Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
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Marie Louise (French empress)
Marin, John (American painter)
Marinetti, Emilio Filippo Tommaso (Italian poet, novelist & critic)
Marino, Daniel Constantine (American football player)
Marion, Frances (American screenwriter)
Marion, Francis (American military leader)
Maris, Roger (Baseball Player)
Marius, Gaius (Ancient Roman military leader)
Mark Antony (Military Leader)
Mark, Saint (personage in the New Testament)
Markham, (Charles) Edwin (American poet)
Markham, Beryl (Aviator)
Markova, Alicia, Dame (English ballet dancer)
Markowitz, Harry M (American economist)
Marley, Robert Nesta (Singer/Songwriter)
Marlowe, Christopher (English dramatist & poet)
Marquand, John Phillips (American novelist)
Marquette, Jacques, Père (French-North American Catholic missionary & explorer)
Marsalis, Wynton (Jazz Musician)
Marsh, Reginald (American painter & artist)
Marshall, George Catlett (Military Leader / World War II Figure / U.S. Secretary of State)
Marshall, John (U.S. Supreme Court Justice / Jurist)
Marshall, Thurgood (U.S. Supreme Court Justice / Jurist / Civil Rights Figure)
Marsilius of Padua (Italian politician & philosopher)
Marston, John (English dramatist & writer)
Martha (in the New Testament)
Martí, José Julián (Cuban writer, poet & politician)
Martial (Ancient Roman poet)
Martin Du Gard, Roger (French novelist)
Martin I, Saint (d. 655?, pope)
Martin of Tours, Saint (c.316-397, bishop of Tours)
Martin V (1368-1431, pope)
Martin, Homer Dodge (American painter)
Martin, Mary (Actor)
Martin, Paul Edgar Philippe Jr. (Canadian politician)
Martineau, Harriet (English journalist & writer)
Martini, Simone (Italian painter)
Martins, Peter (Jazz Artist)
Martinson, Harry Edmund (Swedish writer)
Martinů, Bohuslav Jan (Czech composer)
Marvell, Andrew (English poet)
Marx (Spoken Word Band)
Marx, Karl (Philosopher / Sociologist)
Mary (Biblical Figure / Religious Figure / Saint)
Mary (Queen of George)
Mary (in the Bible)
Mary I (1516-58, queen of England)
Mary II (1662-94, queen of England)