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- M. A. G. OsmaniBangladeshi military general & revolutionary (1918–1984)
- Ma HualongChinese Sufi leader (died 1871)
- Ma LaichiMa Laichi (1681? – 1766?; simplified Chinese: 马来迟; traditional Chinese: 馬來遲; pinyin: Mǎ Lá
- Ma Yuan (Han dynasty)Chinese military general and politician of the Eastern Han dynasty (14 BC – 49 AD)
- Maarten TrompDutch admiral (1598–1653)
- Madame RolandFrench revolutionary (1754–1793)
- Mahir ÇayanTurkish revolutionary (1945–1972)
- Mairead MaguireNorthern Irish peace activist (born 1944)
- Malalai of MaiwandAfghan folk hero (1861–1880)
- Manfred von RichthofenGerman World War I flying ace (1892–1918)
- Mano RiverThe Mano River is a river in West Africa. It originates in the Guinea Highlands in Liberia
- Manto MavrogenousGreek revolutionary (1796–1848)
- Manuel BaquedanoChilean soldier and politician (1823–1897)
- Manuel CandamoManuel González de Candamo e Iriarte (July 14, 1841 – May 7, 1904) served as the 33rd Pres
- Manuel LozadaManuel Lozada, nicknamed "The Tiger of Álica", was a regional caudillo based in the region
- Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of ErvalBrazilian military officer
- Manuel MarulandaLeader of the FARC-EP (1930–2008)
- Manuela SáenzEcuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797–1856)
- Marcus Claudius MarcellusRoman general and politician (c. 270–208 BC)
- Mardonius (nephew of Darius I)Persian military commander (died 479 BC)
- Mariana CarcelénMaría Ana Carcelén de Guevara y Larrea-Zurbano, 5th Marquise of Villarocha and 7th Marquis
- Mariano NorielMariano Noriel (March 16, 1864 - January 27, 1915) was a Filipino general who fought durin
- Marie-Aurore de SaxeMarie-Aurore de Saxe (20 September 1748 – 26 December 1821), known after her first marriag
- Mario SavioAmerican activist (1942–1996)
- Marjory Stoneman DouglasAmerican journalist (1890–1998)
- Marquis de LafayetteFrench military officer and politician (1757–1834)
- Marsha P. JohnsonAmerican LGBTQ activist, sex worker and performer (1945–1992)
- Mary Anna JacksonMary Anna Morrison Jackson (July 21, 1831 – March 24, 1915) was the second wife, and subse
- Mary DudleyLady Mary Sidney (née Dudley; c. 1530–1535 – 9 August 1586) was a lady-in-waiting at the c
- Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik8th century Umayyad prince and military leader
- Matthew C. PerryUnited States Navy officer (1794–1858)
- Matthew RidgwayUnited States Army general (1895–1993)
- Maurice de SaxeCount of Saxony (1696–1750)
- Medal barA medal bar or medal clasp is a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decora
- Medalha de Comportamento ExemplarThe Medalha de Comportamento Exemplar (Exemplary Behavior Medal), is a Portuguese military
- Medgar EversAmerican civil rights activist (1925–1963)
- Mediterranean Air CommandThe Mediterranean Air Command (MAC) was a World War II Allied air force command that was a
- Mediterranean Allied Air ForcesThe Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) was the major Allied air force command organiza
- MenhuanMenhuan (simplified Chinese: 门宦; traditional Chinese: 門宦; pinyin: Ménhuàn) is a term used
- Michael Kovats de FabriczyHungarian nobleman and cavalry officer
- Michael WittmannGerman tank commander (1914–1944)
- Michael Wittmann (musicologist)Michael Wittmann (born 1956) is a German musicologist.
- Michel NeyFrench military commander (1769–1815)
- Mikael of WolloEthiopian army commander (1858–1918)
- Mikawa ProvinceMikawa Province (三河国, Mikawa no kuni) was an old province in the area that today forms the
- Mike Jackson (British Army officer)British Army general (1944–2024)
- Mikhail FrunzeSoviet army officer (1885–1925)
- Mikhail KutuzovField Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)
- Mikhail SkobelevRussian general (1843–1882)
- Mikhail TukhachevskyRussian and Soviet military leader (1893–1937)
- Military Order of St. HenryThe Military Order of St. Henry (Militär-St. Heinrichs-Orden) was a military order of the
- MiltiadesAthenian statesman and general (c. 550–489 BC)
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune12th-century Japanese samurai
- Mirabal sistersDominican political protestors killed in 1960
- Mitsuo FuchidaJapanese Naval officer
- Mizhi CountyMizhi County (Chinese: 米脂县; pinyin: Mǐzhī Xiàn) is a county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Mizh
- Mochizuki Chiyome16th-century Japanese poet and noblewoman
- Mohamed BouaziziTunisian who self-immolated (1984–2011)
- Mohamed BoudiafHead of state of Algeria in 1992
- Mohamed Farrah AididSomali military officer, warlord, and disputed President of Somalia (1934–1996)
- Mohammad Ali JafariIranian general (born 1957))
- Mohammed Abdullah (Sayyid)Somali anti-colonial leader (1856–1920)
- Mohsen RezaeiIranian politician and senior military officer
- Monte MelkonianArmenian revolutionary hero (1957–1993)
- Morane-Saulnier GThe Morane-Saulnier G was a two-seat sport and racing monoplane produced in France before
- Mordechai VanunuIsraeli peace activist and nuclear whistleblower (b. 1954)
- Mōri MotonariDaimyō of western Honshu (1497–1571)
- Mōri TakamotoMōri Takamoto (毛利 隆元, 1523 – September 18, 1563) was a daimyō (feudal lord) of Aki Provinc
- Moshe DayanIsraeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
- Mount Meigs, AlabamaMount Meigs (also Evansville or Mount Pleasant) is an unincorporated community in Montgome
- Mtatsminda PantheonThe Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures (Georgian: მთაწმინდის მწერალთა და სა
- Mukhtar al-ThaqafiPro-Alid Arab revolutionary (c.622–687)
- Multi-National Security Transition Command – IraqMulti-National Security Transition Command – Iraq (MNSTC-I) was a training and organizatio
- Mumia Abu-JamalAmerican incarcerated activist (born 1954)
- MuqaliGeneral and companion of Genghis Khan
- Muqtada al-SadrIraqi Shia cleric, politician and former militia leader (born 1974)
- Murat Reis the ElderOttoman admiral (1534–1609)
- Musa ibn NusayrArab military commander provincial governor (640-716)
- Museo Nacional de HistoriaThe National Museum of History (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Historia), also known as MNH, i