François de Malherbe of France (1555–1628), poet and literary critic Man Gui of China (?–1629), general and main commander of the Chinese army following the death of Yuan Chonghuan George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland of England (1580–1641), Member of Parliament and nobleman Ernst von Mansfeld (1580–1626), German soldier Mao Wenlong of China (1579–1629), military commander Juan de Mariana of Spain (1536–1624), Catholic priest, historian, and Monarchomach political theorist Maria Anna of Spain (1606–1646), Infanta and future Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire Marie de' Medici (1575–1642), Queen dowager of France and former regent with her son Louis XIII Michel de Marillac of France (1563–1632), Minister of Justice under Louis XIII Giambattista Marino of Naples (1569–1625), poet Gervase Markham of England (1568–1637), poet and writer Tristano Martinelli of Mantua (1555–1630), actor Enrico Martínez of Spain (?–1632), hydraulic engineer John Mason of England (1586–1635), sailor, explorer, cartographer, colonizer, and founder of New Hampshire Isaac Massa of the Netherlands (1586–1643), merchant, traveller, and diplomat Massasoit (1580?–1661), Chief of the Wampanoag Philip Massinger of England (1583–1640), playwright Tobie Matthew of England (1577–1655), Member of Parliament Maximilian I of Bavaria (1573–1651), Prince-Elector of Bavaria Cornelis Jacobszoon May of the Netherlands, explorer and first Director-general of New Netherland Cardinal Mazarin of Sicily (1602–1661), Cardinal, diplomat, and future Prime Minister of France Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665), Italian composer Afonso Mendes, Prelate of Ethiopia and Catholic Patriarch of Ethiopia, held position (as Catholic Patriarch) 1622–1632 Diego Carrillo de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Gelves of Spain (1570?-1631), nobleman and Viceroy of New Spain, in office 1621–1624 Adriaan Metius of the Netherlands (1571–1635), mathematician and astronomer Thomas Middleton of England (1580–1627), playwright and poet Daniël Mijtens of the Netherlands (1590–1648), painter Peter Minuit of the Netherlands (1589–1638), Director-General of New Netherland, in office 1626–1632 Francis Mitchell of England, Knight and Extortionist Miyamoto Musashi of Japan (1584?–1645), prominent samurai Francesco Molin of Venice (1575–1655), Naval commander and future Doge of Venice Giles Mompesson of England (1584–1663), corrupt politician Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester of England (1602–1671), Royalist Member of parliament and future Royalist commander during the English Civil War Richard Montagu of England (1577–1641), controversial Cleric and prelate Antoine de Montchrestien of France (1575–1621), soldier, dramatist, poet, and economist Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), Italian composer Mumtaz Mahal of India (1593–1631), Empress Consort of India (Wife of Shah Jahan) Jens Munk of Norway (1579–1628), navigator, explorer, and naval captain Bartolomé Esteban