Category: Biography
Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat, (1743-93). French revolutionary. He practised medicine in Paris for a time but gave this up to become a revolutionary and to edit the radical jour-nal …
Diego Maradona Diego Maradona, (1960- ). Argentinian soccer player. Born in a shanty-town of Buenos Aires, he became famous as a child for his foot-juggling displays on television. He …
Mao Tse-Tung Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976). Chinese communist leader, a founder member of the Chinese Communist party. In the 1920s Mao’s guerrilla forces collaborated with the Nationalist party in their …
Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle, (1931- ). US baseball player, a famous hitter who scored 536 home runs during his career. Having been trained by his father, a semiprofessional player, …
Thomas Mann Thomas Mann, (1875-1955). German novelist. After a reluctant and unsuccessful attempt at a business career, he studied at Munich. Buddenbrooks (1900), an epic family saga set in …
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela, (Rolihlahia) (1818- ). South African politician; first Black president of his country (1994- ). The son of a tribal chief, Mandela practised as a lawyer …
Sir Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory, (d. c. 1471). English poet, author of the Morte d’Arthur, the first prose version of the story of King Arthur and the Knights …
Mallarme Mallarme, Stephane (1842-98). French Symbolist poet. Born in Paris, he made his living teaching English until 1871; he was also a frequent visitor to England. Important influences on …
