Mihai

Mihai (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj]) is a Romanian given name for males or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Michael. 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 (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 Șubă (1947–2025), Romanian and Spanish chess grandmaster
• 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

Surname

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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Mihai
• All pages with titles containing Mihai
• All pages with titles beginning with Mihail
• All pages with titles containing Mihail

• Mihailo
• Mihael
• Mihalache (surname)
• Mihăești (disambiguation)
• Mihăiești (disambiguation)
• Mihăileni (disambiguation)
• Mihăilești
• Mihălășeni (disambiguation)
• Mihăileasa River
• Mihăileasca River