Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
On this page: Ma, Yo-Yo to Malcolm X.

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Ma, Yo-Yo (Cellist)
MacArthur, Douglas (Military Leader / World War II Figure)
Macaulay, Dame Rose (English novelist)
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (English historian & writer)
Macbeth (Scottish king)
MacBride, Sean (Irish politician)
Maccabees (family of Jewish patriots)
Maccabeus, Judas (Revolutionary)
MacDiarmid, Hugh (Scottish poet & critic)
MacDonald, (James) Ramsay (English statesman)
MacDowell, Edward Alexander (American composer)
Mach, Ernst (Physicist)
Machaut, Guillaume de (French poet & composer)
Machiavelli, Niccolò (Writer / Philosopher)
Mack, Connie (American baseball player)
Macke, August (German painter)
Mackenzie, Alexander (Canadian statesman & politician)
Mackenzie, William Lyon (Canadian journalist & politician)
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie (Scottish architect, artist & furniture designer)
MacLeish, Archibald (American poet & statesman)
MacLennan, Hugh (Canadian writer)
Macleod, John James Rickard (Scottish anatomist)
Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold (English statesman)
Macpherson, James (Scottish writer)
Maddux, Gregory Alan (American baseball player)
Madero, Francisco Indalecio (Mexican president)
Madison, Dolley Payne Todd (U.S. First Lady)
Madison, James (4th President of the United States)
Maecenas, Gaius (Ancient Roman statesman & writer)
Maginot, André (French politician)
Magritte, René (Belgian painter)
Magsaysay, Ramón (Philippine president)
Mahan, Alfred Thayer (American military leader & historian)
Mahfouz, Naguib (Egyptian novelist)
Mahler, Gustav (Bohemian-Austrian-American composer & musician)
Maillol, Aristide (French sculptor, artist & painter)
Maimonides, Moses (Philosopher / Physician / Religious Figure)
Maintenon, Marquise de (French royalty)
Major, John Roy (1943–, British politician)
Makarios III (Cyprian theologian & statesman)
Malachi (Hebrew prophet of the sixth century)
Malamud, Bernard (American writer & novelist)
Malcolm X (Religious Figure / Civil Rights Figure)