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Mauser C96 The C96, or Broomhandle Mauser, was the first semi-automatic pistol to see widespread use. It was manufactured from 1896 to 1936 in Germany, as well as being manufactured in direct or modified - and often unlicensed - form in other countries, such as Spain, and especially China.
Mauser M59 The Mauser M67 was produced by Kongsberg Arms of Norway but was not a licenced product of Mauser. Although it was produced by Kongsberg it was always called a "Mauser" in Norway, hence its listing under Mauser.
Mauser MG 213 The Mauser MG 213 was a 20 mm aircraft-mounted revolver cannon developed for the Luftwaffe during World War II. It was never put into service, but formed the basis for several post-war developments by the Allies, including the ADEN and DEFA cannons.
Mausoleum A mausoleum (plural: mausolea) is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.
Mausoleum of Augustus The Mausoleum of Augustus was a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome. The Mausoleum, now located on the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, continues to be open to tourists, although the ravages of time and carelessness have stripped the ruins bare.
Mausoleum of Genghis Khan The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan (ćĺ‰ć€ťć±—陵) is located along a river in Kandehuo Enclosure, Xinjie Town, Ejen Khoruu Banner, Ordos Prefecture-Level City (formerly Yeke Juu league) (鄂尔多斯市伊金霍洛旗新街鎮ç”ĺľ·çľć•–包), Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The Mausoleum is not the real burial place of the Khan, which has never been discovered; it is a cenotaph, where the coffin contains no body, but only headdresses and accessories.
Mausoleum of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq The city of Tughluqabad (Delhi, India) is connected by a causeway to the southern outpost of a fortification in the shape of a pentagon protecting the Mausoleum of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. This elevated causeway leads across a former artificial lake and is nowadays pierced by the Merauli-Badarpur road.
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi Mazar of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is an unfinished mausoleum in the city of TĂĽrkistan (or Hazrat-e Turkestan), South Kazakhstan. In 2002, it became the first Kazakh patrimony to be recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall (), commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, or the Mao Mausoleum, is the last resting place of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death.
Mausoleum of Maussollos The Mausoleum of Maussolus, or Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, his wife and sister. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyrus and Pythius.
Mausoleum of Mohammed V The Mausoleum of Mohammed V contains the tombs of the Moroccan king and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah. It is located on the opposite side of the Hassan Tower on the Yacoub al-Mansour esplanade in Rabat, Morocco.
Mausoleum of Princess Zhenxiao The Mausoleum of Princess Zhenxiao (Traditional:貞ĺťĺ…¬ä¸»ĺ˘“ Simplified:č´žĺťĺ…¬ä¸»ĺ˘“) was made in 793 by the people of early Balhae Kingdom, and is a part of the Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain in Jilin. The Mausoleum contains, among other things (see below), the first complete discovered and detailed murals done by Balhae artists, and hence provides valuable insights to historians.
Mausumi Dikpati Mausumi Dikpati is a scientist at the High Altitude Observatory operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. She is the first person to predict, in March 2006, the strength and timing of the next solar cycle based on simulations of the physics of the solar interior.
Mautam Mautam (a Mizo language term) is the name given to the cyclic ecological phenomenon that occurs every 48 years, in the Northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, which is thirty percent covered by wild bamboo forests. During this period, Melocanna baccifera, a species of bamboo in the state flowers, which is invariably followed by a subsequent plague of bandicoot rats whose actions cause devastating famine.
Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials The Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials were a set of two consecutive trials of the German World War II criminals, carried over by the Dachau International Military Tribunal. Between March 29 and May 13, 1946, and then from August 6 to August 21, 1947, a total of 69 former Nazi officials were tried.
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp Mauthausen (known from the summer of 1940 as Mauthausen-Gusen) grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps that were built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly 20 kilometres east of the city of Linz.
Mauvaises Fréquentations Mauvaises Fréquentations (English: Bad Company) is a French movie released in 1999, starring Maud Forget and Lou Doillon. It is a romantic drama about two young students whose immature love ends up in prostitution.
Mauville City Mauville City, known as Kinsetsu City (ă‚ăłă‚»ă„ă‚·ă†ă‚Ł Kinsetsu Shiti) in the original Japanese, is a junction city in the Hoenn region in the fictional world of PokĂ©mon. Roads from Mauville lead west to Verdanturf Town, south to Slateport City, east to Fortree City and Lilycove City, and north to Fallarbor Town and Lavaridge Town.
Maven Huffman Mavenford Klint Huffman (born November 26, 1976, in Chantilly, Virginia) is a former middle school teacher and professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 2001 and July 5, 2005.
Maverick (film) Maverick is a 1994 comedy Western movie, based on the 1950s television series Maverick, and created by Roy Huggins. It was directed by Richard Donner from a screenplay by William Goldman and features Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner.
Maverick (MBTA station) Maverick is a subway station on the Blue Line rapid transit line at Maverick Square in East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the easternmost underground station on the Blue Line, and a transfer point to various buses.
Maverick (Mega Man) A Maverick, in the video game series Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero, is a Reploid who generally defies the will of the Maverick Hunters or of the human governments. In the Japanese games, they are called Irregulars.
Maverick (roller coaster) Maverick is a steel roller coaster under construction at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Manufactured by Intamin AG through its North American company, Intaride LLC, Maverick is a terrain Linear Synchronous Motor-launched complete circuit roller coaster.
Maverick (TV series) Maverick is a comedy-western television series created by Roy Huggins that ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and featured James Garner, Jack Kelly, Roger Moore, and Robert Colbert as the poker-playing traveling Mavericks (Bret, Bart, Beau, & Brent). Moore and Colbert were later additions, and there were never more than two current Mavericks in the series at any given time, and sometimes only one.
Maverick Square Maverick Square is a business district in the Boston neighborhood of East Boston that is intersected by several thoroughfares, most notably Chelsea Street and Meridian Street. It is the location of a station on the Blue Line of the MBTA.
Maverick Virus The Maverick Virus of the Mega Man X video game series by Capcom is a group of computer viruses which can turn a Reploid into a Maverick. It should be noted that not all Mavericks are infected: a great deal are simply terrorists, criminals, or freedom fighters.
Maverik Lacrosse Co. Maverik Lacrosse Company was started in 2005 by pro lacrosse players John Gagliardi, Jay Jalbert, Kyle Sweeny, Blake Miller, and Paul Carcaterra. Creating the "Wounder Boy" shaft as their main prototype piece of equipment, Maverik has expanded to making pads and gear for lacrosse players at any level.
Mavi (jeans) Founded in Istanbul in 1991, Mavi Jeans designs a full collection of jeanswear, for young women and men. Mavi sells 7 million pairs of jeans a year and is now sold at over, 600 specialty stores, department stores and specialty chains stores in 50 countries including the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, England, Denmark, Italy, France and Netherlands.
Mavi Sakal Mavi Sakal is a Turkish rock band, founded by Murat Tümer, Kaan Altan, and Tibet Ağırtan in 1980, who were students at the Tarsus American College in Tarsus, Turkey. The band changed their name to Mavi Sakal (literally, blue beard, or Bluebeard) in 1984, until then going by the name ECHO'83.
Mavial Magadan Airlines Mavial Magadan Airlines is an airline based at Magadan, Russia, operating Tupolev Tu-154 and Ilyushin aircraft. As of summer 2006, it was the only airline flying between the Russian Far East and the American state of Alaska.
Mavic Mavic is a French bicycle parts manufacturer whose name is an acronym for Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel founded by Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel. The company is most noted as a manufacturer of bicycle wheels.
Mavil Aru Mavil Aru is a waterway in Sri Lanka that supplies water to some regions of eastern Sri Lanka. This is in news now in the context of fresh war between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and the LTTE terrorists when the LTTE terrorists blocked this water way.
Mavin Foundation Mavin Foundation is a community organization which seeks to build “healthy communities that celebrate and empower mixed heritage people and families.”Located in Seattle, WA], Mavin has been recognized nationally for its work toward a society inclusive of those in the [[mixed heritage community.
Mavis Enderby Mavis Enderby, the unusual name for a tiny hamlet nestling in the rolling hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds, east of Horncastle, is a corruption of Malbis Enderby, probably taken from the name of 14th century French landholders. Around the time of Domesday Book, it was called Endrebi.
Mavis Fan Mavis Fan (; born 27 February 1977) is Taiwanese pop singer who also plays flute and piano. Her career began when she was 17 years old singing children's songs, but in the late 1990s she adopted a more mature image, singing in a variety of pop styles for a more general audience.
Mavis Hutchinson Mavis Hutchison is most famous for having run across the United States, from Los Angeles to New York in 70 days. Her route, run in 1978, took her 2871 miles and made her the first woman to run across the United States.
Mavis Leno Mavis Nicholson Leno is a political activist working on behalf of women's rights. In 1997 she joined the Board of Directors of the Feminist Majority Foundation, becoming chair of the Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan.
Mavis Road Mavis Road is a street in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada, running in the cities of Mississauga and Brampton. The road begins at The Queensway, as a continuation of Stavebank Road (a residential street), and runs north to Steeles Avenue, where it changes its name and continues north as Chinguacousy Road.
Mavrocordatos family Mavrocordatos (also Mavrocordato, Mavrokordatos, Mavrocordat or Mavrogordato; Greek: ΜαυĎοκοĎδάτος) was the name of a family of Phanariot Greeks, distinguished in the history of the Ottoman Empire, Wallachia, Moldavia, and modern Greece. The family, whose members rose to the rank of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire and hospodars, was a branch founded by a merchant of Chios, where its other branches remained present.
Mavrovo Mavrovo is region near Gostivar, Republic of Macedonia with three villages: Mavrovo, Nikiforovo and Leunovo. This micro region is named Mavrovo because most of the people lived in the village of Mavrovo and most respectable families were from Mavrovo.
MavTV Mav TV is a digital cable lifestyle-themed channel aim towards men in the 18-54 age group. It features original programming intended to appeal to male viewers on topics such as Sports, Gambling, Money, Gadgets and Women.
Maw'dud Ghaznavi Shihab ud-Dawlah Maw'dud (-1050) seized the throne of the Ghaznavid Empire from Mohammad Ghaznavi in revenge for the murder of his father Ma'sud I. His brother in Lahore did not recognize him however his sudden death paved the way for Maw'dud to exercise his control on the eastern portion of the empire.
Mawaddat al-Qurba Expresed love for the close of kin (Arabic: Mawaddat al-Qurba) is a Sunni Hadith collection written by Ali al-Hamadani al-islam.org who claimed It contains only Hadith that are authentic according to the Sunni criteria of authentification.
Mawali Mawali or mawala is a term in Classical Arabic used to address non-Arab Muslims. In the second half of the seventh century, the Mawali were considered the third class in Arabian society with the Sayyids at the top followed by the free tribesmen.
Mawanella Mawanella is a small town in the central hills of Sri Lanka, the majority of the people in the town are Muslims but other communities do live here. The town made headlines when a sinhala mob attacked and set fire the towns major muslims owned businesses and a muslim mosque.
Mawangdui Silk Texts The Mawangdui Silk Texts () are texts of Chinese philosophical and medical works written on silk and found at Mawangdui in China in 1973. They include the earliest attested manuscripts of existing texts such as the I Ching, two copies of the Tao Te Ching, one similar copy of Strategies of the Warring States and a similar school of works of Gan De and Shi Shen.
Mawashi In sumo, a mawashi (Japanese: ĺ»»ă—) is the belt that the rikishi (or sumo wrestler) wears during training or in competition. Upper ranked professional wrestlers wear a kesho-mawashi (see below) as part of the ring entry ceremony or dohyo-iri.
Mawddach Trail The Mawddach Trail (Welsh name : Llwybr Mawddach) is a cycle route, part of LĂ´n Las Cymru, which runs for some 8 miles from Dolgellau to Morfa Mawddach railway station, by Barmouth bridge on the Cambrian coast. It is maintained by the Snowdonia National Park and is popular with walkers and cyclists alike.
Mawdryn Undead Mawdryn Undead is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from February 1 to February 9, 1983. The serial was the first of three loosely connected serials known as the Black Guardian Trilogy, and introduced Mark Strickson as a new companion, Vislor Turlough, as well as reintroducing Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
Mawer Mawer (pronounced Moore) is a surname/second name most common in Great Britain, North America and other nations subject to former Anglo immigration. The name has its origins in Germany, and is thus most common in the East of England.
Mawile is one of the fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise - a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. Mawile made its introduction as a third generation Pokémon, upon the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
Mawlana Faizani Mawalana Faizani was born 17 April, 1923 (the twenty-first day of Ramadan of that year) in Herat, Afghanistan to a family of miagan (religious scholars descended from a great Islamic saint). Mawlana Faizani's full name is Mawlana Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani.
Mawlawi (Islamic title) Maulvi (also spelled: Moulvi, Mawlawi and Mawlvi Persian: Ů…ŮŮ„ŮŰŚ) is an honorific Islamic religious title often, but not exclusively, given to Sunni Muslim religious scholars or Ulema preceding their names, similar to the titles Maulana, Mullah or Shaykh. Maulvi generally means any religious cleric or teacher.
Mawlawi Mohammed Islam Mohammadi Mawlawi Mohammed Islam Mohammadi was a former Taliban governor and later a member of the National Assembly of Afghanistan. He is famous for being governor of the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan during the time the Buddhas of Bamyan were destroyed by Taliban forces.
Mawson Interchange, Adelaide Mawson Interchange is a railway station and bus interchange in the new, developing suburb of Mawson Lakes, north of Adelaide, South Australia. The Interchange serves nearby residential and commercial developments and also the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia and Technology Park.
Mawson Lakes, South Australia Mawson Lakes is a suburb and new residential development approximately 12km north of the CBD of Adelaide, South Australia. It was previously known as The Levels, and as such was non-residential, housing a campus of the University of South Australia and Technology Park.
Mawson Trail The Mawson Trail is a long-distance cycling trail in South Australia starting just east of Adelaide in the Adelaide Hills and extending to the Outback town of Blinman in the Flinders Ranges. The Mawson Trail is the ideal option for mountain bikers wanting to travel through South Australia's regional and remote rural areas.
Mawson's Huts Mawson's Huts are a collection of buildings located at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, in the far eastern sector of the Australian Antarctic Territory. The buildings were built and occupied by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911-1914, led by geologist and explorer Sir Douglas Mawson.
Mawtini "Mawtini" (My Homeland) (Arabic: Ů…Ůطني) is a popular poem written by a famous Palestinian poet Ibrahim Touqan (Arabic: إبراهيم Ř·Ůقان) around 1934 in Palestine and became the defacto unofficial national anthem of Palestine.
Max & Moritz Prizes Max & Moritz Prizes are prizes for comic books, comic strips, and other similar materials which have been awarded at each of the biennial International Comics Shows of Erlangen since 1984. As is the customary practice in Wikipedia for listing awards such as Oscar results, the winner of the award for that year is listed first, the others listed below are the nominees.
Max (gorilla) Max the famous crime-fighting Mountain Gorilla was born on March 6 1971 in Germany's famous Frankfurt Zoo and died May 5 2004 at the Johannesburg Zoo. He became a South African national hero in 1997 when he attacked a criminal who had tried to escape the police by jumping into the gorilla cage.
Max (pig) Max (1987—December 1, 2006) was the Vietnamese black bristled potbellied pig pet of George Clooney, often referred to as "Max the star" by Clooney. Max shared Clooney's Hollywood Hills home, also his bed, and frequently made cameos in interviews, mostly because of its enormous size.
Max (ripping software) Max is a free software CD ripper and audio transcoder for Mac OS X. It utilizes cdparanoia for ripping, and, in addition to individual codec libraries, it takes advantage of Core Audio, the libsndfile library, and the TagLib library to support ripping to and encoding between over 20 different lossless and lossy formats and editing their metadata.
Max (software) Max is a graphical development environment for music and multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco-based software company Cycling'74. It has been used for over fifteen years by composers, performers, software designers, researchers and artists interested in creating interactive software.
Max and Josh Max and Josh is a short comedy film that premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Volkswagen Relentless Drive Award. It stars Hill Harper and Wayne Federman, and was directed by Kathryn Ann Busby.
Max and Moritz Max and Moritz (A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks) was a German language illustrated story in verse. This highly inventive, blackly humorous tale, told entirely in rhymed couplets, was written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch and published in 1865.
Max and Ruby Max and Ruby is an animated series in 2002, aimed at a preschool audience. Created by children's book author/illustrator Rosemary Wells and based on the world of her Max and Ruby books, the episodes present stories about Max, a rambunctious, anthropomorphised toddler bunny, and his big sister, Ruby, a patient, goal-oriented (and sometimes restricting) 7-year-old girl.
Max Abramovitz Max Abramovitz (May 23 1908, Chicago - September 12, 2004, Pound Ridge, New York) was an architect of the New York City firm Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe. His most prominent works include the United Nations Headquarters building, New York; Avery Fisher Hall (at Lincoln Center, originally the Philharmonic Hall, opened 1962), New York; the Corning Glass Center, Corning, New York; the U.
Max Allan Collins Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is a prolific American mystery writer who has been called "mystery's Renaissance man". He has written novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movie adaptations and historical fiction.
Max Alvis Roy Maxwell Alvis (born February 2, 1938 in Jasper, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played with the Cleveland Indians (1962-69) and Milwaukee Brewers (1970). He batted and threw right-handed.
Max Anderson Max Anderson was an American college and professional football player. A running back and kick returner, he played college football at Arizona State University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills from 1968 through 1969.
Max Andersson Max Andersson (born 1962) is a Swedish comic creator and film maker, mostly doing "underground style" and "artistic" comics. His comics have mainly been published in Swedish albums, and in the Swedish art magazine Galago.
Max Bacon Max Bacon was the lead singer for 1980's arena rock supergroup GTR, as well as the frontman for lesser known bands like Moby Dick, Nightwing, and Bronz. From there he was introduced to Phenomena by Co-Producer/Manager Wilfried F.
Max Barry Max Barry (also Maxx Barry; born March 18, 1973) is the Australian author of Syrup, Jennifer Government, and Company. He says about himself that he "put an extra X in his name for Syrup because he thought it was a funny joke about marketing and failed to realize everyone would assume he was a pretentious asshole.
Max Basheer Max Basheer AM (born 1927) is a former administrator with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He was involved in a number of keys decisions affecting the SANFL in the 1970's - 1990's, ultimately leading to the inclusion of two South Australian sides in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Max Baumann Max Georg Baumann (November 20, 1917 - July 17, 1999) German composer, one of the few composers to write a concerto for organ and orchestra. His cantata Libertas cruciata was the first composition written specifically to be played on stereo FM radio.
Max Beckmann Max Beckmann, (February 12 1884 – December 28 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. He is usually classified as an Expressionist artist, although during his lifetime he rejected both the term and the movement.
Max Bell George Maxwell "Max" Bell (13 October 1912 – 19 July 1972) was a Canadian newspaper publisher. A Thoroughbred horse racing enthusiast he was a major stable owner and was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1977.
Max Bentley Maxwell Herbert Lloyd Bentley (born on March 1, 1920 in Delisle, Saskatchewan - January 19, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966.
Max Biaggi Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (born June 26, 1971 in Rome, Italy) is a motorcycle racer who currently resides in Monaco and in the United States. Biaggi is also known as the Roman Emperor, Mad Max and Panda and is notorious for his difficult relationship with the press, team personnel and other riders.
Max Bialystock Max Bialystock is a fictional character and main protagonist who first appeared in Mel Brooks' 1968 movie, The Producers, played by Zero Mostel. The character returned in the 2001 Broadway musical of the same name, and also in a 2005 Hollywood movie, which was based on the musical.
Max Bishop Max Frederick Bishop (September 5, 1899 - February 24, 1962) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1924 through 1935 for the Philadelphia Athletics (1924-1933) and Boston Red Sox (1934-1935). Bishop batted left handed and threw right handed.
Max Black Max Black (24 February 1909, Baku, Russian Empire [present-day Azerbaijan] – 27 August 1988, Ithaca, New York, United States) was a distinguished Anglo-American philosopher, who was a leading influence in analytic philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century. He made contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics and science, and the philosophy of art, also publishing studies of the work of philosophers such as Frege.
Max Born Max Born (December 11, 1882 in Breslau – January 5, 1970 in Göttingen) was a mathematician and physicist. He won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics and was also the maternal grandfather of the British born Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John.
Max Boyce Maxwell Boyce, MBE (born 7 September, 1945 in Glynneath) is a Welsh comedian, singer and former coal miner, who came to national fame during the mid-1970s as a result of the phenomenal success of the Welsh rugby team of that period.
Max Bromme Max Bromme (born 18 August 1878 in GrĂĽnberg; died 9 September 1974 in Frankfurt) was a German architect and horticulturist. He was the director of horticulture (from 1912 to 1945), and also director of the Palm House from 1932 to 1945 in Frankfurt.
Max Bygraves Max Bygraves OBE (born 16 October 1922 in Rotherhithe, London as Walter William Bygraves) is an English singer songwriter, famous for his waving hands. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs.
Max Cady Max Cady is the villain of the 1962 film Cape Fear and Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake. He was played by Robert Mitchum in the first film, and by Robert De Niro (in an Academy Award-nominated performance) in the remake.
Max Carlish Max Carlish is a British documentary filmmaker and lecturer in media studies, he was born to Jewish parents in the city of Birmingham. Carlish helped produce an Emmy and Bafta-award-winning television series about the Royal Opera House.
Max Cavalera Max Cavalera (born Massimiliano Antonio Cavalera on August 4, 1969 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a musician. Until 1996 he was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the metal band Sepultura, before forming Soulfly in the late 1990s.
Max Clifford Maxwell Clifford (born April 6 1943 in Kingston, Surrey) is a British publicist, known for being ruthless in his pursuit in gaining his client publicity or subverting a damaging story, for representing unpopular clients (such as those accused or convicted of crimes), and acting for acting as an agent to people selling "kiss-and-tell" stories to tabloid newspapers. While he is primarily known for helping to bring damaging allegations to light, he insists that most of his work is concerned with concealment of stories.
Max Dauthendey Max Dauthendey (July 25 1867 - August 29 1918) was a German author and painter of the impressionistic period. Together with Richard Dehmel and Eduard von Keyserling he is regarded as one of the most influential authors of that period.
Max Décugis Maxime ("Max") Omer Décugis (September 24 1882 – September 6 1978) was a male tennis player from France. He is best remembered for his victories at the French Open (a French-only tournament before 1925) and his three Olympic medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics (Paris) and the 1920 Summer Olympics (Antwerp).
Max Dehn Max Dehn (November 13, 1878, Hamburg, Germany – June 27, 1952, Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA) was a German mathematician, a student of David Hilbert. He is most famous for his work in geometry, topology and geometric group theory.
Max Deuring Max Deuring (9 December 1907, Göttingen, Germany – 20 December 1984, Göttingen, Germany) was a mathematician. He is known for his work in arithmetic geometry, in particular on elliptic curves in characteristic p.
Max Disk Formatter Max Disk Formatter is a utility program used to format floppy disks, and was often used to format them to a nonstandard (larger) sizes. Disks formatted by MDF cannot be used in a conventional manner, even with the standard format size, because of the non-standard file system.
Max Elitcher Max Elitcher Because of his close friendship with Morton Sobell and Julius Rosenberg, as well as his damaging testimony, Max Elitcher was the most injurious prosecution witness in the Rosenberg case. Elitcher and Sobell became friends while attending Stuyvesant High School together.
Max Elliott Slade Max Elliott Slade (born July 4 1980 in Pasadena, California) is an American Brown_belt that starred in 3 Ninjas and 3 Ninjas Kick Back and 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up. He was featured as Jay Lovell in Apollo 13, young Mark Goddard in The Sweeper, and young Gil Buckman in Parenthood.
Max Fabian Born in May 1, 1891, Maximilian Fabian was a cinematographer who is credited on 16 films. Among his more notable work, he was the cinematographer for El Presidio (1930), Shadows of the Night (1928), The Gay Deceiver (1926), and The Thirteenth Hour (1927).
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