Martin Segal (1916 - 2012)

Martin Eli Segal (July 4, 1916 – August 5, 2012) was a Russian-born American businessman. He was born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus). Segal co-founded the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1969 with two other Lincoln Center executives, William F. May and Schuyler G. Chapin. he also served as the Film Society’s founding […]

Martin Theodore Kearney (1842 - 1970)

Was one of Fresno’s most significant pioneer land developers. Known as the “Raisin King of California,” he was one of the most prosperous and powerful agricultural leaders in the state. Among his achievements are the establishment of the colony farm system in Fresno County; the development of his 5,400-acre Fruit Vale Estate that focused on […]

Martin Van Buren (1782 - 1862)

Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was born in the village of Kinderhook, New York, on December 5, 1782, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Albany, New York. His father, Abraham Van Buren (1737–1817), was a farmer working with slaves, was the owner of six slaves, and was a tavern-keeper in Kinderhook. Abraham Van Buren supported the […]

Martina Theresa Authorlee (1965 - 1983)

Murder victim. Born in Fuerth, West Germany, while her father was stationed there in the US Army. The family lived in Germany from 1965-1968, they returned to the States and settled in Washington. Martina went to Bethel high school and joined the Army National Guard while still in high school. She was medically discharged before […]

Martina Von Trapp Dupire (1921 - 1951)

Performer, part of the von Trapp Family singing group who inspired the film and play “The Sound of Music”. The youngest of 7 children of Georg von Trapp and Agathe Whitehead von Trapp, and the step-daughter of Maria von Trapp. Born in the town of Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, she lost her mother to scarlet fever […]

Martine Bartlett (1925 - 2006)

Actress.  Martine Bartlett was born the middle child of three to George Daniel Bartlett, an attorney, and his wife, Martine Fons. She graduated from private schools, John Burroughs School and then Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.  She received a Masters degree from the Drama School at Yale University. While in St. Louis, she gained […]

Martine Carol (1922 - 1967)

Actress. She was a popular sex kitten in 1950s French film features. Born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer, she trained with Rene Simon, practiced her art in live theatre, and was first seen on the silver screen in 1941’s “The Corrupters”, though her first significant role was to be that of Micky in the 1943 “La […]

Martine Franck (1938 - 2012)

Franck was born in Antwerp to a Belgian banker and his British wife, and after her birth the family moved almost immediately to London. A year later, her father joined the British army, and the rest of the family was evacuated to the United States, spending the remainder of the Second World War in Long […]

Martita Hunt (1900 - 1969)

Martita Hunt was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 30 January 1900 to English parents Alfred and Marta (née Burnett) Hunt. She spent the first 20 years of her life in Argentina before she returned with her parents to England to attend Queenwood Ladies’ College, in Eastbourne, and then to train as an actress. Martita Hunt […]

Marty Allen (1922 - 2018)

Marty Allen Marty Allen, the bug-eyed comic who formed one half of the hit comedic duo Marty Allen & Steve Rossi, died Monday night in Las Vegas at age 95. The Associated Press confirmed the news via his spokeswoman Candi Cazau, who said that Marty Allen died from complications from pneumonia with his performing partner […]

Marty Barry (1905 - 1969)

Professional Hockey Player. A native of Quebec City, Quebec, Barry played for teams in the CAHL, NHL, AHA, and the IAHL hockey leagues. At 6’00”, and 195lbs, he played the position of Center for the Philadelphia Arrows from 1927 to 1928, New York Americans from 1927 to 1928, New Haven Eagles from 1928 to 1929, […]

Marty Bergen (1871 - 1900)

Born in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Marty Bergen attracted attention while playing for a series of teams from 1892 to 1895. But his behavior was mercurial. Batting .372, Bergen left the Kansas City Blues suddenly in 1895 over a perceived slight, and never again played for the team. Boston had scouted him, and was quick to […]

Marty Feldman (1934 - 1982)

Actor/Comedian. He dropped out of school at age 15 and aspired to be a trumpet player. His comedy career began as part of a stage act with two friends called “Morris, Marty & Mitch.” In the 1950s and 1960s he prospered as a writer primarily on British radio and television. In 1961 he was diagnosed […]

Marty Paich (1925 - 1995)

From the beginning of his professional career, Marty Paich also learned music in the time-honored ways: he transcribed tunes and charts from recordings, he attended concerts, and he sat-in on a jams. After finishing his formal studies, Paich took a series of jobs in the Los Angeles music and recording industry. These included arranging (and […]

Marty Robbins (1925 - 1982)

Robbins was born in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona. His mother was mostly of Paiute Indian heritage. Robbins was reared in a difficult family situation. His father took odd jobs to support the family of 10 children, but his drinking led to divorce in 1937. Among his warmer memories of his […]

Maruchi Fresno (1916 - 2003)

Spanish Screen and Stage Actress. She appeared in “El agua en el suelo” (1934), “Reina Santa” (1946), “Historia de una Escalera” (1950), “Catalina de Inglaterra” (1951), “La Laguna Negra” (1952), “Solomon and Sheba” (1959), “King of Kings” (1961), “El Camino” (1963), “La Regenta” (1974) and “Pecata Minuta” (1998), her last film. She was cremated in […]

Marujita Diaz (1932 - 2015)

Singer, Actress. A versatile performer, she shall be remembered as a long-time star of the Spanish stage, screen, and recording studio. Born Maria del Dulce Nombre Diaz Ruiz, she was raised within the theatrical milieu, made her professional stage debut at six, had her 1948 silver screen bow in “The Cicada”, and achieved her first […]

Marv Johnson (1938 - 1993)

Marv Johnson was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1938. He began his career singing with a doo-wop group, the Serenaders, in the mid-1950s. With budding talents not only as a singer but also as a songwriter and pianist, he was discovered by Berry Gordy while Johnson performed at a carnival. Gordy had already decided to form […]

Marvel Rea (1901 - 1937)

Marvel Rea was in Her Screen Idol (1918) with Ford Sterling and Louise Fazenda. Rea played the character, The Screen Idol’s Heroine. The movie was a humorous satire on the matinee idol of motion pictures. Sennett displayed the technique of illustrating a play within a play in this production. Rea was in movies from 1917 through […]

Marvin Gaye (1939 - 1984)

Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Gaye helped to shape the sound of Motown Records in the 1960s with a string of hits, including “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and “I Heard It Through the […]

Marvin Goldhar (1934 - 2002)

Canadian Actor. A talented voice actor he is best remembered for his work in the cartoons “C.O.P.S” (1988), “Dinosaucers” (1987), “Starcom: The U.S. Space Force” (1987), “AlfTales” (1987), “Ewoks” (1985-1987), “The New Archies” (1987, as ‘Mr Weatherbee), and “The Raccoons” (1985-1992, as ‘Cedric Sneer’). He appeared in the films, “Gotti” (1996), “Leona Helmsley: The Queen […]

Marvin Hamlisch (1944 - 2012)

Hamlisch was born in Manhattan, to Viennese-born Jewish parents Lilly (née Schachter) and Max Hamlisch. His father was an accordionist and bandleader. Hamlisch was a child prodigy, and, by age five, he began mimicking the piano music he heard on the radio. A few months before he turned seven, in 1951, he was accepted into […]

Marvin Ivan “Buck” Barrow, Sr (1905 - 1933)

Outlaw.  Born in Jones Prairie, Marion County, Texas, the third child of Henry and Cumie Barrow. At 18 or 19 Marvin, better known as “Buck” went to Dallas, to work for his brother repairing cars, but he quickly became part of the West Dallas petty-criminal underworld.  He married twice and divorced twice during this time, […]

Marvin Mandel (1920 - 2015)

Marvin Mandel Mandel was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended the Baltimore City Public Schools, graduating from the The Baltimore City College, which was a city-wide, all-male institution that served as an early model of a college prep, specialized “magnet” school that developed and became popular in American public education forty years later. Mandel received […]

Marvin Miller (1913 - 1985)

Marvin Miller was born Marvin Mueller in St. Louis, Miller graduated from Washington University before commencing his career in radio. When a singer named Marvin Miller debuted on another St. Louis radio station, he began using his middle initial to distinguish himself from the newcomer. For the Mutual Broadcasting System, he narrated a daily 15-minute […]

Marvin Mitchelson (1928 - 2004)

Celebrity divorce attorney based in Los Angeles, California. He died at the Rehabilitation Center of Beverly Hills after a long battle with cancer. He was a successful divorce pioneer who is known as the father of palimony. His first major case was the million dollar settlement for James Mason’s former wife, Pamela. He represented Bianca […]

Marvin Traub (1925 - 2012)

Marvin Traub was born to a Jewish family on April 14, 1925 in New York City. Traub’s father Sam D. was an executive of a corset company and his mother Bea (née Bruckman), a saleswoman at Bonwit Teller. Traub graduated from Harvard University in 1947, although his studies were interrupted by service in Europe during […]

Marvin Wilson (1958 - 2012)

Marvin Wilson American murderer who was executed by the State of Texas on August 7, 2012. He entered death row on May 9, 1992, for the murder of a police drug informant. Wilson abducted and shot 21-year-old Jerry Robert Williams following a physical confrontation between the two in the 1500 block of Verone in Beaumont. […]

Marvin Yancy (1950 - 1985)

Marvin Yancy was born on May 31, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois, as Marvin Jerome Yancy, to Reverend Robert Yancy Sr., who was the pastor of Fountain of Life Baptist Church, at the time of his death in 1977, and his mother, Anne. This was when Marvin stepped into the pastoral role of the church that […]

Marwan al-Shehhi (1978 - 2001)

Marwan  al-Shehhi (May 1978 – 11 September 2001) was the hijacker-pilot of United Airlines Flight 175, crashing the plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks. Marwan Al-Shehhi was a student from the United Arab Emirates who moved to Germany in 1996 and soon became close friends […]