Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/biographies/M
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All the following individuals have no entry in Wikipedia. However, some already have references to them - other articles link to that person, even though the article doesn't exist yet - and in many cases, the page linked to isn't one of the ones linked from here. Where known, the name of the desired article is linked in bold.
- Asa Mahan
- '''Asa Mahan''' ([[1799]] - [[1889]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] Congregational clergyman & educator; 1st pres. of Oberlin College 1835-1849
- Yakov Malkiel
- '''Yakov Malkiel''' (born [[1914]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] ([[Russian]]-born) Romance etymologist & philologist
- Eugene Antonio Marino (also try Eugene Marino)
- '''Eugene Antonio Marino''' (born [[1934]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] Catholic archbishop; archbishop of Atlanta 1989-1990; 1st black Catholic archbishop in [[United States of America|U.S.]]
- John Mahlon Marlin (also try John Marlin)
- '''John Mahlon Marlin''' ([[1836]] - [[1901]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] gun manufacturer
- Jaroslav Borita, Count von Martinic (Count von Martinitz)
- '''Jaroslav Borita, Count von Martinic''' ('''Count von Martinitz''') ([[1582]] - [[1649]]), [[Austrian]] [[administrator]] in Bohemia; regent of Bohemia 1615?-1618, 1638-1648; co-victim of Defenestration of Prague 1618
- Oscar Marx
- '''Oscar Marx''' ([[1866]] - [[1923]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[political figure]]; mayor of Detroit 1913-1918
- Kenzo Masaoka
- '''Kenzo Masaoka''' ([[1898]] - [[1988]]), Japanese animator; produced 1st Japanese animated picture with sound 1932; father of Japanese animation
- Kenneth Gordon Matheson, Matheson, Kenneth Gordon (also try Kenneth Matheson)
- '''Kenneth Gordon Matheson''' ([[1864]] - [[1931]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] educator; pres. of Georgia Institute of Technology 1906-1922
- Motonori Matsuyama (Motonori Matuyama)
- '''Motonori Matsuyama''' ('''Motonori Matuyama''') ([[1884]] - [[1958]]), Japanese geologist; discovered prehistoric reversal of Earth's magnetic field 1929
- John Matthews - our article is a different guy
- '''John Matthews''' ([[1808]] - [[1870]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] ([[English]]-born) inventor & soda water manufacturer; invented soda fountain
- Jonathan Maxcy
- '''Jonathan Maxcy''' ([[1768]] - [[1820]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] Baptist clergyman & educator; pres. of Brown [[University]] 1792-1804; 1st pres. of [[University]] of [[South]] Carolina 1805-1820
- William McCarthy, McCarthy, William
- '''William McCarthy''' (born [[1919]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] labor leader; pres. of Teamsters 1988-1992
- George William McClelland (also try George McClelland)
- '''George William McClelland''' ([[1880]] - [[1955]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] educator; provost of [[University]] of Pennsylvania 1939-1944; pres. of [[University]] of Pennsylvania 1944-1948
- Paul Winston McCracken (also try Paul McCracken)
- '''Paul Winston McCracken''' (born [[1915]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] economist; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1969-1972
- Gail McDonald, McDonald, Gail (nee Clements)
- '''Gail McDonald''' ('''nee Clements''') (born [[1944]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[administrator]]; chairman of Interstate Commerce Commission 1993-- (ICC)
- '''James Joseph McEntee''' ([[1884]] - [[1957]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[administrator]]; 2nd & last director of Civilian Conservation Corps 1940-1942 (CCC)
- Donald Cushing McGraw, McGraw, Donald Cushing (also try Donald McGraw)
- '''Donald Cushing McGraw''' ([[1897]] - [[1974]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] publisher
- James McIntyre, Jr., James McIntyre Jr. (also try James McIntyre) - different guy
- '''James Jr. McIntyre''' (born [[1940]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] banker; director of Office of Management & Budget 1977-1980 (OMB)
- John Luther McLucas (also try John McLucas)
- '''John Luther McLucas''' (born [[1920]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[administrator]]; pres. & CEO of Mitre [[Corporation]] 1966-1969; [[secretary]] of air force 1973-1975; [[administrator]] of Federal Aviation Administration 1975-1977 (FAA)
- Jason Donald McManus (also try Jason McManus)
- '''Jason Donald McManus''' (born [[1934]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] magazine editor; editor-in-chief of Time magazine 1987--
- Lafayette Benedict Mendel (also try Lafayette Mendel)
- '''Lafayette Benedict Mendel''' ([[1872]] - [[1935]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] bio[[chemist]]; discovered vitamin A 1913; discovered function of vitamin C
- Geronimo Mendez (Arancibia)
- '''Geronimo Mendez''' ('''Arancibia''') ([[1884]] - [[1959]]), Chilean [[political figure]]; pres. of Chile 1941-1942
- Aristide Menezes
- '''Aristide Menezes''' ([[1947?]] - [[1994]]), Guinea-Bissau dissident & [[political figure]]
- Pietro Mengoli
- '''Pietro Mengoli''' ([[1626]] - [[1682]]), [[Italian]] [[mathematician]]; proved divergence of harmonic series 1650
- Juan León Mera (also try Juan Mera)
- Henry Tindall Merrill (Dick Merrill) (also try Henry Merrill)
- '''Henry Tindall Merrill''' ('''Dick''') ([[1894?]] - [[1982]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] aviator; made 1st round-trip trans-Atlantic flight 1936
- Yuri Meshkov
- '''Yuri Meshkov''' (born [[1946?]]), [[Russian]]-Ukrainian [[political figure]]; pres. of Crimea 1994--; supporter of Crimea leaving Ukraine to join Russia
- Asa Messer
- '''Asa Messer''' ([[1769]] - [[1836]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] Baptist clergyman & educator; pres. of Brown [[University]] 1804-1826
- Joseph Meyer - different person
- '''Joseph Meyer''' ([[1894]] - [[1987]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] songwriter
- Martin Meyerson
- '''Martin Meyerson''' (born [[1922]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] educator & urban planner; acting chancellor of [[University]] of California at Berkeley 1963-1966; pres. of [[University]] of Pennsylvania 1970-1980
- Joshua Milne
- '''Joshua Milne''' ([[1776]] - [[1851]]), [[English]] actuary
- Arthur John Minasy (also try Arthur Minasy)
- '''Arthur John Minasy''' ([[1925]] - [[1994]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] inventor; invented anti-theft magnetic strips 1966
- Louis Miriani
- '''Louis Miriani''' ([[1897?]] - [[1987]]), [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[political figure]]; mayor of Detroit 1957-1962
- Tatakoshi Mitsui
- '''Tatakoshi Mitsui''' ([[1622]] - [[1694]]), Japanese financier & merchant; founder & eponym of Mitsui 1673
- Gunter Mittag (Guenter Mittag)
- '''Gunter Mittag''' ('''Guenter Mittag''') ([[1926]] - [[1994]]), [[East]] [[German]] Communist [[political figure]] & economic [[administrator]]
- Sir John Charles Molteno, John Molteno
- '''John Charles, Sir Molteno''' ([[1814]] - [[1886]]), [[British]] [[administrator]] in [[South]] Africa; 1st premier of Cape Colony 1872-1878
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