Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Samuel F. B. Morse
Born: April 27, 1791 Charlestown, Massachusetts Died: April 2, 1872 New York, New York American inventor and artist S...
Grandma Moses
Born: September 7, 1860 Greenwich, New York Died: December 13, 1961 Eagle Bridge, New York American painter Grandma M...
Moses
Born: c. 1392 B.C.E. Egypt Died: c. 1272 B.C.E. Moab, Syria Egyptian prophet ...
Carrie-Anne Moss
Actress Born August 21, 1967, in Vancouver, BC, Canada; married Steven Roy (an actor and director), 1999; children: one. Education: Attended the Amer...
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Born March 16, 1927, in Tulsa, OK; died of a ruptured appendix, March 26, 2003, in Washington, DC. Professor and United States Senator. During his more than 40 years in government ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Born: January 27, 1756 Salzburg, Austria Died: December 5, 1791 Vienna, Austria Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mo...
Hosni Mubarak
Born: May 4, 1928 Kafr-El Meselha, Egypt Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak became president of Egypt after the assassination (political murder) of...
Elijah Muhammad
Born: October 7, 1897 Sandersville, Georgia Died: February 25, 1975 Chicago, Illinois African American religious leader ...
Benjamin Chavis Muhammad
Born: January 22, 1948 Oxford, North Carolina African American activist, religious leader, and author Lifelong activist Benjamin Chavis Muhammad overca...
Muhammad
Born: c. 570 Mecca, Arabia Died: 632 Medina, Arabia Arabian prophet Muhammad was the founder of the religion of Islam...
John Muir
Born: April 21, 1838 Dunbar, Scotland Died: December 24, 1914 Los Angeles, California Scottish-born American naturalist and explorer...
Kim Mulkey-Robertson
Head coach for the Baylor University women's basketball team Born Kim Mulkey, May 17, 1962, in Hammond, LA; daughter of Les and Dru (a medical assistant) Mulkey; married Randy Rob...
Edvard Munch
Born: December 12, 1863 Loieten, Norway Died: January 23, 1944 Oslo, Norway Norwegian painter and artist The Norwegia...
Frankie Muniz
December 5, 1985 • Wood-Ridge, New Jersey Actor Frankie Muniz initially became famous in 2000 as Malcolm, the boy genius in the Fox com...
Takashi Murakami
Artist and designer Born in 1962, in Tokyo, Japan. Education: Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, B.F.A., 1986; M.F.A., 1988; Ph.D., 19...
Takashi Murakami
1962 • Tokyo, Japan Artist The works of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami have inspired both admiration and confusion. Inspired primaril...
Rupert Murdoch
Born: March 11, 1931 Melbourne, Australia Australian publisher Starting out as a newspaper publisher in his native Australia, Rupert Murdoch beca...
Brittany Murphy
Actress Born November 10, 1977, in Atlanta, GA; daughter of Sharon Murphy (in advertising). Addresses: Office —c/o Dimension Films, 375...
Arthur Murray
American entrepreneur Arthur Murray (1895–1991) became a household name with the chain of dance schools he founded early in the twentieth century. Once a shy, une...
Anne Murray
Canadian singer Anne Murray (born 1945) was the first Canadian female singer to reach the top spot on the American music charts as well as being the first to earn a gold record, fo...