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Guan Zongxiang (November 28, 1922 - January 16, 2023), formerly known as Uncle Guan, male, Shandong native, Chinese film actor, Beijing Film Studio actor, winner of the Special Honor Award of the Chinese Film Golden Phoenix Award.

Guan Hu (August 1, 1968 -), a native of Beijing, is a Chinese director and screenwriter. He is one of the representatives of the sixth generation of film directors in mainland China.

Shinozaki Ai (Japanese: Shinozaki love, English: Shinozaki Ai, February 26, 1992 -), a photo actress and singer born in Tokyo, Japan, is currently an artist under Shining Will.

Shinoda Mariko (Japanese: Shinoda Mariko/Shinoda Mariko, Romanized: Shinoda Mariko; March 11, 1986 -) is a Japanese female artist and actor. She is one of the early members of the female idol group AKB48 "God Seven". She was born in Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and is 168 cm tall. While she was a student, she was mostly engaged in modeling and had a tall figure. She also had good personal taste in clothing. Together with Kojima Harina and Itano Tomomi, she was called the fashion leader of AKB. Due to the bankruptcy of his agency SOMEDAY, he announced that he would become a free artist on December 11, 2024. The remarriage was announced on the morning of March 29, 2026.

Sir Michael Phillip "Mick" Jagger (English: Sir Michael Phillip "Mick" Jagger, born July 26, 1943) is a British rock musician and one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones. He has been the lead singer of the band since 1962 and plays guitar, harmonica and piano. Participated in the production of many films as an actor, producer and composer. His stage name is "Mick" Jagger. Jagger was born into a middle-class family in Kent. Jagger's career spanned 50 years and he is known as "one of the most popular and influential frontmen in rock history." His unique voice and stage moves, along with Keith Richards' guitar playing style, became the signature of the Rolling Stones. In addition, the band Maroon 5 wrote a song "Moves like Jagger" to express their respect for him.

Fehér "Miki" Miklós (Hungarian: Fehér "Miki" Miklós, July 20, 1979 - January 25, 2004), born in Tatabagno, was a Hungarian male football player. He has been selected for the Hungarian national football team many times as a forward and scored 7 goals in 25 international games.

Milan Kundera (Czech: Milan Kundera, Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪlan ˈkundɛra]; April 1, 1929 - July 11, 2023) was a Czech-French writer born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He went into exile in France in 1975, became a naturalized French citizen in 1981, and regained Czech citizenship in 2019. In an interview in his later years, he claimed to be a French writer and believed that his works should be classified as French literature. Famous works include "The Unbearable Lightness of Life", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting", etc. Before the Velvet Revolution in 1989, his works were banned in Czechoslovakia for a long time. He rarely gave interviews to the media and may have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he never won one in his lifetime. On July 11, 2023, Milan Kundera passed away due to a long illness at the age of 94.

Mikaela Shiffrin (English: Mikaela Shiffrin, born March 13, 1995) is an American female alpine skier who specializes in curve and giant curve events. She has won many Olympic, World Championship and World Cup track events. She is also the first alpine skier to reach the 100-win milestone in an Alpine Ski World Cup. At the age of 18, she also became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in the track event.

Mikaël Kingsbury (English: Mikaël Kingsbury, July 24, 1992 -), Canadian men's freestyle skier. He represented Canada in freestyle skiing at the 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics, winning two gold medals and three silver medals.

Mili Alexeevich Balakirev ; January 2, 1837 [December 21, 1836 in the Julian calendar] - May 29, 1910 [May 16 in the Julian calendar]), Russian pianist, conductor and composer, famous for actively promoting Russian nationalist music. Balakirev, Guy, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin formed a powerful group that promoted the development of Russian national music.

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Гли́нка, Romanized: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (June 1, 1804 - February 15, 1857), also translated as Glinka, was the first Russian composer to gain widespread reputation. He had an important influence on subsequent Russian music creation, especially on the powerful group of Russian Romantic music. He is known as the founder of the Russian symphony. The former Russian national anthem "Patriotic Anthem" was Glinka's work.

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, May 15, 1891 – March 10, 1940), or Bogakov, was a Soviet novelist and playwright.

Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Вру́бель, March 17, 1856 – April 14, 1910) was a Russian painter, sketcher, and sculptor. He demonstrated a rich and innovative artistic practice in a variety of media including painting, drawing, decorative sculpture and drama. He is generally regarded as one of the most important artists in the Russian Symbolist tradition and a pioneer of modern art. According to a biography of Vrubel written in 1990 by Soviet art historian Nina Dmitrieva, she viewed Vrubel's life and art as a three-act play, with rapid and unexpected transitions between acts. The "Prologue" refers to his early years of study and career choices; the "First Act" peaks in the 1880s, when Vrubel studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts, and then went to Kiev to study Byzantine and Christian art; the "Second Act" corresponds to the so-called "Moscow Period", which began in 1890 with the work "The Devil Is Sitting", and subsequently It was his marriage to the opera singer Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (his long-time model) in 1896, which ended in 1902 with "The Fallen Devil" and the ensuing treatment; "Act III" lasted from 1903 to 1906, during which Vrubel suffered from mental illness and an increasingly weakened physical and mental state. In the 1880s and 1890s, Vrubel's artistic ambitions were not recognized by the Imperial Academy of Art and art critics, but he attracted the favor of many private collectors and patrons, including the famous patron Savva Mamontov, as well as painters and critics who gathered around the magazine "World of Art". Eventually, Vrubel's work was included in the Art World exhibition and in a retrospective curated by Sergey Diaghilev. By the beginning of the 20th century, Vrubel's art naturally integrated into the Russian Art Nouveau movement. On November 28, 1905, he was awarded the honorary title of "Academician of Painting" for his "reputation in the field of art".

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ɡərbɐˈtɕɵf]; March 2, 1931 - August 30, 2022), a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 before the collapse of the Soviet Union. He became the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985 and became the Supreme Leader of the Soviet Union from 1988. He served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1990, as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1990 to 1991, and as the only President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He was the only supreme leader of the Soviet Union who was born after the October Revolution and resigned during his tenure. Ideologically, Gorbachev initially adhered to Marxism-Leninism but moved toward social democracy in the early 1990s. Gorbachev was born in Privolnoye in southern Soviet Russia in 1931 to a poor peasant family of Russian and Ukrainian descent. He grew up under Stalin's rule. As a young man he operated a combine harvester on a collective farm before joining the Soviet Communist Party. While studying at Moscow State University, he married fellow student Raisa Titarenko in 1953 and received his law degree in 1955. After moving to Stavropol, he worked for the Komsomol youth organization. After Stalin's death, he became a supporter of Khrushchev's de-Stalinization reforms. In 1970, he was appointed First Party Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee, responsible for overseeing the construction of the Stavropol Grand Canal. In 1978, he returned to Moscow and served as Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and in 1979 he entered the Politburo (the 25th term). After the deaths of Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, who served briefly within three years, the Politburo elected Gorbachev, still in his fifties, as general secretary in 1985, becoming the de facto leader. Although Gorbachev was committed to preserving the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism, he believed that major reforms were necessary for the Soviet Union's survival, especially in the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. He withdrew from the Soviet-Afghan War and cooperated with the United States

Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Шо́лохов; May 24, 1905 – February 21, 1984) was a Soviet writer. He was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for several terms, served as secretary of the Soviet Writers Association, and twice won the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labor. In 1922, he went to Moscow and joined the Young Guards. The following year, he married a Cossack female teacher, Mary Ji Groslavskaya. And published his first short story "Birthmark". In 1924, he returned to the Don River and began to write. In 1928, the first part of "Quiet Don" was published in the Soviet magazine "October" and immediately gained fame. It immediately attracted attention at home and abroad. In Germany, the sales volume even exceeded that of Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front". The young Sholokhov became a world-class writer. From New Year's Eve 1956 to New Year's Day 1957, "A Person's Experience" was serialized in "Pravda". In 1965, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his book "Quiet Don". Another novel, "New Reclamation" is the sequel to "Quiet Don". In 1999, the manuscript of "Quiet Don" was found in the home of a distant relative of Sholokhov's close friend Kudashov. At that time, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Ministry of Finance to raise funds and purchased it for US$500,000. The Russian Expert Committee on Document Identification confirmed that the manuscript was indeed Sholokhov's handwriting. It is currently treasured at the "Golky Institute of World Literature". UNESCO decided to name 2005 the "Year of Sholokhov".

Michael Haneke (German: Michael Haneke, German pronunciation: [ˈhaːnəkə]; March 23, 1942 -), Austrian film director, born in Munich, Germany. Michael Haneke's works can be divided into the Austrian period and the French period, and he is famous for his social issues. During his French period, two of his works won awards: "The Piano Teacher" in 2001 won him the Jury Prize at the 54th Cannes Film Festival (as well as Best Actor and Actress), and "Hidden Camera" in 2005 won the Best Director Award at the 58th Cannes Film Festival. He also won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Daniel Auteuil), Best Editing and other awards at the 2005 European Film Awards. In 2009, he won the Palme d'Or at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival for "The White Ribbon". In 2012, he won the Palme d'Or again at the 65th Cannes Film Festival for "Amour", the second time he won the award in three years, becoming the seventh director in history to win the Palme d'Or twice.

Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm (English: Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm, March 17, 1972 -), American former professional women's soccer player. She played for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team for 17 years, scoring 158 goals. Mia Hamm is one of the most famous athletes in the world, an icon for women's sports and a role model for a generation of women interested in women's sports. As a member of the first generation to receive equal education as men through Title IX, Mia Hamm received the scholarships, support and training opportunities she needed to become a top athlete. Mia Hamm was the winner of Miss Football World in 2001 and 2002. She was also considered by Billy to be one of the top 125 living football players (FIFA 100). Washington Post columnist Michael Wilbon considers Mia Hamm "perhaps the most important athlete of the past 15 years." Mia Hamm retired in 2004 after participating in a game celebrating the United States women's national soccer team's gold medal in women's soccer at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2007, Mia Hamm participated in the selection of the National Football Hall of Fame for the first time and received 137 votes in favor of 141 votes, thus being successfully selected. The Women's Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league that began in 2009, and Mia Hamm's silhouette is part of the league's logo. On March 11, 2008, Mia Hamm was successfully inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Mia Hamm is the author of Go For the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life. She has participated in the HBO documentary "Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team."

Milton Friedman (English: Milton Friedman, July 31, 1912 - November 16, 2006) was an American economist, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, and a leader of the second generation of the Chicago School of Economics. Friedman is famous for his research on macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, statistics and his advocacy of laissez-faire capitalism. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976 in recognition of his contributions in the fields of consumption analysis, money supply theory and history, and the complexity of stabilization policies. He is known as one of the most important and influential economists of the 20th century. Friedman is the author of Capitalism and Freedom, published in 1962. He advocates small government and believes that starting from consequentialist libertarianism and minimizing the role of government to allow the free market to operate, economic freedom can lead to political and social freedom. The theories he proposed had a great influence on the economic and monetary policies of Ronald Reagan, the president of the United States, who took office in the 1980s, and many other countries.

Michelangelo, whose full name is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, also translated as Michelangelo and Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. He was known as the "Three Masters of Renaissance Art" along with Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael Sanzio. He was famous for his "fitness" in his characters, and even the female body was depicted with strong muscles. His sculpture "David" is world-famous. The four statues of "Day", "Night", "Morning" and "Dusk" in front of the Medici family tomb are novel in conception. In addition, famous sculptures include "Statue of Moses", "The Great Slave", etc. His most famous paintings are the "Genesis" ceiling painting and the fresco "The Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. He also designed and initially built St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, and designed and built the mausoleum of Pope Julius II. Michelangelo had a bad temper, was unsociable, could not get along with Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, and often contradicted his benefactor. However, he pursued artistic perfection throughout his life and insisted on his own artistic ideas. Michelangelo was born in Caprese in the Republic of Florence in 1475 and died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 88. His style influenced artists for almost three centuries.

Milena "Mila" Marchivna Kunis (born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. In 2010, she won the Best Young Actress at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for her role as Lily in "Black Swan".

Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (English: Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, August 16, 1798 - December 19, 1859) was the third president of the Republic of Texas, following David G. Burnet (provisional president in 1836) and Sam Houston. Born near Louisville in Jefferson County, Georgia, Lamar founded a successful newspaper in Columbus during his early years. He later sold his newspaper company and used the money to travel west to Texas. The newspaper remains the most important newspaper in the Columbus area to this day and today it is owned by the McClatchy Company. In 1835 he moved to Texas. After hearing about the massacre at the Alamo, he joined Sam Houston's Texas Revolutionary Army as a cavalry soldier. In a daring move on the eve of the Battle of San Guisintogo, he rescued two Texans from being surrounded. The action even won praise from Mexicans. He was promoted to colonel and commanded the cavalry at the Battle of San Guisintogo. He served as President of Texas from December 1838 to 1841. Lamar was a vehement opponent of Sam Houston, and the two disagreed on nearly every issue of the new republic's development policies, from finances to policy toward Indians (he supported extermination) to admission to the United States (he opposed admission). It is said that Houston deliberately dressed like Washington when the two alternated after Lamar was drafted. When he discovered that Lamar was impatient to deliver his inaugural address, Houston deliberately extended his departure speech to three hours. Afterwards, Lamar became so angry that he couldn't give a speech and had to have his inaugural address read on his behalf. Lamar secured recognition of Texas by several European countries. He established Austin, the capital of Texas, but at that time Austin was on the western border of Texas and was very vulnerable to attacks by the Comanches. Lamar was eager to push the Texas colony westward. He even wanted to push Texas all the way to the Pacific Coast. He hoped that the Republic of Texas would become a force in North America fighting against the United States. To reduce Texas' debt, he issued new currency for the Republic of Texas. Lamar established Texas' public schools and is considered the "Father of Texas Education." There are many Texas cities with schools named after him, including Lamar University in Beaumont, Hugh

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet. Born on September 29, 1547 in Castel Henares, Spain, and died on April 23, 1616 in Madrid. He is known as the greatest writer in the Spanish-language literary world. His masterpiece "Don Quixote" is widely considered to be the first modern novel in the history of literature.

Miguel Angel Cardona (English: Miguel Angel Cardona, born July 11, 1975), an American politician who served as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Education. Served as Connecticut Secretary of Education from 2019 to March 2021. In 2020, U.S. President Joe Biden nominated him to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education before taking office, and he was confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 2021. Cardona, a native of Meriden, Connecticut, began his career as a fourth grade teacher at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden. In 2003, at the age of 27, he was appointed principal of Hanover School in Meriden, becoming the youngest principal in the state.

Michelle Trachtenberg (English: Michelle Trachtenberg, October 11, 1985 - February 26, 2025) was an American actress. Michelle was a child star when she was a child, and later became well-known for her roles as Georgina Sparks in the American TV series "Buffy" and Dawn Summers in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". In addition, she also appeared in the fantasy film "Back to 17".