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Michinmahuida
Michinmahuida, also spelled Minchinmávida, is a glacier-covered stratovolcano in the Palena province of southern Chile, about 17 km east of Chaitén volcano, with its last confirmed eruption in 1835.
Michinori Suginome
Michinori Suginome (杉野目 道紀, born 1966) is a Japanese organic chemist and professor at Kyoto University known for organoboron chemistry, the boron-masking strategy, and chirality-switchable helical polymer catalysts.
Michio Jimbo
Michio Jimbo (神保道夫) is a Japanese mathematician who independently co-discovered quantum groups with Vladimir Drinfeld, winning the Wigner Medal in 2010 and the Dannie Heineman Prize in 2013.
Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku, also known as 加來 道雄, is an American theoretical physicist at the City College of New York who helped establish string field theory and writes bestselling popular science books.
Michio Kushi
Michio Kushi (久司道夫, 1926–2014), Japanese-born educator and student of George Ohsawa who popularized macrobiotics in America, founding the Kushi Institute, East West Journal, and Erewhon with his wife Aveline.
Michio Morishima
Michio Morishima (森嶋通夫, 1923–2004) was a Japanese mathematical economist who worked on general equilibrium theory and mathematical reinterpretations of Marx and Walras at the London School of Economics.
Michio Nomura
Michio Nomura (1927–2011) was a Japanese-born American molecular biologist who rebuilt a bacterial ribosome in a test tube and discovered how cells regulate ribosomal protein synthesis.
Michio Suzuki (Japanese mathematician)
Michio Suzuki (1926–1998) was a Japanese mathematician at the University of Illinois who discovered the Suzuki groups and helped lead the classification of finite simple groups.
Michio Ui
Michio Ui (宇井理生, 1933–2025) was a Japanese biochemist and pharmacologist who named islet-activating protein, proved it was pertussis toxin, and established its ADP-ribosylation of Gi.
Michiru Yamane
Michiru Yamane (山根ミチル) is a Japanese composer and pianist who worked at Konami from 1988 to 2008, best known for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Michisuke Yuzaki
Michisuke Yuzaki (柚崎通介) is a Japanese molecular neuroscientist, professor at Keio University School of Medicine from 2003 to 2025, known for identifying the synapse organizer Cbln1.
Michito Yoshizawa
Michito Yoshizawa (吉沢 道人, born 1974) is a Japanese supramolecular chemist and professor at Institute of Science Tokyo, known for molecular flasks that bind guests in water.
Michiyuki
Michiyuki (道行) is a lyrical travel passage in Japanese literature and theater that narrates a journey through place names, poetic allusion, and scenery, from the eighth century through the Meiji era.
Michiyuki Matsuda
Michiyuki Matsuda (松田 道行) is a Japanese cell biologist at Kyoto University known for developing FRET biosensors that visualize Ras and ERK signaling in living cells.
Michler's ketone
Michler's ketone, or 4,4′-bis(dimethylamino)benzophenone, is a diaryl ketone made from dimethylaniline and phosgene, used in dyes like crystal violet and UV-curable printing inks, and classified as a carcinogen.
Michoacán
Michoacán (Michoacán de Ocampo), a state in western Mexico with capital Morelia, 113 municipalities, about 4.87 million people, the country's leading avocado producer, and a severe organized-crime security crisis.
Michonne
Michonne is a katana-wielding survivor from The Walking Dead comics (first appearance issue #19) and TV series, played by Danai Gurira from 2012, later lead of The Ones Who Live and Telltale's Michonne miniseries.
Michu
Michu, full name Miguel Pérez Cuesta, is a Spanish retired footballer who scored 22 goals in his first Swansea City season, 2012–13, after a £2 million move from Rayo Vallecano.
Michu Meszaros
Mihaly "Michu" Meszaros (Mészáros Mihály, 1939–2016) was a 33-inch-tall Hungarian circus performer with Ringling Bros. who wore the full-body ALF costume in walking scenes on the NBC sitcom ALF, uncredited.
Michy Batshuayi
Michy Batshuayi (Batshuayi-Atunga), Belgian striker born 1993 in Brussels, nicknamed Batsman; Standard Liège, Marseille, €39m Chelsea signing 2016, Dortmund, Turkish clubs, Frankfurt, now Abha; 55 Belgium caps, 27 goals.
Micia
Micia (Vețel, Hunedoara County, Romania): large Roman auxiliary fort and civilian settlement on the left bank of the Mureș River in Roman Dacia, key to the western frontier, garrisoned by several auxiliary units, UNESCO-listed since 2024.
Micipsa
Micipsa, eldest son of Massinissa, was king of Numidia from 148 to 118 BC; he adopted Jugurtha, whose succession dispute after Micipsa's death provoked the Jugurthine War.
Mick Aston
Mick Aston, born Michael Antony Aston (1946–2013), was an English archaeologist who coined the term landscape archaeology and became famous as chief archaeological adviser on Channel 4's Time Team.
Mick Avory
Mick Avory (Michael Charles Avory), born 1944 in East Molesey, Surrey, is the English drummer who played with The Kinks from January 1964 to 1984, the band's longest-serving member after the Davies brothers; he declined the Rolling Stones in 1962 and leads the Kast Off Kinks.
Mick Blue
Mick Blue (Michael Omelko, born 1976, Graz) is an Austrian adult film performer and director active since 2000, three-time consecutive AVN Male Performer of the Year (2015-2017), BAM Visions co-founder, race car driver, and SAG-AFTRA mainstream actor on General Hospital.
Mick Carter
Mick Carter is a fictional EastEnders character played by Danny Dyer, first appearing 25 December 2013 as Queen Vic landlord and Carter family patriarch; he vanished at sea on Christmas Day 2022 saving Linda.
Mick Cronin (basketball)
Mick Cronin, American college basketball coach, UCLA Bruins head coach since April 2019 after 13 seasons at Cincinnati and three at Murray State; 527-247 career record, 2021 Final Four, Sporting News National Coach of the Year 2018.
Mick Dodson
Mick Dodson, born Michael Dodson in 1950, is an Australian Aboriginal barrister and Indigenous rights advocate who was named Australian of the Year in 2009.
Mick Doohan
Mick Doohan (Michael Sydney Doohan), Australian 500cc motorcycle racer born 1965 in Brisbane; five consecutive world titles 1994-1998 on Honda's NSR500, 54 premier class wins, career defined by the 1992 Assen leg injury.
Mick F. Tuite
Mick F. Tuite is a British molecular biologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Kent, known for his research on the yeast prion [PSI+].