Michaelis or Michelis is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people and characters with the surname include: *

Adolf Michaelis Adolf Michaelis (22 June 1835 – 12 August 1910) was a German classical scholar, a professor of art history at the University of Strasbourg from 1872, who helped establish the connoisseurship of Ancient Greek sculpture and Roman sculpture on their ...

, German classical scholar * Anthony R. Michaelis, German science writer * Edward Michelis, German theologian *

Georg Michaelis Georg Michaelis (8 September 1857 – 24 July 1936) was the chancellor of the German Empire for a few months in 1917. He was the first (and the only one of the German Empire) chancellor not of noble birth to hold the office. With an economic bac ...

, German politician *

Gustav Adolf Michaelis Gustav Adolf Michaelis (9 July 1798 – 8 August 1848) was a German obstetrician who was a native of Kiel. He was the founder and establisher of the Michaelis’ Rhomboid. Biography Education and Career Gustav Adolf Michaelis was born on the 9 ...

, German obstetrician and namesake of the

rhombus of Michaelis The rhombus of Michaelis, also known as the Michaelis-Raute or the quadrilateral of Michaelis, is a rhombus-shaped contour (also referred to as kite-shaped or diamond shaped) that is sometimes visible on the lower human back. The rhombus is define ...

Hans-Thorald Michaelis Hans-Thorald Michaelis (born 24 April 1925 in Hanover, died 18 December 2004 in Aachen) was a German historian, germanist and genealogist. Life and career After his studies in history, germanistics, philosophy and Protestant religion in Frank ...

, German historian *

Johann David Michaelis Johann David Michaelis (27 February 1717 – 22 August 1791) was a Prussian biblical scholar and teacher. He was member of a family that was committed to solid discipline in Hebrew and the cognate languages, which distinguished the University ...

, German biblical scholar *

John H. Michaelis John Hersey Michaelis (August 20, 1912 – October 31, 1985) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth United States Army f ...

, American four-star general *

Laura Michaelis Laura A. Michaelis is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics and a faculty fellow in the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Background and research She received her BA, MA and PhD (1993) in linguistics ...

, American linguist * Leo Michelis, Greek-Canadian economist *

Leonor Michaelis Leonor Michaelis (16 January 1875 – 8 October 1949) was a German biochemist, physical chemist, and physician, known for his work with Maud Menten on enzyme kinetics in 1913, as well as for work on enzyme inhibition, pH and quinones. E ...

, German scientist known for

Michaelis–Menten kinetics In biochemistry, Michaelis–Menten kinetics is one of the best-known models of enzyme kinetics. It is named after German biochemist Leonor Michaelis and Canadian physician Maud Menten. The model takes the form of an equation describing the rate ...

Max Michaelis Sir Maximillian Michaelis, (11 May 1852 Eisfeld, Germany – 26 January 1932, Zurich) was a South African financier, mining magnate, benefactor and patron of the arts. Early life and education Michaelis received his early schooling in ...

, South African financier *

Margaret Michaelis-Sachs Margaret (Margarethe) Michaelis-Sachs (née Gross, 1902 – 1985) was an Austrian-Australian photographer of Polish-Jewish origin. In addition to her many portraits, her scenes of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona and other places and her imag ...

, Austrian-Australian photographer *

Paul Charles Michaelis Paul Charles Michaelis was a Bell Labs researcher in magnetic bubble memory. Education Michaelis was born June 18, 1935 in NYC, raised in New Jersey on a Scotch Plains farm, went to high School in Scotch Plain, First worked in Bell Labs, Murray Hi ...

, American scientist *

Peter Michaelis Peter Michaelis (28 May 1900 in Munich – 3 August 1975 in Cologne) was a German plant geneticist who focused most of his research on cytoplasm inheritance and segregation. Most of Michaelis work was carried out during the period from the 1940s t ...

, German botanist *

Robert Michaelis Robert Armand René Michaelis (22 December 1878 – 29 August 1965) was a French-born actor and singer who worked in musical theatre, mainly in England, but he also made appearances on Broadway. By 1901, Michaelis and his parents had settled in ...

(1878–1965), French-born actor and singer who settled in England *

Sebastian Michaelis Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film ...

, the demon butler from

Kuroshitsuji is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old Ea ...

* Sebastien Michaelis, French inquisitor and writer of

Michaelis' classification of demons There have been various attempts at the classification of demons within the contexts of classical mythology, demonology, occultism, and Renaissance magic. These classifications may be for purposes of traditional medicine, exorcisms, ceremonial m ...

Susanne Maria Michaelis Susanne Maria Michaelis (born March 30, 1962 in Aachen) is a specialist in creole linguistics who is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. She was previously at Leipzig University and at the Max Planck I ...

, German linguist

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