Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Cecil B. De Mille
Born: August 12, 1881 Ashfield, Massachusetts Died: January 21, 1959 Laughlin Park, California American director and producer ...
Arthur Miller
Born: October 17, 1915 New York, New York American dramatist, novelist, and screenwriter Best known for his play Death of a Salesman, ...
Henry Miller
Born: December 26, 1891 New York, New York Died: June 7, 1980 Pacific Palisades, California American writer American ...
Slobodan Milosevic
Born: August 20, 1941 Pozarevac, Yugoslavia Yugoslav president and Serbian political leader Slobodan Milosevic was president of Serbia (a republic, or ...
Czeslaw Milosz
Born June 30, 1911, in Szetejnie, Lithuania; died August 14, 2004, in Krakow, Poland. Poet. One of the most eminent poets to emerge from Eastern Europe's troubled twentieth-century landsca...
Yao Ming
Professional basketball player Born September 12, 1980, in China; son of Yao Zhi Yuan (father, a former basketball player, an engineer) and Fang Feng Di (mother, a former ba...
Jenny Ming
1955 • Canton, China Chief executive officer Jenny Ming is president of Old Navy, the enormously successful chain of clothing stores owned by Gap, Inc. A retail executi...
Yao Ming
September 12, 1980 • Shanghai, China Basketball player Yao Ming of China became basketball's most unlikely new celebrity athlete in 2002 when he joined the Houston ...
Anthony Minghella
Playwright, screenwriter, director, and producer Born January 6, 1954, in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England; married Carolyn Choa (a producer and choreographer); children: two. ...
Ho Chi Minh
Born: May 19, 1890 Nghe An, Vietnam Died: September 3, 1969 Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnamese revolutionary and president Ho ...
Dave Mirra
April 4, 1974. • Chittenango, New York Extreme sports athlete Dave Mirra has won more medals in the X Games (a yearly competition held for extreme sports athletes) than...
Helen Mirren
Actress Born Ilyena Lydia Mironoff, July 26, 1945, in Hammersmith, London, England; married Taylor Hackford (a film producer and director), December 31, 1997. ...
Joan MirÓ
Born: April 20, 1893 Montroig, Spain Died: December 25, 1983 Palma de Majorca, Spain Spanish painter The Spanish pain...
Mark Badgley and James Mischka
Fashion designers Born Mark Badgley, January 12, 1961, in East St. Louis, MO; son of Paul (a department–store executive) and Marjorie (a homemaker) Badgley. Educat...
Lakshmi Mittal
Chief Executive Officer of Arcelor-Mittal Born Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, June 15, 1950, in Sadulpur, Rajasthan, India; son of Mohan (a steel company manager) Mittal; married Usha; chi...
Hayao Miyazaki
Animator, director, and screenwriter Born January 5, 1941, in Tokyo, Japan; son of Katsuji Miyazaki (an aeronautical engineer); married Akemi Ota (an animator); children: two ...
Isaac Mizrahi
October 14, 1961 • Brooklyn, New York Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi holds the distinction of being one of today's best-known American ...
Alfred Molina
Actor Born May 24, 1953, in London, England; married Jill Gascoine (an actress and novelist); children: Rachel. Education: Guildhall School of Music ...
Claude Monet
Born: November 14, 1840 Paris, France Died: December 5, 1926 Giverny, France French painter The French painter Claude...
Monica
R&B singer Born Monica Denise Arnold, October 24, 1980, in College Park, GA; daughter of M.C. Arnold, Jr. (a mechanic) and Marilyn Best (a consumer affairs officer for a...