American Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was an American tennis player and a Napa Valley vintner. In 1938, Jessee won the National 18 and Und

Was an American tennis player and a Napa Valley vintner. In 1938, Jessee won the National 18 and Under doubles title and reached the final in singles, and reached the singles final at Cincinnati, before falling to Virginia Hollinger, 6-2, 6-3. She also wo

Is a Canadian slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s. Competing in four Su

Is a Canadian slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the K-1 event at Atlanta in 1996.

An Armenian American mixed martial artist. His fighting style is primarily Judo but has been modifie

An Armenian American mixed martial artist. His fighting style is primarily Judo but has been modified to fight without the use of a judogi (sometimes called no-gi style).[1] Karo currently competes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.As of May 2008, he is ranked as the 10th best welterweight fighter in the world by MMAweekly.com even though in the MMA community he isn't looked favorably upon due to his penchant for making excuses after losses and for his "mystery" injuries that always seem to arise prior to a big fight.[2] His cousin, Manvel Gamburyan, is also a MMA fighter who is not looked favorably upon by the MMA community

Was a San Francisco Bay Area artist. Though a contemporary artist, her work showed a strong influenc

Was a San Francisco Bay Area artist. Though a contemporary artist, her work showed a strong influence from folk art. She was considered a central figure in the Bay Area Mission School art movement.Kilgallen's first major group exhibitions appeared in 1997 and included the first Bay Area Now show at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,[2] [3] soon followed by a solo exhibition at The Drawing Center in New York City. In 2000, she and Barry McGee had a featured exhibition at the UCLA Hammer Museum.[4] A number of major exhibitions took place after her death. In 2002, her work was chosen for that year's Whitney Biennial. In 2005, a survey of her work was shown at the Gallery at REDCAT.[5] [6] Her work was also an important part of the 2004–2006 touring exhibit, Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture.[7] [8] [9]

Was an American cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1984. She finished seventh in the 4 x

Was an American cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1984. She finished seventh in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Spencer-Galanes' best World Cup career finish was ninth in a 10 km event in Canada in 1983.

Was a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the fifty-second distric

Was a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the fifty-second district (Madison, Haywood, Graham, Swain, and part of Jackson counties) for one term (2001–2002). Carpenter, a resident of Waynesville, North Carolina, defeated

Was an American cultural anthropologist who was frequently a featured writer and speaker in the mass

Was an American cultural anthropologist who was frequently a featured writer and speaker in the mass media throughout the 1960s and 1970s.She was both a popularizer of the insights of anthropology into modern American and western life, and also a respected, if controversial, academic anthropologist.

Was an American ornithologist who made an extensive study of the life history of the Song Sparrow an

Was an American ornithologist who made an extensive study of the life history of the Song Sparrow and was author of Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow (1937).From 1913 to 1927 she studied the birds of Oklahoma which were published as the "Birds of Oklahoma" in 1931. During the time in Oklahoma, she also became very interested in child psychology on which she published 18 articles. She studied her own children, their vocabulary, sentence length and speech development. In 1927 she moved to Columbus, Ohio, where Blaine had accepted a professorship at the Ohio State University. Here she carried out the study of sparrows that established her as one of the leading ornithologists in the world, recording the behavior of individual birds over a long period of time. She studied two banded pairs of birds initially and later 69 banded pairs. Beginning in 1929, she spent eight years studying these birds and focused on interactions

Is an Academy Award-winning American film actress, and although her career was brief, was one of the

Is an Academy Award-winning American film actress, and although her career was brief, was one of the most highly regarded child actors in cinema history.

Was an American dancer who starred in a series of movie musicals at Universal Studios, tapping and c

Was an American dancer who starred in a series of movie musicals at Universal Studios, tapping and clowning with Donald O'Connor.Her parents were vaudevilleians, "The Merry Dancing Ryans", and Peggy joined them onstage before she was two years old. Her singing, acting, and dancing skills were noticed by George Murphy, who helped her get a role in 1937's Top of the Town. Her first pairing with O'Connor was 1942's What's Cookin'?, and they appeared in films together throughout World War II.

Was an American aviator, who had logged more than 40,000 hours of flying time during her career.She

Was an American aviator, who had logged more than 40,000 hours of flying time during her career.She trained at a flight training school and had her first solo flight in 1941 as a 19-year-old.[2] Ringenberg began her aviation career in 1943 during World Wa

Was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Scarborough Centre in the Legislative Assem

Was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Scarborough Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1971. She was a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astron

Is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both be

Was the controversial former managing general partner, president and CEO of the National League's Ci

Was the controversial former managing general partner, president and CEO of the National League's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999. She was the first woman to buy a baseball team rather than inheriting it. [1] She is perhaps most well known for her controversial behavior during her tenure as owner of The Reds, which included slurs towards African-Americans, Jews, the Japanese and gays. She was banned from managing the team by the MLB from 1996 through 1998 due to a series of statements sympathizing with Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler; shortly after, she sold the majority of her share in the team.

Is a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 16th District

Is a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 16th District since 2001. Her district includes Lincoln and Union counties.

Was an American athlete and professor of physical education from El Paso, Texas who excelled in thre

Was an American athlete and professor of physical education from El Paso, Texas who excelled in three distinctly different racket sports: badminton, squash, and tennis. She is the only person to have represented the USA at the highest level of internation

Is a singer of American popular music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.Marga

Is a singer of American popular music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.Margaret's musical talent may have been inherited; her father Richard Whiting, was a famous composer of popular songs. She also had an aunt, Margaret Young, who

Is a prominent Australian personality and the wife of former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitl

Is a prominent Australian personality and the wife of former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam. Ms Whitlam is a published author, social worker and former champion swimmer, having represented Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney.

Was a popular singer in the United States in the 1920s.Margaret Young began her professional career

Was a popular singer in the United States in the 1920s.Margaret Young began her professional career in Detroit, Michigan. She sang at theaters, dinner clubs, and on Vaudeville. Young first recorded commercially for the Victor Talking Machine Company in 19

Is a Costa Rican politician.

Is a Costa Rican politician.

Is one of the pioneers of the Women's Music movement.Her first album, Margie Adam, was promoted with

Is one of the pioneers of the Women's Music movement.Her first album, Margie Adam, was promoted with a fifty city tour which concluded with a performance of her song, "We Shall Go Forth" at the National Women's Conference in Houston. The song quickly beca

Is an American Country Music singer. She was most popular in the late 50s for her Top Ten Country Hi

Is an American Country Music singer. She was most popular in the late 50s for her Top Ten Country Hit "Poor Old Heartsick Me". For a period of a time as well, she was briefly married to Doyle Wilburn of the Wilburn Brothers.

Is an American country music singer. In the 1960s, Margie Singleton was a popular duet and solo reco

Is an American country music singer. In the 1960s, Margie Singleton was a popular duet and solo recording artist, working with legendary Country stars George Jones and Faron Young. She had her biggest hit with Faron Young called "Keeping up With the Jones

At the age of 2, Harshman was entered into beauty pageants. At 3, she was involved in dance & gymnas

At the age of 2, Harshman was entered into beauty pageants. At 3, she was involved in dance & gymnastics. At 5, she learned to play piano, and at 8, she began acting and met her first manager. She plays guitar, piano, and bass guitar.Harshman starred on the short-lived shows Run of the House and Center of the Universe. She most recently landed a role in the movie Keith alongside Jesse McCartney. She has recently been in a lot of films, that have not been released for unknown reasons. She is starring alongside fellow Disney Channel stars Raven-Symone and Brenda Song in the movie College Road Trip. Harshman appeared in an episode of Grey's Anatomy in which she played the daughter of two parents caught in an 'uncomfortable' situation.

Is a three-time world surfing champion from the United States.

Is a three-time world surfing champion from the United States.