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Mário Américo
1912–1990
Mário Américo (July 28, 1912 – April 9, 1990) was a Brazilian massage therapist, physical educator, and politician.
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Mario Brooks
1971–
Mario M. Brooks (born December 28, 1971) is the Commissioner of the United States Virgin Islands Police Department. He was nominated by Governor Albert Bryan to assume the position following the resignation of former Commissioner Ray Martinez in June 2024.
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Marion B. Wilkinson
1870–1956
Marion B. Wilkinson (1870 – September 19, 1956) was an African American suffragist, community activist, and first president of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.
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Marion Barry
1936–2014
Marion Shepilov Barry (born Marion Barry Jr.; March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the…
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Business
Marion Christopher Barry
1980–2016
Marion Christopher Barry (June 17, 1980 – August 14, 2016) was an American construction company owner and the son of Marion Barry, who was a two-time mayor of the District of Columbia long-term District councilmember. After the death of his father, he was…
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Marion Patrick Jones
1934–2016
Marion Patrick Jones (16 August 1931 – 2 March 2016) was a Trinidadian novelist, whose training was in the fields of library science and social anthropology. She is also known by the names Marion Glean and Marion O'Callaghan (her married name). Living in…
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Marion Stamps
1945–1996
Marion Nzinga Stamps (born M. Marion Adams; May 28, 1945 – August 28, 1996) was an American community activist who fought for equal rights of public housing residents in the Cabrini-Green housing project on the Near-North Side of Chicago, Illinois. She…
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Marion Stokes
1929–2012
Marion Marguerite Stokes (née Butler; November 25, 1929 – December 14, 2012) was an American access television producer, businesswoman, investor, civil rights demonstrator, activist, librarian, and archivist. She was especially known for recording and…
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Marion Thompson Wright
1902–1962
Marion Thompson Wright (September 12, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an African-American scholar and activist. In 1940, Wright became the first African-American woman in the United States to earn her Ph.D. in history.
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Marissa Johnson
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Marissa Jenae Johnson (born 1990/1991) is an American activist who attained notoriety when she interrupted U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at an August 2015 rally in Seattle. Her activism has been associated with the Black Lives Matter movement.…
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Maritcha Remond Lyons
1848–1929
Maritcha Remond Lyons (May 23, 1848 – January 28, 1929) was an American educator, civic leader, suffragist, and public speaker in New York City and Brooklyn, New York. She taught in public schools in Brooklyn for 48 years, and was the second black woman to…
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Inventions
Marjorie Joyner
1896–1994
Marjorie Joyner (née Stewart; October 24, 1896 – December 27, 1994) was an American businesswoman, hair care entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator, and activist. Joyner is noted for being the first African-American woman to create and patent a permanent…
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Marjorie McKenzie Lawson
1912–2002
Marjorie McKenzie Lawson (March 2, 1912 – October 11, 2002) was an African American attorney and judge who served on multiple federal commissions. Lawson's work as a lawyer focused on real estate development for urban renewal. She worked as the civil…
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Marjorie Michel
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Marjorie Michel (French pronunciation: [maʁʒɔʁi miʃɛl]) is a Haitian-Canadian politician who has served as Minister of Health since 2025 in Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet. A member of the Liberal Party, she has been the member of Parliament (MP) for…
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Mark-Anthony Middleton
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Mark-Anthony Middleton is an American politician and Protestant minister. He has served on the Durham City Council from 2017 to 2025 and as Mayor Pro Tempore of Durham from 2021 to 2025.
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Mark Burns
1979–
John Mark Burns (born September 21, 1979) is an American evangelical minister, televangelist and politician who is the pastor of the Harvest Praise & Worship Center in South Carolina. He was an early supporter of Donald Trump during the 2016 United States…
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Mark Clarke
1977–
Mark Clarke (born 15 June 1977) is a British former Conservative Party parliamentary candidate who was director of the now-defunct Young Britons' Foundation, as well as a chairman of (also now-defunct) Conservative Future, and ex-director of the Road Trip…
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Mark Comfort
1934–1976
Mark Everett Comfort (February 6, 1934 – November 6, 1976) was a community activist who worked in early Oakland grassroots civil rights movements in the 1960s, before moving to Lowndes County, Alabama. He helped in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating…
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Mark Hendrick
1958–
Sir Mark Phillip Hendrick (born 2 November 1958) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston since 2000. Hendrick was previously elected to the Lancashire Central constituency as a Member of the…
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Mark Lloyd
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Mark Lloyd is a former associate general counsel and Chief Diversity Officer at the Federal Communications Commission of the United States from 2009-2012. He was previously the vice president for strategic initiatives at the Leadership Conference on Civil…
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Mark Miller
1967–
Mark A. Miller (born 1967) is a composer of Christian anthems and hymns. His work is widely sung and performed within the United Methodist Church and other Mainline Protestant churches. He is currently a Professor of Church Music and Composer in Residence…
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Mark Paredes
1967–
Mark Paredes is the former author of the "Jews and Mormons" blog for The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles and served as a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Los Angeles. He served as a U.S. diplomat at the United…
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Mark Robert Schneider
1948–
Mark Robert Schneider (born March 4, 1948) is a retired history professor and an author. He has written about Christianity and race in colonial American and Boston during the Jim Crow era. In 2017 he appeared on C-SPAN discussing his book on Gerry Studds,…
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Mark Robinson (American politician)
1968–
Mark Keith Robinson (born August 18, 1968) is an American former politician who served as the 35th lieutenant governor of North Carolina from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2024 North Carolina…
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