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Myhre syndrome

Myhre syndrome is a rare genetic connective tissue disorder caused by SMAD4 gene variants, causing short stature, stiff joints, hearing loss, and heart and airway disease.

Myiagra

Myiagra is a genus of 21 Australasian monarch flycatchers (family Monarchidae) erected by Vigors & Horsfield in 1827, called broadbills for their broad flat bills, with twitching tails and harsh calls.

Myiarchus

Myiarchus (crested flycatchers), genus of tyrant flycatchers erected by Cabanis in 1844, type species M. ferox; about 22 species across the Americas, two main mtDNA clades, likely South American origin, notoriously hard to identify by plumage.

Myiasis

Myiasis is infestation of human or animal tissue by fly larvae (maggots), caused by species such as Dermatobia hominis, Cochliomyia hominivorax, and Chrysomya bezziana; treated by larval removal and prevented by wound care and insect protection.

Myingun Prince's rebellion

The Myingun Prince's rebellion was a failed palace revolt of 2 August 1866, when Prince Myingun killed the crown prince Kanaung, crippling Burma's modernization efforts.

Myinsaing Kingdom

The Myinsaing Kingdom (Burmese: မြင်စိုင်းခေတ်) ruled central Burma from 1297 to 1313 under three brothers, one of several states after the Pagan Empire's collapse in 1287.

Myitsone Dam

The Myitsone Dam is a suspended 6,000 MW, US$3.6 billion hydroelectric project in Kachin State, Myanmar, halted by President Thein Sein in 2011 after nationwide protests.

Myittaza

Myittaza (မေတ္တာစာ) is a Burmese literary genre of epistles, formal letters first written in the fifteenth century, when they served as a kind of gazette reporting events and opinions.

Myka Lockwood

Myka Lockwood, ring name of Bayley Humphrey (born 2001, Chandler, Arizona), is a WWE NXT wrestler and manager, enforcer of The Vanity Project since May 5, 2026, formerly Bayley Humphrey on WWE LFG, finisher Double Pumphandle Front Slam.

Mykal-Michelle Harris

Mykal-Michelle Harris (born 2012) is an American actress from Delran, New Jersey, known for Santamonica Johnson on mixed-ish, Alice Baxter on Raven's Home (2023 Emmy), Luna in Cheaper by the Dozen, the voice of Disney Jr.'s Ariel, and Blaze in Toy Story 5.

MyKayla Skinner

MyKayla Skinner (MyKayla Brooke Skinner-Harmer), American artistic gymnast, 2020 Olympic vault silver medalist, 2016 Olympic alternate, four-time world medalist, and two-time NCAA champion for Utah.

Myke Towers

Myke Towers (Michael Anthony Torres Monge, born 1994, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican urbano rapper and singer; SoundCloud start in 2013, albums Easy Money Baby, Lyke Mike, LA VIDA ES UNA, and the hit LALA.

Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson (born 1957, St. Louis) is an American actor famous as Bubba in Forrest Gump; also known for Fences, Justified, Heat, Con Air, Ali, and Fallout.

Mykh-Imi Corona

Mykh-Imi Corona (Mykh Imi Corona) is a 150-km-wide corona on Venus at 73S, 99E, IAU-named in 1997 for a Khanty earth goddess and once classed among Venusian calderas.

Mykhailo Boichuk

Mykhailo Boichuk (Михайло Бойчук) was a Ukrainian monumental painter whose school, Boichukism, revived Byzantine and folk traditions; he was executed in Stalin's purges in 1937.

Mykhailo Braichevsky

Mykhailo Braichevsky (Михайло Брайчевський, 1924–2001) was a Ukrainian historian and archaeologist of Kyiv whose 1966 samvydav pamphlet Annexation or Reunification made him a leading dissident historian.

Mykhailo Drahomanov

Mykhailo Drahomanov (Михайло Драгоманов, 1841–1895) was a Ukrainian historian, folklorist, and political thinker who headed the Ukrainian political emigration in Geneva and founded the journal Hromada.

Mykhailo Drapatyi (Михайло Васильович Драпатий)

Mykhailo Drapatyi (Михайло Васильович Драпатий), born 1982, is Ukraine's commander-in-chief since 22 July 2026, a Mariupol 2014 veteran and former Ground Forces commander who replaced Oleksandr Syrskyi.

Mykhailo Hrushevsky

Mykhailo Hrushevsky (Михайло Грушевський) was a Ukrainian historian and political leader who chaired the Central Rada during the 1917–1918 revolution and founded modern Ukrainian historiography.

Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky

Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Коцюбинський, 1864–1913) was a Ukrainian prose writer and ethnographer regarded as a leading master of literary impressionism, known for Intermezzo, Fata Morgana, and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.

Mykhailo Kravchuk

Mykhailo Kravchuk, also transliterated Krawtchouk, was a Ukrainian mathematician who introduced the Kravchuk polynomials in 1929, was arrested in 1938, and died in a Kolyma labor camp in 1942.

Mykhailo Mudryk (Михайло Петрович Мудрик)

Mykhailo Mudryk (Михайло Мудрик), Ukrainian winger born 2001 in Krasnograd; Shakhtar Donetsk academy product, Chelsea's £62m January 2023 signing, 28 Ukraine caps; four-year meldonium ban resolved July 2026, now on loan at Tottenham.

Mykhailo Starytsky

Mykhailo Starytsky (Михайло Старицький, 1840–1904) was a Ukrainian writer, poet, and playwright who headed the first professional Ukrainian theater in 1883 and worked closely with his cousin, composer Mykola Lysenko.

Mykhailo Verbytsky

Mykhailo Verbytsky (Михайло Вербицький, 1815–1870) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and composer in Galicia, best known for composing the music of the Ukrainian national anthem in 1862–63.

Myki Meeks

Myki Meeks, stage name of Michael Reichert (born 1995), is an Orlando-based American drag performer who won RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18 in 2026 with four challenge wins, a Drew Barrymore Snatch Game, and a $200,000 prize.

Mykki Blanco

Mykki Blanco, stage name of Michael David Quattlebaum Jr. (born 1986), is an American transfeminine rapper, poet, and performance artist, a queer rap pioneer whose albums include Mykki (2016) and CAFE PARADISO (2026).

Mykola Amosov

Mykola Amosov (1913–2002) was a Ukrainian cardiac surgeon, biocyberneticist, and writer who founded cardiac surgery in Ukraine and led the Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery in Kyiv.

Mykola Bazhan

Mykola Bazhan (Микола Бажан), 1904 to 1983, was a Ukrainian poet, translator, and Soviet political figure who won two Stalin Prizes and headed the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia.

Mykola Kalashnyk

Mykola Kalashnyk is a Ukrainian politician who serves as Minister for Recovery, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine, appointed in July 2026 after heading the Kyiv Oblast State Administration from March 2025.

Mykola Khvylovy

Mykola Khvylovy (Микола Хвильовий; born Mykola Fitilov, 1893–1933) was a Ukrainian prose writer and central figure of the 1920s Ukrainian cultural renaissance, later called the Executed Renaissance.