Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Nancy Meyers
American filmmaker
Nancy Jane Meyersis an American filmmaker. She has written, produced, and directed many critically and commercially successful films. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenpl...

Hallie Meyers-shyer
American actress and filmmaker
Hallie Meyers-Shyeris an American actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmakers Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers, she had small roles in several of her parents' films. She made her filmmaking debut ...

James Michael
American record producer
James Andrew Michaelis an American record producer, sound engineer, mixer, songwriter, musician and singer. He was the lead singer of the rock band Sixx:A.M. Career James Michael has worked as a recor...

Lorne Michaels
Film producer
Lorne Michaelsis a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director. He created and produced Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–present) and produced the Late ...

Anik Michaud
Group Director – Corporate Relations and Sustainable Impact
Anik MichaudGroup Director – Corporate Relations and Sustainable Impact, having joined the GMC in 2015. Her remit includes corporate communication (including brand and employee engagement), internatio...

David Michelinie
American comic book writer
David Michelinieis an American comic book writer best known for scripting Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and Iron Man and the DC Comics feature Superman in Action Comics. Among the characters h...

Roger Michell
Film Director
Roger Michellwas a British theatre, television and film director. He was best known for directing films such as Notting Hill and Venus, as well as the 1995 made-for-television film Persuasion. Early l...

Sarah Michelle
American actress
Sarah Michelle Prinzeis an American actress. She is known for portraying strong female characters in film and television, and is regarded as a scream queen for her work in the horror genre. After bein...

Philip Middlemiss
Actor
Philip Middlemissis an English television, radio actor and businessman, best known for playing bookmaker Des Barnes in ITV's Coronation Street between 1990 and 1998. The character was killed off, orde...

Jayne Middlemiss
English television and radio presenter
Jayne Middlemissis an English television and radio presenter who became a familiar face on British screens in the 1990s. She first gained recognition as a music television presenter, fronting popular ...

Najib Mikati
Prime minister of Lebanon
Najib Azmi Mikatiis a Lebanese politician and businessman who has served as the prime minister of Lebanon since September 2021. He also leads a cabinet that has assumed the powers of the president of ...

Alyssa Milano
American actress and activist
Alyssa Jayne Milanois an American actress and activist. She has played Samantha Micelli in Who's the Boss? (1984–1992), Jennifer Mancini in Melrose Place (1997–1998), Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed (1998...

Javier Milei
President of Argentina
Javier Gerardo Mileiis an Argentine politician and economist who has served as President of Argentina since December 2023. Milei has taught university courses in macroeconomics, economic growth, micro...

Nick Miles
English actor
Nick Milesis an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jimmy King in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Prior to appearing on Emmerdale, he made appearances in various television series such ...

Edward Samuel Miliband
Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero
Edward Samuel Miliband(born 24 December 1969) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero since 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Don...

Benjamin Millepied
French dancer and choreographer
Benjamin Millepiedis a French dancer and choreographer who has lived and worked in the United States since joining the New York City Ballet in 1995, where he became a soloist in 1998 and a principal i...

Ally Miller
Scottish rugby union player
Ally Milleris a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship having previously played for Edinburgh Rugby in the Pro14 and London Scottish in the RFU Cha...

Gina Miller
Activist
Gina Nadira Milleris a Guyanese-British business owner and activist who initiated the 2016 R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union court case against the British government over...

George Miller
Australian filmmaker
George Miller AO(born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker. He is best known for creating the Mad Max franchise, whose second and fourth installments, Mad Max 2 and Fury Road, have been hailed as ...

Bennet Miller
English comedian
Bennet Evan Milleris an English comedian, actor, and author. He rose to fame as a member of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, with Alexander Armstrong. He is known for roles as Angus Jeremy Bough i...