Mikel is the Basque adaptation of the given name Michael. Notable people with the name include:

Footballers

* Mikel Alonso (born 1980), Spanish Basque footballer and older brother of retired Spanish international Xabi Alonso *

Mikel Álvaro Mikel Álvaro Salazar (born 20 December 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Club Portugalete. Club career Álvaro was born in Amurrio, Álava. After spending most of his career in Segunda División B or l ...

(born 1982), Spanish footballer *

Mikel Amantegui Mikel Amantegui Errandonea (born 3 May 1979 in Irun, Basque Country) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks du ...

(born 1979), Spanish footballer *

Mikel Aranburu Mikel Aranburu Eizagirre (born 18 February 1979) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent his entire professional career with Real Sociedad, appearing in 427 official matches for the club and scoring 32 ...

(born 1979), Spanish Basque retired footballer, who played for

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

Mikel Arce Mikel Arce Hualde (born 15 June 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Early years Arce was born in Pamplona, Navarre. After graduating from CA Osasuna's youth academy he spent the entirety of his Spanish ca ...

(born 1984), Spanish footballer * Mikel Arteta (born 1982), retired Spanish Basque footballer, currently head coach at

Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club, commonly referred to as Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England. Arsenal plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 13 league titles (inclu ...

* Mikel Arruabarrena (born 1983), Spanish Basque footballer * Mikel Balenziaga (born 1988), Spanish Basque footballer *

Mikel Dañobeitia Martín Mikel is the Basque adaptation of the given name Michael. Notable people with the name include: Footballers * Mikel Alonso (born 1980), Spanish Basque footballer and older brother of retired Spanish international Xabi Alonso * Mikel Álvaro (b ...

(born 1986), Spanish footballer *

Mikel González Mikel González de Martín Martínez (born 24 September 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca FC as a central defender. He spent most of his professional career with Real Sociedad, playing 299 competitive games a ...

(born 1985), Spanish Basque footballer * Mikel John Obi (born 1987), Nigerian footballer * Mikel Kortina (born 1974), Spanish retired footballer * Mikel Labaka (born 1980), Spanish Basque footballer * Mikel Lasa (born 1971), Spanish retired footballer *

Mikele Leigertwood Mikele Benjamin Leigertwood (born 12 November 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in England, he represented the Antigua and Barbuda national team at international level. Club career Wimbledon ...

(born 1982), Antiguan retired footballer * Mikel Leshoure (born 1990), American footballer, currently playing for the

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

in the

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

* Mikel Merino (born 1996), Spanish footballer * Mikel Orbegozo (born 1989), Spanish footballer * Mikel Oyarzabal (born 1997), Spanish footballer, currently playing for

* Mikel Pagola, Spanish footballer * Mikel Rico Moreno (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Mikel Roteta (born 1970), Spanish retired footballer * Mikel Saizar (born 1983), Spanish Basque footballer * Mikel San José (born 1989), Spanish Basque footballer, currently playing for

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

Mikel Spaho Mikel Spaho (born 30 August 1982 in Lushnjë) is an Albanian footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for Lushnja in the Albanian First Division Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Al ...

(born 1982), Albanian footballer *

Mikel Vesga Mikel Vesga Arruti (; born 8 April 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Vesga made his debut as a senior with CD Aurre ...

(born 1993), Spanish footballer

Other sportsmen

* Mikel Aguirrezabalaga (born 1984), Spanish handball player *

Mikel Artetxe Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga (born 24 September 1976) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1999 and 2007 for the , 3 Molinos Resort and teams. Career He turned professional in 1999 with , where he stayed for s ...

(born 1976), Spanish cyclist * Mikel Astarloza (born 1979), Spanish cyclist *

Mikele Barber Mikele "Miki" Ronisse Barber (born October 4, 1980, in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American sprinter who won gold at the 4 x 100 meters relay event in 2007 World Championships in Athletics, in Osaka, Japan, and an individual gold meda ...

(born 1980), American sprinter * Mikel Gaztañaga (born 1979), Spanish cyclist * Mikel Landa (born 1989), Spanish cyclist * Mikel Nieve (born 1984), Spanish cyclist *

Mikel Odriozola Mikel Odriozola Domínguez (born 25 May 1973 in Errenteria, Guipúzcoa) is a Spanish racewalking, race walker. Achievements References *Spanish Olympic Committee
1973 births Living people Spanish male racewalkers Sportspeople from Gip ...

(born 1973), Spanish race walker *

Mikel Pradera Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (born March 6, 1975, in Mallabia, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1999 :2nd Overall G.P. Portugal Telecom ;2000 :7th Overall 2000 Crit� ...

(born 1975), Spanish cyclist * Mikel Scicluna (1929 – 2010), Maltese professional wrestler *

Mikel Thomas Mikel Kevon Thomas (born 23 November 1987 in Maloney) is a Trinidad and Tobago hurdler. He competed in the 110 m hurdles event at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. In January 2021, Mikel Thomatells his storyMikel Zarrabeitia (born 1970), Spanish cyclist

Musicians

* Mikel Erentxun (born 1965), Venezuelan musician * Mikel Herzog (born 1960), Spanish musician *

Mikel Japp Michael C Japp (15 November 1952 – 31 January 2012) was a Welsh musician and songwriter. Japp joined May Fisher, a Llanelli-based band, just before it was taken up by a London rock and pop music agency – through a friend who went on to estab ...

(1952 – 2012), Welsh musician * Mikel Laboa (1934 – 2008), Spanish musician * Mikelangelo Loconte (born 1973), Italian musician *

Mikel Rouse Mikel Rouse (born Michael Rouse; January 26, 1957 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States) is an American composer. He has been associated with a Downtown New York City movement known as totalism, and is best known for his operas, including '' ...

(born 1957), American composer * Mikel Jollett (born 1974), American musician and author

Others

Mikelis Avlichos The term Heptanese School of literature ( el, Επτανησιακή Σχολή, links=no, literally: "The School of the Ionian Islands, Seven Islands", also known as the Ionian School) denotes the literary production of the Ionian Island's litera ...

Mikel Bronzoulis Mikel "Mike" Bronzoulis (born January 5, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Lightweight division of Bellator. A professional competitor since 2007, Bronzoulis has competed for Strikeforce, Legacy FC, Titan ...

* Mikel Conrad *

Mikel Dufrenne Mikel Dufrenne (9 February 1910, in Clermont, Oise, Clermont, Oise – 10 June 1995, in Paris) was a French philosopher and aesthetician. He is known as an author of existentialism and is particularly noted for the work ''The Phenomenology of Aesthe ...

Mikel Dunham Mikel Dunham is an author, artist, photojournalist. and Himalayan historian. In the 1980s, Dunham worked in New York City where he created three-dimensional constructions of wood, glass, mirror, photographs and acrylic media. The Alexander F. M ...

Mikel Iglesias Mikel Iglesias (born 10 July 1996) is a Spanish actor known for his role as Ignasi on the TV3 show ''Polseres vermelles ''Polseres vermelles'' (, literally "Red bracelets", known in English as ''The Red Band Society'') is a Catalan television ...

* Mikel Koliqi * Mikel Lejarza *

Mikel Urizarbarrena Mikel Urizarbarrena (born in Zaldibar, Basque Country, Spain) is the founder and former CEO of Antivirus Software maker Panda Software. He founded the company in 1990, along with his wife (current vice chairman of the company) and two other fri ...

Footballers

Other sportsmen

Musicians

Others

See also