American Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was an American basketball player.A 6'1 guard, Nowell was a high school star at Columbus East 1957-1

Was an American basketball player.A 6'1 guard, Nowell was a high school star at Columbus East 1957-1958. His outside shooting and one-on-one skills were enough to rate him the #2 player in Ohio after Jerry Lucas. Fielding numerous scholarship offers, Nowell decided to follow Lucas to Ohio State in a historic recruiting class that later also included John Havlichek and Bobby Knight. Starting with fellow sophomores Lucas and Havlichek, Nowell's shooting was a key element in Ohio State's run to the 1960 NCAA title. He was named to the 1960 All-Tournament Team.

Has experimented freely with realist and abstract art forms for the past twenty years. A few of his

Has experimented freely with realist and abstract art forms for the past twenty years. A few of his works embody both formats. This combination works to enhance the detail and feature of each format while detracting from the duality of the image making it wholly singular. Born in Sacramento, California in 1935 he has enjoyed great success and critical acclaim as an adventuresome artist with the creativity and sense of humor it takes to remain on top.

Is an American country music singer. Although he had been recording songs since the late 1950s, his

Is an American country music singer. Although he had been recording songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits.Mel Tillis was born in Tampa, Florida in 1932. His stutter developed during his childhood, a result of a bout of malaria. As a child, Tillis learned the drums, as well as guitar. At age 16, he won a local talent show, and soon joined the United States Air Force, and worked for the railroad. When young Tillis was stationed in Okinawa, he formed a band called The Westerners, which played at local nightclubs. Tillis attended the University of Florida.

Is an American film and TV actor. Though he mostly takes on minor live-action roles, he is probably

Is an American film and TV actor. Though he mostly takes on minor live-action roles, he is probably best known as the voice of the guardian mask Aku Aku in the Crash Bandicoot series, and Johnny Snowman in the TV series Oswald.

Is an American singer-songwriter.Usually known professionally as Melanie, she is best known for her

Is an American singer-songwriter.Usually known professionally as Melanie, she is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and "Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma". Melanie has sold over 25 million records over the course of her career.

Is a defender who plays for the Canadian National women's soccer team.Booth was 17 years old when sh

Is a defender who plays for the Canadian National women's soccer team.Booth was 17 years old when she won her first cap with Canada's senior team on 1 March 2002 at the Algarve Cup (a 3:0 win over Scotland)... won a silver medal with Canada at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Canada 2002...

Was a Canadian figure skater who competed in ice dance.

Was a Canadian figure skater who competed in ice dance.

A Juno Award winning Canadian pop singer-songwriter who has had four Top 40 singles.Raised in a musi

A Juno Award winning Canadian pop singer-songwriter who has had four Top 40 singles.Raised in a musical home – her father is Chalmers Doane, an Order of Canada-winning music educator – Doane mastered many instruments, including the piano, bass, mandolin and violin, at a young age. In 1993, she recorded an EP titled Harvest Train and released it independently. The songs made their way to executives at Sony Music in Canada and soon after, she found herself under contract to Sony and working on a debut album, Shakespearean Fish.

Is an American basketball player who played for the University of Connecticut Huskies from 2004-2008

Is an American basketball player who played for the University of Connecticut Huskies from 2004-2008.

Is a professional Canadian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On September 12, 2005,

Is a professional Canadian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On September 12, 2005, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 287. She is coached by Yann Rapini.

Griffith was born in New York City, the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and producer and former act

Griffith was born in New York City, the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and producer and former actor/advertising executive Peter Griffith.[1][2][3] Her parents divorced when she was four years old, after which her father remarried to model/actress Nanit

Melanie Janene was born in Charleston, South Carolina and began studying voice from the age of six,

Melanie Janene was born in Charleston, South Carolina and began studying voice from the age of six, as well as learning to play the piano and the clarinet. Growing up her mother would listen to Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack. Melanie would mimic the femal

An American actress and director known for playing photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama th

An American actress and director known for playing photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama thirtysomething, which ran from 1987 to 1991.Mayron appeared in the 1976 movie Car Wash and starred in 1979's Girlfriends. In the late 1970s, she played Brenda Morgenstern's best friend, Sandy Franks, on three episodes of the sitcom Rhoda. She currently appears as a judge in the reality show Looking for Stars on the Starz channel.

Is a Canadian rower. She was born in St. Catharines, Ontario.She has won two World Rowing Championsh

Is a Canadian rower. She was born in St. Catharines, Ontario.She has won two World Rowing Championships medals, a gold in 2005 in the Lightweight Quadruple Sculls with Tracy Cameron, Mara Jones and Elizabeth Urbach; and a bronze in 2007 in the lightweight

A country music singer from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, best known for her cover of Juice Newto

A country music singer from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, best known for her cover of Juice Newton's "Queen Of Hearts." Her first album, Time Flies, was released in 2005.

Is a Canadian gymnast.

Is a Canadian gymnast.

Moore got into the adult film business at an older age than most starlets, her first appearance bein

Moore got into the adult film business at an older age than most starlets, her first appearance being in 1990, at age 28. She quickly built a reputation as a willing and tireless performer, appearing in more than one hundred films in both 1992 and 1993. S

Is an American figure skater. She has competed twice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and re

Is an American figure skater. She has competed twice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and represented the United States internationally. Diggs began skating after watching Michelle Kwan compete at the Olympics. In the 2004-2005 season, competing o

Was an American amateur "Old/Mid School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years

Was an American amateur "Old/Mid School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1982-2004.She was one of the first generation of female BMX racers to become well known after the 1980-1986 era dominated by Debbie Kalsow, Kath

Is an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. She lives in Bonney Lake, Washington where she own

Is an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. She lives in Bonney Lake, Washington where she owns Roach Gymnastics, Inc. During high school, Melanie participated in gymnastics, but dislocated her shoulder. After reconstructive surgery, she slowly beca

A curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She curled for Jenn Hanna's team in 2000 as her le

A curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She curled for Jenn Hanna's team in 2000 as her lead. They would lose in the provincial junior finals that year. In 2002, Robillard skipped her own team to the provincial junior finals, but lost. Robillard

Is an equestrian from the United States and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in show jumping w

Is an equestrian from the United States and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in show jumping with the American team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Is a United States swimmer, who graduated from Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio and the University

Is a United States swimmer, who graduated from Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio and the University of Virginia.

Is an American professional poker player. She is also known by her Pokerstars online screen name Cal

Is an American professional poker player. She is also known by her Pokerstars online screen name Callisto 5. Weisner studied vocal performance at New York University before pursuing poker full time. She was introduced to poker at age 18 when her younger brother won the Pokerstars tournament leader board at age 16. She earned over $400,000 of online tournament winnings playing part-time during her study at NYU.

An American country music singer. She is best known for duet hit recordings in the 1960s, with legen

An American country music singer. She is best known for duet hit recordings in the 1960s, with legendary country music singer, George Jones.However, Melba Montgomery was a successful solo artist in her own right in the 1970s. Her best-known solo hit is th