Biographies
Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.
Maxine Kumin
Maxine Kumin (1925–2014)
May Sabai Phyu
May Sabai Phyu: Kachin Human Rights and Women's Rights Activist
May Whitty
Dame May Whitty (Mary Louise Whitty)
May Wynn
May Wynn (Donna Lee Custer) — American singer, dancer and film actress
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
Maya Yoshida
Maya Yoshida: Japanese Centre-Back and International Footballer
Maybelle Carter
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson — Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader
Mazdak
Mazdak: Persian Reformer and Leader of a Social-Religious Movement
Mazhar Krasniqi
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
McCoy Tyner
McLean Stevenson
McLean Stevenson: Actor, Henry Blake of M*A*S*H, and career overview
Meaghan Jette Martin
Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday): Singer, Actor, and Rock Performer
Meena Alexander
Meena Alexander (1951–2018): Poet, Scholar, and Writer
Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari: Indian actress, poet and iconic figure of Hindi cinema
Meg Tilly
Megan Rapinoe
Megasthenes
Megasthenes: Greek Ethnographer of Early India and Author of the Indica
Megumi Kamionobe
Megumi Kamionobe — Japanese Football Midfielder
Megumi Takase
Megumu Tamura
Megumu Tamura — Japanese footballer (1927–1986)
Mehdi Bazargan
Mehdi Bazargan — Iranian scholar and first post‑revolution prime minister
Mehdi Tabatabaei
Mehdi Tabatabaei — Iranian Shia cleric and conservative parliamentarian
Mehmed II
Mehmed II (Mehmed the Conqueror)
Mehmed V
Mehmed V (Mehmed Reşâd) — Ottoman Sultan and Caliph, 1909–1918
Mehrdad Oladi
Mehrdad Oladi — Iranian football striker (1985–2016)
Mehrdad Pahlbod
Mehrdad Pahlbod: Iranian cultural minister and royal family member
Mehriban Aliyeva
Mehriban Aliyeva: Azerbaijani physician, politician and cultural patron
Meir Banai
Meir Banai: Israeli singer-songwriter (1961–2017)
Meir Dagan
Meir Einstein
Meir Einstein (1951–2017) — Israeli sports broadcaster
Meir Har-Zion
Meir Har-Zion: Israeli Unit 101 commando and early special-operations figure
Meir Pa'il
Meir Pa'il: Israeli Military Officer, Historian and Politician
Meir Rosenne
Meir Rosenne: Israeli diplomat and legal adviser
Meir Shamgar
Meir Shamgar (1925–2019)
Mel Aull
Mel Aull — Canadian football player (1928–2019)
Mel Bartholomew
Mel Bartholomew — Creator of Square Foot Gardening
Mel Carnahan
Mel Carnahan: Missouri Governor, 1934–2000
Mel Clark
Mel Clark (1926–2014) — American Major League Baseball outfielder
Mel Farr
Mel Farr — American football player and businessman
Mel Hurtig
Mel Hurtig: Canadian Publisher, Author and Political Activist
Mel Hutchins
Mel Hutchins (1928–2018) — American professional basketball player
Mel Lopez
Mel Metcalfe
Mel Metcalfe — American Sound Engineer and Academy Award Nominee
Mel Patton
Mel Patton: American sprinter and two-time 1948 Olympic champion
Mel Ramos
Mel Ramos: American Pop-Influenced Figurative Painter