Mike Hegan (1942 - 2013)

James Michael “Mike” Hegan (July 21, 1942 – December 25, 2013) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder, and later broadcaster. He was the son of longtime Cleveland Indians catcher Jim Hegan. A graduate of Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Hegan began his major league career with the New York Yankees in 1964, also […]

Mike Ilitch (1929 - 2017)

Mike Ilitch was born in Detroit in 1929 to Macedonian immigrants Sotir and Sultana Ilitch. His father was a tool-and-die maker. A graduate of Cooley High School in Detroit, Michigan, Ilitch entered the U.S. Marine Corps for four years. After his return home to Detroit, the Detroit Tigers offered him $3,000 if he would sign to play […]

Mike Kelley (1954 - 2012)

Kelley was born in Wayne, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, to a working class Roman Catholic family in October 1954. His father was in charge of maintenance for a public school system; his mother was a cook in the executive dining room at Ford Motor Company. In his early years he was involved with the […]

Mike McCormack (1930 - 2013)

McCormack was drafted by the New York Yanks in the 1951 NFL Draft. After one year of play, he then served two years of military service in the United States Army before being traded to the Browns. In his first season with the team, he played on the defensive line, with his fumble recovery in […]

Mike Nichols (1931 - 2014)

Mike Nichols Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was a German-born American film and theatre director, producer, actor and comedian. He began his career in the 1950s with the improv troupe The Compass Players, predecessor of the Second City in Chicago, and as one half of the comedy […]

Mike Nichols (1931 - 2014)

Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was a German-born American film and theatre director, producer, actor and comedian. He began his career in the 1950s with the improv troupe The Compass Players, predecessor of the Second City in Chicago, and as one half of the comedy duo Nichols […]

Mike Oxley (1944 - 2016)

Mike Oxley was born in Findlay, Ohio and received a bachelor of arts degree from Miami University in 1966 and a law degree from Ohio State University in 1969. He was a member of the Alpha chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Miami. From 1969 to 1972, Oxley worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation […]

Mike Pratt (1931 - 1976)

In his early career, Mike Pratt worked in advertising, while also taking some part-time acting roles, until in the mid-’50s he took a sabbatical quitting his office job. He drove around Europe in an old-style London taxi with three friends, including Lionel Bart. On returning to Britain, he earned a living as a jazz and skiffle […]

Mike Raven (1924 - 1997)

In the early 1960s, still using his real name, Mike Raven began working for BBC radio, presenting talks and, occasionally, Woman’s Hour. However, when his cousin, the Liberal Party politician Oliver Smedley, founded the pirate radio station Radio Atlanta, he joined the station as a disc jockey, broadcasting from the ship Mi Amigo moored off […]

Mike Wallace (1918 - 2012)

Mike Wallace Wallace, whose family’s surname was originally Wallik, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Frank and Zina Sharfman Wallace. His father was a grocer and insurance broker. Wallace attended Brookline High School, graduating in 1935. He graduated from the University of Michigan four years later with a Bachelor of Arts. […]

Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940)

After illness Mikhail Bulgakov abandoned his career as a doctor for that of a writer. In his autobiography, he recalled how he started writing: “Once in 1919 when I was traveling at night by train I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of […]

Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky (1753 - 1802)

Artist. A sculptor, according to his tomb “the rival of Phidias, the Russian Buonarotti”.  Note: Former burial location.

Mikhail Larionov (1881 - 1964)

Painter, Stage Designer, Theorist. One of the most influential artists of Russia’s pre-World War I avant-garde. Born in Tiraspol, Moldova,  he was raised in Moscow and entered its Art Institute in 1898.  There he met fellow student Natalia Goncharova,  who became his lifelong companion.  Initially attracted to Symbolism,  Larionov sought his own path with modern […]

Mikheil Gelovani (1892 - 1956)

Actor. A respected performer in his native Russian Georgia, he became an unlikely Soviet movie star portraying Josef Stalin in propaganda epics of the 1940s and early 1950s. Mikheil Georgievich Gelovani was born in the Kutaisi Province, a hereditary Georgian prince of the ancient Gelovani family. In 1913 he made his debut with a local […]

Miklos Barabas (1810 - 1898)

Artist.  Miklos was born in Kézdimárkosfalva, Mărcuşa in Romanian.  Educated at the Protestant school of Nagyenyed. He painted from an early age and in 1829 he was a pupil of J. Ender in Vienna.  His study tour in Italy during 1834-1835 proved to be highly fruitful. He took over the technique of painting water colour […]

Miklós Izsó (1831 - 1875)

Sculptor. His most known sculpture is the “Búsuló juhász” (1862). Cause of death: tuberculosis

Mikola Bazhan (1904 - 1983)

Writer and poet.

Mila Parély (1917 - 2012)

Mila Parély (7 October 1917 – 14 January 2012) was a French actress of Polish ancestry best known for the roles of Belle’s sister in Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête and as Geneviève in La Règle du jeu.  Born Olga Colette Peszynsky she took to show business early and in 1930 toured America […]

Milagros Leal (1902 - 1975)

Actress. Born in Madrid, she began her acting career as a child in the play “El Refajo Amarillo” and became one of the leading ladies of Spanish Theatre in such hits as “Champán”, “La Muralla”, “Divinas Palabras”, “Los Árboles Mueren de Pie”, and “La Celestina”.  She was married to actor Salvador Soler Marí, and they […]

Milan Bogdan (1941 - 2015)

Milan Bogdan Faaantastic!Life offers few guarantees, and we should be thankful for the ones we get. The sun will always rise in the east, E will likely always equal MC2, and when you ask Milan Bogdan how he’s doing, he will invariably reply, “Faaan-tastic!” like a boisterous drummer tagging a big blues shuffle. With a […]

Mildred Bailey (1907 - 1951)

Entertainer. She is best remembered as a popular jazz singer in the 1930s, known by the names “The Queen of Swing,” “The Rockin’ Chair Lady,” and “Mrs. Swing”. She was born Mildred Rinker into a musical family, the oldest of four children. Her father played the fiddle and called square dances and her mother, who […]

Mildred Davis (1901 - 1969)

Mildred Davis Mildred Davis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated at the “Friends School” there. After several years spent studying, she traveled to Los Angeles in the hopes of securing a role in a film. After appearing in several small roles, she caught the attention of Hal Roach, who pointed her out to comedian […]

Mildred Dunnock (1901 - 1991)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she graduated from Western Senior High School. Dunnock was a school teacher who did not start acting until she was in her early thirties. She attended Goucher College where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. After a couple of roles in Broadway productions during the 1930s, Mildred Dunnock won praise […]

Mildred Evelyn Brook (1898 - 1989)

British Actress. She is the mother of Faith Brook and Lyndon Brook. She is the wife of Clive Brook since 1920 until his death in 1974. Her film credits include: “The Constant Nymph,” “The Wine of Life,” “Paddy the Next Best Thing,” “The Thief,” “Monty Works the Wires,” and “Stella.” (bio by: Genet)  Family links: […]

Mildred Harris (1901 - 1944)

Silent film star. She was the first of Charlie Chaplin’s four wives (She was sixteen, he was twenty-eight). She made 112 movies between 1912 and 1944. She was known as ‘Innocent Mildred Harris’ because of her marriage to Chaplin at such a young age and because of her innocent looks.  Family links:  Spouse:  Charlie Chaplin […]

Mildred Joanne Smith (1923 - 2015)

Actress. She will be best remembered for playing Sidney Poitier’s wife ‘Cora Brooks’ in the racially-charged film “No Way Out” (1951). Born in Ohio (some sources state her year of birth was 1921), she marked her Broadway debut in the play “Men to the Sea” (1944) and went on to appear in a half-dozen productions […]

Mildred June (1905 - 1940)

Actress. She appeared in the films, “Crazy To Act” (1927), “When Seconds Count” (1927), “The Snarl Of Hate” (1927), “Dog Shy” (1926), “Wanted A Bride” (1926), “The Village Cut-Up” (1926), “Dizzy Daddies” (1926), “Battling Romeo” (1925), “Mac’s Beth” (1925), “Taming Of The Shrewd” (1925), “Starvation Blues” (1925), “Troubles Of A Bride” (1924), “Hook And Ladder” […]

Mildred Natwick (1905 - 1994)

Natwick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Joseph and Mildred Marion Natwick (née Dawes). Her grandfather, Ole Natwick, was one of the earliest Norwegian immigrants to the United States, arriving in Wisconsin in 1847. Her first cousin was animator and cartoonist Myron “Grim” Natwick.  She attended the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore and […]

Miles Ainscough Seed (1843 - 1913)

Manufacturer. Born in Preston, England, Seed became interested in photography and studied the sciences and continued to do research in physics, astronomy and chemistry and to experiment particularly with different processes for making and developing photographic plates. Believing that better opportunities were to be found in American for applying the results of his experiments, he […]

Miles Malleson (1888 - 1969)

Miles Malleson was born in Croydon, Surrey, England, the son of Edmund Taylor Malleson (1859-1909), a manufacturing chemist, and Myrrha Bithynia Frances Borrell (1863-1931), a descendant of the numismatist Henry Perigal Borrell and the inventor Francis Maceroni. He was educated at Brighton College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he created a sensation when it […]