American Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was an American novelist, poet, literary critic, and journalist.Cowley grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsy

Was an American novelist, poet, literary critic, and journalist.Cowley grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his father William was a homeopathic doctor. He graduated from Peabody High School where his friend Kenneth Burke was also a student. He obta

An American child actor. He starred in the 2004 film You Got Served as "Li'l Saint". He also appears

An American child actor. He starred in the 2004 film You Got Served as "Li'l Saint". He also appears in the television series Lost as the character Walt. A regular cast member in the show's first season (2004-2005), Kelley was seen rarely in the show's second season (2005-2006). He returned for an appearance in "Through the Looking Glass", Lost's third season finale, and twice more in the fourth season, with the episodes "Meet Kevin Johnson" and "There's No Place Like Home."

Is a mathematician, engineer, and programmer. As of 2007 he is an Adjunct Professor of Computer Scie

Is a mathematician, engineer, and programmer. As of 2007 he is an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. Dr. McIlroy is best known for having originally developed the Unix pipeline implementation, software componentry and several Unix tools, such as spell, diff, sort, join, graph, speak, and tr.

Is an American boxer in the heavyweight division. In 2002 Tann became National Golden Gloves Super H

Is an American boxer in the heavyweight division. In 2002 Tann became National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champion with a win over, among others, Nathaniel James. Tann won his first eight bouts, including a win over journeyman Clifford Couser in 2003

Was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Canadi

Was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played all six matches including the final.

Was an American pianist.Frager was born in St. Louis, Missouri and studied with Carl Friedberg in Ne

Was an American pianist.Frager was born in St. Louis, Missouri and studied with Carl Friedberg in New York City from 1949 until Friedberg's death in 1955. In 1957 he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University with a major in Russian. He won the Piano Competition in Geneva (1955), the Michaels Memorial Award in Chicago (1956), the Leventritt Competition in New York (1959), and the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition in Brussels (1960). His Grammy-nominated debut recording with RCA Victor Red Seal was Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 and Haydn's Sonata No. 35 in E-flat. He recorded music by Mozart, Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Beethoven, Brahms and Prokofiev. Frager regularly programmed the two piano concertos and numerous solo works by Carl Maria von Weber, as well as the keyboard compositions of C. P. E. Bach.

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Was a New Democratic Party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an educator by career.He

Was a New Democratic Party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an educator by career.He was first elected at the Cape Breton South riding in the 1962 general election defeating incumbent Donald MacInnis, a Progressive Conservative party member. After serving his only term, the 25th Canadian Parliament, MacInnis was defeated in the 1963 election by Donald MacInnis.

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (27th overall) of the 1993 NBA Draft. Mackey played only one year in the NBA for the Suns, appearing in 22 games. He also played in preseason (but not in any regular season games) for Dallas Mavericks (1997) and Sacramento Kings (1999). He played collegiately at Georgia Tech and was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of fame in 2005 for being number two in the college's history in rebounds and number one in rebounds professionally. Mackey was known as a physical player at Georgia Tech, and once set a clean screen on Duke's Bobby Hurley that left Hurley crumpled on the floor with a concussion, even though Mackey did not move while setting it.

Was the governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1907 to 1911.Patterson was served as attorney g

Was the governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1907 to 1911.Patterson was served as attorney general for Shelby County from 1894 to 1900, then elected to the Congress. He served his father's old district, the former Tenth District, from 1901 - 1907,

Is a former test pilot, astronaut, and aquanaut. He is best known as one of the original seven astro

Is a former test pilot, astronaut, and aquanaut. He is best known as one of the original seven astronauts selected for Project Mercury in April 1959. Created by the newly formed NASA, Project Mercury was the United States' answer to the Soviet Union's spa

Also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz,[1] was an American Black Muslim minister and a spokesman for

Also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz,[1] was an American Black Muslim minister and a spokesman for the Nation of Islam.

With appearances and roles on many televisions shows and films, he landed his most successful role a

With appearances and roles on many televisions shows and films, he landed his most successful role as Theo Huxtable, the only son of Heathcliff Huxtable, who was played by Bill Cosby on the NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992. Warner auditioned f

Is a professional wrestler. She is a former NWA World Women's Champion. Malia Hosaka regularly wrest

Is a professional wrestler. She is a former NWA World Women's Champion. Malia Hosaka regularly wrestled for the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association. On February 13, 1992, she teamed with Bambi to challenge the LPWA Tag Team Champions The Glamour Gir

Is a model and surfer. Jones was born in Loma Linda, California, although she returned to Kailua, Ha

Is a model and surfer. Jones was born in Loma Linda, California, although she returned to Kailua, Hawaii, at the age of two. Jones is of Hawaiian, Spanish-Filipino, German and English descent . She began to surf competitively in her early teens, and at ag

Height 208 cm Year of Birth 1978 Nationality United States Position Power Forward NBA Draft Nev

Height 208 cm Year of Birth 1978 Nationality United States Position Power Forward NBA Draft Never drafted

Is an American National Basketball Association player with the New York Knicks.Rose graduated from O

Is an American National Basketball Association player with the New York Knicks.Rose graduated from Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, the same high school as Wilt Chamberlain. He graduated from Drexel University with All-American honors after leading the Dragons to their lone NCAA Tournament victory with an upset of the University of Memphis 75-63. At Drexel, Malik averaged over 16 points and 12 rebounds per game throughout his four year college career. He was a student teacher at Robert E. Lamberton School.

American professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA.

American professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA.

Was an American professional basketball player from 1992 until his death in an automobile accident.

Was an American professional basketball player from 1992 until his death in an automobile accident. Sealy played eight seasons in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves. A native of The Bronx, New York, he played college basketball at St. John's University and was selected by the Indiana Pacers as the 14th overall pick of the 1992 NBA Draft.

A Canadian actress, model, and singer.At the age of seventeen, Åkerman won the Ford Supermodel of C

A Canadian actress, model, and singer.At the age of seventeen, Åkerman won the Ford Supermodel of Canada search. She appeared in several television commercials, including one for Noxzema skin care. After a career in modeling she turned to acting and moved to California. She has had roles in several films including The Utopian Society (2003) with Sam Doumit and Austin Nichols; and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) as Freakshow's hot wife. She has made several TV guest appearances and in 2005 got the role as Juna in the HBO series The Comeback. She has also appeared on The Showbiz Show with David Spade as a correspondent and in the third season of HBO series Entourage in the role of "Tori".

An American country music singer. Active since 1996, she has recorded a total of four studio albums.

An American country music singer. Active since 1996, she has recorded a total of four studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA, while 1997's If I Don't Stay the

Williams, who studied at The Actor's Conservatory in New York City, has appeared in several televisi

Williams, who studied at The Actor's Conservatory in New York City, has appeared in several television shows such as The Cosby Show, Sister, Sister and Moesha. She has also starred in several movies including, Sunset Park, High School High, The Wood and recently the Outkast produced movie, Idlewild. She appeared in the 2008 feature film First Sunday, starring actor/rapper Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan and Katt Williams. Her most notable role was starring in the Showtime series Soul Food as the younger sister, Tracy "Bird" Van Adams. In 2003 and 2004, Malinda was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for Soul Food. The Soul Food series is now being shown in repeat on BET.

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is best remembered for reaching th

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996. Washington's father, William, taught himself and then his five children to play tennis. When William was the as

Was an American sculptor, made famous by her life-size sculptures.Malvina Hoffman was born in New Yo

Was an American sculptor, made famous by her life-size sculptures.Malvina Hoffman was born in New York City, the daughter of concert pianist Richard Hoffman. She gravitated towards sculpture at an early age and by the age of 14 was taking classes at the A

Is a Senegalese professional basketball player. After a college career at Auburn University, N'Diaye

Is a Senegalese professional basketball player. After a college career at Auburn University, N'Diaye was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2000 NBA Draft. He played for the Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA but currently plays for Zalgiris Kaunas.