Beryl Markham
English-born Kenyan aviator , adventurer, racehorse trainer and author
Don Marquis
American humorist, journalist, and author
Alexander Marshack
American independent scholar and Paleolithic archaeologist
Yann Martel
Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories
George R. R. Martin
American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer
Karl Marx
German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary
Robert K. Massie
American journalist and historian
Armistead Maupin
American writer who wrote Tales of the City, a series of novels set in San Francisco.
Hiram Percy Maxim
American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder of the American Radio Relay League . Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful firearm silencer, and also with developing mufflers for internal combustion engines.
Gavin Maxwell
British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters