Browsing People by name starting with M (183 records)
  • 1880 – 1964, American

    General. He was brilliant, but also the epitome of vanity, ego, and self-glorification.

  • 1800 – 1859, English
  • 1005 – 1057, Scottish

    King, Shakespeare made him the ultimate example of misdirected ambition and weakness.

  • 1722 – 1790, Scottish
  • 1469 – 1527, Italian

    Political philosopher and author. His first name, Nick, became a synonym for the devil, as in "the old Nick" in us. His last name became synonymous with guileful and unprincipled behavior. Some would say that he deserved all this because he openly counseled rulers to behave in evil ways. Others say that he earned so much opprobrium because he was the first writer in world history to describe the world as it is, not as we would wish it to be. In this latter view, Machiavelli is considered the founder of modern social science.

  • 1913 – 1994, Scottish
  • Born 1946, American
  • 1913 – 1983, English
  • 1879 – 1920, Irish

    Irish nationalist. He died of a hunger strike.

  • fl. 1350, Indian
  • Born 1958, English

    Pop singer. She came to represent a "low" and commercialized culture.

  • ? – 8 BCE, Roman

    Politician. As patron of Horace, he came to embody patronage of the arts.

  • 1908 – 1973, Italian

    Actress. She exemplified life as pure passion.

  • 1907 – 1991, American
  • fl. 50, Biblical
  • 1923 – 2007, American
  • 1138 – 1204, Spanish
  • 1635 – 1719, French

    Wife of Louis XIV, she was a power at the greatest court in Europe.

  • 1914 – 1986, American