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Michael may refer to:

People

• Michael (given name), a given name
• Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael

Mononymously known as

• Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect
• Michael (Khoroshy) (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), 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 (c. 1050–1078), called "Parapinakes", eldest son of Constantine X
• Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223–1282), founder of the Palaeologan dynasty
• Michael IX Palaiologos (1277–1320), eldest son of Andronikos II

Russian rulers

• Michael of Russia (1596–1645), first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov
• Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878–1918), the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II

Bulgarian rulers

• Michael II Asen (1238/41–1256), tsar of Bulgaria, son of Ivan Asen II
• Michael (1270–after 1302), only known son of Constantine Tikh
• Michael III Shishman (after 1280–1330), tsar founder of the House of Shishman

Other rulers and noblemen

• Michael (son of Anastasios the logothete) (fl. 1042–1058), Byzantine general and governor
• Michael the Syrian (1166–1199), 12th century chronicler and 79th patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church
• Michael II the Younger (d. 1215), nephew of Michael the Syrian and antipatriarch of Antioch
• Michael I of Romania (1921-2017)
• Michael the Brave (1558–1601), Prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania for a year.
• Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (1939-2024)
• Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (b. 1946)

Personages, figures, characters

• Michael (archangel), first of God's archangels in the Abrahamic religions
• Michael (gorilla), the first male gorilla to use American Sign Language
• Michael Pemulis, student at the Enfield Tennis Academy in the 1996 novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Arts and entertainment

For fictional characters, see List of people with given name Michael § Fictional characters.

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), an action film directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi
• Michael (2026 film), a biopic based on the life of Michael Jackson

Literature

• Michael (novel), a 1929 semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Goebbels
• "Michael" (poem), an 1800 poem by William Wordsworth

Music

• Michael (Killer Mike album), 2023
• Michael (Les Sins album), 2014
• Michael (Michael Jackson album), 2010
• Michael (soundtrack), 2026
• "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

Places

• Michael, Isle of Man, an administrative sheading (district)
• Michael (parish), a parish in the Isle of Man
• Michael, Illinois, an unincorporated community in the United States

Events

• Michael (hurricane), see List of hurricanes named Michael
  • Hurricane Michael, an especially severe storm in 2018
• Operation Michael, a German attack in the Spring Offensive of World War I

Other uses

• Michael (ship), a list of ships
• MICHAEL, a message integrity check used in the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Michael
• All pages with titles containing Michael
• Saint Michael (disambiguation)
• 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, Gaelic name
• Michel (disambiguation), French language variant of Michael
• Michele (given name), Italian language variant (male given name)
• Miguel (disambiguation), Spanish and Portuguese language variant of Michael
• Mikhail (disambiguation)