Michael

Michael may refer to:

People

Michael (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 (fashion designer) (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 (Bulgarian pretender) (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

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 directed by Markus Schleinzer
Michael (2011 Indian film), a psychological thriller 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), 1800, 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.", a song by Rebecca Black, 2026
"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, a sheading (historic district)
Michael (parish), on the Isle of Man
Michael, Illinois, an unincorporated community in the US

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

Michael

People

Mononymously known as

Rulers

Byzantine emperors

Russian rulers

Bulgarian rulers

Other rulers and noblemen

Personages, figures, characters

Arts and entertainment

Film

Literature

Music

Television

Places

Events

Other uses

See also