American Famous Names Starting with Letter M

An actress and singer who is best known for her role as Tess Tyler in the Disney Channel original mo

An actress and singer who is best known for her role as Tess Tyler in the Disney Channel original movie, Camp Rock. She has also made guest appearances on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Close to Home and Just Jordan. She had two solo songs in Camp Rock, "Too Cool" and "Two Stars". She has a leading role in the upcoming movie as Megan in Dear Lemon Lima. Meaghan has recently said that she is working on an album but it is not confirmed.

A Canadian soprano who performs both as a concert artist and opera singer.Brueggergosman's paternal

A Canadian soprano who performs both as a concert artist and opera singer.Brueggergosman's paternal great-great-great great grandfather was an African American who fled slavery in Connecticut during the American Revolution to Shelburne, Nova Scotia in the 1780s, later settling in Fredericton. Brueggergosman learned of her African American roots on "Who Do You Think You Are" a British based program bought by the CBC. According to DNA records, it is likely her ancestors came from the Bassa people of Cameroon.[1] As a child Brueggergosman began singing in the choir of her local Baptist church. As a teen, she took voice lessons in her home town, and spent summers on scholarships at the Boston Conservatory and at a choral camp in Rothesay, New Brunswick. She studied for one year with New Brunswick soprano Wendy Nielson, before moving on to studies at the University of Toronto, where she obtained a B.Mus, and then pursuing a Master's degree at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Was an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter, best known by his ringname "Bad Boy" Ri

Was an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter, best known by his ringname "Bad Boy" Ricky (Ricki) Lawless, who competed in Eastern, Mid-Atlantic and Southern regional territories during the early-to mid 1980s, being a veteran of Internationa

Was an American professional basketball player.Med Park grew up in Lexington, Missouri. Park attende

Was an American professional basketball player.Med Park grew up in Lexington, Missouri. Park attended Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington from 1947 to 1951 and was a star athlete. He then went on to become an All-American basketball player for the University of Missouri. A 6'2" guard/forward, Park played five seasons (1955-1960) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the St. Louis Hawks and Cincinnati Royals. He averaged 6.1 points per game and won a league championship with St. Louis in 1958.

Was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckw

Was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the Ku Klux Klan.Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1943, Evers, then 17, dropped out of high school to enlist in the army with his older brother Charlie . Evers fought in the European Theatre of WWII and was honorably discharged in 1945 as a Sergeant. In 1946, having returned to his hometown, Evers, along with his brother and four friends, registered to vote in a local election. On voting day, however, local white citizens used intimidation to prevent Evers and the others from casting their votes. He recounts this moment in his autobiography:

Is an American retired competitive pair skater who has also competed for Canada. She competed with I

Is an American retired competitive pair skater who has also competed for Canada. She competed with Ian Moram on the novice and junior levels before teaming up with Jesse Sturdy in 2001. With Sturdy, she is the 2002 Canadian junior silver medalist. With Ry

Is an American folk singer associated with the Women's music movement.She graduated from the Univers

Is an American folk singer associated with the Women's music movement.She graduated from the University of North Carolina and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1969, where she performed in nightclubs and began writing material from an explicitly political and

Is an American folk singer/songwriter. Bard College at Simon's Rock, BA in Liberal Arts with(concent

Is an American folk singer/songwriter. Bard College at Simon's Rock, BA in Liberal Arts with(concentration in creative writing).Meg Hutchinson was raised in the small town outside of Great Barrington, Massachusetts by English teachers. Growing up in the B

(born on April 14, 1963, Natick, Massachusetts) is an American professional golfer.

(born on April 14, 1963, Natick, Massachusetts) is an American professional golfer.

Ryan was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Susan Hyra Jordan

Ryan was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Susan Hyra Jordan (née Ryan), a former actress, casting director, and English-teacher, and Harry Hyra, a math teacher.[2][3] She has two sisters, Dana and Annie, and a broth

Is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, Broadway stage dancer and ballerina.

Is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, Broadway stage dancer and ballerina.

Is a professional female surfer from Hawaii. Growing up in Hawaii, Megan quickly became one of the "

Is a professional female surfer from Hawaii. Growing up in Hawaii, Megan quickly became one of the "beach boys" and worked her way to a spot on the World Championship Tour ranks in 1998. She has been on the WCT ever since and in 2000 she was runner up for

Is a former American swimmer. Kleine won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is a former American swimmer. Kleine won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soc

Is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team. Rapinoe first appeared for the United States U-19 team. She made 21 appearances and scored 9 goals. Her most notable appearances was in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship.

Are American actresses. The three are identical triplets. Between them they played Katie Sully on th

Are American actresses. The three are identical triplets. Between them they played Katie Sully on the TV show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman from May to November 1997.

Her hazel eyes, freckled skin, gapped teeth and unique beauty has won her campaigns from such compan

Her hazel eyes, freckled skin, gapped teeth and unique beauty has won her campaigns from such companies as Abercrombie & Fitch and La Perla, though she is best known as the Guess? model. She took a sabbatical from modeling after the birth of her son and may be returning later in 2006.Megan Ewing is the middle child of three, the sole daughter of Albert Robert Ewing and Celia Perez. She is of German and Mexican descent. Before her forays into fashion, Megan went to grade school in her hometown of Brady, Texas, a city of 5,000. A tall (5'9") brunette, Megan got her start in the world of modeling when she answered a newspaper ad for a model search in San Angelo, Texas. Her entry was complete when she was discovered at a Model Search America convention in Dallas.

An American actress and model. Fox's career in modeling and acting began with her winning several aw

An American actress and model. Fox's career in modeling and acting began with her winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.[1] She began her acting with the film Holiday in the Sun (2001), later appearing in the films Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Crimes of Fashion, and the TV series The Help (all 2004). She is well known for her roles on the television series Hope & Faith (2004) and in the 2007 live-action film Transformers.[2]

Is an American indoor collegiate volleyball who plays for Pennsylvania State University's volleyball

Is an American indoor collegiate volleyball who plays for Pennsylvania State University's volleyball team.Hodge began playing volleyball at age 12, and when she started, she could not stop. She attended Riverside High School where she was one of the most

Is an American figure skater.

Is an American figure skater.

An American swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Jendrick has set 26 Americ

An American swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Jendrick has set 26 American records and one World record in her swimming career up to date. She is a ten-time National champion and ten-time US Open champion.In 2000, after being the youngest medalist on the US Olympic swim team with gold in the 100-meter breaststroke and 400 medley relay, Megan was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, becoming one of few women to hold that honor.Jendrick was the star of the 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey, winning three gold medals and setting two Universiade records. She was the second woman to ever swim the 100 yard breaststroke under 1:00 and is also only the second woman (there have only been three now, including herself) in history to swim 100-yards breaststroke in under 59 seconds (58.87)

Is an American singer and a finalist on the eighth season of the reality television series American

Is an American singer and a finalist on the eighth season of the reality television series American Idol from Sandy, Utah.

An American softball player for the National Pro Fastpitch's Philadelphia Force. She was selected by

An American softball player for the National Pro Fastpitch's Philadelphia Force. She was selected by the Force as the No. 2 pick in the 2008 NPF Senior Draft.[1] She played college softball at Texas A&M from 2004–2008. In the 2008 season, she was collegiate national player of the week from February 25 - March 2.[2] Later that season, she became the first Big 12 player to be named both Big 12 Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year.[3][4] She led her team to win the program's second Big 12 regular season and first tournament championship. In the postseason, she led her team to the Final Series of the 2008 Women's College World Series.

Jack White spent much of the 1990s (and the early part of their marriage) hopping from band to band,

Jack White spent much of the 1990s (and the early part of their marriage) hopping from band to band, but in 1997, Meg first tried playing drums. In Jack's words, "When she started to play drums with me, just on a lark, it felt liberating and refreshing. There was something in it that opened me up." The young couple then began calling themselves the White Stripes and soon played their first gig at the Gold Dollar in Detroit.[4] In keeping live performances to three basic elements, Jack did the guitar and vocal work while she played drums.[1] They divorced in 2000 (before becoming nationally famous) but the band survived.

Is an American alpine skier. She began skiing at age 2 and joined the Park City Ski Team at age 8. S

Is an American alpine skier. She began skiing at age 2 and joined the Park City Ski Team at age 8. She attended The Winter Sports School in Park City, graduating in 2005. In 2008 she was the NorAm GS champion. She was named to the US team at the 2010 Wint

An American actress, talk show host and singer.After working in theatre in Chicago, Mullally moved t

An American actress, talk show host and singer.After working in theatre in Chicago, Mullally moved to Los Angeles in 1981, and appeared in small or supporting roles in film and television productions. She made her Broadway debut in 1994, and has appearanc