Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue. Her appear

Was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue. Her appearance was striking, featuring kohl cosmetic-lined eyes, high cheekbones, and long jet black wig. She had a very powerful contralto voice, distinct from othe

A Canadian singer and dancer from La Pêche in the Outaouais region of Quebec.From the age of 4, Mar

A Canadian singer and dancer from La Pêche in the Outaouais region of Quebec.From the age of 4, Marisol made her first appearance on stage and began to take dance classes which she continued for 14 years. Despite her very young age, she already knew that her life would be devoted to music and her passion for it.

Is an American pair skater. Castelli & Shnapir placed 6th at the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Fin

Is an American pair skater. Castelli & Shnapir placed 6th at the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. Castelli has also competed as a single skater. As of 11 December 2010 (2010 -12-11), the pair has the season's 14th highest total score. As of 14 Decem

Is an American figure skater. She made her Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2008-2009 Junior Grand Pr

Is an American figure skater. She made her Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2008-2009 Junior Grand Prix event in Ostrava, Czech Republic, where she placed 6th.

Is an artist and printmaker. She has a degree in Fine Art from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grand

Is an artist and printmaker. She has a degree in Fine Art from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Artes, where she teaches on the undergraduate and Postgraduate Visual Arts Programme and coordinates research into 0 Fascínio do Traço (The charm of the Line). She works with issues related to printmaking and photography and is currently head of the Postgraduate Visual Arts Programme. She is a co-author of the book Mestiçagens na Arte Contemporânea (organized by Icleia Cattani, Porto Alegre: UFRGS, 2007). She lived in Paris for four years, taking a doctorate in Fine Art, at Université de Paris I - Panthéon -Sorbonne, living for two years in studio-accommodation at the Cité Internationale des Arts. She has participated in artist's residencies at Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium (between 1998 and 2005). She has won awards in Paris, Recife, Ribeirão Preto, Porto Alegre and Curitiba, including GRAV'X 1999 in Paris. Her solo shows at galleries and museums in France, Mexico and Brazil, include Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris, 2000, Galeria Iberê Camargo, Usina do Gasômetro, Porto Alegre, 2004. Group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad include Points of Contact, Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, 2009. Her work focuses on empty spaces, large planes, fragmentation and repetition.

A Norwegian singer and songwriter. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a membe

A Norwegian singer and songwriter. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. More recently she pursued her own music career releasing her solo debut album, Under the Surface, in 2006.Marit Larsen was born in Lørenskog, Norway. Recognizable as the lighter-haired of the two musicians of M2M, Larsen played the guitar, while Raven played the piano, and did half of the vocals and songwriting. After touring the world and producing two albums with hits such as "Don't Say You Love Me", "Mirror Mirror", and "Everything", M2M was dropped by Atlantic Records in September 2002.

Was a Romanian painter, organizer of the National Museum of Art, and director of the Anastase Simu M

Was a Romanian painter, organizer of the National Museum of Art, and director of the Anastase Simu Museum.

Was a ballet dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Marius Petipa is cited nearly unanimously by the mo

Was a ballet dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Marius Petipa is cited nearly unanimously by the most noted artists of the classical ballet to be the most influential balletmaster and choreographer that has ever lived (among them George Balanchine, who cited Petipa as his primary influence).

German actor and musician.

German actor and musician.

Is a French artist and cartoonist, perhaps best known for creating Bibendum, the Michelin Man. Rossi

Is a French artist and cartoonist, perhaps best known for creating Bibendum, the Michelin Man. Rossillon began his career around 1893, drawing cartoons for magazines[1]. He is also a pioneer in animation and created about 40 animated films between 1910 and 1927.[2]

Was a Brigadier-General in the Polish Army, a pioneer of Polish sports yachting, an outstanding clim

Was a Brigadier-General in the Polish Army, a pioneer of Polish sports yachting, an outstanding climber of the winter and caves of Tatra Mountains. He was a photographer, painter, poet and writer, a seamen and traveler, a conspirator, legionnaire and lancer in Polish cavalry and an adjutant of Polish President.For his participation in a Polish patriotic anti-Russian organization, the Russian government exiled him to Arkhangelsk in 1894. There, while being a prisoner he was able to graduate from the Seaman School. Conditionally he was allowed to work on merchant ship “Derzhava”. On his first sea journey on the ship, he went to Norway with the logs and fur cargo. Later he became a captain of the ship “Nadezhda”

Is a Greek folk music singer who has recorded 18 albums since starting her career in 1971.[1] On the

Is a Greek folk music singer who has recorded 18 albums since starting her career in 1971.[1] On the wider stage she is best remembered for representing her homeland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song Panayia Mou, Panayia Mou. Mariza Koch was born in Athens in 1944 but lived in her mother's hometown in Santorini from a tender age[2].

A Brazilian popular actress and singer who rose to prominence in 2004 playing Natasha in the Brazili

A Brazilian popular actress and singer who rose to prominence in 2004 playing Natasha in the Brazilian teen series Malhação.The second of three siblings from the Estiano family, in high school Marjorie Estiano studied Scenic Arts in Paraná. When she finished the course, she moved to São Paulo to improve her acting abilities. Then, she studied Music in college for two years, and Publicity, also in college, for one year. While studying, she made some TV commercials and played minor plays in theater. After this, she was approved in the TV Globo Actor's Workshop and moved to Rio de Janeiro. Then, she signed the cast of Malhação, and started playing minor roles at first. Subsequently,

Was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She late

Was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She later served on the faculty of the School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.Lawrence was born at Deans Marsh, south of Winchelsea, Victoria. She won a number of vocal competitions when aged in her teens. In 1927, the Australian baritone John Brownlee introduced her to a famous opera teacher, Cécile Gilly, in Paris. In 1932 she made her operatic debut in Monte Carlo as Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser. On 25 February 1933, she made her first appearance at the Opera Garnier in Paris, playing Ortrud in Lohengrin, and in the same year she sang in the world premiere of Joseph Canteloube's Vercingétorix.

Was an American champion ice skater in dance and figure skating competitions during the latter part

Was an American champion ice skater in dance and figure skating competitions during the latter part of the 1930s. She also was on the Board of Directors of the Society of Old Brooklynites where she was a life member. Parker Smith devoted many hours of vo

Was an English radio actress and singer. Her career lasted over fifty years.near Birmingham, she stu

Was an English radio actress and singer. Her career lasted over fifty years.near Birmingham, she studied Voice at the Royal College of Music in London between 1927 and 1930. During the 1930s she made many radio broadcasts as a soprano from the BBC studios at Birmingham. By the late 1930s she had moved into acting as well as singing. This led in 1942 to a small part in Francis Durbridge's Paul Temple Intervenes.In 1945 she took on the role of Paul's wife, Steve Temple, and continued to play the part until the serials came to an end in 1968. The broadcast of many of the surviving Paul Temple serials on BBC7 has introduced a younger audience to her work, and led to a revival of interest in her.

Is a British grindcore singer, who has been a member of Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror and Bened

Is a British grindcore singer, who has been a member of Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror and Benediction.While out of Napalm Death, during 1998, Greenway started a band called Nothing But Comtempt with Cancer's drummer Carl Stokes. After Stokes left Not

Is a punk rock musician from Huntington Beach, California and is most famous for being the lead sing

Is a punk rock musician from Huntington Beach, California and is most famous for being the lead singer, sole remaining original member and one of the songwriters of the band Guttermouth[1]. His hobbies include skateboarding and watching television.[2]

Is a performer. His parents are Corky Ballas and Shirley Ballas. At a young age, he moved to London,

Is a performer. His parents are Corky Ballas and Shirley Ballas. At a young age, he moved to London, England, where he began his performing career. He remained in London until 2007, when he moved to the US.

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.

Was a member of the English pop group, BBMak, along with Christian Burns and Stephen McNally.He play

Was a member of the English pop group, BBMak, along with Christian Burns and Stephen McNally.He plays various musical instruments, including the bagpipes, and the hurdy gurdy. His falsetto was distinctive in the group.

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 one of the pioneers to fuse R&B, Hip-Hop/Rap and Soul in Singapore. He is the co-founder of Singa

Is one of the pioneers to fuse R&B, Hip-Hop/Rap and Soul in Singapore. He is the co-founder of Singapore's premier critically acclaimed urban group "Bonafide". Mark is of mixed Indian and Chinese descent and attended Boon Lay primary, Jurong Secondary and IBMEC.