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Michael (given name) Michael is a common masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase ''mī kāʼēl'', 'Who slike-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (''Mīkhāʼēl'' ). The theophoric name is often read as a rhetorical question – "Who slike he He ...
, a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael


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Given name

* Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (fashion designer), Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), 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

* Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I * Michael II (770–829), called "the Stammerer" and "the Amorian" * Michael III (840–867), called "the Drunkard", youngest child of Theophilos * Michael IV the Paphlagonian (1010–1041), husband of Zoë, came from a peasant family * Michael V Kalaphates (1015–1042), or "the Caulker", nephew of Michael IV * Michael VI Bringas (d. 1059), called "Stratiotikos", chosen by Theodora *
Michael VII Doukas Michael VII Doukas or Ducas (), nicknamed Parapinakes (, , a reference to the devaluation of the Byzantine currency under his rule), was the senior Byzantine emperor from 1071 to 1078. He was known as incompetent as an emperor and reliant on ...
(c. 1050–1078), called "Parapinakes", eldest son of Constantine X *
Michael VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1261 until his death in 1282, and previously as the co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea from 1259 to 1261. Michael VIII was the founder of th ...
(1223–1282), founder of the Palaeologan dynasty * Michael IX Palaiologos (1277–1320), eldest son of Andronikos II


Russian rulers

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Michael of Russia Michael I (; ) was Tsar of all Russia from 1613 after being elected by the Zemsky Sobor of 1613 until his death in 1645. He was elected by the Zemsky Sobor and was the first tsar of the House of Romanov, which succeeded the House of Rur ...
(1596–1645), first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov *
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (; 13 June 1918) was the youngest son and fifth child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and youngest brother of Nicholas II. He was designated Emperor of Russia after his brother Nicholas II of Russia ...
(1878–1918), the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II


Bulgarian rulers

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Michael II Asen Michael II Asen (; 1239 – December 1256/January 1257) was emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1246 to 1256 or 1257. He was the son of Ivan Asen II and Irene Komnene Doukaina. He succeeded his half-brother, Kaliman I Asen. His mother or other rel ...
(1238/41–1256),
tsar Tsar (; also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar''; ; ; sr-Cyrl-Latn, цар, car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word '' caesar'', which was intended to mean ''emperor'' in the Euro ...
of Bulgaria, son of
Ivan Asen II Ivan Asen II, also known as John Asen II (, ; 1190s – May/June 1241), was Emperor (Tsar) of Second Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria from 1218 to 1241. He was still a child when his father Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria, Ivan Asen I one of the founders of th ...
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Michael Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...
(1270–after 1302), only known son of
Constantine Tikh Constantine I Tih () was the tsar of Bulgaria from 1257 to 1277, he was offered the throne from Mitso Asen. He led the Bulgarian Empire at a time when the nearby Byzantine Empire disintegrated into rump states. To strengthen his position, he f ...
* Michael III Shishman (after 1280–1330), tsar founder of the
House of Shishman The House of Shishman (), also referred to as the Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi (), was a medieval Bulgarian dynasty of Turkic peoples, Turkic Cumans, Cuman origin. The House of Shishman ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire from the proclamation of M ...


Other rulers and noblemen

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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, but was defeated. In 1048, he was the '' ...
(fl. 1042–58), Byzantine general and governor *
Michael I of Romania Michael 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 birth, his f ...
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Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593–1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), Transylvani ...
(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 * '' I Am Michael'' (working title ''Michael''), a 2015 American film by Justin Kelly * ''Mikhael'' (film), a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film * ''Michael'' (2023 film), a 2023 action film directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi * ''Michael'' (2026 film), a biopic based on the life and career of Michael Jackson


Literature

* ''Michael'' (novel), a 1929 semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Goebbels * "Michael" (poem), an 1880 poem by William Wordsworth


Music

* ''Michael'' (Killer Mike album), 2023 * ''Michael'' (Les Sins album), 2014 * ''Michael'' (Michael Jackson album), 2010 * "Michael" (Franz Ferdinand song), 2004 * " Michael (the Lover)", 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'', 2010 * "Michael", a song by Suzi Quatro from '' Your Mamma Won't Like Me'', 1975


Television

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


Other uses

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Michael (archangel) Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel and the warrior of God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second- ...
, first of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * ''Michael'' (ship), a list of ships * Michael (gorilla), the first male gorilla to use American Sign Language * Michael, Isle of Man, an administrative sheading (district) *MICHAEL, a message integrity check used in the
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP ) is a security protocol used in the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking standard. TKIP was designed by the IEEE 802.11i task group and the Wi-Fi Alliance as an interim solution to replace Wired Equivalent Privac ...
* Operation Michael, a German attack in the Spring Offensive of World War I


See also

* * List of hurricanes named Michael ** Hurricane Michael, an especially severe storm in 2018 * Michaels (disambiguation), variant of Michael, often a surname * Mickey (disambiguation), common name derived from Michael * Mike (disambiguation), common name derived from Michael, with other meanings *
Micheal Micheal is a masculine given name. It is sometimes an anglicized form of the Irish names Micheál, Mícheál and Michéal; or the Scottish Gaelic name Mìcheal. It is also a spelling variant of the common masculine given name '' Michael'', and is ...
, Gaelic name * Michel (disambiguation), French language variant of Michael * Michele (given name), Italian language variant (male given name) *
Miguel (disambiguation) --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disam ...
, Spanish and Portuguese language variant of Michael * Mikhail (disambiguation) {{disambiguation