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Mayday Parade
Mayday Parade is an American pop punk/emo band formed in 2005 in Tallahassee, Florida, from the merger of Kid Named Chicago and Defining Moment. Known for the gold-certified debut A Lesson in Romantics (2007), "Miserable At Best," and the Sweet, Sad, Sugar trilogy.
Maye Musk
Maye Musk (born 1948), Canadian-South African model and registered dietitian, mother of Elon Musk; CoverGirl's oldest spokesmodel at 69, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover at 74, author of A Woman Makes a Plan.
Mayenite electride
Mayenite electride (C12A7:e⁻) is an inorganic electride in which electrons trapped in mayenite's crystal cages act as anions; it is best known as the electron-donating support for ruthenium ammonia synthesis catalysts.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812) was a Frankfurt coin dealer and court agent who founded the Rothschild banking dynasty, whose five houses became the world's largest bank.
Mayer Hawthorne
Mayer Hawthorne (Andrew Mayer Cohen, born 1979, Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American retro-soul singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer; debut heart-shaped 7-inch on Stones Throw, Top Ten R&B albums, Tuxedo duo with Jake One, Doja Cat production credits.
Mayer Lehman
Mayer Lehman (1830–1897) was a Bavarian-born immigrant who co-founded the banking firm Lehman Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1850 and later led its New York operation.
Mayer Mizrachi
Mayer Mizrachi Matalon (born 1987), Panamanian tech entrepreneur, founder of Criptext, and mayor of Panama City 2024–2029 for the Partido Popular, winning the May 2024 election with 32.66% of the vote.
Mayer Papyri
The Mayer Papyri are two hieratic papyri, Mayer A and Mayer B, recording the trial of tomb robbers at Thebes under Ramesses XI, held at World Museum Liverpool.
Mayerling (ballet)
Mayerling is a three-act ballet choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan for The Royal Ballet, premiering at Covent Garden in 1978 and dramatizing the 1889 Mayerling incident.
Mayerling incident
The Mayerling incident: the 30 January 1889 deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary and Baroness Mary Vetsera at the Mayerling hunting lodge near Vienna, officially a murder-suicide, triggering the succession of Franz Ferdinand and decades of conspiracy theories.
Mayes Middleton
Mayes Middleton is an American Republican politician who has represented Texas Senate District 11 since 2023, after two terms in the Texas House, and is the 2026 Republican nominee for attorney general.
Mayet (ancient Egyptian child)
Mayet, also printed Myt, was an ancient Egyptian girl of about five buried in the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, during the 11th Dynasty.
Mayfair
Mayfair: affluent West End district of central London between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane; named for a 1686 May fair; Grosvenor estate freeholds, ~700 listed buildings, £2,256/sq ft average sale prices.
Mayfair (magazine)
Mayfair: British softcore men's magazine founded 1966 by Fisk Publishing, peak circulation 472,208 (1975), sold to Paul Raymond Publications in 1990, ceased print in the early 2020s.
Mayfair Casino
Mayfair Casino is the name of several unrelated gambling businesses: a licensed British casino operator in London, a land-based casino in Mthatha, South Africa, and a Nairobi club.
Mayfair Witches
Mayfair Witches (Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches) is AMC's 2023 supernatural drama adapted from the Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy, starring Alexandra Daddario as neurosurgeon Rowan in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe.
Mayfield Fund
Mayfield Fund is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded in 1969 in Menlo Park, California, which has backed more than 550 companies, including Atari and Genentech.
Mayfield India
Mayfield India is the India-dedicated venture capital practice of Silicon Valley firm Mayfield Fund, launching a $110 million first fund in 2008 and a second fund of about $108 million.
Mayflower
The Mayflower was an English merchant sailing ship that carried 102 passengers from Plymouth, England, to Cape Cod in 1620, producing Plymouth Colony and the Mayflower Compact.
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact, also called the Plymouth Combination, is the roughly 200-word agreement signed by 41 men aboard the Mayflower on 11 November 1620, founding a self-governing civil body politic for Plymouth Colony.
Mayfly
Mayfly (order Ephemeroptera): aquatic insect with a unique two-stage winged adult life (subimago then imago), non-feeding adults living hours to days, ~3,100 species, Paleoptera sister group of all other winged insects, and widely used water-quality bioindicators.
Mayfly optimization algorithm
The mayfly optimization algorithm (MA) is a swarm-based metaheuristic introduced by Zervoudakis and Tsafarakis in 2020, combining particle swarm search with genetic crossover to optimize functions.
Mayhem (band)
Mayhem: Norwegian black metal band formed at Langhus in 1984 by Euronymous, Necrobutcher, and Manheim; named after Venom's "Mayhem with Mercy"; debut De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994); seventh album Liturgy of Death (2026).
Mayhem (film)
Mayhem (2017) is an action-horror-comedy directed by Joe Lynch, written by Matias Caruso, starring Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving. An ID7 virus strips a law firm's inhibitions; released Nov 10, 2017 by RLJE Films, 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mayhem (Lady Gaga album)
Mayhem (MAYHEM) is Lady Gaga's seventh studio album, released 7 March 2025 on Interscope. Recorded at Shangri-La with Andrew Watt, Cirkut, Gesaffelstein, and Michael Polansky, it topped UK and US charts and won the 2026 Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.
Mayhem! (film)
Mayhem! (original title Farang) is a 2023 French action thriller directed by Xavier Gens, starring Nassim Lyes as an ex-con seeking revenge in Thailand against crime lord Olivier Gourmet; released by IFC Films in the US in January 2024.
Mayi Ri
Mayi Ri, 2023 ARY Digital Pakistani Urdu drama serial directed by Meesam Naqvi, written by Sana Fahad, starring Aina Asif and Samar Jafri as cousins forced into child marriage; praised and criticized for its handling of the theme.
Mayilsamy (மயில்சாமி)
Mayilsamy (மயில்சாமி, 1965–2023), Tamil film comedian and mimicry artist, known for Comedy Time, Pennin Manathai Thottu, Ghilli, Dhool, and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Kangalal Kaidhu Sei.
Mayim Bialik
Mayim Bialik (born 1975, San Diego) is an American actress and UCLA-trained neuroscientist, known as Blossom Russo on NBC's Blossom, Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory, and a 2022–2023 Jeopardy! co-host.
Maykop (city)
Maykop is a city in southern Russia and the capital of the Republic of Adygea, on the right bank of the Belaya River with about 140,000 residents.