American Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a delegate to the United States Congress from Wisconsin Territory from 1845 to 1847.Martin serve

Was a delegate to the United States Congress from Wisconsin Territory from 1845 to 1847.Martin served in the Michigan Territorial Legislature 1831-1835 and in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature 1838-1844, where he served as President of the Wisconsin T

Is an American ice dancer. She previously competed with Maxim Zavozin. They joined forces on the ice

Is an American ice dancer. She previously competed with Maxim Zavozin. They joined forces on the ice in 2001. The duo won the 2003 and 2004 U.S. Junior titles and captured the 2005 World Junior championships. After placing a disappointing fifth at the 200

Is a former infielder in Major League Baseball. Ensberg bats and throws right-handed. He was previou

Is a former infielder in Major League Baseball. Ensberg bats and throws right-handed. He was previously a member of the San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, and New York Yankees.Ensberg was drafted in the 9th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft. In spring training of 2000, Ensberg and five of his teammates were in their hotel room when two gunmen burst in. Aaron Miles was in the next room and wrestled one of the gunmen to the ground before the other one fled, only to be caught later on. The other players involved were, Derrek Nicholson, Keith Ginter, Mike Rose, and Eric Cole.[1]

(born on May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer c

(born on May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer c

Was a U.S. abstract painter. He was born and raised in New York City in 1886. He was along with arti

Was a U.S. abstract painter. He was born and raised in New York City in 1886. He was along with artist Stanton Macdonald-Wright the founder of Synchromism an important modernist movement in early 20th century art.Initially he studied architecture and after 1903 he became friendly with the sculptor Arthur Lee for whom he posed as a model, and lived with for a while. During the period from 1903-1905 he studied sculpture at the Art Students League, with Lee and James Earle Fraser, (where he also posed as a model for the sculpture class). With financial help from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney whom he met at the League in late January 1906 he traveled to Paris to study art. In 1907 after returning to New York City he studied painting at the League with Robert Henri among others. Returning to Paris in 1909 he studied at Matisse’s art school.[1][2] After meeting Stanton Macdonald-Wright in 1911, the two began developing theories about color and its relationship to pattern

Is an American swimmer. At the 2010 US National Championships, the selection meet for both the 2010

Is an American swimmer. At the 2010 US National Championships, the selection meet for both the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Scroggy placed third in both the 200 m individual medley and 200 m backstroke

Is an American cross country skier who has competed since 2002. She won the 5 km qualification even

Is an American cross country skier who has competed since 2002. She won the 5 km qualification event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This allowed her to competed in the 10 km event the following day where she fin

Is an American professional basketball player. She was drafted by the Sacramento Monarchs in the 200

Is an American professional basketball player. She was drafted by the Sacramento Monarchs in the 2009 WNBA Draft. She was waived on June 4, 2009.

Is an American professional wrestler who has competed on the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern independe

Is an American professional wrestler who has competed on the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern independent promotions including the Eastern Wrestling Alliance, Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, National Wrestling League/House of Pain Wrestling Federation and

Is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who won the Peter J. Cut

Is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who won the Peter J. Cutino Award in 2004, recognized as the best female collegiate player in the nation. Her position is two-meter offense (center forward).

Morita Shoma (1874 - 1938 (?? ??), was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud and the founder of Morita The

Morita Shoma (1874 - 1938 (?? ??), was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud and the founder of Morita Therapy, a branch of clinical psychology strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism. In his capacity as the head of psychiatry for a large Tokyo hospital, Morita began developing his methods while working with sufferers of shinkeishitsu, or anxiety disorders with a hypochondriac base.

Was an American-Jewish pianist of Polish origin. He was a pupil of Franz Liszt and a friend and coll

Was an American-Jewish pianist of Polish origin. He was a pupil of Franz Liszt and a friend and colleague of some of the greatest musicians of his age, including Johannes Brahms, Johann Strauss, Anton Rubinstein, Hans von Bülow, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jules Massenet and Isaac Albéniz.Rosenthal was born in Lemberg, Austria–Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine), where his father was professor at the chief academy. At eight years of age he commenced his piano studies under Galoth, who did not pay much attention to technical ability, but allowed his pupil the greatest freedom in sight reading, transposition, and modulation.

A reporter and correspondent for CBS News. Safer was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended H

A reporter and correspondent for CBS News. Safer was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Harbord Collegiate Institute when he was young. He later graduated from University of Western Ontario.Safer began his journalism career as a reporter for various newspapers in Canada and England. Later, he joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a correspondent and producer.

Is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Ba

Is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic.Wiley played college basketball at Long Beach State, where he was a four-year starter for the 49ers. In 1988, he was an all-Big West Conference pick, and his leadership led to the school's first NIT appearance. In his college career, he scored 30 points on six occasions, is third on the all-time list in assists with 425, second in steals with 187, and fourth in free throw percentage with .780. He was inducted into the 49ers' Hall of Fame in 2005.

(March 2, 1902, New York, New York – May 29, 1972, Belleville, New Jersey) was an American profess

(March 2, 1902, New York, New York – May 29, 1972, Belleville, New Jersey) was an American professional baseball player

Was an American investment banker and chess master.In New York, he took 3rd, behind Dawid Janowski a

Was an American investment banker and chess master.In New York, he took 3rd, behind Dawid Janowski and Roy Turnbull Black, in 1920, twice won Manhattan CC championship in 1921 and 1922,[2] and took 9th in 1923 (Oscar Chajes won). Schapiro won a match agai

American basketball player currently with the NBA's Utah Jazz.

American basketball player currently with the NBA's Utah Jazz.

Was an American expressionist painter. Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, William Cumming, a

Was an American expressionist painter. Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, William Cumming, and Mark Tobey, he founded the Northwest School.After graduating high school in 1932 in Beaumont, Texas at the urging of his aunt, Graves returned to the Northwest. He spent much of his professional life in Seattle and La Conner, Washington, sharing a studio for a while with Guy Anderson. Graves' early work was in oils and focused on birds touched with strangeness, either blind, or wounded, or immobilized in webs of light.[2]

In high-school, Day was in a band with foster brother Prince and brother André Cymone and the trio

In high-school, Day was in a band with foster brother Prince and brother André Cymone and the trio formed an early band managed by Day's mother called "Grand Central," later renamed "Champagne." Later, Prince embarked on a solo career but retained Cymone

A Latvian-American Jewish linguist and an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics

A Latvian-American Jewish linguist and an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was born in Liepaja, Latvia, in 1923, and moved with his family to Riga in 1929. They arrived in the United States in 1940.From 1941 to 1943, Halle studied engineering at the City College of New York. He entered the United States Army in 1943 and was discharged in 1946, at which point he went to the University of Chicago, where he got his master's degree in linguistics in 1948. He then studied at Columbia University under Roman Jakobson, became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1951, and earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1955. He retired from MIT in 1996, but he remains active in research and publication. He is fluent in German, Yiddish, Latvian, Russian, Hebrew and English.

(born on November 10, 1951) is an American professional golfer.

(born on November 10, 1951) is an American professional golfer.

Was an American statistician. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Professor DeGroot graduated from Roose

Was an American statistician. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Professor DeGroot graduated from Roosevelt University and earned master's and doctor's degrees from the University of Chicago. Professor DeGroot joined Carnegie Mellon in 1957 and became a Univ

Was a professional American football end in the NFL for the New York Yankees, New York Giants, and t

Was a professional American football end in the NFL for the New York Yankees, New York Giants, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. He graduated from the University of Southern California.

Was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961 to May

Was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961 to May 4, 1991. A former professional basketball player with the old National Basketball League Denver Nuggets, noted for his liberal views, Mo Udall was a tall (6'5"), Lincolnesque figure with a self-deprecating wit and easy manner. Because of his wit, columnist James J. Kilpatrick deemed him "too funny to be president", which also ended up being the title of his autobiography in the 1980s. Udall earned a law degree from the University of Arizona in 1949. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A United States abstract expressionist painter, one of the many such painters to emerge in the 1950s

A United States abstract expressionist painter, one of the many such painters to emerge in the 1950s. From 1929 to 1933, he studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts (now Maryland Institute College of Art) on a scholarship, but left shortly before completing the program. He worked at various odd jobs to support himself while painting and in 1935 was president of the Baltimore Artists’ Association. From 1936 to 1940, he lived in New York and worked in the easel division of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. During this period, he knew Arshile Gorky, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jack Tworkov. He also dropped his last name.