Authors Starting with “M”
14 authors found
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist and leader who played a key role in the peaceful resistance movement against British colonial rule
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17.
Marcus Aurelius
Was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
Margaret Thatcher
Was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
Marie Curie
Maria Salomea Skłodowska, a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist, was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity. She was the first woman in Europe to earn a doctorate in science and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model.
Mark Twain
American writer, humorist and essayist
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is a billionaire businessman and programmer who co-founded Facebook and its parent company, Meta Platforms.
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement.
Maya Angelou
Was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and a central figure of the High Renaissance.
Michel de Montaigne
Was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.
Mother Teresa
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and is a Catholic saint.
Muhammad Ali
American professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century.