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Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask (L'Homme au masque de fer) was an anonymous French state prisoner of Louis XIV, arrested in 1669 as Eustache Dauger, held by Saint-Mars at Pignerol, Sainte-Marguerite, and the Bastille, and buried as Marchioly after dying there in 1703; the mask was black velvet, not iron.

Man in the Mirror

"Man in the Mirror" is a 1987 Michael Jackson song from Bad, written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard, produced by Quincy Jones; a gospel ballad that hit No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988.

Man in the Moon

The Man in the Moon is a figure of Western folklore: a face people see in the Moon's dark lunar maria, an illusion known as pareidolia.

Man in the Wilderness

Man in the Wilderness (1971) is a Richard C. Sarafian Western starring Richard Harris as Zachary Bass, a trapper left for dead after a bear mauling; a loose retelling of the Hugh Glass legend later filmed as The Revenant.

Man Like DeReiss

Man Like DeReiss (DeReiss Gordon, born 1997) is an English professional wrestler, 2025 Super Strong Style 16 winner and former PROGRESS World Champion, also known for tag titles with Leon Slater and GCW and TNA appearances.

Man Like Mobeen

Man Like Mobeen: BBC Three sitcom (2016 pilot, five series 2017–2025, 24 episodes) created by Guz Khan with Andy Milligan, about Mobeen Deen, a British Pakistani Muslim in Small Heath, Birmingham, raising his sister Aqsa; RTS and Broadcast award-winning, BAFTA-nominated.

Man Mohan Sondhi

Man Mohan Sondhi, published as M. Mohan Sondhi, is a signal-processing researcher who spent 39 years at Bell Laboratories and developed the adaptive echo canceller for telephone networks.

Man ngag rin chen 'byung gnas

秘诀宝源 (Man ngag rin chen 'byung gnas, Jewel Mine of Instructions) is a Tibetan medical treatise by Jampel Chökyi Tendzin Trinlé (1789–1838) covering 300-plus diseases and 600-plus formulae, source of modern Tibetan pill standards.

Man o' War

Man o' War (1917-1947), nicknamed Big Red, was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won 20 of 21 starts, earned a then-record $249,465, sired War Admiral, and was named Horse of the Century in 1999.

Man of Constant Sorrow

Man of Constant Sorrow, also "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" or "Farewell Song" (Roud 499), is an American folk-bluegrass song first printed by Dick Burnett in 1913, first recorded by Emry Arthur in 1928, shaped by the Stanley Brothers, and revived by the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Man of Earth

Man of Earth is a 1989 anthology of 330 Filipino poems written in English from 1905 to the mid-1950s, edited by Gémino H. Abad and Edna Zapanta-Manlapaz.

Man of Iron

Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza) is Andrzej Wajda's 1981 Polish drama, sequel to Man of Marble, about the Gdańsk Shipyard strikes and Solidarity's birth; it won the 1981 Palme d'Or and was Oscar-nominated.

Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha: 1965 Broadway musical by Dale Wasserman (book), Mitch Leigh (music), Joe Darion (lyrics), adapted from his teleplay I, Don Quixote; 2,328 performances, five 1966 Tonys including Best Musical; famous for The Impossible Dream.

Man of Marble

Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru) is Andrzej Wajda's 1976 Polish drama, premiered 25 February 1977, in which student filmmaker Agnieszka investigates Stalinist model worker Mateusz Birkut; it won Cannes FIPRESCI 1978 and prefigured Solidarity.

Man of Steel (film)

Man of Steel (2013) is Zack Snyder's Superman reboot starring Henry Cavill, written by David S. Goyer from a story with Christopher Nolan. It launched the DCEU, grossed $670.1M worldwide on a $225M budget, and scored 55 on Metacritic and 57% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Man of Tai Chi

Man of Tai Chi is a 2013 Chinese-American martial arts film about a young Tai Chi master in Beijing, the directorial debut of Keanu Reeves, starring Tiger Chen.

Man of the Hole

The Man of the Hole (Tanaru) was the last surviving member of an uncontacted Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil. Monitored by Funai from 1996, he lived alone in the roughly 8,070-hectare Tanaru Indigenous territory, dug deep pits for trapping and hiding, repelled contact attempts in 1996 and 2007, and was found dead in August 2022 at about age 60.

Man of the House (2005 film)

Man of the House is a 2005 American comedy directed by Stephen Herek, starring Tommy Lee Jones as a Texas Ranger protecting five cheerleading witnesses.

Man of the West

Man of the West (1958) is a genre classic American Western directed by Anthony Mann, starring Gary Cooper as a reformed outlaw based on The Border Jumpers.

Man of the Woods

Man of the Woods is Justin Timberlake's fifth solo studio album (RCA, February 2, 2018), a Tennessee-inspired Americana-with-808s record named after his son Silas; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 but scored a mixed 55 on Metacritic.

Man of the World 2026

Man of the World 2026, the eighth edition of the Philippine-founded international male pageant, was won June 6, 2026 in Manila by Oliver Eugen Kretz, the first Filipino titleholder, succeeding Spain's Juul Missiaen.

Man of the Year (2006 film)

Man of the Year is a 2006 Barry Levinson political comedy starring Robin Williams as talk-show host Tom Dobbs, who accidentally wins the presidency through an electronic voting glitch; also with Laura Linney, Christopher Walken, Lewis Black, and Jeff Goldblum.

Man of Tomorrow (film)

Man of Tomorrow is the 2027 James Gunn sequel to Superman (2025), pairing David Corenswet's Superman with Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor against Lars Eidinger's Brainiac; released July 9, 2027, distinct from the 2020 animated Superman: Man of Tomorrow.

Man of War (2026 film)

Man of War (2026), also known by the working title Nightingale, is an American action war thriller directed by William Kaufman, starring LaMonica Garrett as a former Navy SEAL rescuing a kidnapped relative in Ukraine; filmed entirely in Bulgaria and released digitally July 3, 2026.

Man on a Ledge

Man on a Ledge is a 2012 American heist thriller directed by Asger Leth, starring Sam Worthington as an ex-cop whose ledge stand-off covers a diamond heist.

Man on Fire (1987 film)

Man on Fire (1987) is Élie Chouraqui's French-Italian thriller, the first adaptation of A.J. Quinnell's 1980 novel, starring Scott Glenn as ex-CIA bodyguard Creasy and Jade Malle as Sam; it grossed $519,596 domestically and preceded the 2004 Denzel Washington remake.

Man on Fire (2004 film)

Man on Fire is a 2004 American action thriller directed by Tony Scott, starring Denzel Washington as a burned-out bodyguard protecting a girl in Mexico City, based on A.J. Quinnell's novel.

Man on Fire (TV series)

Man on Fire (2026 Netflix series), created by Kyle Killen, stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as John Creasy, a PTSD-plagued Special Forces veteran protecting a teen in Rio de Janeiro; third adaptation of A.J. Quinnell's 1980 novel after the 1987 and 2004 films.

Man on the Moon (film)

Man on the Moon is a 1999 American biographical comedy-drama directed by Miloš Forman, starring Jim Carrey as comedian Andy Kaufman, with Danny DeVito and Courtney Love.

Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager

Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager is Kid Cudi's second studio album, released November 9, 2010 on Dream On/G.O.O.D. Music/Universal Motown; a 17-track, five-act sequel to The End of Day featuring Cee-Lo, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, and Cage, with a Metacritic score of 69.