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- Sarah McLachlan
- Mabo, Edward Koiki
- Mabon mab Modron
- MacArthur, James
- Macarthur, Wally
- MacBride, Roger Lea
- Magnani, Anna
- Magnus the Blind (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Magnus the Good (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Mahuta, Robert Te Kotahitanga a Koroki
- Majors, Lee
- Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
- Mantegna, Andrea
- Manuera, Eruera Riini
- Manus
- March, Naomi (Nimmy)
- Marcus Aurelius (under Roman Empire)
- Marcus Ulpius Trainus (under Roman Empire)
- Maretu II
- Mariner, William
- Martinson, Harry Edmund
- Mary the Virgin
- Mason, Sophia Thomas
- Massey, Edith
- Massow, Ivan
- Masters, Tom
- Maugham, William Somerset
- Maui
- Maximo and Bartola
- Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
- McAuley, Catherine
- McCarthy, Mary Therese
- McCarthy, Thaddeus
- McCartney, Heather
- McDaid, Desmond
- McDermott, Dylan
- McGraw, Tim
- McKenzie, Richard B.
- McLachlan, Sarah
- McMillon, Doris E.
- McNab, Andy
- McQueen, Steve
- McRobbie, Narelle
- McShane, Mike
- Medwin, Michael Hugh
- Melcher, Terry
- Melville, Herman
- Melzi, Francesco
- Memminger, Christopher Gustavus
- Meyer, Julius
- Michabo
- Michael V Kalaphates
- Michelowski, Alexander (under Nazi Germany)
- Michener, James Albert
- Mici Plwm
- Midas
- Middlemiss, Philip
- Mihinui, Dorothy Huhana
- Mikita, Stan
- Mills, Billy
- Mills, Robert Scourfield
- Minik
- Mo Keen, Loki
- Momotaro
- Monaghan, Thomas
- Monroe, Marilyn
- Monroe, William Smith
- Montezuma, Carlos
- Montgomery, Lucy Maud
- Montu / Chons
- Moore, Brian
- Morcom, Luke Sidney
- Morgan, Tukoroirangi
- Moriarty, John
- Morley, Eric Douglas
- Morrissey, Neil
- Mortara, Edgardo
- Morton, Samantha
- Moses
- Moses Kekuaiua (under Hawai'ian Royal Families)
- Mountain Wolf Woman
- Mourning, Alonzo
- Muhammad
- Muko Yoshi
- Munk, Kaj
- Muralis (under Devadasi)
- Murphy, Edward Regan
- Murray, Andrew Buist
- Mustache, James
- Myers, Billie
- Myners, Paul
Majors, Lee
Majors was born Harvey Lee Yeary. His father was killed in a work accident a month before he was born, and his mother died in a car accident when he was a toddler. He was adopted by his pat... [more]
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela was born into the Thembu sub-tribe nobility of the Xhosa people in Mveso, South Africa, initially raised by his parents there and in Qunu. He was early marked for great things, and ... [more]
Mantegna, Andrea
Mantegna was adopted as a child about 10 years old by the painter Francesco Squarcione. He was the most famous painter of his day in Padua and was one of the first Italians to use copper... [more]
Manuera, Eruera Riini
Manuera's mother was a high-ranking aristocrat of the Ngati Awa, and his father was of lower rank, although still the son of a chief. Family elders therefore cursed the couple with childles... [more]
Manus
The Manus people live in coastal villages on the island of Manus, part of the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea. Their culture was one of those studied by the famous social anthropologi... [more]
March, Naomi (Nimmy)
March is the adopted daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, placed as a baby of five months. She has traced her birth parents. Her birth father is a Lesotho Mosotho musician, and ... [more]
Marcus Aurelius (under Roman Empire)
Ancient Roman society institutionalized the adoption of adults. It was relatively common for a wealthy Roman couple to adopt an adult man, even a slave, as heir if they did not have any son... [more]
Marcus Ulpius Trainus (under Roman Empire)
Ancient Roman society institutionalized the adoption of adults. It was relatively common for a wealthy Roman couple to adopt an adult man, even a slave, as heir if they did not have any son... [more]
Maretu II
Pa Maretu was adopted by Obura (born ca. 1836), who was the son of Maretu I (1802-80), one of the first Christian converts (in 1823) on Rarotonga, the main island in the Cook Islands in the... [more]
Mariner, William
Mariner was one of the crew of the Port au Prince, most of whom were massacred by the people of the Ha'apai islands, part of Tonga, under their chief Finau 'Ulukalala II, in 1806. Mariner s... [more]
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