# Michael

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**Michael** may refer to:

## People

- [Michael (given name)](/source/Michael_(given_name)), a given name
- [Michael (surname)](/source/Michael_(surname)), including a list of people with the surname Michael

### Mononymously known as

- [Michael (bishop elect)](/source/Michael_(bishop_elect)), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect
- [Michael (Khoroshy)](/source/Michael_(Khoroshy)) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- [Michael Donnellan](/source/Michael_Donnellan_(fashion_designer)) (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael"
- [Michael (footballer, born 1982)](/source/Michael_(footballer,_born_1982)), Brazilian footballer
- [Michael (footballer, born 1983)](/source/Michael_(footballer,_born_1983)), Brazilian footballer
- [Michael (footballer, born 1993)](/source/Michael_(footballer,_born_1993)), Brazilian footballer
- [Michael (footballer, born February 1996)](/source/Michael_(footballer,_born_February_1996)), Brazilian footballer
- [Michael (footballer, born March 1996)](/source/Michael_(footballer,_born_March_1996)), Brazilian footballer
- [Michael (footballer, born 1999)](/source/Michael_(footballer,_born_1999)), Brazilian footballer

### Rulers

#### Byzantine emperors

- [Michael I Rangabe](/source/Michael_I_Rangabe) (), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I
- [Michael II](/source/Michael_II) (770–829), called "the Stammerer" and "the Amorian"
- [Michael III](/source/Michael_III) (840–867), called "the Drunkard", youngest child of Theophilos
- [Michael IV the Paphlagonian](/source/Michael_IV_the_Paphlagonian) (1010–1041), husband of Zoë, came from a peasant family
- [Michael V Kalaphates](/source/Michael_V_Kalaphates) (1015–1042), or "the Caulker", nephew of Michael IV
- [Michael VI Bringas](/source/Michael_VI_Bringas) (), called "Stratiotikos", chosen by Theodora
- [Michael VII Doukas](/source/Michael_VII_Doukas) (c. 1050–1078), called "Parapinakes", eldest son of Constantine X
- [Michael VIII Palaiologos](/source/Michael_VIII_Palaiologos) (1223–1282), founder of the Palaeologan dynasty
- [Michael IX Palaiologos](/source/Michael_IX_Palaiologos) (1277–1320), eldest son of Andronikos II

#### Russian rulers

- [Michael of Russia](/source/Michael_of_Russia) (1596–1645), first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov
- [Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia](/source/Grand_Duke_Michael_Alexandrovich_of_Russia) (1878–1918), the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II

#### Bulgarian rulers

- [Michael II Asen](/source/Michael_II_Asen) (1238/41–1256), [tsar](/source/Tsar) of Bulgaria, son of [Ivan Asen II](/source/Ivan_Asen_II)
- [Michael](/source/Michael_(Bulgarian_pretender)) (1270–after 1302), only known son of [Constantine Tikh](/source/Constantine_Tikh)
- [Michael III Shishman](/source/Michael_Shishman_of_Bulgaria) (after 1280–1330), tsar founder of the [House of Shishman](/source/House_of_Shishman)

#### Other rulers and noblemen

- [Michael (son of Anastasios the logothete)](/source/Michael_(son_of_Anastasios_the_logothete)) (fl.), Byzantine general and governor
- [Michael the Syrian](/source/Michael_the_Syrian) (1166–1199), 12th century chronicler and 79th patriarch of the [Syriac Orthodox Church](/source/Syriac_Orthodox_Church)
- [Michael II the Younger](/source/Michael_II_the_Younger) (), nephew of Michael the Syrian and antipatriarch of Antioch
- [Michael I of Romania](/source/Michael_I_of_Romania) (1921-2017)
- [Michael the Brave](/source/Michael_the_Brave) (1558–1601), Prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania for a year.
- [Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark](/source/Prince_Michael_of_Greece_and_Denmark) (1939-2024)
- [Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach](/source/Michael,_Prince_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) ()

### Personages, figures, characters

- [Michael (archangel)](/source/Michael_(archangel)), first of God's archangels in the Abrahamic religions
- [Michael (gorilla)](/source/Michael_(gorilla)), the first male gorilla to use American Sign Language

## Arts and entertainment

For fictional characters, see [List of people with given name Michael#Fictional characters](/source/List_of_people_with_given_name_Michael#Fictional_characters).

### Film

- [*Michael* (1924 film)](/source/Michael_(1924_film)), a German silent film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- [*Michael* (1996 film)](/source/Michael_(1996_film)), an American fantasy film directed by Nora Ephron
- [*Michael* (2011 Austrian film)](/source/Michael_(2011_Austrian_film)), a drama film directed by Markus Schleinzer
- [*Michael* (2011 Indian film)](/source/Michael_(2011_Indian_film)), a psychological thriller film directed by Ribhu Dasgupta
- *[I Am Michael](/source/I_Am_Michael)* (working title *Michael*), a 2015 American film by Justin Kelly
- [*Mikhael* (film)](/source/Mikhael_(film)), a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film
- [*Michael* (2023 film)](/source/Michael_(2023_film)), an action film directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi
- [*Michael* (2026 film)](/source/Michael_(2026_film)), a biopic based on the life of Michael Jackson

### Literature

- [*Michael* (novel)](/source/Michael_(novel)), a 1929 semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Goebbels
- ["Michael" (poem)](/source/Michael_(poem)), an 1800 poem by William Wordsworth

### Music

- [*Michael* (Killer Mike album)](/source/Michael_(Killer_Mike_album)), 2023
- [*Michael* (Les Sins album)](/source/Michael_(Les_Sins_album)), 2014
- [*Michael* (Michael Jackson album)](/source/Michael_(Michael_Jackson_album)), 2010
- [*Michael* (soundtrack)](/source/Michael_(soundtrack)), 2026
- ["Michael" (Franz Ferdinand song)](/source/Michael_(Franz_Ferdinand_song)), 2004
- "[Michael (the Lover)](/source/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](/source/Hellbilly_Deluxe_2)*, 2010
- "Michael", a song by Suzi Quatro from *[Your Mamma Won't Like Me](/source/Your_Mamma_Won't_Like_Me)*, 1975

### Television

- ["Michael" (*Glee*)](/source/Michael_(Glee)), a 2012 episode
- ["Michael" (*Stargate Atlantis*)](/source/Michael_(Stargate_Atlantis)), a 2006 episode

## Places

- [Michael, Isle of Man](/source/Michael,_Isle_of_Man), an administrative sheading (district)
- [Michael (parish)](/source/Michael_(parish)), a parish in the Isle of Man
- [Michael, Illinois](/source/Michael,_Illinois), an unincorporated community in the United States

## Events

- Michael (hurricane), see [List of hurricanes named Michael](/source/List_of_hurricanes_named_Michael) - [Hurricane Michael](/source/Hurricane_Michael), an especially severe storm in 2018
- [Operation Michael](/source/Operation_Michael), a German attack in the Spring Offensive of World War I

## Other uses

- [*Michael* (ship)](/source/Michael_(ship)), a list of ships
- MICHAEL, a message integrity check used in the [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol](/source/Temporal_Key_Integrity_Protocol#Technical_details)

## See also

- [Saint Michael (disambiguation)](/source/Saint_Michael_(disambiguation))
- [Michaels (disambiguation)](/source/Michaels_(disambiguation)), variant of Michael, often a surname
- [Mickey (disambiguation)](/source/Mickey_(disambiguation)), common name derived from Michael
- [Mike (disambiguation)](/source/Mike_(disambiguation)), common name derived from Michael, with other meanings
- [Micheal](/source/Micheal), Gaelic name
- [Michel (disambiguation)](/source/Michel_(disambiguation)), French language variant of Michael
- [Michele (given name)](/source/Michele_(given_name)), Italian language variant (male given name)
- [Miguel (disambiguation)](/source/Miguel_(disambiguation)), Spanish and Portuguese language variant of Michael
- [Mikhail (disambiguation)](/source/Mikhail_(disambiguation))

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