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Mikey Ambrose Michael Ambrose (born October 5, 1993) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Career Early career Ambrose spent four seasons with the FC Dallas, FC Dallas ...

(born 1993), American Major League Soccer player *

Mikey Anderson Michael Lyle Anderson (born May 25, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Anderson was drafted 103rd overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Los ...

(born 1999), American ice hockey player *

Mikey Arroyo Juan Miguel "Mikey" Macapagal Arroyo (; born April 26, 1969) is a Filipino politician and former actor who served as the Representative of Pampanga's 2nd district from 2019 to 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2010. He previously served as the ...

(born 1969), Filipino actor and politician, son of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo *

Mikey Boyle Mikey Boyle is a hurler who plays with Ballyduff and Kerry. Causeway Comprehensive School Boyle played with Causeway Comprehensive School during his school days. He helped the school to win the 2003 All-Ireland Vocational Schools Footba ...

, Irish hurler * Mikey Bustos (born 1981), Filipino-Canadian singer, comedian, and actor *

Mikey Chung Michael Chung (1950 – 28 December 2021) also known as Mao Chung, was a Jamaican musician who played keyboards, guitar and percussion instruments. He was also an arranger and record producer of Jamaican music, and worked with a wide array of ...

(1950–2021), Jamaican musician, arranger and record producer * Mikey Coppola (born 1946), American mobster also known as "Mikey Cigars" *

Mikey Craig Michael Emile Craig (born 15 February 1960) is a British musician and DJ best known as the bassist of the pop/soul/new wave group Culture Club Culture Club are an English new wave music, new wave band formed in London in 1981. The band comp ...

(born 1960), English musician, bassist of the 1980s band Culture Club *

Mikey Day Michael William Day (born March 20, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. He was hired as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' before its 39th season in 2013. He was then promoted to on-air cast status and beca ...

(born 1980), American actor, comedian, writer, cast member on ''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The ...

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Mikey Mileos Mikey Mileos (born 6 December 1980) is a stand up comedian and comedy writer from Sydney, Australia who lives in Japan. In April 2009, Mileos was a national finalist in Triple J radio's Raw Comedy competition, a nationally televised event. Sin ...

(born 1980), Australian stand-up comedian *

Mikey Garcia Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez (born December 15, 1987), best known as Mikey Garcia, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2021. He held multiple world championships in four weight classes from featherweight to light w ...

(born 1987), American boxer, world champion in three weight classes *

Michael Graham (singer) Michael Christopher Charles "Mikey" Graham (born 15 August 1972) is an Irish singer-songwriter, actor and record producer. He debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately as part of Irish pop group Boy ...

(born 1972), Irish singer, songwriter and record producer *

Mikey Lee Mikey Lee (born 1993) is an Irish hurler who plays as a centre-forward for the Wicklow senior team. Born in Bray, County Wicklow, Lee arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Wicklow minor team, before lining out wi ...

(born 1993), Irish hurler *

Mikey Lopez Miguel Angel "Mikey" Lopez Jr. (born February 20, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a left-back for USL League One club Portland Hearts of Pine. Career College and amateur Born in Dallas, Texas, Lopez atten ...

(born 1993), American Major League Soccer player *

Mikey Madison Mikaela Mikey Madison Rosberg (born March 25, 1999) is an American actress. She began her career acting in short films and received recognition for her role as a sullen teenager in the FX (TV channel), FX comedy series ''Better Things (TV se ...

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Mikey Maher Michael "Mikey" Maher (15 July 1869 – 18 May 1947) was an Irish people, Irish Hurling, hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Tipperary GAA, Tipperary senior team. Born in Tubberadora, County Tipperary, Maher first arrived on the int ...

(1870–1947), Irish hurler *

Mikey McCleary Michael McCleary is a New Zealand songwriter, composer, performer, producer and director based in Mumbai, India since 2007. He has worked on a large number of advertisements such as for brands such as Levi's, Coca-Cola, Vodafone and films such ...

(born 1969), Indian-born New Zealand songwriter, composer, performer, producer and director *

Mikey Nicholls Michael Nicholls (born 20 August 1985), better known by his ring name Mikey Nicholls, is an Australian professional wrestler. He works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he is a member of The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK). He is best known for his ...

(born 1985), Australian professional wrestler *

Mikey North Michael "Mikey" North (born 27 September 1986) is an English actor best known for his roles as Helmsley in '' Waterloo Road'' and Gary Windass in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' since 2008. Early life North was born in the Cayton ...

(born 1986), English actor *

Mikey Robins Mikel Mason "Mikey" Robins (born 8 December 1961) is an Australian media personality, comedian and writer. He is best known for the satirical game show ''Good News Week'', which ran on the ABC and Network Ten between 1996 and 2000, and returned ...

(born 1961), Australian media personality, game show host, comedian and writer *

Mikey Smith Michael Smith, usually referred to as Mikey Smith (14 September 1954 – 17 August 1983), was a Jamaican dub poet. Along with Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Mutabaruka, he was one of the best-known dub poets. In 1978, Smith represented Jamaica at ...

(1954-1983), Jamaican dub poet *

Mikey Way Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He also serves as the multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist of rock duo Electric Century. ...

(born 1980), American musician, bassist of

My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance is an American Rock music, rock band from New Jersey. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way. They are considered one of ...

* Mikey Walsh (born 1980), British writer, columnist and LGBT activist *

Mikey Welsh Michael Edward Welsh (April 20, 1971 – October 8, 2011) was an American artist and musician who played bass for several bands, including the rock band Weezer. During Weezer's hiatus, he played with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo in the band Ho ...

(1971-2011), American musician, former bassist of Weezer * Mikey Wood (born 1996), rugby league player *

Mikey Dangerous Mikey Dangerous is a Jamaican/Canadian reggae artist. Dangerous was presented with a Juno Award for best Reggae Recording by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for his single "Don’t Go Pretending" (MBoss Records). Early life Da ...

, Jamaican/Canadian reggae artist * Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster *

Mikey Spice Michael Theophilus Johnson (born 21 July 1965), better known as Mikey Spice, is a Jamaican reggae singer. Biography Spice sang in his father's church from age seven and learned to play guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, piano, saxophone, flute, and ...

, Jamaican reggae singer * Cho Myung-ik (born 1980), member of the South Korean band Turbo * Mikey or

Mike Mondo Michael Brendli (born March 26, 1983) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE as Mike Mondo and Mikey as a member of The Spirit Squad. He also appeared in Major League Wrestling (MLW) in a tag team with fellow ...

, ring names of American professional wrestler Michael Brendli (born 1983) *

Mikey Whipwreck John Michael Watson (born June 4, 1973), better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he was an ECW Triple C ...

, ring name of American retired professional wrestler John Michael Watson (born 1973) *

Chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

, formerly Mikey, American singer-songwriter and record producer born Kim Jung-seung (born 1986)

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Little Mikey Little Mikey is a fictional boy played by John Gilchrist (born February 2, 1968) in an American television commercial promoting Quaker Oats' breakfast cereal Life. The ad was created by art director Bob Gage, who also directed the commercial. It f ...

, in a commercial for Life cereal * Michelangelo ''(Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)'', nicknamed "Mikey" * Mikey, a character in '' Little Secrets'' * Mikey, a character in the Men in Black franchise * Mikey, main character in '' Pig City'' * Mikey Blumberg, main character of '' Recess'' * Mikey Fuccon, main character of ''

The Fuccons ''The Fuccons'' (), known as in Japan, is a Japanese sketch comedy series created by Yoshimasa Ishibashi. It features the Fuccons, a family of American expatriates living in Japan, with characters played by mannequins filmed at various location ...

'' * Mikey Munroe, main character of '' Bunsen Is a Beast'' * Mikey Palmice, a character in ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The series follows Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey American Mafia, Mafia boss who suffers from panic attacks. He reluct ...

'' * Mikey Simon, main character of ''

Kappa Mikey ''Kappa Mikey'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Larry Schwarz for Nicktoons Network. Despite airing on the channel, it was not a Nicktoon, being produced by Schwarz's production company Animation Collective. The ser ...

'' * Mikey Walsh, main character of ''

The Goonies ''The Goonies'' is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus based on a story by Steven Spielberg and starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin (in his film debut), Jeff Cohen ...

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Mikey Waters Michael Waters is a fictional character in Gus Van Sant, Gus Van Sant's ''My Own Private Idaho'', portrayed by River Phoenix. He is a sensitive, homeless teenage hustler who suffers from narcolepsy, directly foiling his best friend, Scott Favor (K ...

, one of the two main characters of ''

My Own Private Idaho ''My Own Private Idaho'' is a 1991 American independent adventure drama film written and directed by Gus Van Sant, loosely based on Shakespeare's '' Henry IV, Part 1'', '' Henry IV, Part 2'', and '' Henry V''. The story follows two friends, ...

'' * Mikey Ubriacco, main character of

Look Who's Talking ''Look Who's Talking'' is a 1989 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Amy Heckerling and produced by M.C.E.G. Productions, Inc. and released on October 13, 1989 by Tri-Star Pictures. Starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley, ...

*Mikey (Manjirō Sano), in

Tokyo Revengers is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Wakui. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from March 2017 to November 2022, with its chapters collected in 31 volumes. The story ...

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