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Manuel Rui
Manuel Rui, full name Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro, is an Angolan writer born in Huambo in 1941, a leading figure of postcolonial Angolan literature known for satire and humor.
Manuel Scorza
Manuel Scorza, full name Manuel Scorza Torres, was a Peruvian poet and novelist of the Generación del 50, known for La guerra silenciosa, a five-novel cycle about Andean peasants fighting to recover their lands.
Manuel Serrano
Manuel Serrano is a Spanish cancer biologist who discovered the p16 anti-cancer gene in 1993 and performed the first reprogramming of cells within a living organism in 2013.
Manuel Teles Barreto
Manuel Teles Barreto (c. 1520–1587) was a Portuguese nobleman who served as governor-general of the State of Brazil from 1583 until his death in 1587.
Manuel Théry
Manuel Théry is a French cell biophysicist and CEA research director who heads the CytoMorpho Lab in Grenoble and Paris, studying how the cytoskeleton organizes cell division.
Manuel Torres (fighter)
Manuel "El Loco" Torres (born 1995, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a UFC lightweight fighter, 17-4 pro, 5-2 UFC, DWCS graduate known for first-round finishes and bonuses in all five UFC wins.
Manuel Torres Félix
Manuel Torres Félix, also José Manuel Torres Félix, aliases El M-1, El 14, El Ondeado, was a Sinaloa Cartel lieutenant and hitman for Ismael El Mayo Zambada, killed by the Mexican Army in Culiacán on 13 October 2012.
Manuel Trajtenberg
Manuel Trajtenberg (Hebrew: מנואל טרכטנברג) is an Israeli economist at Tel Aviv University who turned patent citations into measures of innovation and led Israeli economic policy.
Manuel Turizo
Manuel Turizo (Manuel Turizo Zapata), Colombian urbano and reggaeton singer born 2000 in Montería; broke out with 'Una Lady Como Tú' (2016); 'La Bachata' is the most-streamed Latin solo song in Spotify history; five albums from ADN (2019) to Apambichao (2026).
Manuel Turizo y Kapo (group)
Manuel Turizo y Kapo, also known as Manuel Turizo & Kapo, is the pairing of two Colombian singers who released the bachata single "Qué Pecao" in October 2024.
Manuel Ugarte (footballer)
Manuel Ugarte (Manuel Ugarte Ribeiro, born 2001, Montevideo) is a Uruguayan defensive midfielder for Manchester United and Uruguay; ex-Fénix, Famalicão, Sporting CP, and PSG (€60m), signed by United in 2024 for £42.3m, tore his ACL at the 2026 World Cup.
Manuel Uribe
Manuel Uribe (Manuel Uribe Garza), Mexican from Monterrey certified by Guinness World Records in January 2006 as heaviest living man at 560 kg; bedridden from 2002, lost about half his weight on the Zone Diet, married Claudia Solis in 2008, died 2014 at 48.
Manuel Urrutia Lleó
Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901–1981), Cuban liberal judge, Provisional President of Cuba January–July 1959 after Batista's fall. His 1957 ruling legitimized rebellion against Batista; removed July 17, 1959 after Castro's televised denunciation.
Manuel Valls
Manuel Valls (Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti), born 1962 in Barcelona, is a French-Spanish politician, Socialist prime minister of France 2014-2016 under Hollande, later Overseas France minister under Bayrou, and Barcelona councilor.
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003) was a Spanish novelist, poet, essayist, and journalist from Barcelona, best known as the creator of the detective Pepe Carvalho, a founder of the Spanish novela negra.
Manuel Vega
Manuel Vega (Manuel Alberto Vega Tamayo), Cuban pitcher born 1975 in Niquero, Granma; won baseball gold with Cuba at the 2004 Athens Olympics and pitched for Granma, Bayamo.
Manuel Zapata Olivella
Manuel Zapata Olivella (1920–2004) was a Colombian writer, physician, and anthropologist considered the leading representative of Afro-Colombian literature; his central novel is Changó, el gran putas (1983).
Manuela Angenvoorth
Manuela Angenvoorth, née Preuß (born 1946), West German marathon and road runner. Set a 25 km world best of 1:30:34 at Paderborn 1976, took three straight German marathon silvers behind Vahlensieck, and married Paul Angenvoorth in 1977.
Manuela Arbeláez
Manuela Arbeláez (Manuela Arbeláez Correa), Colombian-American model and actress born 1988 in Medellín; Price Is Right model since 2009, known for the 2015 $21,960 Five Price Tags car giveaway and her Manny Fuerte fitness program.
Manuela di Centa
Manuela Di Centa (born 1963, Paluzza) is an Italian cross-country skier, seven-time Olympic medalist, who won a medal in all five events at Lillehammer 1994, twice won the World Cup overall, and later became the first Italian woman to climb Everest.
Manuela Henkel
Manuela Henkel, German cross-country skier born 1974 in Neuhaus am Rennweg, WSV Oberhof; 2002 Olympic and 2003 world relay gold champion, three Olympics 1998-2006, retired 2010, sister of biathlete Andrea Henkel.
Manuela Lutze
Manuela Lutze, German rower (born 1974, Blankenburg im Harz), quadruple sculls Olympic champion 2000 and 2004, bronze 2008, five-time world champion with Rudernclub Magdeburg.
Manuela Mucke
Manuela Mucke (born 1975, Lutherstadt Wittenberg) is a German flatwater canoeist of KC Potsdam who won Olympic K4 500 m gold at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, plus 4-8-1 world and 2-2-2 European medals, and retired in 2004.
Manuela Perteghella
Manuela Perteghella (born 1974) is the Italian-born Liberal Democrat MP for Stratford-on-Avon since July 2024, a former literary translation academic and Stratford district councillor for Welford-on-Avon, and the first woman to represent the seat.
Manuela Sáenz
Manuela Sáenz (Manuelita Sáenz, La Libertadora), Quito 1797 – Paita 1856, was an Ecuadorean independence figure, Order of the Sun recipient, Bolívar's archivist and ally, and savior of his life in 1828.
Manuela Schwesig
Manuela Schwesig is a German politician of the SPD who has led Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as Minister-President since 2017, after serving as Federal Minister for Family Affairs.
Manuela Stellmach
Manuela Stellmach (Stellmach-Schubert), born 1970 in East Berlin, East German and German freestyle swimmer; double 1988 Olympic relay champion, 1988 200 m freestyle bronze, 1992 relay bronze, multiple world-record relays.
Manuela Wirth
Manuela Wirth, born 1963, is a Swiss gallerist who co-founded the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Zurich in 1992 with her husband Iwan Wirth and her mother Ursula Hauser.
Manuelito
Manuelito, also known as Hastiin Ch'il Haajiní, was a Navajo war leader and headman (about 1818 to 1893) who signed the Navajo Treaty of 1868, ending the Long Walk.
Manufacture and pressing of shellac 78 rpm discs
Shellac 78 rpm discs were made by cutting a wax or lacquer master, electroplating it into metal stampers, and pressing hot shellac biscuits between them in a hydraulic press.