Michael name meaning, origin, famous people, and graphic designs

Name: Michael

Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkəl/

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning: ‘Who [is] like-El’, “Who [is] like [the Hebrew God] El?”

Gender: masculine given name, boy’s name

Story of the name Michael 🔗

Michael is a common masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase מי כאל (mī kāʼēl), ‘Who [is] like-El’, in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (Mīkhāʼēl [miχaˈʔel]). The theophoric name is often read as a rhetorical question – “Who [is] like [the Hebrew God] El?”, whose answer is “there is none like El”, or “there is none as famous and powerful as God”. This question is known in Latin as Quis ut Deus? Paradoxically, the name is also sometimes interpreted as, “One who is like God”.

Although sometimes considered erroneous, an alternative spelling of the name is Micheal. While Michael is most often a masculine name, it is also given to women, such as the actresses Michael Michele and Michael Learned, and Michael Steele, the former bassist for the Bangles.

Patronymic surnames that come from Michael include Carmichael, DiMichele, MacMichael, McMichael, Michaels, Micallef, Michaelson, Michiels, Michalka, Michels, Miguélez, Mihály, Mikeladze, Mikhaylov, Mikkelsen, Mitchell, Michalski, Mykhaylenko and Mikaelyan.

Nicknames for Michael 🔗

• Mike

Graphic designs for Michael 🔗

Michael name is written with clouds in the sky:

people with given name Michael 🔗

• Michael the Archangel

• Michael (1270–after 1302), only known son of Constantine Tikh

• Michael III Shishman (after 1280–1330)
  tsar founder of the House of Shishman

• Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640–1673)
  King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

• Michael Abbott Jr. (born 1978)
  American actor

• Michael Abels (born 1962)
  American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer

• Michael Adams (1920–2005)
  British journalist

• Michael Angelis (1944–2020)
  English actor

• Michael Mohammed Ahmad
  Australian novelist

• Michael Aiken (born 1932)
  American sociologist and professor

• Michael Alan (born 1977)
  New York City-based artist

• Michael Aldridge (1920–1994)
  English actor

• Michael Alison (1926–2004)
  British Conservative politician

• Michael Alldredge (1941–1997)
  American film and television actor

• Michael Aloni (born 1984), Israeli actor, director, writer and television presenter

• Michael Ancram (born 1945), British politician

• Michael Andersen (born 1974), Danish basketball player

• Michael P. Anderson (1959–2003), United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut

• Michael St. Angel (1916–1984), American film actor

• Michael Anania (born 1939), American poet, novelist, and essayist

• Michael Angelakos (born 1987), American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

• Michael Ansara (1922–2013), American actor

• Michael Antonyuk (1935–1993), Ukraine-born Kazakhstani avant-garde artist

• Michael Archer (born 1974), American singer-songwriter, known by his stage name D’Angelo

• Michael Arbuthnot Ashcroft, British codebreaker

• Michael Arceneaux (born 1984), American writer

• Michael Arden (born 1982), American actor, singer, musician, and theatre director

• Michael Angarano (born 1987), American actor

• Michael Aronov (born 1976), American actor

• Michael Artin (born 1934), German-American mathematician

• Michael Aspel, English television presenter

• Michael J. Astrue (born 1956), American lawyer

• Michael Atherton (born 1968), English broadcaster, journalist and a former international cricketer

• Michael Atherton (musician) (born 1950), Australian musician, composer, academic and author

• Michael Atiyah (1929–2019), British-Lebanese mathematician

• Michael Attenborough (born 1950), English theatre director

• Michael Attwell (1943–2006), English film and television actor

• Michael Audley (1913–1995), American film and theatre director, actor, and dialogue advisor

• Mike Auret, Zimbabwean activist and politician

• Michael Ballard, American actor

• Michael Ballhaus (1935–2017), German cinematographer

• Michael Olasubomi Balogun, Nigerian artist

• Michael Bani (born 1984), Australian Indigenous professional rugby league footballer

• Michael Barbaro (born 1979), American journalist

• Michael Barbiero (born 1949), American record producer, mixer, engineer, and songwriter

• Michael Barnathan, American film producer

• Michael Des Barres (born 1948), English actor and rock singer

• Michael Barrymore (born 1952), English actor and comedian

• Michael J. Bassett, filmmaker

• Michael Bate (born 1947), Canadian media entrepreneur

• Michael Batiste (American football) (born 1970), American football defensive tackle and offensive guard

• Michael Batiste (born 1977), American professional basketball coach and former player

• Michael Bay, American filmmaker

• Michael Beck, American Actor

• Michael Beach (born 1963), American actor

• Michael Bean, Canadian actor, author, acting coach

• Michael Beattie, Canadian-American actor

• Michael Beattie (born 1960), Australian professional rugby league footballer

• Michael Beauchamp (born 1981), Australian professional footballer

• Michael Beavis (1929–2020), Royal Air Force officer

• Michael Been (1950–2010), American rock musician

• Michael Behenna (born 1983), United States Army First Lieutenant

• Michael J. Belton (1934–2018), President of Belton Space Exploration Initiatives and Emeritus Astronomer

• Michael Benedikt (poet) (1935–2007), American poet, editor, and literary critic

• Michael J. Berens, American investigative reporter

• Michael Berk, American television screenwriter

• Michael Berkeley (born 1948), English composer, broadcaster on music and member of the House of Lords

• Michael Berkowitz, UK-based American historian and professor of modern Jewish history at University College London

• Michael Berryman (born 1948), American character actor

• Michael Zehaf-Bibeau (1982–2014), Libyan Canadian shooter who attacked the Canadian Parliament Buildings Centre Block

• Michael Bidner (1944–1989), Canadian graphic artist and painter

• Michael Biehn (born 1956), American actor

• Michael Bisping (born 1979), English sports analyst, actor, commentator and retired mixed martial artist

• Michael Ian Black, American comedian

• Michael Blackson, American-Ghanaian-Liberian actor and comedian

• Michael Bland (born 1969), American musician

• Michael Blassie (1948–1972), United States Air Force officer

• Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and former mayor of New York City

• Michael Blumlein (1948–2019), American fiction writer and physician

• Michael Botticelli (born 1958), American public health official

• Michael Botticelli (figure skater) (1959–2023), American figure skater

• Michael Bolton, American singer

• Richard Bonney (1947–2017), English historian and priest

• Michael Bowden (baseball), American baseball player

• Michael Bowen (actor) (born 1953), American actor

• Michael Ray Bower (born 1975), American actor

• Michael Bradshaw (1933–2001), English actor

• Michael J. Bradshaw, British geographer

• Michael Branicky, American computer scientist

• Michael Brantley, American baseball player

• Michael Brantley (artist), American painter

• Michael Brick (1974–2016), American journalist and songwriter

• Michael Brdar, American baseball coach

• Michael Brecher (1925–2022), Canadian political scientist

• Michael Brecker (1949–2007), American jazz saxophonist and composer

• Michael Broyde, American law professor

• Michael Bublé, Canadian singer

• Michael Buckley (born 1975), American YouTuber

• Michael Buerk, British newsreader and journalist

• Michael Buffer, American boxing ring announcer

• Michael Buie, Canadian-born film and television actor

• Michael Bunting, Canadian ice hockey winger

• Michael Burleigh (born 1955), English author and historian

• Michael Burns (actor), American actor and historian

• Michael Burry (born 1971), American investor, hedge fund manager, and physician

• Michael A. Burstein (born 1970), American writer of science fiction

• Michael Byrne (actor) (born 1943), British actor

• Michael T. Cahill, American law professor, Dean of Brooklyn Law School

• Michael Cain (born 1966), pianist and composer

• Michael Cain (footballer) (born 1994), British footballer

• Michael Caines (born 1969), English chef

• Michael Callan (1935–2022), American actor

• Michael Feeney Callan, Irish novelist and poet

• Michael Callen (1955–1993), American singer, songwriter, composer, author, and AIDS activist

• Michael Campbell (born 1969), New Zealand golfer

• Michael Capponi (born 1972), American businessman

• Michael Carbajal (born 1967), American five-time champion boxer, and 1988 Olympic silver medalist

• Michael Carbonaro, American actor and magician

• Michael Carroll, American writer

• Michael Cashman (born 1950), British actor, politician, and LGBT rights activist

• Michael Cassidy

• Michael Cavlan (born 1959), Minnesota political activist and registered nurse

• Michael Cera (born 1988), Canadian actor and musician

• Michael Cerveris (born 1960), American actor, singer, and guitarist

• Michael Chambers (born 1967), American dancer and actor

• Michael Chang (born 1972), American professional tennis player and coach

• Michael A. Chambers, former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and senior partner at Maclaren Corlett LLP

• Michael Chambers (born 1967), American dancer and actor

• Michael Chabon (born 1963), American novelist, screenwriter, columnist and short story writer

• Michael Champion (1946–2021), American singer, songwriter and musician

• Michael Chang, American tennis player and businessman

• Michael Charlton (born 1927), Australian-born journalist and broadcaster

• Michael Chasen, American businessman

• Michael Chaturantabut, Thai/Chinese-American actor

• Michael Chaves, American filmmaker

• Michael Chavis, American baseball player

• Michael Checkland (born 1936), Director-General of the BBC from 1987 to 1992

• Michael Cheung, known as MC (born 1996), Hong Kong singer and actor

• Michael Chiarello (1962–2023), American celebrity chef

• Michael Chilaka (born 2000), Israeli football player

• Michael Chisholm (born 1948), Canadian provincial politician

• Michael Chisholm (geographer) (1931–2024), British geographer

• Michael Cho (died 2007), Korean-American artist

• Michael Cho (illustrator), Canadian illustrator and cartoonist

• Michael Chong (born 1971), Canadian politician

• Michael C. Chorlton (1913–1951), English film editor and occasional director

• Michael Chris-Ike (born 1999), Canadian football player

• Michael Christie (writer) (born 1976), Canadian writer

• Michael Church, Grenadian politician

• Michael Cimino (born 1999), American actor

• Michael Cisco (born 1970), American writer

• Michael Claesson, Swedish officer

• Michael Clayton (golfer), Australian professional golfer

• Michael Coats (born 1946), NASA astronaut

• Michael Coe (American football) (born 1983), American football cornerback

• Michael D. Coe (1929–2019), American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher, and author

• Michael Cognata (born 1988), American actor

• Michael Coletti, birth name of former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler

• Michael Constantine (1927–2021), American actor

• Michael Cooke (journalist), English journalist and publishing executive

• Michael Copon, American actor and producer

• Michael G. Comeau, American attorney and politician

• Michael G. Cornelius, American scholar

• Michael Corcoran (lobbyist) (born 1967), American lobbyist and fundraiser

• Michael Shawn Crahan (known by his middle name), American musician

• Michael Craig (actor) (born 1929), British actor

• Michael Crawford, English actor

• Michael Crawford, English actor

• Michael Craze (1942–1998), British actor

• Michael Cyril Creighton, American actor

• Michael Crichton, American writer and director

• Michael Cristofer (born 1945), American actor

• Michael Cross (1942–2022), Royal Air Force officer, Chief of Staff of the Air Cadet Organization

• Michael Cross (painter) (fl. 1633–1660), Anglo-Spanish painter and copyist

• Michael Cuccione (1985–2001), Canadian child actor, singer, dancer, author, and cancer research activist

• Michael Culver (1938–2024), British actor

• Michael A. Cummings (born 1945), American artist and quilter

• Michael Cumpsty (born 1960), British actor

• Michael Curtiz (1886–1962), Hungarian-American film director

• Michael Damaskinos (1530/35–1592/93), Greek post-Byzantine Cretan painter

• Michael Ben David (born 1996), Israeli singer

• Michael de Mesa (born 1960), Filipino actor and director

• Michael P. Decker (born 1944), former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives

• Michael Deiter, American football player

• Michael DeLorenzo (born 1959), Puerto Rican actor

• Michael DeLuise (born 1969), American actor, film director, and film producer

• Michael J. Devlin (born 1965), American convicted kidnapper

• Michael Dell (born 1965), American business magnate and philanthropist

• Mike DeWine, American politician and attorney serving as the 70th governor of Ohio

• Michael Dingsdag (born 1982), Dutch professional footballer who played as a central defender

• Michael Dinner (born 1953), American director, producer, and screenwriter for television

• Michael Divinity (born 1997), American football player

• Michael Dogbe, American football player

• Michael Dokes (1958–2012), American professional boxer

• Michael Donald (1961–1981), American murder victim

• Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer

• Michael Doohan (born 1965), Australian motorcycle racer

• Michael Dorn (born 1952), American actor

• Michael J. Dowling (politician) (1866–1921), Minnesota Republican politician

• Michael Drayer (born 1986), American actor

• Michael Drescher, American entrepreneur and philanthropist

• Michael Duhig (1953–2010), Canadian actor and radio host

• Michael Dulin, American pianist and composer

• Michael Dukakis, American politician

• Michael Dunahee (born 1986), Canadian missing person who was last seen in 1991

• Michael Clarke Duncan (1957–2012), American actor

• J. Michael Durnil, former Executive Director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee

• Michael Durrell (born 1943), American actor

• Michael Dudikoff (born 1954), American Actor

• Michael Raoul Duval (1936–2001), American investment banker and lawyer

• Michael Ealy (born 1973), American actor

• Michael Easton (born 1967), Irish-American television actor, writer, and director

• Michael Easton (composer) (1954–2004), British-Australian composer, musician, and music critic

• Michael Eisner, American businessman

• Michael Eklund, Canadian television and film actor

• Michael Atingi-Ego, Ugandan economist

• Michael Eitan (born 1944), Israeli politician

• Michael Elgin (born 1986), Canadian professional wrestler and promoter

• Michael Elias (born 1940), American writer, film director and producer

• Michael Ende (1929–1995), German writer of fantasy and children’s fiction

• Michael Ensign (born 1944), American actor

• Micheal Eric (born 1988), Nigerian basketball player

• Michael Erlewine, American musician

• Michael Essex (born 1985), British professional Rugby union player

• Michael J. Estocin (1931–1967), United States Navy officer

• Michael Christopher Estes (born 1971), American terrorist

• Michael Eury (born 1957), American editor and writer of comic books, and of reference works

• Michael Fabricant (born 1950), British politician

• Michael Fainstat (1923–2010), Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec

• Michael Fanone, American law enforcement analyst and former police officer

• Michael Fansler (1883–1963), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court

• Michael Faraday, English scientist

• Michael Farris (lawyer) (born 1951), American lawyer

• Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actor

• Michael Federmann (born 1943), Israeli businessman and billionaire

• Michael Feinstein (born 1956), American pianist, singer and musical revivalist

• Michael Fekete (1886–1957), Hungarian-Israeli mathematician

• Michael Feliz (born 1993), Dominican baseball player

• Michael Felts (1956–1996), American deaf gay activist

• Michael Fennelly (musician) (born 1949), American musician

• Michael Ferguson (1937–2021), British television director and producer

• Michael Findlay (filmmaker) (1937–1977), American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter

• Michael Finley (born 1973), American professional basketball player

• Michael Finnegan (anthropologist), retired Professor of anthropology at Kansas State University

• Michael Fishman (born 1981), American actor, writer, and producer

• Michael J. Fitzpatrick (diplomat), American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Ecuador since 2019

• Michael Patrick Flanagan (born 1962), captain in the United States Army, attorney, and politician from Chicago, Illinois

• Michael Gerald Ford (born 1950), son of US president Gerald Ford

• Michael Fortier (born 1962), Canadian financier, lawyer and former politician

• Michael Fraser (basketball) (born 1984), Canadian player

• Michael Frayn (born 1933), English playwright and novelist

• Michael Freytag (born 1958), German politician

• Michael J. Fox (born 1961), Canadian-American retired actor, producer, and activist

• Michael Fox (British actor), American Actor

• Michael Fuller (born 1959), British chief constable

• Michael Fulmer (born 1993), American baseball player

• Michael Fürtbauer (born 1972), Austrian politician

• Michael Terrence Gabbett, Australian geneticist and academic

• Michael Gallagher (writer), American comic book writer

• Michael Gambon (1940–2023), Irish-English actor

• Michael Gandolfini (born 1999), American actor

• Michael Gargiulo (born 1976), American convicted serial killer and rapist

• Michael Gargiulo (journalist) (born 1960), American television news anchor

• Michael Gaughan (businessman) (born 1943), American businessman, race car driver, race car owner and casino operator

• Michael Gaughan (Irish republican) (1949–1974), Irish republican who died on hunger strike in England

• Michael Gerard Tyson (born 1966), American boxer known as Mike Tyson, became the youngest heavyweight champion in history at the age of 20

• Michael St. Gerard (born 1961), American former actor and pastor

• Michael Giacchino, American film composer

• Michael Gilden (1962–2006), American actor

• Michael Giles (born 1942), English drummer, percussionist, and vocalist

• Michael Gillis (1949–2007), American academic and writer

• Michael Gira (born 1954), American musician, author, and artist

• Michael Gläser (born 1957), German singer

• Michael Glaser (born 1943), American poet and educator

• Michael Gleason (musician), American musician, singer and songwriter

• Michael Goi (born 1959), American cinematographer and film director

• Michael A. Goorjian (born 1971), American actor, filmmaker, and writer

• Michael Gove (born 1967), British politician

• Michael Gover (1913–1987), English actor

• Michael Grade (born 1943), English television executive and businessman

• Michael Del Grande (born 1953), Canadian politician

• Michael Grais, American screenwriter

• Michael Gravelle, American man indicted for child abuse

• Michael Greene (1933–2020), film and TV actor

• Michael Greer (1938–2002), American actor, comedian and cabaret performer

• Michael Greis (born 1976), German biathlete

• Michael Grieve (1932–1995), Scottish journalist and political activist

• Michael Griffin (American football), American football player

• Michael Greco (actor), British actor and poker player

• Michael Gross (actor), (born 1947), American actor

• Michael Grove (born 1996), American baseball player

• Michael Gudinski (1952–2021), Australian entrepreneur, business executive, concert promoter and film producer

• Michael Guider (born 1950), Australian paedophile, serial child molester and manslaughterer

• Michael Gunter, professor of political science at Tennessee Technological University

• Michael Hainsworth, Canadian business reporter

• Michael Halpin, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing the 72nd district

• Michael Hamilton, several people

• Michael Harris II (born 2001), American baseball player

• Michael Bambang Hartono (born 1939), Indonesian businessman

• Michael Harding (born 1953), Irish writer

• Michael Harding (soccer) (born 2001), American soccer player

• Michael Kieran Harvey (born 1961), Australian pianist and composer

• Michael Havers, Baron Havers (1923–1992), British barrister and Conservative politician

• Michael Hawkins Jr., American football player

• Michael Hegstrand, real name of American professional wrestler Road Warrior Hawk (1957–2003)

• Michael Heidelberger (1888–1991), American immunologist

• Michael S. Heiser, American biblical Old Testament scholar and Christian author

• Michael Heizer (born 1944), American land artist

• Michael Henley (died 1988), American formerly missing person

• Michael Henley (1939–2014), British bishop

• Michael Hepburn (born 1991), Australian track and road cyclist

• Michael Hermosillo (born 1995), American baseball player

• Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, real name of American retired professional wrestler Shawn Michaels (born 1965)

• Michael Hickson (died 2020), quadriplegic who died of COVID-19

• Michael Hirsh (producer) (born 1948), Belgian-born Canadian producer

• Michael Hite (born 1966), American politician

• Michael Hodgman (1938–2013), Australian politician and lawyer

• Michael A. Hoey (1934–2014), British author and film and television writer, director, and producer

• Michael Hogan (1896–1920) Gaelic Football captain, member of the Irish Volunteers, who is the namesake of Croke Park’s ‘Hogan Stand’

• Michael Lindsay-Hogg (born 1940), American-born television, film, music video, and theatre director

• Michael Holliday (1924–1963), English singer

• Michael Holton, American basketball player and coach

• Michael Hopper (born 1969), Canadian Forces officer

• Michael Hordern (1911–1995), English actor

• Michael Horton (actor) (born 1952), American actor and voice over artist

• Michael Hrebeniak, British academic, author, filmmaker, journalist and ex-jazz musician

• Michael Hui (born 1942), Hong Kong actor, comedian, scriptwriter and director

• Michael Conner Humphreys (born 1985), American actor

• Michael Hutchence, Australian musician

• Michael Hyatt, American actress

• Michael Ibru (1930–2016), Nigerian pioneer industrialist, business magnate, philanthropist, and founder of the Ibru Organization,

• Michael Iceberg, American musician and composer

• Michael Ignatieff (born 1947), Canadian author, academic and former politician

• Michael Imperioli (born 1966), American actor, writer, and musician

• Michael Irby (born 1972), American actor

• Michael Ironside (born 1950), Canadian actor

• Michael Irvin (born 1966), American sports commentator

• Michael Isikoff (born 1952), American investigative journalist

• Michael Isaacson (born 1946), American composer of Jewish synagogue music

• Michael Ivins (born 1963), American musician

• Michael Izen (born 1967), American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church

• Michael Jacquet (born 1997), American football player

• Michael Jai White, American actor and martial artist

• Michael Jack (born 1946), British Conservative Party politician

• Michael Jackson (1958–2009), American singer, songwriter and dancer

• Michael Jacobs (art and travel writer) (1952–2014), Italian writer

• Michael Jacobs (economist) (born 1960), English economist

• Michael Jacobs (producer) (born 1955), American television creator, writer, and producer

• Michael Jaffe (born 1945), American TV and film producer

• Michael Jaffé (1923–1997), British art historian and curator

• Michael James (born 1949), American artist, educator, author, and lecturer

• Michael Jerrell (born 1999), American football player

• Michael Jeter, American actor

• Michael Jordan (born 1963), American basketball player

• Michael B. Jordan (born 1987), American actor

• Michael Jurgens (born 2000), American football player

• Michael Kahn (film editor) (born 1930), American film editor

• Michael Kahn (theatre director), American theatre director

• Michael Kamen (1948–2003), American composer

• Michael Karkoc (1919–2019), Ukrainian military officer

• Michael Katleman (born 1960), American film, television director and producer

• Michael Keaton, American actor

• Michael Keating (actor)

• Michael Kefalianos, Greek bodybuilder

• Michael Keohane (athlete), American Paralympic athlete

• Keegan-Michael Key (born 1971), American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter

• Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada

• Michael Kibet (born 1999), Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner

• Michael Kimball (born 1967), American novelist

• Michael A. Kimelman, American entrepreneur

• Michael Kim (pianist) (born 1968), Canadian concert pianist and professor

• Michael J. L. Kirby (born 1941), former Canadian senator and current Chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada

• Michael Kirby (judge) (born 1939), Justice of the High Court of Australia

• Michael Klim, Australian swimmer and world champion

• Michael Klinger, Australian first-class cricketer, who held the record for the most runs scored in the Big Bash League when he retired in 2019

• Michael Kmit (1910–1981), Ukrainian painter

• Michael Knickerbocker, American serial killer

• Michael Knost (born 1967), American suspense author

• Michael Koomen (1979–2011), Dutch amateur footballer

• Michael Kopech, American baseball player

• Michael Koryta (born 1982), American author

• Michael Korda (born 1933), English-born writer and novelist

• Michael Kors, American fashion designer

• Michael Kosta (born 1979), American stand-up comedian

• Michael Kozoll, American screenwriter

• Michael Krassner (born 1971), American musician and composer

• Michael/Marvin Lee Aday, also known as Meat Loaf, (1948–2022), American singer and actor

• Michael Kutílek (1951–2017), one half of a Czech spree killers duo

• Michael Lamp (born 1977), Danish badminton player

• Michael Landon (1936–1991), American actor

• Michael Laser (born 1954), American novelist

• Michael Laws (born 1957), New Zealand politician, broadcaster and writer

• Michael Laws (cricketer) (born 1926), English cricketer

• Michael Leahy (died 1826), Irish child who died by drowning

• Michael Leali, American writer and educator

• Michael Learned, American actress

• Michael LeBlanc (born 1987), Canadian track athlete

• Michael C. Lerner (1941–2023), American actor

• Michael Lee (born 1964/1965), Canadian politician

• Michael Leib (1760–1822), American politician

• Michael Leitch, Japanese rugby union player

• Michael Lembeck (born 1948), American actor

• Michael G. Lenett, American politician

• Michael-Leon Wooley, American theatre, film, television and voice actor

• Michael Leshner and Michael Stark (m. 2003), the first married gay couple in Canada

• Michael Levey (1927–2008), English art historian

• Michael Lindsey (born 1987), American football player

• Michael Ljunggren (1962–1995), Swedish organized crime figure

• Michael Lohan (born 1960), American television personality, and father of actress Lindsay Lohan

• Michael F. Lohr (born 1952), 38th Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy

• Michael Lombardi (American football) (born 1959), American football executive and media analyst

• Michael Lombardi (actor) (born 1976), American actor

• Michael Lorenzen, American baseball player

• Michael Lowenthal, American fiction writer

• Michael Luciano (1909–1992), American film and television editor

• Michael Lupo (1953–1995), Italian serial killer

• Michael MacLennan (born 1968), Canadian playwright, television writer and television producer

• Michael MacMillan (born 1957), CEO of Blue Ant Media

• Michael Madhu, Indian film actor

• Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and dramatist

• Michael L. Madigan, American biomedical engineer

• Michael Madigan (born 1942), American politician

• Michael Madison (born 1977), American convicted serial killer and sex offender

• Michael Maduell, American founder and president of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute

• Michael Malone (author) (1942–2022), American author and television writer

• Michael Maltese, American writer (Looney Tunes)

• Michael Marmot, English professor

• Michael Mariano, Somali politician and businessman

• Michael Marquart, American music producer, drummer, and guitarist

• Michael Maschler (1927–2008), Israeli mathematician

• Michael Massey, American baseball player

• Michael Mastro (born 1925), American real estate developer

• Michael Mastro (actor) (born 1962), American Broadway and film actor

• Michael McCarron (born 1995), American professional ice hockey player

• Michael McCaul, (born 1962), American attorney and politician

• Michael McConnell (born 1942), one half of the first same-sex couple to be married legally with a license that was never revoked

• Michael J. McCord (born 1959), American government official

• Mike McCord, American professional wrestler known as Austin Idol (born 1949)

• Michael McConnohie, American voice actor, writer and director

• Michael McDowell, American professional stock car racing driver

• Michael McElhatton (born 1963), Irish actor and writer

• Michael McElhatton (footballer) (born 1975), Irish footballer

• Michael McFaul (born 1963), American academic and diplomat

• Michael J. McCulley (born 1943), American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot

• Michael McCrea, British financial adviser and convicted killer

• Michael McDonald (musician) (born 1952), American musician (The Doobie Brothers)

• Michael J. McGivney (1852–1890), Irish-American Catholic priest

• Michael McGrath (actor) (1957–2023), American actor

• Michael Wayne McGray (born 1965), Canadian serial killer

• Michael Andrew McKagan, real name of Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan

• Michael McKean (born 1947), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, singer, and musician

• Michael Jones McKean (born 1976), American artist and educator

• Michael McLaverty (1904–1992), Irish writer of novels and short stories

• Michael McLendon (born 1963), American politician and insurance producer

• Michael Joseph McNally (1860–1916), United States Marine Sergeant

• Michael McMahon (Scottish politician) (born 1961), Scottish Labour Party politician

• Michael Meenaghan (died 1994), British forensic scientist

• Michael Michele, American actress

• Michael Milhoan (born 1957), American actor

• Michael Milken (born 1946), American convicted felon, financier and philanthropist

• Michael Mizanin (born 1980), American actor and professional wrestler

• Michael Modest (born 1971), American professional wrestler

• Michael “Mike” Mohede (1983–2016), Indonesian singer

• Michael Monroe (born 1962), Finnish rock musician

• Michael Moody, general manager and co-founder of The Grange Festival

• Michael Moore, American documentary filmmaker

• Michael Moorer (born 1967), American professional boxer

• Michael Moran (Tuam) (1890–1920), Irish commandant of the Tuam Battalion of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence

• Michael Morpurgo (born 1943), English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist

• Michael Moutoussis (1885–1956), Hellenic Army officer

• Michael G. Moye (born 1954), American photographer and a former television writer and producer

• Michael Mulgrew, fifth President of the United Federation of Teachers

• Michael Mullins (serial killer) (born 1961), American serial killer

• Michael “Mick” Mumford, career officer in the Australian Army

• Michael Munnelly (1941–1964), British murder victim

• Michael Musto (born 1955), American journalist

• Mike Myers (born 1963), Canadian actor

• Michael Negrete (born 1981), American missing person

• Michael Nesmith, American musician

• Michael Netzer (born 1955), American-Israeli artist

• Michael D. Newcomb (1952–2010), American psychologist

• Michael E. Newcomb, American clinical psychologist

• Michael Newman (actor) (1957–2024), American lifeguard and actor

• Michael Nigg (1969–1995), American actor and murder victim

• Michael Noel (born 1947), American politician

• Michael Novak (1933–2017), American Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat

• Michael Novak (footballer) (born 1990), Austrian professional footballer

• Michael Norman (sprinter), American sprinter and Olympian, holds indoor 400m and US HS 400m records

• Michael Norton (skier) (1964–1996), Australian Paralympic alpine skier

• Michael Norwood (born 1985), American basketball player

• Michael Nouri (born 1945), American screen and stage actor

• Michael F. Nozzolio (born 1951), American New York State Senator

• Michael Nyman (born 1944), English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker

• Michael O’Farrell (biker) (1949–1989), American outlaw biker and gangster

• Michael Ojemudia (born 1997), American football player

• Michael Olai, Finnish bishop

• Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan Canadian author and filmmaker

• Michael Onwenu (born 1997), American football player

• Michael O’Rourke (gambler), American fugitive and gambler

• Michael O’Sullivan (actor) (1934–1971), American actor

• Michael Owen (born 1979), English footballer

• Michael Owens (politician), American politician

• Michael Palin, British actor, comedian, writer and television presenter

• Michael Panes (born 1963), American actor, writer, musician and composer

• Michael Pangilinan (born 1995), Filipino singer

• Michael Papajohn (born 1964), American character actor, stuntman and former college baseball player

• Michael Papierski, American baseball player

• Michael Paraskevas (born 1961), American illustrator, cartoonist, and animation producer

• Michael Paré (born 1958), American actor

• Michael Parenti, American political scientist

• Michael Park (actor), American actor

• Michael Parkinson (1935–2023), English broadcaster, journalist and author

• Michaël Parkinson (born 1991), Dutch volleyball player

• Michael Parr (born 1986), British actor

• Michael Patryn, internet entrepreneur and convicted felon

• Michael Paye (born 1983), American wheelchair basketball player

• Michael Pence, American politician, former Vice President of the United States

• Michael Penix Jr. (born 2000), American football player

• Michael Peoples, American baseball player

• Michael Peraza (born 1955), Cuban-American animator, art director, conceptual artist and historian of animation

• Michael Pérez, Puerto Rican baseball player

• Michael Pfaff (born 1973), American musician

• Michael Phelps, American Olympic swimmer

• Michael Pineda, Dominican baseball player

• Michael Pittman Jr. (born 1997), American football player

• Michael Plassmeyer, American baseball player

• Michael Player (1960–1986), American serial killer

• Michael Polakovs (1923–2009), Latvian-born American circus clown and actor

• Michael Polanyi (1891–1976), Hungarian-British chemist, economist and philosopher

• Michael Polchlopek, real name of American professional wrestler Bart Gunn (born 1965)

• Michael J. Pollard (1939–2019), American actor

• Michael Pompeo, American politician, Secretary of State of the US

• Michael Portillo (born 1953), British journalist, broadcaster and former politician

• Michael Potts (born 1962), American actor

• Michael Quatro (born 1943), American keyboard player and songwriter

• Michael Quick (born 1959), American color commentator and former professional football player

• Mike Quigley (politician) (born 1958), American politician

• Michael Quinlan (civil servant) (1930–2009), British defence strategist and former Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence

• Michael R. Quinlan (born 1944), American graduate, and currently the chairman, of Loyola University Chicago

• Michael Quintero (born 1980), Colombian professional tennis player

• Michael Radford (born 1946), English film director and screenwriter

• Michael Rady (born 1981)
  American actor

• Michael Randle (born 1933), English peace campaigner and researcher

• Michael Rapaport (born 1970), American actor and comedian

• Michael Rapino, Canadian-American business executive

• Michael Rapoport (born 1948), Austrian mathematician

• Michael Reagan, television personality and journalist

• Michael Reaves (1950–2023), American writer

• Michael Redgrave (1908–1985), English stage/film actor

• Michael Redlicki
  American tennis player

• Michael Reeves
  American YouTuber and Twitch streamer

• Michael Eric Reid, American actor

• Michael Reisser (1946–1988), Israeli politician

• Michael Rennie (1909–1971), British film, television and stage actor

• Michael Trent Reznor (known by his middle name), American musician

• Michael Wayne Richard (1959–2007), American murder and rapist

• Micheál Richardson (born 1995), Irish actor

• Michael Robison (born 1955), Canadian film and television director

• Michael Rockefeller (1938–1961?), son of U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller

• Michael Roll (basketball), American-Tunisian basketball player

• Michael Angelo Rooker (1743 or 1746–1801), English oil and watercolour painter

• Michael Rooker, American actor

• Michael Rogers

• Michael Rosenbaum, American actor

• Michael Rosenblum (disappeared 1980), American missing person who is now known to have died

• Michael Ross, multiple people

• Michael Roufogalis (1921–2000), Greek Army officer

• Michael Rubbo (born 1938), Australian filmmaker, screenwriter, and publisher

• Michael Ruse (born 1940), British-born Canadian philosopher of science

• Michael Sabia (born 1953), Canadian businessman and civil servant

• Michael Sandy (1977–2006), American hit and run victim

• Michael Sarrazin (1940–2011), Canadian actor

• Michael Saunders, Canadian professional baseball player

• Michael Schenker (born 1955), German guitarist

• Michael Scherer (American football) (born 1993), American football player and coach

• Michael Schermick (born 1958), American guitarist

• Michael Schumacher, German racing driver, 7 time Formula 1 World Champion

• Michael Schur (born c. 1975/1976), American television producer, writer, and character actor

• Michael Schiavello (born 1975), Australian sports commentator and journalist

• Michael Schoeffling (born 1960), American former actor and model

• Michael Schwerner (1939–1964), American civil rights activist

• Michael Scot (c. 1175–1232), Scottish astrologer

• Michael M. Sears (born 1947), American executive

• Michael Seater (born 1987), Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer

• Michael Seatter (1945–2008), English rugby union, and professional association football (soccer), and rugby league footballer

• Michael Seifert (SS guard) (1924–2010), SS guard in Italy during World War II

• Michael Sela, Israeli immunologist

• Michael Sembello (born 1954), American singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer

• Michael Sessions (born 1987), American former mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan

• Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu (1510–1578), Ottoman Greek magnate

• Michael Abraham Shadid (1882–1966), Lebanese doctor

• Michael Shane (1927–1994), American lawyer and actor

• Michael Eugene Sharp (1954–1997), American serial killer

• Michael William Sharp (1776?–1840), English painter

• Michael Sheen (born 1969), Welsh actor, television producer and political activist

• Michael Shepley (1907–1961), British actor

• Michael Shermer (born 1954), American science writer, and historian of science

• Michael Shrieve (born 1949), American drummer, percussionist, and composer

• Michael Shur (born 1942), Russian and American physicist

• Michael Shure (born 1966), American politician

• Michael Singh (1945–2005), Trinidad and Tobago-born American serial killer

• Michael Silka (1958–1984), American spree killer

• Michael Silverstein (1945–2020), American linguist

• Michael J. Socolow (born 1968), American media historian and former broadcast journalist

• Michael Sokolowski (born 1962), Canadian retired sprinter

• Michael Sorvino (born 1977), American actor and producer

• Michael Spavor (born 1976), Canadian consultant

• Michael Spilotro (1944–1986), American murder victim

• Michael Spöttel, German runner

• Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, birth name of American actor and film director Sylvester Stallone

• Michael Steele (musician), American bassist for The Bangles

• Michael Stefanic, American baseball player

• Michael Stevens (YouTuber), American YouTuber and educator, AKA VSauce

• Michael Ray Stevenson (born 1989), better known by his stage name Tyga, American rapper

• Michael Stich (born 1968), professional tennis player from Germany

• Michael Stich (director), American television soap opera director

• Michael Stillman (born 1957), American mathematician

• Michael Stipe, American singer/lyricist for R.E.M.

• Michael Stoyanov (born 1970), American actor

• J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954), American filmmaker and comic book writer

• Michael Strahan, American television personality and former footballer

• Michael Straight (1916–2004), American magazine publisher, novelist, and patron of the arts

• Michael Stuart (physician), American sports physician and orthopedic surgeon

• Michael J. Stull (1949–2002), American songwriter

• Michael Suby, American television and film score composer and music producer

• Michael Suen (born 1944), Acting Chief Secretary for Administration in 2005 and 2012

• Michael Sumpter (1947–2001), American serial killer and rapist

• Michael Sutton (actor), American actor

• Michael Sundin (1961–1989), English television presenter, actor, dancer and trampolinist

• Michael Swango (born 1954), American serial killer and former physician

• Michael Sym (died 1577), Scottish goldsmith

• Michael Taaffe (born 2003), American football player

• Michael A. Taylor, American baseball player

• Michael Tarry, Canadian singer

• Michael Thomas (actor) (1952–2019), British theatre actor

• Michael Joseph Teutul (born 1978), American television personality

• Michael Thivaios, Belgian-Greek DJ also known by his stage name Like Mike

• Michael Thwaites (1915–2005), Australian academic, poet, and intelligence officer

• Michael Toglia, American baseball player

• Michael Tolkin (born 1950), American filmmaker and novelist

• Michael Roy Toney (1965–2009), American charged and wrongfully convicted in 1999 for a bombing

• Michael Traynor (actor), American actor

• Michael Tree (1934–2018), American violist

• Michael Trucco (born 1970), American actor

• Michel Trudeau (1975–1998), youngest son of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau, younger brother of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

• Michael Tsur, Israeli attorney, negotiator, mediator, and academic

• Michael Tylo (1948–2021), American actor

• Michael Ungar (born 1963), Canadian researcher

• Michael Urbano (born 1960), American musician, programmer, and record producer

• Michael Urie (born 1980), American actor

• Michael Useem, American academic

• Michael Usher, Australian television presenter and reporter

• Michael Usi (born 1968), Malawian politician

• Michael E. Uslan (born 1951), American lawyer and film producer

• Michael Utley (born 1947), American musician, songwriter, record producer, and musical director

• Michael V. (born 1969), Filipino actor and comedian

• Michael Vale (1922–2005), American character actor

• Michael Van Buren Jr. (born 2004), American football player

• Michael Van Wijk (born 1952), English bodybuilder, professional sportsperson, actor and TV presenter

• Michael Vartan (born 1968), French-American actor

• Michael Ventura (born 1945), American novelist, film director, and cultural critic

• Michael Venus (entertainer), Canadian artist, actor and producer

• Michael Verhoeven (born 1938), German film director

• Michael Vick, American football player

• Michael Vlamis (born 1990), American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer

• Michael Voltaggio (born 1978), American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and author

• Michael Voris, American Catholic author, speaker and apologist

• Michael Vosse (1941–2014), American journalist and A&M Records publicist

• Michael Wacha (born 1991), American baseball player

• Michael Wachter, American professor

• Michael Waldron, American screenwriter and producer

• Michael Wallstreet, later stage name for American retired professional wrestler Mike Rotunda (born 1958)

• Michael Barret Watson (born 1974), known professionally as Barry Watson, American actor

• Michael Waltrip (born 1963), American race car driver and team owner

• Michael Weatherly (born 1968), American actor, producer, director, and musician

• Michael Weiss (journalist), American journalist and author

• Michael Weisskopf (born 1946), American journalist

• Michael J. Weithorn, American writer, director, and producer

• Michael Wendler, German singer

• Michael Wilbon, American sportswriter

• Michael Wincott (born 1958), Canadian actor

• Michael Winslow (born 1958), American actor, comedian, and beatboxer

• Michael J. Woodard (born 1997), American singer and actor

• Michael Wong (singer), Malaysian singer based in Taiwan

• Michael-Leon Wooley (born 1971), American actor

• Michael Xavier (born 1978), English actor and singer

• Michael Yarmush (born 1982), American actor

• Michael “Mike” Yarwood, English impressionist, comedian and actor

• Michael Yeadon, British anti-vaccine activist

• Michael Yeats (1921–2007), Irish politician

• Michael Ying (born 1949), Hong Kong billionaire businessman and philanthropist

• Michael Youssef (born 1948), Egyptian-American pastor

• Michael Zager (born 1943), American record producer, composer, and arranger of original music

• Michael Zakian (1957–2020), American art historian and museum curator

• Michael Zaslow (1942–1998), American actor

• Michael Zegen (born 1979), American actor

• Michael Zelniker, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

• Michael Zigomanis (born 1981), Canadian professional ice hockey centre

• Michael Zohary (1898–1983), Israeli botanist

• Michael Zorek, American film and television actor