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

Brian May

Brian May

British musician

Date of Birth: 19 July 1947
Age: 78

Brian Harold Mayis a British musician, singer, songwriter, and astrophysicist who achieved fame as lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury...

Theresa May

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Date of Birth: 1 October 1956
Age: 69

Theresa Maryis a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016 in the Cam...

Rakim Mayers

Rakim Mayers

American-Barbadian rapper

Date of Birth: 3 October 1988
Age: 37

Rakim Athelaston Mayers, known professionally asASAP Rocky, is an American-Barbadian rapper. Born and raised in Harlem, he embarked on his musical career as a member of the hip hop collective ASAP Mob...

Charles Mayfield

Charles Mayfield

British businessman

Date of Birth: 25 December 1966
Age: 59

Sir Andrew Charles Mayfieldis a British businessman. He was Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership from 2007 to 2020, and was also Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills until its clo...

Ashley Maynard-brewer

Ashley Maynard-brewer

Australian professional footballer

Date of Birth: 25 June 1999
Age: 26

Ashley Maynard-Breweris an Australian professional footballer who plays for Charlton Athletic. Career Charlton Athletic Maynard-Brewer began his career in the academy at Australian club ECU Joondalup,...

Marylou (Oklou) Mayniel

Marylou (Oklou) Mayniel

French musician

Date of Birth: 23 April 1993
Age: 33

Marylou Mayniel (Oklou)is a French musician, singer, music producer, DJ, composer, and actress. Early life Marylou Maniel was born on 23 April 1993, in Poitiers, France. Mayniel grew up in the country...

Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo

English radio presenter

Date of Birth: 21 September 1958
Age: 67

Simon Andrew Hicks Mayois an English radio presenter and author who worked for BBC Radio from 1982 until 2022. Mayo has presented across three BBC stations for extended periods. From 1986 to 2001 he w...

Daniel Mays

Daniel Mays

English actor

Date of Birth: 31 March 1978
Age: 48

Daniel Maysis an English actor having had television roles in EastEnders (2000), Rehab (2005), Red Riding (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2010), Outcasts (2011), Mrs Biggs, Line of Duty, Des and White Lines (...

Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather

American boxing promoter

Date of Birth: 24 February 1977
Age: 49

Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr.is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and won 15 major world championships spann...

Craig Mazin

Craig Mazin

American writer

Date of Birth: 8 April 1971
Age: 55

Craig Mazin(born 1971) is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known for creating, writing, and producing the HBO historical disaster drama miniseries Chernobyl (2019) and co-creatin...

Rachel Mcadams

Rachel Mcadams

Canadian actress

Date of Birth: 17 November 1978
Age: 47

Rachel Anne McAdamsis a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree program at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film Perf...

Samantha Mcalister

Samantha Mcalister

English TV producer

Samantha McAlisteris an English TV producer, criminal barrister and author. She is best known for securing an interview with Prince Andrew, Duke of York for BBC Newsnight's programme, "Prince Andrew &...

Nuala Mcallister

Nuala Mcallister

Northern Irish politician

Date of Birth: 1 January 1989
Age: 37

Nuala McAllisteris a Northern Irish politician who is an Alliance Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). She was elected as an MLA in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election for Belfast N...

Christina Mcanea

Christina Mcanea

Scottish trade union leader

Christina McAneais a Scottish trade union leader. She was elected as general secretary of Unison in succession to Dave Prentis, and took up the post on 22 January 2021. Career Early career After unive...

James Mcavoy

James Mcavoy

Scottish actor

Date of Birth: 21 April 1979
Age: 47

James McAvoyis a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television wor...

Donald (Ginger) Mccain

Donald (Ginger) Mccain

English horse trainer

Date of Birth: 21 September 1930
Age: 80

Donald "Ginger" McCainwas an English horse trainer who led the champion steeplechaser Red Rum to three Grand National victories in the 1970s. A former national serviceman in the Royal Air Force as a m...

John III Mccain

John III Mccain

American politician

Date of Birth: 29 August 1936
Age: 81

John Sidney McCain IIIwas an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in ...

Carolyn Mccall

Carolyn Mccall

British businesswoman

Date of Birth: 13 September 1961
Age: 64

Dame Carolyn Julia McCallis a British businesswoman of Scottish and Irish descent. She has been the chief executive of ITV since 2018. She previously served as the chief executive of easyJet from 2010...

Davina Mccall

Davina Mccall

English television presenter

Date of Birth: 16 October 1967
Age: 58

Davina Lucy Pascale McCallis an English television presenter. She was the presenter of the reality show Big Brother during its run on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. She also hosted Channel 4's Stree...

Anthony Mccarroll

Anthony Mccarroll

English drummer

Date of Birth: 4 June 1971
Age: 54

Anthony McCarrollis an English drummer and one of the founding members of the English rock band Oasis, as their drummer from 1991 until his dismissal in April 1995. He played the drums on their debut ...