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Michael (given name) Michael is a usually masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase ''mī kāʼēl'', 'Who slike-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (''Mīkhāʼēl'' ). The theophoric name is a rhetorical question – "Who slike he Hebrew GodEl (deit ...
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Michael (surname) Michael is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Michael (born 1967), Scottish artist * Ali Michael (born 1990), American fashion model * Alun Michael (born 1943), British politician * Andrew Michael (entrepreneur) (born 198 ...
, including a list of people with the surname Michael


Given name "Michael"

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Michael (archangel) Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
, ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions *
Michael (bishop elect) Michael was a medieval Bishop of Hereford elect. He was a Canon (priest), canon of Lichfield Cathedral before being elected by the cathedral chapter of Hereford Cathedral to succeed Ralph de Maidstone, but the election was quashed in August 1240.B ...
, English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect *
Michael (Khoroshy) Metropolitan Michael, (secular name Theodot Nykyforovych Khoroshy; 10 July 1885, in , near Chigirin, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) – May 5, 1977, in Toronto) was a bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada from 1951–1977, and the Churc ...
(1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer *
Michael (footballer, born 1983) Michael Anderson Pereira da Silva (born February 16, 1983 in São Caetano do Sul) better known as simply Michael, is a professional Brazilian football player. Career Michael started his professional career in Santo André, and soon moved to C ...
, Brazilian footballer *
Michael (footballer, born 1993) Michael Vinícius Silva de Morais (born 19 April 1993), simply known as Michael, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Rahmatganj. Career In April 2019, Michael went on a trial at FC Linköping City in Sweden. The ...
, Brazilian footballer *
Michael (footballer, born February 1996) Michael Santos Silva Alves (born February 16, 1996) is a Brazilian football player. He plays for J2 League club FC Gifu Football Club Gifu, abbreviated as is a Japanese football club based in Gifu, Japan. They play in the J3 League, the thi ...
, Brazilian footballer *
Michael (footballer, born March 1996) Michael Richard Delgado de Oliveira (born 12 March 1996), simply known as Michael, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Al Hilal as a forward. Club career Early career Born in Poxoréu, Mato Grosso, Michael started his career with hometow ...
, Brazilian footballer *
Michael (footballer, born 1999) Michael Rangel dos Santos de Almeida (born 27 May 1999), commonly known as Michael, is a Brazilian association football, footballer who currently plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C., Bnei Yehuda. Ca ...
, Brazilian footballer


Rulers


=Byzantine emperors

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Michael I Rangabe Michael I Rhangabe ( gr, Μιχαὴλ Ῥαγγαβέ; ''c''. 770 – 11 January 844) was Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813. Michael was the son of the patrician Theophylact Rhangabe, the admiral of the Aegean fleet. He married Prokopia, th ...
(d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I * Michael II (770–829), called "the Stammerer" and "the Amorian" *
Michael III Michael III ( grc-gre, Μιχαήλ; 9 January 840 – 24 September 867), also known as Michael the Drunkard, was Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Amorian (or Phrygian) dynasty. ...
(840–867), called "the Drunkard", youngest child of Theophilos *
Michael IV the Paphlagonian Michael IV the Paphlagonian ( el, , ''Mikhaēl ho Paphlagōn''; c. 1010 – 10 December 1041) was Byzantine Emperor from 11 April 1034 to his death on 10 December 1041. The son of a peasant, Michael worked as a money changer until he was fou ...
(1010–1041), husband of Zoë, came from a peasant family *
Michael V Kalaphates Michael V Kalaphates ( grc-gre, Μιχαήλ Καλαφάτης) was Byzantine emperor for four months in 1041–1042. He was the nephew and successor of Michael IV and the adoptive son of Michael IV's wife Empress Zoe. He was popularly called "t ...
(1015–1042), or "the Caulker", nephew of Michael IV *
Michael VI Bringas Michael VI Bringas ( el, Μιχαήλ Βρίγγας), called Stratiotikos or Stratioticus ("the Military One", "the Warlike", or "the Bellicose") or Gerontas ("the Old"), reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1056 to 1057. Career Apparently a ...
(d. 1059), called "Stratiotikos", chosen by Theodora *
Michael VII Doukas Michael VII Doukas or Ducas ( gr, Μιχαήλ Δούκας), nicknamed Parapinakes ( gr, Παραπινάκης, lit. "minus a quarter", with reference to the devaluation of the Byzantine currency under his rule), was the senior Byzantine e ...
(c. 1050–1078), called "Parapinakes", eldest son of Constantine X *
Michael VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( el, Μιχαὴλ Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, Mikhaēl Doukas Angelos Komnēnos Palaiologos; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as the co-emperor of the Empire ...
(1223–1282), founder of the Palaeologan dynasty *
Michael IX Palaiologos , image = 154 - Michael IX Palaiologos (Mutinensis - color).png , caption = 15th-century portrait of Michael IX (from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the ''Extracts of History'' by Joannes Zonaras) , succession ...
(1277–1320), eldest son of Andronikos II


=Portuguese rulers

= * Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal and Prince of Asturias (1498–1500), son of King Manuel I of Portugal *
Miguel de Bragança, 1st Duke of Lafões ''Dom'' Michael of Braganza () was a Portuguese infante, illegitimate son of King Pedro II of Portugal and of the French lady Anne Armande Pastre de Verger (sometimes called ''du Vergé''). He was born in Lisbon on 15 October 1699 and died drown ...
(1699–1724), illegitimate son of King Pedro II of Portugal, drowned * Miguel I of Portugal (1802–1866), forced to abdicate in 1834 *
Prince Miguel, Duke of Braganza Prince Miguel Januário of Braganza (; full name Miguel Maria Carlos Egídio Constantino Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga Francisco de Paula e de Assis Januário de Bragança; 19 September 1853 – 11 October 1927) was the Miguelist claimant to the throne ...
(1853–1927), claimant to the throne in exile *
Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu Prince Miguel of Braganza, Duke of Viseu (22 September 1878 – 21 February 1923) was a member of the exiled branch of the House of Braganza. The eldest son of the Miguelist pretender to the throne of Portugal he married an American heiress in ...
(1878–1923), eldest son of Miguel, Duke of Braganza


=Russian rulers

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Mikhail of Vladimir Mikhalko Yuryevich (russian: Михалко (Михаил) Юрьевич; uk, Михайло Юрійович) (died June 20, 1176), Prince of Torchesk (mid-1160s–1173), Vladimir and Suzdal (1175–1176) and Grand Prince of Kiev (Kyiv, 1171). ...
(d. 1176), eldest son of Yuri Dolgoruky by his second marriage *
Mikhail of Tver Mikhail Yaroslavich (russian: Михаил Ярославич) (1271 – 22 November 1318), also known as Michael of Tver, was a Prince of Tver (from 1285) who ruled as Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1304 until 1314 and again from 1315–1318. ...
(1271–1318), second son of
Yaroslav III Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (1230–1271) (Russian: Ярослав Ярославич) was the first Prince of Tver and the tenth Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1264 to 1271. Yaroslav and his son Mikhail Yaroslavich presided over Tver's transfor ...
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Michael of Russia Michael I (Russian: Михаил Фёдорович Романов, ''Mikhaíl Fyódorovich Románov'') () became the first Russian tsar of the House of Romanov after the Zemskiy Sobor of 1613 elected him to rule the Tsardom of Russia. He w ...
(1596–1645), first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov *
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович, r=Mikhail Aleksandrovich; 13 June 1918) was the youngest son and fifth child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and youngest brother of Nicholas ...
(1878–1918), the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II


=Bulgarian rulers

= * Boris-Michael (d. 907),
knyaz , or ( Old Church Slavonic: Кнѧзь) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands. It is usually translated into English as prince or duke, dependi ...
of Bulgaria *
Michael II Asen Michael II Asen ( bg, Михаил II Асен; 1239 – December 1256/January 1257) was emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1246 to 1256 or 1257. He was the son of Ivan Asen II and Irene Komnene Doukaina. He succeeded his half-brother, Kaliman I ...
(1238/41–1256),
tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East Slavs, East and South Slavs, South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''Caesar (title), caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" i ...
of Bulgaria, son of
Ivan Asen II Ivan Asen II, also known as John Asen II ( bg, Иван Асен II, ; 1190s – May/June 1241), was Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1218 to 1241. He was still a child when his father Ivan Asen I one of the founders of the Second Bulgarian Empir ...
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Michael Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...
(1270–after 1302), only known son of
Constantine Tikh Konstantin Tih ( bg, Константин Тих Асен) or Constantine I Tikh (Константин I), was the tsar of Bulgaria from 1257 to 1277, he was offered the throne from Mitso Asen of Bulgaria, Mitso Asen. He led the Second Bulgarian E ...
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Michael III Shishman Michael Asen III ( bg, Михаил Асен III, ''Mihail Asen III'', commonly called Michael Shishman (Михаил Шишман, ''Mihail Šišman'')), ruled as tsar of Bulgaria from 1323 to 1330. The exact year of his birth is unknown but it w ...
(after 1280–1330), tsar founder of the
House of Shishman The House of Shishman ( bg, Шишман), also Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi ( bg, Шишмановци), was a medieval Bulgarian royal dynasty of Cuman (or partial Cuman) origin. The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Second Bulgarian Em ...


=Other rulers and noblemen

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Michael (son of Anastasios the logothete) Michael ( 1042–1058) was a Byzantine ''patrikios'', ''magistros'' and '' doux'' of the Theme of Dyrrhachium. He was sent in 1042 by Emperor Constantine IX to attack the Serbian rebel Stefan Vojislav, but was defeated. In 1048, he was the ''doux'' ...
(fl. 1042–58), Byzantine general and governor *
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki Michael I ( pl, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, lt, Mykolas I Kaributas Višnioveckis; 31 May 1640 – 10 November 1673) was the ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 29 September 1669 un ...
(1640–1673), King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth *
Mikhail, Prince of Abkhazia Mikhail, or Hamud Bey, from the House of Shervashidze, or Chachba (died 1866) was the head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia and reigned from 1823 to 1864. Mikhail, who was Orthodox Christian, came to power at a time when Abkhazia had on ...
(died 1866) *
Michael I of Romania Michael I ( ro, Mihai I ; 25 October 1921 – 5 December 2017) was the last King of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 until his forced abdication on 30 December 1947. Shortly after Michael's ...
(1921-2017) *
Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...
(1558–1601), Prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania for a year. *
Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, (born 7 January 1939) is a Greek prince, historian, and author. He has written several historical books and biographies of Greek and other European figures, Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. " Burke’s Royal F ...
(born 1939) *
Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (german: Michael Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach; born 15 November 1946) is the current head of the Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, as well as the most senior agnate of the entire House of Wet ...
(born 1946)


Arts and entertainment


Film

* ''Michael'' (1924 film), a German silent film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer * ''Michael'' (1996 film), an American fantasy film directed by Nora Ephron * ''Michael'' (2011 Austrian film), a drama film directed by Markus Schleinzer * ''Michael'' (2011 Indian film), a psychological thriller film directed by Ribhu Dasgupta * ''Mikhael'' (film), a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film * '' I Am Michael'' (working title ''Michael''), a 2015 American film by Justin Kelly


Literature

* ''Michael'' (novel), a 1929 semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Goebbels * "Michael" (poem), an 1880 poem by William Wordsworth


Music

* ''Michael'' (album), by Michael Jackson, 2010 * "Michael" (Franz Ferdinand song), 2004 * " Michael (the Lover)", a song by the C.O.D.'s, 1965; covered by Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band, 1967 * "Michael", a song by Rob Zombie from ''
Hellbilly Deluxe 2 ''Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool'' is the fourth solo studio album by former White Zombie frontman Rob Zombie. The album is a sequel to his debut album ''Hellbilly Deluxe''. It was ...
'', 2010 * "Michael", a song by Suzi Quatro from ''
Your Mamma Won't Like Me ''Your Mamma Won't Like Me'' is the third studio album by Suzi Quatro. Released in May 1975 by record label Rak in most countries, in the US the album was released through Arista Records, the label that had recently succeeded Bell Records whi ...
'', 1975


Television

* "Michael" (''Glee''), a 2012 episode * "Michael" (''Stargate Atlantis''), a 2006 episode


Ships

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Great Michael ''Michael'', popularly known as ''Great Michael'', was a carrack or great ship of the Royal Scottish Navy. She was the largest ship built by King James IV of Scotland James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland fr ...
'', also called ''Michael'', a 16th-century carrack of the Kingdom of Scotland *, a Greek cargo ship in service from 1959 *, a CAM Ship sunk on her maiden voyage in 1941


Other uses

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Michael (gorilla) Michael (March 17, 1973, Cameroon – April 19, 2000) was the first male 'talking' gorilla. He had a working vocabulary of over 600 signs in American Sign Language, taught to him by Koko, a female gorilla; Dr. Francine Patterson (to whom the go ...
, the first male gorilla to use American Sign Language *
Michael, Isle of Man Michael ( gv, Maayl) is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man. It is located on the west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) and consists of the three historic parishes of Ballaugh, Jurby and Michael. Hist ...
, an administrative sheading (district) *MICHAEL, a message integrity check used in the
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP ) is a security protocol used in the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking standard. TKIP was designed by the IEEE 802.11i task group and the Wi-Fi Alliance as an interim solution to replace WEP without requiring ...
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Operation Michael Operation Michael was a major German military offensive during the First World War that began the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. It was launched from the Hindenburg Line, in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, France. Its goal was t ...
, a German attack in the Spring Offensive of World War I


See also

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List of hurricanes named Michael The name Michael was used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. * Hurricane Michael (2000) – Category 2 hurricane that caused moderate damage in Canada. * Hurricane Michael (2012) – Category 3 hurricane that did not affect land. ...
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Hurricane Michael Hurricane Michael was a very powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that became the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States since Andrew in 1992. It was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to ma ...
, an especially severe storm in 2018 * Michaels (disambiguation), variant of Michael, often a surname * Mickey (disambiguation), common name derived from Michael *
Mike (disambiguation) Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...
, common name derived from Michael, with other meanings *
Micheal Micheal is a masculine given name. It is sometimes an anglicized form of the Irish names Micheál, Mícheál and Michéal; or the Scottish Gaelic name Mìcheal. It is also a spelling variant of the common masculine given name '' Michael'', and is ...
, Gaelic name *
Michel (disambiguation) Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...
, French language variant of Michael * Michele (given name), Italian language variant (male given name) *
Miguel (disambiguation) --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael (given name), Michael. It may refer to: Places *Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands ...
, Spanish and Portuguese language variant of Michael *
Mikhail (disambiguation) Mikhail is a given name. Mikhail may also refer to: * List of people with given name Mikhail * Mikhail of Vladimir (died in 1176), Grand Prince of Kyiv and of Vladimir * Mikhail of Chernigov (c. 1185–1246), grand prince of Kiev and prince ...
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