This is a list of people and characters with the given name Michael.
People
A
Michael Abber (born 1997/1998), American comedian Michael Abels (born 1962), American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Adamson (born 1971), Canadian painter Michael Lee Aday (1948–2022), American actor and singer Michael Addamo (born 1994), Australian professional poker player Michael Aiken (born 1932), American sociologist and professor Michael Alan (born 1977), American artist Michael Aldridge (1920–1994), English actor Michael Aldridge (born 1983), Australian rugby union player Michael Alfonso (1965–2007), American professional wrestler Michael Alfonso (born 1969), American former fugitive Michael Alig (1966–2020), American club promoter and convicted felon Michael Alison (1926–2004), British Conservative politician Michael Alldredge (1941–1997), American film and television actor Michael Allinson (1920-2010), British-American stage and film actor Michael Allison (1958–2020), American musician and vocalist Michael Allison (born 1990), Canadian basketball player Michael Allison (born 2004), British javelin thrower Michael Aloni (born 1984), Israeli actor, director, writer and television presenter Michael Amadio (born 1996), Canadian professional ice hockey centre Michael Anania (born 1939), American poet, novelist, and essayist Michael Ancram (born 1945), British politician Michael Andersen (born 1974), Danish basketball player Michael Andlauer (born 1966), Canadian businessman and ice hockey club owner Michael Andretti (born 1962), American auto racing driver Michael Anefur (born 1957), Swedish politician Michael Angarano (born 1987), American actor Michael Angelakos (born 1987), American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer Michael Angelis (1944–2020), English actor Michael Ankeny (born 1991), American alpine skier Michael Ansara (1922–2013), American actor Michael Antonyuk (1935–1993), Ukraine-born Kazakhstani artist Michael Arceneaux (born 1984), American writer Michael Archer (born 1974), American singer-songwriter Michael Arden (born 1982), American actor, singer, musician, and theatre director Michael Arndt (born 1965), American screenwriter Michael Arnold (born 1944), Australian politician Michael Arnold (born 1979), British novelist Michael Aronov (born 1976), American actor Michael Artin (born 1934), German-American mathematician Michael Ashburner (1942-2023), English biologist Michael Ashby (1914-2004), British neurologist Michael F. Ashby (born 1935), British engineer and scientist Michael Ashcroft (1920–1949), British cryptographer Michael Ashcroft (born 1946), British-Belizean businessman, pollster and politician Michael Ashcroft (born 1964), Canadian sport shooter Michael Ashford (born 1955), American politician Michael Ashton (born 1982), New Zealand makeup artist, hairstylist, beauty expert, and brand founder Michael Aspel (born 1933), English television presenter Michael J. Astrue (born 1956), American lawyer Michael Atherton (born 1968), English broadcaster, journalist and a former international cricketer Michael Atherton (born 1950), Australian musician, composer, academic and author Michael Atingi-Ego (born 1965), Ugandan economist Michael Atiyah (1929–2019), British-Lebanese mathematician Michael Attenborough (born 1950), English theatre director Michael Attwell (1943–2006), English film and television actor Michael Audley (1913–1995), American film and theatre director, actor, and dialogue advisor Michael Auret (1936–2020), Zimbabwean activist and politician Michael Austen (born 1964), South African cricketer Michael Avenatti (born 1971), American attorney
B
Michael Ballhaus (1935–2017), German cinematographer Michael Balling (1866–1925), German violist and conductor Michael Bambang Hartono (1939-2026), Indonesian businessman Michael Bani (born 1984), Australian Indigenous professional rugby league footballer Michael Barbaro (born 1979), American journalist Michael Barbiero (born 1949), American record producer, mixer, engineer, and songwriter Michael Barr (died 2016), Irish murder victim Michael Des Barres (born 1948), English actor and rock singer Michael Barron, Irish social-justice advocate Michael J. Barron (1933–2021), American lawyer, judge, and politician Michael Barron (born 1974), English former professional footballer and coach Michael Barrymore (born 1952), English actor and comedian Michael J. Bassett (born 1968), British film and television writer, director, and producer Michael Bate (born 1947), Canadian media entrepreneur Michael Batiste (born 1970), American football player Michael Batiste (born 1977), American basketball player and coach Michael Battistini (born 1996), Sammarinese footballer Michael Bay (born 1965), American filmmaker Michael Beach (born 1963), American actor Michael Beasley (born 1968), British bishop Michael Beasley (born 1989), American former basketball player Michael Beauchamp (born 1981), Australian professional footballer Michael Beavis (1929–2020), Royal Air Force officer Michael Beckerman (born 1951), American musicologist Michael Beckett (born 1995), British Olympic sailor Michael Beckley (born 1963), Australian actor Michael Beckwith (born 1956), American writer Michael Been (1950–2010), American rock musician Michael Behenna (born 1983), United States Army First Lieutenant Michael J. Belton (1934–2018), President of Belton Space Exploration Initiatives and Emeritus Astronomer Michael Ben David (born 1996), Israeli singer Michael Benedikt (1935–2007), American poet, editor, and literary critic Michael Benedikt (1946-2025), South African architect, urbanist, and academic Michael Bennet (born 1964), American attorney and politician Michael Bentt (born 1965), American film, television actor, and boxer Michael Benyaer (born 1970), Canadian actor Michael Berkeley (born 1948), English composer, broadcaster on music and member of the House of Lords Michael Berryman (born 1948), American character actor Michael Bidner (1944–1989), Canadian graphic artist and painter Michael Bidwill (born 1964), American businessman and attorney Michael Biehn (born 1956), American actor Michael Bisping (born 1979), English sports analyst, actor, commentator and retired mixed martial artist Michael Blackson (born 1972), Ghanaian-American actor and comedian Michael Bland (born 1969), American musician Michael Blassie (1948–1972), United States Air Force officer Michael Bloomberg (born 1942), American businessman and former mayor of New York City Michael Blumlein (1948–2019), American fiction writer and physician Michael Presley Bobbitt (born 1976), American playwright and novelist Michael Bolton (born 1953), American singer and songwriter Michael Bonema (born 1998), American rapper, songwriter and record producer Richard Bonney (1947–2017), English historian and priest Michael Boorda (1939–1996), United States Navy admiral Michael Botticelli (born 1958), American public health official Michael Ray Bower (born 1975), American actor Michael Brantley (born 1987), American baseball player Michael Brdar (born 1994), American baseball coach Michael Brecher (1925–2022), Canadian political scientist Michael Brecker (1949–2007), American jazz saxophonist and composer Michael Brick (1974–2016), American journalist and songwriter Michael Bronstein (born 1980), British and Israeli computer scientist and entrepreneur Michael Broyde (born 1964), American law professor Michael Bublé (born 1975), Canadian singer Michael Buerk (born 1946), British newsreader and journalist Michael Buffer (born 1944), American boxing ring announcer Michael Büge (born 1966), German politician Michael Buie, Canadian-born film and television actor Michael Bunting (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey winger Michael Burks (1957-2012), American guitarist, singer and songwriter Michael Burleigh (born 1955), English author and historian Michael Burry (born 1971), American investor, hedge fund manager, and physician Michael A. Burstein (born 1970), American writer of science fiction
C
Michael Cage (born 1962), American basketball player Michael Caines (born 1969), English chef Michael Callan (1935–2022), American actor Michael Callen (1955–1993), American singer, songwriter, composer, author, and AIDS activist Michael Capponi (born 1972), American businessman Michael Carbajal (born 1967), American five-time champion boxer, and 1988 Olympic silver medalist Michael Carbonaro (born 1975 or 1976), American actor and magician Michael Carew (born 1966), Trinidadian cricketer Michael Cashman (born 1950), British actor, politician, and LGBT rights activist Michael Causer (1989–2008), English murder victim Michael Cera (born 1988), Canadian actor and musician Michael Cerveris (born 1960), American actor, singer, and guitarist Michael Chabon (born 1963), American novelist, screenwriter, columnist and short story writer Michael Chagares (born 1962), American lawyer Michael Chambers (born 1967), American dancer and actor Michael A. Chambers (born 1946), Canadian lawyer Michael Champion (1946–2021), American singer, songwriter and musician Michael Chang (1898-1973), Chinese bishop Michael Chang (born 1972), American professional tennis player and coach Michael Chang (born 1972), American tennis player and businessman Michael Charles (born 1956), Australian blues musician Michael Charlton, British professor of physics Michael Charlton (1927–2025), Australian-born British journalist Michael Charlton-Weedy (born 1950), British retired Army officer and senior civil servant Michael Chaturantabut (born 1975), Thai-Chinese-American actor Michael Chaves (born 1978), American filmmaker Michael Chavis (born 1995), American baseball player Michael Checkland (born 1936), Director-General of the BBC from 1987 to 1992 Michael Cheung (born 1996), Hong Kong singer and actor Michael Chiarello (1962–2023), American celebrity chef Michael Chiklis (born 1963), American actor Michael Chilaka (born 2000), Israeli football player Michael Childers (1784–1854), British Army officer of the Napoleonic era Michael Chisholm (1931–2024), British economic and human geographer and academic Michael Chisholm (born 1948), Canadian politician Michael Cho (1982-2007), American artist Michael Chong (born 1971), Canadian politician Michael C. Chorlton (1913–1951), English film editor and occasional director Michael Chris-Ike (born 1999), Canadian football player Michael Cimino (1939–2016), American author, producer, screenwriter, and film director Michael Cimino (born 1999), American actor Michael Cisco (born 1970), American writer Michael Claesson (born 1965), Swedish officer Michael Clement, American accountant Michael Cleveland (born 1980), American bluegrass fiddle player Michael Coats (born 1946), NASA astronaut Michael Coats Jr. (born 2001), American football cornerback Michael Cocks (1929–2001), British Labour politician Michael Coe (American football) (born 1983), American football cornerback Michael D. Coe (1929–2019), American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher, and author Michael Cognata (born 1988), American actor Michael G. Comeau (born 1956), American attorney and politician Michael Constantine (1927–2021), American actor Michael Copon (born 1982), American actor and producer Michael Shawn Crahan (born 1969), American musician Michael Craze (1942–1998), British actor Michael Crichton (1942–2008), American author and filmmaker Michael Cristofer (born 1945), American actor Michael Cross (1942–2022), British Royal Air Force officer Michael Cuccione (1985–2001), Canadian child actor, singer, dancer, author, and cancer research activist Michael Cummings (1919-1997), British newspaper cartoonist Michael A. Cummings (born 1945), American artist and quilter Michael Cumpsty (born 1960), British actor