Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (1084 listed)
Milkha Singh
Iconic Indian Olympic Sprinter, Asian & Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist ("The Flying Sikh")
Milton Nascimento
Five-Time Grammy Award Winner, Titan of Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) & Clube da Esquina Co-Founder
Mitch Kapor
Computing Pioneer, Creator of Lotus 1-2-3 & Co-Founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation
Mitchell Johnson
ICC Cricketer of the Year, ICC Hall of Fame Australian Fast Bowling Legend
Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1986–1988), 1966 Six-Point Movement Key Leader & 1971 Liberation War Organizer
Mohammad Ali Bogra
3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953–1955), Renowned Bengali Diplomat, Ambassador to the US & Architect of the "Bogra Formula"
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Last Shah of Iran (Pahlavi Dynasty), Monarch of the Imperial State of Iran & Initiator of the White Revolution
Moisés Caicedo
Ecuadorian International Football Star & Premier League Record Midfielder (Chelsea FC)
Monta Ellis
NBA Most Improved Player, Explosive Scorer & Star of the Golden State Warriors "We Believe" Era
Montgomery Clift
4-Time Oscar-Nominated Hollywood Icon, Broadway Prodigy & Method Acting Pioneer
Moss Hart
Pulitzer Prize-Winning American Dramatist, Legendary Broadway Director & Memoirist
Mother Teresa
Catholic Nun, Humanitarian & Nobel Peace Laureate
Moustapha Alassane
Pioneer Animator, Film Director & Satirist
Muammar Gaddafi
Libyan Revolutionary Leader (1969–2011), Primary Co-Founder of the African Union & Author of "The Green Book"
Muhammad Ali
Heavyweight Boxing Champion & Civil Rights Icon
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Carnatic Classical Musical Trinity Composer, Poet, Sanskrit Polymath & Veena Virtuoso