Moses Mendelssohn (17291786), Jewish philosopher |
Felix Mendelssohn (18091847), German composer |
Catulle Mendès (18411909), French poet and man of letters, of Jewish extraction |
Menedemus of Eretria (FourthThird Century B.C.), Greek philosopher, and founder of the Eretrian school of thought |
Menelek II. (18441913), Emperor of Abyssinia |
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (15191574), Spanish seaman, founder of St. Augustine, FL |
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (18561912), Spanish scholar and critic |
Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (fl. 503493 B.C.), Roman patrician and statesman |
Menes, name of the founder of the 1st Dynasty of historical kings of Egypt |
Anton Raphael Mengs (17281779), German painter |
Émile-Justin Menier (18261881), French manufacturer and politician |
Menippus (Third Century B.C.), Greek cynic and satirist |
Justus Menius (14991558), Lutheran theologian |
Adah Isaacs Menken (18351868), American actress |
Menno Simons (14961561), Religious leader |
Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein (18611945), Austro-Hungarian diplomatist |
Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (16731729), Russian statesman |
Alexander Sergeievich Menshikov (17871869), Russian noble |
Mentor of Rhodes (c. 385340 B.C.), Commander |
Adolph von Menzel (18151905), German artist |
Wolfgang Menzel (17981873), German poet, critic and literary historian |
John Merbecke (c. 1510c. 1585), English theological writer and musician |
Mercadier (d. 1200), French warrior |
Gerardus Mercator (15121594), Flemish mathematician and geographer |
Hugh Mercer (c. 17251777), Scotch-American soldier |
Antonin Mercié (18451916), French sculptor and painter |
Désiré Mercier (18511926), Cardinal Archbishop of Malines, Belgium |
Honoré Mercier (18401894), Canadian lawyer and statesman |
Louis-Sébastien Mercier (17401814), French dramatist and miscellaneous writer |
Johann Heinrich Merck (17411791), German author and critic |
Seigneurs and Dukes of Mercur |
Philippe Emmanuel de Lorraine, Duc de Mercur (15581602), French soldier |
Franz, Freiherr von Mercy (15901645), German general in the Thirty Years War |
Florimond-Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (17271794), Austrian diplomatist |
George Meredith (18281909), British novelist and poet |
Francis Meres (15651647), English divine and author |
Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (18651941), Russian novelist and critic |
Matthäus Merian (15931650), Swiss engraver |
Prosper Mérimée (18031870), French novelist, archæologist and essayist |
Charles Merivale (18081893), English historian and Dean of Ely |
Herman Merivale (18061874), English civil servant and author |
Herman Charles Merivale (18391906), English author |
Jean Henri Merle dAubigné (17941872), Swiss Protestant divine and historian |
Merlin, the famous bard of Welsh tradition, and enchanter of Arthurian romance |
Antoine-Christophe Merlin de Thionville (17621833), French revolutionist |
Philippe-Antoine Merlin (17541838), French politician and lawyer |
Flavius Merobaudes (Fifth Century A.D.), Latin rhetorician and poet |
Selah Merrill (18371909), American clergyman, traveler and orientalist |
Henry Seton Merriman (18621903), English novelist |
John Xavier Merriman (18411926), South African statesman |
Wesley Merritt (18341910), American soldier |
William Walter Merry (18351918), English classical scholar |
Marin Mersenne (15881648), French philosopher and mathematician |
John Charles Bigham, Viscount Mersey (18401929), English judge |
Georgius Merula (c. 14301494), Italian humanist and classical scholar |
Adalbert Merx (18381909), German theologian and orientalist |
Charles Méryon (18211868), French etcher |
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (18311915), Dutch marine painter |
Franz Anton Mesmer (17341815), Austrian doctor |
Nicolas Mesnager (16581714), French diplomatist |
Mesomedes of Crete (Second Century), Greek lyric poet |
Ramón de Mesonero Romanos (18031882), Spanish prose-writer |
André Messager (18531929), French musician |
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus (64 B.C.c. 8 A.D.), Roman general, author and patron of literature and art |
Valeria Messallina (d. 48 A.D.), third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius |
Gustave Mesureur (18471925), French politician |
Pietro Metastasio (16981782), Italian poet |
Andreas Metaxas (17861860), Greek politician |
Willard Leroy Metcalf (18581925), American artist |
Charles Theophilus, Baron Metcalfe (17851846), Indian and colonial administrator |
Metellus, name of a distinguished family of the Caecilian gens in ancient Rome |
Saint Methodius (c. 825885), Apostle of the Slavs |
Barony of Methuen |
Methuselah, in the Old Testament, the seventh in descent from Adam |
Theodore Metochita (12701332), Byzantine author |
Metrocles (Fourth Century B.C.), Greek philosopher of the Cynic school |
Metrodorus, name of five philosophers |
Gabriel Metsu (16291667), Dutch painter |
Quentin Metsys (1465/61530), Flemish artist |
Clemens Wenzel Lothar, Fürst von Metternich (17731859), Austrian statesman and diplomatist |
Adam Frans van der Meulen (16321690), Flemish painter |
Constantin Meunier (18311905), Belgian painter and sculptor |
Paul Meurice (18181905), French dramatist |
Johannes van Meurs (15791639), Dutch classical scholar and antiquary |
Peter Mews (16191706), English royalist and divine |
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (18251898), Swiss poet and novelist |
George von Lengerke Meyer (18581918), American diplomatist |
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (18001873), German Protestant divine |
Hermann von Meyer (18011869), German palæontologist |
Lothar Meyer (18301895), German chemist |
Paul Meyer (18401917), French philologist |
Victor Meyer (18481897), German chemist |
Giacomo Meyerbeer (17911864), German composer |
Alice Meynell (18471922), English poet and essayist |
Melchoir Meyr (18101871), German poet, novelist and philosopher |
Frederick Meyrick (18271906), English divine |
François Eudes de Mézeray (16101683), French historian |
Alfred Mézières (18261915), French littérateur, educator and statesman |
Philippe de Mézières (c. 13271405), French soldier and author |
Giuseppe Mezzofanti (17741849), Italian Cardinal and linguist |
Edward Miall (18091881), English Nonconformist divine and journalist |
Miantonomo (d. 1643), Chief of the Narraganset tribe of North American Indians |
Andreas Miaoulis (17681835), Greek admiral and politician |
Micah, in the Bible, the name prefixed to the sixth in order of the books of the minor prophets |
Micah, in the Bible, a man of the hill-country of Ephraim |
Pietro Micca (16771706), Piedmontese soldier |
Michael (15961645), Tsar of Russia |
Michael, name of nine East-Roman emperors |
Michaelangelo (14751564), the most famous of the great Florentine artists of the Renaissance |
Michael Obrenović III. (18231868), Prince of Servia |
Georg Michaelis (18571936), Prussian official |
Johann David Michaelis (17171791), German biblical scholar and teacher |
Joseph François Michaud (17671839), French historian and publicist |
André Michaux (17461802), French botanist and traveller |
Francisque Xavier Michel (18091887), French antiquary |
Louise Michel (18301905), French anarchist |
Dan Michel of Northgate (fl. 1340), English writer |
Jules Michelet (17981874), French historian |
Karl Ludwig Michelet (18011893), German philosopher |
John Michell (1724?1793), English natural philosopher and geologist |
Auguste Michel-Lévy (18441911), French geologist |
Michelozzo (13911472?), Italian sculptor |
Albert Abraham Michelson (18521931), American physicist |
Nozu Michitsura (18401908), Japanese field-marshal |
Adam Mickiewicz (17981855), Polish poet |
William Julius Mickle (17351788), Scottish poet |
Micon (Fifth Century B.C.), Greek painter |
Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex (15751645), Successful London merchant |
Earls of Middleton |
Arthur Middleton (17421787), American politician and signer of the Declaration of Independence |
Conyers Middleton (16831750), English divine |
John Henry Middleton (18461898), English educator and art critic |
Thomas Middleton (15801627), English dramatist |
Midhat Pasha (18221884), Turkish statesman |
St. John Brodrick, Earl of Midleton (18561942), English politician |
Michiel van Miereveld (15671641), Dutch painter |
Mieris, name of a family of artists who practised painting at Leiden |
Thomas Mifflin (17441800), American soldier and politician |
Pierre Mignard (16121695), French painter |
Jacques-Paul Migne (18001875), French priest and publisher |
François Auguste Alexis Mignet (17961884), French historian |
Abraham Mignon (16401697), Dutch painter |
Claudine Françoise Mignot (c. 16171711), French adventuress |
Miguel I. (18021866), Usually known as Dom Miguel |
Franz von Miklosich (18131891), Austrian philologist |
Gaetano Milanesi (18131895), Italian scholar and writer on the history of art |
Milan Obrenović (18541901), King of Servia |
Manuel Milá y Fontanals (18181884), Spanish scholar |
Nelson Appleton Miles (18391925), American soldier |
Jan Milíč (d. 1374), Bohemian divine |
James Mill (17731836), historian and philosopher |
John Mill (c. 16451707), English theologian |
John Stuart Mill (18061873), English philosopher and economist |
Sir John Everett Millais (18291896), English painter |
Andrew Millar (17051768), British publisher |
John Milledge (17571818), American statesman |
Hugh Miller (18021856), Scottish geologist and man of letters |
Joaquin (Cincinnatus Hiner) Miller (18371913), American poet |
Joe Miller (16841738), English actor |
Samuel Freeman Miller (18161890), American jurist |
William Miller (17821849), leader of the Second Adventists in America |
William Miller (17951861), British soldier |
William Miller (17961882), Scottish line-engraver |
William Hallowes Miller (18011880), British mineralogist and crystallographer |
Alexandre Millerand (18591943), French socialist and politician |
Francis Davis Millet (18461912), American painter |
Jean François Millet (c. 16421679), painter of Flanders |
Jean François Millet (18141875), French painter, who came of a peasant family |
William Milligan (18211892), Scottish theologian |
John Mills (d. 1736), English actor |
Roger Quarles Mills (18321911), American legislator |
Henry Hart Milman (17911868), English historian and ecclesiastic |
John Milne (18501913), British seismologist and mining engineer |
Henri Milne-Edwards (18001885), French zoologist |
Alfred, Viscount Milner (18541925), British statesman and colonial administrator |
Joseph Milner (17441797), English evangelical divine |
Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (18091885), English poet and man of letters |
Milo (Sixth Century B.C.), Greek athlete |
Titus Annius Milo (d. 48 B.C.), Roman political agitator |
Milo of Gloucester (d. 1143), Lord of Brecknock and Earl of Hereford |
Mikhail Miloradovich (17711825), Russian general |
Milosh Obrenović I. (17801860), Prince of Servia, founder of the Obrenović dynasty |
Miltiades, name of two Athenian statesmen and generals |
Miltiades (d. 314), Pope |
John Milton (16081674), English poet |
Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov (18591943), Russian politician and historian |
Mimnermus (fl. c. 630600 B.C.), Greek elegiac poet |
Minas (c. 17901860), Greek scholar |
Marco Minghetti (18181886), Italian economist and statesman |
Mino da Fiesole (c. 14291484), Italian sculptor |
Robert Crannell Minor (18391904), American artist |
Laurence Minot (1300?1352?), English poet |
Earls of Minto |
William Minto (18451893), Scottish man of letters |
Marcus Minucius Felix, early Latin apologist for Christianity |
Peter Minuit (15801638), Dutch colonist |
André François, Comte Miot de Mélito (17621841), French statesman and scholar |
Johann von Miquel (18291901), German statesman |
André Boniface Louis Riqueti, Vicomte de Mirabeau (17541792), Reactionary leader at the opening of the French Revolution |
Mirabeau (17491791), French statesman |
Victor de Riquetti, Marquis de Mirabeau (17151789), French author and political economist |
Antonio Mira de Amescua (d. 1644), Spanish dramatist |
Miguel Miramón (18321867), Mexican soldier of French extraction |
Francisco de Miranda (17501816), Spanish-American soldier and adventurer |
Octave Mirbeau (18481917), French dramatist and journalist |
Mīr Khvānd (14331498), Persian historian |
Frédéric Mistral (18301914), Provençal poet |
John Mitchel (18151875), Irish Nationalist |
Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel (1810?1862), American astronomer |
Donald Grant Mitchell (Ik Marvel) (18221908), American author |
Maria Mitchell (18181889), American astronomer |
Silas Weir Mitchell (18291914), American physician and author |
Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (17921855), Australian explorer |
Samuel Latham Mitchill (17641831), Scientist of universal attainments |
Mary Russell Mitford (17871855), English novelist and dramatist |
William Mitford (17441827), English historian |
Mithridates, Persian name |
Rajendra Lala Mitra (18241891), Indian orientalist |
Eilhardt Mitscherlich (17941863), German chemist |
St. George Jackson Mivart (18271900), English biologist |
Mnesicles (Fifth Century B.C.), architect of the great Propylae of the Athenian Acropolis |
George Moberly (18031885), English divine |
Robert Campbell Moberly (18451903), English theologian |
August Ferdinand Möbius (17901868), German astronomer and mathematician |
Frederick David Mocatta (18281905), English Jewish philanthropist |
Mocenigo, name of a noble and ancient Venetian family |
Moderatus of Gades (fl. First Century A.D.), Greek philosopher of the Neo-Pythagorean school |
Herennius Modestinus (fl. 250 A.D.), celebrated Roman jurist |
Helena Modjeska (18401909), Polish actress |
Moeris (SecondThird Century), Greek grammarian |
Robert Moffat (17951883), Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa |
Peter Mogila (c. 15961647), Metropolitan of Kiev |
Hugo von Mohl (18051872), German botanist |
Julius von Mohl (18001876), German orientalist |
Johann Adam Möhler (17961838), German theologian |
Karl Friedrich Mohr (18061879), German pharmacist |
Friedrich Mohs (17731839), German mineralogist |
Charles, Baron Mohun (c. 16751712), English noble |
Michael Mohun (c. 16251684), English actor |
David Macbeth Moir (17981851), Scottish physician and writer |
Henri Moissan (18521907), French chemist |
Abraham de Moivre (16671754), English mathematician of French extraction |
Edmund von Mojsisovics (18391907), Austro-Hungarian geologist and palæontologist |
Jacques de Molay (c. 12431314), last grand master of the Knights Templars |
Louis-Mathieu, Comte Molé (17811855), French statesman |
Mathieu Molé (15841656), French statesman |
Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth (18391921), novelist and popular writer for the young |
Robert, Viscount Molesworth (16561725), English noble |
Sir William Molesworth (18101855), English politician |
Molière (16221673), the great French dramatist |
Luis de Molina (15351600), Spanish Jesuit |
Tirso de Molina (1571?1648), Spanish dramatist |
Jean Molinet (14351507), French poet and chronicler |
Auguste Molinier (18511904), French historian |
Miguel de Molinos (c. 16281696), Spanish divine |
Bernhard Molique (18021869), German violinist and composer |
Shlomo Molkho (c. 15001532), Marano kabbalist |
Richard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorf (17241816), Prussian soldier |
François Nicolas, Count Mollien (17581850), French financier |
Adam Gottlob Moltke (17101792), Danish courtier |
Adam Wilhelm Moltke (17851864), Danish statesman |
Count Helmuth von Moltke (18001891), Prussian field marshal |
Molyneux, historic English name |
Theodor Mommsen (18171903), German historian and archæologist |
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (17141799), Scottish judge and anthropologist |
Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Duc de Conegliano (17541842), Marshal of France |
Ludwig Mond (18391909), British chemist |
Claude Monet (18401926), French painter |
Gaspard Monge (17461818), French mathematician, the inventor of descriptive geometry |
Sir Monier Monier-Williams (18191899), British orientalist |
James Henry Monk (17841856), English divine and classical scholar |
Maria Monk (d. 1850), adventuress and impostor |
William Cosmo Monkhouse (18401901), English poet and critic |
Robert Porrett Collier, Baron Monkswell (18171886), English judge |
Monluc, name of a French family |
Blaise, Seigneur de Monluc (c. 15001577), Marshal of France |
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (16491685), leader of his abortive insurrection against James II. |
Robert Carey, Earl of Monmouth (c. 15601639), English noble |
Marc Monnier (18271885), French writer |
Adolphe Monod (18021856), French Protestant divine |
Gabriel Monod (18441912), French historian |
Sir Charles Carmichael Monro (18601929), British general |
David Binning Monro (18361905), English Homeric scholar |
Robert Monro (d. c. 1680), Scots general |
James Monroe (17581831), fifth President of the United States |
Monrose (17831843), French actor |
Sir William Monson (15691643), British admiral |
Enguerrand de Monstrelet (c. 13901453), French chronicler |
Montagu, English noble family |
Edwin Samuel Montagu (18791924), English politician |
Elizabeth Montagu (17201800), English leader of society |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (16891762), English letter-writer |
Ralph, Duke of Montagu (c. 16381709), English diplomatist |
Richard Montagu (15771641), English divine |
Michel de Montaigne (15331592), French essayist |
Charles Forbes René, Comte de Montalembert (18101870), French publicist and historian |
Marc-René, Marquis de Montalembert (17141800), French military engineer and writer |
Marthe-Camille Bachasson, Comte de Montalivet (18011880), French statesman |
Giuseppe Montanelli (18131862), Italian statesman and author |
Arthur de Montauban (d. 1479), French magistrate and prelate |
Charles de Sainte-Maure, Duc de Montausier (16101690), French soldier |
Louis Pierre Montbrun (17701812), French cavalry general |
Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint Véran (17121759), French soldier |
Antoine de Montchrétien (c. 15751621), French dramatist and economist |
Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron Monteagle (17901866), English statesman |
William Parker, Baron Monteagle (1574/51622), English noble |
Raimondo Montecuccoli (16091680), Prince of the holy Roman Empire and Neapolitan Duke of Melfi |
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore (17841885), Jewish philanthropist |
Émile Montégut (18251895), French critic |
Jorge de Montemayor (1520?1561), Spanish novelist and poet |
Eugenio Montero Ríos (18321914), Spanish politician |
Madame de Montespan (16411707), mistress of Louis XIV. |
Montesquieu (16891755), French philosophical historian |
Anne-Pierre, Marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac (17391798), French general and writer |
Madame de Montesson (17381806), French noble |
Claudio Monteverdi (15671643), Italian priest and musician |
Lola Montez (18181861), dancer and adventuress |
Montezuma I. (13981469), seventh King of Mexico |
Montezuma II. (14661520), eleventh King of Mexico |
Bernard de Montfaucon (16551741), French scholar and critic |
Count of Montferrat |
Montfleury (c. 16011667), French actor |
Montfort, name of a famous French family |
Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (1208?1265), English statesman and soldier |
Maurice, Comte de Montgaillard (17611841), French political agent |
Maximilian Joseph, Count von Montgelas (17591838), Bavarian statesman |
Alexander Montgomerie (1545?1598), Scottish poet |
Gabriel, Comte de Montgomery (15301574), French soldier |
James Montgomery (17711854), British poet and journalist |
Richard Montgomery (17381775), American soldier |
Robert Montgomery (18071855), English poet |
Charles-Tristan, Comte de Montholon (17831853), French soldier |
François-Dominique de Reynaud, Comte de Montlosier (17551838), French publicist |
Montmorency, name of one of the oldest and most distinguished families in France |
Anne, Duc de Montmorency (14931567), Constable of France |
Mathieu Jean Félicité de Montmorency-Laval, Duc de Montmorency (17661826), French politician |
Armand-Marc, Comte de Montmorin-Saint-Hérem (17451792), French statesman |
Counts and Dukes of Montpensier |
Anne-Marie-Louise dOrléans, Duchesse de Montpensier (16271693), French memoir-writer |
Claude de Bourdeille, Comte de Montrésor (c. 16061663), French intriguer and memoir-writer |
Casimir, Comte de Montrond (17681843), French diplomatic agent |
Marquesses and Dukes of Montrose |
James Graham, Marquis of Montrose (16121650), Scottish noble |
Manuel Montt (18091880), Chilean statesman |
Jean Étienne Montucla (17251799), French mathematician |
Antoine Jean Baptiste Robert Auget, Baron de Montyon (17331820), French philanthropist |
Monvel (17451812), French actor and dramatic writer |
William Flavelle Monypenny (18661912), British journalist |
Dwight Lyman Moody (18371899), American evangelist |
William Vaughn Moody (18691910), American poet and playwright |
Sir Richard Moon (18141899), English railway administrator |
James Mooney (18611921), American ethnologist |
William Moorcroft (17671825), English traveller |
Albert Joseph Moore (18411893), English decorative painter |
Clement Clarke Moore (17791863), American educator |
Edward Moore (17121757), English dramatist and miscellaneous writer |
George Moore (18521933), Irish novelist and poet |
George Foot Moore (18511931), American biblical scholar |
Henry Moore (18311895), English painter |
John Moore (17291802), Scottish physician and writer |
Sir John Moore (17611809), British general |
Thomas Moore (17791852), Irish poet |
Thomas Sturge Moore (18701944), English poet, art critic and engraver |
Anthonis Mor (c. 15171576/7), eminent portrait-painter |
José Mora (16381725), Spanish sculptor |
Francisco de Moraes (c. 15001572), Portuguese romance writer |
Edward Moran (18291901), American artist |
Thomas Moran (18371926), American artist |
Olympia Fulvia Morata (15261555), Italian classical scholar |
James Stewart, Earl of Moray (c. 15311570), Regent of Scotland |
Robert Moray (16081673), one of the founders of the Royal Society |
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray (d. 1332), Scottish warrior and statesman |
Morcar (fl. 1066), Earl |
Sebastián Fox Morcillo (c. 15261560), Spanish scholar and philosopher |
Mordecai ben Hillel (1240?1298), German rabbi
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