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MF M. F. Husain 1915–2011 Indian painter and director (born 1915) MS Maaya Sakamoto 1980– Japanese actress, voice actress and singer MV Mabel Vernon 1883–1975 American educator and activist (died 1975) MD Mac DeMarco 1990– Canadian singer-songwriter MD Mac Dre 1970–2004 American rapper and producer, founded Thizz Entertainment (died 2004) MM Mac McClung 1999– American basketball player MF Mackenzie Foy 2000– American actress and model MD Madame de Brinvilliers 1630– French aristocrat (died 1676) MR Madeleine Riffaud 1924–2024 French poet, journalist and Resistance member (died 2024) MW Mae Whitman 1988– American actress MB Maeve Binchy 1939–2012 Irish author, playwright, and journalist (born 1939) MA Magda Aelvoet 1944– Belgian politician MY Magdi Yacoub 1935– Egyptian-English surgeon and academic MG Maggie Gripenberg 1881–1976 Finnish dancer and choreographer (born 1881) MQ Maggie Q 1979– American actress MR Maggie Rogers 1994– American musician MS Maggie Smith 1934–2024 English actress (died 2024) MM Mahathir Mohamad 1925– Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia MG Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (born 1869) ME Mahdi Elmandjra 1933–2014 Moroccan economist and sociologist (born 1933) MS Mahendra Singh Dhoni 1981– Indian cricketer MI Mahmud II 1789–1839 Ottoman sultan (born 1785) M Maimonides 1135–1204 Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, died 1204) MW Maisie Williams 1997– English actress MA Majed Abu Maraheel Palestinian long-distance runner and football player (born 1963) MK Majid Khan 1946– Indian-Pakistani cricketer MC Makhanlal Chaturvedi 1889–1968 Indian journalist, poet, and playwright (died 1968) MY Malala Yousafzai 1997– Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate MB Malam Bacai Sanhá Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1947) MI Malcolm II of Scotland (born 954) MK Malcolm Kirk 1936–1987 English rugby player and wrestler (born 1936) MS Malcolm Sargent 1895–1967 English organist, composer and conductor (died 1967) MX Malcolm X 1925–1965 American minister and activist (born 1925) MÅ Malin Åkerman 1978– Swedish-Canadian model, actress, and singer M Mammootty 1951– Indian actor and producer MW Manly Wade Wellman 1903–1986 American writer (born 1903) MD Manoel de Oliveira 1908–2015 Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908) M Manorama 1937–2015 Indian actress and singer (died 2015) MH Manos Hatzidakis Greek composer and theorist (born 1925) MA Manuel Alberti 1763–1811 Argentinian priest and journalist (born 1763) MÁ Manuel Ávila Camacho 1897–1955 Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico (died 1955) MC Manuel Contreras 1929–2015 Chilean general (born 1929) MG Manuel Godoy 1767–1851 Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1851) MI Manuel I of Portugal (died 1521) 1469– ML Manuel L. Quezon 1878–1944 Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (born 1878) MM Manuel María Lombardini 1802–1853 Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (born 1802) MB Marc Blitzstein 1905–1964 American pianist and composer (born 1905) MD Marc Denis 1977– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster MS Marc Staal 1987– Canadian ice hockey player MB Marcel Bigeard 1916– French general (died 2010) MC Marcel Cerdan 1916–1949 French boxer (died 1949) MJ Marcel Junod 1904–1961 Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (born 1904) MM Marcel Mauss 1872–1950 French sociologist and anthropologist (born 1872) MO Marcel Ophüls 1927– German documentary filmmaker (died 2025) MS Marcel-Paul Schützenberger 1920–1996 French mathematician and theorist (born 1920) MB Marcellin Berthelot 1827–1907 French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1827) MM Marcello Malpighi 1628–1694 Italian physician and biologist (died 1694) MC Marcia Cross 1962– American actress MD Marco Delvecchio 1973– Italian footballer MP Marco Pantani 1970–2004 Italian cyclist (born 1970)