1914-1927; Romanian queen dowager 1927-1938 _1875-1938
Marie Adelheid  grand duchess of Luxembourg 1912-1919; abdicated; daughter of Wilhelm IV _1894-1924
Marie Antoinette  Fr. wife of Louis XVI; executed in Fr. Revolution; mother of Louis XVII; daughter of Maria Theresa _1755-1793
Marie de Medicis  It. 2nd wife of Henry IV of France; regent of France 1610-1617; mother of Louis XIII _1573-1642
Marie Louise  Aus. 2nd wife of Napoleon I 1810; mother of Napoleon II _1791-1847
Marie, Andre  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1948; predecessor & successor of Robert Schuman _1897-1974
Marijnen, Victor Gerard Marie  Dutch polit.; prime min. of Netherlands 1963-1965 _1917-1975
Marin, John Cheri  US Expressionist seascape painter _1870-1953
Marinetti, [Emilio] Filippo Tommaso  It. (Egyptian-born) poet; founded Futurist movement 1909 _1876-1944
Marini, Giambattista (also Giambattista Marino)  It. poet _1569-1625
Marini, Marino  It. painter & sculptor _1901-1980
Marino, Daniel Constantine (Dan)  US football player; played for Miami Dolphins 1983-- _1961--
Marino, Eugene Antonio  US Catholic archbishop; archbishop of Atlanta 1989-1990; 1st black Catholic archbishop in US _1934--
Marinus I (also Martin II)  It. pope 882-884 _8XX-884
Marinus II (also Martin III)  It. pope 942-946 _8XX-946
Marinus (also Marino, Martin)  It. saint; eponym of San Marino _3XX
Marion, Francis (the Swamp Fox)  US army officer in American Revolution _1732?-1795
Maris, Roger Eugene  US baseball player _1934-1985
Maritain, Jacques  Fr. diplomat & philos. _1882-1973
Marius, Gaius  Rom. gen. & polit.; led capture of Jugurtha 105b; rival of Sulla _157b?-086b
Marius, Simon (also Simon Mayer, Mayr, Mair)  Ger. astronomer; named, & discovered independently of Galileo, satellites Io, Europa, Ganymede, & Callisto _1573-1624
Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de  Fr. aut. & comic dram. _1688-1763
Marjolin, Robert Ernest  Fr. admin. & economist; 1st secy-gen. of Organization for European Economic Cooperation 1948-1955 (OEEC) _1911-1986
Mark  Christian apostle & saint _0XX-074?
Mark  It. saint & pope 336 _2XX-336
Mark, Hans Michael  US (Ger.-born) educator & aeronautical engineer; secy. of air force 1979-1981 _1929--
Markham, Edwin  US poet _1852-1940
Markham, Henry Harrison  US polit.; gov. of California 1891-1895 _1840-1923
Markov, Andrei Andreyevich  Rus. math.; studied probability _1856-1922
Markova, Alicia, Dame (orig. Lilian Alicia Marks)  Eng. dancer _1910--
Markowitz, Harry  US economist; NP Econ. 1990 _1927--
Marks, John (Johnny)  US songwriter; wrote Christmas songs "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1949, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" 1956, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" 1958 _1909-1985
Marlborough, Duke of (John Churchill)  Brit. gen. in War of the Spanish Succession; defeated French & Bavarians at battle of Blenheim 1704 _1650-1722
Marley, Bob  Jamaican reggae musician & singer _1945-1981
Marlin, John Mahlon  US gun manufacturer _1836-1901
Marlowe, Christopher  Eng. dram. & poet; wrote plays "Tamburlaine the Great" 1587, "The Jew of Malta" 1588, "Edward II" 1590, "Doctor Faustus" 1601, poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" 1599; killed in tavern brawl _1564-1593
Marlowe, Julia (orig. Sarah Frances Frost)  US (Eng.-born) actress _1866-1950
Marmont, Auguste Frederic Louis Viesse de  Fr. gen. & marshal _1774-1852
Marmontel, Jean Francois  Fr. aut. _1723-1799
Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philip  Dutch lyricist; wrote Dutch national anthem "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe" (also "William of Nassau") _1540-1598
Marot, Clement  Fr. poet _1496?-1544
Marquand, John Phillips (J. P. Marquand)  US nov.; grandnephew of Margaret Fuller _1893-1960
Marquette, Jacques  Fr. explorer & Jesuit missionary in America _1637-1675
Marquis, Donald Robert Perry  US humorist _1878-1937
Marroquin, Jose Manuel  Colombian polit.; acting pres. of Colombia 1898; pres. of Colombia 1900-1904 _1827-1908
Marrou, Andre Verne  US polit.; Libertarian vice-pres. cand. 1988; Libertarian pres. cand. 1992 _1938--
Marryat, Frederick  Eng. naval officer & nov. _1792-1848
Marsalis, Branford  US clarinetist & pianist; music director of show "The Tonight Show" 1992--; brother of Wynton Marsalis _1960--
Marsalis, Wynton  US jazz trumpeter; brother of Branford Marsalis _1961--
Marsh, George Perkins  US ecologist & lawyer _1801-1882
Marsh, John Otho Jr.  US admin. & lawyer; secy. of army 1981-1989 _1926--
Marsh, [Edith] Ngaio, Dame  New Zealand aut. _1899-1982
Marsh, Reginald  US illustrator _1898-1954
Marshall, Alfred  Eng. economist; coined term "elasticity" in economic sense; teacher of John Maynard Keynes _1842-1924
Marshall, George Catlett Jr.  US gen.; army chief of staff 1939-1945; Secy. of State 1947-1949; Secy. of Defense 1950-1951; creator & eponym of Marshall Plan; NP Peace 1953 _1880-1959
Marshall, James William  US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1874 _1822-1910
Marshall, John  US jurist & polit.; Secy. of State 1800-1801; Supr. Ct. chief justice 1801-1835; wrote decisions for Marbury v. Madison 1803, Fletcher v. Peck 1810, McCulloch v. Maryland 1819 _1755-1835
Marshall, John Ross  New Zealand polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1972 _1912--
Marshall, [Frederick] Ray (F. Ray Marshall)  US admin.; Secy. of Labor 1977-1981 _1928--
Marshall, Thomas Riley  US polit.; gov. of Indiana 1909-1913; vice-pres. of US 1913-1921 _1854-1925
Marshall, Thurgood  US lawyer; argued for Brown in Brown v. Board of Education 1954; Supr. Ct. justice 1967-1991; 1st black justice _1908-1993
Marsilius of Padua  It. scholar _1280?-1343?
Marston, John  Eng. dram. _1576-1634
Martens, Fyodor Fyodorovich  Rus. jurist _1845-1909
Martens, Wilfried  Belgian polit.; prime min. of Belgium 1979-1981, 1981-1985, 1985-1992 _1936--
Marti, Jose  Cuban nationalist, patriot, & poet; founded Cuban Revolutionary Party 1892; killed _1853-1895
Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis)  Rom. poet of epigrams _040?-103?
Martin I  It. martyr, saint, & pope 649-653; exiled; last pope venerated as martyr _6XX-655
Martin IV (orig. Simon de Brie)  Fr. pope 1281-1285 _12XX-1285
Martin V (orig. Oddone Colonna)  It. pope 1417-1431; ended Western Schism 1429; returned papacy to Rome 1420 _1368-1431
Martin of Tours  Fr. (Hung.-born) bishop & saint; bishop of Tours 370?-397; patron saint of France _316?-397
Martin, Archer John Porter  Brit. chem.; NP Chem. 1952 _1910--
Martin, Don  US cartoonist _1931--
Martin, Edward  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1943-1947 _1879-1967
Martin, Glenn Luther  US airplane manufacturer _1886-1955
Martin, Harvey  US football player; Super Bowl MVP 1978 jointly with Randy White _1950--
Martin, Homer Dodge  US painter _1836-1897
Martin, James Grubbs  US polit.; gov. of N. Carolina 1985-1993 _1935--
Martin, John Wellborn  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1925-1929 _1884-1958
Martin, Joseph William Jr.  US polit.; House minority leader 1939-1947, 1949-1953, 1955-1959; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1940-1942; Speaker of the House 1947-1949, 1953-1955 _1884-1968
Martin, Lynn (nee Morley)  US polit.; Secy. of Labor 1991-1993 _1939--
Martin, Mary Virginia  US actress & singer; mother of Larry Hagman _1913-1990
Martin, Paul Joseph James  Can. polit.; Can. national health & welfare minister 1946-1957; Can. external affairs minister 1963-1968 _1903-1992
Martin, Steve  US comedian & movie actor _1945--
Martin, Thomas Staples  US polit.; Senate minority leader 1911-1913, 1919; Senate majority leader 1917-1919 _1895-1919
Martin, William McChesney Jr.  US banker & businessman; chairman of Federal Reserve Board 1951-1970 _1906--
Martindale, Wink (orig. Winston Conrad)  US television game show host; hosted shows "Gambit" 1972-1976, "High Rollers" 1974-1976, 1980, "Tic Tac Dough" 1978-1986 _1934--
Martin du Gard, Roger  Fr. dram. & nov.; NP Lit. 1937 _1881-1958
Martinez, Robert (Bob)  US polit.; mayor of Tampa 1979-1986; gov. of Florida 1987-1991; drug czar 1991-1993 _1934--
Martinez [Trueba], Andres  Uruguayan army officer & polit.; pres. of Uruguay 1951-1955 _1874?-1959
Martinez Barrio, Diego  Sp. polit.; prime min. of Spain 1933, 1936; acting pres. of Spain 1936 _1883-1962
Martineau, Harriet  Eng. economist & nov. _1802-1876
Martineau, James  Eng. philos. & theol. _1805-1900
Martini, Simone  It. painter _1284?-1344
Martinic, Jaroslav Borita, Count von (also Count von Martinitz)  Aus. admin. in Bohemia; regent of Bohemia 1615?-1618, 1638-1648; co-victim of Defenestration of Prague 1618 _1582-1649
Martinson, Harry Edmund  Swed. aut.; NP Lit. 1974 _1904-1978
Martov, Julius (orig. Yuliy Osipovich Tsederbaum)  Rus. Communist polit.; leader of Menshevik Party _1873-1923
Martynov, Nikolai (Martyshka, Monkey; also Nicholas Martynov)  Rus. army officer; killed Mikhail Lermontov in duel _18XX-1875
Marvell, Andrew  Eng. poet & satirist; wrote poems "To His Coy Mistress", "The Garden", "Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return" _1621-1678
Marvin, William  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1865 _1808-1902
Marx, Chico (orig. Leonard Marx)  US comedian with Marx Brothers _1891-1961
Marx, Groucho (orig. Julius Marx)  US comedian with Marx Brothers _1890-1977
Marx, Gummo (orig. Milton Marx)  US comedian with Marx Brothers _1894-1977
Marx, Harpo (orig. Arthur Marx)  US comedian with Marx Brothers _1893-1964
Marx, Karl Heinrich  Ger. economist & Communist political philos.; co-wrote "The Communist Manifesto" 1848, wrote 3-volume "Das Kapital" (also "Capital"); founded & led First International 1864-1875; father of modern Communism _1818-1883
Marx, Oscar  US polit.; mayor of Detroit 1913-1918 _1866-1923
Marx, Wilhelm  Ger. polit.; chancellor of Germany 1923-1924, 1926-1928 _1863-1946
Marx, Zeppo (orig. Herbert Marx)  US comedian with Marx Brothers _1901-1979
Mary (Virgin Mary; Mother of God)  Christian saint; mother of Jesus; wife of Joseph _0XXb-048?
Mary I (Mary Tudor, Bloody Mary)  Eng. queen 1553-1558; daughter of Henry VIII; wife of Philip II of Spain _1516-1558
Mary II  Brit. queen 1689-1694; daughter of James II; co-regent with & wife of William III _1662-1694
Mary of Guise (also Mary of Lorraine)  Scot. 2nd wife of James V 1538; regent of Scotland 1554-1559; mother of Mary Stuart _1515-1560
Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots)  Scot. queen 1542-1587; ruled under regency 1542-1560; executed by Elizabeth I as rival to Brit. throne; daughter of James V; mother of James I of Britain _1542-1587
Masaccio (orig. Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi)  It. painter _1401-1428
Masako (nee Owada)  Japanese princess; wife of Naruhito 1993 _1963--
Masaoka, Kenzo  Japanese animator; produced 1st Japanese animated picture with sound 1932; father of Japanese animation _1898-1988
Masaryk, Jan Garrigue  Czechoslovakian diplomat & polit.; possibly assassinated, possibly suicide; son of Tomas Masaryk _1886-1948
Masaryk, Tomas Garrigue  Czechoslovakian historian & polit.; 1st pres. of Czechoslovakia 1918-1935; resigned _1850-1937
Mascagni, Pietro  It. composer _1863-1945
Mascheroni, Lorenzo  It. math.; proved compass sufficient for all Euclidean constructions 1797 _1750-1800
Masefield, John  Eng. aut.; Brit. poet laureate 1930-1967 _1878-1967
Maserati, Ernesto  It. automobile industrialist & racer _1898-1975
Masina, Giulietta  It. movie actress; starred in movies "La Strada" 1954, "The Nights of Cabiria" 1956, "Ginger and Fred" 1985; wife of Federico Fellini 1943 _1921-1994
Masinissa (also Massinissa)  king of Numidia _240b?-148b
Masire, Quett Ketumile Johnny  Botswana polit.; pres. of Botswana 1980-- _1925--
Masol, Vitaly Andreyevich  Ukrainian Communist polit.; prime min. of Ukraine 1987-1990, 1994-- _1928--
Mason, Charles  US (Eng.-born) astronomer & surveyor with Jeremiah Dixon; co-eponym & co-surveyor of Mason-Dixon Line 1765-1768 _1728-1786
Mason, George  US polit. in American Revolution; drafted Virginia state constitution 1776, including 1st formulation of doctrine of inalienable rights; opposed strong national government; helped prompt Bill of Rights _1725-1792
Mason, Jackie (orig. Yacov Moshe Maza)  US comedian _1934?--
Mason, James Murray  US-Confederate polit.; drafted Fugitive Slave Act 1850; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1857; en route to Britain, with John Slidell seized from Brit. ship Trent 1861 & imprisoned (Trent Affair); released 1862 _1798-1871
Mason, John Young  US polit.; Secy. of Navy 1844-1845; Atty. Gen. 1845-1846; Secy. of Navy 1846-1849 _1799-1859
Mason, Lowell  US hymnist; composed songs "Joy to the World", "Nearer, My God, to Thee" 1859 _1792-1872
Mason, Max  US educator, math., & phys.; pres. of Univ. of Chicago 1925-1928; pres. of Rockefeller Foundation 1929-1936 _1877-1961
Mason, Stevens Thomas  US polit.; last gov. of Michigan territory 1835-1837; 1st US gov. of Michigan 1837-1840; youngest elected US state gov. _1811-1843
Massasoit  Wampanoag chief _16XX-1661
Massell, Sam  US polit.; mayor of Atlanta 1970-1973 _1927--
Massemba-Debat, Alphonse (also Alphonse Massamba-Debat)  Brazzaville-Congolese polit.; pres. of Congo 1963-1968, 1968; prime min. of Congo 1963, 1968 _1921-1977
Massena, Andre  Fr. gen. _1758-1817
Massenet, Jules Emile Frederic  Fr. composer _1842-1912
Massey, Vincent  Can. polit.; gov-gen. of Canada 1952-1959 _1887-1967
Massey, Walter Eugene  US admin. & phys.; director of National Science Foundation 1990-1993 (NSF) _1938--
Massey, William Ferguson  New Zealand (Irish-born) polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1912-1925; 1st prime min. of independent New Zealand 1917 _1856-1925
Massine, Leonide  US (Rus.-born) choreographer & dancer _1896-1979
Massinger, Philip  Eng. dram. _1583-1640
Masson, David  Scot. aut. & editor _1822-1907
Massys, Quentin (also Matsys, Messys, Metsys)  Flemish painter _1466?-1530
Masters, Edgar Lee  US aut. _1869-1950
Masterson, Edward (Ed)  US (Can.-born) lawman; marshal of Dodge City 1877-1878; murdered; brother of Bat Masterson _1852-1878
Masterson, William Barclay (Bat Masterson)  US scout & sheriff; friend of Wyatt Earp _1853-1921
Masur, Kurt  US (Pol.-born) conductor; conducted New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1991-- _1927--
Mata Hari (orig. Gertrud Margarete Zelle; also Margaretha Geertruida Macleod)  Dutch dancer & spy in France _1876-1917
Matanzima, Kaizer Daliwongo  S. African-Transkei polit.; pres. of Transkei 1979-1987; overthrown _1915--
Mather, Cotton  American aut. & clergyman; son of Increase Mather _1663-1728
Mather, Increase  American aut. & clergyman; pres. of Harvard Univ. 1685-1701 _1639-1723
Mather, Stephen Tyng  US admin. & conservationist; 1st director of National Park Service 1921-1929 _1867-1930
Matheson, Kenneth Gordon  US educator; pres. of Georgia Institute of Technology 1906-1922 _1864-1931
Mathews, Edwin Lee Jr. (Eddie)  US baseball player; 1st person to appear of cover of Sports Illustrated 1954; only baseball player to play for same baseball team in three cities _1931--
Mathews, Forrest David  US admin.; Secy. of HEW 1975-1977 _1935--
Mathewson, Christopher (Christy)  US baseball player _1880-1925
Mathias, Robert Bruce (Bob)  US track athlete; won gold medal in Olympic decathlon 1948, 1952 _1930--
Mathis, John Royce (Johnny)  US singer _1935--
Matilda of Flanders  Eng.-Norman regent; wife of William the Conqueror 1053? _10XX-1083
Matisse, Henri  Fr. Impressionist & Fauvist painter; leader of Fauvist movement; coined word "Cubism" _1869-1954
Matlock, Jack Foust Jr.  US diplomat; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1987-1991 _1929--
Matsui, Iwane  Japanese gen.; led Japanese troops in Rape of Nanking 1937-1938; executed for war crimes _1878-1948
Matsuo, Basho (orig. Matsuo Munefusa)  Japanese haiku poet _1644-1694
Matsuoka, Yosuke  Japanese polit. _1880-1946
Matsushita, Konosuke  Japanese electrical industrialist; founder & eponym of Matsushita Co. 1918 _1894-1989
Matsukata, Masayoshi  Japanese polit. & financial reformer; Japanese finance minister 1881-1882, 1896-1898, 1898-1900; prime min. of Japan 1891-1892, 1896-1898; father of Japanese economy _1835-1924
Matsuyama, Motonori (also Motonori Matuyama)  Japanese geologist; discovered prehistoric reversal of Earth's magnetic field 1929 _1884-1958
Matteotti, Giacomo  It. socialist polit.; assassinated on Mussolini's orders _1885-1924
Matteson, Joel Aldrich  US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1853-1857 _1808-1873
Matthew (Levi)  Christian apostle & saint; patron saint of accountants, bankers, & tax collectors _0XX
Matthews, [James] Brander  US aut. & educator _1852-1929
Matthews, Francis Patrick  US admin.; secy. of navy 1949-1951 _1887-1952
Matthews, Harlan  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Tennessee 1993-- _19XX--
Matthews, John  US (Eng.-born) inventor & soda water manufacturer; invented soda fountain _1808-1870
Matthews, Stanley  US jurist & polit.; Supr. Ct. justice 1881-1889; father-in-law of Horace Gray _1824-1889
Mattingly, Donald Arthur (Don)  US baseball player; played for New York Yankees 1982-- _1961--
Mattioli, Girolamo (Marchioli; the Man in the Iron Mask)  It. diplomat & duke; imprisoned in Bastille 1698-1703 for revealing Fr. negotiations to buy Mantuan fortress of Casale _1640-1703
Mattus, Reuben  US (Pol.-born) ice cream businessman; founded Haagen-Dasz 1959 _1912-1994
Mauchly, John William  US pioneer computer sci.; co-developed ENIAC with J. Presper Eckert 1945 _1907-1980
Maugham, [William] Somerset (W. Somerset Maugham)  Eng. (Fr.-born) dram. & nov.; wrote "Of Human Bondage" 1915, "The Moon and Sixpence" 1919, "Cakes and Ale" 1930, "The Razor's Edge" 1945, short story "Rain" _1874-1965
Mauldin, William Henry (Bill)  US cartoonist & soldier _1921--
Maung Maung, U  Burmese lawyer & polit.; pres. of Burma 1988 _19XX-1994
Maung Maung Kha, U  Burmese lawyer & polit.; prime min. of Burma 1977-1988 _19XX--
Maunoury, Michel Joseph  Fr. gen. _1847-1923
Maupassant, [Henri Rene Albert] Guy de  Fr. short story aut.; wrote short story "Boule de Suif", novel "Bel-Ami" 1885; suicide; godson of Gustave Flaubert _1850-1893
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de  Fr. math. & phys.; formulated principle of least action 1744; showed Earth to be oblate spheroid _1698-1759
Maurer, Ion Gheorghe  Romanian Communist polit.; pres. of Romania 1958-1961; prime min. of Romania 1961-1974 _1902--
Mauriac, Francois  Fr. aut.; NP Lit. 1952 _1885-1970
Maurice (also Moritz)  gen. & elector of Saxony 1547-1553 _1521-1553
Maurice of Nassau (Maurice of Orange)  Dutch gen. & polit. _1567-1625
Maurois, Andre (orig. Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog)  Fr. aut. _1885-1967
Mauroy, Pierre  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1981-1984 _1928--
Maury, Matthew Fontaine  US naval officer & oceanographer _1806-1873
Mauser, Peter Paul  Ger. gun inventor _1838-1914
Mauser, Wilhelm  Ger. gun inventor; brother of Peter Paul Mauser _1834-1882
Mausolus  Persian satrap & king of Caria 376b?-353b?; eponym of Mausoleum at Halicarnassus _3XXb-350b?
Maverick, Samuel Augustus  US cattle rancher & pioneer in Texas; allowed cattle to roam freely; source of word "maverick" _1803-1870
Mawson, Douglas, Sir  Austr. explorer & geologist _1882-1958
Maxcy, Jonathan  US Baptist clergyman & educator; pres. of Brown Univ. 1792-1804; 1st pres. of Univ. of S. Carolina 1805-1820 _1768-1820
Maxim, Hiram Stevens, Sir  Brit. (US-born) machine gun inventor _1840-1916
Maxim, Hudson  US inventor & explosives expert; invented gun silencer _1853-1927
Maximilian I (Maximilian IV Joseph)  last elector of Bavaria 1799-1806; 1st king of Bavaria 1806-1825 _1756-1825
Maximilian II  king of Bavaria 1848-1864; son of Louis I; brother of Otto of Greece _1811-1864
Maximilian  Mex. emperor 1864-1867 _1832-1867
Maximilian I  Holy Rom. emperor 1493-1519 _1459-1519
Maximilian II  Holy Rom. emperor 1564-1576 _1527-1576
Maxton, James  Brit. polit. & political agitator _1885-1946
Maxwell, James Clerk  Scot. phys. _1831-1879
Maxwell, [Ian] Robert (orig. Jan Ludwig Hoch)  Brit. (Czechoslovakian-born) businessman & publisher _1923-1992
May, Francis Henry, Sir  Brit. admin.; gov. of Hong Kong 1912-1919 _1860-1922
May, Rollo  US psychotherapist; pioneer of humanistic psychology; wrote "The Meaning of Anxiety" 1950, "Love and Will" 1969, "The Courage to Create" 1975 _1909-1994
May, Thomas Erskine, Sir  Eng. jurist _1815-1886
Mayakovsky, Vladimir Vladimirovich  Rus. Soviet (Georgian-born) poet; suicide _1893-1930
Maybeck, Bernard Ralph  US architect _1862-1957
Mayer, Oscar  US (Ger.-born) meat industrialist; founder & eponym of Oscar Mayer Co. 1883 _1859-1955
Mayer, Rene  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1953 _1895-1972
Maynard, Horace  US polit.; Postmaster Gen. 1880-1881 _1814-1882
Mayo, Charles Horace  US surgeon; brother of William James Mayo _1865-1939
Mayo, William James  US surgeon; brother of Charles Horace Mayo _1861-1939
Mayor Zaragoza, Federico  Sp. admin. & biochem.; director-general of UNESCO 1987-- _1934--
Mayr, Michael  Aus. polit.; chancellor of Austria 1920-1921 _1864-1922
Mays, William Howard Jr. (Willie)  US baseball player; played for San Francisco Giants 1951-1972 _1931--
Mazarin, Jules (orig. Giulio Mazarini)  Fr. (It.-born) cardinal & polit. _1602-1661
Mazdak  Persian religious reformer _4XXb
Mazowiecki, Tadeusz  Pol. journalist & polit.; 1st post-Communist prime min. of Poland 1989-1990 _1927--
Mazzili, Pascoal Ranieri  Brazilian polit.; acting pres. of Brazil 1961, 1964 _1910-1975
Mazzini, Giuseppe  It. patriot & polit. of Risorgimento movement _1805-1872
M'Ba, Leon  Gabonese polit.; prime min. of Gabon 1958-1967; 1st prime min. of independent Gabon 1960; 1st pres. of Gabon 1960-1967 _1902-1967
Mbandzeni (also Mbandini, Umbadine; Dlamini IV)  king of Swaziland 1874-1889; son of Mswati _1857?-1889
Mbeki, Thabo Mvulyewa  S. African black polit.; first deputy pres. of S. Africa 1994-- _1942--
M'Bida, Andre Marie  Cameroon polit.; 1st prime min. of Cameroon 1957-1958 _1917-1980
Mbonyumutwa, Dominique  Rwandan polit.; 1st pres. of Rwanda 1961-1962 _19XX
M'Bow, Amadou Mahtar  Senegalese educator; director-general of UNESCO 1974-1987 _1921--
Mboya, Thomas Joseph (Tom)  Kenyan nationalist & polit.; helped draft Kenyan constitution; leader of KANU Party; assassinated _1926-1969
McAdam, John Loudon  Scot. engineer & inventor; source of word "macadam" _1756-1836
McAdoo, William Gibbs  US industrialist, lawyer, & Dem. polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1913-1918; cand. for Dem. pres. nomination 1920, 1924; Senator from California 1933-1939; son-in-law of Woodrow Wilson _1863-1941
M'Carthy, Justin  Irish aut. & polit. _1830-1912
McAuliffe, [Sharon] Christa (nee Corrigan)  US astronaut & teacher; died in explosion of space shuttle Challenger _1948-1986
McBride, Lloyd  US labor leader; pres. of United Steelworkers of America 1977-1983 _1916-1983
McCabe, Thomas Bayard  US banker & paper businessman; pres. & CEO of Scott Paper Co. 1927-1967; chairman of Federal Reserve Board 1948-1951 _1893-1982
McCaffrey, Anne Inez  US fantasy & science fiction nov.; wrote Dragons of Pern series (including novels "Dragonflight" 1968, "Dragonquest" 1971, "The White Dragon" 1978) _1926--
McCain, John Sidney Jr.  US adm.; father of John McCain III _1911-1981
McCain, John Sidney III  US (Panama Canal Zone-born) Rep. polit.; Senator from Arizona 1987--; member of Keating Five; son of John McCain Jr. _1936--
McCall, Smauel Walker  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1916-1919 _1851-1923
McCandless, Bruce II  US astronaut; 1st human to walk in space untethered _1937--
McCarthy, Eugene Joseph  US polit. _1916--
McCarthy, John  US computer sci.; pioneer of artificial intelligence; coined phrase "artificial intelligence" 1956; developed computer language LISP _1927--
McCarthy, Joseph Raymond (Joe, Tailgunner Joe)  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Wisconsin 1947-1957; attacked alleged Communists in federal government 1950-1954; chairman of Senate Government Operations Committee 1953-1955 _1908-1957
McCarthy, Mary Therese  US aut. _1912-1989
McCarthy, William  US labor leader; pres. of Teamsters 1988-1992 _1919--
McCartney, [James] Paul  US musician & singer; member of the Beatles 1962-1970 _1942--
McCarty, Daniel Thomas  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1953 _1912-1953
McCauley, Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher)  US patriot in American Revolution; fought at battle of Monmouth 1778 _1754-1832
McCawley, Charles Grymes  US Marine Corps officer; commandant of Marine Corps 1876-1891 _1827-1891
McCay, Winsor  US cartoonist; created Little Nemo _1872-1934
McClellan, George Brinton  US gen. & polit.; led Army of the Potomac in Civil War 1861-1862; general-in-chief of Union forces in Civil War 1861-1862; Dem. pres. cand. 1864; gov. of New Jersey 1878-1881 _1826-1885
McClellan, George Brinton  US (Ger.-born) polit.; mayor of New York City 1903-1909; son of George McClellan _1865-1940
McClellan, John Little  US polit.; 1st chairman of Senate Government Operations Committee 1952-1953, 1955-1972; chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee 1972-1977 _1896-1977
McClelland, George William  US educator; provost of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1939-1944; pres. of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1944-1948 _1880-1955
McClelland, Robert  US polit.; gov. of Michigan 1851-1853; Secy. of Interior 1853-1857 _1807-1880
McClintock, Barbara  US geneticist; NP Med. 1983 _1902-1992
McCloskey, John  US cardinal; 1st US Roman Catholic cardinal 1875; archbishop of New York City 1864-1885 _1810-1885
McCloy, John Jay  US admin., banker, & diplomat; pres. of World Bank 1947-1949; chairman of Council on Foreign Relations 1953-1970; member of Warren Commission _1895-1989
McClure, Samuel Sidney  US (Irish-born) editor & publisher; founded 1st newspaper syndicate in US 1884; founder & eponym of McClure's Magazine 1893 _1857-1949
McComas, [Jesse] Francis (J. Francis McComas)  US science fiction aut. & editor; co-founded Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 1954 _1911-1978
McCone, John Alex  US admin. & businessman; chairman of Atomic Energy Commission 1958-1961; director of CIA 1961-1965 _1902-1991
McConn, James Joseph (Jim)  US polit.; mayor of Houston 1977-1981 _1928--
McConnell, John  US adm.; director of National Security Agency 1992-- (NSA) _19XX--
McConnell, John Paul  US air force gen.; air force chief of staff 1965-1969 _1908-1986
McConnell, [Addison] Mitchell Jr. (Mitch)  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Kentucky 1985-- _1942--
McCormack, John  US (Irish-born) tenor _1884-1945
McCormack, John William  US polit.; House majority leader 1940-1947, 1949-1953, 1955-1962; House minority whip 1947-1949, 1953-1955; Speaker of the House 1962-1971 _1891-1980
McCormick, Cyrus Hall  US inventor; invented reaper _1809-1884
McCormick, Edith (nee Rockefeller)  US philanthropist; established Chicago Zoo; daughter of John D. Rockefeller; daughter-in-law of Cyrus Hall McCormick _1872-1932
McCormick, Peter Dodds (pseud. Amicus)  Austr. songwriter; wrote & composed Austr. national anthem "Advance Australia Fair" (adopted 1974) _1834-1916
McCormick, Robert Rutherford  US newspaper publisher _1880-1955
McCosh, James  US (Scot.-born) educator; pres. of Princeton Univ. 1868-1888 _1811-1894
McCovey, William Lee (Willie)  US baseball player; played for San Francisco Giants 1959-1973, 1977-1980 _1938--
McCracken, Paul Winston  US economist; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1969-1972 _1915--
McCrary, George  US admin.; Secy. of War 1877-1879 _1835-1890
McCreight, John Foster  Can. (Irish-born) polit.; 1st premier of British Columbia 1871-1872 _1827-1913
McCullers, Carson (nee Smith)  US aut. _1917-1967
McCulloch, Hugh  US banker; Secy. of Treasury 1865-1869; Secy. of Treasury 1884-1885 _1808-1895
McCullough, Colleen  Austr. nov.; wrote novel "The Thorn Birds" 1977 _1937--
McCullough, David  US biographer & historian; wrote biography "Truman" 1992 _1933--
McCutcheon, John Tinney  US cartoonist & journalist _1870-1949
McDonald, David John  US labor leader; pres. of United Steelworkers of America 1952-1965 _1902-1979
McDonald, David Lamar  US adm. & aviator; chief of naval operations 1963-1967 _1906--
McDonald, Gail (nee Clements)  US admin.; chairman of Interstate Commerce Commission 1993-- (ICC) _1944--
McDonald, Maurice  US fast food businessman; co-founder & co-eponym of McDonald's 1948; sold franchise rights to Ray Kroc 1954; brother of Richard McDonald _1902-1971
McDonald, Richard  US fast food businessman; co-founder & co-eponym of McDonald's 1948; sold franchise rights to Ray Kroc 1954; brother of Maurice McDonald _1909?--
McDonald, William  US polit.; 1st US gov. of New Mexico 1912-1917 _1858-1918
McDonnell, James Smith  US aircraft industrialist; co-founder & co-eponym of McDonnell Douglas Corp. 1967 _1899-1980
McDougal, John  US polit.; gov. of California 1851-1852 _1818-1866
McDowell, Ephraim  US surgeon _1771-1830
McDowell, Irvin  US gen. in Civil War; lost 1st battle of Bull Run 1861 _1818-1885
McDowell, James  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1843-1846; nephew of James Preston; nephew of John Floyd; cousin of John Buchanan Floyd _1795-1851
McDuffie, John  US polit.; House minority whip 1928-1931; House majority whip 1931-1933 _1883-1950
McElroy, Neil Hosler  US businessman; Secy. of Defense 1957-1960 _1904-1972
McElroy, William David  US admin. & biochem.; director of National Science Foundation 1969-1971 (NSF) _1917--
McEnroe, John Patrick Jr.  US (Ger.-born) tennis player _1959--
McEntee, James Joseph  US admin.; 2nd & last director of Civilian Conservation Corps 1940-1942 (CCC) _1884-1957
McEntire, Reba  US country singer; recorded albums "Reba McEntire" 1977, "Unlimited" 1982, "Whoever's in New England" 1986, "Reba" 1988, "For My Broken Heart" 1991, "It's Your Call" 1992; wrote autobiography "Reba: My Story" 1994 _1955--
McEwen, John, Sir  Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1967-1968 _1900-1980
McFall, John Joseph  US polit.; House majority whip 1973-1977 _1918--
McFarland, Ernest William  US polit.; Senate majority leader 1951-1953; gov. of Arizona 1955-1959 _1894-1984
McFarland, George Robert Phillips (Spanky)  US television actor; starred in series "Our Gang" 1920-1927 _1908-1993
McFerrin, Bobby  US singer _1950--
McGee, Thomas D'Arcy  Can.-Irish editor, nationalist, orator, & polit.; advocated Can. confederation; assassinated _1825-1868
McGill, James  Can. (Scot.-born) fur trader & philanthropist; endower & eponym of McGill Univ. 1829 _1744-1813
McGoohan, Patrick  US actor; starred in series "Secret Agent" 1965-1966, "The Prisoner" 1968, movie "Scanners" 1980 _1928--
McGovern, George Stanley  US polit.; Dem. pres. cand. 1972 _1922--
McGrath, [James] Howard (J. Howard McGrath)  US polit.; gov. of Rhode Island 1941-1945; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1947-1949; Atty. Gen. 1949-1953 _1903-1966
McGraw, Donald Cushing  US publisher _1897-1974
McGraw, John Joseph  US baseball manager; manager of New York Mets 1902-1932 _1873-1934
McGuffey, William Holmes  US educator; aut. & eponym of McGuffey reader _1800-1873
McHenry, Donald Franchot  US diplomat; US ambassador to UN 1979-1981 _1938--
McHenry, James  US (Irish-born) patriot in American Revolution; Secy. of War 1796-1800 _1753-1816
McIntyre, James Francis Aloysius  US cardinal 1953; archbishop of Los Angeles 1948-1953 _1886-1979
McIntyre, James Jr.  US banker; director of Office of Management & Budget 1977-1980 (OMB) _1940--
McKay, Claude  US (Jamaican-born) aut. of Harlem Renaissance _1890-1948
McKay, David Oman  US Mormon clergyman; 10th pres. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1951-1970 _1873-1970
McKay, Douglas  US polit.; gov. of Oregon 1949-1952; Secy. of Interior 1953-1956 _1893-1959
McKean, Thomas  US polit. in American Revolution; pres. of Delaware 1777; pres. of Continental Congress 1781; gov. of Pennsylvania 1799-1808 _1734-1817
McKell, William John, Sir (Billy)  Austr. polit.; premier of New S. Wales 1941-1947; gov-gen. of Australia 1947-1953 _1891-1985
McKellar, Kenneth Douglas  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1945-1953 _1869-1957
McKenna, Joseph  US jurist & polit.; Atty. Gen. 1897-1898; Supr. Ct. justice 1898-1925 _1843-1926
McKennan, Thomas McKean Thompson  US polit.; Secy. of Interior 1850 _1794-1852
McKernan, John Rettie Jr.  US Rep. polit.; gov. of Maine 1987-- _1948--
McKim, Charles Follen  US architect; designed Boston Public Library _1847-1909
McKinley, Ida (nee Saxton)  US wife of William McKinley 1871 _1847-1907
McKinley, John  US jurist & polit.; Supr. Ct. justice 1837-1852; 1st justice to hold 9th seat on Supr. Ct. _1780-1852
McKinley, William  US polit.; gov. of Ohio 1892-1896; 25th pres. of US 1897-1901; assassinated _1843-1901
McKinney, Philip Watkins  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1890-1894 _1832-1899
McLane, Louis  US diplomat & polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1831-1833; Secy. of State 1833-1834 _1786-1857
McLane, Robert Milligan  US polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1852-1854; gov. of Maryland 1884-1885; son of Louis McLane _1815-1898
McLarty, Thomas (Mack, Mack the Nice)  US polit.; White House chief of staff 1993-1994 _1946--
McLaughlin, Ann Dore  US admin.; Secy. of Labor 1987-1989 _1941--
McLaughlin, Audrey (nee Brown)  Can. polit.; leader of New Democratic Party 1989-- _1936--
McLaughlin, David Thomas  US educator; pres. of Dartmouth College 1981-1987 _1932--
McLean, Don  US singer & songwriter _1945--
McLean, John  US polit.; Postmaster Gen. 1823-1829; Whig pres. cand. 1836; Supr. Ct. justice 1829-1861 _1785-1861
McLucas, John Luther  US admin.; pres. & CEO of Mitre Corp. 1966-1969; secy. of air force 1973-1975; admin. of Federal Aviation Administration 1975-1977 (FAA) _1920--
McLuhan, [Herbert] Marshall  Can. aut., educator, media expert, & philos. _1911-1980
McMahon, Edward Lee (Ed)  US actor & sweepstakes publicity agent _1923--
McMahon, William, Sir  Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1971-1972 _1908-1988
McManus, Jason Donald  US magazine editor; editor-in-chief of Time magazine 1987-- _1934--
McMillan, Edwin Mattison  US chem. & phys.; co-discovered elements neptunium & plutonium; NP Chem. 1951 _1907-1991
McMurtry, Larry  US aut.; wrote novel "Lonesome Dove" 1985 _1936--
McNair, Alexander  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Missouri 1821-1824 _1775-1826
McNair, Ronald Erwin (Ron)  US astronaut; died in explosion of space shuttle Challenger _1950-1986
McNamara, Robert Strange  US businessman; pres. of Ford Motor Co. 1960-1961; Secy. of Defense 1961-1968; pres. of World Bank 1968-1981 _1916--
McNary, Charles Linza  US polit.; Senate minority leader 1933-1945; Rep. vice-pres. cand. 1940 _1874-1944
McNaughton, Andrew George Latta  Can. diplomat & gen. _1887-1966
McNicholas, John  US (Irish-born) archbishop; archbishop of Cincinnati 1925-1950 _1877-1950
McNutt, Paul Vories  US admin.; US high commissioner of Philippines 1937-1939 _1891-1955
McParlan, James  US detective; infiltrated Molly Maguires _1844-1919
McPeak, Merrill Anthony (Tony)  US air force gen; air force chief of staff 1990-- _1936--
McPhatter, Clyde  US singer; member of the Drifters _1933-1972
McQueen, Terence Stephen (Steve)  US movie actor _1930-1980
McReynolds, James Clark  US jurist; Atty. Gen. 1913-1914; Supr. Ct. justice 1914-1941 _1862-1946
McTiernan, John  US movie director; directed movies "Predator" 1987, "Die Hard" 1988, "The Hunt for Red October" 1990, "Medicine Man" 1992, "Last Action Hero" 1993 _1951--
McWherter, Ned Ray  US polit.; gov. of Tennessee 1987-- _1930--
Mead, George Herbert  US social psychologist _1863-1931
Mead, Margaret  US anthropologist & popularizer of anthropology _1901-1978
Meade, George Gordon  US gen.; won battle of Gettysburg in Civil War 1863 _1815-1872
Meade, James Edward  Brit. economist; NP Econ. 1977 _1907--
Meany, George  US labor leader; 1st pres. of AFL-CIO 1955-1980 _1894-1980
Mea'ole, Tupua Tamasese  Western Samoan leader; joint head of state of Western Samoa 1962-1963 _19XX-1963
Meatloaf (orig. Marvin Lee Aday)  US rock singer _1947--
Mecham, Evan  US polit.; gov. of Arizona 1987-1988; impeached & removed from office _1924--
Meciar, Vladimir  Slovak polit.; 1st prime min. of Slovakia 1992-1994 _1942--
Medawar, Peter Brian, Sir  Brit. (Brazilian-born) anatomist; NP Med. 1960 _1915--
Medeiros, Humberto Sousa  US (Port.-born) cardinal 1973; archbishop of Boston 1970-1973 _1915-1983
Medici, Cosimo de' (the Elder)  It. Florentine financier & polit. _1389-1464
Medici, Cosimo I de' (the Great)  It. duke of Florence & Tuscany _1519-1574
Medici, Emilio Garrastazu  Brazilian polit.; pres. of Brazil 1969-1974 _1905--
Medici, Lorenzo de' (Lorenzo the Magnificent)  It. Florentine polit. _1449-1492
Medina [Angarita], Isaias  Venezuelan gen. & polit.; pres. of Venezuela 1941, 1941-1944, 1944-1945 _1897-1953
Medina-Sidonia, Duque Alonso Perez de Guzman de  Sp. adm. _15XX-1619
Meegerhan, Hans van  Dutch art forger _1889-1947
Meehan, John Silva  US admin.; librarian of Congress 1829-1861 _1790-1863
Meese, Edwin III (Ed)  US polit.; Atty. Gen. 1985-1988 _1931--
Mehmed Said Pasha  viceroy of Egypt 1854-1863; son of Muhammad Ali Pasha _1822-1863
Mehta, Zubin  US (Indian-born) conductor; conducted Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 1962-1978; conducted New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1978-1991 _1936--
Meighen, Arthur  Can. polit.; prime min. of Canada 1920-1921, 1926 _1874-1960
Meigs, Return Jonathan Jr.  US polit.; gov. of Ohio 1810-1814; Postmaster Gen. 1814-1823 _1764-1824
Meiklejohn, Alexander  US (Eng.-born) educator _1872-1964
Meinhof, Ulrike  W. Ger. anarchist terrorist; led Red Army Faction with Andreas Baader _1934-1976
Meir, Golda (orig. Goldie Mabovitch)  Israeli (Rus.-born) polit.; prime min. of Israel 1969-1974; resigned _1898-1978
Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest  Fr. painter _1815-1891
Meitner, Lise  Ger. phys. _1878-1968
Meksi, Alexander  Albanian polit.; prime min. of Albania 1992-- _1939--
Melanchthon, Philipp (orig. Philipp Schwartzerd)  Ger. religious reformer & scholar in Protestant Reformation _1497-1560
Melba, Nellie, Dame (orig. Helen Porter Mitchell)  Austr. soprano singer _1861-1931
Melbourne, Viscount (William Lamb)  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1834, 1835-1841 _1779-1848
Melchers, [Julius] Gari  US painter _1860-1932
Melchior, Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel  US (Danish-born) tenor _1890-1973
Melette, Arthur Calvin  US polit.; 1st US gov. of S. Dakota 1889-1893 _1842-1896
Mellencamp, John Cougar  US singer _1951--
Mellon, Andrew William  US financier & philanthropist; Secy. of Treasury 1921-1932; co-endower & co-eponym of Carnegie Mellon Univ. _1855-1937
Melville, Herman (orig. Herman Melvill)  US nov. & sailor; wrote novels "Typee" 1846, "Omoo" 1847, "Moby Dick" 1851, "Israel Potter" 1855, "Billy Budd" 1924, short stories "Bartleby the Scrivener" 1853, "Benito Cereno" 1855 _1819-1891
Melville, Jean Pierre (pseud. of Jean Pierre Grumbach)  Fr. movie director; forerunner of New Wave _1917-1973
Memling, Hans (also Hans Memlinc)  Flemish painter _1430?-1494
Memminger, Christopher Gustavus  US-Confederate (Ger.-born) polit.; 1st Confederate secy. of treasury 1861-1864 _1803-1888
Menabrea, Federico Luigi, Count  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1867-1869 _1809-1896
Menander  Gk. comic dram.; wrote plays "Epiptrepontes", "Perikeiromene", "Dyskolos" _342b?-292b?
Menard, John Willis  US polit.; 1st black elected to Congress 1868 but did not serve _1838-1893
Menchik, Vera Francevna  Rus. chess player _1906-1944
Menchu, Rigoberta  Guatemalan activist; NP Peace 1992 _1951--
Mencius (also Meng-tzu, Meng-tse; orig. Meng K'o)  Chinese Confucian philos. _371b?-289b?
Mencken, Henry Louis (H. L. Mencken)  US editor _1880-1956
Mendel, Gregor Johann  Aus. botanist & geneticist; founder of genetics _1822-1884
Mendel, Lafayette Benedict  US biochem.; discovered vitamin A 1913; discovered function of vitamin C _1872-1935
Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich (also Dmitri Mendeleyev)  Rus. chem.; created 1st periodic table of the elements 1869 _1834-1907
Mendelssohn, Moses  Ger. Jewish philos.; advocate of cultural assimilation; grandfather of Felix Mendelssohn _1729-1786
Mendelssohn, Felix (Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)  Ger. composer, conductor, & pianist; composed song "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" 1840 _1809-1847
Menderes, Adnan  Turkish dictator & polit.; prime min. of Turkey 1950-1960; overthrown & killed _1899-1961
Mendes, Chico  Brazilian labor leader & environmentalist radical; murdered _1944-1988
Mendes-France, Pierre  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1954-1955 _1907-1982
Mendez [Arancibia], Geronimo  Chilean polit.; pres. of Chile 1941-1942 _1884-1959
Mendoza, Antonio de  Sp. colonial gov. _1490?-1552
Menelaus of Alexandria  Gk. math.; pioneer of spherical trigonometry; discoverer & eponym of Menelaus' theorem _1XX
Menelik II (also Menilek II)  emperor of Ethiopia 1889-1913; ruled under regency 1909-1913 _1844-1913
Menem, Carlos Saul  Argentine polit.; pres. of Argentina 1989-- _1935--
Menendez de Aviles, Pedro  Sp. colonial admin. & explorer in Florida _1519-1574
Menes  king of Egypt; 1st ruler of Ist dynasty; founded Memphis; united northern & southern kingdoms _31XXb?
Menezes, Aristide  Guinea-Bissau dissident & polit. _1947?-1994
Mengele, Josef  Ger. Nazi admin. & physician _1911-1979
Menger, Karl  Aus. economist; founder of Aus. school of economics _1840-1921
Mengistu, Haile Mariam  Ethiopian Amharic gen. & polit.; pres. of Ethiopia 1977-1991; resigned _1937--
Mengoli, Pietro  It. math.; proved divergence of harmonic series 1650 _1626-1682
Mengs, Anton Raphael  Ger. Neoclassical painter _1728-1779
Menino, Thomas (Tom)  US Dem. polit.; mayor of Boston 1993-- _1942--
Menninger, Karl Augustus  US psychiatrist _1893-1990
Menno Simons  Dutch religious reformer; founder of Mennonite sect _1496-1559
Menon, Vengalil Krishnan Krishna  Indian diplomat, nationalist, & polit. _1897-1974
Menotti, Gian Carlo  US (It.-born) operatic composer _1911--
Menshikov, Alexander Danilovich  Rus. polit. & marshal; fought in war against Sweden 1702-1713; advisor to Peter I; de facto ruler of Russia 1725-1727; deposed _1673-1729
Menuhin, Yehudi  Brit. (US-born) violinist _1916--
Menzhinsky, Vyacheslav Rudolfovich  Rus. Soviet admin.; chairman of OGPU 1926-1934 _1874-1934
Menzies, Robert Gordon, Sir  Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1939-1941, 1949-1966 _1894-1978
Mera, Juan Leon  Ecuadorean editor & polit.; wrote Ecuadorean national anthem (adopted 1948) _1832-1894
Merbah, Kasdi Abdallah Khalef  Algerian army officer & polit.; prime min. of Algeria 1988-1989; assassinated _1938-1993
Merbold, Ulf Dietrich  W. Ger. (E. Ger.-born) astronaut; 1st non-US astronaut on US space mission 1983 _1941--
Mercader, Ramon del Rio (Frank Jacson)  Cuban assassin of Leon Trotsky _1914-1978
Mercalli, Giuseppe  It. clergyman, geologist, & seismologist; inventor & eponym of Mercalli scale for earthquake severity 1902 _1850-1914
Mercator, Gerardus (also Gerhard Kremer)  Flemish cartographer; eponym of Mercator projection _1512-1594
Mercator, Nicolaus  Danish math.; discoverer & eponym of Mercator's series expansion for logarithm function _1619?-1687
Mercer, John Herndon (Johnny)  US rock singer & songwriter _1909-1976
Mercier, Desire Joseph  Belgian cardinal & philos. _1851-1926
Mercouri, Melina (orig. Maria Amalia Mercouri)  Gk. admin. & movie actress; starred in movie "Never on Sunday" 1959; Gk. culture minister 1981-1990, 1993-1994 _1925-1994
Mercury, Freddie (orig. Frederick Bulsara)  Brit. (Zanzibar-born) rock singer; lead singer of Queen _1946-1991
Meredith, Edwin Thomas  US journalist; Secy. of Agriculture 1920-1921 _1876-1928
Meredith, George  Eng. nov. & poet _1828-1909
Meredith, William Morris  US lawyer; Secy. of Treasury 1849-1850 _1799-1873
Merezhovsky, Dmitri Sergeyevich  Rus. aut. _1865-1941
Mergenthaler, Ottmar  US (Ger.-born) inventor of linotype 1884 _1854-1899
Meri, Lennart (also Lemmart Meri)  Estonian diplomat & polit.; pres. of Estonia 1992-- _1929--
Merimee, Prosper  Fr. aut. _1803-1870
Merman, Ethel (orig. Ethel Agnes Zimmerman)  US actress & singer _1909-1984
Merriam, Frank Finley  US polit.; gov. of California 1934-1939 _1865-1955
Merrifield, Robert Bruce  US biochem.; NP Chem. 1984 _1921--
Merrill, Charles Edward  US financier _1885-1956
Merrill, Henry Tindall (Dick)  US aviator; made 1st round-trip trans-Atlantic flight 1936 _1894?-1982
Merrill, Stephen  US Rep. polit.; gov. of New Hampshire 1993-- _1946--
Merriman, John Xavier  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; last premier of Cape Colony 1908-1910 _1841-1926
Merritt, Wesley  US admin.; only US military gov. of Philippines 1900 _1834-1910
Mersenne, Marin  Fr. abbot, math., philos., sci., & theol.; eponym of Mersenne primes _1588-1648
Merton, Thomas  US religious aut., clergyman, & Trappist monk _1915-1968
Merwin, William Stanley (W. S. Merwin)  US poet _1927--
Merzagora, Cesare  It. polit.; acting pres. of Italy 1964 _1898--
Meshkov, Yuri  Rus.-Ukrainian polit.; pres. of Crimea 1994--; supporter of Crimea leaving Ukraine to join Russia _1946?--
Mesmer, Franz (also Friedrich) Anton  Ger. hypnotist & physician; source of word "mesmerism" _1734-1815
Mesrob [Mashtots] (also Mesrop [Mashtots])  Armenian bishop & scholar; devised Armenian alphabet _350?-439
Messala Corvinus, Marcus Valerius (also Messalla Corvinus)  Rom. gen. & polit. _064b?-008
Messalina, Valeria  Rom. empress; 3rd wife of Claudius _022?-048
Messer, Asa  US Baptist clergyman & educator; pres. of Brown Univ. 1804-1826 _1769-1836
Messerschmitt, Willy  Ger. aircraft designer & manufacturer _1898-1978
Messiaen, Olivier Eugene Prosper Charles  Fr. composer & organist; student of Paul Dukas _1908-1992
Messick, Dale  US cartoonist; created Brenda Starr _1906--
Messier, Charles  Fr. astronomer; catalogued nebulae _1730-1817
Messmer, Pierre Auguste Joseph  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1973-1974 _1916--
Mesta, Perle Reid (also Pearl Mesta; nee Skirvin)  US diplomat & socialite; US ambassador to Luxembourg 1949-1953; subject of Irving Berlin's musical "Call Me Madam" 1950 _1889-1975
Mestrovic, Ivan  US (Yugoslavian-born) sculptor _1883-1962
Metaxas, Ioannis  Gk. gen. & polit.; dictator of Greece 1936-1941 _1871-1941
Metcalf, Victor Howard  US polit.; Secy. of C&L 1904-1906; Secy. of Navy 1906-1908 _1853-1936
Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus, Sir (Baron Metcalfe)  Brit. admin. in India; acting gov-gen. of India 1835-1836 _1785-1846
Metchnikoff, Elie (orig. Ilya Ilyich Metchnikoff)  Fr. (Rus.-born) bacteriologist & zoologist; NP Med. 1908 _1845-1916
Metternich, Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von  Aus. diplomat & polit.; represented Austria at Congress of Vienna 1814 _1773-1859
Metzenbaum, Howard Morton  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Ohio 1974, 1976-- _1917--
Meung, Jean de (Jean Clopinel)  Fr. epic poet & satirist _12XX-1305
Meyer, Albert Gregory  US cardinal 1959; archbishop of Milwaukee 1953-1958; archbishop of Chicago 1958-1965 _1903-1965
Meyer, Annie (nee Nathan)  US aut. & educator _1867-1951
Meyer, Edward Charles (Shy)  US gen.; army chief of staff 1979-1983 _1928--
Meyer, Eugene  US banker, editor, & publisher; chairman of Federal Reserve Board 1930-1933; editor of Washington Post 1940-1946; 1st pres. of World Bank 1946 _1875-1959
Meyer, George von Lengerke  US diplomat; Postmaster Gen. 1907-1909; Secy. of Navy 1909-1913 _1858-1918
Meyer, Joseph  US songwriter _1894-1987
Meyerbeer, Giacomo (orig. Jakob Liebmann Beer)  Ger. composer; brother of Wilhelm Beer _1791-1864
Meyerhof, Otto Fritz  US (Ger.-born) biochem.; NP Med. 1922 _1884-1951
Meyerson, Martin  US educator & urban planner; acting chancellor of Univ. of California at Berkeley 1963-1966; pres. of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1970-1980 _1922--
Mezzofanti, Giuseppi  It. cardinal, librarian, & polyglot _1774-1849
Mfume, Kweisi  US polit.; chairman of Congressional Black Caucus 1992-- _1948--
Michael I (also Michael Hohenzollern, Mihai I, Mihai Hohenzollern)  last king of Romania 1927-1930, 1940-1947; overthrown; son of Carol II; grandson of Ferdinand I _1921--
Michael [Obrenovic]  prince of Serbia 1839-1842, 1860-1868; assassinated _1823-1868
Michael of the Saints (also Miguel de Sanctis)  Sp. saint; canonized 1862 _1591-1625
Michael Wisniowiecki  elected Pol. king 1669-1673 _1640-1673
Michael, George (orig. Georgios Kyriakou Panayiotou)  Eng. rock singer & songwriter; co-recorded albums "Fantastic" 1982, "Make It Big" 1984, "Music From the Edge of Heaven" 1985 in group Wham!, recorded "Faith" 1987 _1963--
Michaelis, Georg  Ger. polit.; chancellor of Germany 1917 _1857-1936
Michaels, Lorne (St. Lorne; orig. Lorne Lipowitz)  US (Can.-born) television producer; created show "Saturday Night Live" _1944--
Michel, Hartmut  Ger. chem.; NP Chem. 1988 _1948--
Michel, Robert Henry  US Rep. polit.; House minority whip 1975-1981; House minority leader 1981-- _1923--
Michelangelo (Michelangelo [di Lodovico] Buonarroti [Simoni])  It. architect, painter, & sculptor _1475-1564
Michelet, Jules  Fr. historian _1798-1874
Michelin, Andre  Fr. rubber automobile tire industrialist _1853-1931
Michelsen, Per Kristian Hersleb  Norw. polit.; prime min. of Norway 1905-1907; 1st prime min. of independent Norway _1857-1925
Michelson, Albert Abraham  US (Ger.-born) phys.; disproved existence of ether with Michelson-Morley experiment; collaborator with Edward Morley; NP Phys. 1907 _1852-1931
Michener, [Daniel] Roland  Can. polit.; gov-gen. of Canada 1967-1974 _1900--
Michener, James Albert  US aut.; wrote "Tales of the South Pacific" 1947, "The Bridges of Toko-ri" 1953, "Hawaii" 1959, "The Source" 1965, "Centennial" 1974, "Chesapeake" 1978, "The Covenant" 1980, "Space" 1982, "Recessional" 1994 _1907--
Michiko (nee Kogo)  Japanese empress; wife of Akihito 1959; mother of Naruhito _1934--
Michurin, Ivan Vladimirovich  Rus. horticulturist; supported inheritance of acquired characteristics _1855-1935
Mickelson, George Speaker  US polit.; gov. of S. Dakota 1987-1991 _1941--
Mickiewicz, Adam  Pol. nationalist & poet _1798-1855
Micombero, Michel  Burundian Tutsi polit.; 1st pres. of Burundi 1966-1976; prime min. of Burundi 1966-1972, 1973-1976; overthrown _1940-1983
Middendorf, [John] William II (J. William Middendorf)  US admin., composer, & diplomat; secy. of navy 1974-1976; US ambassador to Organization of American States 1981-1985 (OAS); US ambassador to EC 1985-1987 _1924--
Middleton, Henry  US polit. in American Revolution; pres. of Continental Congress 1774-1775 _1717-1784
Middleton, Thomas  Eng. dram.; wrote plays "A Mad World, My Masters" 1608, "The Changeling" 1621, "Women Beware Women" 1622 _1570?-1627
Midgeley, Thomas  US chem. & inventor; invented antiknock gasoline 1921 _1889-1944
Midler, Bette  US actress, comedienne, & singer _1945--
Mie, Gustav  Ger. phys.; co-eponym of Mie-Grueneisen equation of state _1868-1957
Mielke, Erich  E. Ger. admin.; head of Stasi 1957-1989 _1908?--
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig  US (Ger.-born) Bauhaus architect; co-designed Seagram Building _1886-1969
Mieszko I  Pol. king 962-992; 1st ruler of Piast dynasty _922-992
Mieszko II  Pol. king 1025-1034; son of Boleslav I _990-1034
Mieszko III  Pol. king 1173-1177; son of Boleslav III _1126-1202
Mifflin, Thomas  US gen. & polit. in American Revolution; pres. of Continental Congress 1783; 1st US gov. of Pennsylvania 1790-1799 _1744-1800
Mifsud Bonnici, Carmelo (also Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici)  Maltese polit.; prime min. of Malta 1985-1987 _1933--
Mifsud Bonnici, Ugo  Maltese polit.; pres. of Malta 1994-- _1932--
Mifune, Toshiro  Japanese movie actor; starred in movies "Rashomon" 1950, "The Seven Samurai" 1954, "Yojimbo" 1961, "Sanjuro" 1962 _1920--
Miguel  Port. king 1828-1834; plotted to overthrow John VI 1824; deposed Maria II 1828; deposed; son of John VI _1802-1866
Mihajlovic, Dragoljub (also Draza Mihailovich)  Yugoslavian gen. & Serbian nationalist revolutionary; leader of chetniks; executed by Tito _1893-1946
Mihanovic, Antun  Croatian lyricist; wrote Croatian national anthem _1796-1861
Mikan, George Lawrence  US basketball player _1924--
Mikhail I  Rus. grand prince 1175-1176; son of Yuri Dolgoruki _1151?-1176
Mikhail II  Rus. grand prince 1304-1318; son of Yaroslav III _1271-1319
Mikhail Romanov (also Michael Romanov; Mikhail Fyodorovich)  Rus. tsar 1613-1645; elected tsar by boyars; founded Romanov dynasty; great-nephew of Ivan IV _1596-1645
Mikhalkov, Sergei Vladimirovich  Rus. Soviet aut.; co-wrote Soviet national anthem "Gimn sovyetskovo soyuza" 1943 (also "Hymn of the Soviet Union"; adopted as anthem 1944) _1913--
Miki, Takeo  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1974-1976 _1907-1988
Mikimoto, Kokichi  Japanese inventor; made 1st cultured pearl 1893 _1858-1954
Mikita, Stanley (Stan)  US hockey player; center for Chicago Black Hawks 1958-1980 _1940--
Miklas, Wilhelm  Aus. polit.; pres. of Austria 1928-1938 _1872-1956
Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich  Armenian Soviet Communist polit.; chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet 1964-1965; brother of Artem Mikoyan _1895-1978
Mikoyan, Artem Ivanovich (also Artyom Mikoyan)  Armenian Soviet aircraft designer; co-designer & co-eponym of MIG (also MiG, Mig) series of fighter planes with Mikhail Gurevich; co-designed MIG-1 1940 _1905-1970
Mikulski, Barbara Ann  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Maryland 1987-- _1936--
Milan I  last prince of Serbia 1868-1882; 1st king of Serbia 1882-1889; grand-nephew of Milos Obrenovich _1854-1901
Milan [Obrenovich]  prince of Serbia 1839; son of Milos Obrenovic _1819-1839
Miles, Nelson Appleton  US gen.; defeated & captured Chief Joseph 1877 _1839-1925
Milestone, Lewis  US (Rus.-born) movie director; one of 1st two recipients of Academy Award for best director 1928 _1895-1980
Milgram, Stanley  US experimental psychologist; investigated obedience to authority _1933-1984
Milhaud, Darius  Fr. composer; member of Les Six _1892-1974
Milk, Harvey  US homosexual rights activist & polit.; 1st openly homosexual major city officeholder in US; subject of book "The Mayor of Castro Street"; assassinated _1931-1978
Milken, Michael  US financier; pioneer of junk bonds _1946?--
Mill, James  Scot. economist, historian, & Utilitarian philos.; wrote "Elements of Political Economy" 1829; father of John Stuart Mill _1773-1836
Mill, John Stuart  Eng. economist & philos.; wrote "On Liberty" 1859, "Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform" 1859, "Utilitarianism" 1863, "The Subjection of Women" 1869, "The Irish Land Question" 1870; son of James Mill _1806-1873
Millais, John Everett, Sir  Eng. painter _1829-1896
Millay, Edna St. Vincent (pseud. Nancy Boyd)  US poet; wrote poem "Renascence", poetry collections "The Harp-Weaver" 1923, "A Few Figs from Thistles" 1920, "Huntsman, What Quarry?" 1939 _1892-1950
Milledge, John  US polit.; gov. of Georgia 1802-1806; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1809 _1757-1818
Miller, Arnold Ray  US labor leader; pres. of United Mine Workers of America 1972-1979 _1923-1985
Miller, Arthur  US dram.; wrote plays "All My Sons" 1947, "Death of a Salesman" 1949, "The Crucible" 1953, "A View from the Bridge" 1955, "After the Fall" 1964, "Incident at Vichy" 1964 _1915--
Miller, [Alton] Glenn  US bandleader, jazz musician, & trombonist _1904-1944?
Miller, Henry  US aut.; wrote novels "Tropic of Cancer" 1934, "Tropic of Capricorn" 1938, "Airconditioned Nightmare" 1945 _1891-1980
Miller, James Clifford III  US economist & polit.; chairman of Federal Trade Commission 1981-1985; director of Office of Management & Budget 1985-1988 (OMB) _1942--
Miller, Joaquin (orig. Cincinnatus Hiner Miller)  US poet _1837-1913
Miller, John  US polit.; 1st US gov. of N. Dakota 1889-1891 _1843-1908
Miller, Merton Howard  US economist; NP Econ. 1990 _1923--
Miller, Nathan Lewis  US polit.; gov. of New York 1921-1923 _1868-1953
Miller, Perry Gilbert Eddy  US historian, literary critic, & scholar _1905-1963
Miller, Robert Joseph (Bob)  US polit.; acting gov. of Nevada 1989-1991; gov. of Nevada 1991-- _1945--
Miller, Samuel Freeman  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1862-1890; wrote decision for Slaughter-House Cases 1873 _1816-1890
Miller, Walter Dale  US polit.; gov. of S. Dakota 1993-- _1925--
Miller, Walter Michael Jr.  US science fiction aut.; wrote novelette "The Darfsteller" 1955, novel "A Canticle for Liebowitz" 1960 _1922--
Miller, William  US religious leader _1782-1849
Miller, William Edward  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1961-1964; Rep. vice-pres. cand. 1964 _1914-1983
Miller, William Hallowes  Eng. crystallographer & mineralogist; eponym of Miller indices _1801-1880
Miller, William Henry Harrison  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1889-1893 _1840-1917
Miller, [George] William  US admin.; Secy. of Treasury 1979-1981 _1925--
Miller, Zell Bryan  US polit.; gov. of Georgia 1991-- _1932--
Millerand, Alexandre  Fr. polit.; pres. of France 1920-1924 _1859-1943
Milles, Carl (orig. Wilhelm Carl Emil Andersson)  Swed. sculptor _1875-1955
Millet, Jean Francois  Fr. painter of peasants; co-founder of Barbizon school _1814-1875
Millikan, Robert Andrews  US phys.; demonstrated quantization of electric charge & determined charge of electron; de facto pres. of California Institute of Technology 1921-1945; discovered cosmic rays 1925; NP Phys. 1923 _1868-1953
Milliken, William Grawn  US polit.; gov. of Michigan 1969-1983 _1922--
Mills, Ogden Livingston  US lawyer; Secy. of Treasury 1932-1933 _1884-1937
Mills, Robert  US architect; designed Washington Monument _1781-1855
Mills, Wilbur Daigh  US polit.; chairman of House Ways & Means Committee 1958-1975 _1909-1992
Milman, Henry Hart  Eng. historian & poet _1791-1868
Milne, Alan Alexander (A. A. Milne)  Eng. juvenile aut.; created character Winnie the Pooh; wrote novels "Winnie-the-Pooh" 1926, "The House at Pooh Corner" 1928, verse collection "Now We Are Six" 1927 _1882-1956
Milne, John  Eng. inventor & seismologist; invented 1st modern seismograph 1880 _1850-1913
Milne, Joshua  Eng. actuary _1776-1851
Milner, Alfred, Sir (Viscount Milner)  Brit. (Ger.-born) polit. in S. Africa; gov. of Cape Colony 1897-1898, 1899-1901; 1st Brit. gov. of Orange River Colony 1902-1905; 1st Brit. gov. of Transvaal 1902 _1854-1925
Milnor, John Willard  US math.; proved existence of differential manifolds homeomorphic to seven-sphere but not diffeomorphic to it; Fields Medal 1962 _1931--
Milo of Croton (also Milon of Crotona)  Gk. wrestler; killed by wolves _5XXb
Milosevic, Slobodan  Serbian Yugoslavian polit.; 1st pres. of Serbia 1989-- _1941--
Milosz, Czeslaw  US-Pol. (Lithuanian-born) aut.; NP Lit. 1980 _1911--
Milstein, Cesar  Brit. (Argentine-born) immunologist; NP Med. 1984 _1927--
Miltiades (the Younger)  Gk. gen. of Athens _554b?-489b?
Miltiades (also Melchiades, Milziadus)  African saint & pope 311-314 _2XX-314
Milton, John  Eng. poet _1608-1674
Milton, John  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1861-1865 _1807-1865
Milyukov, Pavel Nikolayevich  Rus. historian & polit. _1859-1943
Minami, Jiro  Japanese gen.; Japanese gov-gen. of Korea 1936-1942 _1874-1957
Minasy, Arthur John  US inventor; invented anti-theft magnetic strips 1966 _1925-1994
Mindszenty, Jozsef (orig. Jozsef Pehm)  Hung. cardinal & dissident _1892-1975
Minghetti, Marco  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1863-1864, 1873-1876 _1818-1886
Mingo, Norman  US cartoonist; created Alfred E. Neuman _1896-1980
Minkowski, Hermann  Ger. math. & phys.; laid mathematical basis for relativity _1864-1909
Minnelli, Liza May  US actress & singer; daughter of Judy Garland _1946--
Minnelli, Vincente  US movie director; husband of Judy Garland 1945; divorced 1952; father of Liza Minnelli _1913-1986
Minot, George Richards  US physician; NP Med. 1934 _1885-1950
Minsky, Marvin Lee  US computer sci. & cognitive sci.; pioneer of artificial intelligence _1927--
Minto, Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (Earl of Minto)  Brit. admin. in India; gov-gen. of Brit. E. India Co. 1807-1813 _1751-1814
Minto, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond, Earl of  Eng. colonial admin.; gov-gen. of Canada 1898-1904; viceroy of India 1905-1910 _1847-1914
Mintoff, Dominic (Dom)  Maltese polit.; prime min. of Malta 1955-1958, 1971-1984 _1916--
Minton, Sherman  US jurist; Senate majority whip 1939-1941; Supr. Ct. justice 1949-1956 _1890-1965
Minuit, Peter (also Pieter Minnewit)  Dutch colonial admin. in America; bought Manhattan 1626 _1580-1638
Mirabeau, Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de  Fr. orator & revolutionary _1749-1791
Miranda, Carmen  Brazilian actress, dancer, & singer _1913-1955
Miranda, Ernesto  US criminal; successful plaintiff in court case Miranda v. Arizona 1966; murdered _1940?-1976
Miriani, Louis  US polit.; mayor of Detroit 1957-1962 _1897?-1987
Miro, Joan  Sp. Catalan Surrealist painter _1893-1983
Mishima, Yukio (pseud. of Hiraoka Kimitake)  Japanese aut.; wrote novels "Confessions of a Mask" 1949, "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" 1956, tetralogy "Sea of Fertility" 1965-1970; founded Shield Society 1968; suicide _1925-1970
Mistral, Frederic  Fr. Provencal poet; NP Lit. 1904 _1830-1914
Mistral, Gabriela (orig. Lucilla Godoy de Alcayaga)  Chilean poet; NP Lit. 1945 _1889-1957
Mitchel, John Purroy  US polit.; mayor of New York City 1914-1918 _1879-1918
Mitchell, George John  US judge & Dem. polit.; Senator from Maine 1980--; Senate majority leader 1989-- _1933--
Mitchell, Henry Laurens  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1893-1897 _1831-1903
Mitchell, Howard  US cellist & conductor; conducted National Symphony Orchestra 1949-1970 _1911-1988
Mitchell, James  St. Vincentian polit.; prime min. of St. Vincent & the Grenadines 1984-- _1931--
Mitchell, James Paul  US admin.; Secy. of Labor 1953-1961 _1900-1964
Mitchell, John  US labor leader; pres. of United Mine Workers of America 1898-1908 _1870-1919
Mitchell, John Newton  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1969-1972 _1913-1988
Mitchell, Margaret (Peggy Marsh)  US nov.; wrote novel "Gone With the Wind" _1900-1949
Mitchell, Maria  US astronomer _1818-1889
Mitchell, Peter Dennis  Brit. chem.; NP Chem. 1978 _1920--
Mitchell, William (Billy)  US (Fr.-born) gen.; court-martialed as outspoken air power advocate _1879-1936
Mitchell, William De Witt  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1929-1933; 1st admin. of Small Business Administration 1953-1954 _1874-1955
Mitford, Mary Russell  Eng. dram. & nov. _1787-1855
Mitford, William  Eng. historian _1744-1827
Mithridates VI Eupator (Mithridates the Great; also Mithradates VI)  king of Pontus 120b-063b; suicide _1XXb-063b
Mitre, Bartolome  Argentine polit.; pres. of Argentina 1862-1868; 1st pres. of Argentine Rep. _1821-1906
Mitropoulos, Dimitri  US (Gk.-born) conductor _1896-1960
Mitsotakis, Konstantinos  Gk. polit.; prime min. of Greece 1990-1993 _1918--
Mitsui, Tatakoshi  Japanese financier & merchant; founder & eponym of Mitsui 1673 _1622-1694
Mittag, Gunter (also Guenter Mittag)  E. Ger. Communist polit. & economic admin. _1926-1994
Mittag-Leffler, Magnus Gustav (Gosta)  Swed. math.; possibly eloped with Alfred Nobel's fiancee, preventing establishment of Nobel Prize in mathematics _1846-1927
Mitterrand, Francois Maurice Marie  Fr. polit.; pres. of France 1981-- _1916--
Mix, Thomas Hezikiah (Tom)  US silent movie actor in westerns; died in automobile accident _1880-1940
Mixon, John Wayne  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1987 _1922--
Miyamoto, Musashi (orig. Masana Miyamoto)  Japanese aut., duelist, & samurai warrior; wrote "The Book of Five Rings" 1643 (also "Go-rin no sho", "The Book of Five Spheres") _1584-1645
Miyazawa, Kiichi  Japanese polit.; Japanese foreign minister 1974-1976; Japanese finance minister 1986-1988; prime min. of Japan 1991-1993 _1919--
Mizoguchi, Kenji  Japanese movie director; directed movies "Osaka Elegy" 1936, "Sisters of the Gion" 1936, "The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum" 1939 _1898-1956
Mladic, Ratko  Serbian Yugoslavian gen.; leader of Serbian forces in Bosnia 1992-- _1943--
Moawad, Rene Anis  Lebanese polit.; pres. of Lebanon 1989; assassinated _1925-1989
Mobius, August Ferdinand (also August Moebius)  Ger. math.; discoverer & eponym of Mobius strip _1790-1868
Mobutu Sese Seko [Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga] (orig. Joseph Desire Mobutu)  Kinshasa-Congolese & Zairian dictator, gen., & polit.; pres. of Zaire 1965-- (orig. Kinshasa-Congo before 1971); prime min. of Zaire 1966-1977 _1930--
Modigliani, Amedeo  It. painter _1884-1920
Modigliani, Franco  US (It.-born) economist; NP Econ. 1985 _1918--
Modise, Johannes (Joe)  S. African black polit.; helped found Umkhonto we Sizwe; S. African defense minister 1994-- _1929--
Modjeska, Helena (orig. Modrzejewska; nee Opid)  US (Pol.-born) actress _1840-1909
Modrow, Hans  E. Ger. Communist polit.; last chancellor of E. Germany 1989-1990 _1928--
Moeller, Henry  US archbishop; archbishop of Cincinnati 1904-1925 _1849-1925
Moeller van den Bruck, Arthur  Ger. cultural critic & historian; wrote 8-volume "The Germans" 1904-1910, "Das Dritte Reich" 1923 (also "The Third Reich"; coined phrase "the Third Reich"); suicide _1876-1925
Moeran, Ernest John  Brit. composer; composed "Lonely Waters", "Songs of Springtime", "G Minor Symphony" 1937 _1894-1950
Moffat, Howard Unwin  S. Rhodesian polit.; prime min. of S. Rhodesia 1927-1933 _1869-1951
Mohl, Hugo von  Ger. botanist _1805-1872
Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo  US (Hung.-born) artist _1895-1946
Mohorovicic, Andrija  Yugoslavian Croatian geologist; discoverer & eponym of Mohorovicic discontinuity 1909 _1857-1936
Mohr, Georg  Danish math.; proved compass sufficient for all Euclidean constructions 1672 _1640-1697
Mohr, Joseph  Aus. clergyman; wrote song "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" 1818 (also "Silent Night") _1787-1863
Mohs, Friedrich  Ger. mineralogist; eponym of Mohs hardness scale _1773-1839
Moi, Daniel arap  Kenyan dictator & polit.; pres. of Kenya 1978-- _1924--
Moissan, [Ferdinand Frederick] Henri  Fr. chem.; NP Chem. 1906 _1852-1907
Molas [Lopez], Felipe  Paraguayan polit.; pres. of Paraguay 1949 _1900-1954
Molay, Jacques de  Fr. knight; last grand master of Knights Templar 1297-1314; executed _1243?-1314
Moley, Raymond Charles  US journalist & advisor to Franklin Roosevelt; coined phrase "New Deal" _1886-1975
Moliere (pseud. of Jean Baptiste Poquelin)  Fr. actor & comic dram.; wrote plays "Tartuffe" 1664, "The Misanthrope" 1666, "The Physician in Spite of Himself" 1666, "The Miser" 1668, "The Imaginary Invalid" 1673 _1622-1673
Molina, Louis  Sp. Jesuit theol. _1535-1600
Mollet, Guy  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1956-1957 _1905-1975
Molnar, Ferenc  Hung. dram. & nov. _1878-1952
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich (orig. Vyacheslav Skriabin)  Rus. Soviet Communist polit.; premier of Soviet Union 1930-1941; Soviet foreign minister 1939-1949, 1953-1956 _1890-1986
Molteno, John Charles, Sir  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; 1st premier of Cape Colony 1872-1878 _1814-1886
Moltke, Adam Wilhelm, Count  Danish polit.; 1st prime min. of Denmark 1848-1852 _1785-1864
Moltke, Helmuth Karl Bernhard, Graf von  Prussian marshal; victorious in Austro-Prussian & Franco-Prussian Wars _1800-1891
Mommsen, [Christian Matthias] Theodor  Ger. aut., historian, & classical scholar; wrote 4-volume "History of Rome" 1854-1856, 1885, "History of Roman Coinage" 1860; NP Lit. 1902 _1817-1903
Momoh, Joseph Saidu  Sierra Leone gen. & polit.; pres. of Sierra Leone 1985-1992; overthrown _1937--
Monck, George (also George Monk)  Eng. gen. _1608-1670
Monash, John, Sir  Austr. gen. in World War I _1865-1931
Monck, Charles Stanley, Viscount  Brit. admin. in Canada; gov-gen. of Canada 1861-1869; 1st gov-gen. of independent Canada 1867 _1819-1894
Monckton-Arundell, George Vere Arundell (Viscount Galway)  Brit. polit.; gov-gen. of New Zealand 1935-1941 _1882-1943
Mondale, Walter Frederick (Fritz)  US diplomat & Dem. polit.; Senator from Minnesota 1964-1977; vice-pres. of US 1977-1981; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1980; Dem. pres. cand. 1984; US ambassador to Japan 1993-- _1928--
Mondell, Franklin Wheeler  US polit.; House majority leader 1919-1923 _1860-1939
Mondrian, Piet (also Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan)  Dutch Abstractionist painter; member of di Stijl _1872-1944
Monet, Claude  Fr. Impressionist painter _1840-1926
Moneta, Ernesto Teodoro  It. editor, historian, pacifist, & soldier; wrote "War, Rebellion, and Peace in the Nineteenth Century" 1903 (also "Le Guerre, le Insurrezioni, e la Pace nel Secolo XIX"); NP Peace 1907 _1833-1918
Monge, Gaspard  Fr. math. _1746-1818
Monge [Alvarez], Luis Alberto  Costa Rican polit.; pres. of Costa Rica 1982-1986 _1925--
Mongka Khan  ruler of Mongol Empire 1251-1259; son of Ogdai Khan _1209-1259
Monica  Carthaginian saint; mother of Augustine; patron saint of mothers _332-387
Monk, Thelonious Sphere (orig. Thelious Junior Monk)  US jazz musician, composer, & pianist; developer of bebop _1920?-1982
Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of (James Fitzroy, James Crofts; the Protestant Duke)  Eng. (Dutch-born) pretender & rebel; executed; illegitimate son of Charles II _1649-1685
Monnet, Jean Omer Marie Gabriel  Fr. admin., diplomat, & economist; advocated European unity _1888-1979
Monod, Jacques Lucien  Fr. biochem.; NP Med. 1965 _1910-1976
Monroe, Elizabeth (nee Kortright)  US wife of James Monroe 1786 _1768-1830
Monroe, Harriet  US editor & poet _1860-1936
Monroe, James  US diplomat & polit.; gov. of Virginia 1799-1802, 1811; Secy. of State 1811-1817; Secy. of War 1814-1815; 5th pres. of US 1817-1825 _1758-1831
Monroe, Marilyn (orig. Norma Jean Baker, nee Mortenson)  US actress; wife of Joe DiMaggio 1954; divorced 1954; wife of Arthur Miller 1956; divorced 1961 _1926-1962
Montagna, Bartolommeo  It. painter _1450?-1523
Montagnier, Luc  Fr. virologist; discovered AIDS virus HIV _1932--
Montagu, John (Jemmy Twitcher; Earl of Sandwich)  Eng. diplomat & polit.; invented sandwich; source of word "sandwich" _1718-1792
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady  Eng. letter aut. & poet _1689-1762
Montague, Andrew Jackson  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1902-1906 _1862-1937
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de  Fr. essayist _1533-1592
Montale, Eugenio  It. critic & poet; NP Lit. 1975 _1896-1981
Montana, Joseph Jr. (Joe)  US football player; quarterback for San Francisco 49ers 1979-1993; quarterback for Kansas City Chiefs 1993--; only three-time Super Bowl MVP 1982, 1985, 1990 _1956--
Montana, Robert (Bob)  US cartoonist; created Archie _1920-1975
Montand, Yves (orig. Ivo Livi)  Fr. (It.-born) movie actor & singer _1921-1991
Montcalm [de Saint-Veran], Marquis de (Louis Joseph de Montcalm-Grozen)  Fr. marshal in Canada; defeated & killed at battle of Quebec 1759 _1712-1759
Monteiro, Antonio Mascarenhas  Cape Verdean polit.; pres. of Cape Verde 1991-- _19XX--
Montero [Rodriguez], Juan Esteban  Chilean polit.; acting pres. of Chile 1931, 1931-1932 _1879-1948
Montes, Ismael  Bolivian gen. & polit.; pres. of Bolivia 1904-1909, 1913-1917 _1861-1933
Montespan, Marquise Francoise Athenais de (nee Rochechouart)  Fr. mistress of Louis XIV _1641-1707
Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron [de La Brede et] de  Fr. lawyer & political philos.; developed concept of checks & balances; wrote "The Spirit of the Laws" 1748 _1689-1755
Montessori, Maria  It. educator & physician _1870-1952
Monteux, Pierre  US (Fr.-born) conductor _1875-1964
Monteverde, Giulio  It. Naturalist sculptor _1837-1917
Monteverdi, Claudio  It. operatic composer; composed operas "Orfeo" 1607, "The Return of Ulysses" 1641 (also "Il Ritorno d'Ulisse"), "The Coronation of Poppaea" 1642 (also "L'Incoronazione di Poppea") _1567-1643
Montez, Lola (Marie Dolores Porris y Montez; also Lola Montes; orig. Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert)  Irish adventuress & dancer; mistress of Louis I of Bavaria, popular outrage prompting revolt against Louis I 1848 _1818?-1861
Montezuma I (also Moctezuma, Motecuhzoma)  Aztec emperor 1436?-1464? _1390?-1464?
Montezuma II (also Moctezuma, Motecuhzoma)  last Aztec emperor 1502-1520 _1480?-1520
Montfaucon, Bernard de  Fr. Benedictine monk & scholar _1655-1741
Montfort, Eugene  Fr. nov. _1877-1936
Montfort, Simon de (Earl of Leicester)  Eng. polit. & soldier _1208?-1265
Montgelas, Max, Count von  Bavarian gen. & polit.; grandson of Maximilian Montgelas _1860-1938
Montgelas, Maximilian Joseph, Count von  Bavarian polit.; prime min. of Bavaria 1799-1817; Bavarian finance minister 1803-1806, 1809-1817 _1759-1838
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne  Fr. balloon aviator & inventor; brother of Joseph Montgolfier _1745-1799
Montgolfier, Joseph Michel  Fr. balloon aviator & inventor; brother of Jacques Montgolfier _1740-1810
Montgomery, Bernard Law (Monty; Viscount Montgomery of Alamein)  Brit. gen.; won victory at El Alamein in World War II 1942; helped plan Normandy invasion _1887-1976
Montgomery, Gabriel, Comte de  Fr. army officer _1530?-1574
Montgomery, James  Brit. editor & poet _1771-1854
Montgomery, Richard  US gen. in American Revolution _1736-1775
Montgomery, Robert  Eng. poet _1807-1855
Montgomery-Massingberd, Archibald Armar, Sir  Brit. marshal & soldier _1871-1947
Montholon, Charles Tristan, Comte de  Fr. soldier under Napoleon _1783-1853
Monti, Vincenzo  It. poet _1754-1828
Monticelli, Adolphe Joseph Thomas  Fr. painter _1824-1886
Montresor, James Gabriel  Brit. military engineer _1702-1776
Montreuil, Gerbert de  Fr. poet _12XX
Montt, Jorge  Chilean naval officer & polit.; pres. of Chile 1891-1896 _1847-1922
Montt [Montt], Pedro  Chilean polit.; pres. of Chile 1906-1910; son of Manuel Montt _1848-1910
Montt [y Torres], Manuel  Chilean polit.; pres. of Chile 1851-1861 _1809-1880
Montyon, Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de  Fr. philanthropist _1733-1820
Monvel (pseud. of Jacques Marie Boutet)  Fr. actor & comic dram. _1745-1812
Monypenny, William Flavelle  Brit. journalist _1866-1912
Monzie, Anatole de  Fr. admin., encyclopedist, polit., & scholar _1876-1947
Moody, Daniel  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1927-1931 _1893-1966
Moody, Dwight Lyman  US evangelist _1837-1899
Moody, John  US financial analyst _1868-1958
Moody, Paul  US textile machinery inventor _1779-1831
Moody, Paul Dwight  US Presbyterian clergyman; son of Dwight Moody _1879-1947
Moody, William Henry  US polit.; Secy. of Navy 1902-1904; Atty. Gen. 1904-1906; Supr. Ct. justice 1906-1910 _1853-1917
Moody, William Vaughn  US dram. & poet _1869-1910
Mook, Hubertus Johannes van  Dutch admin. in E. Indies _1895-1965
Moon, Keith  Eng. rock drummer & musician; member of the Who _1946-1978
Moon, Parker Thomas  US educator & political sci. _1892-1936
Moon, Sun Myung  Korean cult leader in US; founded Unification Church 1954 (also Moonies); founded newspaper Washington Times 1982 _1920--
Moon, William  Eng. inventor of embossed type for the blind _1818-1894
Mooney, Edward  US cardinal 1946; archbishop of Detroit 1937-1946 _1882-1958
Mooney, James  US ethnologist _1861-1921
Mooney, Thomas Joseph  US labor leader _1882-1942
Moor, Karel de  Dutch etcher & painter _1656-1738
Moorcock, Michael John  Eng. fantasy & science fiction aut.; wrote Elric series, novel "Mother London" 1988 _1939--
Moore, Addison Webster  US Pragmatist philos. _1866-1930
Moore, Alexander Pollock  US diplomat & editor _1867-1930
Moore, Alfred  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1799-1804 _1755-1810
Moore, Archie (orig. Archibald Lee Wright)  US boxer; light-heavyweight boxing champion 1952-1962 _1913--
Moore, Benjamin  US Episcopal clergyman; father of Clement Moore _1748-1816
Moore, Charles Willard  US Post-modernist architect _1925-1993
Moore, Clement Clarke  US lexicographer, poet, & songwriter; wrote poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" 1822 _1779-1863
Moore, Daniel McFarlan  US electrical engineer & inventor _1869-1926
Moore, Demi (orig. Demi Guynes)  US movie actress; starred in movies "The Seventh Sign" 1988, "Ghost" 1990, "A Few Good Men" 1992, "Indecent Proposal" 1993, "Disclosure" 1994; wife of Bruce Willis 1987 _1962--
Moore, Dudley Stuart John  Eng. movie actor & musician _1935--
Moore, Edward  Eng. dram. _1712-1757
Moore, Edward (the Oxford Dante)  Brit. scholar of Dante _1835-1916
Moore, Eva  Eng. actress _1870-1955
Moore, Frank Frankfort  Brit. dram., nov., & poet _1855-1931
Moore, Garry (orig. Thomas Garrison Morfit)  US television host; hosted shows "The Garry Moore Show" 1950-1964, 1966-1967, "I've Got a Secret" 1952-1964, "To Tell the Truth" 1969-1976 _1915-1993
Moore, George Augustus  Irish nov. _1852-1933
Moore, George Edward  Eng. philos. _1873-1958
Moore, George Thomas  US botanist _1871-1956
Moore, Henry, Sir  Eng. colonial gov. of New York _1765-1769
Moore, Henry  Brit. sculptor _1898-1986
Moore, John  Brit. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1783-1805 _1733-1805
Moore, John, Sir  Brit. gen. _1761-1809
Moore, John Bassett  US international jurist _1860-1947
Moore, Marianne Craig  US poet _1887-1972
Moore, Mary Tyler  US television actress; starred in series "The Dick Van Dyke Show" 1961-1966, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" 1970-1977 _1936--
Moore, Roger George  Eng. actor; starred in series "The Saint" 1967-1969; portrayed James Bond _1927--
Moore, Sara Jane  US attempted assassin of Gerald Ford 1975 _1930--
Moore, Stanford  US biochem.; NP Chem. 1972 _1913-1982
Moore, Thomas (pseud. Thomas Little, Thomas Brown)  Irish poet _1779-1852
Moore, Veranus Alva  US bacteriologist & pathologist _1859-1931
Moore, Zephaniah Swift  US Congregational clergyman & educator; pres. of Williams College 1815-1821 _1770-1823
Moorer, Thomas Hinman  US adm.; chief of naval operations 1967-1970; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1970-1974 _1912--
Mora [Otero], Jose Antonio  Uruguayan diplomat; secy-gen. of Organization of American States 1956-1968 (OAS) _1897-1975
Moraes, Francisco de  Port. aut. _1500?-1572
Moraes [y Barros], Prudente Jose de (also Prudente de Morais y Barros)  Brazilian polit.; 1st civilian pres. of Brazil 1894-1896, 1897-1898 _1841-1902
Morales, Luis de (El Divino)  Sp. religious painter _1510?-1586
Moranis, Rick  US (Can.-born) movie actor _1953--
Morant, Robert Laurie, Sir  Eng. admin. & educator _1863-1920
Moratin, Nicolas Fernandez de  Sp. dram. & poet _1737-1780
Moravcik, Jozef  Slovakian diplomat & polit.; prime min. of Slovakia 1994-- _1945?--
Morazan, Francisco  Honduran gen. & polit.; pres. of United States of Central America 1830-1834, 1835-1839 _1799-1842
Mordacq, Jean Jules Henri  Fr. gen. _1868-1943
Mordaunt, Charles  Eng. naval officer & polit. _1658-1735
Mordaunt, Elinor (orig. Evelyn May Clowes)  Eng. aut. & traveler _1877-1942
Mordkin, Mikhail  Rus. ballet dancer _1882?-1944
More, Anthony, Sir (also Antonio Moro, Anthonis Mor)  Flemish portrait painter _1512?-1576?
More, Hannah  Eng. religious aut. _1745-1833
More, Henry  Eng. philos. _1614-1687
More, Paul Elmer  US critic & essayist _1864-1937
More, Thomas, Sir  Eng. aut., courtier, humanist, & saint; wrote "Utopia" 1516; executed for refusal to accept Henry VIII as head of Church of England; patron saint of lawyers; canonized 1935 _1478-1535
Moreau, Gustave  Fr. Symbolist painter _1826-1898
Moreau, Jean Victor  Fr. soldier _1763-1813
Moreau de Saint-Mery, Mederic Louis Elie  Fr. historian & lawyer _1750-1819
Moreira [da Costa Ribeiro], Delfim  Brazilian polit.; acting pres. of Brazil 1918-1919 _1868-1920
Moreira [Pena], Afonso Augusto  Brazilian polit.; pres. of Brazil 1906-1909 _1847-1909
Morelli, Giovanni (pseud. Ivan Lermoliev)  It. art critic & polit. _1816-1891
Morelos y Pavon, Jose Maria  Mex. patriot, priest, & revolutionary _1765-1815
Moreno, Rita (orig. Rosa Dolores Alverio)  US actress & singer _1931--
Morenz, Howard (Howie)  Can. hockey player _1902-1937
Moresby, Fairfax, Sir  Eng. adm. _1786-1877
Morgan, Arthur Ernest  US admin. & educator; pres. of Antioch College 1920-1936; 1st chairman of Tennessee Valley Authority 1933-1938 (TVA) _1878-1975
Morgan, Charles  US railroad & shipping magnate _1795-1878
Morgan, Charles Langbridge  Eng. dramatic critic & nov. _1894-1958
Morgan, Conway Lloyd  Eng. psychologist & zoologist _1852-1936
Morgan, Daniel  US soldier in American Revolution _1736-1802
Morgan, Edwin Dennison  US polit.; gov. of New York 1859-1863; 1st chairman of Rep. National Committee 1856-1864, 1872-1876 _1811-1883
Morgan, Henry, Sir  Brit. pirate _1635?-1688
Morgan, John Pierpont (J. P. Morgan)  US financier & steel industrialist; co-founded U.S. Steel Corp. 1901; chairman of U.S. Steel Corp. 1927-1932 _1837-1913
Morgan, Junius Spencer  US banker & financier; father of John Pierpont Morgan _1813-1890
Morgan, Justin  US horse breeder; developer & eponym of Morgan horse _1748-1798
Morgan, Thomas Hunt  US geneticist & zoologist; NP Med. 1933 _1866-1945
Morgan, William  US Freemason; disappeared & allegedly murdered while writing expose of Freemasonry _1774?-1826?
Morgan, William Wilson  US astronomer; demonstrated double-spiral structure of Milky Way galaxy _1906-1994
Morgenstern, Oskar  US (Ger.-born) economist; applied game theory to business; co-wrote "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior" 1944 with John von Neumann _1902-1977
Morgenthau, Hans Joachim  US (Ger.-born) political sci. _1904-1980
Morgenthau, Henry  US (Ger.-born) diplomat; father of Henry Morgenthau Jr. _1856-1946
Morgenthau, Henry Jr.  US admin.; Secy. of Treasury 1934-1945 _1891-1967
Morial, Ernest Nathan (Dutch)  US polit.; 1st black mayor of New Orleans 1978-1986 _1929-1989
Morinigo, Higinio  Paraguayan dictator, gen., & polit.; pres. of Paraguay 1940-1948 _1897-1985
Morison, Robert  Scot. botanist _1620-1683
Morison, Samuel Eliot  US historian _1887-1976
Morita, Akio  Japanese electronics industrialist; co-founded Sony Corp. 1946; pres. of Sony Corp. 1971-1976; CEO of Sony Corp. 1976-1989; chairman of Sony Corp. 1976--; co-wrote "The Japan That Can Say No" 1989 _1921--
Moritz, Karl Philipp  Ger. aut. _1757-1793
Morlacchi, Francesco  It. composer _1784-1841
Morley, Christopher Darlington  US aut. & journalist _1890-1957
Morley, Edward Williams  US chem. & phys.; collaborator with Albert Michelson _1838-1923
Moro, Aldo  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1963-1968, 1974-1976; It. foreign minister 1964-1965, 1965-1966, 1969-1972, 1973-1974; kidnapped & murdered _1916-1978
Morozov, Pavel Trofimovich (Pavlik Morozov)  Rus. Soviet Communist martyr & patriot; denounced father for subverting Communism; murdered by townspeople _1918-1932
Morphy, Paul Charles  US chess player _1837-1884
Morrice, James Wilson  Can. landscape painter _1865-1924
Morrill, Justin Smith (Father of the Senate)  US polit.; sponsor & eponym of Morrill Land-Grant College Act 1862 _1810-1898
Morrill, Lot Myrick  US polit.; gov. of Maine 1858-1861; Secy. of Treasury 1876-1877 _1812-1883
Morris, Charles  US naval admin. & officer _1784-1856
Morris, Edward Patrick  Can. jurist & polit. _1858-1935
Morris, Esther McQuigg Slack  US admin. & suffragist; 1st female US justice of the peace _1814-1902
Morris, Glenn  US track athlete; won gold medal in Olympic decathlon 1936 _1912-1973
Morris, Gouverneur  US diplomat & polit. in American Revolution _1752-1816
Morris, Lewis  American lawyer; grandfather of Gouverneur Morris _1671-1746
Morris, Lewis  US colonial leader; brother of Gouverneur Morris _1726-1798
Morris, Michael  Irish lawyer & polit. _1826-1901
Morris, Robert  US financier & polit. in American Revolution _1734-1806
Morris, Roland Sletor  US diplomat _1874-1945
Morris, William  Eng. artist & poet _1834-1896
Morris-Jones, John, Sir  Welsh grammarian & poet _1864-1929
Morrison, de Lesseps Story  US polit.; mayor of New Orleans 1946-1961; US ambassador to Organization of American States 1961-1963 (OAS) _1912-1964
Morrison, Herbert Stanley (Baron of Lambeth)  Eng. labor leader & polit.; Brit. foreign secy. 1951 _1888-1965
Morrison, James Douglas (Jim)  US rock singer; member of the Doors _1943-1971
Morrison, Robert  Scot. missionary; 1st Protestant missionary to China _1782-1834
Morrison, Toni (orig. Chloe Anthony Wofford)  US nov.; wrote novels "The Bluest Eye" 1970, "Sula" 1974, "Song of Solomon" 1977, "Tar Baby" 1983, "Beloved" 1987, "Jazz" 1992; NP Lit. 1993 _1931--
Morrison, William Shepherd  Brit. polit.; gov-gen. of Australia 1959-1961 _1893-1961
Morse, Jedidiah  US clergyman & geographer; father of Samuel Morse _1761-1826
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese  US inventor & painter; popularized telegraph _1791-1872
Morse, Sidney Edwards  US inventor; brother of Samuel Morse _1794-1871
Morse, Wayne Lyman (the Lone Ranger)  US polit.; Senator from Oregon 1945-1969; opposed Vietnam War _1900-1974
Mortier, Edouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph  Fr. marshal under Napoleon; prime min. of France 1834-1835 _1768-1835
Morton, John  Eng. polit. & prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1486-1500 _1420?-1500
Morton, Joseph Ferdinand (Jelly Roll Morton)  US jazz composer, pianist, & singer _1885-1941
Morton, Julius Sterling  US agriculturist; originator of Arbor Day 1872; Secy. of Agriculture 1893-1897 _1832-1902
Morton, Levi Parsons  US polit.; vice-pres. of US 1889-1893; gov. of New York 1895-1897 _1824-1920
Morton, Marcus  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1825, 1840-1841, 1843-1844 _1784-1864
Morton, Oliver [Hazard] Perry [Throck]  US polit. _1823-1877
Morton, Paul  US businessman; Secy. of Navy 1904-1905; son of Julius Sterling Morton _1857-1911
Morton, Rogers Clark Ballard  US Rep. polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1969-1971; Secy. of Interior 1971-1975; Secy. of Commerce 1975 _1914-1979
Morton, Thomas  Eng. comic dram. _1764-1838
Morton, Thurston Ballard  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1959-1961; brother of Rogers Clark Ballard Morton _1907-1982
Morton, William Thomas Green  US dentist; performed 1st operation with anesthetics 1846 _1819-1868
Mosander, Carl Gustav  Swed. chem.; discovered elements lanthanum, erbium, terbium _1797-1858
Mosbacher, Robert Adam  US businessman; Secy. of Commerce 1989-1992 _1927--
Mosby, John Singleton  US-Confederate lawyer & soldier _1833-1916
Moscheles, Ignaz  Bohemian composer & piano virtuoso _1794-1870
Moschion  Gk. obstetrician & physician _1XX
Moscicki, Ignacy  Pol. polit.; pres. of Poland 1926-1939 _1867-1946
Moscone, George Richard  US polit.; mayor of San Francisco 1976-1978; assassinated _1929-1978
Mosconi, William (Willie)  US billiards player _1913-1993
Moseley, Henry Gwyn-Jeffreys  Eng. phys.; established concept of atomic number; killed in battle of Gallipoli in World War I _1887-1915
Moseley, William Dunn  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Florida 1845-1849 _1795-1863
Moseley Braun, Carol Elizabeth   US Dem. polit.; Senator from Illinois 1993-- _1947--
Mosen, Julius  Ger. dram., nov., & poet _1803-1867
Moser, Johann Jakob  Ger. jurist _1701-1785
Moses  Jewish lawgiver & prophet; led Hebrew exodus from Egypt 1290b? _13XXb-12XXb
Moses of Chorene (also Khorene)  Armenian scholar _4XX
Moses, Anna Mary (nee Robertson; Grandma Moses)  US folk painter _1860-1961
Moses, Edwin Corley  US track athlete _1955--
Moses, George Higgins  US diplomat & polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1925-1933 _1869-1944
Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe)  king of Lesotho 1940-1990; 1st head of state of independent Lesotho 1966-1970; deposed; son of Seeiso _1938--
Mosley, Oswald Ernald, Sir  Brit. Fascist polit. _1896-1980
Mosley, Walter  US mystery nov.; created character Easy Rawlins; wrote novels "Devil in a Blue Dress" 1990, "A Red Death" 1991, "White Butterfly" 1992, "Black Betty" 1994 _1952--
Mosquera [y Arboleda], Tomas Cipriano de  Colombian gen. & polit.; 1st pres. of Colombia 1863-1864, 1866-1867 _1798-1878
Mossadegh, Mohammed (also Muhammad Musaddiq)  Iranian dictator & polit.; prime min. of Iran 1951-1953; deposed _1880-1967
Mossbauer, Rudolf Ludwig (also Rudolf Moessbauer)  Ger. phys.; discoverer & eponym of Mossbauer effect; NP Phys. 1961 _1929--
Mostel, Zero (orig. Samuel Joel Mostel)  US actor & singer _1915-1977
Mota Pinto, Carlos  Port. polot.; interim prime min. of Portugal 1978-1979 _1936-1985
Motherwell, Robert Burns  US Abstract Expressionist painter _1915-1991
Mo Ti (also Mo-tzu, Meh-tzu, Micius)  Chinese philos.; founded Moism _4XXb-3XXb
Motley, John Lothrop  US historian _1814-1877
Motono, Ichiro  Japanese diplomat; Japanese foreign minister 1916-1918 _1862-1918
Mott, James  US abolitionist; husband of Lucretia Mott _1788-1868
Mott, John Raleigh  US admin. of YMCA; NP Peace 1946 _1865-1955
Mott, Nevill Francis, Sir  Brit. phys.; NP Phys. 1977 _1905--
Mott, Lucretia (nee Coffin)  US Quaker abolitionist, feminist, & suffragist; co-organizer of Seneca Falls Convention 1848 with Elizabeth Cady Stanton _1793-1880
Motta, Giuseppe  Swi. lawyer & polit.; pres. of Switzerland 1915, 1920, 1927, 1932, 1937 _1871-1940
Mottelson, Benjamin Roy  Danish (US-born) phys.; NP Phys. 1975 _1926--
Moulton, Forest Ray  US astronomer _1872-1952
Moultrie, William  US gen. in American Revolution _1730-1805
Mounier, Jean Joseph  Fr. lawyer & polit. _1758-1806
Mountbatten, Louis Francis (Earl Mountbatten of Burma)  Brit. adm. in S.E. Asia in World War II 1943-1946; last viceroy of India 1947; 1st independent gov-gen. of India 1947-1948; great-grandson of Victoria; assassinated _1900-1979
Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (also Modest Mussorgski)  Rus. composer; member of The Five _1835-1881
Mowinckel, Johan Ludvik  Norw. polit.; prime min. of Norway 1924-1926, 1928-1931, 1933-1935 _1870-1943
Moxon, Joseph  Eng. mathematical lexicographer _1627-1700
Moyers, William Don (Bill)  US broadcast journalist; White House press secretary 1965-1966 _1934--
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick  US diplomat, Dem. polit., & political sci.; US ambassador to India 1973-1975; US ambassador to UN 1975-1976; Senator from New York 1977--; chairman of Senate Finance Committee 1992-- _1927--
Mozart, [Johann Georg] Leopold  Aus. composer & violinist; father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart _1719-1787
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (orig. Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart)  Aus. composer & prodigy; composed operas "The Marriage of Figaro" 1786, "Don Giovanni" 1787, "Cosi Fan Tutte" 1790, "The Magic Flute" 1791 _1756-1791
Mpande  Zulu chief 1840-1872; son of Senzangakhona _1789?-1872
Mphephu, Patrick Ramaono  S. African-Venda polit.; 1st pres. of Venda 1973-1990; overthrown _1926--
Mswati (also Mswazi, Mavuso, Mdvuso)  king of Swaziland 1840-1868; eponym of Swaziland; son of Sobhuza I _1820?-1868
Mswati III (orig. Makhosetive)  king of Swaziland 1982--; ruled under regency 1982-1986; son of Sobhuza II _1968--
Muawiyah I ibn-abi-Sufyan (also Moawiyah)  1st Ommiad caliph 661-680 _6XX-680
Mubarak, [Mohammed] Hosni  Egyptian polit.; pres. of Egypt 1981-- _1929--
Much, Hans  Ger. aut. & physician _1880-1932
Mucha, Alphonse Marie  Czechoslovakian illustrator & painter _1860-1938
Muck, Karl  Ger. conductor _1859-1940
Mudd, Samuel Alexander  US physician; arrested as assassination conspirator for treating John Wilkes Booth _1833-1883
Mudgett, Herman Webster (Harry Holmes)  US mass murderer; murdered twenty-seven women; 1st mass murderer convicted in US; executed _18XX-1896
Mueller, Frederick Henry  US admin.; Secy. of Commerce 1959-1961 _1893-1976
Muench, Aloisius Joseph  US cardinal 1959; bishop of Fargo 1935-1959 _1889-1962
Muffling, Baron Karl von  Prussian cartographer, diplomat, & marshal _1775-1851
Mufti, Said Pasha al-  Jordanian polit.; prime min. of Jordan 19550, 1955, 1956 _1898-1989
Mugabe, Robert Gabriel  Zimbabwan (S. African-born) polit.; prime min. of Zimbabwe 1980-1987; pres. of Zimbabwe 1988-- _1924--
Muhammad (also Mohammed, Mahomet; Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib)  Arab conqueror, prophet, & religious leader; founder of Islam; made Hegira 622 _570-632
Muhammad I (also Mohammed I)  sultan of Turkey 1413-1421 _1387-1421
Muhammad II the Great (also Mohammed II the Conqueror)  sultan of Turkey 1451-1481; captured Constantinople 1453 _1430-1481
Muhammad III (also Mohammed III)  sultan of Turkey 1595-1603 _1566-1603
Muhammad IV (also Mohammed IV)  sultan of Turkey 1648-1687 _1641-1691
Muhammad V (also Mohammed V)  sultan of Turkey 1909-1918 _1844-1918
Muhammad VI (also Mohammed VI)  sultan of Turkey 1918-1922 _1861-1926
Muhammad IV (Mulai Sidi Muhammad IV)  sultan of Morocco 1859-1873; son of Abd ar-Rahman _18XX-1873
Muhammad V (Mulai Sidi Muhammad V 'Amada)  last sultan of Morocco 1927-1953, 1955-1957; ruled under Fr. protectorate 1927-1956; 1st king of Morocco 1957-1961; son of Yusuf _1913?-1961
Muhammad VI (Mulai Sidi Muhammad VI)  sultan of Morocco 1953-1955; abdicated; ruled under Fr. protectorate 1953-1955 _1881?-1976
Muhammad Ahmed ibn-Seyyid Abdullah (also Mohammed Ahmed; the Mahdi)  Sudanese revolutionary _1843?-1885
Muhammad Ali  Kajar shah of Persia 1907-1909; son of Muzaffar-ed-Din _1872-1925
Muhammad Ali Pasha (also Mohammad Ali, Mehmed Ali, Mehmet Ali)  Egyptian polit. & reformer; viceroy of Egypt 1805-1848 _1769-1849
Muhammad Bey III (Sidi Muhammad Bey III as-Sadiq)  ruler of Tunisia 1859-1881; abdicated _1813-1882
Muhammad Bey IV (Sidi Muhammad Bey IV al-Hadi)  ruler of Tunisia 1902-1906 _1855-1906
Muhammad Bey V (Sidi Muhammad Bey V an-Nasir)  ruler of Tunisia 1906-1922 _1855-1922
Muhammad Bey VI (Sidi Muhammad Bey VI al-Habib bin Ma'mun)  ruler of Tunisia 1922-1929 _1858-1929
Muhammad Bey VII (Sidi Muhammad Bey VII al-Munsif)  ruler of Tunisia 1942-1943; deposed; son of Muhammad Bey V _1881-1948
Muhammad Bey VIII (Sidi Muhammad Bey VIII al-Amin)  ruler of Tunisia 1943-1957; 1st head of state of independent Tunisia 1956-1957; deposed _1881-1962
Muhammad ibn-Abd-al-Wahab  Arab religious reformer _1703?-1791
Muhammad of Ghor (also Mohammed of Ghori; orig. Mu'izz-ad-din)  Persian conqueror & sultan 1171-1206 _11XX-1206
Muhammad Reza Pahlavi  shah of Iran 1941-1979; son of Reza Shah Pahlavi _1919-1980
Muhammad Shah  Mogul emperor of India 1719-1748; grandson of Bahadur Shah _1702-1748
Muhammad Shah  Kajar king of Persia 1835-1848 _1810-1848
Muhammad Tughlak  2nd Tughlak king of Delhi 1325-1351 _13XX-1351
Muhammad, Ali Nasser  S. Yemeni Communist polit.; prime min. of S. Yemen 1971-1985; pres. of S. Yemen 1980-1986; overthrown _1939--
Muhammad, Elijah (orig. Elijah Poole)  US black Muslim leader; founded Nation of Islam 1931; disciple of Wallace Fard _1897-1975
Muhammad, Ghulam  Pakistani (Indian-born) polit.; gov-gen. of Pakistan 1951-1955 _19XX-1956
Muhammad, Murtala Rafai  Nigerian gen. & polit.; pres. of Nigeria 1975-1976; overthrown & killed _1917-1976
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad  US polit.; 1st Speaker of the House 1789-1791, 1793-1795 _1750-1801
Muhlenberg, Heinrich Melchior  US (Ger.-born) Lutheran clergyman; founded Lutheran Church in US; father of Frederick Muhlenberg _1711-1786
Muir, Edwin  Scot. aut. & critic _1887-1959
Muir, John  US (Scot.-born) conservationist & naturalist; founded Sierra Club _1838-1914
Muir, Malcolm  US magazine industrialist; founded Business Week magazine 1929; editor-in-chief & pres. of Newsweek magazine 1937-1959 _1885-1979
Mulder, Gerardus Johannes  Dutch biochem. _1802-1880
Muldoon, Robert David, Sir  New Zealand polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1975-1984 _1921-1992
Mulholland, William  US (Irish-born) hydraulic engineer; designed Los Angeles water system _1855-1935
Mullen, Larry Jr.  Irish rock drummer & musician; co-recorded albums "War" 1983, "The Joshua Tree" 1987, "Achtung Baby" 1991, "Zooropa" 1993; member of U2 _1961--
Mullenhoff, Karl  Ger. philologist _1818-1884
Muller von Nitersdorf, Adam Heinrich  Ger. political economist _1818-1884
Muller, Eduard  Swi. polit.; pres. of Switzerland 1899, 1907, 1913 _1848-1919
Muller, Hermann (Hermann Muller-Franken)  Ger. polit.; chancellor of Germany 1920, 1928-1930 _1876-1931
Muller, Hermann Joseph  US geneticist; NP Med. 1946 _1890-1967
Muller, Johannes Peter  Ger. anatomist & physiologist; founder of modern physiology _1801-1858
Muller, Karl Alex  Swi. phys.; co-discovered high-temperature ceramic superconductivity; NP Phys. 1987 _1927--
Muller, [Friedrich] Max  Ger. comparative philologist, linguist, orientalist, & translator; discovered kinship of Indian & European languages _1823-1900
Muller, Paul Hermann  Swi. chem.; discovered use of DDT as insecticide; NP Med. 1948 _1899-1965
Muller, Wilhelm  Ger. lyric poet; father of Max Muller _1794-1827
Muller von Konigswinter, Wolfgang  Ger. nov. & poet _1816-1873
Mulliken, Robert Sanderson  US chem.; NP Chem. 1966 _1896-1986
Mullin, Willard  US sports cartoonist _1902-1978
Mullis, Kary Banks  US biochem. & geneticist; invented polymerase chain reaction; NP Chem. 1993 _1944--
Mulock, William, Sir  Can. jurist & polit. _1844-1944
Mulroney, [Martin] Brian  Can. polit.; prime min. of Canada 1984-1993 _1939--
Muluzi, Bakili  Malawian polit.; pres. of Malawi 1994-- _1942?--
Mumford, David Bryant  US (Eng.-born) math.; studied geometric invariants & theory of moduli; Fields Medal 1974 _1937--
Mumford, Ethel (nee Watts)  US aut. _1878?-1940
Mumford, Lawrence Quincy (L. Quincy Mumford)  US librarian; librarian of Congress 1954-1974 _1903-1982
Mumford, Lewis  US architect & sociologist _1895-1990
Mun, Adrien Albert Marie, Comte de  Fr. polit. & reformer _1841-1914
Munby, Alan Noel Latimer (A. N. L. Munby)  Eng. aut. & librarian _1913-1974
Munch, Charles  US (Fr.-born) conductor; conducted Boston Symphony Orchestra 1949-1963 _1891-1968
Munch, Edvard  Norw. Expressionist painter _1863-1944
Munchhausen, Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von (also Baron von Munchausen)  Ger. adventurer, huntsman, raconteur, & soldier _1720-1797
Munday, Anthony  Eng. dram. & poet _1560-1633
Mundelein, George William  US cardinal 1924; archbishop of Chicago 1915-1939 _1872-1939
Mundella, Anthony John  Eng. admin. & reformer _1825-1897
Mundt, Karl Earl  US educator & polit. _1900-1974
Mundt, Theodor  Ger. critic & nov. _1808-1861
Mundy, Carl Epting Jr.  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1991-- _1955--
Muni, Paul (orig. Muni Weisenfreund)  US (Aus.-born) actor _1895-1967
Munnich, Burkhard Christoph, Count von  Rus. marshal & polit. _1683-1767
Munoz Marin, Luis  Puerto Rican polit.; gov. of Puerto Rico 1949-1964; 1st elected gov. 1952; father of modern Puerto Rico _1898-1980
Munro, Hector Hugh (H. H. Munro; pseud. Saki)  Brit. (Burman-born) short story aut.; killed in World War I _1870-1916
Munroe, Charles Edward  US chem. _1849-1938
Munro-Ferguson, Ronald Craufurd  Brit. admin.; gov-gen. of Australia 1914-1920 _1860-1934
Munson, Thurman Lee  US baseball player _1947-1979
Munsterberg, Hugo  US (Ger.-born) psychologist _1863-1916
Muntaner, Ramon  Sp. chronicler, minstrel, & soldier _1265-1336
Munzinger, Werner  Swi. admin. & explorer of Africa _1832-1875
Muqri, al-Hajj Muhammad bin 'Abd as-Salam al-  Moroccan polit.; grand vizier of Morocco 1907-1908, 1911-1913, 1917-1955 _1854?-1957
Murad I (also Amurath I)  sultan of Turkey 1359-1389 _1319-1389
Murad II (also Amurath II)  sultan of Turkey 1421-1451 _1403?-1451
Murad III (also Amurath III)  sultan of Turkey 1574-1595 _1546-1595
Murad IV (also Amurath IV)  sultan of Turkey 1623-1640 _1609-1640
Murad V (also Amurath V)  sultan of Turkey 1876 _1840-1904
Murad Bey  Egyptian Mameluke chief _17XX-1801
Murasaki, Shikibu, Lady  Japanese courtier & nov.; often considered 1st nov. in history; wrote novel "The Tale of Genji" (also "Genji monogatari") _978?-1031?
Murat, Joachim (King Franconi)  Fr. cavalry officer under Napoleon; brother-in-law of Napoleon 1800 _1767?-1815
Muratori, Lodovico Antonio  It. antiquarian & historian _1672-1750
Murayama, Tomiichi  Japanese socialist polit.; leader of Socialist Party 1993--; prime min. of Japan 1994-- _1924--
Murchison, Kenneth MacKenzie  US architect _1872-1938
Murdoch, [Jean] Iris, Dame  Brit. nov. _1919--
Murdoch, [Keith] Rupert  US (Austr.-born) broadcasting businessman & publisher; chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Productions 1985-- _1931--
Murdock, William  Brit. engineer & inventor _1754-1839
Murillo, Bartolome Esteban  Sp. Baroque religious painter _1617-1682
Murillo [Toro], Manuel  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1864-1866, 1872-1874 _1816-1880
Murkowski, Frank Hughes  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Alaska 1981-- _1933--
Murphy, Arthur  Irish actor & dram. _1727-1805
Murphy, Audie  US movie actor, soldier, & war hero _1924-1971
Murphy, Charles Francis  US polit. _1858-1924
Murphy, Edward Regan (Eddie)  US comedian & movie actor; starred in movies "48 HRS." 1982, "Trading Places" 1983, "Beverly Hills Cop" 1984, "Coming to America" 1988, "The Distinguished Gentleman" 1992, "Boomerang" 1992 _1961--
Murphy, Francis William (Frank)  US lawyer & polit.; US gov. of Philippines 1933-1934; 1st US high commissioner for Philippines 1935-1937; gov. of Michigan 1937-1939; Atty. Gen. 1939-1940; Supr. Ct. justice 1940-1949 _1890-1949
Murphy, Franklin David  US admin. & publisher; chancellor of Univ. of California at Los Angeles 1960-1968; CEO & chairman of Times Mirror Co. 1968-1981 _1916-1994
Murphy, James Edward (Jimmy)  US cartoonist _1891-1965
Murphy, Robert Daniel  US diplomat _1894-1978
Murphy, William Beverly  US food businessman; pres. & CEO of Campbell Soup Co. 1953-1972 _1907-1994
Murphy, William Parry  US physician; NP Med. 1934 _1892--
Murrah, Pendleton  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1863-1865 _1824-1865
Murray [Teichman], Arthur  US dancer & dance teacher _1895-1991
Murray, Bill  US comic movie actor; starred in movies "Meatballs" 1979, "Caddyshack" 1980, "Stripes" 1981, "Ghostbusters" 1984, "Scrooged" 1988, "Ghostbusters II" 1989, "Mad Dog and Glory" 1993, "Groundhog Day" 1993 _1950--
Murray, Gilbert (orig. George Gilbert Aime)  Brit. scholar & diplomat _1866-1957
Murray, John  US Universalist clergyman _1741-1815
Murray, Joseph  US surgeon; performed 1st human kidney transplant; NP Med. 1990 _1919--
Murray, Patricia (Patty; nee Johns)  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Washington 1993-- _1950--
Murray, Philip  US (Scot.-born) labor leader; 1st pres. of United Steelworkers of America 1942-1952 _1886-1952
Murrow, Edward Roscoe (orig. Egbert Roscoe Murrow)  US broadcast journalist & newscaster; director of US Information Agency 1961-1963; father of broadcast journalism _1908-1965
Murry, John Middleton  Eng. aut.; 2nd husband of Katherine Mansfield 1918 _1889-1957
Musa (Mansa Musa; Kankan Musa)  ruler of Mali empire 1312-1337; grandnephew of Sundjata Keita _12XX-1337
Museveni, Yoweri Kaguta (also Yoweri Mouseveni)  Ugandan polit. & rebel leader; leader of National Resistance Army; overthrew Basilio Olara-Okello 1986; pres. of Uganda 1986-- _1944--
Musial, Stanley Frank (Stan)  US baseball player; first baseman & oufielder for St. Louis Cardinals 1941-1963 _1920--
Musil, Alois  Aus. explorer & orientalist _1868-1944
Muskie, Edmund Sixtus  US polit.; gov. of Maine 1955-1959; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1968; 1st chairman of Senate Budget Committee 1975-1979; Secy. of State 1980-1981 _1914--
Musset, [Louis Charles] Alfred de  Fr. poet _1810-1857
Mussolini, Benito (Il Duce)  It. Fascist dictator & polit.; prime min. of Italy 1922-1943; overthrown; killed _1883-1945
Mustafa I  sultan of Turkey 1617-1618, 1622-1623 _1591-1639
Mustafa II  sultan of Turkey 1695-1703 _1664-1704
Mustafa III  sultan of Turkey 1757-1774 _1717-1774
Mustafa IV  sultan of Turkey 1807-1808 _1779-1808
Mustafa Fazl Pasha  Egyptian prince _1830-1875
Mustafa Kamel  Egyptian polit. & publisher _1874-1908
Musy, Jean Marie  Swi. jurist & polit.; pres. of Switzerland 1925, 1930 _1876-1952
Mutalibov, Ayaz Niyazi Olgy (also Ayaz Niyaziyevich Mutalibov)  Azerbaijan Communist polit.; 1st post-Soviet pres. of Azerbaijan 1991-1992; deposed _1938--
Mutanabbi, Ahmad ibn-al-Husayn al-  Arab (Iraqi-born) poet _915-965
Mutara III [Rudahigwa] (Charles)  Tutsi king of Rwanda 1931-1959 _1912?-1959
Mutasim, al-  Arab Abbaside caliph 833-842 _794-842
Mutesa II, Edward [William] Frederick [David Walugemba Luwangula Mutebi], Sir  Ugandan polit.; ruler of Buganda 1939-1953, 1955-1966; ruled under regency 1939-1942; 1st pres. of Uganda 1963-1966; deposed _1924-1969
Mutianus Rufus, Conradus (also Conrad Muth, Mutian)  Ger. humanist _1471?-1526
Mutsuhito (reign name Meiji)  Japanese emperor 1868-1912 _1852-1912
Muybridge, Eadward (orig. Edward James Muggeridge)  US (Eng.-born) inventor, photographer, & movie pioneer _1830-1904
Muzaffar-ed-Din  king of Persia 1896-1907; father of Muhammad Ali _1853-1907
Muzio, Claudia  It. opera singer _1889-1936
Mwambutsa IV [Baciricenge]  king of Burundi 1915-1966; ruled under regency 1915-1930?; 1st king of independent Burundi 1962-1966; deposed _1912-1977
Mwinyi, Ali Hasan  Tanzanian polit.; pres. of Tanzania 1985-- _1925--
Myconius, Friedrich (also Friedrich Mykonius; orig. Friedrich Mekum)  Ger. Lutheran theol.; colleague of Martin Luther _1491-1546
Myconius, Oswald (also Oswald Mykonius; orig. Oswald Geishusler)  Swi. religious reformer & theol.; colleague of Ulrich Zwingli _1488-1552
Myer, Albert James  US gen.; father of Army Signal Corps; 1st chief signal officer 1860-1863, 1864-1880 _1828-1880
Myer, Charles Solomon (Buddy)  US baseball player _1904-1974
Myers, Charles Samuel  Eng. psychologist _1873-1946
Myers, Frederic William Henry  Eng. essayist & poet _1843-1901
Myers, Garry Cleveland  US psychologist _1884-1971
Myers, Jerome  US painter _1867-1940
Myers, Margaret Jane (Dee Dee)  US admin.; White House press secretary 1993-- _1961--
Myers, Michael, Sir  Brit. admin.; acting gov-gen. of New Zealand 1930, 1935, 1941, 1946 _1873-1950
Myers, Michael (Mike)  US (Can.-born) actor & comedian _1962--
Myers, Russell  US cartoonist; created Broom Hilda _1938--
Mylius-Erichsen, Ludvig  Dan. explorer of Greenland _1872-1907
Myrdal, Alva (nee Reimer)  Swed. sociologist & disarmament advocate; NP Peace 1982; wife of Gunnar Myrdal _1902-1986
Myrdal, [Karl] Gunnar  Swed. economist & sociologist; NP Econ. 1974; husband of Alva Myrdal _1898-1987
Myron  Gk. sculptor _4XXb
Myslbek, Josef Vaclav  Czechoslovakian sculptor _1848-1922
