Persons

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

Timur Miroshnychenko

Ukrainian TV presenter

Timur Valeriyovych Miroshnychenkois a Ukrainian TV presenter for the channel UA:PBC. He was the host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 together with Ani Lorak, and again in 2013 with Zlata Og...

Helen Mirren

Actor

Dame Helen Lydia Mirrenis an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, Mirren is the only performer to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingd...

Victor Mishcon

Labour politician

Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon, QC, DLwas a leading British solicitor and a Labour politician. His firm acted for Diana, Princess of Wales in her divorce. The Mishcon Lectures were established at Unive...

Alison Mitchell

Sports broadcaster

Alison Mitchellis an English-Australian cricket commentator and sports broadcaster, working for the BBC, Australia's Channel 7 and the Australian Open among others. She was the first woman to become a...

Michelle Mitchell

Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK

Michelle Elizabeth Mitchellis the Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK. She has worked extensively in the charity sector, having led Age UK, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and the Fa...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime minister of Greece

Kyriakos Mitsotakisis a Greek politician who has been prime minister of Greece since June 2023. He was also the prime minister of Greece from July 2019 to May 2023, and is president of the New Democra...

Elizabeth Mmcgee

Irish playwright and screenwriter

Elizabeth "Lisa" McGeeis an Irish playwright and screenwriter. McGee is the creator and writer of Derry Girls, a hit comedy series that began airing on Channel 4 in the UK in January 2018. In 2018, sh...

Richie Mo'unga

New Zealand professional rugby union player

Richie Mo'ungais a New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a first five-eighth for Japan Rugby League One club Toshiba Brave Lupus and the New Zealand national team. Club career He wa...

Narendra Modi

Prime minister of India

Narendra Damodardas Modiis an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parlia...

Scarlett Moffat

British television personality and presenter

Scarlett Sigourney Leigh Moffattis a British television personality and presenter, best known for appearing in the Channel 4 programme Gogglebox. She won the sixteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get ...

Steven Moffat

Scottish television writer

Steven William Moffatis a Scottish television writer, television producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as showrunner, writer and executive producer of the science fiction television...

Nicholas Mohammed

British actor

Nicholas George Mohammedis a British actor, comedian and writer. He is known for portraying the character Mr. Swallow on stage and television. He is the creator of the Sky One comedy series Intelligen...

Francesco Molinari

Italian professional golfer

Francesco Molinariis an Italian professional golfer. He won the 2018 Open Championship, his first and only major victory, and the first major won by an Italian professional golfer. The Open Championsh...

Joan Molinsky

American comedian and actress

Joan Alexandra Molinsky, known professionally asJoan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer, and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona ...

Joseph Momoa

Actor

Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoais an American actor. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii (1999–2001), which was followed by portrayals of Ronon ...

Janelle Monae

American singer

Janelle Monáe Robinsonis an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. She has received ten Grammy Award nominations, and won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Children's and Family Emmy Award. ...

Amanda Moore

American singer-songwriter

Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Mooreis an American singer-songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her 1999 debut single "Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her debut studio album,...

Darren Moore

professional football manager

Darren Mark Mooreis a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the current manager of EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town. Born in England, he earned two ...

Demi Moore

American actress

Demi Gene Mooreis an American actress. After rising to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Moore became the world's highest-paid actress by 1995. She has received numerous accolades, includi...

Jane Moore

English journalist

Jane Mooreis an English journalist, writer, and television personality. She is a columnist for the tabloid The Sun and writes regular articles for the newspaper The Sunday Times. She was a panellist a...