| William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | British Whig statesman | 1779–1848 |
| Alfred Mele | American philosopher | 1951 |
| Monte Melkonian | National Hero of Armenia | 1957–1993 |
| Anthony de Mello | Indian writer | 1931–1987 |
| David Mellor | former British politician, no… | 1949 |
| Stephen J. Mellor | British computer scientist | 1952 |
| Volodymyr Melnykov | Ukrainian writer, poet, compo… | 1951 |
| Colin Meloy | American musician | 1974 |
| Ellen Meloy | American writer | 1946–2004 |
| J. Gordon Melton | American scholar new religiou… | 1942 |
| Albert Meltzer | British anarchist | 1920–1996 |
| Brad Meltzer | writer | 1970 |
| Katie Melua | British singer-songwriter | 1984 |
| Henry Melvill | British academic | 1798–1871 |
| Herman Melville | American novelist, short stor… | 1818–1891 |
| Bernard Membe | Tanzanian politician | 1953 |
| Albert Memmi | French writer | 1920 |
| Louis Menand | writer, Pulitzer Prize for Hi… | 1952 |
| Menander | Athenian playwright of New Co… | -342–-291 BC |
| Mencius | Chinese philosopher | -372–-289 BC |
| H.L. Mencken | American journalist and writer | 1880–1956 |
| Gregor Mendel | Silesian scientist and August… | 1822–1884 |
| Dmitri Mendeleev | Russian chemist and inventor | 1834–1907 |
| Robert S. Mendelsohn | American pediatrician | 1926–1988 |
| Felix Mendelssohn | German composer, pianist and … | 1809–1847 |
| Moses Mendelssohn | German Jewish philosopher and… | 1729–1786 |
| George E. Mendenhall | American academic | 1916–2016 |
| Aristides de Sousa Mendes | Portuguese diplomat | 1885–1954 |
| Eva Mendes | American actress | 1974 |
| Shawn Mendes | Canadian singer-songwriter an… | 1998 |
| Pierre Mendès-France | French politician | 1907–1982 |
| Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez | Cuban cosmonaut | 1942 |
| Carlos Menem | Argentine politician who was … | 1930 |
| Francisco de Sá de Meneses | Portuguese poet | 1600–1664 |
| Jacques-Louis Ménétra | glazier, tradesman | 1738–1812 |
| Rozario Menezes | Catholic bishop | 1969 |
| Josef Mengele | Nazi officer and physician | 1911–1979 |
| Carl Menger | founder of the Austrian Schoo… | 1840–1921 |
| Marco Mengoni | Italian singer-songwriter | 1988 |
| Li Meng-yen | | |
| Ismail ibn Musa Menk | Muslim cleric and Grand Mufti… | 1975 |
| Adah Isaacs Menken | American actress, dancer, pai… | 1835–1868 |
| Alan Menken | American musical theatre and … | 1949 |
| Pietro Mennea | Italian sprinter and politici… | 1952–2013 |
| Karl Menninger | American psychiatrist | 1893–1990 |
| Joe Meno | American writer | 1974 |
| Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon | Indian physicist | 1928–2016 |
| Rajan Menon | political scientist | 1953 |
| Richard Menta | American journalist | |
| Doug Menuez | American photographer | 1957 |
| Gerard Menuhin | Swiss film producer | 1948 |
| Yehudi Menuhin | American violinist and conduc… | 1916–1999 |
| Robert Menzies | Australian politician, 12th P… | 1894–1978 |
| Al Di Meola | guitarist | 1954 |
| Syesha Mercado | American actor, model and mus… | 1987 |
| Gerardus Mercator | cartographer, philosopher and… | 1512–1594 |
| Ilana Mercer | South African writer | |
| Jeremy Mercer | Canadian writer | 1971 |
| Johnny Mercer | American lyricist, songwriter… | 1909–1976 |
| Ismail Merchant | Indian-born film producer and… | 1936–2005 |
| Natalie Merchant | American singer-songwriter | 1963 |
| Honoré Mercier | Canadian politician | 1840–1894 |
| John the Merciful | Patriarch of Alexandria | |
| Freddie Mercury | British singer, songwriter an… | 1946–1991 |
| George Meredith | British novelist and poet of … | 1828–1909 |
| Hans Merensky | German South African geologis… | 1871–1952 |
| Arnold Meri | Estonian soldier allied with … | 1919–2009 |
| Prosper Mérimée | French writer, historian, and… | 1803–1870 |
| Lee Meriwether | American actress, former model | 1935 |
| Angela Merkel | Chancellor of Germany | 1954 |
| Ralph Merkle | American cryptographer | 1952 |
| Maurice Merleau-Ponty | French phenomenological philo… | 1908–1961 |
| Ethel Merman | American actress and singer | 1908–1984 |
| David Mermin | American physicist | 1935 |
| Maxim Mernes | Russian businessman, investor… | 1996 |
| José Guilherme Merquior | Brazilian academic, writer an… | 1941–1991 |
| Charles Edward Merriam | American political scientist | 1874–1953 |
| Eve Merriam | American poet and writer | 1916–1992 |
| James Merrick | British poet and philologist | 1720–1769 |
| Joseph Merrick | English man with severe defor… | 1862–1890 |
| Kieth Merrill | American filmmaker | 1940 |
| Stuart Merrill | American poet, who wrote most… | 1863–1915 |
| Laura Mersini-Houghton | Albanian cosmologist and theo… | 1969 |
| Paul Merson | English footballer and manager | 1968 |
| Robert C. Merton | American economist | 1944 |
| Robert K. Merton | American sociologist | 1910–2003 |
| Thomas Merton | Priest and author | 1915–1968 |
| W.S. Merwin | American poet | 1927–2019 |
| Mario Merz | Italian artist, painter and s… | 1925–2003 |
| Marisa Merz | Italian artist | 1931–2019 |
| Mihajlo D. Mesarovic | Serbian academic | 1928 |
| Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi | Member of Iran's Assembly of … | 1934 |
| Hendrik Willem Mesdag | painter from the Northern Net… | 1831–1915 |
| Ali Meshkini | Iranian ayatollah | 1922–2007 |
| Stjepan Mesić | Former Croatian and Yugoslav … | 1934 |
| Matta El Meskeen | Egyptian monk | 1919–2006 |
| Jean Meslier | French priest | 1664–1729 |
| Lionel Messi | Argentine association footbal… | 1987 |
| Albert Messiah | French physicist | 1921–2013 |
| Reinhold Messner | Italian mountaineer, adventur… | 1944 |
