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Madeleine Renaud Actor 1900–1994 Madonna Singer · Actor b. 1958 Mads Mikkelsen Actor b. 1965 Maestro Rapper · Actor b. 1968 Magda Piskorczyk Musician b. 1950 Magda Pollard Activist Magdalena Abakanowicz Entertainer 1930–2017 Mahadevi Varma Poet · Author 1907–1987 Mahamat Saleh Haroun Director · Journalist b. 1961 Mahmoud Mokhtar Entertainer 1891–1934 Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi Poet · Author 1839–1904 Mahnaz Afkhami Activist · Politician b. 1941 Maina Kìai Activist b. 1950 Mairead Maguire Activist · Politician b. 1944 Maite Perroni Actor · Singer b. 1983 Mala Rodríguez Rapper · Singer b. 1979 Malala Yousafzai Activist b. 1997 Malcolm Gladwell Author · Journalist b. 1963 Maluma Singer · Actor b. 1994 Malvina Major Singer · Musician b. 1943 Mamie Smith Singer · Actor 1883–1946 Manal al-Sharif Activist b. 1979 Manas Buthelezi Pastor 1935–2016 Mani Ratnam Director · Actor b. 1955