American Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a retired Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher.Redman was selected by Detroit Tiger

Is a retired Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher.Redman was selected by Detroit Tigers in 41st Round (1148th overall) of the 1992 amateur draft, but did not sign with the team. He would get drafted again in 1995 by the Minnesota Twins in 1st Round (13th overall) and would make his debut with the team on July 24, 1999.[2] Redman was later a member of the 2003 World Series champion Florida Marlins, contributing 14 wins to the team.

Is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B singer and actor. He is best known for being the lead singe

Is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B singer and actor. He is best known for being the lead singer of R&B group Dru Hill, and also for "Thong Song," a song from his first solo LP, Unleash the Dragon, that became an international hit.After Woody left Dru Hill in 1999 to pursue a solo career, it was decided that the other three members would do the same. Sisq='s solo debut, Unleash the Dragon, was released on Def Soul Records in November 1999. Unleash the Dragon sold moderately at first, until the February 2000 release of its second single, a novelty "Thong Song". A runaway hit, "Thong Song" and its follow-up, "Incomplete," were major hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, with "Thong Song" making it to number-three, and "Incomplete" going to number-one. The success later got Sisq= a doll made of himself by Play Along Toys in 2001.[citation needed

Is a Canadian ice hockey player, playing in the NHL as a checking winger between 1982 and 1995. Osbo

Is a Canadian ice hockey player, playing in the NHL as a checking winger between 1982 and 1995. Osborne played in 919 games, tallying 212 goals and 531 points.Osborne played his junior career for the Niagara Falls Flyers of the OHL for three seasons, between 1979 and 1981. After his second year there, he was selected 46th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

Is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'10" center from Old Dominion University, h

Is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'10" center from Old Dominion University, he played 17 seasons (1983-2000) in the NBA as a member of the Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, and Atlanta Hawks. West was a key player on the Phoenix Suns team that lost to the Chicago Bulls in the 1993 NBA Finals, and he compiled 6,259 points and 5,347 rebounds in his career. He also ranks second all-time (behind Artis Gilmore) in career field-goal percentage (58.03%).

Is a retired American swimmer. He is an Olympic Champion, 3-time World Champion, 2-time Pan American

Is a retired American swimmer. He is an Olympic Champion, 3-time World Champion, 2-time Pan American Game, 4-time Pan Pacific Champion and 5-time U.S. National Champion. He competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where he was the butterfly leg of t

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in parts of four seasons in the majors, from 19

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in parts of four seasons in the majors, from 1993 until 1996, for the Milwaukee Brewers. He pitched a total of 44 games, all in relief.

Is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Is a two-time American Olympic swimmer. He holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Oly

Is a two-time American Olympic swimmer. He holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (seven), which he set at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He remains (as of 2008) the only Olympic athlete to both win a gold medal in every (individual) event he entered in a given year, and to set a new world record in each such event.

Is a former international winner of the swimming competition in the Florida Keys and freestyle swimm

Is a former international winner of the swimming competition in the Florida Keys and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

American National Basketball Association player.

American National Basketball Association player.

Is a former world champion boxer, who won five New York Golden Gloves Titles and a gold medal at the

Is a former world champion boxer, who won five New York Golden Gloves Titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics. He is also an actor with a wide range of movie and television credits, having made his debut in The Lords of Discipline.

Is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He most recently played for Scie

Is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He most recently played for Science City Jena of the German league during the 2007-08 season.Davis, a 6 ft 7 in small forward, attended Howard College in Big Spring, Texas, and Texas Tech University before being selected 19th in the second round (48th overall) by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1995 NBA Draft. He also spent time with the Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors, amongst others.

Is a former American football linebacker of the National Football League.Fields played college footb

Is a former American football linebacker of the National Football League.Fields played college football for Washington State University. He was selected in the first round (13th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints. He played six years in New Orleans, leading or coming close to the team lead in tackles

Was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played for 12 seasons from 1925–1936. He wa

Was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played for 12 seasons from 1925–1936. He was the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees 1927 Murderers' Row team, and was the last surviving member of that legendary team. Born in San Francisco, California, Koenig also played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants. He died at age 88 in Willows, California.

Is a retired American professional basketball player. A 5'11", 160 lb point guard, Wade played colle

Is a retired American professional basketball player. A 5'11", 160 lb point guard, Wade played college basketball at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where in 1986-87 he set the NCAA record for assists in a season, with 406 (in 38 games). He spent the 1987-88 NBA season with the Golden State Warriors, and played one game for the Dallas Mavericks in 1989-90.

Is a professional skateboarder. He currently resides in Huntington Beach, California. He is 6'1", 16

Is a professional skateboarder. He currently resides in Huntington Beach, California. He is 6'1", 160 pounds, has a size 11 foot, and his skateboarding stance is goofy. His favorite trick is a backside smith grind. He began skateboarding at the age of 10

Is the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. He is also credited with coining the term "grunge" to

Is the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. He is also credited with coining the term "grunge" to describe his (and other Seattle rock groups) style of rock music (although Kurt Cobain claimed that Sub Pop executive Johnathon Poneman created the term). His former group, Green River, is arguably the first grunge rock band. He is now the manager of the Sub Pop warehouse

Stoermer worked as a medical courier, shipping biohazardous materials and live organs for transplant

Stoermer worked as a medical courier, shipping biohazardous materials and live organs for transplants in the Vegas Valley area. During this time he listened to the music of The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Television, and others on his car stereo.Stoermer's previous bands include Habit Rouge, and the Negative Ponies with whom he played guitar. He got to know The Killers in 2002 and filled in as a temporary bass player off and on throughout the year. He officially joined the band later that year, after Ronnie Vannucci Jr. joined the band on drums. Although now primarily a bassist, Stoermer plays guitar during live performances of For Reasons Unknown.

Height 185 cm Year of Birth 1969 Nationality United States of America Position Point Guard

Height 185 cm Year of Birth 1969 Nationality United States of America Position Point Guard

Is a former American football tight end who played for the New York Giants (1985–1990), Cleveland

Is a former American football tight end who played for the New York Giants (1985–1990), Cleveland Browns (1992), and Philadelphia Eagles (1993–1994) in the National Football League (NFL). Bavaro was selected to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1986 and 1987 seasons and was a member of the Giants teams that won Super Bowls XXI and XXV.

Is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hoc

Is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.Bell started playing hockey at four years old, and grew up admiring Wayne Gretzky and Doug Gilmour.[1] He played four seasons in the minor Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67's, and was part of the Memorial Cup championship in 1998-99. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft as the eighth overall pick, and scored his first goal against Patrick Roy.

Is an American pianist and New York City fashion plate, known for his ragtime recordings and his plu

Is an American pianist and New York City fashion plate, known for his ragtime recordings and his plumed top hat.A classically-trained composer and pianist, and a television personality, Birnbaum earned a Doctorate in Music from Columbia University in 1982

Is an American hard rock/progressive metal singer noted most for his work with Yngwie J. Malmsteen.

Is an American hard rock/progressive metal singer noted most for his work with Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Mark was born on December 5 1958 (or 1959), in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. As a young child he learned to play the piano and bass guitar, but he is best known f

Is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles.He has won the Bucksbaum Award (2006), the L

Is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles.He has won the Bucksbaum Award (2006), the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2003), the Nancy Graves Foundation Grant (2002) and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award.[citation needed] Most recently, he was a 2009 recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship (also called the "MacArthur Genius Award").Bradford has exhibited in the Sao Paulo Biennial (2006), Whitney Biennial (2006), Liverpool Biennial (2006), ARCO 2003 in Madrid, In Site at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the Centro Cultural de Tijuana, USA Today at The Royal Academy in London, and Street Level (2007) at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

A Canadian-American theoretical physicist. He has conducted research in elementary particle physics

A Canadian-American theoretical physicist. He has conducted research in elementary particle physics and cosmology. He is best known for his role in the development of heavy quark effective theory (HQET), a mathematical formalism that has allowed physicists to make predictions about otherwise intractable problems in the theory of the strong nuclear interactions. He has also published work on mathematical models for finance and risk assessment.