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Marvin Webster Marvin Nathaniel Webster (born April 13, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland), nicknamed "The Human Eraser" and "Marvin the Magnificent", is a former professional basketball player who played one season in the ABA for the Denver Nuggets (1975-76), and nine seasons in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets (1976-77), Seattle SuperSonics (1977-78), New York Knicks (1978-84) and Milwaukee Bucks (1986-87).
Marvin Williams (footballer) Marvin Williams (born August 12th, 1987) is a professional football midfielder currently playing for Millwall in England's League 1. After coming up through the Millwall academy, Marvin made his first appearance on December 10th, 2005 against Coventry.
Marvin Worth Marvin Worth (June 6, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York - April 22, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film producer, screenwriter and actor perhaps best known for his efforts to portray Malcolm X on the big screen. His efforts spanned from 1967, when he purchased the rights to The Autobiography of Malcolm X that led to the production of the 1972 documentary for which he received an Oscar nomination.
Marvin Zindler Marvin Harold Zindler (born August 10, 1921) in Houston, is a news reporter for KTRK ABC-13 in Houston, Texas, USA. His hard-hitting investigative journalism, where he has mostly represented the city's elderly and working class, has made him one of the city's most influential and well-known media personalities.
Marvin's Room Marvin's Room is a play by Scott McPherson which tells the story of a man who had a stroke 17 years ago, leaving him incapacitated and bed-ridden. He has been cared for by his daughter Bessie, and virtually ignored by his other daughter, Lee.
Marvin, Welch & Farrar Marvin, Welch & Farrar were a 1970s British and Australian popular music group formed by two members of The Shadows. The distinction was that while The Shadows were famous for their instrumental work, Marvin Welch & Farrar were a vocal harmony group.
Marwah Films & Video Studios Marwah Films & Video Studios, near New Delhi, has produced over 2800 films and television shows during the past 15 years. It is founded by Sandeep Marwah who has been in film, television and theatre for the last 20 years .
Marwan al-Shehhi Marwan Yousef al-Shehhi (Arabic: مروان الشحي, also transliterated AlshehhiAlternate forms of his name include Marwan Yusif Muhammad Rashid Al-Shehi, Marwan Yusif Muhammad Rashid Lakrab Al-Shihhi, and others. He was known to have used the alias Abu Abdullah.
Marwan Barghouti Marwan Barghouti ( مروان البرغوثي born June 6, 1959) is a Palestinian leader from the West Bank and a leader of the Fatah movement. He is currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail for murder and attempted murder.
Marwan Hamadi Marwan Hamadi was a Lebanese economy minister injured in a car bomb explosion on October 1, 2004 that started probes into attacks of Lebanese journalists and politicians supposedly ordered by Syrian officials. Marwan Hamadi resigned soon after the explosion in protest.
Marwan I Marwan ibn al-Hakam (623 - 685) (Arabic: مروان بن الحكم) was the fourth Ummayad Caliph, who took over the dynasty after Muawiya II gave up the title in 684. Marwan's ascension pointed to a shift in the lineage of the Umayyad dynasty from descendants of Abu Sufyan to those of Hakam, both of whom were grandsons of Umayya (for whom the Umayyad dynasty is named).
Marwan II Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan or Marwan II (688-750) (Arabic: مروان بن محمد بن مروان بن الحكم) was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 744 until 750 when he was killed. He was the last Umayyad ruler to rule from Damascus.
Marwanid Marwanid, (990-1085), was a Kurdish dynasty in Northern Mesopotamia and Armenia, centered around the city of Diyarbakır. Other cities under rule were Arzan, Mayyafarikin, Hisn-Kayfa (Hasankeyf), Khlat, Manzikert, Arjish.
Marwaris Marwaris are a group of Indo-Aryan people from the Marwar region of Rajasthan in India and with the partition of India in 1947 the northen border separated a section of the nation in the provinces of Sindh and southern Punjab, Pakistan. This resulted in both economic and social isolation from those living in the south.
Marwat Marwat مروت, a well known branch of Pashtun tribe, are the direct descendents of a Persian Prince Shah Hussain of the house of Ghor (Afghanistan) and Bibi Mato (Daughter of Sheikh Baittan). The clan is named after 'Marwat', who was the great grandson of Ibrahim Lodhi or Lodi (second son of Prince Shah Hussain/Bib Mato and younger brother of Ghiji or Ghilzai).
Marwell Zoological Park Marwell Zoological Park, or Marwell Zoo, is situated in Hampshire, England, near Winchester. Opened in 1972, it was one of the earliest zoos in Europe to place an emphasis on animal conservation and is considered one of the leading instituations in that field.
Marx (Kirby) Marx is a fictional character who appears in the game Kirby Super Star for Super Nintendo. He is the main villain and final boss of the Milky Way Wishes portion of the game, and also appears in the mini-game The Arena.
Marx generator A Marx generator is a type of electrical circuit first described by Erwin Marx in 1924 whose purpose is to generate a high voltage pulse. It is extensively used for simulating the effects of lightning during high voltage and aviation equipment testing.
Marx's theory of alienation In Marx's early writings, alienation (Entfremdung in German) refers to the separation of things that naturally belong together, or to antagonism between things that are properly in harmony. In the concept's most important use, it refers to the [of people from aspects of their "human nature" (Gattungswesen, usually translated as 'species-essence' or 'species-being').
Marx's theory of human nature Marx's theory of human nature occupies an important place in his critique of capitalism, his conception of communism, and his 'materialist conception of history'. Marx, however, does not refer to "human nature" as such, but to Gattungswesen, which is generally translated as 'species-being' or 'species-essence'.
Marx-Engels-Forum Marx-Engels-Forum is a public park in the centre of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It is named for Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, authors of The Communist Manifesto of 1848 and regarded as the founders of modern communism.
Marx-Lenin-Luxemburg Front The Marx-Lenin-Luxemburg-Front was a resistance movement founded by Henk Sneevliet, Willem Dolleman and Ab Menist, some months after the German invasion of The Netherlands on 10 May 1940. It lasted until April 1942, when the entire leadership was arrested by the Germans, who executed them on 12 April of the same year.
Marxan MARXAN is a piece of software designed to aid systematic reserve design on conservation planning. With the use of stochastic optimisation routines (Simulated Annealing) it generates spatial reserve systems that achieve particular biodiversity representation goals with reasonable optimality.
Marxism Marxism refers to the philosophy and social theory based on Karl Marx's work on one hand, and to the political practice based on Marxist theory on the other hand (namely, parts of the First International during Marx's time, communist parties and later states). Marxism describes the race towards communism in a number of stages, the first stage being feudalism, followed by capitalism and socialism, and the final stage being communism.
Marxist aesthetics Marxist aesthetics refers to a theory of aesthetics based on, or derived from, the theories of Karl Marx. It involves a dialectical approach to the application of Marxism to the cultural sphere, specifically areas related to taste such as art, beauty, etc.
Marxist criminology Marxist criminology is one of the schools of criminology. It parallels the work of the functionalist school which focuses on what produces stability and continuity in society but, unlike the functionalists, it adopts a predefined political philosophy.
Marxist feminism Marxist feminism is a sub-type of feminist theory which focuses on the dismantling of capitalism as a way to liberate women. Marxist feminism states that capitalism, which gives rise to economic inequality, dependence, political confusion and ultimately unhealthy social relations between men and women, is the root of women's oppression.
Marxist Forward Bloc Marxist Forward Bloc, is a splinter-group of All India Forward Bloc. MFB was formed in 1953 as Satyapria Banerjee, a member of the AIFB Central Secretariat, Amar Bose, Suhurit Chaudhury and Ram Chatterji were expelled from AIFB.
Marxist geography Marxist geography is a critical geography which utilises the the theories and philosophy of Marxism to examine the spatial relations of human geography. Marxist geography, like other critical geographies, grew in response to the so called 'quantitative revolution' and its positivist philsophical underpinnings.
Marxist historiography Marxist or historical materialist historiography is a school of historiography influenced by Marxism. The chief tenets of Marxist historiography are the centrality of social class and economic constraints in determining historical outcomes.
Marxist humanism Marxist humanism is a branch of Marxism that primarily focuses on Marx's earlier writings, especially the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 in which Marx exposes his theory of alienation, as opposed to his later works, which are considered to be concerned more with his structural conception of capitalist society. It was opposed by Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser's "antihumanism", who qualified it as a revisionist movement.
Marxist international relations theory Marxist and Neo-Marxist international relations theories are paradigms which reject the realist/liberal view of state conflict or cooperation; instead focusing on the economic and material aspects. It makes the assumption that the economic trumps other concerns; allowing for the elevation of class as the focus of study.
Marxist literary criticism Marxist literary criticism is a loose term describing literary criticism informed by the philosophy or the politics of Marxism. Its history is as long as Marxism itself, as both Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels read widely (Marx had a great affection for Shakespeare, as well as contemporary writings like the work of his friend Heinrich Heine).
Marxist League (India) The Marxist League was a political grouping in Bombay, India. The League was founded by the middle of 1933 as an open front of the illegal Communist Party of India amongst middle class elements and intellectuals.
Marxist League of Kerala The Marxist League of Kerala was an alliance of leftwing elements in Kerala, India during the 1960s. The groups included dissidents from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India and the Revolutionary Socialist Party as well as the Kerala branch of the Socialist Workers Party.
Marxist philosophy of nature There is no specific "Marxist philosophy of nature", as Karl Marx didn't conceive of Nature as separate from Society. As the young Marx exposed in the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, labour transforms Nature which becomes the "inorganic body" of Man.
Marxist Party The Marxist Party was a tiny Trotskyist political party in the United Kingdom. It was formed as a split from Sheila Torrance's Workers Revolutionary Party in 1987 by Gerry Healy and supporters including Vanessa and Corin Redgrave.
Marxist Party of Armenia Marxist Party of Armenia (in Armenian: Hayastani Marksistakan Kusaktsutiun) was a political party in Armenia. At the last elections, 25 may 2003, the party formed part of the Free and Fair Armenia electoral bloc together with the Union of Communists of Armenia.
Marxist revisionism Within the Marxist movement, the word revisionism is used to refer to various ideas, principles and theories that are based on a significant revision of fundamental Marxist premises. The term is most often used by those Marxists who believe that such revisions are unwarranted and represent a "watering down" or abandonment of Marxism.
Marxist Unification Movement Marxist Unification Movement (in Catalan: Moviment d'Unificació Marxista) was a political group in Catalonia, Spain. MUM was founded in 1977, during the Spanish transition to democracy, by a group that had left the Socialist Party of National Liberation of the Catalan Countries (PSAN) in 1976 and the Col·lectiu Combat, a splinter-group of the Catalan National Front (FNC).
Marxist Worker Marxist Worker was a Trotskyist organisation in Britain, which produced a publication of the same name. It was formed by the Bolton branch of Workers' Fight, who opposed that organisation's merger with Workers' Power in 1976 and refused to enter the new organisation, the International-Communist League.
Marxist-Leninist Committee of Portugal Marxist-Leninist Committee of Portugal (in Portuguese: Comité Marxista-Leninista de Portugal), formed around 1970, was a clandestine communist organization in Portugal. CMLdeP had its roots in the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee.
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Turkey) Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (in Turkish: Marksist-Leninist KomĂĽnist Partisi) is an underground communist party in Turkey. MLKP was formed in September 1994, through the unification of Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist - Hareketi (TKP/ML-Hareketi) and Communist Workers Movement of Turkey (TKÄ°H).
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador) is a political party in Ecuador, founded August 1 1964, following a split from the Communist Party of Ecuador.
Marxist-Leninist Front of the Peoples of Spain Marxist-Leninist Front of the Peoples of Spain (in Spanish: Frente Marxista-Leninista de los Pueblos de España), a political party in Spain. FMLPE is listed at the election authorities is unclear whether the party is still active.
Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party (in Italian: Partito Comunista Italiano Marxista-Leninista, PCIM-L) is a small communist party in Italy. The party was founded on December 3, 1999 by the Centre of Marxist Culture and Initiative (Centro di Cultura e Iniziativa Marxista).
Marxist-Leninist League (Denmark) Marxistisk-Leninistisk Forbund (Marxist-Leninist League), a marxist-leninist group in Denmark 1976-1978. MLF was an Odense-based group that was expelled from Kommunistisk Arbejderparti (Communist Workers Party) in 1976, after having criticized the class analysis and problems of internal democracy of KAP.
Marxist-Leninist League (Norway) Marxist-Leninist League (in Norwegian: Marxist-leninistisk forbund) was a communist group in Norway, existing during the beginning of the 1980s. MLF was formed by a nucleus of young activists that had left the Communist Workers League.
Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray The Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray (MLLT) was a semi-clandestine Communist party that held a leading role in the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF) in the 1980’s. The majority of the TPLF leadership held dual membership in the MLLT, including the current president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Meles Zenawi.
Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany The Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (German: Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands, MLPD) is an antirevisionist political party in Germany without parliamentary representation. It was founded in 1982 by members of the Communist Workers Union of Germany (Kommunistischer Arbeiterbund Deutschlands; KABD).
Marxist-Leninist Party of the Netherlands The Marxist-Leninist Party of the Netherlands (in Dutch: Marxistisch-Leninistische Partij Nederland, MLPN) was a fake pro-China communist party in the Netherlands set up by the Dutch secret service BVD to develop contacts with the Chinese government for espionage purposes. It existed from 1968 to the early 1990s.
Marxist-Leninist Party, USA The Marxist-Leninist Party (MLP) was a communist anti-revisionist and Marxist-Leninist group in the United States that published the paper Workers Advocate. During its history, it became a Hoxhaist group, before turning away from backing Albania and attempting to advance a distinctive anti-revisionist trend in Marxism-Leninism.
Marxist-Leninist Popular Action Movement Popular Action Movement - Marxist-Leninist (Spanish: Movimiento AcciĂłn Popular - Marxista-Leninista) is a communist party in Nicaragua that surged out of a split from the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the early 1970s. Since 1985 it is officially named the Marxist-Leninist Party of Nicaragua (Partido Marxista-Leninista de Nicaragua), but the original name MAP-ML is far more known and has been used when participating in elections.
Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Party of Italy Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Party of Italy (in Italian: Partito Rivoluzionario (marxista-leninista) d'Italia) was a political party in Italy, formed following a split from the Federation of Marxist-Leninist Communists of Italy. PR(ml)d'I was founded on August 3 1968 by Luciano Raimondi and Giuseppe Mai.
Marxist-Leninist Struggle League for the Communist Party of Sweden (m-l) Marxist-Leninistiska Kampförbundet, MLK (Marxist-Leninist Struggle League), full name Marxist-leninistiska kampförbundet för Sveriges kommunistiska parti (m-l) (Marxist-Leninist Struggle League for the Communist Party of Sweden (m-l)), was formed in 1970 by Vänsterns Ungdomsförbund (Left Youth League), the youth organization of VPK. Within VUF several ultraleftist tendencies had surged during the 1960s, orientating it toward Maoism.
Marxist-Leninist Students League Marxist-Leninist Students League (in Dutch: Marxistisch-Leninistische Studentenbond) was the students wing of the Communist Unity Movement of the Netherlands (marxist-leninist) (KEN-ml). MLS was founded in 1970.
Marxist-Leninist Unity League The Revolutionary Inhabitants Organization marxist-leninists (in Danish: Den revolutionære Boligorganisation marxister-leninister, BOm-l) was a Maoist group that surged amongst the house squatters milieu in Denmark in March 1972. BOm-l was headed by a Central Committee.
Marxists Internet Archive The Marxists Internet Archive (also known as MIA or Marxists.org) is a volunteer based non-profit organization that maintains a multi-lingual Internet archive of Marxist writers and other similar authors (socialists, anarchists, etc.
Marxophone The Marxophone is a fretless zither that has four sets of chord strings (C major, G major, F major and D7) to be strummed with the left hand and two octaves of double melody strings (C middle - C) which are struck by metal hammers activated by the right hand. The hammers are mounted on spring steel and produce a mandolin-like sound from repeated bouncing on the strings, hence the name mandolin-guitar-zither that was sometimes applied to the Marxophone.
Mary (biblical, Romans 16:6) In addition to Biblical Marys such as Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Lazarus's sister Mary, a Mary (Hebrew מרים Miryām, Miryam "Bitter") is mentioned in Romans 16:6. She is said to have treated Paul the Apostle with special kindness, and to have "laboured much among" the early Christian community.
Mary (novel) Mary (Russian: Машенька) or Mashen'ka, is the name of Vladimir Nabokov's first novel. First published in 1926 by the Russian language publisher Slovo, it is the story of Lev Glebovich Ganin, a Russian émigré, displaced by the Russian Revolution.
Mary (song) "Mary" is a song by American glam rock band Scissor Sisters and is the fourth track on their self-titled debut album (see 2004 in music). It was released as a single in October 2004 in the UK, peaking at #14 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2004 in British music).
Mary (Supergrass song) "Mary" was the third and final single from the Britpop band Supergrass' eponymous third album. Released in November 1999, it reached a meagre #36 on the UK Charts, thier lowest charting single for 5 years.
Mary Abigail Dodge Mary Abigail Dodge (March 31, 1833 - August 17, 1896) was an American writer and essayist, she wrote under pseudonym Gail Hamilton. Her writing is noted for its wit and promotion of equality of education and occupation for women.
Mary Abney Mary Abney, Lady Abney (née Gunston) (1676- January 12 1750), inherited the Manor of Stoke Newington in the eartly 1700s, which lies about five miles north of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. She had a great influence on the design and landscaping of Abney Park which inspired many of Dr Isaac Watts' poems and hymns.
Mary Aiken Littauer Mary Aiken Littauer (born February 11, 1912; died December 7, 2005) was a leading authority on ancient domesticated horses and related materials (Brownrigg 2006). Using her knowledge of contemporary horsemanship, she wrote authoritative works on ridden horses and chariots in Greece, the Near East and Egypt.
Mary Aikenhead Mary Aikenhead, the foundress of the Roman Catholic religious order, the Sisters of Charity, was born in Eason's Hill in Cork, Ireland on 19 January 1787; died in Dublin, 22 July 1858; daughter of David Aikenhead, a physician, member of the protestant Church of Ireland, and Mary Stacpole, a Catholic. She was brought up in the Church of Ireland, and became a Catholic on 6 June 1802, some time after the death of her father who had been received into the Roman Catholic Church on his death-bed.
Mary Ainsworth Mary Ainsworth (December 1913 - 1999) was an American developmental psychologist known for her work in early emotional attachment with "The Strange Situation" as well as her work in the development of Attachment Theory.
Mary Alice Fontenot Mary Alice Fontenot (April 16 1910 - May 12 2003), born in Eunice, Louisiana, was a noted author of regional children's books, best known for the Clovis Crawfish series published by Pelican Press, a collection of eighteen books featuring animals from the Louisiana bayou. The books are written in English and sprinkled with Cajun words, with an explanation of their prononucation and meaning (several titles are also published in complete French versions).
Mary Alice Herbert Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert (born February 28, 1935) ran for Vice President as the candidate for the Socialist Party USA in 2004. She and her running-mate, Walt Brown, pulled in 10,823 votes, the highest total for the Socialist Party since 1952.
Mary Alice Stollak Mary Alice Stollak is a Grammy Award-winning choral director and founder of the Michigan State University Children's Choir. She is currently Director of Choral Activities for MSU's Community Music School, leading three of the four treble choirs which comprise the school's choral program.
Mary Ambree In 1584 the Spanish captured the city of Ghent, and Captain Mary Ambree, along with several other Dutch and English volunteers, fought to liberate the city. Ambree eventually became the subject of an English ballad.
Mary Anderson (actress) Mary Anderson (born Bebe Anderson, April 3, 1920 in Birmingham, Alabama) was a film and television actress. Many times confused with the stage actress of the same name who died in 1940, Mary Anderson appeared in a number of films in the 1940s.
Mary Ann Childers Mary Ann Childers has been a reporter and anchor at WBBM-TV in Chicago since 1994. Prior to that, she spent 14 years as an anchor at WLS-TV, where she became the first female to anchor a top-rated 10pm newscast in Chicago.
Mary Ann Leneghan Mary Ann Leneghan (January 1989- May 7, 2005) was a sixteen-year-old English girl from Reading who was raped and murdered by a six-strong gang of drug-dealers and thieves in May 2005. Five of the gang were native-born blacks, while the other was an Albanian Muslim who had remained illegally in Britain after a failed claim for asylum.
Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories Mary Ann Meets The Gravediggers And Other Short Stories is a compilation album by Regina Spektor, released in 2006. It features songs from her previous albums, including several about a character that exists only in her songs, Mary Ann.
Mary Ann Nichols Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols is widely believed to be the first victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer "Jack the Ripper," who killed and mutilated prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London during the late summer and autumn of 1888. As with other Ripper victims, there is some confusion about her personal details.
Mary Ann Redmond Mary Ann Redmond (1958 - ) is an American singer known for her soulful and wide-ranging vocal style in popular and jazz music. She is based in the greater metropolitan Washington, DC area, but has performed in several locations in the United States and in other countries.
Mary Ann Shadd Mary Ann Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was a pioneering educator, newspaper publisher, abolitionist and suffragist in both the United States and Canada. She started the first racially-integrated school in Canada and was also the first female newspaper editor in Canada, establishing The Provincial Freeman in Windsor, Ontario.
Mary Ann Sieghart Mary Ann Sieghart (born 1961) is an assistant editor of The Times, where she writes columns about politics, social affairs and life generally. She also writes leaders, features and analytical pieces both for the main paper and for Times2.
Mary Ann Summers Mary Ann Summers is a fictional Kansas farm girl who is a character in the television sitcom Gilligan's Island which ran on the CBS network from 1964 to 1967, and has run more or less continuously since in reruns.
Mary Ann Van Hoof Mrs Mary Ann Van Hoof (1909-1984) was an alleged Marian visionary who was said to witness manifestations of the Virgin Mary at Necedah, Wisconsin, at which she and her followers constructed a Necedah Shrine. As the entry on Marian apparitions and the Necedah Shrine note, these are discounted by orthodox papal and magisterial evaluators.
Mary Anne Everett Green Mary Anne Everett Green, née Wood, (1818–1895) was an English historian. After establishing a reputation for scholarship with two multi-volume books on royal ladies and noblewomen, she was invited to assist in preparing guides, or "calendars", to a collection of hitherto disorganised historical state papers.
Mary Anne Hobbs Mary Anne Hobbs (born May 15) is an English DJ and music journalist from Garstang, Lancashire. A fan of rock, heavy metal and motorbikes from an early age, she fronted the Rock Show and the experimental / electronic Breezeblock on BBC Radio 1 for a number of years.
Mary Anne Yates Mary Anne Yates (1728 - 1787) was a was an English tragic actress, a bisexual and the president of a club of lesbians in London, known at that time as an Anandrinic society. The daughter of William Graham, a ship's steward and an actress, she married Richard Yates (c.
Mary Archer, Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare Mary Doreen Archer, Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born Mary Doreen Weeden, on 22 December 1944) is a British scientist specialising in solar power conversion. She studied chemistry at St Anne's College, Oxford, and then physical chemistry at Imperial College London, before becoming a lecturer at Cambridge University.
Mary Badham Mary Badham (born October 7, 1952, Birmingham, Alabama), was an American child actress best known for her portrayal of Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, for which she was nominated for a best supporting actress Academy Award.
Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy (born Mary Morse Baker July 16, 1821 - December 3, 1910) founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879 and was the author of its fundamental doctrinal textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. She took the name Mary Baker Glover from her first marriage and was also known as Mary Baker Glover Eddy or Mary Baker G.
Mary Balogh Mary Balogh (rhymes with Kellogg, born Mary Jenkins) is a British historical romance novelist. She was born and raised in Swansea, Wales and moved to Canada in 1967 on a two year teaching contract after leaving college.
Mary Bamber Mary 'Ma' Bamber (born 1874 in Edinburgh, died 1938 in Liverpool), was a socialist, trade unionist, social worker, and suffragist. Her daughter Bessie Braddock was a prominent Labour Member of Parliament (MP).
Mary Beale Mary Beale (née Cradock) (March 26, 1633 - 1699) was an English portrait painter. She became one of the most important portrait painters of 17th century England, and has been described as the first professional female English painter.
Mary Bell Mary Flora Bell (born on May 26 1957 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne England) was convicted in December 1968 of the murders of two boys, Martin Brown (four years old) and Brian Howe (three years old). Bell was ten years old at the time of the murders.
Mary Beth Cahill Mary Beth Cahill is an American political figure, who served as the campaign manager of Senator John Kerry's campaign for the Democratic nomination for President. She was Kerry's second campaign manager; she replaced Jim Jordan in November of 2003, after Jordan was fired by Kerry.
Mary Beth Decker Mary Beth Decker (born January 11, 1981) is an American model who attended Texas A&M University. She was the "Cyber Girl of the Week" for Playboy in the fourth week of September 2002, and "Cyber Girl of the Month" for January 2003.
Mary Beth Dolin Mary Elisabeth Dolin (born January 25, 1936 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, died April 9, 1985) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in 1981 as a New Democrat, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley prior to her death.
Mary Blair Mary Blair (October 21, 1911–July 26, 1978), born Mary Robinson, was an American artist best remembered today for work done for The Walt Disney Company. Blair produced striking concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.
Mary Blane "Mary Blane", also known as "Mary Blain" and other variants, is an American song that was popularized in the blackface minstrel show. Several different versions are known, but all feature a male protagonist singing of his lover Mary Blane, her abduction, and eventual death.
Mary Bonaparte Mary Léonie Eugénie Mathilde Jeanne Julie Zénaïde Bonaparte (10 December 1870 - 1947) was the eldest daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino and Christine Ruspoli. On 25 November 1891 in Rome she married Enrico Gotti.
Mary Bonney Mary Lucinda Bonney (June 8, 1816 - July 24, 1900) was an American educator and advocate for Native American rights. She founded the Ogontz School for Young Ladies in Philadelphia and the Women's National Indian Association.
Mary Bono Mary Whitaker Bono (born Mary Whitaker on 24 October 1961), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing the 45th District of California (map) which includes most of central and eastern Riverside County, including Palm Springs. The district was previously the 44th District before the 2000s round of redistricting.

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