Michael may refer to:

People

Michael (given name) / (Mikha'el) , nickname = Mic, Mich, Micha, Mick, Mickey, Micki, Mickie, Mike, Mikey, Miki, Mikki, Mico, Miko, Mikha, Misha, Mischa, Mitch, Mitt, Micci , related names = Machiel, Maicon or Maycon, Michaela, Michelangelo, Michal, Mi ...

, a given name *

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 1980 ...

, including a list of people with the surname Michael

Given name "Michael"

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), 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 Chur ...

(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) Michael Jefferson Nascimento (born 21 January 1982), known as Michael, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of EC São Bernardo. He played as a midfielder from 1997 until 2015, notably for Japa ...

, 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 ...

, Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), 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 Michael II ( gr, Μιχαὴλ, , translit=Michaēl; 770–829), called the Amorian ( gr, ὁ ἐξ Ἀμορίου, ho ex Amoríou) and the Stammerer (, ''ho Travlós'' or , ''ho Psellós''), reigned as Byzantine Emperor from 25 December 820 to ...

(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 " ...

(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 (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 dr ...

(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

= *

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 tran ...

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. H ...

(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 (1238/41–1256),

tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the ter ...

of Bulgaria, son of Ivan Asen II *

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 and ...

(1270–after 1302), only known son of Constantine Tikh * Michael III Shishman (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 E ...

=Other rulers and noblemen

= *

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 Stefan Vojislav ( sr-cyr, Стефан Во� ...

(fl. 1042–58), Byzantine general and governor * Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (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 (1558–1601), Prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania for a year. * Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (born 1939) * Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (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 ''I Am Michael'' is a 2015 American biographical drama film written and directed by Justin Kelly. Based on the journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis' '' New York Times Magazine'' article "My Ex-Gay Friend", the film stars James Franco, Zachary Quint ...

'' (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) "Michael (the Lover)"Sometimes written "Michael the Lover" or simply "Michael" (on the original C.O.D.'s single release). is a soul song originally performed by American Chicago soul group the C.O.D.'s. The song was written by the group's lead s ...

", 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 r ...

'', 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 which ...

'', 1975

Television

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

Ships

*'' Great Michael'', 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

* Michael (gorilla), 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. Histo ...

, an administrative sheading (district) *MICHAEL, a message integrity check used in the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol *

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