| John Bach McMaster | 1852–1932 | 2 |
| Charles A. (Charles Alexander) McMurry | 1857–1929 | 1 |
| Frank M. (Frank Morton) McMurry | 1862–1936 | 1 |
| Lida B. (Lida Brown) McMurry | 1853–1942 | 1 |
| Gregory McNamee | born 1957 | 1 |
| Everett McNeil | 1862–1929 | 1 |
| H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile | 1888–1937 | 2 |
| John Charles McNeill | 1874–1907 | 1 |
| Ronald McNeill | 1861–1934 | 1 |
| J. H. T. (John Hanson Thomas) McPherson | 1865–1953 | 1 |
| William McPherson | 1864–1951 | 1 |
| J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden | 1874–1960 | 6 |
| G. R. S. (George Robert Stow) Mead | 1863–1933 | 2 |
| Peter B. Mead | 1814–1908 | 1 |
| L. T. Meade | 1854–1914 | 22 |
| Budgett Meakin | 1866–1906 | 1 |
| Florence Crannell Means | 1891–1980 | 1 |
| Mary M. (Mary Martha) Mears | 1876–1943 | — |
| Francis Medhurst | 1869–1960 | 1 |
| D. J. (Dudley Julius) Medley | 1861–1953 | 1 |
| Arthur Mee | 1875–1943 | 16 |
| Cornelia Mee | 1815–1875 | 1 |
| S. P. (Sterner St. Paul) Meek | 1894–1972 | 1 |
| J. M. D. (John Miller Dow) Meiklejohn | 1830–1902 | 2 |
| Wilhelm Meinhold | 1797–1851 | 3 |
| Philipp Melanchthon | 1497–1560 | 4 |
| G. H. (Gustaf Henrik) Mellin | 1803–1876 | 1 |
| Robert Mellin | 1826–1880 | 2 |
| Joseph Charles Mellish | 1768–1823 | 1 |
| Marie Mattingly Meloney | 1883–1943 | 2 |
| Herman Melville | 1819–1891 | 16 |
| Lewis Melville | 1874–1932 | 2 |
| Memini | 1849–1897 | 1 |
| Delphine Menant | born 1850 | 2 |
| Guido Menasci | 1867–1925 | 1 |
| H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken | 1880–1956 | 9 |
| George H. (George Henry) Mendell | 1831–1902 | 1 |
| Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 1809–1847 | 1 |
| Catulle Mendès | 1841–1909 | — |
| Meng, Yuanlao, active | 1126–1147 | 1 |
| Mortimer Menpes | 1855–1938 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Menzel | 1798–1873 | 1 |
| Claude-François-Xavier Mercier de Compiègne | 1763–1800 | 1 |
| Ellis Meredith | born 1865 | 1 |
| George Meredith | 1828–1909 | 109 |
| Heikki Meriläinen | 1847–1939 | 7 |
| Luc. (Lucien) Merlet | 1827–1898 | 1 |
| Reuben (Reuben Robert) Merliss | 1915–1987 | 1 |
| Christopher Merret | 1614–1695 | 1 |
| George Spring Merriam | 1843–1914 | 2 |
| Leonard Merrick | 1864–1939 | 1 |
| Frank T. Merrill | 1848–1923 | 8 |
| Rufus Merrill | 1803–1891 | 1 |
| Henry Seton Merriman | 1862–1903 | 15 |
| Abraham Merritt | 1884–1943 | 2 |
| F. Somner (Frederick Somner) Merryweather | 1827–1900 | 1 |
| Samuel Merwin | 1874–1936 | 2 |
| Jean Meslier | 1664–1729 | 1 |
| Pietro Metastasio | 1698–1782 | 2 |
| John Calvin Metcalf | 1865–1949 | 1 |
| Thomas Buford Meteyard | 1865–1928 | 1 |
| Conrad Ferdinand Meyer | 1825–1898 | 7 |
| F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer | 1847–1929 | 2 |
| Paul Julian Meylan | 1882–1961 | 1 |
| Alice Meynell | 1847–1922 | 10 |
| Louis Meynell | born 1868 | 1 |
| Bernard Miall | 1876–1953 | 9 |
| Richard Michaelis | 1839–1909 | 1 |
| Karin Michaëlis | 1872–1950 | 1 |
| Michelangelo Buonarroti | 1475–1564 | 2 |
| Henri Michelant | 1811–1890 | 1 |
| Jules Michelet | 1798–1874 | 7 |
| Albert A. (Albert Abraham) Michelson | 1852–1931 | 1 |
| Miriam Michelson | 1870–1942 | 2 |
| Charles B. Michener | born 1838 | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz | 1798–1855 | 1 |
| Jean Jacques Midderigh | 1877–1970 | 1 |
| B. (Berhardina) Midderigh-Bokhorst | 1880–1972 | 2 |
| George Middleton | 1880–1967 | — |
| Lydia Miller Middleton | 1866–1934 | 1 |