Michiel

Michiel is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to Michael and a Venetian surname.

Given name

• Michiel Andrieszoon (died 1684), Dutch pirate
• Michiel Bartman (born 1967), Dutch rower
• Michiel Borstlap (born 1966), Dutch pianist and composer
• Michiel van den Bos (born 1975), Dutch video game composer
• Michiel Josias Botha (born 1947), South African diamond cutter
• Michiel Bothma (born 1973), South African golfer
• Michiel Braam (born 1964), Dutch jazz pianist and composer
• Michiel Carree (1657–1727), Dutch painter
• Michiel Coignet (1549–1623), Flemish polymath
• Michiel II Coignet (1618–1663), Flemish painter, son of the above
• Michiel Coxie (1499–1592), Flemish painter
• Michiel Driessen (born 1959), Dutch fencer
• Michiel Dudok van Heel (1924–2003), Dutch Olympic sailor
• Michiel Elijzen (born 1982), Dutch road bicycle racer
• Michiel G. Eman (born 1961), Aruban Prime Minister
• Michiel van der Gucht (1660–1725), Flemish engraver
• Michiel Hazewinkel (born 1943), Dutch mathematician
• Michiel van der Heijden (born 1992), Dutch mountain biker and cyclo-cross rider
• Michiel Hemmen (born 1987), Dutch footballer
• Michiel Heyns (born 1943), South African author and translator
• Michiel Holtackers (born 1956), Dutch politician, police officer and trade unionist
• Michiel Horn (born 1939), Dutch-born Canadian historian
• Michiel ten Hove (1640–1689), Grand Pensionary of Holland
• Michiel Huisman (born 1981), Dutch actor and musician
• Michiel van Hulten (born 1969), Dutch Labour Party politician
• Michiel Engel Immenraet (1621–1683), Flemish history and portrait painter
• Michiel Jonckheere (born 1990), Belgian footballer
• Michiel van Kampen (born 1976), Dutch baseball player
• Michiel van Kempen (born 1957), Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic
• Michiel van der Klis (born 1953), Dutch astronomer
• Michiel Hendrik de Kock (1898–1976), South African banker
• Michiel Kramer (born 1988), Dutch footballer
• Michiel van Lambalgen (born 1954), Dutch logician and cognitive scientist
• Michiel Maddersteg (1662–1708), Dutch painter
• Michiel Meyer Cohen (1877–1968), Dutch military commander
• Michiel Jansz van Middelhoven (1562–1638), Dutch theologian portrayed by Frans Hals
• Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1565–1641), Dutch painter and draftsman
• Michiel Mol (born 1969), Dutch businessman and Formula One team owner
• Michiel van Musscher (1645–1705), Dutch painter
• Michiel van Nispen (born 1982), Dutch Socialist Party politician
• Michiel Daniel Overbeek (1920–2001), South African amateur astronomer
• Michiel Reyniersz Pauw (1590–1640), Dutch mayor of Amsterdam and Dutch West India Company director
• Michiel Pesman (1887–1962), Dutch-born American engineer, author and landscape architect
• Michiel Riedijk (born 1964), Dutch architect
• Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676), Dutch admiral, a.o. famous for the Raid on the Medway
• Michiel Schapers (born 1959), Dutch tennis player
• Michiel Servaes (born 1972), Dutch Labour Party politician
• Michiel Smit (born 1976), Dutch nationalist politician
• Michiel de Swaen (1654–1707), Flemish surgeon and rhetorician
• Michiel Sweerts (1618–1664), Flemish painter and printmaker
• Michiel Thomassen (born 1979), Dutch DJ, music producer and record label owner
• Michiel de Vaan (born 1973), Dutch linguist
• Michiel van Veen (born 1971), Dutch VVD politician
• Michiel Veenstra (born 1976), Dutch radio DJ
• Tijs Michiel Verwest (born 1969), Dutch DJ and music producer known as Tiësto
• Michiel Victor (1910–1998), South African sports shooter
• Michiel Vos (born 1970), Dutch-born American journalist, lawyer, and jurist
• Michiel de Wael (1596–1659), Dutch brewer portrayed by Frans Hals

Surname

The Michiel family was one of the families of the Venetian patriciate:

• Giovanni Michiel (fl. 1220s–1240s), Venetian merchant and administrator
• Giovanni Michiel (1447–1503), Venetian cardinal and bishop
• Marcantonio Michiel (1484–1552), Venetian nobleman, and amateur art critic
• Giustina Renier Michiel (1755–1832), Venetian noblewoman

See also

• Michiels, a Dutch-language patronymic surname
• Sint Michiel, village on Curaçao
• Machiel (given name)
• Chiel, a short version of this name