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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German philosopher (1806–1856)
Max Stirner
Johann Caspar Schmidt, known by the pen name Max Stirner, was a German philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness.
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Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, popularly known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, and proponent of socialism.
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French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognised as one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution.
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35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1909–1918)
Mehmed V
Mehmed V Reşâd was the penultimate sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918.
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