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Macbeth (c.1005 - 1057) - medieval king of Scotland, inaccurately portrayed by Shakespeare
Ramsay MacDonald (1866 - 1937) - first Labour prime minister, 20th century
Harold Macmillan (1894 - 1986) - post-war Conservative prime minister
Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1812 - 1878) - Victorian inventor of the bicycle
Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521) - Portuguese explorer, first European to cross the Pacific
Thomas Malthus (1766 - 1834) - 19th century economist, developed theories of population growth
Nelson Mandela (1918 - ) - The first democratically-elected president of his country
Mao Zedong (1893-1976) - Chinese communist leader, founder of the People's Republic of China
George C Marshall (1880 - 1959) - general, politician, creator of the 'Marshall Plan'
Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) - 19th century philosopher, developed theory of international communism
Mary I (1516 - 1558) - first queen of England in her own right, persecuted Protestants, Tudor
Mary II (1662 - 1694) - 17th century queen of England, co-ruler with William III (of Orange)
Matilda (1102 - 1167) - heir to Henry I, usurped by Stephen
Lord Melbourne (1779 - 1848) - 19th century prime minister, favourite of Queen Victoria
Michelangelo (1475-1564) - Italian Renaissance artist
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) - 19th century philosopher, economist and social reformer
Claude Monet (1840-1926) - 19th-20th century Impressionist artist
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976) - British World War Two general
Thomas More (1478 - 1535) - Tudor chancellor, resisted England's break with papacy
Jean Moulin (1899 - 1943) - French World War Two resistance leader, killed
Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900 - 1979) - The last viceroy of British India
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) - World War Two fascist dictator of Italy

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