List of People From Brighton and Hove - M

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• Matt Machan (born 1991), Sussex cricketer
• Percival Mackey, pianist, composer and music director in the early 20th century, lived in Brighton
• Mathilde Madden, erotica author, lives in Brighton
• Sake Dean Mahomet, introduced the Turkish bath to Britain
• Stephen Mallinder, musician, lives in Brighton
• Gideon Mantell, doctor, palaeontologist, discoveror of dinosaurs (Iguanodon), lived and worked in Brighton in the 1830s
• Lesley Manville (born 1956), English actress
• Gazz Marlow Guitarist for InMe, also runs local alternative club night Guerilla Rocks
• Edward Marshall-Hall, criminal barrister famous for Edwardian theatrics in court
• Ivan Massow, entrepreneur
• Susan Maughan, singer of hit record Bobbys Girl, lived in Rottingdean
• Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence
• Conor Maynard, singer, was born in Brighton
• Margaret Mayo, children's author, lives in Brighton
• Pete McCarthy (1951–2004), actor and writer, lived in Brighton for a while, and a local bus was named after him
• Joe McGann, actor; star of The Upper Hand
• Kevin McNally, actor, lives in Brighton
• Neil Megson, performance artist, also known as Genesis P-Orridge
• Harriet Mellon (1777–1837), actress, wife of banker Thomas Coutts, had a house by Regency Square, Brighton
• Alan Melville, (1910–1983) revue author, playwright, lyricist, radio and TV personality moved to Brighton in 1951 and lived in Clifton Terrace and Victoria St.
• Sara Mendes da Costa, the British Telecom speaking clock
• Kevin Meredith, a.k.a. Lomokev, photographer, lives and works in Brighton
• Prince Klemens von Metternich (15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859), Austrian Foreign Minister, Diplomat and creator of the Congress of Vienna
• Max Miller, comedian, "the Cheeky Chappie", born in Brighton in 1894, lived there most of his life; blue plaque at 160 Marine Parade
• Heather Mills, ex-wife of musician and ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, lives and owns the vegan restaurant VBites in Hove
• Juan, Count of Montizón, the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain and Legitimist claimant to the throne of France — lived in Hove c.1870s – 1887, where he died; funeral mass held in Hove's Sacred Heart Church
• William Moon, teacher and inventor of an alphabet for the blind
• Gary Moore, musician, guitarist with Thin Lizzy amongst others as well as solo, lived in Hove
• Ryan Moore, three time champion jockey
• Caitlin Moran, journalist, was born in Brighton
• James Morrison, recording artist, lives in Hove