 |  | Yo-Yo Ma | Cellist | The Silk Road Ensemble | 1955 | |
| | | Peter Maas | Author | Serpico | 1929 | 2001 |
 | | Wangari Maathai | Activist | Planted 12 million trees in Kenya | 1940 | |
| | | Lorin Maazel | Conductor | | 1930 | |
| | | Moms Mabley | Comic | Pioneering black comedienne | 1894 | 1975 |
| | | Bernie Mac | Comic | The Bernie Mac Show | 1957 | 2008 |
| | | General Douglas MacArthur | Military | General of the Army | 1880 | 1964 |
 | | Rose Macaulay | Novelist | The Towers of Trebizond | 1881 | 1958 |
| | | Thomas Babington Macaulay | Historian | History of England | 1800 | 1859 |
| | | Hamish MacCunn | Composer | The Land of the Mountain and the Flood | 1868 | 1916 |
| | | George MacDonald | Author | At the Back of the North Wind | 1824 | 1905 |
| | | Jeanette MacDonald | Actor | | 1903 | 1965 |
| |  | Norm MacDonald | Actor | Saturday Night Live alumnus | 1963 | |
| | | Ramsay MacDonald | Head of State | First Labour Prime Minister | 1866 | 1937 |
| | | Harry MacDonough | Singer | | 1871 | 1931 |
| | | Andie MacDowell | Actor | | 1958 | |
| | | Edward MacDowell | Composer | American piano composer | 1860 | 1908 |
| | | Bernarr Macfadden | Publisher | Macfadden Publications | 1868 | 1955 |
| | | Harriet MacGibbon | Actor | Mrs. Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies | 1905 | 1987 |
 |  | Ernst Mach | Physicist | Optical and sensory perceptualist | 1838 | 1916 |
 | | Guillaume de Machaut | Composer | Medieval French poet and composer | 1300 | 1377 |
 | | Niccolo Machiavelli | Philosopher | The Prince | 1469 | 1527 |
| | | Allison Mack | Actor | Chloe Sullivan on Smallville | 1982 | |
| | | Connie Mack | Baseball | Manager of the Philadelphia Athletics | 1862 | 1956 |
| | | Compton Mackenzie | Novelist | Carnival | 1883 | 1972 |
| | | Gisele MacKenzie | Singer | Your Hit Parade | 1927 | 2003 |
 | | Charles Mackerras | Conductor | English National Opera | 1925 | |
| | | Shirley MacLaine | Actor | | 1934 | |
| | | Archibald MacLeish | Poet | Conquistador | 1892 | 1982 |
| | | Hugh MacLennan | Novelist | Barometer Rising | 1907 | 1990 |
| | | John Macleod | Doctor | Helped discover insulin | 1876 | 1935 |
| | | Ernest MacMillan | Composer | Toronto Symphony Orchestra 1931-1956 | 1893 | 1973 |
| | | Harold Macmillan | Head of State | British Prime Minister | 1895 | 1986 |
| | | James MacMillan | Composer | The Confession of Isobel Gowdie | 1959 | |
| | | Fred MacMurray | Actor | My Three Sons | 1908 | 1991 |
 | | Louis MacNeice | Poet | Autumn Journal | 1907 | 1963 |
| | | Jeff MacNelly | Cartoonist | Editorial cartoonist, Shoe | 1948 | 2000 |
| | | Uncle Dave Macon | Comic | Grand Ole Opry star | 1870 | 1952 |
| | | William H. Macy | Actor | Fargo | 1950 | |
| | | Edward Madden | Songwriter | | 1878 | 1952 |
| | | John Madden | Football | Sports Announcer | 1936 | |
| | | Melvin Maddocks | | | 0000 | |
| | | Lester Maddox | Politician | Governor of Georgia, 1967-71 | 1915 | 2003 |
 | | Leevi Madetoja | Composer | Okon Fuoko | 1887 | 1947 |
| | | James Madison | President | Fourth President of the United States | 1751 | 1836 |
| | | Madonna | Singer/Songwriter | Truth or Dare | 1958 | |
| | | Virginia Madsen | Actor | Sideways | 1961 | |
 | | Maurice Maeterlinck | Playwright | Pelléas et Mélisande | 1862 | 1949 |
 | | Ferdinand Magellan | Explorer | Circumnavigated the globe | 1480 | 1521 |
| | | Herb Magidson | Songwriter | The Continental | 1906 | 1986 |
| | | Anna Magnani | Actor | The Rose Tattoo | 1908 | 1973 |
| | | Alberic Magnard | Composer | | 1865 | 1914 |
| | | Magoo | Rapper | | 1973 | |
| | | René Magritte | Painter | Ceci n'est pas une pipe | 1898 | 1967 |
 | | Ramon Magsaysay | Head of State | 7th President of the Philippines | 1907 | 1957 |
| | | John Pentland Mahaffy | Scholar | | 1839 | 1919 |
| | | George Maharis | Actor | Buzz Murdock on Route 66 | 1928 | |
 | | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | Religion | Transcendental meditation guru | 1917 | 2008 |
| | | Mahavira | Religion | Founded Jainism | 0599 BC | 0527 BC |
| | | Bill Maher | Talk Show Host | Politically Incorrect | 1956 | |
 | | Naguib Mahfouz | Novelist | The Cairo Trilogy | 1911 | 2006 |
| | | Gustav Mahler | Composer | Das Lied von der Erde | 1860 | 1911 |
| | | Jere Mahoney | Singer | | 0000 | |
| | | Norman Mailer | Author | Armies of the Night | 1923 | 2007 |
| |  | Maimonides | Doctor | Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher | 1135 | 1204 |
| | | Joseph Marie de Maistre | Diplomat | | 1753 | 1821 |
| | | John Major | Politician | UK Prime Minister, 1990-97 | 1943 | |
 | | Miriam Makeba | Singer | South African singer and civil rights activist | 1932 | 2008 |
| | | Sanjaya Malakar | Singer | American Idol | 1989 | |
| | | Bernard Malamud | Author | The Fixer | 1914 | 1986 |
| | | Shelley Malil | | Arrested for attempted murder of Kendra Beebe | 1964 | |
| | | Gian Francesco Malipiero | Composer | Rispetti e Strambotti | 1882 | 1973 |
| | | John Malkovich | Actor | Subject of Being John Malkovich | 1953 | |
| | | Stephane Mallarme | Poet | A Throw of the Dice | 1842 | 1898 |
| | | Louis Malle | Film Director | Atlantic City | 1932 | 1995 |
| | | Carole Mallory | Actor | | 1941 | |
| | | Thomas Malory | Author | Le Morte d'Arthur | 1410 | 1471 |
| | | Marcello Malpighi | Doctor | Early microscopic anatomist | 1628 | 1694 |
| | | Andre Malraux | Novelist | La Condition Humaine | 1901 | 1976 |
| | | Thomas Malthus | Economist | Essay on the Principle of Population | 1766 | 1834 |
| | | Cristofano Malvezzi | Composer | | 1547 | 1599 |
| | | David Mamet | Author | Glengarry Glen Ross | 1947 | |
 | | Beenie Man | Rapper | Jamaican dancehall rapper | 1973 | |
| | | William Manchester | Historian | Death of a President | 1922 | 2004 |
| | | Pierre de Manchicourt | Composer | Franco-Flemish composer | 1510 | 1564 |
| | | Henry Mancini | Composer | Theme for The Pink Panther | 1924 | 1994 |
| | | Nelson Mandela | Activist | Former President of South Africa | 1918 | |
| | | Og Mandino | Author | The Greatest Salesman in the World | 1923 | 1996 |
| | | Francesco Manelli | Composer | Roman baroque composer | 1594 | 1667 |
| | | Edouard Manet | Painter | French Realist/Impressionist painter | 1831 | 1883 |
| | | Francesco Manfredini | Composer | Italian Baroque composer | 1684 | 1762 |
 |  | Mani | Religion | Founder of Manichaeism | 0210 | 0276 |
| | | Barry Manilow | Singer/Songwriter | I Write The Songs | 1943 | |
| | | Herman J. Mankiewicz | Screenwriter | Citizen Kane | 1897 | 1953 |
| | | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Film Director | | 1919 | 1993 |
| | | Aimee Mann | Musician | 'Til Tuesday | 1960 | |
| | | Barry Mann | Songwriter | | 1939 | |
| | | Herbie Mann | Musician | | 1930 | 2003 |
| | | Horace Mann | Educator | Massachusetts education reformer | 1796 | 1859 |
| | | Leslie Mann | Actor | Knocked Up | 1972 | |
| | | Robert Mann | Violinist | Juilliard String Quartet | 1920 | |
| | | Thomas Mann | Labor Leader | Trade Unionist | 1856 | 1941 |
| |  | Thomas Mann | Novelist | Death in Venice | 1875 | 1955 |
| | | Wingy Manone | Musician | Joseph Matthews Mannone | 1900 | 1982 |
| | | Jayne Mansfield | Actor | | 1933 | 1967 |
 | | Katherine Mansfield | Author | Bliss | 1888 | 1923 |
| | | Mike Mansfield | Politician | US Senator from Montana, 1953-77 | 1903 | 2001 |
| | | Charles Manson | Criminal | Helter Skelter | 1934 | |
| | | Shirley Manson | Musician | Frontwoman for Garbage | 1966 | |
| | | Joe Mantegna | Actor | The Godfather Part III | 1947 | |
| | | Mickey Mantle | Baseball | Twelve times in the World Series | 1931 | 1995 |
| | | Randolph Mantooth | Actor | Emergency! | 1945 | |
| | | Tommy Manville | Socialite | Tommy Manville | 1894 | 1967 |
| | | Andrew Manze | Conductor | English baroque violinist and conductor | 1965 | |
| | | Mao Tse-Tung | Government | Chairman of the Communist Party of China | 1893 | 1976 |
| | | Marla Maples | Relative | One of Donald Trump's ex-wives | 1963 | |
| | | Wellington Mara | Football | Owned the New York Giants | 1916 | 2005 |
| | | Marin Marais | Composer | Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris | 1656 | 1728 |
| | | Marcel Marceau | Mime | Most famous mime in history | 1923 | 2007 |
| | | Sophie Marceau | Actor | The World Is Not Enough | 1966 | |
| | | Alessandro Marcello | Composer | Concerto in D minor for oboe, strings and basso co | 1669 | 1747 |
| | | Benedetto Marcello | Composer | | 1686 | 1739 |
| | | Fredric March | Actor | The Best Years of Our Lives | 1897 | 1975 |
| | | Rocky Marciano | Boxing | Undefeated heavyweight | 1924 | 1969 |
| | | Vanessa Marcil | Actor | Gina Kinkaid on Beverly Hills 90210 | 1968 | |
| | | Guglielmo Marconi | Inventor | Inventor of the radio | 1874 | 1937 |
| | | Ferdinand Marcos | Head of State | Disgraced Philippine dictator | 1917 | 1989 |
| | | Imelda Marcos | First Lady | Former First Lady of the Philippines | 1929 | |
| | | Orison Swett Marden | Author | Founded Success Magazine in 1897 | 1850 | 1924 |
| | | Luca Marenzio | Composer | One of the most renowned composers of madrigals | 1553 | 1599 |
| | | Paul Mares | Jazz Musician | New Orleans Rhythm Kings. | 1900 | 1949 |
| | | Bam Margera | Daredevil | Skateboarder, appears on Jackass | 1979 | |
| | | Lynn Margulis | Biologist | Symbiosis Theory | 1938 | |
| | | Constance Marie | Actor | Nikki Alvarez on Santa Barbara | 1965 | |
| | | Rose Marie | Actor | Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1923 | |
| | | Cheech Marin | Actor | Cheech and Chong | 1946 | |
| | | Roger Maris | Baseball | Broke Babe Ruth's home run record | 1934 | 1985 |
| | | Mary Ellen Mark | Photographer | American photographer | 1940 | |
| | | Beryl Markham | Aviator | West with the Night | 1902 | 1986 |
| | | Edwin Markham | Poet | | 1852 | 1940 |
| | | Edward B. Marks | Business | | 1865 | 1945 |
| | | Johnny Marks | Songwriter | Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 1909 | 1985 |
| | | Doug Marlette | Cartoonist | Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist | 1949 | 2007 |
| | | Bob Marley | Musician | No Woman No Cry | 1945 | 1981 |
| | | John Marley | Actor | Godfather horsehead recipient | 1907 | 1984 |
| | | Christopher Marlowe | Playwright | | 1564 | 1593 |
 | | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Novelist | One Hundred Years of Solitude | 1928 | |
| | | Don Marquis | Journalist | archy and mehitabel | 1878 | 1937 |
| | | Neville Marriner | Conductor | | 1924 | |
| | | Branford Marsalis | Jazz Musician | Saxophonist | 1960 | |
| | | Wynton Marsalis | Jazz Musician | Trumpeter | 1961 | |
| | | Heinrich Marschner | Composer | | 1795 | 1861 |
| | | Gerry Marsden | Musician | Gerry & the Pacemakers. | 1942 | |
| | | Charles Marsh | Singer | | 0000 | |
| | | E. G. Marshall | Actor | Juror #4, 12 Angry Men | 1910 | 1998 |
| | | Garry Marshall | Film Director | Happy Days | 1934 | |
| | | Peter Marshall | Religion | U.S. Senate Chaplain 1947-9 | 1902 | 1949 |
| | | Thurgood Marshall | Judge | First black U.S. Supreme Court justice | 1908 | 1993 |
| | | Dean Martin | Actor | Member of Rat Pack | 1917 | 1995 |
| | | Dick Martin | Comic | Laugh-In | 1922 | 2008 |
 | | Frank Martin | Composer | Swiss composer | 1890 | 1974 |
| | | Freddy Martin | Musician | Bandleader | 1909 | 1983 |
| | | George Martin | Music Producer | Beatles producer | 1926 | |
| | | Hugh Martin | Composer | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 1914 | |
| | | Judith Martin | Columnist | Miss Manners | 1938 | |
| | | Mary Martin | Actor | Peter Pan | 1913 | 1990 |
| | | Paul Martin | Head of State | 21st Prime Minister of Canada | 1938 | |
| | | Steve Martin | Actor | The Jerk | 1945 | |
| | | Tony Martin | Singer | To Each His Own | 1912 | |
| | | Harriet Martineau | Author | Maid of All Work | 1802 | 1876 |
| | | Giovanni Martinelli | Singer | Italian operatic tenor | 1885 | 1969 |
| | | Olivier Martinez | Actor | Before Night Falls | 1966 | |
 | | Pedro Martinez | Baseball | New York Mets pitcher | 1971 | |
| | | Giovanni Battista Martini | Composer | Giovanni Battista Martini | 1706 | 1784 |
| | | Johannes Martini | Composer | | 1440 | 1497 |
| | | Al Martino | Singer | Italian-American singer | 1927 | |
| | | Bohuslav Martinu | Composer | Czech composer | 1890 | 1959 |
| | | Andrew Marvell | Poet | English poet and member of Parliament | 1621 | 1678 |
| | | Johnny Marvin | Singer/Songwriter | | 1897 | 1944 |
| | | Lee Marvin | Actor | Cat Ballou | 1924 | 1987 |
| | | Chico Marx | Actor | Marx Brotherx | 1887 | 1931 |
| | | Eleanor Marx | Author | Marxist author, political activist, and literary t | 1855 | 1898 |
| | | Groucho Marx | Actor | You Bet Your Life | 1890 | 1977 |
| | | Gummo Marx | Actor | Left the Marx Brothers troupe early | 1892 | 1977 |
| | | Harpo Marx | Actor | Silent harp-playing Marx Brother | 1888 | 1964 |
| | | Karl Marx | Philosopher | Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto | 1818 | 1883 |
| | | Richard Marx | Singer/Songwriter | Right Here Waiting, Hazard | 1963 | |
| | | Mary I of Scotland | Royalty | Mary, Queen of Scots | 1542 | 1587 |
| | | Mary of Teck | Royalty | Queen Consort of George V, and Empress of India | 1867 | 1953 |
| | | Pietro Mascagni | Composer | Cavalleria Rusticana | 1863 | 1945 |
| | | Mase | Rapper | Rapper-turned-pastor | 1974 | |
| | | John Masefield | Poet | Poet Laureate of England, 1930-67 | 1878 | 1967 |
| | | David Maslanka | Composer | Rollo Takes a Walk | 1943 | |
| | | Abraham Maslow | Psychologist | Hierarchy of Needs | 1908 | 1970 |
| | | Abraham Maslow | Psychologist | Hierarchy of Needs | 1908 | 1970 |
| | | Jackie Mason | Comic | The World According to Me! | 1931 | |
| | | James Mason | Actor | North by Northwest | 1909 | 1984 |
| | | Lowell Mason | Hymn Writer | Composer of over 1600 hymns | 1792 | 1872 |
| | | Jean-Baptiste Masse | Composer | | 1700 | 1757 |
| | | Jules Massenet | Composer | Manon | 1842 | 1912 |
| | | Raymond Massey | Actor | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | 1896 | 1983 |
| | | Master P | Rapper | | 1967 | |
| | | Marcello Mastroianni | Actor | La Dolce Vita | 1924 | 1996 |
| | | Kurt Masur | Conductor | Orchestre National de France Music Director | 1927 | |
| | | Mary Matalin | Politician | Political strategist and consultant | 1953 | |
| | | Heather Matarazzo | Actor | Welcome to the Dollhouse | 1982 | |
| | | Increase Mather | Religion | Massachusetts Puritan leader | 1639 | 1723 |
| | | Jerry Mathers | Actor | | 1948 | |
| | | Kerwin Mathews | Actor | The 7th Voyage of Sinbad | 1926 | 2007 |
| | | Larry Mathews | Actor | Ritchie on The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1955 | |
| | | Christy Mathewson | Baseball | Pitched 37 winning games in 1908 | 1880 | 1925 |
| | | Bob Mathias | Track and Field | Decathlon athlete turned Congressman | 1930 | 2006 |
| | | William Mathias | Composer | Welsh composer | 1934 | 1992 |
| | | Johnny Mathis | Singer | Wonderful, Wonderfu | 1935 | |
| | | Henri Matisse | Artist | Free, expressive French painter | 1869 | 1954 |
| | | Marlee Matlin | Actor | Deaf actress on The West Wing | 1965 | |
| | | Glen Matlock | Bassist | Original bassist for The Sex Pistols | 1956 | |
| | | Matteo da Perugia | Composer | Medieval Italian composer | 1400 | 1416 |
| | | Walter Matthau | Actor | Messy half of the Odd Couple | 1920 | 2000 |
| | | Johann Mattheson | Composer | German composer, writer, lexicographer, diplomat a | 1681 | 1764 |
| | | Brander Matthews | Author | First U.S. professor of dramatic literature | 1852 | 1929 |
| | | David Matthews | Composer | | 1943 | |
| | | Jessie Matthews | Actor | English actress, dancer, and singer of the 1930s | 1907 | 1981 |
| | | Victor Mature | Actor | Samson and Delilah | 1916 | 1999 |
| | | Jacques Mauduit | Composer | French composer of the late Renaissance | 1557 | 1627 |
| | | W. Somerset Maugham | Novelist | Of Human Bondage | 1874 | 1965 |
| | | Guy de Maupassant | Author | French short story writer | 1850 | 1893 |
| | | Francois Mauriac | Novelist | Le Noeud de Vipères | 1885 | 1970 |
| | | Frederick Denison Maurice | Religion | Anglican theologian | 1805 | 1872 |
| | | André Maurois | Author | French biographer | 1885 | 1967 |
| | | Nicholas Maw | Composer | Odyssey | 1935 | |
| | | Hiram Maxim | Inventor | Maxim machine gun | 1840 | 1916 |
| | | Elsa Maxwell | Columnist | American gossip columnist | 1883 | 1963 |
| | | James Clerk Maxwell | Physicist | Maxwell's Equations | 1831 | 1879 |
| | | Lois Maxwell | Actor | Miss Moneypenny | 1927 | 2007 |
| | | Brian May | Guitarist | | 1947 | |
| | | Rollo May | Psychologist | Love and Will | 1909 | 1994 |
| | | Misty May-Treanor | Sports Figure | Professional beach volleyball player | 1977 | |
 | | Vladimir Mayakovsky | Poet | | 1893 | 1930 |
| |  | Louis B. Mayer | Film/TV Producer | The final M of MGM | 1885 | 1957 |
| | | Curtis Mayfield | Musician | Soul/R&B great | 1942 | 1999 |
| | | Charles Horace Mayo | Doctor | Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic | 1865 | 1939 |
| | | Virginia Mayo | Actor | South Sea Woman | 1920 | 2005 |
| | | William James Mayo | Doctor | Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic | 1861 | 1939 |
| | | Ernst Mayr | Naturalist | Evolutionary biologist | 1904 | 2005 |
| | | Benjamin Mays | Educator | President of Morehouse College 1940-1967 | 1895 | 1984 |
| | | Willie Mays | Baseball | Baseball hall of famer | 1931 | |
| | | Giuseppe Mazzini | Activist | Italian patriot | 1805 | 1872 |
| | | Thabo Mbeki | Head of State | President of South Africa | 1942 | |
| | | mc chris | Rapper | Hesh, MC Pee Pants | 1975 | |
| | | Bernadette Devlin McAliskey | Politician | | 1947 | |
| | | Christa McAuliffe | Astronaut | First teacher in space | 1948 | 1986 |
| | | Nicko McBrain | Musician | | 1952 | |
| | | Martina McBride | Country Musician | My Baby Loves Me | 1966 | |
| | | Cindy McCain | Relative | Wife of John McCain | 1954 | |
| | | John McCain | Politician | US Senator from Arizona | 1936 | |
| | | Irish McCalla | Actor | Sheena, Queen of the Jungle | 1929 | 2002 |
| | | David McCallum Sr. | Violinist | Scottish violinist | 1897 | 1972 |
| | | David McCallum | Actor | Illya on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | 1933 | |
| | | Mercedes McCambridge | Actor | | 1916 | 2004 |
| | | Les McCann | Jazz Musician | Compared To What | 1935 | |
| | | Lila McCann | Country Musician | Down Came a Blackbird | 1981 | |
| | | Charles McCarron | Composer | | 1891 | 1919 |
| | | Cormac McCarthy | Novelist | All the Pretty Horses | 1933 | |
| | | Eugene McCarthy | Politician | U.S. Senator | 1916 | 2005 |
| | | Jenny McCarthy | Model | Early-nineties Playboy model; Singled Out | 1972 | |
| | | Joseph McCarthy | Politician | US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57 | 1908 | 1957 |
| | | Joseph McCarthy | Songwriter | Lyricist - You Made Me Love You | 1885 | 1943 |
| | | Mary McCarthy | Author | The Group | 1912 | 1989 |
| | | Jesse McCartney | Singer | | 1987 | |
| | | Linda McCartney | Musician | Beatle wife and photographer | 1941 | 1998 |
| | | Paul McCartney | Musician | | 1942 | |
| | | Barbara McClintock | Scientist | Discovered telomeres | 1902 | 1992 |
| | | Bryton McClure | Actor | The Young and the Restless | 1986 | |
| | | Matthew Mcconaughey | Actor | Failure to Launch | 1969 | |
| | | Susannah McCorkle | Jazz Musician | American jazz singer | 1946 | 2001 |
| | | John McCormack | Singer | Tenor | 1884 | 1945 |
| | | Mary McCormack | Actor | Kate Harper on The West Wing | 1969 | |
| | | Frank McCourt | Author | Angela's Ashes | 1930 | |
| | | Willie McCovey | Baseball | 521 homers, 18 grand slams | 1938 | |
| | | Joel McCrea | Actor | Ride the High Country | 1905 | 1990 |
| | | Carson McCullers | Author | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 1917 | 1967 |
| | | Colleen McCullough | Author | The Thorn Birds | 1937 | |
| | | Hattie McDaniel | Actor | Mammy in Gone with the Wind | 1895 | 1952 |
| | | Claude McDonald | Author | | 1925 | |
| | | Country Joe McDonald | Musician | http://www.countryjoe.com/ | 1942 | |
| | | Larry McDonald | Politician | Congressman from Georgia, 1975-83 | 1935 | 1983 |
| | | Jake McDorman | Actor | Evan on Greek | 1986 | |
| | | Frances McDormand | Actor | Fargo and Wonder Boys | 1957 | |
| | | Roddy McDowall | Actor | Planet of the Apes | 1928 | 1998 |
| | | Natascha McElhone | Actor | The Truman Show | 1971 | |
| | | John McEnroe | Tennis | | 1959 | |
| | | Reba McEntire | Country Musician | The Queen of Country Music | 1955 | |
| | | William McFee | Author | The Beachcomber | 1881 | 1966 |
| | | Darren McGavin | Actor | | 1922 | 2006 |
| | | John C. McGinley | Actor | Dr. Perry Cox on Scrubs | 1959 | |
| | | Felix McGlennon | Composer | | 0000 | |
| | | George McGovern | Politician | US Senator from South Dakota, 1963-81 | 1922 | |
| | | Rose McGowan | Actor | Paige Matthews on Charmed | 1973 | |
| | | Tim McGraw | Country Musician | Not a Moment Too Soon | 1967 | |
| | | Tug McGraw | Baseball | Pitcher for Mets, Phillies | 1944 | 2004 |
| | | Mary McGrory | Journalist | Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberal | 1918 | 2004 |
| | | Aaron McGruder | Cartoonist | Boondocks comic strip | 1974 | |
| | | Al McGuire | Basketball | Marquette University coach | 1931 | 2001 |
| | | Dolores E. McGuire | | | 0000 | |
| | | Mark McGwire | Baseball | 583 home runs | 1963 | |
| | | Jimmy McHugh | Composer | On the Sunny Side of the Street | 1894 | 1969 |
| | | John McIntire | Actor | Christopher Hale on Wagon Train | 1907 | 1991 |
| | | Jim McKay | TV Personality | Wide World of Sports | 1921 | 2008 |
| | | Michael McKean | Actor | This Is Spinal Tap, SNL | 1947 | |
| | | Ian McKellen | Actor | | 1939 | |
| | | Dave McKenna | Jazz Musician | | 1930 | 2008 |
| | | Terence McKenna | Author | Mushrooms, UFOs, end of fractal time | 1946 | 2000 |
| | | Ron Pigpen McKernan | Musician | Keyboards for Grateful Dead | 1945 | 1973 |
| | | Frank McKibben | Author | | 1869 | 1958 |
| | | Patricia A. McKillip | Novelist | The Riddle-Master trilogy | 1948 | |
| | | Ray McKinley | Musician | | 1910 | 1995 |
| | | William McKinley | President | 25th US President | 1843 | 1901 |
| | | Victor McLaglen | Actor | The Informer | 1883 | 1959 |
| | | Mignon McLaughlin | Author | Neurotic's Notebooks | 1913 | 1983 |
| | | Don McLean | Singer/Songwriter | American Pie | 1945 | |
| | | Marshall McLuhan | Educator | | 1911 | 1980 |
| | | Jim McMahon | Football | Retired NFL Quarterback | 1959 | |
| | | Vince McMahon | Wrestling | World Wrestling Entertainment impresario | 1945 | |
| | | Edwin M. McMillan | Physicist | Discovered neptunium | 1907 | 1991 |
| | | Terry McMillan | Author | Waiting to Exhale | 1951 | |
| | | Larry McMurtry | Author | Lonesome Dove | 1936 | |
| | | Barbara McNair | Singer | You're Gonna Love My Baby | 1934 | 2007 |
| | | Robert McNamara | Government | United States Secretary of Defense | 1916 | |
| | | Scott McNealy | Business | | 0000 | |
| | | Kristy McNichol | Actor | 1970s girl teen idol | 1962 | |
| | | Clyde McPhatter | Singer | Money Honey | 1932 | 1972 |
| | | Colin McPhee | Composer | Made an ethnomusicological study of Bali | 1900 | 1964 |
| | | Katharine McPhee | Singer | American Idol | 1984 | |
| | | Butterfly McQueen | Actor | Gone with the Wind | 1911 | 1995 |
| | | Steve McQueen | Actor | The Magnificent Seven | 1930 | |
| | | Carmen McRae | Singer | Jazz vocalist | 1920 | 1994 |
| | | Gerald McRaney | Actor | Major Dad, married Delta Burke | 1947 | |
| | | Jesse McReynolds | Musician | Jim and Jesse | 1929 | |
| | | Christine McVie | Musician | Fleetwood Mac | 1943 | |
| | | Norris McWhirter | Author | Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records | 1925 | 2004 |
| | | Ross McWhirter | Author | Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records | 1925 | 1975 |
| | | Margaret Mead | Anthropologist | Coming of Age in Samoa | 1901 | 1978 |
| | | Shepherd Mead | Author | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | 1914 | 1994 |
| | | James Edward Meade | Economist | Theory of International Economic Policy | 1907 | 1995 |
| | | Russell Means | Actor | American Indian Movement | 1939 | |
| | | George Meany | Labor Leader | AFL-CIO President, 1955-79 | 1894 | 1980 |
| | | Anne Meara | Comic | Stiller and Meara | 1929 | |
| | | Meat Loaf | Musician | Bat Out of Hell | 1947 | |
| | | Evan Mecham | Politician | | 1925 | |
| |  | Peter Medawar | Zoologist | Acquired immunological tolerance | 1915 | 1987 |
| | | Kay Medford | Actor | "Mama" in Bye, Bye Birdie | 1914 | 1980 |
| | | Catherine de Medici | Royalty | De facto ruler of France 1547-59 | 1519 | 1589 |
| | | Nikolai Medtner | Composer | Russian composer and pianist | 1880 | 1951 |
| | | Leighton Meester | Actor | Gossip Girl | 1986 | |
| | | Zubin Mehta | Conductor | | 1936 | |
| | | Étienne Méhul | Composer | French composer | 1763 | 1817 |
 |  | Golda Meir | Head of State | 4th Prime Minister of Israel | 1898 | 1978 |
| | | Melanie | Singer/Songwriter | | 1947 | |
| | | Melanie C | Musician | Sporty Spice | 1974 | |
| | | Nellie Melba | Singer | Australian opera soprano | 1861 | 1931 |
| | | William Lamb Melbourne | Head of State | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 1779 | 1848 |
| |  | Bill Melendez | Cartoonist | A Charlie Brown Christmas | 1916 | 2008 |
| | | John Mellencamp | Singer/Songwriter | Jack and Diane | 1951 | |
| | | Harry Melling | Actor | Dudley Dursley on Harry Potter | 1989 | |
| | | Sergio de Mello | Government | UN Representative to Iraq killed by carbomb | 1948 | 2003 |
| | | Andrew Mellon | Business | US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32 | 1855 | 1937 |
| | | Paul Mellon | Philanthropist | Yale Center for British Art benefactor | 1907 | 1999 |
| | | Barry Melton | Guitarist | | 1947 | |
| | | Bernard Meltzer | Radio Personality | What's Your Problem? | 1917 | 1998 |
| |  | Katie Melua | Singer | Call off the Search | 1984 | |
| | | Herman Melville | Author | Moby Dick | 1819 | 1891 |
| | | Memphis Minnie | Musician | Blues guitarist, vocalist, and composer | 1897 | 1973 |
| | | Ernest Menaul | | | 0000 | |
| | | Mencius | Philosopher | The most famous Confucian after Confucius himself. | 0372 BC | 0289 BC |
| | | H. L. Mencken | Critic | Once, the most influential writer in America | 1880 | 1956 |
| | | Gregor Mendel | Biologist | Father of modern genetics | 1822 | 1884 |
| | | Dmitri Mendeleev | Chemist | Periodic Table of the Elements | 1834 | 1907 |
| | | Felix Mendelssohn | Composer | Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1809 | 1847 |
| | | Eva Mendes | Actor | 2 Fast 2 Furious | 1974 | |
| | | Manuel Mendes | Composer | | 1547 | 1605 |
| | | Natalie Mendoza | Actor | Hotel Babylon. | 1978 | |
| | | Menes | Royalty | Unified Upper and Lower Egypt | 3100 BC | 3000 BC |
| | | Adolphe Menjou | Actor | A Farewell to Arms | 1890 | 1963 |
| | | Alan Menken | Composer | | 1949 | |
| | | Peter Mennin | Composer | Symphony No. 5 | 1923 | 1983 |
| | | Karl Menninger | Psychiatrist | The Human Mind | 1893 | 1990 |
| | | Gian-Carlo Menotti | Composer | The Saint of Bleecker Street | 1911 | 2007 |
| | | Maria Menounos | Journalist | Entertainment Tonight | 1978 | |
| | | Yehudi Menuhin | Violinist | Child prodigy violinist, conductor | 1916 | 1999 |
| | | Robert Menzies | Head of State | Australian PM | 1894 | 1978 |
| | | Saverio Mercadante | Composer | Italian opera composer | 1795 | 1870 |
| | | Johnny Mercer | Songwriter | Accentuate the Positive | 1909 | 1976 |
| | | Natalie Merchant | Musician | 10,000 Maniacs | 1963 | |
| | | Freddie Mercury | Singer/Songwriter | Lead singer, Queen | 1946 | 1991 |
| | | George Brossin Méré | Author | | 1610 | 1685 |
| | | Burgess Meredith | Actor | Rocky and Grumpy Old Men | 1908 | 1997 |
| | | George Meredith | Novelist | The Egoist | 1828 | 1909 |
| | | Una Merkel | Actor | Summer and Smoke | 1903 | 1986 |
| | | Ethel Merman | Singer | There's No Business Like Show Business | 1909 | 1984 |
| | | Bob Merrill | Composer | | 1921 | 1998 |
| | | Buddy Merrill | Guitarist | | 1936 | |
| | | Charles Merrill | Business | Founder of Merrill Lynch | 1885 | 1956 |
| | | Robert Merrill | Musician | American operatic baritone | 1917 | 2004 |
| | | Thomas Merton | Author | The Seven Storey Mountain | 1915 | 1968 |
 | | Carlos Mesa | Head of State | President of Bolivia, 2003-05 | 1953 | |
| | | André Messager | Composer | French composer | 1953 | 1929 |
| | | Olivier Messiaen | Composer | Turangalîla-Symphonie | 1908 | 1992 |
| | | Dale Messick | Cartoonist | | 1906 | 2005 |
| | | Don Messick | Actor | Voice of Scooby Doo | 1926 | 1997 |
| | | Jo Dee Messina | Country Musician | Country singer, Stand Beside Me | 1970 | |
| | | Debra Messing | Actor | Grace on Will & Grace | 1968 | |
| | | Grace Metalious | Novelist | Peyton Place | 1924 | 1964 |
| | | Metastasio | Poet | La Clemenza di Tito | 1698 | 1782 |
| | | Pat Metheny | Jazz Musician | Jazz musician | 1954 | |
| | | Edgar Meyer | Bassist | Appalachia Waltz | 1960 | |
| | | Joseph Meyer | Composer | | 1894 | 1987 |
| | | Ray Meyer | Basketball | DePaul University | 1913 | 2006 |
| | | Russ Meyer | Film Director | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | 1922 | 2004 |
| | | Giacomo Meyerbeer | Composer | Robert le Diable | 1791 | 1864 |
| | | Mezz Mezzrow | Jazz Musician | American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist | 1899 | 1972 |
| | | Kweisi Mfume | Politician | Former Congressman, CEO of the NAACP | 1948 | |
| | | Nikolai Miaskovsky | Composer | Father of the Soviet symphony | 1881 | 1950 |
| | | George Michael | Singer/Songwriter | | 1963 | |
| | | Jillian Michaels | TV Personality | The Biggest Loser | 1974 | |
| | | Alyson Michalka | Actor | Keely on Phil of the Future | 1989 | |
| | | Duane Michals | Photographer | American commercial photographer | 1932 | |
| | | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli | Pianist | Italian classical pianist | 1920 | 1995 |
| | | Michelangelo | Sculptor | Renaissance sculptor and painter | 1475 | 1564 |
| | | Michael Michele | Actor | Dr. Cleo Finch on ER | 1966 | |
| | | Candice Michelle | Wrestling | WWE wrestler | 1978 | |
| | | James A. Michener | Novelist | Tales of the South Pacific | 1907 | 1997 |
| | | Thomas Middleton | Playwright | A Game at Chess | 1580 | 1627 |
| | | Bette Midler | Actor | The Divine Miss M | 1945 | |
 | | Toshirô Mifune | Actor | Yojimbo | 1920 | 1997 |
| | | Francisco Mignone | Composer | Brazilian composer | 1897 | 1986 |
 | | Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich | Composer | Hungarian composer and music educator | 1842 | 1929 |
 | | Mika | Singer | Lebanese Britpop singer | 1983 | |
| | | George Mikes | Author | How to be an Alien | 1912 | 1987 |
| | | Carl Mikuli | Composer | Editor of works by Frédéric Chopin | 1819 | 1897 |
| | | Luis de Milan | Composer | | 1500 | 1561 |
| | | Alyssa Milano | Actor | Charmed | 1972 | |
| | | Lizzie Miles | Singer | | 1895 | 1963 |
| | | Sarah Miles | Actor | Hope and Glory | 1941 | |
| | | Sylvia Miles | Actor | Midnight Cowboy | 1932 | |
| | | Vera Miles | Actor | The Wrong Man, Psycho | 1929 | |
| | | Darius Milhaud | Composer | The Creation of the World | 1892 | 1974 |
| | | Christina Milian | Singer | AM To PM | 1981 | |
| | | Harvey MIlk | Politician | Openly gay SF city supervisor assassinated | 1930 | 1978 |
| | | John Stuart Mill | Philosopher | Liberal philosopher and essayist | 1806 | 1873 |
| | | Ray Milland | Actor | The Lost Weekend | 1907 | 1986 |
| | | Edna St. Vincent Millay | Poet | Renascence | 1892 | 1950 |
| | | Henry Mille | | | 0000 | |
| | | Alice Duer Miller | Novelist | Roberta | 1874 | 1942 |
| | | Arthur Miller | Playwright | Death of a Salesman | 1915 | 2005 |
| | | Dennis Miller | Talk Show Host | SNL news anchor | 1953 | |
| | | Glenn Miller | Jazz Musician | Popular bandleader and trombonist | 1904 | 1944 |
| | | Harlan Miller | | | 0000 | |
| | | Henry Miller | Author | Tropic of Cancer | 1891 | 1980 |
| | | Joaquin Miller | Poet | Songs of the Sierras | 1837 | 1913 |
| | | Jonathan Miller | Doctor | Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief , The Atheis | 1934 | |
| | | Mitch Miller | Musician | Bandleader, A&R director | 1911 | |
| | | Mrs. Miller | Singer | Out of tune singer | 1907 | 1997 |
| | | Olin Miller | | | 0000 | |
| | | Reggie Miller | Basketball | Indiana Pacers guard | 1965 | |
| | | Roger Miller | Country Musician | King of the Road | 1936 | 1992 |
| | | Steve Miller | Musician | The Steve Miller Band | 1943 | |
| | | Zell Miller | Politician | US Senator from Georgia, 2000-05 | 1932 | |
| | | Spike Milligan | Comic | The Goon Show | 1918 | 2002 |
| | | Robert Millikan | Physicist | Determined the charge of an electron | 1868 | 1953 |
| | | Lucky Millinder | Musician | American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader | 1900 | 1966 |
| | | Harry Mills | Musician | Mills Brothers | 1913 | 1982 |
| | | A. A. Milne | Author | Winnie the Pooh | 1882 | 1956 |
| | | Sherrill Milnes | Singer | Baritone | 1935 | |
 | | Slobodan Milosevic | Head of State | President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia | 1941 | 2006 |
 | | Czeslaw Milosz | Poet | The Captive Mind | 1911 | 2004 |
| | | Ronnie Milsap | Country Musician | Forty number-one songs | 1944 | |
| | | John Milton | Poet | Paradise Lost | 1608 | 1674 |
| | | Sal Mineo | Actor | Rebel Without A Cause | 1939 | 1976 |
| | | Anthony Minghella | Film Director | The English Patient | 1954 | 2008 |
| | | Charles Mingus | Bassist | | 1922 | 1979 |
 | | Ho Chi Minh | Activist | Vietnamese revolutionary | 1890 | 1969 |
| | | Liza Minnelli | Actor | Cabaret | 1946 | |
| | | Vincente Minnelli | Film Director | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | 1903 | 1986 |
| | | Vanessa Minnillo | TV Personality | TRL, also Entertainment Tonight | 1980 | |
| | | Kylie Minogue | Singer/Songwriter | Red-blooded Australian pop singer | 1968 | |
| | | Marvin Minsky | Scientist | Father of Artificial Intelligence | 1927 | |
| | | Carmen Miranda | Actor | The lady in the tutti-frutti hat | 1909 | 1955 |
| | | Helen Mirren | Actor | Prime Suspect | 1945 | |
| | | Sania Mirza | Tennis | Indian tennis sensation | 1986 | |
| | | Adrian Mitchell | Poet | To Whom It May Concern | 0000 | |
| | | Andrea Mitchell | Journalist | NBC Foreign Affairs Correspondent | 1946 | |
| | | Cameron Mitchell | Actor | The High Chaparral | 1918 | 1994 |
| | | George Mitchell | Politician | US Senator from Maine, 1980-95 | 1933 | |
| | | Guy Mitchell | Singer | | 1927 | 1999 |
| | | John Mitchell | Government | Attorney General and Watergate figure | 1913 | 1988 |
| | | Joni Mitchell | Singer/Songwriter | Big Yellow Taxi | 1943 | |
| | | Margaret Mitchell | Novelist | Gone With the Wind | 1900 | 1949 |
| | | Maria Mitchell | Astronomer | First American female astronomer | 1818 | 1889 |
| | | Martha Mitchell | Relative | Wife of Attorney General John Mitchell. | 1918 | 1996 |
| | | Mitch Mitchell | Drummer | Drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1947 | 2008 |
| | | Roscoe Mitchell | Musician | Founder of The Art Ensemble of Chicago | 1940 | |
| | | Naomi Mitchison | Novelist | Scottish novelist and poet | 1897 | 1999 |
| | | Robert Mitchum | Actor | Cape Fear | 1917 | 1997 |
| | | Jessica Mitford | Author | The American Way of Death | 1917 | 1996 |
| | | Mary Russell Mitford | Novelist | Author of Our Village | 1787 | 1855 |
| | | Nancy Mitford | Novelist | The Pursuit of Love | 1904 | 1973 |
| | | Rhona Mitra | Actor | Tara on The Practice | 1976 | |
 | | Dimitris Mitropoulos | Conductor | Greek conductor, pianist, and composer | 1896 | 1960 |
| | | Francois Mitterand | Head of State | President of France 1981-95 | 1916 | 1996 |
| | | François Mitterrand | Head of State | President of France 1981-95 | 1916 | 1996 |
| | | Addison Mizner | Architect | American resort architect | 1872 | 1933 |
| | | Wilson Mizner | Playwright | The Brown Derby restaurant | 1876 | 1933 |
| | | Joseph Moakley | Politician | Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-2001 | 1927 | 2001 |
| | | Moby | Musician | Play, Animal Rights, 18 | 1965 | |
| | | Art Modell | Football | Owner: Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens | 1925 | |
| | | Ernest John Moeran | Composer | Symphony in G minor | 1894 | 1950 |
| | | Anna Moffo | Singer | | 1930 | 2006 |
| | | Jay Mohr | Comic | Saturday Night Live | 1970 | |
 | | Alfred Moisiu | Head of State | President of Albania, 2002-07 | 1929 | |
| | | Moliere | Playwright | Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope | 1622 | 1673 |
| | | Paul Molitor | Baseball | Baseball legend | 1956 | |
| | | Federico Mompou | Composer | | 1896 | 1987 |
| | | James Vincent Monaco | Songwriter | You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) | 1885 | 1945 |
| | | Michael Monarch | Guitarist | | 1950 | |
| | | Walter Mondale | Politician | | 1928 | |
 | | Piet Mondrian | Painter | Dutch abstract painter | 1872 | 1944 |
| | | Claude Monet | Painter | The Water Lilies | 1840 | 1926 |
| | | Monica | Musician | Miss Thang | 1980 | |
| | | Meredith Monk | Composer | Vocalist and "interdisciplinary performance" artis | 1942 | |
| | | Thelonious Monk | Jazz Musician | Influential jazz pianist and composer | 1917 | 1982 |
| | | Bob Monkhouse | Game Show Host | The Golden Shot | 1928 | 2003 |
| | | William Cosmo Monkhouse | Poet | The Christ upon the Hill | 1840 | 1901 |
| | | Bill Monroe | Country Musician | The Bluegrass Boys | 1911 | 1996 |
| | | Harriet Monroe | Poet | Founder of Poetry magazine | 1860 | 1936 |
| | | James Monroe | President | 5th President of the U.S. | 1758 | 1831 |
| | | Marilyn Monroe | Actor | Some Like It Hot | 1926 | 1962 |
| | | Vaughn Monroe | Musician | Racing with the Moon | 1911 | 1973 |
| | | Ashley Montagu | Anthropologist | The Natural Superiority of Women | 1905 | 1999 |
| | | Mary Wortley Montagu | Author | Letters | 1689 | 1762 |
| | | Michel de Montaigne | Essayist | Essays | 1533 | 1592 |
| | | Patsy Montana | Country Musician | I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart | 1908 | 1996 |
| | | Alfred A. Montapert | Author | The Supreme Philosophy of Man | 1906 | 9999 |
| | | Lou Monte | Singer | Dominick the Donkey | 1917 | 1989 |
| | | Philippe de Monte | Composer | Flemish composer | 1521 | 1603 |
| | | Michel Montéclair | Composer | French baroque composer | 1667 | 1737 |
| | | Italo Montemezzi | Composer | L'amore dei tre re | 1875 | 1953 |
| | | Maria Montessori | Educator | Founder of Montessori Education Method | 1870 | 1952 |
| | | Pierre Monteux | Conductor | | 1875 | 1964 |
| | | Claudio Monteverdi | Composer | Vespro della Beata Vergine | 1567 | 1643 |
| | | Maria Montez | Actor | The Exile | 1912 | 1951 |
| | | Bernard Law Montgomery | Military | Won Battle of El Alamein during WWII | 1887 | 1975 |
| | | James Montgomery | Editor | British editor and poet | 1771 | 1854 |
| | | John Michael Montgomery | Country Musician | I Swear | 1965 | |
| | | Lucy Maud Montgomery | Novelist | Anne of Green Gables | 1874 | 1942 |
| | | Wes Montgomery | Musician | | 1925 | 1968 |
| | | June Montiero | Singer | The Toys | 1946 | |
| | | Xavier Montsalvatge | Composer | Spanish composer and music critic | 1912 | 2002 |
| | | Susanna Moodie | Author | Roughing it in the Bush | 1803 | 1885 |
| | | Dwight L. Moody | Religion | | 1837 | 1899 |
| | | Robert Moog | Inventor | Invented the synthesizer | 1934 | 2005 |
| | | Keith Moon | Drummer | First drummer for The Who | 1946 | 1978 |
| | | Alan Moore | Author | Created The Watchmen | 1953 | |
| | | Clayton Moore | Actor | The Lone Ranger | 1914 | 1999 |
| | | Demi Moore | Actor | Ghost | 1962 | |
| | | Dickie Moore | Actor | The Little Rascals | 1925 | |
| | | Douglas Stuart Moore | Composer | The Ballad of Baby Doe | 1893 | 1969 |
| | | Dudley Moore | Actor | Arthur | 1935 | 2002 |
| | | George Moore | Author | A Mummers Wife | 1852 | 1933 |
| | | Gerald Moore | Pianist | | 1899 | 1987 |
| | | Henry Moore | Sculptor | English humanist sculptor | 1898 | 1986 |
| | | Julianne Moore | Actor | Boogie Nights, Short Cuts | 1960 | |
| | | Mandy Moore | Actor | Candy | 1984 | |
| | | Marianne Moore | Poet | Collected Poems | 1887 | 1972 |
| | | Mary Tyler Moore | Actor | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 1936 | |
| | | Melba Moore | Singer | Lift Every Voice and Sing | 1945 | |
| | | Michael Moore | Film Director | Fahrenheit 9/11 | 1954 | |
| | | Patrick Moore | Astronomer | BBC's The Sky At Night | 1923 | |
| | | Raymond Moore | Songwriter | | 0000 | |
| | | Roger Moore | Actor | James Bond after Sean Connery | 1927 | |
| | | Scotty Moore | Guitarist | Elvis Presley's first guitarist | 1931 | |
| | | Thomas Moore | Poet | | 1779 | 1852 |
| | | Thurston Moore | Musician | Sonic Youth | 1958 | |
| | | John Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon | Aviator | | 1884 | 1964 |
| | | Cristóbal de Morales | Composer | | 1500 | 1553 |
| | | Evo Morales | Head of State | President of Bolivia | 1959 | |
| | | Rick Moranis | Actor | Honey I Shrunk The Kids | 1953 | |
| | | Alberto Moravia | Novelist | Il Conformista | 1907 | 1990 |
| | | Patrick Moraz | Musician | Keyboard Player - Yes | 1948 | |
| | | Hannah More | Novelist | Coelebs in Search of a Wife | 1745 | 1833 |
| | | Kenneth More | Actor | The Admirable Crichton | 1914 | 1982 |
| | | Thomas More | Author | | 1478 | 1535 |
| | | Federico Moreno Torroba | Composer | | 1891 | 1982 |
| |  | Rita Moreno | Actor | West Side Story | 1931 | |
| | | Charles Langbridge Morgan | Playwright | English-born playwright and novelist | 1894 | 1958 |
| | | Craig Morgan | Country Musician | That's What I Love About Sunday | 1965 | |
| | | Debelah Morgan | Singer | Dance with Me | 1977 | |
| | | Dennis Morgan | Actor | My Wild Irish Rose | 1908 | 1994 |
| | | George Morgan | Musician | | 1924 | 1975 |
| | | Helen Morgan | Actor | Show Boat | 1900 | 1941 |
| | | Henry Morgan | TV Personality | I've Got a Secret | 1915 | 1994 |
| | | J. P. Morgan | Business | General Electric | 1837 | 1913 |
| | | Lorrie Morgan | Musician | | 1959 | |
| | | Robin Morgan | Activist | American radical feminist | 1941 | |
| | | Russ Morgan | Musician | Bandleader | 1904 | 1969 |
| | | Thomas H. Morgan | Scientist | Chromosomal Theory of Heredity | 1866 | 1945 |
| | | Trevor Morgan | Actor | Jurassic Park III | 1986 | |
| | | Alanis Morissette | Singer | Jagged Little Pill | 1974 | |
| | | Akio Morita | Business | Co-Founder of Sony | 1921 | 1999 |
| | | Christopher Morley | Novelist | The Haunted Bookshop | 1890 | 1987 |
| | | Karen Morley | Actor | Gabriel Over the White House | 1909 | 2003 |
| | | Robert Morley | Actor | | 1908 | 1992 |
| | | Thomas Morley | Composer | Laboravi in Gemitu Meo | 1557 | 1602 |
| | | Aldo Moro | Head of State | Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy | 1916 | 1978 |
| | | Jerome Moross | Composer | The Big Country | 1913 | 1983 |
| | | Ennio Morricone | Composer | The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | 1928 | |
| | | Ennio Morricone | Composer | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 1928 | |
| | | Desmond Morris | Zoologist | ITV television's Zoo Time | 1928 | |
| | | Greg Morris | Actor | Mission: Impossible | 1933 | 1996 |
| | | Jan Morris | Historian | British historian and travel writer | 1926 | |
| | | Joe Morris | Guitarist | American jazz guitarist | 1955 | |
| | | William Morris | Poet | Arts and Crafts Movement | 1834 | 1896 |
| | | Jim Morrison | Singer/Songwriter | Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors | 1943 | 1971 |
| | | Toni Morrison | Author | Beloved | 1931 | |
| | | Van Morrison | Musician | Central figure of the Belfast blues scene | 1945 | |
| | | Dwight Morrow | Politician | Senator from New Jersey | 1873 | 1935 |
| | | Jeff Morrow | Actor | This Island Earth | 1907 | 1993 |
| | | Lance Morrow | Author | National Magazine Award for Essay and Criticism | 0000 | |
| | | Barry Morse | Actor | Lt. Gerard on The Fugitive | 1918 | 2008 |
| | | David Morse | Actor | Star of TV show Hack | 1953 | |
| | | Samuel F. B. Morse | Inventor | Telegraph inventor and publicist | 1791 | 1872 |
| | | Viggo Mortensen | Actor | Aragorn in Lord of the Rings | 1958 | |
| | | Emily Mortimer | Actor | Lovely & Amazing | 1971 | |
| | | John Mortimer | Playwright | Rumpole of the Bailey | 1923 | |
| | | Jelly Roll Morton | Jazz Musician | Jazz composer, pianist | 1890 | 1941 |
| | | Robert Morton | Composer | Il sera pour vous conbatu/L'homme armé | 1430 | 1479 |
| | | William T.G. Morton | Doctor | Pioneer in anesthesiology | 1819 | 1868 |
| | | Ignaz Moscheles | Composer | | 1794 | 1870 |
| | | Moses | Religion | Wrote the Torah | 1393 BC | 2488 BC |
| | | Edwin Moses | Track and Field | Olympian | 1955 | |
| | | Grandma Moses | Painter | Painter began at age 77 | 1860 | 1961 |
| | | Robert Moses | Government | New York City planner | 1888 | 1981 |
| | | Alexander Mosolov | Composer | Russian avant-garde composer of the early Soviet e | 1900 | 1973 |
| | | Mihály Mosonyi | Composer | Feast of Purification | 1815 | 1870 |
| | | Carrie-Anne Moss | Actor | Trinity in The Matrix | 1967 | |
| | | Jerry Moss | Business | Founded A&M Records | 1935 | |
| | | Jon Moss | Drummer | Culture Club | 1957 | |
| | | Kate Moss | Model | Supermodel | 1974 | |
| | | Stirling Moss | Auto Racing | British Formula One | 1929 | |
| | | Walter Mossberg | Columnist | Technology columnist, Wall Street Journal | 1947 | |
| | | Zero Mostel | Actor | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | 1915 | 1977 |
| | | Moritz Moszkowski | Composer | Études de Virtuosité | 1854 | 1925 |
| |  | Mother Teresa | Religion | Missionaries of Charity | 1910 | 1997 |
| | | Robert Motherwell | Artist | American abstract expressionist painter and printm | 1915 | 1991 |
| | | Lucretia Mott | Activist | | 1793 | 1880 |
| | | José Vianna da Motta | Composer | | 1868 | 1948 |
| | | Lord Mountbatten | Military | Last Viceroy of India | 1900 | 1979 |
| | | Jean-Joseph Mouret | Composer | | 1682 | 1738 |
| | | Nana Mouskouri | Singer | 230 gold and platinum albums worldwide | 1934 | |
| | | Tahj Mowry | Actor | Kim Possible | 1986 | |
| | | Bill Moyers | Journalist | | 1934 | |
| | | Alison Moyet | Musician | Songwriter and vocalist for Yazoo | 1961 | |
| | | Daniel Moynihan | Politician | | 1927 | 2003 |
| | | Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart | Composer | Youngest son of Wolfgang | 1791 | 1844 |
| | | Leopold Mozart | Composer | Father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1719 | 1787 |
| | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Composer | Prominent composer | 1756 | 1791 |
| | | Mr. T | Actor | Long track record of pitying fools | 1952 | |
| | | Alonso de Mudarra | Composer | | 1510 | 1580 |
| | | Gussie Mueller | Musician | | 1890 | 1965 |
| | | Karl Mueller | Bassist | Soul Asylum | 1962 | 2005 |
| | | Malcolm Muggeridge | Author | Observer of Life | 1903 | 1990 |
 | | Muhammad | Religion | Muslim Prophet | 0570 | 0632 |
| | | Anita Mui | Singer | Madonna of Asia | 1963 | 2003 |
| | | John Muir | Naturalist | Yosemite National Park | 1838 | 1914 |
| | | Diana Muldaur | Actor | Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law | 1938 | |
| | | Martin Mull | Comic | Fernwood Tonight | 1943 | |
| | | Megan Mullally | Actor | Karen Walker on Will & Grace | 1958 | |
| | | Moon Mullican | Musician | | 1909 | 1967 |
| | | Richard Mulligan | Actor | Burt Campbell in Soap | 1932 | 2000 |
| | | Rich Mullins | Singer/Songwriter | Awesome God | 1955 | 1997 |
| | | Brian Mulroney | Head of State | 18th Prime Minister of Canada | 1939 | |
| | | Lewis Mumford | Historian | Technics and Civilization | 1895 | 1990 |
| | | Bill Mumy | Actor | Lost in Space | 1954 | |
| | | Charles Munch | Conductor | Boston Symphony Orchestra 1949 - 1961 | 1891 | 1968 |
| | | Paul Muni | Actor | The Life of Louis Pasteur | 1895 | 1967 |
| | | Frankie Muniz | Actor | Malcolm in the Middle | 1985 | |
| | | Murasaki Shikibu | Novelist | The Tale of Genji | 0973 | 1025 |
| | | Bobby Murcer | Baseball | MLB player, Yankees sportscaster | 1946 | 2008 |
| | | Iris Murdoch | Novelist | The Sea, the Sea | 1919 | 1999 |
| | | Rupert Murdoch | Business | Founder and CEO of News Corp | 1931 | |
| | | Stuart Murdoch | Musician | Belle & Sebastian frontman | 1968 | |
| | | Gilles Mureau | Composer | | 1450 | 1512 |
| | | Lisa Murkowski | Politician | US Senator from Alaska | 1957 | |
| | | Brittany Murphy | Actor | Clueless | 1977 | |
| | | Cillian Murphy | Actor | Disco Pigs | 1974 | |
| | | Dan Murphy | Guitarist | | 1963 | |
| | | Eddie Murphy | Actor | | 1961 | |
| | | Anne Murray | Singer | Mellow Canadian singer | 1945 | |
| | | Bill Murray | Actor | Meatballs, SNL | 1950 | |
| | | Billy Murray | Singer | Top recording star of the early 1900s | 1877 | 1954 |
| | | John Murray | Biologist | Scots-Canadian oceanographer and marine biologist. | 1841 | 1914 |
| | | Edward R. Murrow | Journalist | | 1908 | 1965 |
| | | Mandy Musgrave | Actor | Ashley Davies on South of Nowhere | 1986 | |
| | | Story Musgrave | Astronaut | Spent 1281 hours in space | 1935 | |
| | | Robert Musil | Novelist | Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften | 1880 | 1942 |
| | | Alfred de Musset | Poet | Les Caprices de Marianne | 1810 | 1857 |
| | | Benito Mussolini | Head of State | Fascist Dictator of Italy | 1883 | 1945 |
| | | Modest Mussorgsky | Composer | Boris Godunov | 1839 | 1881 |
| | | Dave Mustaine | Guitarist | Former Metallica guitarist | 1961 | |
| | | A. J. Muste | Activist | Christian pacifist | 1885 | 1967 |
| | | Riccardo Muti | Conductor | | 1941 | |
| | | Anne-Sophie Mutter | Violinist | German violin virtuoso | 1963 | |
| | | Claudia Muzio | Singer | Soprano | 1889 | 1936 |
| | | Mýa | Musician | My Love Is Like...Wo | 1979 | |
| | | J. W. Myers | Singer | | 0000 | 1919 |
| | | Mike Myers | Actor | Austin Powers | 1963 | |
