| NAME | PLACE | PERIOD | COMPOSITIONS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madurai T Srinivasan | Madurai | 1933 April 26 - 2012 Ocober 29 | 3 |
| Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer | Vaiyacheri in the Tanjore Dist.. | 1844 May 26 - 1893 27 | 3 |
| Mahadevan Thampi | - | 1 | |
| Mahakavi Subramania Bharathy | Ettayapuram | 1882 December 11 - 1921 September 11 | 44 |
| Maharajapuram Santhanam | Sirunangur | 1928 Dec 3 - 1992 June 24 | 9 |
| Mala Gangadharan | - | 20 | |
| Mangalam Ganapathy | Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli | 1934 - | 398 |
| Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavath.. | Mannargudi | 1912 - 2004 | 43 |
| Mathioli Saraswathy | 1940, Oct 9 - 2018, May 9 | 1 | |
| Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma | Mavelikkara | 1928 - 2008 | 2 |
