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Mihail Barboiu
Mihail Barboiu is a Romanian-born French chemist, CNRS research director at the Institut Européen des Membranes in Montpellier, known for artificial water channels and the 2024 Prix André Collet.
Mihail Kogălniceanu
Mihail Kogălniceanu was a Romanian statesman, historian, and journalist who led the 1848 revolution in Moldavia and, as prime minister from 1863, carried out Cuza's founding reforms.
Mihail Manoilescu
Mihail Manoilescu (1891–1950) was a Romanian engineer, economist, and politician who developed an influential theory of protectionism, led interwar corporatist thought, and was foreign minister in 1940 when Romania ceded part of Transylvania to Hungary.
Mihail Moruzov
Mihail Moruzov (1887 or 1890 to 1940) was a Romanian intelligence officer who founded and led the Secret Intelligence Service of the Romanian Army from 1924 until September 1940.
Mihail Sadoveanu
Mihail Sadoveanu (born Mihail Ursachi, 1880–1961) was a major Romanian novelist and academician, author of Baltagul, Hanu-Ancuței, and Frații Jderi; elected to the Romanian Academy in 1921 and later a communist-era political figure.
Mihail Savov
Mihail Savov (Михаил Савов) was a Bulgarian lieutenant general who served twice as Minister of War and whose order of 15 June 1913 opened the Second Balkan War.
Mihail Sturdza
Mihail Sturdza (1794–1884) was a Moldavian boyar who reigned as Prince of Moldavia from 1834 to 1849, the first prince appointed under the Organic Regulation.
Mihailo Petrović Alas
Mihailo Petrović Alas (Михаило Петровић Алас, 1868 to 1943) was a Serbian mathematician who founded the Serbian school of mathematics and invented the hydrointegrator, an analog calculating machine.
Mihajlo Pupin
Mihajlo Pupin (Михајло Пупин), 1858–1935, was a Serbian-American physicist and inventor at Columbia University whose loading coils made long-distance telephony practical; he also won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography.
Mihal Grameno
Mihal Grameno (1871–1931) was an Albanian patriot, publicist, and writer from Korçë who fought Ottoman rule in Çerçiz Topulli's band, directed the newspaper Koha, and wrote early Albanian novels.
Mihalis Yannakakis
Mihalis Yannakakis is a Greek theoretical computer scientist and Columbia University professor whose work spans computational complexity, database theory, and verification; he won the 2005 Knuth Prize.
Mihály Bozsi
Mihály Bozsi (Bozsiderácz Mihály, 1911–1984), Hungarian water polo player and swimmer of Újpesti TE; 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist, three-time European champion, 12-time Hungarian champion, later Vasas head coach.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-born University of Chicago psychologist, coined flow (1975, Beyond Boredom and Anxiety), the state of full absorption when challenge matches skill; founding figure of positive psychology.
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz (1773–1805) was a Hungarian poet of Debrecen, considered the greatest poet of the Hungarian Enlightenment, known for the Lilla Songs and the comic epic Dorottya.
Mihaly Hesz
Mihaly Hesz (Hesz Mihály, later Hess), born 1943, Hungarian canoe sprint kayaker; K1 1000 m silver at Tokyo 1964 and gold at Mexico City 1968; two-time world champion; later a dentist in West Germany.
Mihaly Igloi
Mihaly Igloi (Mihály Iglói, born Ignácz Mihály, 1908–1998), Hungarian distance running coach whose interval-based system produced 31 world records via Iharos, Rózsavölgyi, Tábori, Beatty, and Olympic champion Bob Schul.
Mihály Károlyi
Mihály Károlyi was a Hungarian aristocrat and democratic politician who led the Aster Revolution of October 1918, served as prime minister, and became Hungary's first president.
Mihaly Lantos
Mihaly Lantos (Lantos Mihály, born Lendenmayer, 1928–1989), Hungarian left back of the Golden Team; MTK Budapest player, 1952 Olympic champion, 1954 World Cup finalist, later a coach.
Mihaly Mayer
Mayer Mihály (Mihaly Mayer, 1933–2000), Hungarian water polo defender, two-time Olympic champion (1956, 1964) and bronze medalist (1960, 1968), later champion coach of OSC, Ferencváros, and the Hungarian national team.
Mihály Munkácsy
Mihály Munkácsy (1844–1900), born Michael von Lieb, was a Hungarian realist painter based in Paris, celebrated for genre scenes and large biblical works like Golgotha.
Mihály Vörösmarty
Mihály Vörösmarty, in Hungarian Vörösmarty Mihály, was a Hungarian poet, dramatist, and critic of the Romantic movement, best known for Szózat (1836) and the epic Zalán futása.
Mihama Nuclear Power Plant
Mihama Nuclear Power Plant (美浜発電所) is a nuclear plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kansai Electric; in 2004 a pipe rupture at Unit 3 killed four workers.
Mihira Bhoja
Mihira Bhoja (मिहिर भोज) was a Gurjara-Pratihara emperor who ruled from Kannauj from 836 to 885 CE, rebuilding the empire until it stretched from the Himalayan foothills to the Narmada.
Mihirakula
Mihirakula (मिहिरकुल) was a king of the Alchon Huns in India, son and successor of Toramana, who ruled from about 515 CE until defeats ended Hun power in northern India.
Mihirakula's persecution of Buddhists
Mihirakula's persecution of Buddhists (मिहिरकुल का बौद्ध उत्पीड़न) was the destruction of Buddhist stupas, monasteries, and communities in Gandhara by the Huna king Mihirakula, recorded by Xuanzang and in the Rajatarangini.
Mihna
The Mihna (المحنة, "the trial") was an Abbasid inquisition begun in 833 by caliph al-Ma'mun, requiring judges and hadith scholars to affirm the Quran was created; Ahmad ibn Hanbal was flogged for refusing.
Miho Boskovic
Miho Bošković, born 1983 in Dubrovnik, is a retired Croatian water polo attacker, Olympic 2012, World 2007, and European 2010 champion with VK Jug and Vasas, later a music teacher.
Miho Hatori (羽鳥美穂)
Miho Hatori (羽鳥美穂) is a Tokyo-born Japanese singer and songwriter based in New York, known as a founder of Cibo Matto and the original voice of Noodle in Gorillaz.
Miho Janvier
Miho Janvier is a French solar and space physicist at ESA's ESTEC, known for 3D models of solar flares and her roles on the Solar Orbiter mission.
Miho Takagi (高木美帆) (speed skater)
Miho Takagi (髙木美帆, born 1994, Makubetsu, Hokkaido) is a retired Japanese speed skater with a record 10 Olympic medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze), 1500 m world record 1:49.83, and 2026 People's Honor Award.