American Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and a current minor league pitching coach with t

Is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and a current minor league pitching coach with the San Diego Padres.Couchee was selected three times in baseball's amateur draft, but chose to attend college rather than sign on the first two occasions. He was chosen by the San Francisco Giants in 1976, the Minnesota Twins in 1978, and the San Diego Padres in 1980. He eventually appeared in only 8 games in relief for the Padres, all in 1983.

Is a retired American basketball player.A 6'4" guard from Elizabeth City State University, Gale play

Is a retired American basketball player.A 6'4" guard from Elizabeth City State University, Gale played in the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association as a member of the Kentucky Colonels (1971–1974), the New York Nets (1974–1975), the San Antonio Spurs (1975–1980), the Portland Trail Blazers (1980–1981), and the Golden State Warriors (1981–1982). He tallied 6,203 career points and 3,146 career assists, and he won the 1974 ABA Championship while with the Nets.

A linguist, script encoder, typesetter, and font designer. His central area of expertise is with wri

A linguist, script encoder, typesetter, and font designer. His central area of expertise is with writing systems of the world, specifically in the representation of these systems in formats for computer and digital media.He has been described as "probably the world's leading expert in the computer encoding of scripts"[1] for his work to add a wide variety of scripts and characters to the Universal Character Set. Since 1993, he has written over two hundred proposals[2] which have added thousands of characters to ISO/IEC 10646 and The Unicode Standard.

Is Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 148th Legislativ

Is Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 148th Legislative District since 2005. His district is located in Montgomery County, and includes all of Conshohocken, Narberth, and Whitemarsh, and parts of Lower Merion,

Is a former NBA basketball player. A feisty 6'4" guard from the University of Utah, he played 11 pro

Is a former NBA basketball player. A feisty 6'4" guard from the University of Utah, he played 11 professional seasons (1971-1982), spending time with the Houston Rockets, New Jersey Nets, and New York Knicks. He had his finest season in 1980-1981, when he averaged 21.4 points per game for the Nets, and he retired in 1982 with 12,507 career points.

Is a Canadian figure skater who competed in ice dance.

Is a Canadian figure skater who competed in ice dance.

Is a former Major League Baseball player who played in the major leagues from 1985-1994. He played f

Is a former Major League Baseball player who played in the major leagues from 1985-1994. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros.He signed as a free agent by the Seattle Mariners on November 29, 1992. He was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Mike Hampton to the Houston Astros for Eric Anthony on December 10, 1993.

Is the host of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, a radio program distributed by Public Radio Internat

Is the host of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, a radio program distributed by Public Radio International. His announcer, Jim Packard, refers to him as "The Sage of Wisconsin." He has given himself the title of "Producer Internationale," and also refers t

Is a former American "Old School" professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive

Is a former American "Old School" professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981-1986. His previous surname which he is still widely and most familiarly known by, "Miranda", was his stepfather's name.There seem to

Is a UK actor and comedian, a member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and the voice behind the Spitting Image

Is a UK actor and comedian, a member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and the voice behind the Spitting Image number 1 hit in 1986, "The Chicken Song". He also starred in KYTV, and its Radio 4 predecessor, Radio Active.He featured in the regular role of Ralph in A

Was the Offensive Coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League, and a forme

Was the Offensive Coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League, and a former college football coach of the University of Central Florida. He was an American football quarterback at Boston College and won two Super Bowl rings while a back-up quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

(born on September 29, 1938 in Pasadena, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

(born on September 29, 1938 in Pasadena, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

December 12, 1879 in Springfield, Ohio - July 16, 1961 in Phoenix, Arizona), is a former professiona

December 12, 1879 in Springfield, Ohio - July 16, 1961 in Phoenix, Arizona), is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1907-1914. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Washington Senators, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Is a retired Canadian professional basketball player in the NBA.The 7'0, 250 lbs Smrek graduated fro

Is a retired Canadian professional basketball player in the NBA.The 7'0, 250 lbs Smrek graduated from Eastdale High School in Welland, having grown up in Port Robinson, Ontario, a nearby rural farming community. At Canisius he averaged 9.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.6 blocks, and 0.8 assists in 23 minutes a contest over four years. He is the college's second leading career shot-blocking with 172 (compatriot Michael Meeks is first with 183). He also had the two best seasons for field-goal percentage in school history with a .632 FGP in 1983-84 and a .601 FGP in 1984-85.

(May 27, 1909 - March 21, 1969) was an American third baseman, manager, front office executive and s

(May 27, 1909 - March 21, 1969) was an American third baseman, manager, front office executive and scout in Major League Baseball who played for three teams and served as manager or general manager of the Boston Red Sox during the period of 1955 through 1965. He batted and threw right-handed.

He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. As of August 2008, he also holds

He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. As of August 2008, he also holds seven world records in swimming.Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics with the eight golds he won at the 2008 Olympic Games. With this record, he surpassed Mark Spitz, who was also a swimmer and had held the previous gold medal total with the seven that he won at the 1972 Olympic Games.Overall, Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals: six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In winning these medals, he has twice equaled Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin's record of eight medals (of any type) at a single Olympics

Is an assemblyman for the state of New York's 34th district, which includes the neighborhoods of Woo

Is an assemblyman for the state of New York's 34th district, which includes the neighborhoods of Woodside, Jackson Heights, and Elmhurst, all in the borough/county of Queens.

Was an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He lost the Democrati

Was an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He lost the Democratic Primary Election for renomination to his Maryland State Senate to sitting Delegate Roger P. Manno 54% to 46%. Lenett's term expired Dec. 31, 2010. He rep

Took office as the 49th mayor of Omaha, Nebraska on June 11, 2001. Fahey won his second term as mayo

Took office as the 49th mayor of Omaha, Nebraska on June 11, 2001. Fahey won his second term as mayor in the May 10, 2005 election. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,a bi-partisan group wit

(born June 30, 1975 in San Diego, California) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.

(born June 30, 1975 in San Diego, California) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.

Shanks played archaeologist Dr. Daniel Jackson throughout the first five seasons of Stargate SG-1 be

Shanks played archaeologist Dr. Daniel Jackson throughout the first five seasons of Stargate SG-1 before leaving the show, apparently citing creative differences concerning the underuse of his character. He made several guest appearances throughout the si

Is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from the 4th c

Is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio.Oxley was elected a U.S. representative in 1981 in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Representative Tennyson Guyer.

(born March 4, 1959 in Camden County, New Jersey) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseb

(born March 4, 1959 in Camden County, New Jersey) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1982 through 1987 for the Boston Red Sox (1982-86) and Seattle Mariners (1986-87). He batted and threw right handed.

Is a former right-handed major league baseball outfielder who played from 1976 to 1977 for the St. L

Is a former right-handed major league baseball outfielder who played from 1976 to 1977 for the St. Louis Cardinals.Originally drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft, Potter chose not to sign. However, when he was drafted by the Cardinals out of Mount San Antonio College in the sixth round of the secondary phase of the 1971 amateur draft, he did sign.Potter made his major league debut on September 6, 1976, at the age of 25. Facing pitcher Steve Dunning, Potter went 0-3 with two strikeouts in his big league debut. In 16 at-bats in his first season, Potter did not collect a single hit. However, he did walk once.

(born July 31, 1975 in Carmichael, California), is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnat

(born July 31, 1975 in Carmichael, California), is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds.