Michael or Mike White may refer to:

Academics

Michael J. D. White Michael James Denham White FRS (London, 20 August 1910 – Canberra, 16 December 1983) was a zoologist and cytologist. White grew up in Tuscany, Italy, where he was home-schooled, before beginning undergraduate studies at University College Lo ...

(1910–1983), British zoologist * Michael White (psychotherapist) (1948–2008), inventor of narrative therapy *

L. Michael White L. Michael White is an American Biblical scholar. He is Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Classics and Christian Origins, and director of the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins, at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the ...

, American theologian *

Michael White (criminologist) Michael Douglas White (born January 25, 1951) is a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University, where he is also the associate director of the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety and dire ...

(born 1951), professor of criminology at Arizona State University

Journalism and literature

Michael White (journalist) Michael White (born 21 October 1945) is a British journalist who was until 2016 an associate editor of ''The Guardian''. He is the paper's former political editor. Early and personal life White was raised in Wadebridge, Cornwall. He was educ ...

(born 1945), associate editor and former political editor of ''The Guardian'' newspaper * Michael White (author) (1959–2018), British science writer and novelist *

Michael K. White Michael K. White (born July 4, 1961 in Pueblo, Colorado) is an American writer known mainly as being a founding member of the playwriting cooperative Broken Gopher Ink. For three decades Broken Gopher Ink's plays were performed not only in New ...

(born 1961), American writer *

Mike White (journalist) Mike White is a New Zealand investigative journalist, photographer and author, and former foreign correspondent (Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq). He has written two books and has won many awards for his magazine articles on themes ...

, New Zealand investigative journalist, photographer and author * Mike White (born 1972), journalist and filmmaker and host of '' The Projection Booth'' podcast

Music

Michael White (clarinetist) Michael White (born November 29, 1954 in New Orleans) is a jazz clarinetist, bandleader, composer, jazz historian and musical educator. Jazz critic Scott Yanow said in a review that White "displays the feel and spirit of the best New Orleans cl ...

(born 1954), New Orleans jazz musician *

Michael White (singer) Larry Michael White is an American country music artist. The son of songwriter L. E. White, who has written for Conway Twitty, Michael had a song he wrote recorded when he was still a teenager. "You Make It Hard To Take The Easy Way Out" appe ...

, country music artist *

Michael White (violinist) Michael Walter White (24 May 1930 – 6 December 2016) was an American jazz violinist. White born in Houston, Texas, and grew up in Oakland, California, taking up the violin when he was six years old. His initial career break occurred in 1965 ...

(1933–2016), jazz musician * Michael White & the White, American hard rock combo and occasional Led Zeppelin tribute band * Mick White (born 1967), English hard rock singer * Trippie Redd (Michael White IV, born 1999), rap artist from Canton, Ohio

Sports

* Mick White (Gaelic footballer) (Gaelic footballer) (born 1941) *

Mike White (basketball) Michael Emerson White (born March 2, 1977) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He is the head coach of the University of Georgia men's basketball team. Prior to accepting the job at Georgia, White was the head coach of th ...

(born 1977), men's basketball head coach at the University of Georgia * Michael White (bobsleigh) (born 1964), Jamaican Olympic bobsledder * Mike White (baseball) (born 1938), American baseball player *

Mike White (American football coach) Michael Kavanaugh White (born January 4, 1936) is former American football player and coach. He has 16 years experience as a head coach, including stints at the University of California, Berkeley (1972–1977), the University of Illinois (1980� ...

(born 1936), American football coach and former head coach *

Mike White (defensive lineman) James Michael White (born August 11, 1957) is an American college football coach and former professional player. He served as head football coach at Albany State University (ASU) in Albany, Georgia from 2000 to 2014 and Benedict College in Columbi ...

(born 1957), former American football player *

Mike White (quarterback) Michael White (born March 25, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played his first two years of college football at South Florida and his last two at Western Kentucky. White wa ...

(born 1995), American football quarterback * Michael White (footballer) (born 1987), Waitakere United player * Michael White (snooker player) (born 1991), Welsh snooker player *

Michael White (cricketer) William Michael Eastwood White, CBE (22 May 1913 – 15 February 2003) was an English cricketer active from 1937 to 1949 who played for Northamptonshire (Northants). He was born in Barnes, Surrey on 22 May 1913 and died in Guernsey on 15 Febr ...

(1913–2003), English cricketer *

Michael White (baseball) The 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in fifth place in the Western Division of the National League. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Opening Day starters Notable transactions * April 10, 1986: César Cedeñ ...

(born 1968), first-round pick by the L.A. Dodgers in the 1986 draft *

Mike White (softball) Mike White is a New Zealand-born American softball coach who is the current head coach at Texas. Early life A native of New Zealand's capital of Wellington, White grew up playing multiple sports, most notably soccer and softball. In a 2023 inte ...

(born 1967), American softball coach

Theater, television, and film

* Michael White (producer) (1936–2016), British theatre and film producer * Michael Jai White (born 1967), American actor and martial artist *

Mike White (filmmaker) Michael Christopher White (born June 28, 1970) is an American writer, actor, producer, and director for television and film, and reality television show contestant. He has won numerous awards, including the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Awar ...

(born 1970), film and television writer

Politics and law

Michael D. White Michael Doherty White (September 8, 1827 – February 6, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1877 to 1879. Biography Born in Clark County, Ohio, White moved with his ...

(1827–1917), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana *

Michael R. White (politician) Michael White (born August 13, 1951) is an American politician of the Democratic Party and was the 55th and second longest-serving mayor of Cleveland, Ohio encompassing three four-year terms, from 1990 to 2002. He was Cleveland's second African ...

(born 1951), former mayor of Cleveland, Ohio * Michael White (judge) (born 1953), Irish High Court judge

Others

* Michael White (British Army officer) (1791–1868), British Army general *

Michael White (chef) Michael White is the former Head Chef and Owner of the Altamarea Group, which is composed of the restaurants Marea, Ai Fiori, Vaucluse, Osteria Morini, Nicoletta, Costata, and The Butterfly in New York, Osteria Morini and Due Mari in New Jersey, ...

, American chef * Michael White (businessman), owner of the Rite-Hite company *

Michael R. White (U.S. veteran) Michael R. White is an American U.S. Navy veteran from Imperial Beach, California. In July 2018, Iranian authorities arrested him while he was visiting his girlfriend in Iran. News of his detention was first reported by IranWire in January 2019 a ...

, U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Iran