8th President of Ireland
Mary McAleese
Mary Patricia McAleese is an Irish activist lawyer, academic, author, and former politician who served as the president of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011.
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English writer (1797–1851)
Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, which is considered an early example of science fiction.
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English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights.
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Italian painter (1401-1428)
Masaccio
Masaccio, born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance.
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Japanese poet (1644–1694)
Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō; born Matsuo Kinsaku, later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period.
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British poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic.
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Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French.
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German artist (1891–1976)
Max Ernst
Max Ernst was a German-born painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet.
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Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)
Max Frisch
Max Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist.
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