Mihai () is a Romanian

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. It is equivalent to the English name

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. A variant of the name is Mihail. Its female form is Mihaela. Notable people with these names include:

Given name

* Mihai Timofti (1948–2023), Moldovan theatre and film director, actor, multi-instrumentalist musician, professor, screenwriter, writer, and composer * Mihai I of Romania (1921–2017), King of Romania until 1947 * Mihai Antonescu (1904–1946), Romanian politician * Mihai Balan (born 1954), Moldavian diplomat; father of Dan Balan * Mihai Beniuc (1907–1988), Romanian poet * Mihail G. Boiagi (1780–1828 or 1842/1843), Aromanian grammarian and professor * Mihai Brediceanu (1920–2005), Romanian composer, conductor, and musicologist * Mihail Celarianu (1893–1985), Romanian poet and novelist *

Mihai Ciucă Mihai Ciucă (18 August 1883–20 February 1969) was a Romanian bacteriologist and parasitologist. Biography He was born into a family of teachers in Săveni, Dorohoi County, in the Moldavia region, and spent his childhood in his native vil ...

(1883–1969), Romanian bacteriologist and parasitologist * Mihai Constantinescu (born 1932), Romanian film director * Mihail Cruceanu (1887–1988), Romanian poet * Mihail Davidoglu (1910–1987), Romanian playwright * Mihail Dimonie (1870–1935), Aromanian botanist and teacher * Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889), Romanian poet * Mihail Etropolski (born 1984), American fencer * Mihail Gherasimencov (born 2005), Moldovan footballer * Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817–1891), Romanian statesman, lawyer, historian, and publicist * Mihail Lascăr (1889–1959), Romanian WWII general * Mihai Leu (born 1969), Romanian boxer * Mihai Magdei (born 1945), Moldovan Minister of Health * Mihail Manoilescu (1891–1950), Romanian journalist, engineer, economist, politician, and memoirist * Mihail Moxa (after 1550–before 1650), Wallachian historiographer * Mihai Nadin (born 1938), Romanian scholar and researcher * Mihai Nechita (born 1949), Romanian painter * Mihai Paul (born 1982), Romanian basketball player * Mihai Pelin (1940–2007), Romanian historian * Mihail Sadoveanu (1880–1961), Romanian novelist * Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945), Romanian playwright * Mihail Șerban (disambiguation), several people * Mihai Silvășan (born 1985), Romanian basketball coach * Mihail Sturdza (1794–1884), Prince of Romania (1834–1849) * Mihai Trăistariu (born 1976), Romanian singer * Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (born 1968), Romanian historian and former Prime Minister * Mihai Viteazul (1558–1601), Michael the Brave, ruler of Transylvania

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* Angela Mihai, Romanian-British applied mathematician * Constantin Mihail * Florența Mihai * Gheorghe Mihail * Liviu Mihai

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