American Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was an American cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century. He specialized in sprint cyclin

Was an American cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century. He specialized in sprint cycling and won 4 gold medals in Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the 2 mile race.

Is an American Football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He w

Is an American Football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars 13th overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia.Stroud was a three-time All-Pro and three-time Pro Bowl selection with the Jaguars.Marcus was selected 13th in the 2001 NFL Draft by the Jaguars. The 2001 NFL Draft is considered by many experts to be the finest draft for defensive tackles in draft history. The 2001 class included fellow Pro Bowl selections Richard Seymour, Casey Hampton and Kris Jenkins.

And until recently affiliated with CBS as a game analyst. As a professional, Allen ran for 12,243 ya

And until recently affiliated with CBS as a game analyst. As a professional, Allen ran for 12,243 yards and caught 587 passes for 5,411 yards during his career for both the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1982 to 1997. He scored 145 to

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the 2

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the 2nd round (42nd overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. Liberty played for the Nuggets and Detroit Pistons in 4 NBA seasons. His best year as a pro was during the 1991-92 NBA season when he appeared in 75 games for the Nuggets, averaging 9.3 ppg. He played collegiately at the University of Illinois.

Is a former Australian backstroke, butterfly and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a

Is a former Australian backstroke, butterfly and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as a makeshift butterfly swimmer in the self-named Quietly Confident Quartet. Tonelli unoff

As a child, Miller was around music a lot and always fooling around on the piano: His father played

As a child, Miller was around music a lot and always fooling around on the piano: His father played piano and organ (mainly in church). At the age of eight Miller began playing the recorder, and the clarinet at age ten at the public schools he attended. M

Was an American cytogeneticist. His research on maize led to important discoveries for basic genetic

Was an American cytogeneticist. His research on maize led to important discoveries for basic genetics and the applied science of plant breeding.He was one of the first cytogenecists to document the pre-meiotic pairing of homologous chromosomes in maize, otherwise referred as somatic pairing (Singh, 2003).

Is a light heavyweight professional boxer fighting out of Lawrence, Kansas. Oliveria made his profes

Is a light heavyweight professional boxer fighting out of Lawrence, Kansas. Oliveria made his professional debut with a knockout win against Daniel Russell in April 2006. Oliveria would win his first six bouts by knockout, five of them in the first round

Is the current Assistant Secondary coach for the Tennessee Titans and a former defensive back who pl

Is the current Assistant Secondary coach for the Tennessee Titans and a former defensive back who played from 1991-2002. He played for the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans and Seattle Seahawks. He attended college at Iowa State.

Was a Latvian-born American painter and printmaker. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, a

Was a Latvian-born American painter and printmaker. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted the classification as an "abstract painter".In the fall of 1923, Rothko found employment in the garment district and took up residence on the Upper West Side. It was while visiting a friend at the Art Students League of New York that he witnessed students sketching a model. According to Rothko, this was the beginning of his life as an artist. He was twenty years old and had taken some art classes in high school, but his initial experience was far from an immediate calling. Even his self-described "beginning" at the Art Students League of New York is not exactly accurate - two months after he returned to Portland to visit his family

An American actor known for his role as Myles Mitchell in the UPN sitcom Moesha, which aired from 19

An American actor known for his role as Myles Mitchell in the UPN sitcom Moesha, which aired from 1996 through 2001.He has also appeared with Bow Wow in the 2005 film Roll Bounce, and with Antonio Banderas in the 2006 film Take the Lead. Paulk is currently working on a studio album. Further details for this project remain TBA.[citation needed

Better known as Marcus Vinicius, is a Brazilian professional basketball player, currently a free age

Better known as Marcus Vinicius, is a Brazilian professional basketball player, currently a free agent of the NBA. A 6'8", 225 lb forward, he was a second round draft choice of the New Orleans Hornets in the 2006 NBA Draft, chosen 43rd overall. He spent part of the 2006-7 season at the NBDL Tulsa 66ers, for which he played 13 games. In 2007, he won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. In 2008 he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, only to be waived 2 days later. He played a total of 26 games for the Hornets, scoring 50 points. Souza played professionally for Sao Carlos at the time of his selection in the draft. In 2004-05 season he has played professionally in Italy for the Serie A2 (second division) team Premiata Montegranaro.

(born October 26, 1950 in Nashville, Tennessee) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1973 to 198

(born October 26, 1950 in Nashville, Tennessee) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1973 to 1981 for the Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians.

Is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at

Is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Is an American figure skater. She competes in pairs, and since April 2003, her partner has been Aaro

Is an American figure skater. She competes in pairs, and since April 2003, her partner has been Aaron Parchem. In 2005, they won the bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and won a silver medal and qualified for the Olympic team the follow

Is an American professional basketball player, who recently completed his college basketball career

Is an American professional basketball player, who recently completed his college basketball career at Temple University, and was drafted by the New York Knicks with the 29th pick of the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft.In 52 games played during the 2006-2007 season, Collins averaged 4.5 points per game, 2.0 rebounds per game, and 1.6 assists per game. However, in the final 10 games of the season, when he played a substantially higher number of minutes than previously in the season, he averaged 14.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.9 steals.[1]

Is an American professional tennis player. He is one of several young American tennis players who ro

Is an American professional tennis player. He is one of several young American tennis players who rose to prominence at the beginning of the 21st century. He is currently ranked #25 in the world and #17 in the race. Fish has won two tournaments on the main ATP Tour, and has reached the final of two elite Masters Series events; Cincinnati in 2003, and Indian Wells in 2008.

A Canadian singer-songwriter of rock and pop music.Ord was born and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, th

A Canadian singer-songwriter of rock and pop music.Ord was born and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, the eighth of ten children in a Latter-day Saint household. She grew up in a musical family; her father was a professor of music, her mother taught voice and

Is an American actress who has starred in the sitcoms Family Rules, Inside Schwartz, It's All Relati

Is an American actress who has starred in the sitcoms Family Rules, Inside Schwartz, It's All Relative, and Crumbs, as well as the television movie Nancy Drew. In 2000, she starred in an ABC-TV movie featuring Justin Timberlake called Model Behavior. She has also made guest appearances on television series such as Smallville.She now co-stars in the USA Network original series Psych as Junior Detective Juliet O'Hara. She is currently in a relationship with her Psych co-star, James Roday.[1]

Is an American water polo player who won a bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Her position is

Is an American water polo player who won a bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Her position is attacker, and she is considered an excellent perimeter shooter.

Is a field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the

Is a field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1995. The former student of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was a member of the team, that won the silver medal a

(born on 1918) is an inductee in the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.

(born on 1918) is an inductee in the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.

Was an African-American poet and author born in Birmingham, Alabama. She wrote as Margaret Walker. O

Was an African-American poet and author born in Birmingham, Alabama. She wrote as Margaret Walker. One of her best-known poems is For My People.In 1935, Walker received her Bachelors of Arts Degree from Northwestern University and in 1936 she began work w

Is a Canadian politician. She was the federal Minister for International Cooperation in the Paul Mar

Is a Canadian politician. She was the federal Minister for International Cooperation in the Paul Martin government, and later Ontario's Minister of Culture and Minister Responsible for Seniors.In the 1993 election, Simcoe Centre (predecessor of Barrie) was the only Ontario riding that did not elect a Liberal MP. In 1997, Carroll sought and won the Liberal nomination for the newly created Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford. She went on to win the 1997 election with a sizable margin, and was re-elected again in 2000. After merger of the conservative parties, she was elected in 2004 in the newly created riding of Barrie with a substantially reduced margin of victory.

Has represented the 7th Assembly District since 2003. She was first elected to represent the 97th Di

Has represented the 7th Assembly District since 2003. She was first elected to represent the 97th District in 1984, changing to the 7th after redistricting. Her district covers the southwest side of Milwaukee and most of the City of Greenfield. Krusick is