Michael Williams or Micheal Williams may refer to:

Authors

Michael Williams (author) Michael Williams is an American author. He is known as an author of ''Dragonlance'' novels. Biography Williams was born and lives in Louisville, Kentucky. He has lived in Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Ireland and England. Between 1983 ...

(born 1952), known for his ''Dragonlance'' novels * Michael Allen Williams, author of '' Rethinking "Gnosticism": An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category''

Fictional characters

* Michael Williams (''Henry V''), a character in William Shakespeare's ''Henry V'' * Michael Williams (''Neighbours''), a character from the soap opera ''Neighbours''

Music

* Michael Williams (guitarist), American blues guitarist * Michael James Williams (c. 1944–1983), known as

Prince Far I Prince Far I (23 March 1945 – 15 September 1983) was a Jamaican reggae deejay and producer, and a Rastafarian. He was known for his gruff voice and critical assessment of the Jamaican government. His track "Heavy Manners" used lyrics about ...

, Jamaican reggae musician * Michael Glenn Williams (born 1957), composer, pianist and technologist * Michael F. Williams (born 1962), New Zealand composer of contemporary classical music * Michael Williams II (born 1989), American record producer known professionally as Mike Will Made It

Politics

Michael Williams (MP) Michael Williams (3 June 1785 – 15 June 1858) was a mining entrepreneur and politician, the MP for West Cornwall from 19 July 1853 until his death in June 1858.Garry Tregidga"Williams, John Charles (1861–1939)" ''Oxford Dictionary of Na ...

(1785–1858), MP for West Cornwall and owner of Caerhays castle * Sir

Michael S. Williams Sir Michael Sanigear Williams, Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (17 August 1911 – 25 February 1984) was a British diplomat. Michael Williams was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the Foreign Office in 19 ...

(1911–1984), British diplomat *

Michael J. Williams (politician) Michael Jay Williams (born 16 October 1929), son of Louis Jay Williams and brother of Ronald Jay Williams, is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman. Williams attended Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to study engineering ...

(born 1929), Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman, acting President 1986–1987 *

Michael Williams, Baron Williams of Baglan Michael Charles Williams, Baron Williams of Baglan (11 June 1949 – 23 April 2017) was a British diplomat and crossbench life peer. Education Williams attended Sandfields Comprehensive School, Baglan in Port Talbot. He was later to use the vil ...

(1949–2017), British diplomat and United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon * Michael L. Williams (born 1953), Texas Railroad Commissioner; departing Texas education commissioner * Micheal R. Williams (born 1955), American politician from Tennessee *

Michael Williams (Georgia politician) Michael Williams is an American politician and businessman. He served as a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate from Senate District 27, covering the majority of Forsyth County. He was also a candidate for Governor of Georgia, but wa ...

(born 1973), Republican member of the Georgia State Senate * Michael John Williams (born 1979), Congressional candidate for the 5th District of Connecticut

Sports

American football

Michael Williams (running back) Michael Williams (born July 16, 1961) is a former American football running back who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons. He was drafted by the Eagles in the fourth round of t ...

(born 1961), American football player *

Michael Williams (defensive back) Michael Dean Williams (born May 28, 1970) is a former American football defensive back who played one season with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of California, Los Angele ...

(born 1970), American football player * Michael Williams (defensive lineman) (born 1984), American football defensive end *

Michael Williams (tight end) Michael Williams (born September 8, 1990) is a former American football tight end who is currently the head football coach at Reform (Ala.) Pickens County High School. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round (211th overall) in t ...

(born 1990), American football offensive lineman

Other sports

Michael Williams (figure skater) Michael Thorpe Williams (born 23 March 1947, in Manchester) was a British ice skater who competed in men's singles. He won the gold medal at the British Figure Skating Championships in 1967 and 1968 and finished 15th at the 1968 Winter Olympics ...

(born 1947), British ice skater *

Michael Williams (boxer) Michael Anthony Williams (born June 16, 1962) is an American actor and former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2000. In the 1990 film ''Rocky V'', he played the role of boxer Union Cane. Boxing career Known as "Mercury", Williams t ...

(born 1962), American boxer and actor *

Michael Williams (athlete) Michael Williams (born 1 June 1971) is a Vincentian sprinter. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. Career Williams was part of the first Saint Vincent and the Grenadines team to compete at the Summer Olympics ...

(born 1964), Vincentian sprinter * Micheal Williams (born 1966), American basketball player *

H. Michael Williams H. Michael Williams is the former athletic director at the University of California, Berkeley, a position he held from June 2014 until May 2018. Biography Williams received his bachelor's degree in economics from UC Berkeley in 1982 and an MBA i ...

(fl. 2010s), American athletic director *

Michael Williams (footballer) Michael Thomas Williams (born 5 February 1988) is a Montserratian footballer who plays as a defender. Career Williams was part of the Rugby Town squad for 2012–13. In his second-to-last season there was blighted by injuries and he was forced ...

(born 1988), Montserattian footballer *

MJ Williams Michael Jordan Williams (born 6 November 1995) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for League One club Bolton Wanderers. He can play either central midfield or centre-back. Club career Liverpool Williams joined Liverpool academy at U ...

(Michael Jordan Williams, born 1995), Welsh footballer

TV and film

Michael Williams (actor) Michael Leonard Williams (9 July 1935 – 11 January 2001) was a British actor who played both classical and comedy roles. He was best known for co-starring in the sitcom '' A Fine Romance'' with his wife Dame Judi Dench, and for voicing Dr. ...

(1935–2001), British actor and husband of Judi Dench *

Michael Williams (film producer) Michael Williams (born February 14, 1957) is an American producer. He won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the documentary '' The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara'' in 2004. He also won an Emmy Awar ...

(born 1957), 2004 Academy Award winner for the documentary ''The Fog of War'' * Michael K. Williams (1966–2021), American actor best known for his role in ''The Wire'' *

Michael C. Williams Michael C. Williams (born July 25, 1973) is an American actor, best known for his role (using his own name) in the movie ''The Blair Witch Project''. Williams also acted in the television program '' Law & Order'' during February 2000 as a man wh ...

(born 1973), American actor *

Michael Williams (film director) Michael Williams (born June 23, 1987) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor born in West Point, Mississippi. Life and career Williams began creating short films in 2004 and since has consistently produ ...

(born 1987), American film director *

Michael Williams (Canadian TV personality) Michael Williams is a Canadian television personality who may be best known for his work as a VJ (media personality), VJ at MuchMusic from 1984 to 1993. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Williams moved to Montreal in the 1970s to attend the Communication ...

, former MuchMusic VJ

Other

Michael Williams (geographer) Michael Williams, FBA (1935–2009) was a Welsh historical geographer, known particularly for his work on deforestation. He had a personal chair at the University of Oxford from 1996. Life He was the second son of Benjamin Williams and his wife, E ...

(1935–2009), Welsh historical geographer * Michael J. Williams (born 1943), retired United States Marine Corps four-star general *

Michael Ingouville Williams Major Michael Ingouville Williams, (born March 1946) was the Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian, Scotland. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant in 1997 before becoming vice Lord-Lieutenant in 2010. Following the death of his predecessor, Garth M ...

(born 1946), Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian, Scotland *

Michael Williams (philosopher) Michael Williams (born 6 July 1947) is a British philosopher who is currently Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, noted especially for his work in epistemology. Education and career He rece ...

(born 1947), professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University * Michael Williams, academic in Indigenous Australian studies whose historical framework influenced Wesley Enoch's play ''The 7 Stages of Grieving'' *

Michael R. Williams Michael R. Williams is an American osteopathic physician and the current chancellor of the University of North Texas System. On November 29, 2021, Williams - the sixth president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth ...

, president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center * Michael Williams, defendant in ''

United States v. Williams (2008) ''United States v. Williams'', 553 U.S. 285 (2008), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that a federal statute prohibiting the "pandering" of child pornography (offering or requesting to transfer, sell, deliver, or trade the i ...

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Michael Williams (bishop) Michael R. Williams is an American bishop of the Anglican Church in North America. A retired U.S. Air Force chaplain, he was consecrated in 2018 as bishop suffragan in the ACNA's Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (JAFC). Biograph ...

, American Anglican bishop and retired U.S. Air Force chaplain * Michael C. Williams (political scientist)