Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Ian Murray
Secretary of State for Scotland
Ian Murrayis a Scottish politician who has served as Secretary of State for Scotland since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South since ...
Hannah Murray
English actress
Tegan Lauren-Hannah Murrayis an English actress. She played Cassie in Skins (2007–2008, 2013) and Gilly in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2012–2019), for which she has been nominated along wi...
James Murray
Member of Parliament (MP)
James Stewart Murrayis a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing North since 2019. He has served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury since ...
Peter Murrell
Chief executive officer of the Scottish National Party (SNP)
Peter Tierney Murrellis the current chief executive officer of the Scottish National Party (SNP). He is married to Nicola Sturgeon, the party's leader and First Minister of Scotland. Career Murrell ha...
Oliver (Olly Murs) Murs
English singer
Oliver Stanley Murs, known professionally asOlly Murs, is an English singer, songwriter and television personality. He rose to prominence after participating in the sixth series of the television tale...
Luba Mushtuk
Dancer
Luba Mushtukis a Russian-British dancer and choreographer. Between 2018 and 2025, she appeared a professional dancer on the British dance competition show Strictly Come Dancing. Mushtuk joined Strictl...
Elon Musk
Chief Executive Officer of Tesla
Elon Reeve Muskis a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-foun...
Arthur Mutharika
Seventh president of Malawi
Arthur Peter Mutharikais a Malawian politician and lawyer who has been the seventh president of Malawi since 2025. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the younger brother of the thi...
David Myers
English television presenter
David James Myerswas an English television presenter, and one half of the Hairy Bikers, along with Si King. He also appeared on the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing. Together, Myers and...
Victoria Myers
English actress
Victoria Myersis an English actress, known for her role as DS Lisa Connor-Swain on the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street. As well as her role on the soap, she appeared in various television series inc...
Michael Myers
American musician
Michael Zachary Myersis an American musician, singer, and songwriter who founded and is currently the lead singer and guitarist for the rock band The Fairwell. He is also the former bassist and curren...
Mark Mylod
English director
Mark Mylodis an English director and executive producer of film and television. He began his career directing comedy shows such as Shooting Stars, The Fast Show, and The Royle Family, for which he rec...
Clive Myrie
English journalist
Clive Augustus Myrieis an English journalist, newsreader and presenter who works for the BBC. He is one of the BBC's chief news presenters and correspondents. Since August 2021 he has been the host of...
Rafael Nadal
Spanish professional tennis player
Rafael Nadal Parerais a Spanish professional tennis player. Nadal has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209 weeks, and has finished as the year-en...
Mansour (Sheikh Mansour) Ai Nahyan
Emirati royal and politician
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, often referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is an Emirati royal and politician who is the current vice president and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Em...
Junto Nakatani
Japanese professional boxer
Junto Nakataniis a Japanese professional boxer. He has held world championships in three weight classes, including the World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight title from 2020 to 2022 and the WBO jun...
Yuta Nakayama
Japanese footballer
Yuta Nakayamais a Japanese footballer who plays as a centre back for EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town and the Japan national team. Club career Kashiwa Reysol Nakayama was born in Ibaraki, Japan...
Lisa Eva Nandy
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Lisa Eva Nandy(born 9 August 1979) is a British Labour politician who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since 2020. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) fo...
Kate Nash
English singer-songwriter and actress
Kate Marie Nashis an English singer-songwriter and actress. Nash launched her music career in 2005. Her 2007 single "Foundations" became a hit and brought her to public attention in the UK. Her debut ...
David Navarro
American guitarist
David Michael Navarrois an American guitarist. He is best known as a member of the rock band Jane's Addiction, with whom he has recorded four studio albums. Between 1993 and 1998, Navarro was the guit...