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Mahershala Ali
Mahershala Ali (born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore, 1974) is an American actor, two-time Oscar winner for Moonlight and Green Book, first Muslim Academy Award winner, former Blade star, and Prince Ali rapper.
Mahesāna
Mahesana (મહેસાણા, also Mehsana), city and district headquarters in North Gujarat, India; founded by Mesaji Chavda (VS 1414), a railway junction, upgraded to a Municipal Corporation on January 1, 2025, with Dudhsagar Dairy and ONGC oil assets.
Mahesh Agaria
Mahesh Agaria is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician, appointed president of the party's Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu unit in July 2025.
Mahesh Babu (మహేష్ బాబు)
Mahesh Babu (మహేష్ బాబు), born 1975 in Madras, is a Telugu cinema actor-producer called "Superstar"; son of Krishna, child artist in Needa (1979), lead debut Rajakumarudu (1999), hits Okkadu, Pokiri, Maharshi, and Rajamouli's Varanasi (2027).
Mahesh Babu filmography
Mahesh Babu filmography: Telugu actor Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu, born 1975, child artist in nine films from 1979's Needa, lead debut Raja Kumarudu (1999), hits Murari, Okkadu, Pokiri, Srimanthudu; upcoming Rajamouli film Varanasi (2027).
Mahesh Bhatt (महेश भट्ट)
Mahesh Bhatt (महेश भट्ट), born 1948 in Bombay, is a Hindi film director, producer, and screenwriter known for confessional films Arth, Saaransh, and Zakhm, the hits Aashiqui and Sadak, and the production house Vishesh Films founded with brother Mukesh Bhatt; he retired from direction after Sadak 2 (2020).
Mahesh Bhupathi (మహేష్ శ్రీనివాస్ భూపతి)
Mahesh Bhupathi (మహేష్ శ్రీనివాస్ భూపతి, Hesh), born 1974 Chennai, Indian doubles tennis great; first Indian Grand Slam winner (1997 French Open mixed), world No. 1 doubles 1999, 52 ATP titles, 'Indian Express' partner of Leander Paes.
Mahesh Dixit
Mahesh Dixit (born 1967) is an Indian Police Service officer, 1993 batch, Andhra Pradesh/Telangana cadre, appointed Director of India's Intelligence Bureau in June 2026, succeeding Tapan Kumar Deka; a medical doctor and counter-terrorism specialist.
Mahesh Kale (महेश काळे)
Mahesh Kale (महेश काळे), born 1976, is a Pune-raised, San Francisco Bay Area-based Hindustani classical vocalist, disciple of Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki, winner of the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for "Aruni Kirani" in Katyar Kaljat Ghusli, founder of ICMA Foundation and MKSM, and creator of the Abhangwari concert series.
Mahesh Kashyap
Mahesh Kashyap, born in 1975, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented the Bastar constituency of Chhattisgarh in the Lok Sabha since 2024.
Mahesh Kewat
Mahesh Kewat is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party member elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh in June 2026, after the Congress candidate's nomination was rejected.
Mahesh Kothare
Mahesh Kothare (महेश कोठारे), born 1953 in Pune, is an Indian Marathi and Hindi film actor, director, and producer, pioneer of Dolby sound, digital VFX, and stereoscopic 3D in Marathi cinema, known for Dhum Dhadaka, Zapatlela, and Zapatlela 2.
Mahesh Manjrekar
Mahesh Manjrekar, also known as Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar, is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, and Bhojpuri cinema, known for Vaastav and Slumdog Millionaire.
Mahesh Narayanan (മഹേഷ് നാരായണൻ)
Mahesh Narayanan (മഹേഷ് നാരായണൻ), born 1982, is a Malayalam film editor, screenwriter and director: editor of Vishwaroopam, director of Take Off, C U Soon, Malik, Ariyippu, and Patriot (2026) with Mammootty and Mohanlal.
Mahesh Parmar
Mahesh Parmar, also known as Mahesh K. B. Parmar, is a British medical statistician who directs the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL and led the STAMPEDE prostate cancer trial.
Mahesh Pratapneni
Mahesh Pratapneni is an Indian life-sciences entrepreneur who co-founded MedGenome, a Bengaluru genomic diagnostics company, in 2013, became its Group CEO in 2022, and won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 award.
Mahesh Sharma (महेश शर्मा)
Mahesh Sharma (महेश शर्मा), BJP physician-politician and Kailash hospitals owner, MP for Gautam Buddha Nagar since 2014 and MoS Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation 2014–2019; distinct from other Mahesh Sharmas in Aligarh or Rajasthan politics.
Maheshamurti
Maheshamurti is the iconographic form of the Hindu god Shiva as the All-god with five heads, best known from the colossal 6th-century three-faced relief at Elephanta.
Maheshinte Prathikaaram (മഹേഷിന്റെ പ്രതികാരം)
Maheshinte Prathikaaram (മഹേഷിന്റെ പ്രതികാരം), 2016 Malayalam comedy-drama, Dileesh Pothan's directorial debut starring Fahadh Faasil; won National Award for Best Malayalam Film and Best Screenplay for Syam Pushkaran.
Maheshra Mound
Maheshra Mound (Ancient Mound, Maheshra; N-RJ-76) is an ASI-protected archaeological settlement mound in Dausa district, Rajasthan, notified in 1951, about 150 x 100 m, once 4-5 m high, levelled for cultivation, with black slipped, grey, and red wares found.
Maheshtala
Maheshtala (মাহেশতলা), a municipality in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on the east bank of the Hooghly River south of Kolkata; 448,317 people (2011), 44.18 sq km, 35 wards, constituted 1993, major waterlogging and new 35 MLD sewage plant.
Maheshwar (महेश्वर)
Maheshwar (महेश्वर), a town in Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, on the Narmada; ancient Mahishmati, capital of Ahilyabai Holkar, and home of GI-tagged Maheshwari sarees with reversible bugdi borders.
Maheswari (மகேஸ்வரி)
Maheswari (மகேஸ்வரி) is an Indian former actress, a leading Telugu and Tamil film actress from 1994 to 2000, the niece of Sridevi, and winner of the Nandi Award for Best Actress for Nee Kosam (1999).
Mahfuz
Mahfuz, also spelled Mahfouz, was Emir of Harar and governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate, leading annual raids into Ethiopia before dying in battle in 1516 or 1517.
Mahfuzur Sarker
Mahfuzur R. Sarker is a Bangladeshi-born American bacteriologist and professor at Oregon State University known for his work on Clostridium perfringens toxin typing and spore biology.
Mahhi Vij (माही विज)
Mahhi Vij (माही विज), Indian television actress and model born 1982 in Delhi, known as Nakusha in Laagi Tujhse Lagan, Nach Baliye 5 winner, ex-wife of Jay Bhanushali, and Bigg Boss 20 contestant.
Mahi people
The Mahi are an ethnic group of central Benin, formed by centuries of resistance to the kingdom of Dahomey and now about 17 percent of the population.
Mahi-mahi
Mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), also dolphinfish or dorado; Hawaiian for strong; fast-growing epipelagic game fish reaching 7 ft and 88 lb, maturing at 4-5 months, caught worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters.
Mahia
Mahia is a short Punjabi folk verse form of one and a half metrical lines, named for the word for a male beloved and sung at weddings.
Mahidevran (ماه دوران)
Mahidevran (ماه دوران, also Māh-i Devrān, Gülbahar Sultan; d. 988/1581), concubine and first favorite of Süleyman I and mother of Şehzade Mustafa; displaced by Hürrem, spent her last decades in Bursa.