| Mahatma Gandhi |
Civil rights leader |
October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948 |
| Mark Twain |
Author |
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910 |
| Mehmet Murat Ildan |
Writer |
b. May 16, 1965 |
| Mason Cooley |
|
1927 - July 25, 2002 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Civil rights activist |
January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 |
| Marianne Williamson |
Author |
b. July 8, 1952 |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Philosopher |
|
| Maya Angelou |
Author |
April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014 |
| Michel de Montaigne |
Writer |
February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592 |
| Martin Luther |
Monk |
November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546 |
| Margaret Atwood |
Poet |
b. November 18, 1939 |
| Mother Teresa |
Saint |
August 26, 1910 - September 5, 1997 |
| Max Lucado |
Author |
b. January 11, 1955 |
| Malcolm X |
Human rights activist |
May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965 |
| Marcus Aurelius |
Roman emperor |
April 26, 121 - March 17, 180 |
| Maggie Stiefvater |
Writer |
b. November 18, 1981 |
| Madonna Ciccone |
Singer-songwriter |
b. August 16, 1958 |
| Mitt Romney |
Former Governor of Massachusetts |
b. March 12, 1947 |
| Michael Jackson |
Singer-songwriter |
August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009 |
| Muhammad Ali |
Professional Boxer |
January 17, 1942 - June 3, 2016 |
| Marco Rubio |
United States Senator |
b. May 28, 1971 |
| Margaret Thatcher |
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
October 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013 |
| Moby |
Singer-songwriter |
b. September 11, 1965 |
| Marilyn Monroe |
Actress |
June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962 |
| Mitch Albom |
Author |
b. May 23, 1958 |
| Miguel de Cervantes |
Novelist |
September 29, 1547 - April 22, 1616 |
| Marcel Proust |
Novelist |
July 10, 1871 - November 18, 1922 |
| Madeleine L'Engle |
Writer |
November 29, 1918 - September 6, 2007 |
| Milan Kundera |
Writer |
b. April 1, 1929 |
| Marilyn Manson |
Musician |
b. January 5, 1969 |
| Markus Zusak |
Writer |
b. June 23, 1975 |
| Milton Friedman |
Economist |
July 31, 1912 - November 16, 2006 |
| Mitch Hedberg |
Comedian |
February 24, 1968 - March 29, 2005 |
| Mignon McLaughlin |
Journalist |
June 6, 1913 - December 20, 1983 |
| Michelle Obama |
Former First Lady of the United States |
b. January 17, 1964 |
| Marshall McLuhan |
Philosopher |
July 21, 1911 - December 31, 1980 |
| Mike Pence |
Governor of Indiana |
b. June 7, 1959 |
| Mike Tyson |
Professional Boxer |
b. June 30, 1966 |
| Melina Marchetta |
Writer |
b. March 25, 1965 |
| Miley Cyrus |
Actress |
b. November 23, 1992 |
| Meg Cabot |
Author |
b. February 1, 1967 |
| Maria Montessori |
Physician |
August 31, 1870 - May 6, 1952 |
| Miguel Angel Ruiz |
Author |
b. August 27, 1952 |
| Michael Moore |
Filmmaker |
b. April 23, 1954 |
| Michael Pollan |
Author |
b. February 6, 1955 |
| Mata Amritanandamayi |
Spiritual leader |
b. September 27, 1953 |
| Malcolm Gladwell |
Journalist |
b. September 3, 1963 |
| Margaret Mead |
Cultural Anthropologist |
December 16, 1901 - November 15, 1978 |
| Mao Zedong |
Former Chairman of the Communist Party of China |
December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976 |
| Mindy Kaling |
Actress |
b. June 24, 1979 |
