Lives listing by occupation: author
- Mason, William (born 1724–died 1797), English author, poet, garden designer
- Masson, Pierre Toussaint (born 1715), French author, poet
- Mather, Reverend Samuel (born 1706–died 1785), American churchman, Congregationalist, author
- Mathias, Thomas James (born c. 1754–died 1835), Italian academic, editor, author, satirist
- Mathon de la Cour, Charles Joseph (born 1738–died 1793), French author, essayist, art critic, mathematician, financier
- Mauduit, Jean (born 1747–died 1827), French actor, author, civil servant
- Mauguet de Mézières, Charles Louis, marquis Ducrest (born 1747–died 1824), French civil servant, naval engineer, inventor, soldier, author
- Mavor, Doctor William Fordyce (born 1758–died 1837), English churchman, schoolteacher, civil servant, author
- Maynwaring, Arthur (born 1668–died 1712), English politician, journalist, author
- Meadley, George (born 1774–died 1818), English biographer, author
- Méhégan, Guillaume Alexandre de, chevalier de Méhégan (born 1721–died 1766), French author, historian, satirist, novelist
- Meister, Jakob Heinrich (born 1744–died 1826), German author, theologian, journalist
- Melmoth, William [the elder] (born 1666–died 1743), English lawyer, author
- Melmoth, William [the younger] (born c. 1710–died 1799), English author, translator
- Mendelssohn, Moses (born 1729–died 1786), German philosopher, author
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